As they spoke, the two could already see a horde of Amethyst Monster galloping about. However, these Amethyst Monster did not seem to be aggressive; they were simply gathered together.
"Every billion years, the Amethyst Mountains experience a fog tide. On the day of the fog tide, Leisjing leads the Amethyst Monster on a rampage. Normally, these Amethyst Monster rarely venture out." Andrew knew that there were still nearly ten thousand years until the fog tide, and the Amethyst Monster hadn't yet reached their madness.
Looking at the group of Amethyst Monster, Andrew was searching for something. He carefully searched through all the Amethyst Monster, Andrew was disappointed.
" Leisjing isn't here! Does that mean he only appears on the day of the Fog Tide?" Andrew shook his head and muttered to himself.
Andrew waited a long time with Bernistan lying in wait, but Leisjing never appeared. In the end, he had no choice but to leave.
"Elder, what do we do next?" Having gotten away from the horde of Amethyst Monster, Bernistan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't bear to endure that feeling of fear any longer.
"Let's find a place to settle down first, then we'll go dig for Amethyst." Andrew looked at the sky, where a thick white fog obscured everything. This time, they didn't find Leisjing, so Andrew had no choice but to wait for another opportunity.
Andrew carved out a stone chamber on a mountainside and began to ponder how he could attract the attention of the Sovereign Zijing. It was said that, as the birthplace of the Sovereign Zijing, nothing in the Amethyst Mountains could escape the Sovereign's notice.
"Or perhaps the Sovereign Zijing isn't on the mountain right now?" Andrew guessed.
The following time was peaceful. Andrew comprehended the Laws in the stone chamber, while Bernistan went out to search for Amethyst.
In the Amethyst Mountains, Amethyst is the most abundant resource. This is the core area of the mountains, unlike the outer areas, where Amethyst is everywhere on the ground. With enough time, one can collect tens of thousands of amethysts a day. To prevent them from getting lost, Bernistan left his Destruction Divine Clone in the stone chamber, while his Water Element Divine Clone went out to collect Amethyst. In the end, he gave all the Amethyst he collected to Andrew.
In the blink of an eye, more than fifty years have passed.
"We were lucky this time; we stumbled upon a place where Amethyst was abundant, and found 20 million Amethyst in one go. Hehehe, 20 million Amethyst are worth 200 billion Inkstone."
Bernistan's Water Element Divine Clone walked down from the foot of the mountain with a smile on his face.
"I wonder when the elder will emerge from seclusion. I've been away from the family for almost a hundred years. How is the battle between the family and the Eight Great Clans going?" Bernistan merged his cyan Water Element Divine Clone and black Destruction Divine Clone into one, and sent the Amethyst into the stone chamber.
Inside the stone chamber, Andrew remained with his eyes closed, surrounded by halos of light that spread outwards. These halos resembled ripples on a lake, overlapping each other. They disappeared when they were ten meters away from Andrew's body.
If there were a powerful cultivator of Fire Element Law nearby, they would surely recognize that Andrew was comprehending the Mysteries of Fire Element — the Space of Fire.
"Phew..." Andrew let out a long sigh and opened his eyes. "I've finally grasped the basics of Space of Fire, and my understanding of ' Soul Attack ' is nearing completion. Of the six Mysteries of the Fire Element Law, I only need to master Fire Body Technique now!"
Andrew's eyes shone with undisguised joy. After fifty years of secluded cultivation, he had achieved results in the Fire Element Law that surprised even himself. Previously, of the six Mysteries of the Fire Element, Andrew had comprehended "Explosion," the Fire Element, and the Fire Traveling Technique. Later, he also made progress in " Soul Attack." This time, he had also made progress in the Space of Fire. Only the Fire Body Technique remained to be comprehended.
At this rate, Andrew is confident that he can cultivate his Fire Element to the Highgod within two hundred years!
Two hundred years, that's much earlier than he had previously anticipated.
"This is all thanks to the Amethyst Bernistan who sent it." Andrew opened the stone chamber door upon hearing Bernistan's footsteps.
Bernistan handed a spatial ring to Andrew and asked, "Elder, has your seclusion ended?"
Andrew shook his head. "Not yet. My Fire Element Divine Clone is progressing smoothly and hasn't encountered any bottlenecks. Thank you for your hard work these past years, Bernistan."
Bernistan scratched his head sheepishly, "I haven't had any hard work. I've just been staying in the Amethyst Mountains. I wonder how the family is doing now."
Over the years, Bernistan seized every opportunity to speak with Andrew, instilling in him the benefits of the Four Divine Beasts Clan, much to Andrew's dismay.
