From the Valkyrie to the Endless

In the blink of an eye, more than two hours passed.

In more than two hours, Shen Qing had slashed out tens of thousands of times, all with all her strength, without holding back. No one in the world could perform such high-intensity continuous attacks except her.

Although this spiritual formation was extremely strong, it had after all gone through too many years and its power was only one tenth of what it was. After Shen Qing had been attacking it continuously for two hours, it finally began to waver.

An obvious crack appeared on the barrier filled with purple light, and the path of the spiritual pattern was torn open, no longer as round and flawless as before.

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Half an hour later, with a slight sound, spider-web-like cracks appeared on the spirit formation. Strands of pure spiritual energy extended out from the barrier between heaven and earth, causing Shen Qing's muscles and bones to involuntarily relax, and the speed of the illusory stars in his dantian increased dramatically.

After a moment, a clear crack appeared on the spirit formation.

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A ray of knife light slashed into the mountain wall along the crack, but it was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any waves.

Shen Qing's eyes lit up, and he immediately put away his knife. He followed the crack, passed through the spirit formation, and crashed straight into the mountain wall.

Ripples like water appeared on the bluestone, and the spiritual energy in the air became stronger and stronger. Shen Qing's figure was like the previous flash of knife light, sinking into the mountain wall and disappearing without a trace in an instant.

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When his feet landed on the ground again, Shen Qing was already in a hall with a high dome. On the stone wall not far away, there was a knife mark several feet deep.

The place was not big, only about a hundred feet in radius, with countless shelves. There was no moisture in the air, it was extremely dry.

The spiritual energy in the hall was extremely strong, and several mountains of jade were neatly piled up in the corner.

Spiritual stone...

Shen Qing's eyes suddenly lit up. No matter which era, this kind of mineral containing rich spiritual energy is hard currency. It can assist in spiritual practice and is not much different from a panacea.

In this era when spiritual energy is almost exhausted, it is even more precious.

Shen Qing squatted down and carefully identified them. He was even happier. The quality of these spirit stones was very high and they were divided into three piles.

The spiritual energy is the most abundant, like amber, and should be the top-grade spiritual stone, which is more than a thousand pieces, the middle-grade spiritual stones are tens of thousands, and the low-grade spiritual stones are at least hundreds of thousands, or even more.

Such a large amount of spirit stones was enough to support a large sect even in ancient times.

Shen Qing was not in a hurry to put the spirit stones into the spirit ring. He looked around the shelves with excitement in his eyes.

This was not the secret realm she had imagined, but it was far more valuable than a secret realm. It was clearly a treasure house left behind by an entire ancient sect!

Brocade boxes are neatly arranged on the shelves, most of which are engraved with spiritual patterns, which have the effect of gathering spiritual energy and locking qi.

Shen Qing walked quickly through the entire hall, opening them one by one. After walking around the entire hall, her mood calmed down a little.

Most of these boxes contain elixirs, minerals, animal bones, etc. There are also some unimportant books, such as elixirs, magic tools, exercises, etc., which are nowhere to be seen. I think there must be another storage place.

The records in those books were very diverse, including some of the sect's development history, and piles of manuals prepared specifically for new disciples.

Based on these books, Shen Qing also vaguely understood this sect called Gulingmen that existed in ancient times.

The scale of the Guling Sect is not large, with only about 500 disciples, but the core technique within the sect is extremely special, called the Soul-Searching Technique, which can detect mineral veins. The sect often receives invitations from various transcendent forces to work together to open up new land.

In the ancient cultivation world, there were many methods similar to the soul-seeking technique. People who practiced this kind of technique were also respected as soul-vein masters.

The practice of the spirit-calling art is extremely difficult and places great emphasis on talent, and the combat power is relatively weak, so not many people are willing to practice it. After all, even if a spirit mine is discovered, it is all empty talk without the strength to occupy it.

Scarcity makes things valuable, and the same is true for people. Due to their smaller numbers, the status of spirit vein masters in the cultivation world is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

When it comes to training spirit vein masters, the Ancient Spirit Sect is unique and has very good relations with all the major transcendent forces.

However, now as time goes by, all is in vain.

Shen Qing was not very interested in the soul-calling technique. It was difficult to practice and its combat effectiveness was mediocre. To her, it was a waste of time.

Shen Qing couldn't recognize all of the elixirs in the treasure house, the same was true for the ores, not to mention the animal bones.

