Ning Yuanshan took a step forward and looked down at the old deacon.
There is no temperature in the eyes, only a cold calculation.
The old deacon's gaze sent chills down his spine, and he subconsciously took half a step back.
Ning Yuanshan waved to him.
The old deacon hesitated for a moment, not daring to disobey, and finally stepped forward.
Ning Yuanshan lowered his voice and spoke very fast, pouring the plan into the old deacon's ears one by one.
As the plan unfolded layer by layer, the old deacon's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His lips began to tremble, and his fingers clenched the corners of his robe tightly, shaking continuously.
By the time Ning Yuanshan finished speaking, the old deacon's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.
"This... this..." His voice was hoarse and dry, almost inaudible, and his eyes were full of fear, "You don't dare to do this! Elder Ning, if we are found out, this subordinate... this subordinate will definitely die!"
Ning Yuanshan's face suddenly darkened, and the faint smile that had been concealed instantly disappeared, leaving only the coldness and cruelty of disobedience on his face.
"Do you think you can survive if you ruin this elder and Myriad Dao Peak's big deal?"
He stared into the panicked eyes of the old deacon and said in a cold and biting tone, "You should weigh it yourself."
The old deacon trembled all over.
He stood there, his face changing again and again, from fear to hesitation, from hesitation to despair, from despair to a kind of resignation.
He slowly lowered his head, closed his eyes, and nodded heavily.
"Subordinate... understood."
Ning Yuanshan smiled with satisfaction.
He reached out and patted the old deacon on the shoulder, neither lightly nor hard, like patting a dog that had finally been tamed.
"Go ahead, I'll be waiting for your good news at this time tomorrow."
The old deacon clasped his fists, took two steps back, turned around, and staggered out of the yard.
The moment the courtyard door closed, he leaned against the cold courtyard wall. His mind was wildly reverberating with the sinister plan and the tragic end after it was exposed. He was filled with fear and struggle.
After a long time, he straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, lowered his head, and left quickly.
On the other side, the Outer Sect mountain road is soaked in twilight.
Zhou Qi is walking on the way back to his residence.
His steps were steady and his posture was relaxed, just like usual.
The gray robe was fluttering in the dusk, and his steps were neither fast nor slow. He looked like an ordinary disciple who had just finished his errand.
But at this time, the murderous intent in his eyes was so strong that it could not be dispelled.
His Divine Sense has never been taken back from the moment he left Mission Hall.
Every word, every expression, and every subtle movement between the old deacon and Ning Yuanshan was reflected in his perception.
Zhou Qi did not continue along the way he came.
When passing through the narrow alley at the edge of Martial Arts Arena, he turned around and walked towards another row of houses.
That row of houses was not much better than his residence, with gray bricks and gray tiles, mottled walls, no weeds in front of the door, and clean windowsills. Obviously the people who lived here were better at cleaning up than he was.
Zhou Qi stopped in front of a wooden door and knocked a few times.
There was a slight sound of footsteps inside the door, and soon it opened a crack, revealing a cold face.
Shen Hongyuan.
She was wearing plain clothes, and her long hair was tied casually with a wooden hairpin, as if she was adjusting her breathing in the room.
Seeing that the person standing at the door was Zhou Qi, her eyes lit up slightly, then she opened the door and stepped aside.
"Senior Brother Zhou? Come in and sit down."
Zhou Qi waved his hand. "I won't go in."
"I want to ask you to do me a favor."
Shen Hongyuan was startled for a moment, then nodded, and said crisply, "Just say whatever you want, Senior Brother Zhou."
Zhou Qi nodded, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and handed it over.
Shen Hongyuan took it and opened it and saw that there were twenty Merit Crystal.
"These are twenty Merit Crystal." Zhou Qi looked at Shen Hongyuan and lowered his voice slightly, "I need you to go to the Outer Sect trading place for me tonight and help me exchange for one Image Recording Stone."
He paused and added, "I don't know the price, but it must not exceed twenty Merit Crystal. If there is any extra, you can keep it."
Shen Hongyuan looked down at Merit Crystal in his hand, then looked up at Zhou Qi.
He nodded and finally didn't ask anything.
Outer Sect Trading Market She knows.
The market opens every night at Hai hour, trading some things that the disciples buy and trade privately. Image Recording Stone is not a rare item, and the price is not too expensive.
She put the bag away and nodded. "Okay, I'll go tonight and leave it to you tomorrow morning."
Zhou Qi chuckled, nodded and said, "Thank you so much, junior sister."
After that, he turned around and walked towards his residence.
The gray robe quickly disappeared at the end of the narrow alley in the dusk.
One night passed quickly, and Zhou Qi had been refining for another night. When the morning mist rose, Zhou Qi had already refined all fifty-four Concentration Spirit Stone.
There are still twenty spiritual stones left, but Zhou Qi did not touch them for the sake of safety.
Divine Sense's expansion seems to have reached its limit, expanding one circle compared to yesterday, but there will be no movement if it continues to be refined.
