Wu Qun had barely finished speaking when Han Bei and Yue Jun's expressions changed. "We've never heard of such a thing before!"
Taking Mu Shen Shi would at most deplete one's spiritual energy, but now it seemed to consume spiritual consciousness? Wouldn't that be fatal if one wasn't careful?
Bai Shengyi did not speak. She walked to the mineral vein and sent a wisp of divine sense mixed with spiritual power into it.
Her divine sense was far more powerful than Wu Qun's. Although it was only a wisp, the energy it contained was several times that of Wu Qun's spiritual sense. As soon as it entered the mineral vein, Bai Shengyi sensed an unknown suction force rising from within, fiercely dragging her divine sense inward.
Fortunately, Bai Shengyi was prepared and severed that wisp of divine sense in time.
"Are you alright?" Han Bei was startled by Bai Shengyi's boldness. Why did she go to test Wu Qun's words without saying a word?
Bai Shengyi pondered for a moment, then asked the other three, "Is there anywhere else we can obtain Mu Shen Shi?"
The other three shook their heads.
If they had known, they wouldn't have insisted on following Li Hongyuan and Qing Qing.
"Let's capture Li Hongyuan and interrogate him," Han Bei suggested, rubbing the thumb ring on his finger.
Bai Shengyi thought it was a good idea and immediately signaled Wu Qun to head out of the cave.
"You are a Mahayana cultivator?" Yue Jun's face darkened considerably as he recalled the spiritual energy fluctuations he had just sensed.
Bai Shengyi didn't know why Yue Jun was being sarcastic again, but it didn't stop her from being equally sarcastic. She said leisurely, "Aren't you a Mahayana cultivator?"
Yue Jun inwardly thought, as expected, this woman already knew his secret.
"You—"
"Oh, I'm not quite accurate. You're even more capable than I am. You are, after all, a male cultivator, right?" Bai Shengyi tilted her head and asked with a smile.
Yue Jun froze on the spot.
She actually knew he was a male cultivator?
Upon realizing this, Yue Jun did not hesitate. He summoned the great saber he had used to cleave the spirit beast and swung it at Bai Shengyi's neck!
Her fair and slender neck could be severed with a gentle sweep of his Heavenly-grade top-tier magic treasure.
"Clang!"
A rusty long sword suddenly appeared, steadily blocking the great saber.
The sword was ancient, clumsy, and unadorned, covered in rust marks. Only the faint blue gem-like glow on the blade suggested its past splendor.
Yet, such a "gloomy" sword managed to make Yue Jun's Heavenly-grade great saber show faint cracks.
Yue Jun was inwardly alarmed. This indicated that the sword was at least a Saint-grade magic treasure. He asked sternly, "Who exactly are you!"
The saber's edge was sharp, and the sword moves were broad and powerful. In just a few breaths, the two had exchanged dozens of blows.
The more they fought, the more horrified Yue Jun became.
Could this White Goddess also be from the outside world?
Bai Shengyi, on the other hand, was much calmer. She had long suspected that Yue Jun was also an outsider, so she had never underestimated his strength. Even though they were evenly matched now, she was not surprised.
Footsteps sounded in the distance, and Bai Shengyi and Yue Jun both stopped fighting in unison.
"A Yue, White Goddess, Li Hongyuan has escaped," Wu Qun sighed in disappointment.
"He might have also gone missing," Han Bei added. "We searched all around and couldn't find him, but there were traces of a fight nearby. He might have encountered a spirit beast in the dense forest."
"Huh? Did you also encounter spirit beast attacks?" Wu Qun looked at the mess left by the fight near the mineral vein and then worriedly looked at Yue Jun, "A Yue, are you injured?"
Previously, Yue Jun had taken advantage of the fact that the others didn't know his identity as a male cultivator, acting coy and pretending to be embarrassed without a trace of shame. Now, knowing that Bai Shengyi had long seen through him as a male cultivator, Yue Jun's hand holding the great saber trembled at Wu Qun's words!
Damn that Tang Qiao, he had doomed him!
