Destiny is ashes

Chapter 101 The Weight of the Spiritual Stone (33 first orders 4000 plus more)

"Demon energy?"

Upon hearing this, An Jing immediately became alert and carefully sensed the qi sea in his dantian, but found no clues.

But he believed in the sword spirit: "My spirit is not sharp enough, do I need to practice the Pure and Quiet Sword Observation?"

"It's not enough to just practice the Pure and Quiet Sword Contemplation, but I can help you." The sword spirit said, "Close your eyes and visualize. I will lend you my 'eyes' to see."

An Jing closed his eyes and practiced the Pure and Tranquil Sword Technique.

A rusty broken sword emerged in the sea of ​​​​gods.

He felt a sudden cold and stinging sensation on his forehead, as if there was a small sword hanging in front of his forehead, with a small hole opened.

The silver-white sword marks appeared, and An Jing suddenly "saw" it.

With himself as the center, An Jing saw that everything around him, whether it was the glass platform, the wooden man, the bed or the room itself, gradually turned into nothingness, leaving only a faint white-green energy vein under his body that was slowly pulsating.

And this energy vein continues to extend into the distance, merging into a huge green vein that flows like a river.

This vein flows like water, constantly gushing out, and generates numerous bluish-white energy veins, covering the surrounding area like a grid, so densely packed that it is impossible to count them all.

——This is the spiritual vein in his room, and behind it, the spiritual spring vein occupied by the black market.

An Jing had an epiphany. The spiritual perception lent to him by the sword spirit was so powerful that he could even ignore all mundane things and directly see the direction of the earth veins.

For Feng Shui masters and Dragon Vein Masters, this is the supreme magical power. They can know the direction of the flow of "Qi" at a glance without any investigation. I don't know how much trouble it can save and how many mistakes can be reduced.

It's simply the art of looking at qi.

And now, An Jing also saw the "demonic energy" mentioned by the sword spirit.

Unlike the dense demonic energy in Huaixu Realm that even his spiritual sense could easily detect, that was an extremely thin black vein that blended into the spiritual veins, so thin that it was almost non-existent.

After being cleansed by the Glazed Platform, the demonic energy veins could no longer be noticed. If the Fuxie Sword Spirit had not been sensitive enough to the evil demonic energy, it would have been difficult to detect.

However, no matter how rare the demonic energy is, it does exist.

Feeling a sense of emptiness inside, An Jing had to open his eyes, interrupting this special spiritual vision.

With a slight sense, An Jing knew that this was because the 'Taibai Evil Spirit' in his body had been used up - the sword spirit's skills were very good, but because they were too advanced, everything had to use spiritual power to operate, so she recommended the Taibai Haoling Divine Prohibition to him, which could quickly cultivate spiritual energy.

"It shouldn't be the black market that's causing harm."

Recalling what he had just seen, An Jing said slowly: "It is the peculiarity of the Tianyuan Realm itself."

At this point, An Jing can no longer be said to be completely in the dark about the Tianyuan Realm. He also knows that the Tianyuan Realm is now polluted by the world's calamity. The entire world is full of demonic energy and calamity energy, and even the earth veins are no exception.

In the entire world, there are only a few giant spiritual vein cities and other scattered small urban areas. These giant cities should all have unpolluted spiritual veins, so as to ensure the existence of spiritual civilization.

The area occupied by the black market was originally heavily polluted, so it was acquired by the black market. The forces behind the black market could not purify the spiritual veins completely, so there was still a trace of demonic energy in the spiritual veins. "I understand."

At this moment, the sword spirit's tone was also thoughtful: "Why is the price of spiritual jade in this world so expensive?"

"In the way of Qi Refining, if you want to reach the late stage of Qi Refining, nourish your essence and spirit, and give birth to your spiritual consciousness, you need [Pure and Clear Breath] to nourish your Purple Palace."

"And this pure and clear breath requires the purest spiritual energy to be refined."

"If the environment of the Tianyuan Realm and the Huaixu Realm were similar before the catastrophe, then pure spiritual energy would not be difficult to collect. Any cultivator could cultivate pure spiritual energy by meditating and refining it for a hundred days. If there were magical instruments and formations to assist, it would only take a dozen days."

Hearing this, An Jing also understood: "But the Tianyuan Realm has been polluted, and there is almost no completely pure spiritual energy. Can't we extract the pure and clear breath?"

“It’s difficult.” The sword spirit did not draw a conclusion casually. He seemed to be thinking: “It’s just like the evil spirit in this spiritual vein. It has no effect on daily practice. It is similar to miscellaneous air and will be naturally expelled from the body.”

“But if you accidentally let the devilish energy enter while nurturing your purple palace, it will be very easy to be possessed by the devil when you build your foundation in the future.”

“Even if one succeeds in building a foundation by chance, the quality of the foundation will decline, and it may even become a cauldron for the outer demons.”

"An Jing, you are a person of great wisdom and innate spiritual perception. You practiced both immortality and martial arts and started with the Pure and Tranquil Sword Observation. Your spiritual awareness is much stronger than that of ordinary practitioners. Even you can hardly detect this evil energy. How can an ordinary Qi cultivator guarantee that they can eliminate all the evil energy?"

"If they don't have a teacher to help them, they can only choose to use natural objects that are born with the purest spiritual energy... that is, spiritual jade to practice."

"I was wondering why everyone in this world is a cultivator, but most of them are only in the early stages of Qi Refining, and the middle stages are rare."

At this point, the sword spirit understood, and he sighed: "Most of the earth veins in this world are polluted, and cultivation requires caution, which slows down progress."

"And the spiritual jade that can accelerate cultivation is mostly produced by the three uncontaminated veins and is firmly controlled by the major sects that rule this world."

"And the nurturing of spiritual consciousness in the late stage of Qi Refining is not only the basis for building the foundation, but also the foundation for the future Purple Palace. As long as the price and output of spiritual jade are controlled, most practitioners will be stuck before the late stage of Qi Refining, even if everyone practices cultivation."

“If there really is a genius who can reach the late stage of Qi Refining without the need for Spirit Jade, the true cultivation seed will be discovered quickly and absorbed.”

"This is probably the method used by the major sects in the Tianyuan Realm to select talented practitioners, and it can also be used to control social stability."

"Indeed."

An Jing thought about it carefully and couldn't help but agree: "You think very clearly. I thought that the ancient cultivators would not care about this method of mortal rule."

In response, the sword spirit said calmly: "What we cultivators learn encompasses everything. The mortal world is the place where immortals are selected, so it is of utmost importance. There are countless people who are proficient in this way in the Dengyun Hall, which is responsible for recruiting new disciples in the sect. I only know a little bit."

"No wonder Lingyu is said to be a strategic material. It is indeed so. In the Tianyuan Realm, Lingyu is the ticket to the peak of Qi Refining and even the foundation building stage."

"Ah."

When An Jing heard this, he nodded seriously: "Two pieces are fine, it won't shake the market, but if I brought more than ten pieces, I'm afraid it would attract the attention of the black market, and then there will be a lot of trouble."

"Fortunately, they misunderstood that I was from a wilderness tribe and discovered a rare, uncontaminated natural spirit stone mine. This way, I can bring a few pieces here for trade next time. Just be sure to pay attention to the quantity."

(End of this chapter)