Chapter 163: New Spirit Stone Vein (4/5)

  Mei Weixiang was in a hurry, and after sitting for a short while, she left. The reason was that she received a report from her subordinates, saying that a pig with five legs had appeared somewhere, and she immediately went to see it excitedly.

  This woman!

  Zhou Heng couldn't quite grasp the woman's personality, which was ever-changing and complex, but overall she had a stronger ability to stir up trouble. It would be better not to provoke this kind of troublemaker, although she was indeed very beautiful and had an extremely noble status. However, Zhou Heng didn't want to spend his days worrying and getting headaches.

  He entered the Nine Xuan Trial Tower and ran directly up to the second floor, starting to refine the weapon he had just obtained.

  Among the hundreds of weapons, only nine were magic weapons, and the rest were all very high-quality ordinary weapons. Zhou Heng took a look at the materials used and found them to be quite extraordinary, so he bought them, anyway, they wouldn't cost much money.

  The ability of the Devouring Gold Clan was activated, and he began to plunder the essence of these weapons.

  Hiss, hiss, hiss. First, the ordinary instrument, without any formation protection, was completely a dead object, and its essence was immediately extracted by Zhou Heng, transformed into colorful particles that entered his body, with colors varying in hue and speckled patterns.

  Those nine artifacts were all arrayed with formation techniques, and the artifact spirits immediately launched a counterattack. However, the highest realm among the nine artifacts was only at the initial separation boundary level. How could they be Zhou Heng's opponent? Not even the Black Sword needed to be used. He directly destroyed the formation technique, and the nine artifacts instantly became ordinary objects.

  These weapons put together cannot compare to the purple bell, Zhou Heng didn't even need to break his skin, and in just over ten minutes he had swallowed them all up, decaying into dust. In Zhou Heng's body, a small colorful bead appeared, smaller than a grain of rice.

  He thought for a moment, and this bead suddenly dispersed, merging into the bones of his whole body, continuing to enhance his physical strength and power.

  "The higher the quality of metal, the more essence it contains!"

  Zhou Heng opened his eyes, this was not hard to guess, but still had to prove it before he could give up.

  "However, high-grade metals are hard to come by. After all, there aren't many fools like Ying Feng who would send me treasures for nothing. I'll just have to make up for it with quantity!"

  He left the Jiuxuan Trial Tower again and ran to the Tianbao Pavilion, which was naturally the first choice for buying high-end items.

  "Prince Zhou!" This time, it was Ruan Jiaying who came out to receive Zhou Heng. The Purple Star Miss, known as the number one beauty of Hansheng Country, had been unusually low-key recently, as if she had vanished into thin air.

  Zhou Heng and she exchanged a courtesy, then took their seats as host and guest.

  "When I first met Master Zhou, he was only at the Refining Body stage, but now he's already a powerful figure at the Splitting Earth stage. He's someone that even I have to look up to!" The low-key beauty smiled lightly, exuding an innate charm.

  Every beauty is a born fairy, and an unintentional smile or frown can make people's hearts beat faster.

  Zhou Heng has been walking through a pile of beauties these days, Lin Fengxiang, Gu Zi, An Yumei, Mei Yixiang, Xiao Huishui, which one is not above the standard? Having seen many beautiful women, he naturally also developed a strong immunity to beauty.

  He smiled slightly and said, "It's just good luck!"

  "Marquis ZHOU is indeed humble!" Ruan Jiaying's eyes sparkled, and her charm suddenly emerged. She changed the subject and said, "Marquis ZHOU, I have always thought that you are the master we Tianbao Pavilion has been searching for all along!"

  "Oh, why do you think so?" Zhou Heng asked with a smile.

  At this time, he was no longer the ignorant young man in Fengyucheng, he knew what Tianbao Pavilion meant, that was a huge entity with industries all over the continent!

  It's impossible to make the industry so big without strong backing, otherwise it would have been gnawed away by others until nothing is left. Therefore, there must be a peerless expert in Tianbao Pavilion who can suppress all countries and sects, otherwise how could they be suppressed?

  The old ancestor of the Divine Infant Realm is looking for a master? What a joke!

  Alright, even if it's true that the servant is stronger than the master, wouldn't the master be extremely humiliated?

  "According to the traditional rules passed down through generations, the true master of Tianbao Pavilion will emit a black light fragrance from the Lingjing Pillar after it is activated, and it's one-of-a-kind!" Ruan Jiaying obviously wanted to get straight to the point rather than beating around the bush.

  "When Zhōu Gōngzǐ first used the Líng Jīngzhù to test, I saw a flash of black light, and it even destroyed the Líng Jīngzhù!"

  "In later tests, although Zhou Gongzi's dual spiritual bodies were mediocre, I believe that must have been intentional on his part!"

  "I wonder if I'm right?"

  She smiled brightly at Zhou Heng, her eyebrows and eyes like a painting, her spirit was overwhelming.

  Zhou Heng's mind flashed with countless thoughts, and Ruan Jiaying's words seemed to have struck a chord in his brain, connecting many things together.

  Recently, he has stopped thinking about why the black broken sword appeared in his dantian. This is actually a crucial matter. He can say that 90% of his current achievements are due to the black sword.

  What's the origin of this broken sword?

  How was it broken in the first place if this sword has such great power?

  Above the nine heavens, is a fairy!