Shen Qing didn't dare to take any elixir randomly.

It was not uncommon for elixirs in ancient times to be able to instantly poison and kill a cultivator in the Shenzang realm. Some were even highly toxic to the soul. If she accidentally came across something highly poisonous, she might not be able to react.

After calming down, Shen Qing put away all the spirit stones. He only put away a small part of the brocade box, and the spirit ring was already full.

After thinking for a while, Shen Qing poured out the low-grade spirit stones that occupied the most space in the spirit ring and piled them into a bed. Then, holding more than ten spirit stones tightly in his hand, he directly began to operate the Star Source Secret Book.

This place is also a good place for retreat.

In the Dantian, the illusory stars rotate. They have expanded a lot compared to the beginning. They are located in the center of the Dantian, gathering the true essence to the side, like a dazzling star ring.

The spiritual energy within the spirit stone is far more refined than that between heaven and earth, and is undoubtedly more suitable for cultivation. However, absorbing the spiritual energy within the spirit stone is not an easy task. Ordinary cultivators need to spend a certain amount of time to pull out the spiritual energy within the spirit stone with their true essence, like peeling off silk from a cocoon.

But Shen Qing's practice obviously did not require such hard work. As the sundial turned, the spirit stone in his hand was drained of its spiritual energy in the blink of an eye. His meridians swelled slightly, which was even faster than practicing in the secret realm.

Shen Qing paused for a moment, grabbed another handful of spirit stones, and continued to practice with concentration.

In a blink of an eye, in just over half an hour, the sundial had deduced more than thirty years and consumed more than twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

This method of practice is undoubtedly extremely luxurious, but the effect is equally significant.

After only staying at the peak of the middle stage of Condensation Realm for a few breaths, the stars in Shen Qing's Dantian suddenly expanded, his true essence surged, and he entered the late stage of Condensation Realm.

This is the result of the accumulation of spirit stones.

Shen Qing did not stop and continued to feed the Tao seed in her body with spirit stones. Wisps of spiritual mist lingered around her and her skin was shining with amazing spiritual light. In the extremely rich spiritual energy, her body began to undergo a fundamental transformation.

The influence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on cultivators is extremely obvious. The combat power of cultivators will also change greatly under different concentrations of spiritual energy.

The cultivators at the Gangsha realm are already able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth. In ancient times, they could make clouds and rain with a wave of their hands and control celestial phenomena. It is not an exaggeration to say that they could move mountains with a wave of their hands. However, the Gangsha of this era is obviously not that strong.

Wen Tianfeng is the best example. If it were in the ancient times when spiritual energy was abundant, even if he was seriously injured, he could control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to protect his body with a thought. Even from a distance of hundreds of feet, he could kill Shen Qing in a moment.

This has something to do with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but more importantly, it is the changes in the environment during the growth process.

The environment has a huge impact on living things. Just like ordinary people, if they are exposed to the scorching sun for a long time, their skin will naturally become dry and cracked, and will shrink and become full of wrinkles due to lack of moisture.

The daughter of a wealthy family who never goes out of the house has naturally fair and tender skin, so soft and elastic that it seems as if water can be squeezed out of it.

This is just a superficial phenomenon of the body. A deeper change is that people who live in hot areas for a long time will naturally become more heat-resistant. Similarly, if they stay in ice and snow for a long time, their ability to keep out the cold will also increase to a certain extent.

At this moment, Shen Qing has spent several decades in an environment completely surrounded by spirit stones. Her physique has begun to revert to her ancestral state, becoming closer to the cultivators of ancient times. Her pure physique alone is far superior to that of the creatures of this era.

Shen Qing was unaware of this. She had already fallen into a state of emptiness, mechanically filling her body with spiritual energy, constantly catalyzing the Tao seeds in her body and advancing towards the Gangsha realm.

The further you go on the path of cultivation, the harder it becomes, like climbing to a high peak; what is consumed the most is not the resources for cultivation, but your lifespan.

Most people who practice cultivation spend most of their lives on the path of cultivation, constantly chasing after more powerful powers and exhausting their energy for this.

This is even more true for Shen Qing. With every rotation of the sundial, it takes away the years that belong to her. It is equivalent to exchanging her life for cultivation.

Before this, everything Shen Qing did was to live longer.

If she didn't need strength and could only stay in this era for twelve years, she would never trade her lifespan for strength.

After all, every time the sundial turned, it crushed the happy life she might have had.

