Chapter 606: Chapter 170: A Narrow Escape from Death
Thousand Peak Forest.
A group of Cultivators is climbing to the mountaintop.
The leading Golden Core Cultivator Gao Cuo couldn’t help but look back once again, towards Bikong Mountain.
His deputy said with admiration, “Elder Gao, this is the ninth time you’ve looked back since we left Bikong Mountain.”
“This shows how deep your feelings for Bikong Mountain are!”
“Although you’ve only been appointed here for half a year, you’re so attached to it. When the news of the enemy forces’ approach arrived, you were the first to advocate for standing our ground.”
“Your courage and sense of duty shine through. Alas, we were blind to your merits and underestimated you. Ever since you took over, we have repeatedly contradicted you on the surface while defying you behind your back, which we really shouldn’t have done!”
Gao Cuo glanced at his deputy and sighed, “It’s a huge mistake from the higher-ups to abandon Bikong Mountain!”
“Sadly, although I am of the Golden Core Level, I’m not one of the high-ranking officials in Thousand Peak Forest, and I’m helpless about it.”
The deputy hesitated for a moment, but still said, “Elder Gao, according to the orders from above, we were supposed to destroy all the lakebed crystals before leaving.”
“But the truth is, you didn’t do that.”
“If the enemy captures these lakebed crystals, it would be a grave crime.”
Gao Cuo shook his head, “You can rest assured on that matter.”
“Before I took over, the former Mountain Master had already taken away all the Void Crystals that could be mined.”
“The remaining ones have not formed yet. If we tried to mine them directly, these unformed Void Crystals would dissipate instantly.”
“Didn’t you all witness it yourselves before we left?”
Convinced by his words, the deputy and others nodded their heads in agreement.
Gao Cuo stared intently at the summit of Bikong Mountain, and in his heart, he questioned, “Elder Jian, our disguise won’t be seen through, right?”
The next moment, a sharp, aged voice rang out in his mind, “Don’t worry, the Spell I taught you is extensively applicable.”
“Unless it’s one of the few with exceptional Innate talents and Divine Skills, it’s nearly impossible to see through it with just a Detection Spell.”
The aged voice paused for a moment, then continued, “Even if someone does see through it, very few can break through the barrier of the void. It’s too difficult to mine this place!”
Gao Cuo nodded, “That’s reassuring.”
“After all, that piece of Void Crystal is no ordinary thing; it conceals the Evil God Bone. It’s hidden very deep, which is why the predecessor didn’t notice it.”
“If it weren’t for Elder Jian’s reminder, I would have missed it too.”
“Once this war calms down, we will start to extract it.”
Elder Jian agreed, “Indeed. The Evil God Bone itself is of the Nascent Soul Level, a rare treasure material. The Evil God Bone Marrow is even at the Transforming Spirit Level, containing the essence of the void.”
“When you Refine your personal Flying Sword, if you incorporate this marrow into the sword, even as a Golden Core Level Cultivator, you could temporarily traverse the void through the unity of man and sword technique, something most Nascent Soul Level Cultivators can’t do!”
Gao Cuo sighed in his heart again, “Ah! It’s all Du Tiechuan’s fault. Of all places to attack, he had to send troops to my location.”
“And curse the alliance of Thousand Peak Forest for actually ordering a retreat.”
Gao Cuo helplessly shook his head and turned around, continuing his journey.
Boom!
The next moment, a dazzling, bright starlight, like a fine thread, descended from the sky, striking precisely at the summit of Bikong Mountain.
Gao Cuo’s face turned ashen, “That place is the Bikong Pond!”
“Such an attack… has reached the Transforming Spirit Level.”
“What on earth is going on?”
“What exactly has happened at Bikong Pond?!”
At that instant, Gao Cuo felt a foreboding sense of unease, as if he had lost something of vital importance in his life.
30 minutes before.
Sun Ning and another unexpectedly arrived at Bikong Pond.
Ning Zhuo only saw the fragments of Void Crystals at the bottom of the pond, but Sun Lingtong discovered a rare, complete one.
Even though Ning Zhuo was given directions, he couldn’t see it.
Despite trying numerous Detection techniques, none were effective.
“It truly is peculiar. Despite it being right in front of me, I can’t perceive it at all,” Ning Zhuo sighed, “Boss, it seems this treasure is fated to be yours.”
“Is that so?” Sun Lingtong chuckled with a pillow in hand.
“My Spiritual Eyes are especially skilled at observing treasures.”
“Since you can’t see it, let me do the mining.”
However, no matter how Sun Lingtong deployed her techniques, all Spells and Magic Artifacts and so on, upon reaching the surface of the complete Void Crystal, passed through it as if through air, bypassing it entirely.
It was as if this piece of complete Void Crystal was nothing but an illusion.
“How strange and mystical!” Sun Lingtong was baffled, “Even my Stealing Techniques are ineffective. This piece of complete Void Crystal is very unusual, full of profound mysteries. Even my Spiritual Eyes can’t discern what’s happening.”
“Damn it.”
Sun Lingtong tugged at her hair.
For her, it was an unbearable feeling!
The treasure was right in front of her, but she was helpless to obtain it with limited means.
Ning Zhuo was similarly trying blindly, but without success.
“Let’s withdraw then. Staying any longer is pointless, and this is enemy territory after all,” Ning Zhuo said calmly.
He persuaded Sun Lingtong, “Boss, since we’ve discovered this place, let’s mine it when we become stronger in the future.”
“All the other complete Void Crystals have been mined, and only you have seen through the secret here. I still can’t detect any abnormalities until now.”
“Chances are, others are also in the dark about it.”
“When we come back in the future, this Void Crystal will likely still be here.”
Reluctantly, Sun Lingtong sighed, “You make a good point.”
Ning Zhuo shrugged, “Even if there was no good point, we can’t just keep waiting here. Let’s go, let’s go.”
Despondently, Sun Lingtong followed Ning Zhuo.
But in the next moment, they saw daylight stars emerge!
Ning Zhuo’s Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon at his waist suddenly lit up with a band of starlight.
Although the starlight wasn’t blinding, it immediately attracted the light of the stars in the bright daytime sky.