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"Clang!"

"Dang, dang, dang, dang!"

"Dang, dang, dang …"

In the spacious cave, the sound of metal hitting stone continuously rang out.

Lin Cheng stood in front of the spirit stone vein as he continuously raised the short sword in his hand and slashed down. One spirit stone after another was extracted from the vein!

It had been a day since he had fallen here.

For the entire day, Lin Cheng did his best to carve out spirit stones.

In actuality, it was much easier for him to open a spirit stone vein than it was for Bamboo Hill to do so, and the elemental energy within his body was truly rich. Just with his elemental energy alone, he was comparable to an expert of the sixth or seventh level of the Arterial Circulation Realm!

However, the problem was that he was only at the second level of the Arterial Circulation Realm. There was a huge gap between the few chakras in his body and a true expert of the Arterial Circulation Realm. The most obvious difference was the degree of recovery of his elemental energy.

The more chakras he had, the stronger his recovery ability would be. In fact, when he was at the peak of the chakra realm, his chakra would constantly rotate, absorbing the natural Yuan Qi of the outside world. There was no need to stop cultivating to recover.

At that time, as long as a martial artist did not use a forbidden technique that could instantly drain all of the soul force in their body, they would be able to continue fighting.

However, the current Lin City could not do it. The reason why the elemental energy in his body was so rich was mainly because he had opened up 33 of his 36 main meridians. According to Bamboo Shoot, this was unprecedented.

Even though Bamboo Hill's horizon was not very wide, her knowledge and experience was much more vast than Lin City. From this, it could be seen that Lin City's cultivation could be considered outstanding even in the entire Eastern Region.

However, without enough chakras, Lin Cheng would not be able to keep digging for spirit stones.

During this process, Lin Cheng was also secretly testing himself to see how long he could last!

In the end, he discovered that he could probably last for more than four hours before feeling exhausted. Roughly two to six hours, the elemental energy in his body would be depleted.

This conclusion made Lin Cheng pleasantly surprised.

To be able to endure for so long, this was truly amazing!

According to Lin Chen's knowledge, if it was simply based on the time needed to activate his Yuan Power, even an ordinary third or fourth level Acupoint Charging Stage expert would not be able to last so long, unless some talented genius was able to achieve or surpass this time.

However, Lin Cheng had relied on his thick and powerful meridians to trample over an expert at the 3rd or 4th level of the Arterial Circulation Realm. This not only made him exceptionally happy, but it also gave him a lot of confidence, allowing him to have a clearer understanding of his own strength.

"Hu!"

It wasn't until Lin Cheng's physical strength and spirit energy were almost depleted that he let out a long breath of impure air. He then sat cross-legged on a spirit stone, channeled his mystical technique, and began to cultivate and recover.

However, as soon as he started cultivating, he couldn't help but exclaim involuntarily, "Such dense Essence Qi?!"

Previously, Lin Cheng had only been engrossed with digging up spirit stones, so he didn't pay much attention to it. However, as soon as he started cultivating, he immediately felt a strong surge of Essence Qi in the surroundings.

He was simply too astonished. The spiritual energy in the spirit stones was extremely dense, and yet, there was such an intense amount of Essence Qi in the surroundings. In this environment, even if he didn't sit on a spirit stone, his cultivation speed would be much faster than it was in the outside world.

"With a spirit stone mine and such dense Essence Qi, this is probably the legendary treasure land that is able to gather the essence of heaven and earth. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a spirit stone mine here."

It was a pity that he was still weak now. Otherwise, he would be able to reach the peak of the Danhai Realm, or even higher, if he had a proper Xuan Skill, not to mention breaking into the Dan Hai realm, even if he cultivated in this treasure land for one to two years, he would be able to reach the peak of the Danhai Realm.

"Too greedy."

Lin Cheng suddenly shook his head and smiled as he muttered to himself, "One must learn to be content. One must know how to stop when the time comes. If one is too greedy, one will only end up dying."

Cultivating wasn't just about improving one's strength. The stronger one was, the more they would value training their mind. Lin Cheng had long understood this principle, so he had always been deliberately tempering his heart.

As a result, he quickly calmed down and began to cultivate.

The meridians in his body rotated rapidly, and an incomparably dense amount of Essence Qi began to enter Lin Cheng's body. After being refined, it would transform into Essence Qi and enter his Dantian and meridians …

"Buzz!"

At that moment, Lin Cheng suddenly felt the black metal piece, which originally remained in his dantian without any movement, start to tremble.

Every time there was any movement from the black metal, it would cause a big commotion. For example, the first time he was at the East State Academy, he had already absorbed all of the spiritual energy and almost sucked him dry.

