Chapter 1550: Chapter 1550: Spirit Stone Vein
Feng Jun sank downwards, descending about fifty meters, when he suddenly felt a void beneath him.
Then he discovered that he had fallen into another stone chamber, quite similar to the one above.
The only difference was that this stone chamber was not empty; an array plate was operating within it.
This array plate was extremely familiar to Feng Jun—aura concealment array. In the mobile phone realm, very few people were familiar with this array plate, but the Yin Spirit Bigwig had been using it to conceal its aura.
This aura concealment array was obviously more advanced than the one used by the Yin Spirit Bigwig. Just the array plate itself was a size larger, measuring a full meter in diameter, with Spirit Stones inside glowing with a lush green hue—unmistakably, it was a Top-Grade Spirit Stone.
In the mobile phone realm, Feng Jun had never even seen High-grade Spirit Stones, let alone Top-Grade ones. However, though he hadn’t eaten pork, he had seen pigs run, so identifying this wasn’t an issue.
This large array had been operating for an unknown number of years and would likely continue for many more, while that Top-Grade Spirit Stone shone brightly, as if it had never been consumed.
However, upon some deduction, Feng Jun understood that the power of the array did not lie in the Top-Grade Spirit Stone itself; it was merely an energy transfer intermediary. Without this additional support, its Spiritual Energy wouldn’t suffice for consumption.
Yet, to see a Top-Grade Spirit Stone in the Earth Realm was already shocking enough, wasn’t it? Feng Jun had never seen High-grade Spirit Stones in the mobile phone realm either.
He composed himself and began to explore his surroundings further. Based on the writing of many online novels, he should find something like a last will—such as identifying who left this and what events transpired, remaining for some predestined person.
But unfortunately, life isn’t a novel, and he didn’t discover any messages, just an array formation like this.
Before drilling down, Feng Jun actually had prepared for the worst—after all, it was an energy circle even his mobile phone couldn’t penetrate. If there was a defensive formation at the Emergence Stage, he wouldn’t be surprised.
All defensive formations cannot be purely defensive; they invariably retain some counterattack potential—regardless of how little.
Feng Jun felt that he absolutely couldn’t destroy this energy circle, and even the counter of the defensive formation could perhaps annihilate him completely, but he was unwilling, so he came to have a look.
However, he found it was just an aura concealment array, which reassured him, thinking it was manageable—though he might not have dared with another formation, he was familiar with aura concealment arrays.
He looked around for a while, palpated some more, then entered his mobile phone to deduce the cessation of the aura concealment array—stopping this formation was actually straightforward, but…he was just being cautious, just in case.
Actually, hindsight proved his caution was well-placed; the aura concealment array unexpectedly harbored a killing formation—Liangyi Annihilation Formation. If he attempted to stop the formation, the Liangyi Annihilation Formation would trigger, and its power could annihilate a Nascent Soul.
In fact, the Top-Grade Spirit Stone in the center of the array eye was primarily used to drive this annihilation formation, merely functioning as the central conduit for Spiritual Energy for the aura concealment array.
However, since Feng Jun noticed the killing array, it was no longer a problem. Although he wasn’t well-versed with the Liangyi Annihilation Formation, he knew it wasn’t an absolute death array, but capable of both continuation and termination.
The difficulty in deducing this formation was quite significant. Still, having studied formations extensively and possessing certain cheats, Feng Jun mustered the courage to proceed with deducing it.
It took him a full three days to devise a method to shut down the aura concealment array, verifying it repeatedly, then began considering—should he shut down this formation?
Such a formidable formation surely conceals something extraordinary, but Feng Jun only pondered briefly before deciding to take a risk—at worst, it’s just some treasures emerging; it couldn’t possibly be a place imprisoning devils or monsters.
He first returned to the mobile phone realm, rested for an entire day to adjust all his bodily conditions to peak form, then returned to the Earth Realm to deactivate that aura concealment array.
With the aura concealment array deactivated, the next moment, an overwhelming Spiritual Energy surged from below as if almost tangible, comparable to a Mid-Stage Golden Core Spirit Gathering Array.
Fortunately, the Liangyi Annihilation Formation immediately activated, forming a large cyclic field around, containing the Spiritual Energy. The turbulent Spiritual Energy gradually subsided, and after about half an hour, the Spiritual Energy’s concentration equaled that of a Mid-Stage Purity level Spirit Gathering Array.
Evidently, the massive Spiritual Energy burst was probably this ancient formation operating for millennia, accumulating unnoticed energy, and releasing it in the short term.
This energy impact wasn’t substantial, just a tidal pulse from stopping the formation, but it was only because it was Feng Jun—no current cultivator in the Earth Realm could withstand such an impact—it would directly cause their bodies to explode.
Feng Jun secretly felt relieved, recalling how even at Mount Zhige, the Emergence Stage Spirit Gathering Array’s aura impact caused Mi Yunsan and Chen Junsheng to bleed from a distance—they couldn’t dare to get near. Luckily it was him; if Hua Hua came, there was a 99% chance she’d be dead.
