297 Start the Gathering (1/2)

Krune looked back and couldn't help but say.

”It went better than I thought.”

Feifei agreed with him.

”Indeed, I guess your pills are worth a whole lot more than you thought.”

Krune laughed and nodded.

”Perhaps you are right.”

The four of them went to take a teleport formation that would send them to a more remote place in the Elemental Sect Planet. Since Tava was one of the biggest cities, there were just way too many cultivators and demon beasts coming and going. It wouldn't be a good idea to look for Elemental Stones there.

They decided to teleport to a city called Hiria close to the north pole of the planet. From the information gathered, whether there was cold or not, it didn't change the chances of finding Elemental Path Stones.

From there, Krune's group entered some remote zone, but to their surprise, they could still see a disciple of the Elemental Sect every now and then. Some of those even stopped their group to inquire about their reason to be there. Of course, as soon as Krune's group showed the collection passes, those disciples would let them be.

”The Elemental Sect is really serious at it. Even in a place like this, we can still find those lower levels disciples flying around. I guess that it will be quite hard to find Elemental Path Stones on the surface for us.”

None of them minded it, though.

”It's okay, we came with the intention of getting the ones that are far from their reach, let's just stick with the plan.”

Everyone nodded, and they kept flying away.

Finally, once they thought to be far enough from any nearby city, Krune's group stopped.

”Here should be more or less enough. So let's mark this location on our communicators and separate. Feifei and I are going to move North while you two go South. The distance that the Elemental Meridians can sense the Elemental Path Stone is something around 300 to 350 meters underground at most. So we can keep some distance from each other and still be inside the Divine Sense range. It will be better to move in two groups since one can cover for the other in case something happens.”

No one had any objection, and they immediately activated their Elemental Meridians. Having nothing else to say, the two couples went in their own directions.

It only took Krune around 5 minutes to feel the presence of the first stone, but it was only the start. They began to find stone after stone underground. They also made sure to use their Divine Sense to see if someone was around before doing it. It was best to keep those diggings as concealed as possible.

Feifei and Krune were still the fastest ones. Both of them had comprehended at least one Earth Sub-law, and their cultivation was higher than Tiane and Ruik. After one hour, those two had already gathered 12 Elemental Path Stones.

Feifei nodded.

”There is also the fact that every single one of them was at least 80 meters underground. It proves that those disciples of the Elemental Sect can't feel their presence so far in there. In fact, even we wouldn't be able to without the Elemental Meridians.”

Krune agreed with Feifei, but that was exactly what they were expecting. Some times, Krune and Ruik's groups would notice a low realm disciple of the Elemental Sect flying around, but that wasn't all. It was rare, but now and then, they also found cultivators or demon beasts that acquired a collection pass as well. The difference was that they were betting on their luck, while Krune's side had a surefire method.

After both groups scanned the area for a few hours, they reunited again to the same point where they departed before.

Krune looked at Ruik and then asked.

”How was it.”

Ruik and Tiane smiled and allowed Krune and Feifei to check their spatial rings with their Divine Sense. Sure enough, both of them had found over 70 stones altogether.

”Haha! Great! Feifei and I found a little more, 92 to be more precise. But we do have earth laws and higher cultivation, so the time we spend going down is a lot smaller.”

Ruik and Tiane didn't seem to mind it.

”We already expected that to be honest. Anyway, this is worth a lot more than we are paying for those free passes. Even if we had to pay 100 Elemental Path Stones, it would still be worth it.”

Krune nodded.

”Indeed. But since my pills aren't hard to make, I prefer to use them to pay for it. Value-wise, I prefer the Elemental Path Stones.”

Feifei couldn't help but comment.