Chapter 1099: The sky is vast and the sea is wide

05 Aug, 2024

Chapter 1099: The sky is vast and the sea is wide

The sound of chatting and laughter could be heard in the wind.

The black ship was also whistling through the air.

It was quickly approaching the divine spirit mine.

Looking from afar, the divine spirit mine looked like a gigantic, deep pit that spanned over a thousand miles.

Above the deep pit, a shroud of black light shrouded it, sealing the place.

As for the divine spirit mine, it was surrounded by wilderness and there were very few people.

As the black flying ship approached, a handsome young man among the nine Cultivators on the ship coughed lightly.

Clearly, in terms of status and position, he was the leader of the people on the ship. Therefore, everyone immediately looked over.

After gathering everyone's gazes, the young man calmly spoke.

"Let's relax in a bit. Everyone has worked hard on this mission. I didn't expect those remnants to be hiding in the mortal world, but we still managed to find traces of them. We've completed the family's mission.

"It's just a pity that in order to find their traces, we had to destroy several mortal cities. This matter can be small or big…"

The young man sighed.

Hearing this, the surrounding cultivators all spoke up.

"Brother Haishan is kind."

"Brother Haishan, the deaths of those innocent mortals are the responsibility of those remnants of the Divine Venerable. We didn't intend to kill them. Even the family will understand.

"That's right. Finding the remnants of the Divine Venerable has been the Immortal Capital's decree for a long time. We can all testify that this matter is for the sake of our mission. It's not our responsibility."

The young man nodded and expressed his regret. Then, he looked around and saw a pretty woman standing next to him. He smiled faintly.

"Let's not talk about this. Of the 35 divine spirit mines in the family, this is the most peaceful one. Speaking of which, this is my first time here, but now that we're here, we're in Junior Sister Ling's territory."

Hearing this, the others around him nodded with smiles and said, "That's right.

Senior Ling Feng, who guards this divine spirit mine, is one of the family's worshippers and the ancestor of Junior Sister Ling's line. When we go to greet Senior Ling Feng, I hope Junior Sister can put in a good word for us and ask him to give us some pointers. "

"Although he's not a worshipper, with Senior Ling Feng's cultivation, even a little bit of pointers from him will be of great help to us."

Amidst the chatter and laughter, the woman that everyone was looking at smiled faintly.

"Brother Haishan is too kind. I'm just borrowing the ancestor's protection. How can I compare to all of you?"

"As a worshipper, the ancestor is guarding this place because your families gave him this opportunity."

"However, since Brother Haishan has spoken, when I see the ancestor later, I'll definitely ask him to give everyone more spots to enter the small world to absorb spiritual energy."

"I hope Senior Brothers and Senior Ling Feng can relax here."

Although her words were spoken modestly, she was actually quite pleased with what the Cultivators of the Clans were saying.

Just like that, as they chatted and laughed, their boat floated outside the divine spirit mine.

As everyone flew out, the woman named Ling bowed at the young man named Hai Shan and sent a message to the ancestor through a jade.

Everyone else had relaxed expressions as they looked forward to the rest of the day, waiting for the divine spirit mine's restrictive formation to open.

However, as time passed, the divine spirit mine's forbidden formation remained. There were no signs of it being activated. The woman with the surname Ling also frowned.

She also did not receive any reply to the Patriarch's voice transmission.

"Strange…"

The woman surnamed Ling thought for a moment, then turned around to look at her companions.

"The Great Ancestor should be cultivating. Brother Haishan, you are a direct descendant of the family, so you should have the right to open the divine spirit mine. Why don't you open it?"

The young man leading the group glanced at the restriction formation in front of him.

Due to the light of the formation, it was impossible to see what was going on.

He thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Although I have the authority, this place is guarded by Senior Ling after all. It is not in accordance with etiquette to enter rashly."

"Since Senior Ling is cultivating, we'll just wait for a while."

When the others heard this, they also agreed.

Ling nodded. She took out a jade slip and continued to transmit her voice. She even tried to transmit her voice to the patriarch's servant, but there was no response.

It was the first time she'd encountered such a situation, and she couldn't help but gradually feel slightly panicked. She was worried that an accident had occurred, but when she thought of the Ancestor's cultivation and character, she felt that the possibility of an accident occurring was extremely small.

However, these people did not notice that at this moment, an ice-cold gaze was sweeping over from the other side of the formation.

It swept across their bodies.

"Three 4 Level Void Returning Realm cultivators, four 2 World Soul Accumulation Realm cultivators, one 3 World Soul Accumulation Realm cultivator, and the strongest one is 4 World Soul Accumulation Realm cultivator."

Inside the divine spirit mine, Xu Qing, who was absorbing the Spirit Qi here, slowly opened his eyes and muttered after looking at the outside world.

If he wanted to kill these people, it would be a piece of cake.

However, if it wasn't necessary, Xu Qing didn't want to kill indiscriminately. After all, if he killed too many people, it would eventually cause some trouble in the future.