The time between the impact and the Liangyi Annihilation Formation’s activation was very brief, roughly three to five seconds. Yet, even in this short interval, Feng Jun discovered what the aura concealment array was hiding—a vein of Spirit Stones!
This discovery filled him with ecstatic joy: was there actually a Spirit Stone Vein in the present-day Earth Realm?
However, he only sensed it for two or three seconds, confirmed it was a Spirit Stone Vein, but as for the vein’s size, he truly didn’t have time to observe. Currently, the Liangyi Annihilation Formation was already concealing the details again.
Feng Jun certainly could choose to shut down the Liangyi Annihilation Formation again, but now he must seriously consider this issue: is it better to keep this formation shut down or not?
Once shut down, restarting might not be smooth, and even if he successfully restarts it, he would have to restart the Aura Concealment Array, otherwise, the Spiritual Energy will inevitably dissipate—facts prove that even with the Aura Concealment Array on, Spiritual Energy still leaked into the mine.
So, Feng Jun is now facing the problem: how to handle this Spirit Stone Mine, should he steal mine or ignore it?
He isn’t particularly interested in stealing mining, not because he regards Spirit Stones as nothing, but because he truly doesn’t lack Spirit Stones at the moment, having enough for himself and those around him, and he has a stable means of earning Spirit Stones in the Mobile Phone realm.
Moreover, if he wanted to mine here illegally, the commotion wouldn’t be small, even though he didn’t know how large the mineral vein was, just looking at these two formations was enough to illustrate the problem—the defensive counterattack could wipe out a Nascent Soul.
So, Feng Jun tells himself that this vein should be left untouched and leave something for future generations.
Isn’t the media and the internet constantly promoting it? The Neon people buy coal to submerge in the sea, the Mai Nation people don’t extract their own oil fields, but want to import oil from abroad first.
These promotions may not be true, but what Feng Jun cares about is: everyone believes it’s necessary to be vigilant in times of peace, and one’s resources should be used sparingly, using others’ first.
Therefore, he thinks that if he can leave some wealth for future generations, he should not ruin it himself.
However, there is still a problem, if he doesn’t mine it himself, he really doesn’t know who will benefit from it in the future.
The Alxa League is a border area; previously, he didn’t know there was a Spirit Stone Mine here, and that was fine, but now that he knows, even if he doesn’t mine it, at least he should keep it under his control to ensure it doesn’t get ruined by others.
Otherwise, his sacrifice will not be recognized by anyone, which would be too frustrating—in this day and age, who still says to do good without leaving a name?
Unfortunately, this place is far beyond his range of influence, and it is almost a dream to quietly buy this piece of land.
Not to mention that there is still a coal mine here; it’s impossible for him to get involved, even if it’s not in the area focusing on state-owned over private enterprises, he still couldn’t contend with the local interest groups.
Of course, if he used various resources, getting this place would not be a problem, but too many people are watching him now, can others not be suspicious if he inexplicably buys a piece of land at the border?
Feng Jun thought for about ten minutes and finally made up his mind: leave for now and see how things develop next.
Thinking this, he began to restore the Aura Concealment Array; there was currently too much Spiritual Energy, in a world scarce of Spiritual Energy, its dissipation is quite serious, and he must block it as soon as possible.
Luckily, while turning off the Aura Concealment Array wasn’t easy, activating it is quite fast.
However, there is no good way to deal with the Spiritual Energy that had already dissipated, and it could only be left to slowly dilute.
This time Feng Jun came here, the process of entering this place was quite bittersweet, so he chose to leave a mark here, so he could come directly next time.
After a quick check, the Aura Concealment Array was operating as usual, and Feng Jun returned to Luohua Manor via the mark.
He had been missing for seven days this time, and everyone was used to his mysterious comings and goings, so they didn’t care, but Hua Hua knew what he went to do, so it found him after breakfast, “What exactly happened?”
Feng Jun didn’t want to lie to it, but the matter was too big, so he could only cough lightly, “It can be considered an ancient relic, thank goodness you didn’t come, otherwise you’d be dead for sure.”
“Really?” Hua Hua asked suspiciously, “What’s in the relic?”
“There’s a Killing Formation,” Feng Jun rolled his eyes at it, then pulled out a Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, “If you can eat it whole, I’ll tell you what’s inside.”
“Oh my,” Hua Hua knew the power of the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit, “is it really that terrifying?”
“Focus on Cultivation,” Feng Jun was too lazy to say more, pulled out a tablet, and started browsing the internet, “Some things you don’t know, it’s actually a form of protection for you, once you reach Mid-Stage Golden Core, I’ll consider taking you to see it.”
The next moment, he nodded with satisfaction, “I haven’t been online for days, Lin Heihu’s live broadcast room is getting more and more popular.”
Then, he was taken aback, “What is Sofia, that mischievous kid, playing at?”
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