The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 190 Dragon Bloodstone

After taking away the snake demon's body from the Yinshan Sparrow's claws, Chen Jinshu fled directly towards the Qingling River basin next to Yulian City.

When she stood on the riverbank again, she sensed a difference in the spiritual energy around her.

A lot of spiritual energy formed a faint magnetic field, slowly converging towards the center. Moreover, the spiritual energy here seemed to be slightly denser than it had been in the mountain range.

Of course, all of them are extremely rare first-order concentration spiritual energy.

"There should be resources in the river."

The old Taoist priest must have had his reasons for placing the snake demon in this place.

That snake demon's cultivation was close to the late stage of Qi Refining. At this cultivation level, unless one's bloodline is extremely rich, one would need to at least reach the Foundation Establishment stage to transform into a dragon.

The fact that the snake demon could raise its bloodline and grow dragon horns in such a short time indicates that there are spiritual creatures in the river that are related to the dragon race.

"Let's go down and look for it."

With the water-repelling pearl in his mouth, Chen Jinshu immediately jumped into the river and then continued downstream.

At first her vision was very blurry, but when she channeled her spiritual energy into her eyes, the scene below immediately appeared clearly in her mind.

"The river's water quality is quite good."

There are also many spirit fish and ordinary fish in the river, but these fish have just entered the spirit fish level. Apart from having a little bit of spiritual energy, they have some influence value.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator like her, it held almost no appeal.

Given the strength of the people of Yulian City, they shouldn't be able to catch all these spirit fish, which is why these spirit fish live in the river with such confidence.

Soon, Chen Jinshu followed the changes in the concentration of spiritual energy in the river and the direction of the still-flowing spiritual energy, and discovered a large hole three zhang wide.

Inside the cave were several snake molts, as well as a large amount of rubble, fish bones, and other debris.

"This must be the serpent demon's lair. I didn't expect it to be so big."

The nest is about twenty or thirty feet above the river, which is quite deep.

Just then, she seemed to see several red lights flashing from the snake demon's lair.

She quickly swam forward, rummaged through the nest, and found five blood-red stones.

The stone is translucent, resembling red jade, but with a slightly more lustrous sheen.

"What kind of spirit is this?"

Chen Jinshu tried hard to recall the books on spiritual objects and minerals he had consulted, but there was nothing about this blood-red stone.

"These stones do resemble bloodstones somewhat. They are most likely formed from the essence and blood of some dead demonic beasts over a long period of time."

Chen Jinshu secretly guessed and easily connected the snake demon with the bloodstone.

This item must have been what enhanced the snake demon's dragon bloodline, and even allowed it to complete the transformation of dragon horns before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Let's call it the Dragon Bloodstone for now.

After she took the five blood-red stones...

They immediately discovered something amiss in the snake demon's lair; the concentration of spiritual energy there was several times higher than in other places.

"So it was the core spiritual eye of the spiritual vein."

Each spiritual vein has a constantly growing and evolving spiritual eye, which is the place with the highest concentration of spiritual energy in the entire spiritual vein.

If the spiritual vein is of a higher grade, it will also produce extremely rare spiritual crystals.

Spirit crystals have many uses; besides cultivation, they can also be used to advance spiritual veins.

Such precious items are generally not taken out by cultivators unless the spiritual vein is gradually depleted, and they are taken out in order to preserve the last value of the spiritual vein.

"This snake demon really knows how to pick a place."

Chen Jinshu merely sighed once before swimming directly upwards.

This spiritual eye is not something she can take; it belongs to the people of Yulian City and the cultivation grounds of those hidden rogue cultivators.

It's not exactly unclaimed property. If it's taken away, it might cause the spiritual veins to dry up, and taint her with unknown karma.

……

Half an hour later, Chen Jinshu removed the array outside the city and arrived at the city lord's mansion.

"Senior, have you dealt with the snake demon?" the city lord asked with a low smile.

"Hmm. This snake demon was raised by a Taoist priest."

"What cultivation level does this demonic cultivator possess? If this demonic cultivator comes looking for us..." The city lord was immediately startled upon hearing this.

The demon who could raise such a powerful snake demon must have even stronger cultivation. If we find them, they might still have a chance to survive.

"Don't worry, I've already killed him. However, the background and origins of this evil Taoist are still unclear. You must be more careful in the future. If anyone comes, don't reveal any information. Otherwise, no one can protect you."

"Thank you for saving me, senior. I have prepared wine and dishes; please enjoy your meal."

"No need! I'll leave immediately. Just call me if you need anything."

"By the way, where is the location of that cyanite mine you submitted?"

Chen Jinshu suddenly thought of something and asked.

"There are already quite a few rogue cultivators guarding that area, about 500 miles to the east, ready to investigate at any time, senior."

"Alright! I'm leaving now!"

After she finished speaking, she disappeared from the spot.

Her mission was to hunt down the snake demon or obtain information about it, but the snake demon was not as powerful as she had imagined; it was just that its keeper was slightly more powerful.

So, her next task was to confirm the accuracy and quantity of this small turquoise mine.

Another half hour passed.

When Chen Jinshu landed at a thatched hut, she saw three rogue monks staring at her menacingly.

Be wary of her identity and background.

"I am a disciple of the Xuanming Sect. I have come to inspect the ore."

"We pay our respects to Senior." Upon hearing this, the three dared not look directly at Chen Jinshu and quickly said respectfully.

"Alright! Take me there quickly."

Then, the three of them led Chen Jinshu to a mine shaft that had been dug three zhang deep, where many mining tools were placed.

There are still a lot of light blue glowing stones left on the surface of the mine.

She swung her longsword and cut down one, carefully examining its quality.

"The quality is acceptable."

"The city lord only allowed us to dig this mine to a depth of three zhang. After informing the senior sect about the mineral vein, we stopped digging."

"What about those bluestone stones that were excavated before? Our sect bought them."

"The ore is all in the hands of the city lord; we only received about ten kilograms."

"That's settled then. I'll go and make the deal with him later."

Chen Jinshu nodded. This transaction wasn't for the sect, but for the spiritual plant space.

The water-like spiritual energy within this bluestone is quite remarkable; if buried in the soil, it can provide a significant amount of water-like spiritual energy to spirits.

‘Bang bang! ’

Just then, a huge explosion suddenly rang in their ears, right in the direction of Yulian City.

"Something's happened in the city?" The three hurriedly rushed outside.

When Chen Jinshu came out, he saw that Yulian City was emitting a lot of black and white smoke. Although he could only see a small amount of smoke, this place was 500 miles away from Yulian City.

This is enough to show that the situation in the city is not optimistic.

Without a second thought, the three of them flew towards Yulian City.

"Going there now would be suicide for you," Chen Jinshu called out to them.

The current situation is highly likely due to the organization behind the old Taoist priest contacting him.