With hundreds of thousands of spirit stones as her backing, Shen Qing had no worries. After just a short moment, the sundial had turned for nearly forty years, and her cultivation had advanced to the peak of the Condensation Realm, just like Sikong Yuan at the beginning.

At this point, Shen Qing still did not stop. He replaced the low-grade spirit stone in his hand with a high-grade one and began to follow the methods in the Star Source Secret Book to compress the true essence in his body and condense it into energy.

In the blink of an eye, the sundial had turned several decades again.

As the quality of the true energy in the body continued to improve, the star ring surrounding the illusory star in the center of the dantian became brighter and brighter, and gradually evolved a sharp edge.

The properties of Gang Qi are also closely related to the cultivators. Cultivators who practice fire-attributed techniques will naturally have fire poison in their Gang Qi.

The Star Source Secret Book has no specific attributes and absorbs the power of the stars around it, but it is still affected by Shen Qing. It naturally carries a unique edge of the sword that pierces people's muscles and bones.

The sundial slowly turned, like a rolling wheel, constantly taking away Shen Qing's life.

Finally, when his bone age approached the 300-year mark, the true essence in Shen Qing's body underwent a qualitative change. The star ring surrounding the Tao Seed was dotted with starlight, like a meteorite, or the prototype of a star.

At the moment when the Qi was condensed into a forceful energy, an invisible tide surged within a hundred miles of Cuiyun Valley. Strong winds blew up fallen leaves all over the sky, scattering them all over the mountains and rivers, painting a page of late autumn.

Shen Qing slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of foul air that had been trapped for over a hundred years. The flash of a knife in his breath tore through the mountain wall, creating a bottomless chasm.

A cultivator in the Gangsha realm who was nearly three hundred years old could only be considered middle-class in ancient times. He could not be called slow, but he definitely could not be called a genius either.

The gathered spiritual energy dissipated, Shen Qing stared at the palm of his hand, circulating the terrifying energy in his body that was like a volcano, and felt a little strenuous.

In this situation, it was obvious that her mind was unable to adapt to the surging power, and her soul was already struggling to control such a powerful body.

The sundial only affects her physical body. Without enough time to comprehend the path of the Tao, it is only a matter of time before her soul becomes unworthy of its place. This situation will become more and more obvious as her cultivation level increases.

The reason why those descendants of gods can control their bodies freely in a short period of time is largely because their blood inheritance already contains the insights of their ancestors.

After becoming familiar with the surging power in his body, Shen Qing stood up and threw away some of the spirit stones that had lost all their spiritual energy, and some space was freed up in the spirit ring.

After filling the spirit ring again, Shen Qing did not stay for long. He left the treasure house along the same path he came from.

There is no need to rush for the rest, you can come back later.

The moment she stepped out of the mountain wall, Shen Qing's mind went blank. The sudden drop in the spiritual environment made her feel like she was almost short of oxygen. The internal Qi in her body was like boiling magma, floating faintly.

The meridians were entangled in one place, and the stars in the dantian collapsed, and it was obvious that they were unable to adapt.

Shen Qing immediately circulated his internal energy to block out all external auras, took out a top-grade spirit stone from his spirit ring, put it in his arms, and placed it on his chest.

After a cup of tea, the dizzy feeling gradually dissipated, and the flow of qi and blood gradually returned to normal.

After being baptized by spiritual energy, her body was very resistant to the world before her.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Shen Qing turned around and took a look. The spiritual patterns on the original mountain wall had dimmed, and a gap had been torn, making the operation of the spiritual formation increasingly stretched.

As it was not disturbed by any external force, the spiritual formation returned to silence again and was covered by the raging waterfall.

Shen Qing walked away slowly, his figure gradually disappearing into the layers of mist.

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Just after leaving Cuiyun Valley for nearly a hundred miles, Shen Qing stopped and took out a jade hairpin from his magic ring.

After a slight hesitation, Shen Qing raised his fingers to break it, and took out a roll of silk cloth as thin as a cicada's wing from it.

Shen Qing was not very interested in the inheritance that Fu Chan mentioned. Now that she had entered the state of Gangsha, things that were useful to her were rare in the world.

But she happened to be in southern Xinjiang, and since she was already here, it wouldn't hurt to take this opportunity to go and take a look.

If there was something in the inheritance that the father specifically left for his daughter, she could also take it back to Qianzhou and give it to Fu Chan.

(End of this chapter)