"You... forget it. I'll go to the Four Divine Beasts Clan sooner or later. Don't worry, the Four Divine Beasts Clan has over two hundred elders, nothing will happen."
After sending Bernistan away, Andrew took out the Amethyst from his spatial ring and placed it into the Azure Dragon Ring. Soon, he refined the Amethyst.
The golden mist extracted from twenty million Amethyst condensed into droplets above Andrew's Elemental Sea. Facing the golden mist, the Golden Dragon soul let out a long roar, opened its massive maw, and inhaled all the mist. After a while, the Golden Dragon soul seemed to have eaten its fill, and squinted its eyes, feigning sleep. However, its body had grown even larger.
Andrew observed the changes in the Elemental Sea and smiled again. Above the Elemental Sea, the dozing Golden Dragon soul had undergone significant changes compared to before. The most obvious change was that the Golden Dragon soul, which was originally only a little over a hundred meters long, had now grown to two hundred meters.
From 100 meters to 200 meters, this is not simply a doubling of length. While the Golden Dragon's body has doubled in size, Andrew's soul power has increased tenfold!
Fifty years, and his soul power has increased tenfold, something Andrew himself couldn't have imagined. Most importantly, he is still only a Midgod, and even after refining so many Amethyst, his soul has not yet reached its limit.
"Having transmigrated to this world, my greatest secret still lies in my soul!" Andrew thought to himself as he sat alone in the stone chamber.
His biggest secret is time travel. Coming from Earth to the Coiling Dragon World sounds unbelievable. After arriving in this world, Andrew displayed superhuman talent, especially in his soul, which even he himself cannot fathom.
Able to fuse the Laws thunder and fire, it appears to have Soul Mutation; perfectly compatible with the Azure Dragon's soul, absorbing the Azure Dragon Essence Blood, it became a mutated super divine Divine Beast; its soul possesses immense potential, reaching Deity-level during its Saint-level days, and now, at the Midgod stage, its soul has even reached the Asura; continuously refining Amethyst, its soul's growth seems limitless...
These events, when pieced together, made Andrew very curious about what exactly happened to his soul during his journey through time.
As the soul grows rapidly, Andrew's speed in deducing Laws also increases significantly.
" The Fire Element has achieved great success, and the Lightning Element is not far behind. Among the six profound Mysteries, the Lightning Element, Lightning Traveling Technique, and ' Shattering ' have been mastered, and ' Vibration ' and ' Heavy Blow ' have also been grasped. Only ' Lightning ' has not yet been comprehended."
Of the six profound Mysteries of the Lightning Element element, the lower-level ones include the Lightning Element and the Lightning Traveling Technique; the Mid-level Profound Mystery- level ones include " Vibration " and " Heavy Blow "; and the High-level Profound Mystery ones include " Lightning " and " Shattering ". In just fifty years, Andrew has only " Lightning " left to comprehend in terms of the Lightning Law.
Such progress in fifty years demonstrates the advantage of a powerful soul.
"Even so, I still can't find a way to contact the Sovereign Zijing." Andrew sighed. No matter how high one's aptitude, without the protagonist's extraordinary luck, things won't always go smoothly. It's very possible that this trip to the Amethyst Mountains was in vain.
In addition to this, Andrew gained another benefit: the Azure Dragon Ring began to slowly repair itself.
The Spirit Fox Defensive Divine Artifact is very special; it is not made of any material, but rather of soul power. Because of this, very few people in the Infernal Realm can forge Soul Defense Divine Artifact, and each of them has achieved extremely high attainments in the realm of the soul.
In terms of materials, the Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact is the same as the Soul Defense Divine Artifact, both being composed of soul power. Therefore, to repair the Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact, one must rely on soul power.
Because the level of the Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact is too high, repairing it would require soul power at least at the level of Highgod. Even for Highgod, the amount of soul power available to repair the breach is extremely limited. For a mere gap as small as the Azure Dragon Ring, it would take an ordinary Highgod hundreds of millions of years to repair.
"Even with my soul power at the Asura level, combined with the Amethyst, it would take me 100,000 years to repair the Azure Dragon Ring."
Looking at the slightly smaller gap, Andrew estimated that, according to his expectations, if his three Divine Clone could all become Highgod, his soul power should be no less than that of Paragon cultivator, and the speed of repairing the Azure Dragon Ring would also increase greatly, and a thousand years should be enough.
Andrew felt the price was well worth it. He spent a thousand years to obtain a perfectly intact Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact, which he could give to his family even if he didn't use it himself.