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Chapter 435 - 78 Exploring Primordial Spirit Cave (2/3)

Chapter 435: Chapter 78 Exploring Primordial Spirit Cave (2/3)

Xu Tai internally griped quite a bit, but managed to maintain his composure on the surface.

After receiving An Jing’s request to organize a team to harvest Spirit Plants in the Broken Blade Mountain Area, he agreed straightforwardly and then went to gather the local strongmen.

An Jing and Bai Qinghan were also busy; the latter, together with Shen Mubai, oversaw the maintenance of critical Earth Pulse Nodes in Linjiang City, trying to restore the City-Protecting Great Formation as much as possible.

As for the former, after issuing the task, he once again headed deep into Broken Blade Mountain to prepare for the upcoming exploration of the Primordial Spirit Cave.

Before the exploration commenced, An Jing waited for the Great Void Passage to cool down.

Using the Spirit Plants harvested from his three Spirit Fields, he purchased a large batch of fast-growing Spirit Fertilizer in the Tianyuan Realm, and with the money left over, he bought a bunch of second-hand Puppetry to assist with fertilization and built a small warehouse.

"Indeed, the power behind An Jing is quite extraordinary!" Huo Qing thought to himself as he watched the purchase of the fertilizer. Such a large amount of fertilizer, even if half were used as reserves, was enough to show they had an entire large-scale Spirit Plant farm with stable and safe cultivation areas.

This was hard to achieve even in the safe zones, with only Danlin Town being surrounded by a circle of greenhouse farms... The Floating Dust Plains were mainly wilderness, with the real agricultural area being ’Haoling Ze’ to the east of Xuanye City.

Although surprised, Huo Qing didn’t ask for any details but instead showed an ’I understand, I got this’ smile and helped An Jing solve all the issues—although An Jing was grateful, he still didn’t quite understand what exactly Huo Qing had understood.

In any case, after controlling the Puppetry and fertilizing all the Spirit Fields with Spirit Plants not yet mature, An Jing officially began exploring Broken Blade Peak and the Primordial Spirit Cave.

From a distance, Broken Blade Peak resembled a huge ’right-angled triangle,’ with the peak forming the right angle, and the Primordial Spirit Cave was situated there, the ridge appearing like a giant blade gleaming with brilliant yet icy light under the sun.

To enter the Primordial Spirit Cave, whether one sticks to the mountainside or flies near it from the air, it is necessary to break through several layers of cloud barriers formed by the convergence of Gold Fiend and Poisonous Fiend.

Its main body is underground, with the exposed mountain peak being just a part. Ancient people, knowing this place was a battleground for Immortal Gods and Heavenly Demons, believed the mountain range was transformed from broken weapons left by Immortals, hence naming it ’broken blade’—in fact, it truly was transformed from Subdue Evil fragments.

The reason An Jing didn’t make a connection between the two at first was because such unique regions are too numerous, like Yinbi Mountain on the other side of Linjiang City, which also has legends of Immortal relics, believed to be transformed from an Ancestral Dragon’s pearl, whereby even when the surroundings are clear, Yinbi Mountain is shrouded in clouds all year round, covering thousands of miles like a giant tree’s shade, and the incessant heavy rain is one of the sources of Yujiang River.

"Now it seems, that dragon pearl might well be real."

Subdue Evil mused, "I may have forgotten many things, but back then, under the guidance of the Ancestral Dragon, the Embracing the Void Dragon Clan emerged en masse, fighting alongside us Immortal Gods with heavy casualties, yet achieving remarkable results."

"I believe the near symbiotic relationship now between the Dragon Clan and Humanity, one being the leader of all spirits and the other the king of True Spirits, is also related to the Dragon Clan’s contributions during the Heavenly Demon cataclysm."

"Next time, maybe we can invite Jin to come and see—pity I can’t build the Great Void Ritual Altar yet, can’t bring her over, don’t know when we’ll meet again."

