radiothebook Chapter 182 Impacting the Foundation
Chapter 182 Impacting the Foundation
Chapter 182: Charging Towards Foundation Establishment
This thought only flashed in Li Lan's mind for an instant before quickly disappearing.
No, it shouldn't be.
As long as one has a Spirit Dividing Pickaxe, even a Qi Refining First Level cultivator can easily mine low-grade spirit stones.
There's no reason why this middle-grade spirit stone mine would suddenly become so much more difficult, requiring a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator to personally handle it.
Li Lan tried his best to calm himself and analyze the situation carefully.
Spirit Dividing Pickaxe?
That's right,
This item might only be suitable for mining low-grade spirit stones.
Its effect on spirit stone mines of other qualities might not be as significant.
Following this line of thought,
If one wants to mine a Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine, perhaps a special magic tool similar to the Spirit Dividing Pickaxe is needed.
The more Li Lan thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
But what would this item specifically used for mining middle-grade spirit stones be?
He furrowed his brow in thought,
Thinking for a long time but still unable to come up with an answer.
Perhaps,
There might be relevant records in the sect's ancient texts.
Thinking this,
Li Lan turned and walked out.
He planned to look through the ancient texts in Lin'an Stronghold to see if he could find anything.
Thinking back to his time at Guangji Temple,
Li Lan still needed to pay a large amount of spirit sand to gain access to the Art and Skill Pavilion.
As his cultivation level increased,
After becoming the nominal Outer Sect Elder's chief disciple,
Li Lan gained many privileges and no longer had to do this.
Now, he could freely enter and exit any place in Lin'an Stronghold without consuming spirit stones.
Before leaving,
Li Lan casually cast a spell, collapsing the area and sealing off this Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine.
After leaving a Spirit Bean Soldier to guard the ruins,
He then confidently followed the narrow mine tunnel back to his cave dwelling.
Although there were no Foundation Establishment Stage powerhouses here,
Li Lan was still very cautious.
All of his spirit stones were dug out from this mine tunnel hidden within his cultivation cave dwelling.
Around the cave dwelling, he had set up numerous restrictive formations under the pretext of needing peace for closed-door cultivation.
With layers of protection,
It was naturally difficult for ordinary outer sect disciples to discover that while Li Lan was in closed-door cultivation, he had also secretly dug out a mine tunnel on his own.
As soon as he returned to the cave dwelling,
Li Lan saw several sound transmission talismans hovering and drifting outside the restriction.
These were all sent by Wang Chi.
He had been in closed-door cultivation for several months this time,
Wang Chi had been patiently waiting for him to come out.
Li Lan read through these sound transmission talismans one by one,
After finding that there was nothing too important in them,
He didn't pay much attention to them.
After leaving the cave dwelling, Li Lan went directly to the Secret Scripture Pavilion.
This place in Lin'an Stronghold is where various ancient texts and secret techniques are stored.
When outer sect disciples perform various sect missions,
They will also hand over some items they occasionally obtain in exchange for some cultivation resources.
The Outer Sect Elder will classify these items according to their importance and store them in areas such as the Scripture Pavilion, Art and Skill Pavilion, and Secret Scripture Pavilion.
It is said that some Secret Scripture Pavilions in outer sects that have been established for a long time even contain wild methods for lucky breakthroughs to the Foundation Establishment Stage by ancient cultivators through unorthodox means.
However, whether these methods are truly effective and can really lead to a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Stage is a matter of opinion.
In short,
This Secret Scripture Pavilion does indeed contain many ancient texts, and the information recorded within is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
The person responsible for guarding the Secret Scripture Pavilion was an outer sect disciple at the Lingqi Middle Stage.
Upon seeing Li Lan arrive on his boat,
This person was startled and hurriedly bowed in greeting.
Li Lan smiled and nodded in response, then quickly entered the pavilion.
He stayed in this Secret Scripture Pavilion for ten days.
After flipping through all the ancient texts in the pavilion,
Li Lan finally found some information related to Medium-Grade Spirit Veins.
"So there are so many intricacies in mining this Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine.
There are no requirements for the Spirit Dividing Pickaxe, but there are requirements for the spiritual root attribute.
Only by cultivating a cultivation method that restrains the Medium-Grade Spirit Vein can one mine spirit stones from it."
Li Lan repeatedly looked at the ancient text in his hand, muttering to himself.
Immediately,
He secretly thought he was lucky.
Fortunately, the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine had a yellowish color and was an earth-attribute spirit stone, and the cultivation method he practiced just happened to be able to activate wood-attribute spiritual power.
If it were a fire-attribute middle-grade spirit stone,
He would probably be staring blankly and feeling anxious right now.
With a plan in mind,
Li Lan immediately returned to the Spirit Stone Mine, announcing that he was going into closed-door cultivation again.
Returning to the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine through the narrow mine tunnel,
He shook his hand and took out a pair of chopstick-shaped magic tools.
This item was made of unknown spiritual wood and was as hard as metal throughout.
Although it was only a third-grade high-grade item, it could be considered among the best among wood-attribute magic tools.
After injecting wood-attribute spiritual power,
Li Lan flicked his hand, and the pair of chopsticks flew out like arrows from a bowstring.
With a muffled sound,
The originally extremely tough Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine was like tofu in front of these chopsticks,
Immediately, two holes were poked in it.
It works!
Li Lan's heart was slightly happy.
He had originally only taken out this wood-attribute magic tool with a try-it-and-see attitude.
But he hadn't expected that the records in the Secret Scripture Pavilion were actually true.
