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Song Ziyan calmed himself down a bit, and after scolding, he felt incredibly refreshed, as if his whole being had been elevated!
He then turned his gaze to Mu Xingchen.
“Xingchen, are you really that slow? Even divining a hexagram takes this long.”
“Don’t bother with the hexagram anymore. Let’s just go to the southwest mountain peak. All three of us spent a lot of top-tier spirit stones! We can’t let these spirit stones go to waste!”
Song Ziyan and Mu Xingchen had a good relationship, both being from noble families. They had grown up together, causing trouble with chickens and birds, so they spoke without any reservations, even if it meant facing Mu Xingchen’s cold glare.
That look carried a bit of disdain, almost as if saying: How dare you rush me, you fool?!
Mu Xingchen was too lazy to bother with Song Ziyan. He took out three coins and tossed them into the air.
The “clang, clang” sound echoed as the coins landed.
Ye Qingning looked over and saw that two of the coins had landed heads up, and one was tails up.
Mu Xingchen picked up the coins and tossed them again.
This time, all three coins landed with their tails up.
Mu Xingchen didn’t rush. He continued tossing.
After throwing the coins nine times in total, he slowly spoke to Ye Qingning and the others.
“The hexagram is auspicious, but the incense isn’t strong enough. It burns too slowly, and it goes out midway, which indicates that while the southwest direction might yield results, the process will be very difficult. The hexagram also suggests that now isn’t the right time to head southwest.”
Ye Qingning’s gaze shifted slightly. The third day of Lei Yanling’s formation hadn’t yet arrived, so it wasn’t the right time to go.
From now on, she would call Mu Xingchen Mu Half-Sage. His divination was so accurate. She wondered if his fortune-telling skills worked on relationships too.
“So what should we do now? Should we still head southwest? But if we don’t go now, what if someone else buys this information? Won’t the Lei Yanling be snatched up by someone else? Our spirit stones will have been wasted for nothing!”
Si Qian looked at Mu Xingchen with a face full of grievance.
She had fire-type spiritual roots, Li Taihang also had fire-type spiritual roots, and Ye Shimei had both lightning and fire-type spiritual roots. The Lei Yanling was perfect for the three of them, but if they went too late, it would be gone!
Ye Qingning smiled faintly. “Since Brother Mu says it isn’t the right time to go, then let’s head somewhere else. To be honest, I also bought a piece of information.” (Surprised? Unexpected, right?)
Everyone else:…
System:… Keep making things up, go ahead…
On the road, Ye Qingning took out the detox talismans provided by the Internal Affairs Hall before they set off and reminded everyone to take them.
Only then did the others realize how careless they had been. The secret realm was shrouded in mist, and who could guarantee there were no poisons in the air?
Some of the mist even caused hallucinations if inhaled too much. Since the detox talisman came from the sect, its efficacy was undoubtedly reliable.
The group was fully prepared for this trip. Under Ye Qingning’s suggestion, they didn’t hesitate and quickly applied the speed talismans, zipping off in a blur.
Song Ziyan used his sword to fly, while Mu Xingchen, being a weapon cultivator, didn’t use the speed talisman. Instead, he placed two metallic leaf-shaped items beneath his feet. Once activated, the single-person flying device immediately followed them.
The six of them were in a hurry because they thought the information had been bought by Ye Qingning, fearing that others had purchased it too. They needed to hurry and beat the competition!
Compared to the disciples ahead who were searching the secret realm, Ye Qingning was undeniably fast on her own.
After all, Ye Qingning had been to the Yun Mountain Secret Realm in her past life, while Li Taihang and the others thought that Ye Qingning hadn’t just bought the information, but a detailed map of the secret realm too!
The map even marked the names of all the places!
So, Ye Qingning not only knew the name of the Blue Spirit Cave, but also knew exactly how to get there.
The Blue Spirit Cave, as its name suggested, was hidden beneath a mountain range. The cave contained rich spiritual energy and even housed a celestial spring known as the Blue Spirit Spring.
This spring was unlike ordinary spirit springs. The Blue Spirit Spring had an ethereal blue color, with abundant spiritual energy and rare celestial essences.
These essences could greatly nourish a cultivator’s spiritual root, reducing cultivation time. Additionally, it could help water-type cultivators breakthrough to the Gold Core stage.
Such an effect was enough to drive water-type cultivators crazy, but other types of cultivators could still use the Blue Spirit Spring to improve their cultivation.
The most extraordinary and enticing aspect of the Blue Spirit Spring was that it could move!
