Strange, an Unknown Creature
"Growth? What does that mean?" Li Yunjing frowned, puzzled.
Chu Chenzhou considered for a moment, then explained:
"Sect Leader, this Spirit Vein is like our human race growing from a child into an adult."
The previous Spirit Vein was like the infancy of our human race; it is currently growing and may be entering its prime.
Li Yunjing looked incredulous after hearing this.
"How is this possible? I've never heard of such a thing before!"
Throughout the entire history of Tianyuan, Li Yunjing had never heard of Spirit Vein being able to grow.
Strictly speaking, Spirit Vein is a semi-living entity.
Because Spirit Vein can feed and move.
However, apart from these, Spirit Vein are more like inanimate objects and cannot be regarded as living things.
This led to the definition of "half-life".
However, if Spirit Vein can grow, then it can be regarded as life, which will overturn the understanding of all cultivators in Tianyuan.
"Sect Leader, perhaps you should go and take a look yourself," Chu Chenzhou said.
"Does the sect leader remember what you told me before about the theft of the earth's energy beneath Serene Valley?"
At the time, I told the sect leader that there was nothing unusual, but after a careful investigation, I found that things were not as they seemed.
While some of the earth's energy was indeed stolen, that stolen energy was replenished by an unknown entity, and in much greater quantities.
That's why I didn't notice the earth's energy being stolen at first. It was only just now, when I discovered the growth of the Spirit Vein, that I learned about it.
Li Yunjing frowned slightly, then nodded gently. "Okay, I understand."
Li Yunjing then entered the Spirit Vein Pavilion and went underground to investigate the anomaly.
Li Yunjing unleashed his full Divine Sense Divine Sense, carefully examining every corner within its reach.
But after a while, Li Yunjing didn't notice anything unusual.
"Strange, could it not be in this area?" Li Yunjing wondered to himself.
Spirit Vein have a length, and the place where Li Yunjing is located is only a part of Spirit Vein.
So Li Yunjing wondered if the problem lay elsewhere?
Just as he was about to leave, Li Yunjing suddenly sensed a vital energy.
Li Yunjing's Divine Sense immediately locked onto this life essence.
"Eeya!"
Suddenly a sound rang out, right in front of Li Yunjing. Judging from the loudness of the sound, it wasn't far from Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing immediately looked over and saw a dark figure running away quickly.
He immediately unleashed all his Law Power, like a towering mountain crashing down, the immense Law Power suppressing the dark figure.
Li Yunjing slowly walked over, and when he saw the dark figure clearly, Li Yunjing was stunned.
"Pangolin?"
The dark shape in front of me was actually a pangolin, or rather, a creature that looked very similar to a pangolin.
The creature in front of me looks similar to a pangolin, except it has an extra horn on its head and a row of sharp spines covering its back.
Li Yunjing had never seen such a creature before, and he looked at it with great curiosity.
The creature was curled up in a ball, pretending to be dead.
"What the hell..."
Driven by curiosity, Li Yunjing picked it up and then returned to the ground.
After showing the creature to Chu Chenzhou, Li Yunjing asked, "Do you know what kind of Demon Beast this is?"
Chu Chenzhou did not answer immediately, but stared intently at the creature curled up in a ball.
After a long while, Chu Chenzhou said in a trembling voice, "Sect Leader, if I'm not mistaken, this should be Vein Spirit."
"What is Vein Spirit?" Li Yunjing asked curiously.
Chu Chenzhou let out a long sigh of relief, and then explained:
"The so-called Vein Spirit is the product born from the combination of consciousness and Spirit Body nurtured by the Spirit Vein itself."
For a Spirit Vein, the birth of Vein Spirit means that it has the potential to become Ancestral Vein, and an Ancestral Vein can influence an entire realm.
As an innate being born alongside the Spirit Vein, the Vein Spirit has absolute control over the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi and understands the direction of the Spirit Vein and the mineral deposits of the secret realms throughout the entire region.
It can greatly accelerate a cultivator's cultivation, heal Spirit Root and Dantian injuries, and when defending against enemies, it can set up a spiritual domain to trap them and draw meridian power to attack them. It can also assist in refining top-grade Spirit Treasure pills, protect the sect's Spirit Vein, and repair damaged earth veins. After recognizing a master, it will live and die together with the cultivator, and so on.
Therefore, the Vein Spirit is absolutely a rare treasure that is extremely difficult to find in the cultivation Immortal Realm.
