The Space Expanded to Two Li
After pondering for a long time without finding a clue, he decided to ask Xian'er. He found a safe place, and with a Divine Sense, he entered the Heaven and Earth Ring.
He saw Xian'er Qingshu and Qinghua and sorting through the pile of Storage Rings and Storage Bags he had collected, and he smiled, "Two little money-grubbers."
"Sister Xian, stop looking. I have something important to tell you. The Wang Household really does have a Spirit Vein; the Spiritual Qi there is different from what you find outside."
"I destroyed the Wang Household for two reasons: first, to avenge them; and second, and most importantly, to sever this Spirit Vein."
He paused, somewhat hesitant.
"Sister Xian, do you think it's too cruel of me to have killed so many people?"
Xian'er floated in mid-air, and upon hearing this, she simply smiled faintly.
"What's this? The Wang Household offended you, and even attempted to kill you twice. It's only natural that you slaughtered their entire family."
"If word gets out, people in the cultivation world will only say that the Wang Household offended someone they shouldn't have, and no one will say a word against you."
"As for obtaining this Spirit Vein, it won't be so easy—"
She stopped before she could finish speaking, and her smile deepened.
"Someone's here again."
Shen Jingchuan was taken aback. He focused his attention to sense the surroundings and indeed detected three auras approaching the mountain.
Xian'er laughed and said, "It's your old rival, the Tian Household."
Shen Jingchuan frowned, somewhat puzzled.
How did they track us here?
Xian'er lowered her head and thought for a moment, going over the cause and effect in her mind.
"I bet they've tampered with your clothes."
"Most likely, they planted a mark or something else on you that you didn't notice, and they tracked you down by following the mark."
Shen Jingchuan frowned.
"How can I remove this mark?"
The Xian'er floated down to him, circled around him, and carefully examined him.
"As expected, they're followers."
"It's nothing special; you just weren't paying attention and someone secretly sprinkled it on you."
"This powder isn't easy to remove completely. But it's alright, you can hide in the Ring's space, even if they have incredible abilities, they won't be able to find you."
"If we can't afford to mess with it, we can at least avoid it. Just stay inside and cultivate for a few days. These things have a time limit; they'll dissipate on their own after a while."
Shen Jingchuan thought Xian'er's words made sense, so he ignored the Tian Household outside, put his mind at ease, and went over to Su Qingshu and Su Qinghua.
The two little girls were squatting on the ground, busy with a pile of Storage Rings and Storage Bags. When they saw Shen Jingchuan coming over, they simply called him "brother" and went back to opening the blind boxes.
The owners of those Rings are all dead; their Divine Sense imprints have dissipated, making them easy to open.
They counted them one by one, and finally sorted them into categories.
Shen Jingchuan walked over, his attention most focused on the two Rings belonging to Zhao Jiufeng and Wang Xuanji.
These two are Foundation Establishment cultivators, so their family backgrounds are naturally different.
He picked up the two Rings, probed them with his Divine Sense, and examined them one by one.
The battle just now was fierce, and they've used up a lot of their valuable resources.
Zhao Jiufeng's two shields were struck by lightning and smashed by the Heaven and Earth Ring, leaving them riddled with holes and their spiritual light dimmed.
Shen Jingchuan initially looked down on him.
But this is a high-grade magic Law Artifact. Throwing it into the light sphere will upgrade it by one level, making it a top-grade artifact that can be sold for a lot of Spirit Stones.
He threw the two shields into the sphere of light in mid-air, and as he flipped them over, he suddenly remembered something.
He took out the captured talisman from his Ring and examined it closely in his hand.
Xian'er glanced at it and let out a soft "hmm".
"Wow, that's quite a haul."
"It's actually a mid-grade second-tier attack talisman, made of Geng Metal, and named the Geng Metal Mountain-Slaying Talisman."
The talisman, made of yellow paper with gold edges, faintly exuded a sharp and murderous aura.
Shen Jingchuan's eyes lit up.
"This thing is very useful."
"Upgrade one level to become a second-tier superior-grade, and you'll have a fighting chance even against Foundation Establishment Late Stage."
He suddenly remembered the Tian Household outside.
Tian Chengye is only at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage; with this talisman, what is there to fear from him?
Shen Jingchuan felt relieved and indescribably happy. He raised his hand and threw the Geng Metal Mountain-Slaying Talisman into the ball of light.
The green light enveloped the talisman, and it began to upgrade. He then continued scrolling down.
Besides the two rings belonging to Zhao Jiufeng and Wang Xuanji, there was another Ring, which was filled to the brim with various items.
Shen Jingchuan thought for a moment and concluded that the owner of this Ring should be the old man on the city wall who had reached the Qi Refining Great Perfection, possibly the patriarch of the Wang Household family.
There are over 50,000 spirit Spirit Stones, more than those two Foundation Establishment cultivators have in their Rings. It seems that the Wang Household's entire fortune is in this person's hands.
Inside were also various talismans, elixirs, and all sorts of spiritual herbs spirit medicines.
The quality isn't particularly high, but the quantity is abundant.
Shen Jingchuan didn't refine any pills; instead, he threw all the pills, spiritual herbs, and talismans from his Rings into the sphere of light in mid-air, letting it slowly level up.
He then gathered the Spirit Stones together.
The 80,000 seized last time, plus what was originally left, originally amounted to a little over 100,000; this time, including this clan leader's Ring, another 125,000 were seized.
The Low-Grade Spirit Stones, when gathered together, amounted to over 220,000.
Fearing that the light sphere might shrink back due to insufficient Spiritual Qi to sustain such a rapid increase in energy, he took out 100,000 Spirit Stones and threw them into the light sphere for the Ring to absorb.
Once the 100,000 Spirit Stones were inside, the entire space changed again.
The earth's energy surged, and the boundary expanded outwards, visibly enlarging a circle.
Shen Jingchuan estimated that the diameter of this space had increased from one li to two li, approximately one thousand meters, and the area of the spirit field had also increased considerably.
Xian'er glanced at him.
"You fed the Ring with Spirit Stones again."
Shen Jingchuan nodded.
"Hmm, with so many things growing at once, I'm afraid it won't be able to handle it and will shrink back down."
Xian'er didn't object.
"That works too. Actually, ever since you buried that Spirit Vein, this space has been slowly growing. The Spirit Vein is the foundation."
As they were talking, their expressions suddenly changed simultaneously.
The three people outside had already reached the vicinity of the Ring.
Only one voice was heard, tinged with impatience.
"It's gone again."
The speaker was Tian Chengye. He had led Tian Zheng and Tian Ming, following the marks to this place, but they had lost sight of Shen Jingchuan.
He remained calm and waved his hand dismissively.
"But it's alright, he probably has a concealment formation on him."
"This protection has a time limit; we can't protect him forever. Last time we waited three days, and he showed up on his own. It'll be similar this time."
"There are plenty of houses on this mountain. Let's find one to rest in."
Tian Zheng looked around at the corpses scattered on the ground and clicked his tongue.
"That guy surnamed Shen is really ruthless; he killed over a thousand people without hesitation."
Tian Chengye snorted.
"What's the big deal? When the Wang Household ambushed and killed others, they should have been prepared for this."
"You both remember this: before you act, weigh the risks carefully, make sure you are confident, and be cautious."
"They messed with the wrong person, which led to the massacre of their entire family."
Tian Ming hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward.
"Fifth Elder, then tell me... shouldn't we have provoked this man surnamed Shen, only to invite trouble for nothing?"