After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 88 There's a Treasure

Manager Hu already knows?

The disciple who received the message paused for a moment, then swallowed the rest of his words.

He had originally intended to tell Steward Hu that at this very moment, the spiritual energy in the sixth area seemed to have changed slightly again.

But he sensed the indifference in Manager Hu's words and assumed there was some special situation on the other side, and that Manager Hu himself already knew about it and didn't want to investigate further.

So after thinking about it, he decided not to say anything more.

He figured it shouldn't be a big problem, otherwise the manager wouldn't have such an attitude.

After Steward Hu left, the Immortal Abode reappeared, and the members of the Immortal Sect breathed a sigh of relief as they came out.

"That was terrifying, thankfully we managed to get away with it."

"Luckily, I had some semi-finished talismans on me, which I can use in case of emergency, otherwise it would have been dangerous," Hu Jiu said, wiping away his sweat.

With Mo Jiuwei's reminder, they knew that simply hiding wouldn't solve the problem. Since the spirit mirror could show that there were multiple sources of spiritual energy here, they decided to bring out some of them.

After a moment's thought, he took out his half-finished talisman.

Actually, there was some uncertainty about doing this, because the way talismans absorb spiritual energy is different from how people absorb it. If the manager continued to press on this point, it would be difficult to explain.

Fortunately, the manager had probably never seen anything like this before. He was so surprised by them that he left without asking any questions.

In retrospect, it was fortunate that they were disciples sent from outside the sect. Qingyue Sect couldn't very well cause trouble for them right after they sent people to Jiuyouquan, for the sake of its reputation. Otherwise, the manager probably wouldn't have let them off so easily.

"Then... what do we do next? Continue cultivating?" Meng Ling was at a loss. "They won't come again, will they?"

[Don't worry about your cultivation; at least that supervisor won't be coming again today.]

As long as we don't make too much of a commotion here, he won't interfere for the next four days.

After hearing this, everyone felt it made sense, so they disregarded everything else and focused on their cultivation.

Spiritual energy is precious, and every moment wasted is a portion of one's cultivation, so one must seize the time.

As Mo Jiuwei had predicted, for two days in a row, apart from the disciples who were patrolling the corridor as usual, the steward did not come again.

There were also some other developments. For example, some disciples in certain areas broke through their cultivation levels. Although the fog obscured the breakthroughs, those at lower cultivation levels could not be detected, but breakthroughs at the Golden Core stage and above could not be hidden.

The disciples of the Immortal Sect also gained something here—

Hu Jiu and Du Yue clearly broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage yesterday afternoon and noon today, respectively!

With the abundant spiritual energy here, and the mushrooms they ate a few days ago, everyone's cultivation was no longer hampered. They didn't even need to take Foundation Establishment Pills; they broke through naturally without any surprises.

Mo Jiuwei, on the other hand, would eat whenever she was hungry and sleep after eating. Even while she slept, she could feel the spiritual energy nourishing her body, a feeling that was extremely wonderful.

Soon, it was the fourth day since they arrived at the Nine Nether Spring.

These past few days, everyone has been coming in the morning and leaving in the evening, but this is all done behind the scenes. Only Chen Lan and Liu Feng have been seen in public.

Mo Jiuwei discovered some terrible news that day.

Sigh, it seems sleeping no longer works for me. Could it be that I've already recovered?

[Fine, I won't sleep then. I've been sleeping too much these past few days, and I'm having trouble falling asleep.]

Let me see what the disciples in other areas are doing...

[Tsk, everyone's just meditating and cultivating, how boring... Wait, why is someone refining pills??]

It was early morning, and everyone had just come out of the immortal abode and hadn't fully entered a state of cultivation yet when they heard Mo Jiuwei's words.

The crowd listened to her "story" as if they were watching a spectacle unfold, and were quite surprised to learn that someone was refining pills. In a place with such abundant spiritual energy, why not be cultivating instead of refining pills?!
[So it was Fengming Dan. This person is quite clever.]

The Phoenix Cry Pill consumes an extreme amount of spiritual energy, and many people fail to refine it because they run out of spiritual energy during the refining process. However, if it is refined in a place like the Nine Nether Spring, where spiritual energy is extremely abundant, this problem can be solved.

It seems this person is going to succeed.

Wait, why is the spiritual energy in his area so abundant?

Mo Jiuwei suddenly noticed a problem and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Other areas are all pretty much the same, with little difference in spiritual energy, but the area where the alchemist is located has extraordinary spiritual energy.

No, it's not that the spiritual energy here is particularly strong, but rather that it seems to increase slightly from time to time, only to return to normal levels after a while.

The spiritual energy fluctuates? Where does the higher level of spiritual energy come from?

Mo Jiuwei became interested.

But upon investigation, she was shocked—

[It's actually the spirit of the Nine Nether Spring!]

Good heavens, is this for real?!

Mo Jiuwei became excited and suddenly grabbed Chen Lan's sleeve.

If she weren't afraid of making noise that outsiders would hear, she would definitely be screaming loudly right now to attract Chen Lan's attention.

Chen Lan quickly grasped Mo Jiuwei's hand and whispered in her ear, "Jiuwei, what's wrong? Are you hungry or thirsty?"

No, no, there's treasure!

Mo Jiuwei tugged at her clothes again.

"None of them?" Chen Lan asked again.

“Hmm,” she replied very softly.

"So what do you want to do? Are you tired of staying here and want to go out for a walk?" Chen Lan asked.

What spring spirit? What good thing?
She didn't know what Mo Jiuwei was so excited about, but she knew that what could make her so excited must be something very good.

[No need to go outside, stay right here! Quickly dig up the ground; this connects to the Nine Netherworld Spring.]

Chen Lan vaguely realized something, while Liu Feng raised his hand and set up a restriction in the area.

Once the restriction is set up, unless someone with a higher cultivation level forcibly breaks it, the commotion here will remain unknown to others.

"What happened?" Liu Feng asked.

“Jiuwei seems a bit excited; she appears to be interested in the ground,” Chen Lan said, pointing to the ground.

"The ground? This ground is perfectly fine, why is Jiuwei interested in it?" Hu Jiu's eyes flashed, as if joking, "Could it be that she wants to smash a hole in the ground?"

"Smash a hole? If we smash it open, the Nine Nether Spring should be below, right?" Ji Qingqing said.

Mo Jiuwei suddenly let out a "whoosh".

Yes, yes, we need to go down!

The spirit of the Nine Nether Spring has rebelled and is trying to escape. If we can subdue it quickly, all the spiritual energy here will be ours!

It's laughable that no one in the vast Qingyue Sect discovered the presence of a spring spirit here! If the spring spirit is allowed to rampage unchecked, not only will the Nine Nether Spring be lost, but the entire Qingyue Sect will be in danger.

(End of this chapter)