The core of the Blue Spirit Spring was a dazzling gem-like spring eye.
This spring eye was housed within a specially crafted spirit disk. When the spirit disk was activated, the Blue Spirit Spring would appear. When closed, the spring eye could be taken with them.
No matter where they went, they could always immerse themselves in cultivation at any time.
However, the Blue Spirit Cave was extremely secretive, with natural formation arrays set up around the nearby mountain range.
These formations blended with the terrain, rivers, and weather, making it nearly impossible to detect. Its concealment was incredibly strong.
That’s why even though the Yun Mountain Secret Realm had opened many times before, the Blue Spirit Spring had never been discovered.
In her past life, Ye Qingning knew about the Blue Spirit Spring in the Yun Mountain Secret Realm. She also knew that it would be found by Ye Hanyue, but she didn’t fight for it. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but because she wasn’t an array cultivator, she couldn’t break the formation.
Without entering the place, how could she fight for it?
Ye Hanyue wasn’t an array cultivator either, but as the younger disciple of Shen Xuanli, the top grandmaster of formations, this natural formation posed no problem for her.
Since she couldn’t break the formation, Ye Qingning never fought for opportunities with Ye Hanyue and the others.
But this time was different. Although Ye Hanyue could use her memories from her past life to break the formation and enter the Blue Spirit Cave, she was no longer Shen Xuanli’s younger disciple.
She no longer had to worry about Shen Xuanli’s deadly treasures, and their group wouldn’t be able to compete with Ye Hanyue and Xie Jibai.
Let’s not forget that Xie Jibai, who had been poor in his past life, now had no treasures. All the treasures he had were bought by Ye Qingning to win his favor.
Mu Xingchen, being an expert in both divination and formations, had already cracked the natural array and led the group through the mountain range to a hidden cave entrance.
“This is the Blue Spirit Cave?”
Looking at the entrance, covered tightly with vines, Bai Wei’s voice carried a hint of excitement.
Actually, the moment Ye Qingning mentioned the Blue Spirit Spring, the group was already overjoyed. They had been rushing ahead like rabbits.
Ye Qingning nodded, confirming, “That’s right, it’s the Blue Spirit Cave.”
As she spoke, she reached out and pulled the vines away from the entrance.
Once the vines were removed, a dark cave mouth appeared, with blue mist emanating from it, giving off a chill.
“So rich in spiritual energy! Is this from the Blue Spirit Spring?” Si Qian exclaimed in surprise.
Li Taihang was about to say something like, I’ve never smelled such rich spiritual energy, but Song Ziyan slapped his mouth shut.
“Be quiet! If someone else gets here before us, and you shout with your big mouth, we’ll scare them away, and we won’t be able to compete for it anymore!”
“This is impossible, right?! The vines are so thick, it doesn’t look like anyone’s been here,” Li Taihang pulled Song Ziyan’s hand off his mouth, grumbling, Big guys can speak without covering their mouths.
The usually quiet Si Nan spoke up at this moment: “If I had come here first, even after removing these vines, I would have used them to cover the entrance again to prevent anyone from noticing.”
Li Taihang inhaled sharply. No wonder people said body cultivators had no brains! She was way too crafty!
Li Taihang scratched his head, probably thinking about how to fix his brain, but as the body cultivator always leading the group, he was also the first to enter the cave.
The group followed Li Taihang into the cave, and after restoring the vines to their original state, they continued down the winding path, gradually descending deeper into the cave.
About half an hour later, they faintly heard the “drip-drip” sound of water. The air was becoming more humid, and the spiritual energy grew stronger.
This meant they were nearing the bottom of the cave, and the Blue Spirit Spring was just ahead.
As they quickened their pace, a woman’s voice echoed in the distance: “Junior brother, this is the Blue Spirit Spring I told you about.”
“We both have water-type spiritual roots. This Blue Spirit Spring can help us break through to the Gold Core stage. There’s no one else here, so how about we soak in the spring together?”
Everyone: Shocked!
They thought Mu Xingchen had broken the natural formation fast enough, but in the end, they were beaten to the punch!
It seemed like they had arrived just in time to witness someone’s intimate moment!
Ye Qingning didn’t expect to run into a situation like this.
Mu Xingchen had indeed spent some time breaking the formation. Ye Hanyue coming earlier wasn’t surprising, but she never expected her to tempt Xie Jibai at the Blue Spirit Spring!
Shameless! That dog lotus flower is too shameless! She clearly knows that the Blue Spirit Spring can be taken, yet she’s still tempting Xie Jibai here!