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When Ren Anran and Zhang Xuezhou were forcibly ordered to chase after the centipede in the opposite direction, they met in the collapsed stalactite pile.

Zhang Xuezhou landed as lightly as a wild goose, while Turkalando behind him continued to cry out in pain from bumps and bruises.

"You're still alive!" Ren Anran exclaimed in surprise.

"Not only are we still alive, we even killed that millipede! Someone come and pull me away! Is there really no human rights after abdication?"

Before Zhang Xuezhou could respond, Turkalando had already launched a series of criticisms.

This caused Turdunkia, who was skilled at running, to leap up repeatedly and carry the former 'priestess' on her back.

"Highly poisonous!"

Amidst the low murmurs, Turdunkya felt a foul, fishy smell emanating from the body of Turkalando, whom she was carrying.

The areas he wasn't covered by clothing were burning with pain, and some places were wet, as if he had been doused with sulfuric acid.

If even simple contact can cause this feeling, then Turkalando must be enduring far more painful torment.

In this state, even avoiding millipedes is difficult, let alone killing them.

Tuerdunqiya glanced sideways at the half-giant insect corpse under the stalactites, then looked at Zhang Xuezhou.

Clearly, the person who killed the centipede could not have been Turkalando, but Zhang Xuezhou.

"The centipede's venom is very potent. We need to find a decent pool of water for Kalando to wash her first, otherwise her skin will fester!"

Zhang Xuezhou gave a brief reply and then pointed to Turkalando.

The centipede had lost half its body, and its bodily fluids were scattered all over the cave. Zhang Xuezhou didn't dare let Turkalando wash it off on the spot.

He urged Turdunchia on, and the paladin glanced at Ren Anran again.

It wasn't until Ren Anran urged her that Turdunqia finally responded with an "Ah!" and then carried Turdkalando on her back, running swiftly outside.

"There's a possibility that millipedes are ferocious beasts. Should we do some research on them?"

Ferocious beasts are precious and rare, and even their corpses are rare.

If this material could be brought back to Western Capital, people would line up to see its novelty and seek cooperation. However, this is the Thousand Islands Alliance, and even if Zhang Xuezhou and his group were willing, it would be difficult to bring the centipede back.

"What a pity!"

What Zhang Xuezhou could understand, Ren Anran could also understand.

This made Ren Anran let out a soft sigh of regret.

Western Capital possesses some of the world's best genetic research technology and can maximize the value of this millipede, but they are unable to bring the insect's carcass back with them.

The genetic technology of the Thousand Islands Alliance is undoubtedly a notch below, and the genetic technology of the Turs is a notch below again.

This top-quality material will inevitably result in huge waste and will be difficult to convert into corresponding benefits.

"It's a bit of a pity, but not entirely a pity!"

The research on the ferocious beast was not entirely satisfactory, but Zhang Xuezhou was pleased with the spirit jade he obtained.

If he can find Dong Zhongshu and find out how to use the spirit jade, he will most likely be able to use it to advance his cultivation level in the real world.

Having consumed the extremely potent side effects of the otherworldly version of the Origin-Nurturing Pill paste for years, and with his research on the Spirit-Forging Pill still incomplete, Zhang Xuezhou never expected to find an even better cultivation item.

What excited Zhang Xuezhou the most was not the spirit jade he had obtained, but the abundance of resources in the real world that he had discovered.

This abundance does not mean that there are more spiritual jades in the real world than in the other world, but rather that cultivation in the real world has taken a completely different direction, and few people utilize these spiritual jades, thus resulting in an abundance of resources.

If hundreds of thousands of people were to cultivate cultivation techniques, even within a few short generations, the world's many usable resources would inevitably be greatly depleted.

Zhang Xuezhou is currently in a period similar to pioneering a new field.

This allowed him to easily obtain the spirit jade.

He even speculated that the spirit jade in the Qin Meng ruins might be even more numerous and larger.

"So?"

As they walked out in Ren Anran tones, Zhang Xuezhou shared his speculations.

This gave both Ren Anran and Zhang Xuezhou a sense of "a new vista opening up after a long and difficult journey".

Regardless of the hidden dangers brought about by practicing medicine cultivation, and even though the side effects of taking those medicines were unbearable, Ren Anran never expected that the original form of the Tuer clan's Soul Jade was the Spirit Jade that Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned several times.

In Zhang Xuezhou's description, this is something that, simply by carrying it, can slowly promote changes in one's physical constitution and also propel one's spiritual practice forward.

If we can find a way to utilize the spirit jade, we can use it to help us break through the threshold of cultivation realms.

This undoubtedly opened up a broad path for cultivation, and also gave Ren Yisheng the hope of successfully condensing his Yang Soul Dharma Body.

"Are there spirit jades in the other pools of this cave?" Ren Anran asked in a low voice.

"That's unclear," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head. "I don't know if these two spirit jades broke off from a stalactite, or if they were dug out by a centipede and placed in the pool, or if its body couldn't dive, forcing it to remain at the bottom!"

"I'll have two paladins skilled in swimming search again!"

Ren Anran nodded, indicating that she understood the possibility of a search.

It doesn't matter if we can't find it, but as long as we find a possible spirit jade, it's like a cultivation item delivered to our doorstep.

"If your guess is that the Spiritual Qi storm triggered the beast tide in the Qin Meng ruins, where did this Spiritual Qi storm originate from? Is there really such a large spiritual jade in the world?"

Some things are understandable, but there are also some things Ren Anran finds difficult to understand.

For example, the Spiritual Qi storm mentioned by Zhang Xuezhou.

The beast tide in the Qin and Meng ruins was not just a small area of animals going berserk; the affected area was like a typhoon, impacting tens or even hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.

Ren Anran looked at the spirit jade in Zhang Xuezhou's hand and found it hard to imagine how large the spirit jade in the Qin Meng ruins would have to be to trigger such a beast tide.

"This is just my guess," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and said, "It might be a Spiritual Qi storm, or some other factor that could cause something similar. Only by witnessing it will we know for sure."

"Beast tide..."

Ren Anran thought about it and felt that this was likely an answer that would never be understood.

Faced with countless frenzied beasts and insects, no one could follow along to witness it, let alone explore the truth.

Exploring the vast area of the Qinmeng Empire ruins was also a difficult task, not to mention the risks involved, logistical support was a major problem.

They need food, water, and fuel for their vehicles...

Even after decades, less than one-tenth of the ruins of the Qinmeng Empire have been explored.

This answer can only be left to the future; at least for now, Ren Anran has no such thought.

"Perhaps it's really possible," Zhang Xuezhou replied with a smile. "Great cultivators can leave their bodies and travel thousands or even tens of thousands of miles. Perhaps one day we can travel all over Qin and Meng without having to walk an inch, and thus know the real answer!"

"Thousands and thousands of miles!"

There are some things that Gene Fighting Technique cannot achieve, and technology is also difficult to perfect, but the path of cultivation through spiritual realms has the potential to be realized.

Zhang Xuezhou proposed a direction that is indeed thought-provoking, inspiring people to elevate the realm of cultivation and reach a higher level of spiritual power.

Ren Anran was quite satisfied with Chapter Five of her Pioneering Mental Strengthening Chapter, which was a culmination of her more than ten years of cultivation techniques.

This involves both the original Mental Strengthening and the promotion of the realm technique.

But when she thought about how her current ability to travel only a few hundred meters after her soul left her body, and then about the thousands or tens of thousands of miles that Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned, the sense of satisfaction in her heart immediately vanished.