As time ticked by and dawn was approaching, Han Bei couldn't help but feel anxious. "White Goddess, what should we do?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, he was surprised himself. Had he, without realizing it, come to acknowledge Bai Shengyi so much?
It was as if he had gotten used to her leadership, and the question came out subconsciously.
Bai Shengyi, unaware of Han Bei's inner turmoil, paced back and forth near the mineral vein, her chin resting on her hand.
She had never heard of mineral veins absorbing human spiritual consciousness or divine sense. Even the spirit stone mineral veins she had encountered in the Sanghai Secret Realm or the Qianyun Secret Realm had never exhibited such phenomena. But what if it wasn't the mineral vein that was absorbing spiritual consciousness and divine sense?
Since entering this place, Bai Shengyi had noticed that there was no spiritual energy, no living creatures, only a mineral vein quietly occupying this spot.
This was actually contrary to common sense. Mineral veins grew naturally, and the surrounding areas should be the most spiritually abundant. For example, spirit stone mines might even form spiritual marrow around them, and some mineral veins might have accompanying spiritual herbs, spiritual flowers, and guardian spirit beasts.
Thinking of this, Bai Shengyi raised her sword, eager to try.
"What are you trying to do?" Yue Jun had been watching Bai Shengyi's movements. Seeing that she had flown above the mineral vein, he asked vigilantly.
Bai Shengyi glanced at him sideways, without any malice, and explained her guess. "So, I want to try now and see if I can directly destroy the entire mineral vein with external force."
After all, she was not from the Divine Temple and did not care about these Mu Shen Shi at all.
"I'll do it then," Yue Jun said upon hearing this.
What if this cunning woman played some tricks?
He hadn't forgotten that this woman was also an alchemist.
"Alright," Bai Shengyi put away her sword, making space for Yue Jun.
Yue Jun felt something was amiss seeing Bai Shengyi cooperate so readily, but he had already positioned himself above the mineral vein. He gathered his spiritual power and fiercely slashed at the center of the mineral vein with his saber!
"If they do this, will the Divine Temple never be able to come here to get Mu Shen Shi again?" Wu Qun finally reacted.
As long as the mineral vein existed, Mu Shen Shi would be inexhaustible. But if the mineral vein was destroyed, then the Mu Shen Shi here would become a one-time commodity.
Han Bei looked at the clueless Wu Qun with a complex expression, wondering if he only realized it now.
However, neither Han Bei nor Wu Qun had any intention of stopping her. Firstly, they themselves were afraid that there might really be harmful things within the mineral vein. Secondly, they hadn't even secured their own Mu Shen Shi, so they had no mood to worry about later comers.
Yue Jun's saber strike was merciless, stirring up a terrifying hurricane. Bai Shengyi glanced at the two beside her and with a wave of her fair hand, a barrier enveloped them.
So Han Bei and Wu Qun saw Yue Jun swing his saber, silently slicing the Mu Shen Shi mineral vein in half.
"This seems to be fine—"
Wu Qun was the first to eagerly step forward to inspect. Before he got close, Yue Jun kicked him away.
"Move aside!"
Yue Jun immediately stepped forward and added another blow to the center of the mineral vein!
Bai Shengyi's gaze was sharp, and her spiritual power surged, sending Han Bei and Yue Jun out of the cave. "Hurry up and leave this place!"
She looked at the majestic pressure ahead, the earth dragon splitting into two, then into four, and softly uttered a few words, "Mahayana peak."
"No, this spirit beast has reached the middle stage of the Spirit Light realm."
Yue Jun descended from above, his face extremely grim.
Why would there be a Spirit Light realm spirit beast in the Green Rong minor world? Under the heavenly laws of this place, wasn't reaching Mahayana the absolute limit?
Or had the heavenly laws here also encountered problems, just like the Divine Revelation minor world?
But Yue Jun knew very well that the heavenly laws of the Divine Revelation minor world had problems because of the actions of Ying Wuzhou. The Green Rong minor world, on the other hand, belonged to the jurisdiction of Yun Shenzhou, and Ying Wuzhou had never interfered with this realm.