An Jing’s thoughts were simple; he calmed his mind and started connecting to the Xi Yin Drone, drawing close to Broken Blade Peak surrounded by Gold Fiend and Poisonous Fiend.

The first layer was Poisonous Fiend, carrying Xuan Yin Evil Qi, which was the ’aged virulent evil’ from the Four-Winged Moon Snake. As Xi Yin passed through, its Spiritual Patterns trembled slightly, causing An Jing to frown and almost immediately want to recall it.

But soon, the Xi Yin Drone formed a layer on its exterior that looked like dark silver paint—a successful deployment of "Melt Form into Evil" allowed it to easily pass through the poisonous cloud barrier.

"Is it that simple?"

An Jing paused in surprise during the breakthrough. The ease of exploration was comparable to a smooth progression—no obstacles were encountered.

An Jing steadied his spirits and continued to delve into the Gold Fiend Cloud Barrier.

This layer of cloud barrier was known as "Weapon Fiend," comprising not only the Subdue Evil’s Sword Intent but also the martial spirits and intent of fallen soldiers who had fought in that place. The confluence of various evil qi, murderous qi, and the Qi of the Five Metals and Weapons formed what is known as Weapon Fiend. Entering rashly, one might instantly be sliced to pieces, meeting death by a thousand cuts from countless blades.

However, the Xi Yin Drone still transformed into a lump resembling a soft dough, seemingly diced into tender tofu by the Weapon Fiend, yet its spiritual core remained intact without fragmenting. It resembled a large black-silver jellyfish as it floundered through the Gold Fiend layer.

"As expected of the highest-grade survey drone."

Seeing this, An Jing’s confidence was fortified. According to Subdue Evil, the initial two layers of poisonous and gold fiends were the most challenging. The corrupted qi solidified closer to the ground—the lower the more dangerous—while the higher layers of evil qi might be more refined but also much less in quantity.

Indeed, as Subdue Evil described, after passing through these two layers, the Xi Yin Drone was unstoppable. It breached the remaining three layers of evil qi cloud barriers and gathered enough data to enable An Jing to activate the "Defense Against Evil Field" and traverse along the thinnest path of evil qi.

But this time, An Jing did not plan to go up the mountain himself. Although he was not one to hesitate, when it came to exploring the cave of an Immortal God-level demon, it was still necessary to exercise caution.

An Jing’s caution was not misplaced.

The closer the Xi Yin Drone got to the Primordial Spirit Cave, the slower its flight became due to extreme changes in the geomagnetism. An Jing instructed the Xi Yin Drone to slow down and gather data from its surroundings.

"The concentration of spirit qi here has already far exceeded that of the foundation-level Spirit Gathering Arrays you’ve experienced in the Tianyuan Realm, and it’s all extremely pure metallic spiritual qi."

Subdue Evil, watching the data feedback on the Water Mirror, could not help but remark, "If only the spirit qi of the Embracing the Void Realm could be used for cultivation and qi refinement, your practice of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban here would advance by leaps and bounds."

"My Taibai Star Fate can also absorb spirit qi for cultivation. At worst, it would be a bit slower, but progress of a hundred miles a day is always assured."

An Jing was even more optimistic, "If it’s so rich outside the cave, the inside must contain a Divine Repository-level spirit vein or earth vein, perhaps even higher."

"Let’s explore it. Even if the Xi Yin Drone gets damaged, it doesn’t matter. The value of the information it’s sent back has already surpassed its own worth, and if need be, we can just ask Principal He for another one."

With this in mind, An Jing accelerated the Xi Yin Drone and charged toward the Primordial Spirit Cave.

There was no interference.

No great formation, no barrier, no prohibition, and no physical means of separation. Perhaps because the Primordial Spirit Cave was itself a site where golden qi gushed forth from Broken Blade Peak, making it impossible to set up any measures to hinder entry or exit. In any case, it entered the Primordial Spirit Cave with remarkable ease.