Chapter 90: Earth Traveler Stone

  Finally, Lu Qing saw a piece of yellow jade about the size of a fist, with a crystal clear body like amber, emitting a soft yellow glow. The glow was extremely gentle, and even Lu Qing, who was standing at the corner, could clearly feel the strange power fluctuations on his body.

  "What is it?" Lu Qing asked in his mind.

  A somewhat excited laughter echoed in his mind, "Indeed, just like the records said, this Earth Hole Spider breeds Innate Spiritual Treasures and Soil Walking Stones, I finally encountered it today."

  "What's a Soil Walking Stone?" Lu Qing felt vaguely that this stone was not ordinary.

  "What is referred to as the Earth-Conducting Stone is a terrestrial spirit treasure that has been influenced by the pure earth-conducting aura of the Demon Spider itself and nurtured by the most refined primordial earth energy of the land. The earth element is characterized by its thickness and heaviness, possessing a powerful vital energy that can contain and nurture all things. Therefore, for general injuries, simply placing them on this stone can quickly heal them. Additionally, it can be used to calm the mind and quiet the breath, expel external demons, and has a strong nourishing effect on the spirit and thoughts."

  "Of course, it is still the person with the earth attribute sword energy who can make the best use of it. With the earth attribute stone by his side, he can not only slowly change his physique and enhance his innate talent, but also absorb the pure earth attribute yuan energy on it to cultivate, at a speed almost several times that of an ordinary person."

  "There's actually such a treasure." Lu Qing said in shock.

  Ye Lao chuckled: "How's that, your insight is still not enough, it's a pity these few magic spiders are too few, and the time they spent nesting here was not long, otherwise there wouldn't be just this small piece. However, it's enough, now it's up to you."

  Lu Qing's expression changed slightly as he heard the words, his gaze fixed on the eight earth hole demon spiders. Their bodies were covered in hard shells, and it seemed there was no quick way to kill them. But then, Lu Qing's eyes suddenly narrowed, staring intently at the demon spider's gruesome head, which was about the size of a millstone. On its forehead, along the back of its neck to the top of its head, there was a clear gray line.

  Lu Qing recalled the explanation of the Spider Spirit Beast in the Zixia Spirit Beast Atlas, and found that this seemed to be a common fatal weakness. Although their skulls were born with the hardest, they often relied on each other at both extremes, and the most deadly place was also here.

  With a swift step, Lu Qing transformed into a phantom and charged into the cave. In mid-air, a purple-blue light flashed, and Lu Qing suddenly appeared directly above the eight earth hole demon spiders. His gaze was like lightning, and with his hands forming sword fingers, he pointed at the empty space, instantly releasing eight wind-thunder sword auras that were nearly two feet long, shooting towards the heads of the eight demon spiders that had entered hibernation.

  Hiss——

  Squeak——

  A sharp and terrifying screech sounded, the overbearing Wind Thunder Sword Qi almost without any obstruction sank into the heads of the eight demonic spiders, olive green spider blood splattered everywhere, the eight cave-dwelling demonic spiders finally woke up in mortal pain, looking up to the sky and letting out a painful shriek.

  Dozens of hard legs danced wildly, pounding the ground into holes several feet deep, white bones flying everywhere. Lu Qing, who had shot out a sword energy, stepped heavily on one of the demonic spiders and turned into a purple-green streamer that retreated to a corner of the cave.

  Rumble...

  The entire cave began to shake due to the movements of these eight enormous creatures, and soil fell from the top of the cave. The purple-blue sword aura on Lu Qing's body had clearly explained everything to the eight earth hole demon spiders, that it was a human who had secretly snuck in.

  The furious cave spider stood up, about three zhang high, which exceeded Lu Qing's expectations. The momentum of the second-order spiritual beast locked Lu Qing's movements tightly, but Lu Qing was not tense at all, because he had already seen that these spiders were already at their last gasp. At this moment, although they looked very powerful, they were actually just a facade, and their dancing legs were already somewhat empty.

  Hūn

  A demonic spider suddenly jumped over tens of meters, pouncing towards Lu Qingyuan from afar. Unfortunately, it fell to the ground with a loud crash before it could even cover half the distance, shattering its body into pieces. The remaining seven demonic spiders also rushed towards Lu Qingyuan, one of them even spitting out a ball of dark grey toxic liquid from its mouth. However, Lu Qingyuan's speed far surpassed that of an average swordsman, and he wouldn't be inferior to ordinary sword masters either.

  Such an attack could not threaten him, and his body flashed several times before dodging the siege of the seven magic spiders.

  Boom!

  Boom!

  Even two of the gradually exhausted magic spiders lost control of their direction and heavily smashed into the earthen wall that Lu Qing had been leaning against, the originally cracked skull finally bursting open with this smash, greenish-black blood and brains scattering all over the ground.

  Lu Qing's eyes calmly watched the scene in front of him, without a hint of sympathy in his heart. This heavenly enemy spirit beast had slaughtered hundreds of Purple Mist Sect disciples, and it was truly deserving of death. If Gu Jianfeng, the lord of Luoyi City, were here, it would be entirely possible for him to dismember these eight demonic spiders into pieces.

  After ten breaths, the last burrowing spider finally fell in front of Lu Qing, six feet away. This time, Lu Qing could be said to have achieved a remarkable feat, killing eight burrowing spiders that were considered quite troublesome even among second-tier spiritual beasts with his meager swordsmanship and minor heavenly rank cultivation. However, Lu Qing did not become complacent about this; he clearly knew that most of the credit actually went to Ye Lao's guidance, and all he had done was simply launch a sneak attack.

  "Good job this time, kiddo. I thought you'd need to struggle a bit more, but you found that demon spider's weakness surprisingly quickly." Ye Lao's voice echoed in Lu Qing's mind once again after the battle was over.

  "Alright, go get the Earth Element Stone quickly. I'll add a few more layers of seal to it. Otherwise, once you're out, your aura will be exposed and you'll become a sinner with a guilty conscience. This kind of spiritual treasure is not something that can be taken lightly, and those who covet it are bound to suffer the consequences."

  He nodded, and Lu Qing walked over the corpses of several demonic spiders to the center of the cave, where a slightly concave pit was filled with a rounded, oval-shaped earth stone that emitted a thick aura. Feeling this aura, Lu Qing's mind cleared, and even the circulation of his inner energy accelerated by a fraction. If he were to carry it with him for an extended period, it would undoubtedly have unexpected effects.

  He picked it up and held it in his hand, the earth-traversing stone was unusually warm, like a thousand-year-old warm jade. The hazy yellow light on its surface was misty and mysterious. Behind Lu Qing, the Heart Refining Sword suddenly trembled, and a cyan light shot out, striking the earth-traversing stone.

  Hummm...

  As if sensing a threat, the Earth Stone began to tremble violently in Lu Qing's hand, emitting a low humming noise.

  This earth-moving stone is so spiritual, Lu Qing is surprised in his heart, and at the same time, he feels more and more that Ye Lao's depth is unfathomable. Even such a spiritual object can be easily found by him, and the meaning of his words is not too heavy, as if it were just an ordinary stone that can heal wounds.

  It was clear that Tu Xing Shi's resistance was futile. In the face of Ye Lao's cyan light, which made Lu Qing's mind tremble, Tu Xing Shi only struggled for a few moments before his yellow light dimmed and eventually disappeared completely, along with the warm and heavy aura he emitted. At this moment, Tu Xing Shi looked like an ordinary piece of yellow jade.

  Another green light burst out, at this moment, Lu Qing seemed to feel a devastating aura, his legs softened and he almost knelt down, but was bitten by him and endured.

  Is that sword energy? Lu Qing had never seen a sword energy that contained such momentum, even when he received the three sword energies of Lian Jingxuan before, it didn't feel this way. Is this Ye Lao's true power? Lu Qing thought to himself, with only his soul left, there is still such great momentum, what kind of earth-shattering and heaven-moving swordsman was Ye Lao in his lifetime? Lu Qing couldn't help but wonder.

  But then a light "poof" sound was heard, and Lu Qing came back to his senses. At this time, the earth-moving stone had been pierced with a hole about the size of a chopstick, the hole was smooth and flat, as if it had been polished by the best sculptor for years.

  "Wear it close to your skin, and as long as you carry the Heart Refining Sword on your back in the future, I can also absorb the life energy emitted by the Earth Conductor Stone through you to recover." After shooting out two beams of cyan light, Ye Lao seemed to have become much more tired all at once, and his voice was somewhat weak as he said this.

  Lu Qing only then understood Ye Lao's idea, and at the same time, he tightened his grip on Tuxing Stone's hand. The hard stone made Lu Qing secretly exclaim that even with his mastery of Fenglei Sword Qi, he wouldn't be able to destroy it easily.

  Pull out a few strands of silk thread from the martial arts uniform, tie them together into a thin rope, pass it through the stone and hang it around your neck, close to your skin.

  In an instant, the warmth that had originally disappeared reappeared, and it was even stronger than before. It continuously nourished his body, and a part of it even merged into his spiritual sea, causing his spiritual energy to circulate rapidly. His entire mind became extremely clear and refreshed.

  At the same time, he also sensed that when the breath entered his body, it split into two strands. One strand bypassed his body and entered the Heart Refining Sword, which should be used by Ye Lao to recover his lost power.

  After checking around, there were no other demon spiders left, and the eight demon spiders on the ground had already died completely under Lu Qing's induction. With a relieved heart, it was unlikely that another incident of Zong Min's disappearance would occur again. Lu Qing sorted out his thoughts, turned into a purple-blue streamer, and rushed towards the original cave direction. At this time, about an hour had passed, and returning should not cause any problems.

  Half a short while later, Lu Qing, without any worries, unleashed his sword energy and blasted the large stone that was blocking the middle of the corridor. He quickly returned to the underground cellar, thought for a moment, and then used mud to reseal the entrance. After making sure it looked no different from before, he went back up and locked the cellar door, resuming his patrol.

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