Zhou Qi thought to himself, presumably because his cultivation level was too different from Mental Power's.
During this period of time, I was busy refining the Condensing Stone and didn't bother to practice. Now my strength is still Golden Core Eighth Layer.
And Mental Power grew too fast, and Divine Sense's expansion scope has exceeded the monks of Nascent Soul First Layer.
The cultivation level cannot keep up with Mental Power, which leads to some lack of successors.
But fortunately, Mental Power is still rising. It seems that refining has not reached the bottleneck yet.
Just as I was thinking about it, a footsteps appeared within the range of Divine Sense.
Zhou Qi opened his eyes, got out of bed, moved his body, and then opened the door.
I saw Shen Hongyuan outside walking over from a distance.
"Senior Brother Zhou, you have lived up to your trust." Shen Hongyuan saw Zhou Qi and took out two Image Recording Stone directly from his cuffs.
"The twenty Merit Crystal you gave me can't be used up, so I bought an extra one on my own initiative. You can keep it for emergencies."
Zhou Qi nodded. "Then thank you junior sister."
"Senior Brother Zhou, there is no need to be like this. If you need any help, just ask."
After saying that, Shen Hongyuan stood up and left.
Zhou Qi glanced at two Image Recording Stone and put them in his arms, then picked up twenty Concentration Spirit Stone and walked towards Spirit-Sealing Abyss.
It seems to be a good luck setting for beginners. Except for the discovery of more than a hundred spirit stones on the first day, no ore of that size was ever found again.
Zhou Qi continued to search in the distance along the direction he was looking for yesterday. After an hour, he only found a dozen scattered spiritual stones.
After another half hour, I managed to collect twenty coins.
Afterwards, there was no harvest, and the traces of spiritual stones became increasingly scarce.
During this period, he also encountered some gophers, but his Divine Sense noticed them in advance and went around them.
Going westward day by day.
Zhou Qi stood on a low stone platform and glanced around.
I haven't seen the spirit stone for almost two hours.
He poked Divine Sense out, and within a few tens of feet, everything was clean, not even a trace of a spiritual stone.
Zhou Qi's brows furrowed even more.
In more than an hour, it will be the deadline to hand in the task.
Ning Yuanshan That old guy is waiting for him to be late or absent so that he can use it as an excuse.
Can't delay.
Zhou Qi took a deep breath and was ready to turn around and return.
But at the moment when the footsteps moved, from the deepest part of Divine Sense, directly under the soles of the feet, there seemed to be a faint breath of spiritual stone coming from the very deep place.
It's very light, so light that it's almost unnoticeable.
If it weren't for his Mental Power rising sharply and his perception being several times sharper than before, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Zhou Qi was in no hurry to leave.
He squatted down, placed his palms on the rocks on the ground, and closed his eyes.
Divine Sense no longer spreads outward, but concentrates into a line, condenses into a needle, and reaches straight down.
The obstructive force became thicker in the depths, and Zhou Qi frowned and drilled down inch by inch.
Ten feet.
Twenty feet.
Fifty feet.
The aura of the spiritual stone is getting stronger and stronger.
It's not like a handful of breath.
Zhou Qi's pupils shrank slightly, and there was a hint of expectation in his heart.
Finally, Divine Sense finally penetrated the last layer of obstacles and suddenly became enlightened.
A natural grotto hidden deep underground suddenly appeared in the perception.
The grotto is tens of feet in diameter, open and open, with thousands of stalactites hanging upside down from the dome, and a fist-sized Concentration Spirit Stone is condensed on each stone tip.
The green aura flickers, like a jade lantern hanging in the air, dimly illuminating the entire dark cave.
On the floor of the grotto, there are mountains of spiritual stones.
It's not dozens of them, it's not hundreds of them. If you look around, you can see they are densely packed and piled up like a mountain, with as many as thousands of them!
The light cyan light circulates densely, covering the entire grotto, reflecting the dark underground space into a warm and clear space. Spiritual Qi is extremely abundant.
Zhou Qi The chest vibrated slightly, and the heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
The huge surprise shocked his mind, causing him to lose consciousness for a moment.
Zhou Qi's heartbeat was pounding.
After a while, he suppressed the turmoil in his heart and quickly regained consciousness.
Looking up to the sky, the dusk is getting darker.
There's not enough time.
What's more important is that with so many spiritual stones, there is no place to hide them if they are dug out.
The top priority is to get a piece of storage Law Artifact as soon as possible.
Zhou Qi's mind again thought of the grid space under Ning Yuanshan's bed. He had explored that location last time. Although there were two Concentration Spirit Stone placed in the grid space, it should have been used to isolate Divine Sense.
But he spent a lot of time refining this spiritual stone in the past two days. Although it cannot be penetrated, the general shape is determined, just like a small cloth bag.
The thought flashed through quickly. Zhou Qi thought about it for a moment, looked around a few times, and firmly remembered the location of this place in his mind.
After doing all this, he no longer stayed, got up and started running Movement Method, his body swayed, and he quickly returned along the way he came.