Spirit Bean Soldiers are affected by the materials they are refined from and can also be seen as wood-attribute cultivators.
If all the Spirit Bean Soldiers above Qi Refining Fourth Level were summoned,
It wouldn't be long before he could quickly harvest a considerable amount of earth-attribute middle-grade spirit stones using the same method.
Li Lan was thinking this in his heart.
Suddenly,
The Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine in front of him underwent another strange change!
The two holes poked by the chopstick magic tool actually rapidly contracted and closed during a tremor.
In just the blink of an eye,
The two holes completely disappeared,
The surface of the entire Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine became smooth and flat again, without any trace of damage?
This scene was clearly something Li Lan had not anticipated.
Even as calm as he was, seeing this situation, he couldn't help but be somewhat stunned.
This Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine can actually self-repair?
How is this possible?
Although Li Lan knew very little about Medium-Grade Spirit Veins,
He still had basic common sense.
Spirit Veins, regardless of their grade, are just consumables.
One piece used is one piece less, and it is absolutely impossible for them to recover easily as if they had life, like they are doing now.
Could it be that this is not a Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine?
Thinking of this possibility,
Li Lan's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
If these are not middle-grade spirit stones, then what are these things?
Are they really living creatures?
Will they threaten his safety?
The more Li Lan thought about it, the more his heart trembled.
Out of caution,
He immediately left this place and returned to his cave dwelling.
Better safe than sorry.
Regardless of what these things are,
Li Lan's main body is not prepared to go deeper into this mine tunnel anymore.
He used the Spirit Bean Soldier left in place to observe carefully for several days.
Seeing that the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine did not have any other movements, he finally felt a little relieved.
After carefully weighing the pros and cons,
Li Lan was still unable to just give up this easily obtainable benefit.
Finally,
He controlled that Qi Refining tenth level Spirit Bean Soldier,
Picked up the chopstick-shaped magic tool,
And once again swung it at the yellowish-brown spirit stone mine.
Pfft!
The chopsticks once again effortlessly pierced into the ore.
This time, Li Lan did not rashly pull out the chopstick magic tool,
But this piece of ore still trembled violently, and a force pushed the chopstick magic tool out from the inside.
After repairing the surface,
The entire spirit stone mine returned to calmness.
These things seem to have no self-awareness or aggressiveness.
They look somewhat similar to the purple sandalwood tree core that has been peeled.
Could it be,
The target indicated by the treasure-seeking jade slip,
Is also an ancient spiritual plant?
Are these products similar to the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine also created by it?
Li Lan pondered inwardly,
Analyzing various possibilities based on the existing information.
At the same time,
His spiritual consciousness moved,
That Spirit Bean Soldier did not stop, and once again raised the chopstick magic tool and stabbed down.
This time, after poking two holes,
The Spirit Bean Soldier did not stop, but before the spirit stone mine could complete its repair,
Wielding the chopstick magic tool, it attacked from both sides, cutting off a small piece of middle-grade spirit stone at the fastest speed.
Then, Li Lan held his breath and observed through the five senses of the Spirit Bean Soldier.
He saw the surface of the Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine wriggling,
And quickly repaired the damaged area.
However,
The small piece of middle-grade spirit stone that fell to the ground remained motionless, as if it were dead.
After multiple attempts by the Spirit Bean Soldier,
Confirming that this item was indeed not dangerous,
Li Lan then controlled the puppet to bring it back to the cave dwelling.
He held the small piece of middle-grade spirit stone in his hand,
Rubbing the surface with his finger and comparing it with the three normal spirit stones he had obtained earlier.
Whether from the appearance, the interior, or the richness of spiritual energy,
There was absolutely no difference between the two.
Could it be that his knowledge is too shallow?
The Cultivation World is so vast, full of wonders,
Is there really a type of Medium-Grade Spirit Vein that can self-repair?
Or is it that,
The product created by this ancient spiritual plant is exactly the same as the middle-grade spirit stone,
And all of this is because he is ignorant and making a fuss over nothing?
After all,
In the final analysis, the so-called spirit stone is merely an ordinary mineral that has been exposed to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for a long time,
And over time, it has undergone a strange change.
Both conjectures have a certain possibility,
For a time,
Li Lan's mind was filled with thoughts, thinking of many things.
But no matter what the truth is,
The current situation is more beneficial than harmful to him.
In the following month,
Li Lan also used the Spirit Bean Soldier to conduct many different experiments.
Although he still didn't understand,
How this Middle Grade Spirit Stone Mine managed to self-repair.
But he finally came to a conclusion: this strange spirit stone mine currently poses no harm to him.
Li Lan was too lazy to delve into the specific truth; for him,
Having this conclusion was enough.
This means that,
He can indeed make good use of this spirit stone mine to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
With this thought in mind,
Li Lan no longer hesitated.
He immediately summoned many Spirit Bean Soldiers, carrying all the wood-attribute magic tools he could find on him,
Went down into the mine tunnel, and began to mine middle-grade spirit stones.
At the same time,
Li Lan's main body was not idle,
Actively making a series of preparations for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
As for pills, he didn't need to worry about anything.
He had used two Foundation Establishment Pills when he broke through to Qi Refining Great Perfection last time,
Li Lan still had three with him at this time, which was barely enough.
The most important preparation was for the Spirit Bean Soldiers with spiritual power.
Previously,
Li Lan had brought out five Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Beans of seventy to eighty years, twelve of forty to fifty years, and over thirty of twenty years from the depths of Xianzong Valley.
He had only refined a small portion of these Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Beans of different ages so far.
This time, when attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Li Lan planned to refine all of them for the Devouring Yuan Great Art to use.