"Is... is this a Spirit Stone mine?" Li Xiaoya, Zhang Hong, and Liu Xian'er gazed at the walls of the vast, open cavern. Dazzling, multicolored light shimmered across them, radiating spiritual qi fluctuations even more astonishing than those of the seawater around the central island of Illusory Spirit Island... Zhang Hong could not help murmuring.
"How could it be?" Tianyuan shook his head repeatedly beside them. He was a Great Cultivator at the mighty one stage, after all. How could a mere Spirit Stone mine excite him? He hastily explained, "This isn't a Spirit Stone mine. These are Spirit Essence Stones!"
"Spirit Essence Stones? What are Spirit Essence Stones?" Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er froze at his words and asked in surprise. They did not recognize these things...
But, "".
"Spirit Essence Stones!" Li Xiaoya, however, seemed to know what they were. Overjoyed and astonished, he exclaimed, "These are all Spirit Essence Stones?" He did recognize what lay in this cavern that looked like a Spirit Stone mine...
They were deep within an extremely well-hidden passage in the Myriad-Eyed Octopus King's cave abode. The mining cavern where they now stood was probably already buried in the rock beneath a seabed tens of thousands of feet below the surface...
"That's right! They're all Spirit Essence Stones!" Hearing Li Xiaoya's words, Tianyuan knew that he had heard of them. Despite his profound cultivation, Tianyuan could not conceal his excitement. Gazing at the multicolored ore, he murmured, "With these Spirit Essence Stones, I'll have a real chance of breaking through to the immortal tribulation stage!"
"Breaking through to the immortal tribulation stage!!!" Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong looked horrified at his words and exchanged a glance. Both women knew perfectly well what the immortal tribulation stage meant. They turned toward Li Xiaoya in