Draw, Keep Drawing, Draw It Dry
Little B already said there are many Trait, but we can tough it out.
I trust you, my little darling.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[To others, this place is a death trap. To you, it's just a little polluted air.]
[ For Heavy Tomato Users, this is in effect.]
[You ignored the tangible malevolent Sha Qi that could corrode even Golden Core cultivator to bones and swaggered into the depths of the cave.]
You found a relatively flat rock and sat down cross-legged.
[Just as you were about to meditate to recover your Divine Sense, you sensed a peculiar fluctuation coming from the ground.]
[You shifted your thoughts slightly, and your Divine Sense probed down along the crack in the ground.]
[Deep within a fissure in the earth's veins of a cave, you saw a wisp of eerie blue flame.]
[Nine Netherworld Fire!]
[Moreover, the Nine Netherworld Fire here is much purer than the one beneath your cave abode in Black Moon Gorge.]
That was an entire exposed ley line of ghostly fire.
[Options pop up.]
[A: Carefully extract a wisp of primordial true fire, taste it to check its saltiness, and absolutely do not take more.]
[B: Since we're already here, let's draw ten strands of primordial true fire to feed the Crow-Crow.]
[C: Erect a sign on-site that reads "Lifeless Plain Natural Gas Company," lay pipelines directly to West-Suppressing Sword Pass, and charge by cubic meter.]
Little B is my favorite.
Taking too little of something you've gotten for free is unfair to yourself.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You sit cross-legged, spreading your Divine Sense.]
[Divine Sense transformed into an invisible hand, probing into the depths of the crevice.]
[He grabbed the core of the ghostly blue flame.]
[The extreme, chilling temperature climbed upwards along your Divine Sense, attempting to freeze your Sea of Consciousness.]
You didn't even blink.
[With a forceful pull.]
[A wisp of primordial blue flame was forcibly extracted by you and hung in mid-air.]
[With a thought from your Dantian, Red-Feather Fire Crow takes flight.]
It opened its beak and swallowed the wisp of true fire in one gulp.
[You did the same.]
[The second strand, the third strand...]
[His movements were as practiced as if he were pulling radishes in his own garden.]
[As the tenth wisp of true fire descended, the Red-Feather Fire Crow let out a clear cry.]
Its dark gold and red stripes were dazzlingly bright, and its size had increased significantly.
[The aura of the Middle Condensation Core Stage is becoming increasingly stable, and is even beginning to climb towards the Core Formation Late Stage.]
[Under normal circumstances, a cultivator encountering this kind of earth vein spiritual fire could only extract about ten strands at most.]
[If we draw any more water, the earth's veins will be damaged, potentially triggering irreversible disasters.]
You should stop.
[Options pop up.]
[A: Logically, stop now. As long as you're alive, you can always rebuild.]
[B: Nobody cares? Keep smoking! Give me a dozen more!]
[C: Takes out Recording Stone, publicly accuses himself of illegally mining the Lifeless Plain resources, and demands that the White Tiger Hall send someone to arrest him.]
Lu Ping looked at Little A and Little B and smiled.
In the world of cultivation, there's no such thing as knowing when to quit while you're ahead.
As long as the boss doesn't see it, the wool must be squeezed dry.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[Back in Black Moon Gorge, were you afraid of losing your camp?]
[Where am I? This is the Lifeless Plain.]
[Within a radius of ten thousand miles, there wasn't a single human figure. They were all monsters mutated by Sha Qi.]
Protect the environment? Protect the earth's energy?
[For whom are we protecting them?]
[It's time to experience the thrill of wreaking havoc behind enemy lines.]
[You probe the rift with your Divine Sense once more.]
This time, you didn't even bother to hide it.
[Workaholic, effective.]
[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement, effective.]
[The Artisan Spirit is now in effect.]
[You 'Avatar merciless fire-generating machine.]
[The eleventh strand, the fifteenth strand, the eighteenth strand...]
[You forcibly extracted eight strands of primordial true fire again.]
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow ate with burping sounds. The Sun True Fire within its body also doubled in strength.]
[Your feet begin to sway.]
A deep, rumbling sound came from the depths of the crack.
[That's a sign that the earth's ley lines have been over-extracted, and it's about to collapse.]
[You look down at the flickering, ghostly blue flames.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Something's wrong, the ley lines are about to explode, run!]
[B: Squeeze it as hard as you can, until it's dead! Squeeze its underwear out! Give it a dozen more skeins!]
[C: Shouts at the rift: "Listen up, you ley lines of the Land of Lifeless Plain! You are surrounded! Hand over all your Netherfire, and I will spare your life!"]
Since we've already taken advantage of it, we can't leave any loose ends.
Hehehe, so this is the joy of recklessly causing destruction.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[You still won't stop.]
[You unleash your full Divine Sense, transforming it into a vast net that directly envelops the largest fire core.]
"Come out here!"
[You roared, your Divine Sense pulling upwards with all your might.]
[Five more strands of primordial true fire were forcibly severed and pulled out by you.]
The rumbling from underground grew louder, but you didn't even glance at it.
[You casually pluck two strands and flick them to the Red-Feather Fire Crow beside you.]
The Crow-Crow eagerly opened its beak to catch it. But after swallowing it whole, it couldn't even maintain its usual disguise as an ordinary, dark-black Crow.
["Belch--"]
It let out a smoldering burp.
[The dark gold and crimson patterns all over its body instantly surged, and dark red Sun True Fire and ghostly blue Nine Netherworld Fire intertwined and surged wildly on its feathers, burning it like a completely expanded fireball, swaying precariously in mid-air.]
[You looked at the three wisps of true fire remaining in your hand, then at the Fire Crow, which was clearly at its limit.]
"Are you full? I'll take the rest..."
[You muttered to yourself, preparing to take out a specially made jade box to seal away these freebies.]
[The gluttonous demon, already delirious from the burning heat, suddenly flapped its wings and inhaled sharply, swallowing the remaining primordial fire whole.]
[Your fingers had barely touched the edge of the jade box when you couldn't even stop them.]
["No, you--"]
["Bang!"]
[The Crow-Crow exploded.]
[A burst of light, a fusion of dark blue and crimson gold, exploded in mid-air, the shockwave whipping your hair back.]
[Within your Dantian, the fiery energy has re-condensed into a red and blue Fire Crow Seed, lying quietly beside the Hundred-Blade Ring, motionless and feigning death.]
[You looked at your empty palm, then glanced inward at your Dantian, and your eyes twitched involuntarily twice.]
[Last time, this foolish bird, with the force of a snake Golden Crow Demon Emperor's primordial true fire, and it exploded on the spot.]
[They tried a different approach this time, but still didn't learn their lesson.]
[But...]
[You feel the energy surging and rising violently within the seed, and clapp your hands in satisfaction.]
[Wait until the Red-Feather Fire Crow finishes digesting before waking up; by then, it'll definitely be in the Core Formation Late Stage.]
[At that very moment.]
["Boom--"]
A deafening roar echoed throughout the underground Rift Valley.
The ley lines have collapsed.