At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

A light mist of spiritual energy drifted slowly through the dense forest.

Two figures were faintly visible within it.

The sound of conversation echoed softly in the woods.

"Senior Brother Zhao, we are currently in a time of crisis for the sect,

it would be one thing if we didn't help, but to secretly run away like this,

wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"

The cultivator known as Senior Brother Zhao snorted coldly, disdainfully saying:

"A wise bird chooses its tree, and when disaster strikes, everyone flies solo, what's wrong with that?

Junior Brother Sun, you need to understand, they didn't kill some small fry this time, but a deacon of the Human Emperor Hall!

Do you know what the Human Emperor Hall means in the cultivation world?

Do you think we'll get away with it after provoking them?

If we don't run now, do you really want to be buried with the entire Spirit Cloud Sect?"

Junior Brother Sun scratched his head,

looking conflicted, he said:

"Senior Brother Zhao, you know I don't mean it like that.

It's just that I haven't accumulated enough sect contributions yet, and I haven't received the complete Qi Refining mid-stage cultivation method yet!

What will I do when I cultivate to the fourth level of Qi Refining and don't have a follow-up technique?

I'm not willing to be stuck at the fourth level of Qi Refining for the rest of my life."

Senior Brother Zhao chuckled twice.

"You're such a fool, it's rare to see someone in the cultivation world with so little planning for their future!

Be glad, you brat, that you've got a good senior brother like me.

I've long ago found a complete cultivation method at the black market run by a nearby family.

It should be enough for me to cultivate to the early stage of Foundation Establishment."

Senior Brother Zhao glanced at him, hinting:

"You and I, senior and junior brothers, practice the same cultivation method, and no matter what, I will take care of you a little."

Junior Brother Sun's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He quickly expressed his loyalty.

"Senior Brother Zhao, don't worry, I don't have any grand ambitions.

As long as you can provide me with the cultivation method to continue my cultivation, anything is fine!

If you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"

A hint of satisfaction appeared on Senior Brother Zhao's face.

"Alright, stop flattering me, we need to take care of business."

Junior Brother Sun obediently restrained himself after hearing this.

He scanned his surroundings and asked with a strange expression:

"Senior Brother Zhao, where are we going?

Senior Brother, why is the spiritual energy so dense around here?"

Senior Brother Zhao led the way.

He seemed to be used to this,

and didn't make a fuss like the other.

"Junior brother's cultivation is still shallow, so I suppose you haven't been to a spiritual vein cultivation cave, right?

Hehe, to tell you the truth,

although this place looks barren,

it has the same wonderful effect as the most precious spiritual vein in our Spirit Cloud Sect.

Even if you open up a cave for cultivation in the periphery, the speed of absorbing and converting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth,

can almost be increased by more than double."

Junior Brother Sun's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this.

His tone was full of surprise as he said:

"It actually has such an effect?

Then what are we waiting for, Senior Brother Zhao?

Let's quickly find a secluded place to cultivate here!

I've been stuck at the fourth level of Qi Refining for a long time."

Senior Brother Zhao sneered with disdain.

"Look at your ambition!

This little bit of spiritual energy concentration in the periphery is only equivalent to Cave D at best.

You'd be satisfied with such little benefits?

If you were to enter the deeper parts of this Immortal Trace Valley,

and experience the area of Cave C, where the cultivation speed is even greater, or even the area of Cave A, wouldn't you go crazy on the spot?"

Junior Brother Sun's eyes almost popped out.

Overwhelmed by the huge surprise, his voice trembled slightly.

"I understand, Senior Brother Zhao,

so you had already planned a way out, that's why you brought me here?

If we can cultivate here for a long time, then my breakthrough to the mid-stage of Qi Refining,

no, even the late stage of Qi Refining and the Foundation Establishment stage, I'm afraid it's not impossible!

Junior brother is truly impressed by Senior Brother Zhao's grand strategy!"

Senior Brother Zhao was somewhat elated by his junior brother's flattery.

He smiled smugly and said:

"You little brat, what do you know!

This cultivation speed is only one aspect, the spiritual stones mined here are the most important thing!

Heh, you little brat probably thinks that the spiritual stones in the cultivation world are blown in by the wind, right?

They are all mined from spiritual veins of various grades!

If we cultivators want to live freely in the cultivation world,

we still can't do without these spiritual stones."

With that said.

Senior Brother Zhao took out a short pickaxe from his storage bag.

"Look! This thing is called the Spirit Separating Pickaxe,

and it is specially used for mining spiritual veins.

With this thing, even in the early stage of Qi Refining,

one can mine two complete spiritual stones day and night without stopping.

Without this thing, even a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator would exhaust all their strength,

and at most, they could only mine some scraps like spiritual sand in a day."

Junior Brother Sun was dumbfounded.

This time, his eyes were truly opened.

"Senior Brother Zhao is indeed wise, he even thought of this level,

and prepared the tools for mining spiritual stones in advance.

Junior brother is truly impressed!"

Senior Brother Zhao's mouth curled into a smug smile.

He handed the Spirit Separating Pickaxe to Junior Brother Sun and instructed:

"I'll leave this thing to you, after I break through,

the two of us will take turns mining spiritual stones, and we won't stop until we've emptied this spiritual vein!"

Only at this time.

Did Senior Brother Zhao reveal his true purpose.

The reason why he brought Junior Brother Sun here was just to find a cheap spiritual stone miner.

Otherwise.

He wouldn't bother bringing a burden with him.

Junior Brother Sun obviously didn't think of this.

He was still immersed in his own beautiful dream.

He excitedly took the Spirit Separating Pickaxe,

and was about to pat his chest again and say some nice words of loyalty.

When he accidentally glanced at something behind Senior Brother Zhao, his expression changed drastically.

"Senior Brother Zhao, be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

A purple-black vine as thick as a bucket suddenly pounced towards the two of them.

Before the vine arrived, a terrifying wave of pressure arrived first!

In the face of this chilling power.

Even Senior Brother Zhao, who was already in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, had turned pale.

He didn't have time to think.

He didn't understand why a plant could release such terrifying pressure.

The instinct to survive made him tear up a life-saving talisman subconsciously.

In an instant,

Senior Brother Zhao's figure had flashed ten feet away.

At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind:

Run!

Junior Brother Sun was even more不堪, he was hit by the aura of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The whole person immediately trembled like a sieve, even forgetting to run.

Whoosh!

In just a few breaths.

The purple-black vine tightly wrapped around him like a mad python.

Slender and sharp tendrils pierced mercilessly into Junior Brother Sun's mouth, nose, and other orifices,

and then protruded from the gaps in his eyes.

Soon.

Junior Brother Sun didn't even let out a scream,

before he was breathing more out than in.

While Senior Brother Zhao was frantically fleeing, he happened to see this scene when he turned his head.

Even he, who had experienced countless life-and-death battles, couldn't help but shudder.

Death is not terrible.

But being tortured to death like this is really unacceptable!

Thinking of this.

Senior Brother Zhao took out another Swift Steps Talisman and attached it to his body.

His speed increased greatly again.

He ran and looked back.

He slowly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the deadly vine didn't seem to be chasing after him.

However.

Before Senior Brother Zhao could feel the joy of surviving a catastrophe.

The ground in front of him suddenly erupted like a fountain.

A purple-black vine shot out from it with lightning speed,

and wrapped around his body in a very short time.

"No…!"

In Senior Brother Zhao's desperate scream,

the vine strangled him to death on the spot like a deadly noose.

The jungle fell silent again.

Leaving behind only two corpses tightly缠绕by the vine,

and the Spirit Bean Soldier who was always hiding in the dark observing.