Li Yunjing looked at the little guy curled up on the ground and wondered, "Does this little guy have such great power?"
"The Vein Spirit has three forms: the Origin Form, the Manifestation Form, and the Transformation Form."
In its Origin Form, the Vein Spirit and the Spirit Vein pattern are completely integrated, and almost no abnormalities can be seen; it may just be a beam of light.
In its Manifestation Form, the Vein Spirit can transform into various shapes, such as crystals, chalcedony, beasts, birds, and even flowers, trees, and so on.
In its final Transformation Form, the Vein Spirit will change into a fixed form based on its own attributes, and this form will not change. The human form is the most common Transformation Form.
"If this little guy is Vein Spirit, it's probably in its Manifestation Form right now. Only when it's in its Transformation Form can I be completely certain if it's Vein Spirit," Chu Chenzhou said.
Li Yunjing nodded gently, Li Yunjing smiled as he looked at the little guy on the ground who had quietly stretched out a little and was peeking at him with his eyes open.
"Alright, I'll leave it to you. If it's Vein Spirit, it shouldn't run far," Li Yunjing said.
Chu Chenzhou immediately nodded. "Sect Leader, rest assured, I will treat it well."
Turning around and heading to the Spirit Vein Pavilion, Li Yunjing silently chanted "upgrade" in his mind.
[Spirit Vein Pavilion (lv5)]
[Current spiritual effect: digitizes the Spirit Vein status, enhances the monitoring of the basic Spirit Vein status, displays the core parameters of the Spirit Vein (Spiritual Qi output, stability, impurity ratio) in real time, and can provide early warning of Spirit Vein anomalies.]
The monthly output is 200 units of the Five Phases Spiritual Qi (40 units of each, grade one, and a small number of grade two).
It produces 500 units of Spirit Stone per month (low-grade, with a very low probability of producing mid-grade).
+5% chance of a monthly Spirit Vein eruption, increasing the overall Spiritual Qi concentration of the sect by 100%.
[Level 6 Spiritual Effect: Datafied with the status of the Spirit Vein, enhancing the monitoring of the basic status of the Spirit Vein, displaying the core parameters of the Spirit Vein in real time (Spiritual Qi output, stability, impurity ratio), and providing early warning of Spirit Vein anomalies.]
The monthly output is 300 units of the Five Phases Spiritual Qi (60 units of each, grade one, with a small number of grade two).
It produces 800 units of Spirit Stone per month (low-grade, with a very low probability of producing mid-grade).
+8% chance of a monthly Spirit Vein eruption, increasing the overall Spiritual Qi concentration of the sect by 200%.
You can actively consume Five Phases Spiritual Qi to "nourish the Spirit Vein," consuming 500 units of Five Phases Spiritual Qi each time, increasing the probability of Spirit Vein quality breakthrough by 5%.
[Upgrade Requirements: Sect Prosperity Level ≥ 35.]
Upon seeing the requirements for upgrading the Spirit Vein Pavilion to level 6, Li Yunjing did not hesitate and upgraded it again immediately.
The sect's current prosperity level is exactly 35.
[Spirit Vein Pavilion (lv6)]
[Current effect:...]
[Level 7 Spiritual Effect: Digitizes the status data of the Spirit Vein, enhances the monitoring of the basic status of the Spirit Vein, displays the core parameters of the Spirit Vein (Spiritual Qi output, stability, impurity ratio) in real time, and can provide early warning of Spirit Vein anomalies.]
The monthly output is 400 units of the Five Phases Spiritual Qi (80 units of each type, with half being grade one and half being grade two).
It produces 1000 units of Spirit Stone per month (low-grade, with a low probability of producing mid-grade).
+12% chance of a monthly Spirit Vein eruption, increasing the overall Spiritual Qi concentration of the sect by 300%.
You can actively consume the Five Phases Spiritual Qi to "nourish the Spirit Vein," consuming 400 units of Five Phases Spiritual Qi each time, increasing the probability of Spirit Vein quality breakthrough by 6%.
Can trigger "Vein Spirit Resonance": If the sect possesses Vein Spirit, the Vein Spirit can actively guide the Spirit Vein to output targeted Spiritual Qi (such as prioritizing the Alchemy Chamber /cultivation room), and the corresponding building effect will be increased by an additional 15%.
[Upgrade Requirements: Sect Prosperity ≥ 45, 1 x Grade 4 Five Phases Origin Crystal, Possess Vein Spirit.]