The second time was when the green blue flame was being captured. The green blue flame suddenly erupted. At that critical moment, the black metal once again moved and forcefully suppressed the green blue flame.

It was also because of the unusual movement of the black metal that Lin City was able to successfully take away the azure fire.

At this moment, the black metal once again moved.

"Just what is this black iron block? Why …" Just as Lin Cheng was puzzled, he saw the black metal suddenly tremble a few times. The next moment, Lin Cheng suddenly felt a surge of energy surging towards his body.

This was because the energy was simply too violent and violent, it was just like a materialized spiritual energy. He wanted to stop it, but he was powerless and did not know how to do so.

This surge of energy surged into Lin Cheng's body, instantly entering his dantian. Just when Lin Cheng thought that his dantian was about to burst and he was about to explode, that surge of energy suddenly entered the black metal block.

Lin Cheng was stunned. The black metal was actively absorbing energy from the outside world?

This...

"Hu!"

"Whooosh."

Before Lin Cheng could recover from his shock, he suddenly felt his body becoming lighter, and his whole body suddenly dropped down. He instinctively exploded with elemental energy, and his whole body flipped in the air before landing on the stairs.

The originally white Spirit Stone mine in front of him turned into a pile of powder in an instant. Just now, he felt his body become light and he fell down. It was because this pile of stone ore was collapsing and sliding down.

"What the hell!"

Lin Cheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and could not help but say, "This is a spirit stone vein, a spirit stone vein!" Yet, it turned out to be just like this … has been turned into powder?! "

Turn into fine powder?

As he thought of this, a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Chen's mind. After the spirit stones were completely absorbed and consumed, they would also turn into dust. Then, that violent and rich energy that had just flooded into his body earlier …

Lin Cheng's expression suddenly became strange. He seemed to understand why this spirit stone vein had turned into a pile of fine powder … It was all because of that black metal in his dantian. The energy and spirit energy in this spirit stone vein had all been sucked away by that black metal!

At this point, Lin Cheng couldn't help but feel like going crazy.

A spirit stone vein!

If he could mine it out, how many spirit stones would he be able to mine out of it? It was absorbed by a black iron piece of unknown origin?!

Lin Cheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now that the spirit stones were gone, what kind of cultivation method did he and Zhu Ziya need to use to raise their strength in such a short period of time? How could she trace the death of her biological parents?

How could he kill the Myriad Sword Sect?

At this moment, Lin Cheng didn't even have the interest to check the changes to the black metal. Looking at the spirit stone mine that had turned into a fine powder, a wry smile appeared on his face.

This time, he really didn't know how to explain it to Zhu Ziyang. That girl must still be waiting for him with full expectations for her to bring the spirit stones …

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Lin City's gaze unintentionally fell upon the end of the spirit stone vein. It was the end of the tunnel, and clearly, it wasn't the end of the mine.

"Maybe the spirit stone mines haven't been completely absorbed?" A trace of hope involuntarily rose in Lin Cheng's heart. Perhaps, what the black iron lump absorbed just now was only the spirit stones in the mine. Could it be that the spirit stones in the wall hadn't been completely absorbed?

"Even if there's only a sliver of hope, I still have to give it a try!" Lin Cheng immediately jumped down from the stairs and walked over to the stone wall with a shallow kick. He raised the dagger in his hand and struck at the stone wall.

"Pfft!"

Under the infusion of elemental energy, it was as easy as a steel knife chopping tofu when it hit the stone wall. A piece of rock was easily cut off.

Lin Cheng did not stop. With a flick of his wrist, his short sword hacked down like lightning.

"Puff puff puff …"

Rocks flew in all directions. In just a dozen breaths of time, a large chunk of the stone wall was split open. However, what disappointed Lin Cheng was that the spirit stone mine underneath it was still in fine powder. He couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

Could it be that the entire spirit stone vein had been completely absorbed by the black iron lump?

"Keep digging!"

Lin Cheng gritted his teeth and continued to chop at the stone wall.

Ten breaths.

One hundred breaths.

Half an incense stick of time …

Lin Cheng did not stop as he continued chopping. After half an incense stick of time, he had already completely immersed himself into the stone wall. However, there were still no results. The spirit stone mine beneath his feet was still in a state of disintegration.

Lin Cheng furrowed his brows as his face tightened. He gritted his teeth, but he still didn't intend to give up.

As long as he had the time, he would not hesitate to dig to the end of the spirit stone vein!

To give up so easily was not his style!

It was because of this perseverance that Lin City was able to be called the Pill King in his previous life with the trashy talent of the Heavenly Life and Death Pulse!

Swish!

Lin Cheng gritted his teeth and hacked downwards.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound suddenly echoed out inadvertently.

Lin City's eyes lit up. This sound... Is Spirit Stone