Chapter 990 - Venerable Spirit Butterfly kindly providing fake news (1/2)
Translator: G.o.dBrandy Editor: Kurisu
Senior White extended his hand toward the ground and pulled. Soon afterward, a ma.s.s of what seemed to be liquid fire was pulled out of the ground.
“What’s that?” Ye Si asked out of curiosity.
“This thing is something akin to a fire-type spiritual vein that has undergone a mutation due to pollution. In the end, it still can be considered a mutated spiritual vein. It has several names, such as violent spiritual vein, deadly spiritual vein, catastrophic spiritual vein, murderer of cultivators, and so on,” Venerable White said as he cautiously placed layers upon layers of seals on that thing. Afterward, he stored it inside a large jar.
“Cultivator-killing spiritual vein? Oh, I remember now. Is this that spiritual vein that would be attracted to the body of a cultivator, run to them, and explode?” Ye Si recalled something she had once read in an ancient book.
It was rumored that there was this type of mutated spiritual vein in the world of cultivators that liked to run to places with a large number of cultivators. Its ability to conceal its presence was very strong, and just like with invisible sword insects, ordinary cultivators would have a hard time detecting its presence.
After concealing itself among cultivators, it would act as a time bomb, exploding whenever it felt like.
There were many things that could worsen its mood and cause it to explode. For example, cultivators making too much noise while training, cultivators feeling lazy and not coming out to practice, a cultivator drinking too much after getting rejected, or even a cultivator carelessly spitting where it was hiding.
In short, the weirdest and most varied reasons could trigger this thing and cause it to explode. At that point, if the nearby cultivators were too weak or a beat slower at running away, they would be done for.
Nowadays, a lot of large sects had set up omnidirectional defensive barriers, and even the underground area had been fortified. One of the reasons for it was to guard against such deadly spiritual veins.
“Yes, it’s precisely that thing. Since the reason they got polluted is different, the event that triggers them is also different. Anyway, this thing is truly capricious.” Afterward, Venerable White also added, “The trigger of this deadly spiritual vein in our hands should be ‘saber intent and sword intent’. As long as saber intent and sword intent appear at the same time, they would draw its attention, pus.h.i.+ng it detonate when the time was right.”
After hearing these words, the three sea monsters started to sweat profusely. They hadn’t expected that something so dangerous was quietly hiding beneath their feet. However, neither them nor w.a.n.g Ping knew how to use saber intent and sword intent… As such, why was this thing hiding at their place?
Song Shuhang also came over, asking curiously, “How strong would the explosion of this thing be?”
“The volume of this ‘deadly spiritual vein’ isn’t too large, and the range of the explosion should be limited to a thousand meters. Then, if I have to estimate the lethality of the spiritual vein… the power generated by the exploding core should not be inferior to an all-out attack from a Fifth Stage cultivator. If a cultivator of the Fourth Stage stands in the center of the explosion, they are most likely going to die.” Venerable White closed the jar and placed a few more seals on it to be safe.
“Is there a lot of these things on Earth?” Song Shuhang asked as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
The heavenly tribulation would oppress and bully cultivators each time they advanced a realm, and if these ‘murderers of cultivators’ were also hiding underground, how would cultivators keep living?
“Don’t worry. The number of deadly spiritual veins is very low. The chance of encountering one… is around the same as that of an ordinary person having the toilet blow in their face while flus.h.i.+ng,” Venerable White said.
“What? A toilet can explode?” Song Shuhang was dumbfounded.
“Eh? It was in the news recently, didn’t you see?” Venerable White said. “If you didn’t see, let’s leave it at that. Anyway, the possibility of encountering one is very low. Nowadays, it’s not easy to find this gadget.”
Song Shuhang said, “But, I still managed to encounter one today.”
“You have a point. This shows that your luck is good,” Venerable White said.
“…” Song Shuhang. Senior White, if you hadn’t been here, this wouldn’t have been a lucky encounter, but a calamity!
In addition, since he had chanced upon this very rare ‘deadly spiritual vein’, was it possible that he would also encounter some explosive toilet tomorrow?
…Was there still time to learn some technique that would make food superfluous?
After properly sealing the ‘deadly spiritual vein’, Senior White threw it at Song Shuhang. “You are the one that discovered this thing in the end. Therefore, I’ll return it to you.”
Song Shuhang caught the jar in a flurry. Senior White, stop causing trouble! This thing might explode at any time. What to do if it fell down and broke?!
“Senior White, it’s better if you deal with this thing personally. After all, you are the one that unearthed it and sealed it.” Song Shuhang returned the jar to Venerable White.
“Keep it for now. This thing can be exchanged for a pretty good set of formations for the tribulation from the Third to the Fourth Stage. There is not much time left before your heavenly tribulation descends. Therefore, you have to quickly prepare while you still have time. Otherwise, if the heavenly tribulation suddenly descends and you haven’t made the necessary preparations, you’ll die,” Venerable White said with a smile.
“Senior White, in that case, how can I exchange this thing for a set of formations to transcend the tribulation?” Song Shuhang asked.
“Hmm, let me make a call first.” Venerable White took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.
After ringing five times, the phone was finally picked up.
“h.e.l.lo, Fellow Daoist White? Are you looking for me?” The resounding and loud voice of a man was transmitted from the other end.
“I wanted to carry out a transaction. I have a little fellow daoist here that would like to buy a set of tailor-made formations to transcend the tribulation from the Third to the Fourth Stage,” Venerable White said.
“Oh? It sounds like a young and promising fellow daoist. Fellow Daoist White, since it’s you, I can give him a 20% discount and guarantee that the tailor-made set of tribulation-transcending formations will be of the highest quality possible,” the man said with a smile.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Nirvana. However, I wasn’t planning to use spirit stones for this transaction,” Venerable White said.
“You don’t want to use spirit stones? Hold on, is it possible that that little fellow daoist has some high-quality goods with him?” The man laughed loudly.
“Indeed, a deadly spiritual vein. Although somewhat small, it should be enough for a set of formations for the tribulation from the Third to the Fourth Stage?” Venerable White asked.
“There’s absolutely no problem. Those things are rather difficult to find as of late. Where is that little fellow daoist now?” the man asked.
“In the Jiangnan area. You can directly head to Jiangnan University Town to look for him when you have time. His daoist name is Tyrannical Saber Song One, but it will be more convenient to use his real name, Song Shuhang, to find him.” