Long Chen extended his divine sense, trying his best to avoid the Blood Demons' sight. If he really couldn't dodge, he would kill them all immediately, making sure not to alert the surrounding monsters.
Long Chen sped forward, the summoning sensation growing stronger and stronger. Although he didn't know exactly what the Yaoshi Star Crystal was, he knew that the summoning sensation was definitely related to the Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique he had cultivated.
The further Long Chen ran forward, the denser the monsters ahead became. This was the lair of the Evil Wind Blood Demons, so even Long Chen had to stay on high alert.
Soon, Long Chen saw the mountain—a bare stone mountain, with starlight scattered atop it—it was actually a crystal stone mine.
"Heavens, it's all Wind Spirit Stones."
When he saw those tiny starlight spots—they were sparkling Wind Spirit Stones—Long Chen was completely shocked.
This was a vein containing Wind Spirit Stone, but Tang Wan'er's map didn't mark this mine. It was likely that the Wind God Sea Pavilion was afraid the disciples wouldn't be tempted and came here to steal the ore.
After all, this was the stronghold of the Evil Wind Blood Demon clan. Stealing under their noses was no different from courting death.
At the same time, Long Chen seemed to understand why the Evil Wind Blood Demon regarded this place as its lair. They themselves were wind-attribute monsters, making cultivation here much more efficient.
Long Chen walked cautiously all the way. Suddenly, there was a strange movement ahead. He quickly steadied himself, not daring to move.
"Someone?"
Long Chen was shocked because he saw a figure draped in strange clothes, wrapped tightly from head to toe, moving quickly. The figure was short and fat, but ran unusually fast, looking utterly ridiculous.
"Earth jar?"
Long Chen was shocked. Although the man was wrapped in strange clothes, his face was invisible and he couldn't sense any aura, but judging by her one-in-a-million size, the image of Bu Qingyan flashed through Long Chen's mind.
"She's here to steal the Wind Spirit Stones?"
However, just as Long Chen had this idea, the figure suddenly made a detour and headed straight for the Blood Demon Clan's lair. She was only a few hundred zhang away from the monsters, yet they couldn't detect her.
"Sneaking around, definitely not up to any good. Let's not worry about her for now. I'll focus on my own first." Long Chen had no idea what this guy was up to, nor was he interested in finding out. His top priority was to get his hands on the Yaoshi Star Crystal.
Bu Qingyan wore a disguise similar to an invisibility cloak, deceiving the blood demons. It was obvious she had prepared in advance, but Long Chen really had no time to investigate her.
Long Chen had no invisibility cloak and didn't dare get too close to the blood demons. After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, the summoning became especially intense, and the Sea of Stars in Long Chen's dantian was already about to boil.
Long Chen found a relatively concealed spot, set up his movement technique, concealed himself, and slowly circulated the power of the stars, beginning to summon the Yaoshi Star Crystal in reverse.
Long Chen's divine sense extended along the power of the stars into the mountain's belly. At that moment, the mountain gradually became semi-transparent. He saw layer upon layer of Wind Spirit Stones growing among the rocks.
Just as Long Chen had expected, the entire mountain was a massive mine of wind spirit stones. The deeper you went, the better the quality of the spirit stones. When Long Chen extended his divine sense over a thousand miles, he even saw purple wind spirit stones—these were top-grade wind spirit stones. Even though Long Chen wasn't a wind cultivator, he couldn't help but feel his heart race.
His divine sense continued to probe forward, and the purple Wind Spirit Stones grew more and more, finally appearing densely packed—all of them. Long Chen felt his scalp tingle, wishing he could dig out the entire mountain.
When Long Chen's divine sense passed through the thick layer of crystals, a dazzling world suddenly appeared before him—a space spanning ten thousand miles.
In that space, Long Chen saw the Milky Way flowing, its dreamlike divine radiance surging. At that moment, he felt as if he were inside the galaxy.
But this galaxy didn't actually exist; it was a projected light and shadow. At the very center of the space was a fist-sized crystal.
When he saw that crystal, the star sea within Long Chen became agitated, and the power of the stars surged. Startled, Long Chen hurriedly controlled his aura to avoid being discovered by the Blood Demon Clan.
But despite Long Chen's suppression, the star sea inside him kept churning, and he developed a strong desire for this crystal.
The crystal, attracted by the star sea, also began to stir. This agitation caused the entire mountain to tremble slightly.
"No, please!"
Long Chen was shocked and hurriedly used his soul to soothe the crystal. The crystal seemed to sense Long Chen's emotions and began to calm down a bit, giving him the chance to examine the crystal more closely.
Although the crystal was only the size of a fist and semi-transparent on the outside, you could see a galaxy flowing back and forth inside, making it seem like a miniature version of a universe.
Looking at it, Long Chen was filled with shock. On it, he felt endless energy, and in front of it, he felt as if he were nothing but a speck of dust in the universe.
Watching the galaxy's orbit, a thunderclap exploded in Long Chen's mind. At that moment, it was as if he had comprehended something, but upon careful reflection, it felt as if he had grasped nothing. He slowly reached out to grab it, but suddenly heard the Qiankun Cauldron's exclamation beside him:
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Even if you touch it with your consciousness, its power is enough to kill you hundreds of times. At
this moment, Long Chen appeared in ideological form, not in his true form, but he hadn't expected that this wouldn't work either. He hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" "
You use the power of the Star Sea to communicate with it, imprint your own star mark on its body, and then bring it into the chaotic space.
Right now, you cannot touch it, because it is ownerless, and any touch will trigger its retaliation. "The Qiankun Cauldron said.
After hearing this, Long Chen quickly followed the method of the Qiankun Cauldron, using the star sea within his dantian to communicate with the Yaoshi Star Crystal, and using the power of his soul to build a bridge for them.
When their powers began to fluctuate at the same frequency, Long Chen began to carefully imprint his own soul imprint on the Yaoshi Star Crystal with soul power. Moreover, this soul imprint had to carry the power of the stars, making the imprint speed extremely slow.
But there was no way around it—there was no rush. After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Long Chen finally imprinted a three-flower star pattern on the Yaoshi Star Crystal—his star mark.
Even after leaving the star mark, Long Chen still didn't dare touch it directly, instead slowly guiding it out from the mountain's interior.
This Yaoshi Star Crystal was very obedient, but its power was terrifying. One careless move could collapse an entire mountain. If Long Chen were alone, of course he wouldn't care—he'd just grab the item and run.
But Tang Wan'er and the others were not far away, so they would definitely be affected. Long Chen had the Yaoshi Star Crystal slowly pass through the rock wall.
Just as the Yaoshi Star Crystal was less than a hundred li away and about to succeed, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted. Long Chen immediately saw countless blood demons pouring out.
"Discovered?"
Long Chen was shocked, but when he saw figures in strange clothes rushing along, he was stunned at first, then furious:
"Those damn bastards, how dare they!"
"Boom"
—a thunderous explosion sounded, shattering the mountain. The Yaoshi Star Crystal instantly appeared before Long Chen. Without time to examine it, Long Chen directly stored it into the chaotic space. At the same time, the Qiankun Cauldron appeared, gathering all the scattered crystals inside.
"Buzz!"
Thunder wings appeared behind Long Chen's back. Ignoring his identity, he charged toward Tang Wan'er like a bolt of lightning.
"Crush the nameplate, run!"
Tang Wan'er and the others had just finished cleaning up the battlefield and collecting all the magic crystals when they heard a roar like a tsunami, followed by Long Chen's roar.
Hearing Long Chen's roar, Tang Wan'er was shocked and, without hesitation, ordered everyone to crush the nameplate.
"The nameplate is malfunctioning and can't be crushed."
At this moment, they were horrified to find that the nameplate had failed and could not be crushed. The nameplate contained teleportation runes that would burst with a gentle squeeze, but now, it was as hard as steel and couldn't be squeezed at all.
"Oh no."
At that moment, Tang Wan'er and the others' expressions completely changed.