darknovel Chapter 123 Thousand Miles Breath Locking Technique
Chapter 123 Thousand Miles Breath Locking Technique
Junior Brother Mo, you are at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and you also need to submit fifty spirit stones each month.
For some reason, Mo Gongcheng also seemed indifferent to this harsh mining task, as if he didn't care about it at all.
But the difference was, Li Lan only thought this way in his heart, while Junior Brother Mo showed it openly.
Junior Brother Huang didn't seem surprised by this either.
After distributing the monthly tasks, he secretly pulled Mo Gongcheng into a simple cave dwelling.
Li Lan vaguely saw that Junior Brother Huang's face was full of flattery before he left, as if he had something to ask of the other party.
Shaking his head, Li Lan didn't take this to heart.
Whatever secret these two had, it was fine as long as it didn't involve him.
Li Lan found a mine tunnel alone and walked slowly forward.
The deeper he went, the more branches appeared in the mine tunnel.
Each branch connected to more unknown passages. Some of these passages sloped upwards, while others extended sharply downwards, seemingly leading to the endless darkness.
At some intersections, there were some simple directional markings,
but due to the passage of time, they were now blurred and only the general direction could be made out.
Li Lan silently closed his eyes and began to adjust his breathing rhythmically.
Soon,
transparent threads appeared around him.
These threads spread evenly towards the various mine tunnels. Some were exceptionally solid, while others were as thin as smoke, as if they would disappear into the air in the blink of an eye.
This was the effect of the 'Thousand Mile Breath Lock Technique'.
This technique was obtained by Li Lan from a demonic cultivator during his time at Feixue River.
After learning this technique,
he could refine the target's residual breath and scent using special methods,
condensing them into spiritual threads to achieve the effect of tracking across mountains and rivers.
When cultivated to great mastery, as long as the target's breath was locked, no matter what method they used, they would have nowhere to hide within a thousand miles.
Li Lan had only just initially mastered this technique and could only monitor the movements of targets within fifty miles.
He had already memorized the aura of all the cultivators who came to this mine tunnel, including Junior Brother Huang.
Now, it came in handy.
The strength of these transparent threads could be used to determine the specific distance of the target.
At this moment, a map drawn with threads clearly appeared in Li Lan's mind.
At this point, he was like someone who had opened the heavenly eye,
having a complete grasp of the movements of all his fellow disciples.
In this way,
Li Lan could specifically avoid them,
and not worry about the secret of him secretly using Spirit Bean Soldiers to mine spirit stones being discovered.
Avoiding everyone,
Li Lan scattered Zitan Spirit Beans as he walked.
Under the effect of magic power,
these beans quickly transformed into palm-sized Spirit Bean Soldiers.
As soon as they landed, they quickly concealed their figures,
stationing themselves there for him, monitoring every movement nearby.
Li Lan also sent out two Spirit Bean Soldiers to scout ahead.
As long as the bean soldiers could pass through, he didn't miss any low and cramped places.
Feeling the strength of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth,
Li Lan squeezed into a narrow cave.
Generally speaking,
the richer the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the more abundant the spirit stone veins in this place.
Cultivators responsible for mining spirit stones, as long as they could sense spiritual energy, would not worry about not finding a suitable place to dig.
Some large stalactites hung from the ceiling of the cave here.
These stalactites were clearly formed by long-term nourishment from spiritual energy. The tips of the stalactites glowed with a faint blue light. Although the light was weak, it was very charming, like stars falling into the mortal world.
Directly below the stalactites,
there was also a small pool of water.
The water in the pool was clear to the bottom, and wisps of spiritual energy rose like thin mist.
'Is this spirit liquid?'
Li Lan muttered to himself.
In places where spirit veins are located, a dry climate will produce spirit stones, spirit rocks, and other substances.
And in dark and damp places, this kind of spirit liquid will be produced.
This substance has many wonderful uses.
It can be used as an auxiliary material to increase the spiritual energy of elixirs.
When poured on spiritual materials and spiritual plants, it can prevent them from dying prematurely in their seedling stage.
Spirit liquid can also be used for quenching after magical artifacts are forged, thereby increasing the spirituality and power of the magical artifacts.
Generally, spirit rocks, spirit liquids, and other substances in spirit veins would be collected by specialized outer sect elders.
It was absolutely impossible for them to benefit the registered disciples who mined spirit stones like this for free.
But now the situation in the entire Jiuhua Prefecture was quite severe, and because the Hengshan spirit vein was about to be abandoned, there were temporarily no outer sect elders here.
Therefore, this spirit liquid naturally remained.
This was enough to show that,
the management of disciples and cultivation resources in the Hengshan spirit vein was far less strict than in other normal spirit veins.
After understanding this point,
Li Lan felt much more at ease.
He unceremoniously took out a clean porcelain bottle and began to collect the spirit liquid.
This small puddle was not large.
Li Lan filled about three or four porcelain bottles, and he had already collected all the spirit liquid.
Then he was not in a hurry to leave.
With a flip of his hand, two Spirit Bean Soldiers at the first level of Qi Refining appeared in front of him.
The already not-so-wide cave was now very crowded.
Li Lan originally had a Dividing Spirit Pickaxe, plus the one Junior Brother Huang gave him, which was just enough for two Spirit Bean Soldiers,
one for each.
After thinking for a moment,
he swapped the Guangji Sect disciple's clothing on his body with the black robes of the two Spirit Bean Soldiers.
To put it in the worst-case scenario,
even if Li Lan was careless for a moment and missed the trace of a registered disciple, allowing them to come close,
the other party seeing this set of clothes could reduce the risk of exposure slightly.
After adding many layers of insurance with caution,
Li Lan began to command the Spirit Bean Soldiers to mine spirit stones.
He himself squeezed out of this place, found a secluded spot, and sat down to cultivate.
In the first month,
the steady Li Lan did not rashly take out the Zitan Spirit Core to cultivate.
He cultivated for six hours every day, and then honestly returned to the gathering place to rest.
Although cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining had already undergone their first transformation,
they were still made of flesh and blood after all,
and still needed to eat and rest.
Only after breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining,
could they replace food with spiritual energy and completely draw a line between themselves and mortal flesh and blood.
Every time he returned to his dwelling, the first thing Li Lan did was not rest,
but to seek advice from Mo Gongcheng.
For some reason,
this kid always looked almost exhausted every time he returned from mining spirit stones.
As if his spiritual sense and magic power were completely overdrawn.
Later, the worried Li Lan, after secretly following the other party several times,
finally understood the reason.
It turned out that what this kid did every day was surprisingly similar to him.
The other party was also controlling a special puppet to mine spirit stones.
However,
compared to Li Lan's Seed Scattering into Soldiers technique passed down from ancient times,
this Mohist puppet technique was clearly far inferior.
The joints of this puppet were not very flexible, and the overall appearance was very clumsy.
Moreover, each time it not only needed a spirit stone for power, but also required the cultivator to invest all their spiritual sense and magic power every moment to control it.
Compared to the small, flexible, and somewhat autonomous bean soldiers,
it was simply a world of difference.
However,
although this special puppet was inconvenient in many ways, it was not without its advantages.
At least when mining spirit stones,
in terms of efficiency, the two Spirit Bean Soldiers combined were far less than the other party.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this point,
that Mo Gongcheng would painstakingly use it to mine spirit stones.
If this puppet had no advantages at all,
it would probably have been discarded long ago, so why would it be kept until now?