229 The Arrival of the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator (2)
“I’ve finally finished!” Jiang Ming had finally absorbed all the ten-thousand-year rock spirit blood in the stone pool.
“There’s more than ten thousand gallons of this rock spirit blood in this pool!” Jiang Ming estimated. According to the expressions of those geniuses just now, this thing was probably rare even in the blessed lands. Otherwise, they would not be willing to kill for it.
“Why are you fighting to the death? You might as well fish for some visible benefits! However, after leaving this place, I have to keep a low profile!” Jiang Ming thought to himself.
At this time, Jiang Ming could finally see the whole stone pool. The pool was grayish-purple, which was the same color as the cave.
The ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood should have been formed slowly over the long years in this cave.
However, in the middle of this stone pool, there was a white stone pillar that stood out. The black-haired man, who had been dead for an unknown period of time, was sitting cross-legged on the top of this stone pillar. A vague sense of martial arts was still lingering around him.
“Could it be that this martial artist wanted to use the rock spirit blood to cultivate back then?” Jiang Ming thought to himself.
however, such a terrifying expert still died. Jiang Ming looked at the figure and sighed.
What was the use of an immortal body? Death was inevitable.
Then, Jiang Ming noticed that at the bottom of the pool, where it came into contact with the central stone pillar, there were clusters of purple crystals.
“These should be more precious than the ten-thousand-year-old rock spirit blood! It seems like the harvest this time is greater than I imagined!”
Jiang Ming’s heart was beating fast. He sneaked a glance at the battlefield. It was still chaotic.
He flipped into the pool and squatted at the bottom, using his flying sword to frantically dig up the purple crystals.
Clusters of crystals were tossed into his bag, and soon they were all dug out by Jiang Ming, leaving only some shards and dust behind.
“This stone pillar…” When Jiang Ming got closer, he saw that the stone pillar was engraved with many ancient runes.
“Why do these runes look so similar to the runes used by the two people from Chasing Moon Lake?”
Jiang Ming was suddenly shocked. He did not have time to think much and quickly memorized these runes. He then took out some writing utensils and quickly copied these runes down on a piece of paper
“How about I take the stone pillar itself?”
Just as this thought came to Jiang Ming’s mind, he saw that the luster of the stone pillar was slowly dimming. Cracks appeared and quickly spread across the entire stone pillar.
Jiang Ming was shocked. “Could it be that I sucked out all its energy when I took away the rock spirit blood and the crystals?”
Above the stone pillar, the remaining sense of martial arts around the black-haired man’s body, which was already in a frenzy, became even more chaotic. It was as if it could erupt at any time.
“I’m causing trouble! I didn’t do it on purpose. I’m really sorry.”
Jiang Ming’s heart jumped, and he quickly climbed out of the stone pool. He could not care about the people fighting behind him. He directly sneaked into the cave entrance, ready to turn back and escape.
However, at this moment, an aura several times stronger than everyone present suddenly erupted in the passageway. It spread from far away, causing everyone to be dumbstruck.
“Who broke the rules? Did anyone inform the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators?”
Li Qianya, Qi Yue, and the others’ expressions changed slightly.
“Hehe! No one can take away the things in this cave today.” A relaxed smile suddenly appeared on Fei Ming’s face. The message talisman he had sent out in advance had finally taken effect.
Li Qianya’s expression changed as he turned to look at Fei Ming, “It was you? This was a trial agreed upon by all parties. Was the Cangming Grotto-Heaven going to break the rules from the start? Aren’t you afraid of being punished?”
Fei Ming did not care at all and sneered. “If this was a low-level secret area, it would naturally be a trial. However, the current situation is beyond the control of Qi Refinement Realm cultivators. I naturally have to find the seniors in the sect to take charge of the situation. As for my punishment, the Cangming Grotto-Heaven will take care of it. You don’t need to worry about it. Now, this black sword belongs to me. Who agrees? Who’s against it?” Fei Ming was covered in blood and held the black sword that was dripping with blood. At this moment, no one dared step forward to fight for it.
Li Qianya’s expression turned ugly when he thought about the way the Cangming Grotto-Heaven handled things. However, he believed that if he tried to fight for the sword again, the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator who was about to arrive would definitely attack him without mercy.
The only thing he could do now was to swallow his anger.
“And you, Yan Chixia, today is the day you die!” Fei Ming stared at Jiang Ming and sneered.
“F*ck!” Jiang Ming’s face was gloomy. He was too lazy to pay attention to the fool who was talking too much. He turned around and quickly left the cave entrance. He rushed to the back of the pool, where the entrance of the passage was covered with fog.
He had the strength of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and the full power of the Mystic Flame Spirit Sacrifice Spell. Therefore, he was confident that he could fight and even defeat an early-stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. However, he had no idea what the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator would be. Moreover, he did not know what magical tools he had in his arsenal.
“It’s not a wise choice to fight rashly!” Jiang Ming thought to himself. “Besides, I don’t want to expose Yan Chixia’s identity. If I rashly display the strength of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, this identity will be ruined.”
From what he had sensed earlier, this foggy passage should lead deeper into the ground. After Li Qianya and the other two walked out of it, they seemed to have consumed a lot of spiritual energy. Therefore, it should not be a place that just anyone could enter.
If he escaped into this place, he might have some hope of getting rid of these people.
Sensing the rapidly approaching Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, Jiang Ming immediately made a decision. He was ready to retreat into the foggy passage.
“You want to escape now? It’s too late!” However, Fei Ming had been staring at Jiang Ming for a long time. He immediately took out a flying sword and shot it into the foggy passage, trying to block Jiang Ming’s way.
Jiang Ming’s eyes were filled with displeasure. He took out the Scarlet Separation Sword and blocked the flying sword.
However, in this short delay, the aura of the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator was almost in the cave, and the terrifying spiritual energy had already filled the air.
Jiang Ming looked at Fei Ming, who was about to attack again, and suddenly glanced at the empty pool from the corner of his eye. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he flicked out a spark of spiritual energy from his finger, directly hitting the shaking central stone pillar.
“I’m sorry one more time.”
The stone pillar was completely shattered, and the black-haired figure fell down. At this moment, the sense of martial arts around him suddenly exploded, and a terrifying power swept through the entire cave.
A few disciples with weaker cultivations immediately screamed as blood seeped out of their orifices.
Even Fei Ming, Li Qianya, and the two others were dumbfounded. They trembled uncontrollably as if they had just seen something extremely terrifying.
In a daze, Jiang Ming also seemed to see piles of corpses and blood in front of him. A terrifying monster as large as a mountain stared at him with bloody eyes.
However, perhaps it was because he was far away, and because he was at the Foundation Establishment Realm of martial arts, he was fine. It only took him a moment to return to his senses.
He saw that the black sword was shaking madly again. It danced wildly in the cave like a lunatic and cut two unlucky people in half.
“This black sword is f*cking crazy again.” Jiang Ming’s eyelids twitched, and he turned his head and rushed into the foggy passage.
“Goodbye, everyone. I’ve already written down everything in my notebook. Let’s see each other in the Black Rock Ruins.”
At this moment, Qi Yue from Chasing Moon Lake also returned to her senses. She looked at Jiang Ming, who was about to rush into the foggy passage, and made a soft sound of surprise. At the same time, she flicked her finger and shot out a stream of spiritual light, which wrapped a Jade Slip and flew into the foggy passage.
The fog surged, and Jiang Ming’s figure completely disappeared.
At the entrance of the passage where they came from, a figure with an extremely powerful aura also descended into the cave.