Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 114 - 55: Convergence of Earth Veins, Miraculous Spirit Fish

Chapter 114: Chapter 55: Convergence of Earth Veins, Miraculous Spirit Fish

"We’ve struck it rich."

Su Yu roughly estimated the value of several trophies, and their combined worth exceeded 200 gold.

Even though the Profound Serpent Sword and Black Water Profound Pearl were for personal use, the remaining items plus the replaced Fifth-Grade Black Water Profound Pearl still had a total value of about 70 gold.

"It’s still best to farm the boss for money."

Having a boss all to myself, the rewards are substantial.

After tallying the loot, Su Yu turned to see Ao Run lounging comfortably on the Jade Pillar in the center of the spiritual pool where the Black Water Profound Snake had coiled, its glowing dragon whiskers floating lazily.

Su Yu swam over, curiously surveying this underwater spectacle.

The entire underwater space was filled with water, but the spiritual pool and river water were distinctly separated into two layers.

Upon entering the spiritual pool, he immediately felt a refreshing current seeping through his pores.

Opening the panel, he saw logs continuously popping up with notifications:

"Notification: Absorbed Earth Vein Spiritual Liquid, you gained 362 points of Spiritual Power experience."

"Notification: Under the influence of an unknown factor, you gained 724 points of Spiritual Power experience."

This notification appeared approximately every five seconds, and in this short while, over a dozen appeared.

So-called Spiritual Power experience refers to the experience gained from absorbing and refining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, similar to the experience from slaying, which can be used to enhance cultivation.

Although there is Spiritual Qi in the Heaven and Earth of the Other Shore World, most places are too sparse to enhance cultivation. Only certain Earth Vein Nodes or Spirit Veins gather large amounts of Spiritual Qi, where one can continuously gain Spiritual Power experience from absorbing Spiritual Qi.

The most common locations are various cave abodes and fairy palaces. Guild headquarters and sects are generally established on Spirit Veins.

If fortunate enough to acquire and occupy a Spirit Vein, one can set up a cave dwelling on it, use an Array to gather a large amount of Spiritual Qi, and thus continuously gain Spiritual Qi experience, allowing cultivation enhancement without fighting monsters.

Every five seconds nets 724 Spiritual Qi experience, 8688 in one minute, 520,000 in one hour, and within a day... Not 24 hours, as the meridians can’t handle it, but even at half, just 12 hours can yield 6.25 million Spiritual Qi experience.

Isn’t this better than leveling up the hard way?

Unfortunately, this place isn’t a Spirit Vein, but merely a collection point for Spiritual Qi leaking from a Water Eye.

In just this moment, the spiritual liquid accumulated at the bottom of the cave was absorbed by him and Ao Run, leaving a thick layer gone.

"It doesn’t last long when absorbing!"

Su Yu shook his head, but didn’t slow his actions, continuing to use mana to extract Spiritual Qi from the spiritual pool.

It’s an opportunity, and shouldn’t be wasted.

Next, the two sprawled here for a whole day and night, draining the entire spiritual pool at the cave bottom that had accumulated for untold years in one go.

He amassed 12.1 million Spiritual Qi experience in one go, while Ao Run absorbed much faster, unknown exactly how much, but only that her level increased by one.

Previously at level 131, she gained a level after killing the Black Water Profound Snake, and now another one, reaching level 133.

After absorbing all the spiritual liquid, spiritual mist continued to seep from beneath the Jade Pillar, and after some time unattended, it would condense into spiritual liquid again, but surely he couldn’t stay here long.

These Jade Pillars are probably valuable too, but even with his hand on them, Su Yu couldn’t collect them.

Scanning around, Su Yu looked at Ao Run and asked:

"Should we head back?"

She didn’t respond, instead slithering to the edge of the underground cavern, pacing back and forth in front of variously sized holes in the rock wall, as if searching for something.

Su Yu asked, puzzled:

"What are you looking for?"

"Have you been here before?"

Ao Run nodded and said:

"Yes, I have been here before, there’s a treasure inside. Are you interested?"

"What treasure?"

"I don’t know either, but going down will reveal it."

Su Yu...

"Is it dangerous?"

"There might be danger."

"What do you mean by ’might be dangerous’? How dangerous is it? What’s inside?"

"Follow me and you’ll find out. The treasure inside may be very useful to you."

At this moment, Ao Run had found the target, shrinking down and squeezing into the hole.

This hole was only as large as a washbasin, Ao Run reduced herself to the thickness of an arm to get inside, he surely couldn’t fit.

Su Yu hesitated for a moment, but persuaded by her, he transformed into a Celestial Ghost, turning from solid to ethereal, becoming a wisp of smoke that slipped into the hole.

Although she’s often reckless, she’s never recklessly irresponsible, with every adventure yielding grand rewards.

If she mentioned that the treasure inside might be very useful, Su Yu thought it was worth the risk.

At worst, death inside would mean five or ten years of lifespan, a cost he could bear.

If he could obtain a high-level Flying Sword or Magical Treasure, it would be worth dying inside.

Upon entering the passage, a long winding journey ensued.

The underground tunnels interconnected, not made of ordinary rock but semi-transparent glowing jadeite, through which faint spiritual mist seeped out, settling downward. In some indented parts of horizontal corridors, spiritual liquid had accumulated into small pools.

After descending a dozen kilometers, they reached another underground cavern.

This cavern was only two to three hundred meters in diameter, with a layer of spiritual liquid accumulating at the bottom, and a school of small, brightly colored fish swimming around the spiritual pool.

The small fish had tails in a variety of colors, with each fish displaying multiple hues.

Ao Run flew into the cavern and reverted to her true form, inhaling to swallow all the small fish in one gulp.

"Delicious!"

He smacked his lips, then used his claws to pick a small fish with red, purple, and green tails out from between his teeth, flicking it onto Su Yu’s face:

"You should try it too."

Su Yu caught the small palm-length fish, noticing its translucent body, with scales like jade, feeling cold to the touch, and the three tails each a different color.