  Was it that the Black Sword originally belonged to some immortal, and that immortal encountered a great calamity, perishing in death, causing the Black Sword to fall into the mortal world, and somehow managed to bore its way into his dantian and make itself at home.

  If the Black Sword is considered a divine object, it can perfectly explain its ability to absorb the essence of life. After all, this has already exceeded the category that ordinary people can understand. It is said that immortals are indestructible, so after being seriously injured, will that immortal play a trick like reincarnation?

  That immortal was once the master of Tianbao Pavilion, so after his fall, Tianbao Pavilion would naturally look for this reincarnated immortal. That's why a top-notch expert in the Divine Infant Realm would be willing to serve as a servant!

  That's an immortal!

  Of course, if there really is such a thing as reincarnation, who knows what the master of the divine infant realm has in mind? Is it to kill the reincarnated immortal and truly occupy the Tianbao Pavilion? Or perhaps to force out the immortal method and become an immortal himself?

  In short, without the corresponding strength to sit on the throne, one will only be devoured by a pack of wolves!

  Zhou Heng took a deep breath, suppressing all these thoughts in his heart. He would never admit it. Although he had the Nine Xuan Trials Tower, the gap between him and a strong God Infant Realm cultivator was unknown, perhaps tens of millions of miles apart. If he really encountered such a strong opponent, who knows, maybe the other party had the ability to snatch the Nine Xuan Trials Tower from him.

  He wouldn't dare take such a risk!

  The strong in the Infant Realm are too terrifying, a single thought can kill him, and he won't even have a chance to escape!

  "Unfortunately, although I also want to own a huge industry like Tianditing Pavilion, I'm really not the person you're looking for!" Zhou Heng shook his head, he only possessed one piece of immortal object, in terms of thought and consciousness, he was still himself.

  Ruan Jiaying showed a disappointed expression, she had thought that if she was open and honest, Zhou Heng would also reciprocate, but unexpectedly this guy's mouth was still so tight! Did he want her to use her charm on him?

  However, the beauty trick may not work either. This guy's luck with women is surprisingly good. Previously, there were Lin Fengxiang, An Yumei, Gu Zi, and now there are Xiao Huishui, Mei Yixiang. There are always beauties around him, and they all have looks, figures, temperament, and family background. Each of them is not inferior to her!

  If she uses her beauty as a trick, she really doesn't have any confidence at all, and might even get herself into trouble, what a big loss that would be!

  "What brings Master Zhou here again today?" Ruan Jiaying knew that Zhou Heng was tight-lipped, and being overly inquisitive would only have the opposite effect, so it's better to take a gentle approach.

  Zhou Heng came and said that he needs to purchase a large number of weapons, preferably foreign-made ones. The quality grade is not required, but the higher the level, the better.

  Ruan Jiaying was baffled, unable to comprehend why Zhou Heng wanted these things. Were there really too many spirit stones with no place to use them? However, no matter how strange the client's request, as long as it didn't violate the Tianbao Pavilion's rules, she had to accept the commission.

  "Right, Zhou Gongzi will be very busy soon!" She added another sentence before Zhou Heng left.

  "Oh, why?" Zhou Heng asked casually.

  A spiritual stone vein was discovered at the intersection of four major countries, including Hansong and Shuiguan. It is said that the reserve is quite rich, and all four major countries want to occupy it for themselves. However, Langyue suddenly issued an edict, ordering them not to make a big deal out of this matter!

  "So, the four major powers decided to determine the mining rights and distribution rights with high-end combat power. Since Zhou Gongzi has entered the realm of splitting the earth, his combat power is so strong that he must be recruited for the country!"

  Ruan Jiaying spoke in a gentle and pleasant voice, with a lingering tone that seemed to be singing a happy song.

  Zhou Heng didn't say a word, left Tianbao Pavilion and returned to the inn. At this time, Xiao Huoshui finally woke up from his sleep. He then took out this treasure and let her sit in his arms, soft and boneless, like a spring water.

  "Ling Stone Vein?" Xiao Huishui's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly as he listened to Zhou Heng recount Ruan Jiayin's words, "This is an opportunity, but also quite dangerous!"

  "What did you say?"

  "The formation of each spiritual stone mine requires a mother stone, just like the natural formation of an array in heaven and earth, gathering spiritual energy, taking billions of years to form a mineral vein. If the quality of the spiritual stone mine is extremely high, a spiritual core may be formed within the mother stone!"

  "Soul Core?"

  "Ah, the Spirit Core is the most refined and essential spirit energy. For a martial artist, it not only rapidly increases their power accumulation but also grants them immense enlightenment! High-quality Spirit Stones already possess the ability to enhance a martial artist's comprehension of the Dao, while the effect of the Spirit Core is even stronger. Unfortunately, only one Spirit Core can be formed from an entire Spirit Stone mine, and not every vein has one!"

  Zhou Heng understood that the four major countries were unwilling to let go, not only because the Ling Stone mine could provide a steady stream of Ling Stone income in the future, but more importantly, they wanted to see if they could get their hands on the Ling Core!

  People like Nan Gong Chang Kong have been trapped in the first heaven for who knows how many years, if they can get the spiritual core, crossing this small boundary is naturally not a problem!

  So although it's still unknown whether there is a Spiritual Core or not, the powerful individuals of the Four Great Nations will all have to go all out for this!

  To be strong and take risks, this is deeply rooted in the bones and blood of every warrior, otherwise, why would the wind-whistling forest attract so many warriors?