If he didn't kill these people, they might report the abnormality here, but this abnormality was only because the divine spirit mine was sealed. Because they didn't know what the real body was, even if their families sent people to investigate, it would most likely take some time.

However, if he were to kill these people, then because of their bloodline magics, it was very likely that their clans would find out about the divine spirit mine first.

As such, before the other party made a suicidal move, Xu Qing chose not to kill them and continued to absorb.

The spiritual energy in this place was already very thin. Xu Qing estimated that he would be able to absorb all of it in about two hours.

Although absorbing the Spirit Qi here could help improve his cultivation to a certain extent, Xu Qing's main focus was to use the Spirit Qi here to strengthen his Seven Extreme Daos.

Especially space and time.

Xu Qing judged that he hadn't developed these two Extreme Daos enough.

Therefore, his main focus was to try to comprehend the vortex he had seen in the Primordial Sea during the process of absorbing and strengthening the Spiritual Qi.

He had already done this in the bubble small world, and now he was using the Spirit Qi to continue comprehending.

During this time, he would also absorb the Liaoxuan Saint Liquid.

This would allow his comprehension to be smoother.

Just like that, time passed.

However, Xu Qing didn't want to complicate things, but the wind would come by itself.

An hour later, outside the formation, the young man named Hai Shan gradually became suspicious. He asked the woman with the surname Ling beside him, "What do you think?

"Junior Sister Ling, even if Senior Ling is cultivating, he should have servants by his side. Have you contacted the servants?"

The woman surnamed Ling also felt more uneasy than before, and she nodded.

"I did, but… there was no response."

Seeing this, the others' expressions changed and they all instinctively looked at the young man named Hai Shan.

Hai Shan narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly.

"Since Senior Ling Feng is cultivating, we won't disturb him any longer. We'll leave."

As he spoke, his body flickered and he stepped onto the black boat.

The others hesitated but also flew over. However, the woman surnamed Ling felt even more uneasy. She wanted to say something, but when she saw Hai Shan's serious expression, she did not dare to speak.

Just like that, everyone got on the boat and flew away.

After flying to a certain distance, the boat stopped. The young man named Hai Shan narrowed his eyes and looked at the divine spirit mine in the distance as he muttered to himself.

"There's no news from the Ling family's Old Ancestor or his servants. Either he's cultivating or doing something else, or he's out. However, if he's out, he should be able to reply. Perhaps there's some reason that he can't be distracted.

Of course, there's another possibility, which is that there's been an accident.

"However, the Restriction Formation seal is still intact and there are no signs of it being broken. This means that even if there's an accident, it hasn't spread out.

"Moreover, we were so close and stayed for an hour, but we weren't affected at all. When we left, there were no obstructions…

"All of this…"

After thinking for a while, Hai Shan suddenly spoke to the woman surnamed Ling.

"Junior Sister Ling, does your Old Ancestor have any enemies?

When was the last time you were in contact? "

Hearing this, the woman surnamed Ling quickly replied.

"The Old Ancestor is very reliable and has dealt with most of his enemies. He's been guarding this place for the past few years and hasn't gone out at all.

"The last time we contacted him was a few days ago. After we finished our mission, I contacted the Old Ancestor and asked him to come back."

Hai Shan fell into deep thought. If that was the case, then the chances of something happening weren't high. Even if something did happen, it would only be in the initial stages. Even if Senior Ling couldn't spare any attention, it had to be at the level of a Sovereign.

But… this also represented a contribution to the sect!

"If I just reported that there was something wrong here, then everything would be normal. It would be a mistake in my analysis, and the clan would be dissatisfied with me.

"So…"

After thinking for a while, Hai Shan thought to himself, I'm just going to take a look from afar, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking to there, he stood on the boat and suddenly took out a jade slip. He used his authority as a direct descendant to lock onto the divine spirit mine Formation in the distance. His eyes flashed with blood-red light as he looked over.

With this glance, as his authority locked onto the formation, the blurry formation immediately became a bit clearer.

When he saw what was happening inside the formation, his expression changed drastically.

He saw the ruins all over the place, and a pair of eyes as cold as death!

Just looking at it caused his body to tremble, and blood to spray out of his mouth. His cultivation base rumbled.

"Let's go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Hai Shan's heart trembled as he frantically sent the ship off into the distance. At the same time, he pulled out his clan's jade slip to ask for help.

The others didn't know the details, but when they saw Hai Shan's reaction, their expressions flickered.

However… before Hai Shan could take out the jade slip, a cold voice echoed throughout the area.

"You shouldn't look at it."

As the voice rang out, Hai Shan and the others saw the sky being replaced by a huge hand. The space around them became a grid, and the flow of time seemed to be stretched out.

In the end, it was pitch black.

The big hand squeezed hard.

Both his body and soul were destroyed. Even the black spiritual boat was reduced to ashes.

The surroundings immediately quieted down.

A moment later, ripples appeared in the formation around the divine spirit mine. Xu Qing, who had finished absorbing the spiritual energy, stepped out.

He looked at the world.

"The fifth star ring…"

Xu Qing murmured.

His body flickered, and he disappeared into the distance in an instant.