Lingxiao Mountain stood amid a flat, desolate expanse.
As the Ling Clan Territory in the past, this place had naturally received the clan's utmost attention. In its early years, the clan had even relocated several hundred Second Rank Spirit Veins and more than ten Third Rank Spirit Veins here from various places.
However, when the Fourth Rank Spirit Vein within Lingxiao Mountain had been advanced, the disturbance had been far too great. The power of those Spirit Veins, along with all the earth-vein qi within a hundred thousand li, had been drawn away. In the end, apart from Lingxiao Mountain itself, not a single Spirit Vein remained within a hundred thousand li.
Even earth-vein qi was still difficult to detect.
This qi was linked to the growth of plants, and indirectly caused most places here to be utterly devoid of life, like a land of death...
Yet Lingxiao Mountain was entirely different. Protected by a Fourth Rank array formation, it was incomparably secure.
Within it, spiritual qi was abundant. As far as the eye could see stood numerous cave abodes, while vast quantities of spirit herbs, spirit flowers, and spirit trees grew vigorously in all kinds of High-Grade Spirit Fields.
From time to time, cultivators could be seen moving about, making it every bit a sacred land of cultivation...
Beside it lay several spirit lands that the clan had relocated here over the past few centuries. The Spirit Veins within them were all at least Third Rank, and high-grade array formations had been laid there as well, making them equally secure.
In turn, their presence made Lingxiao Mountain even safer.
However, among them was one unusual Third-Order Spirit Volcano.
It contained boundless fire qi and was extraordinarily remarkable.
This fire qi was a precious treasure, so the Ling Clan had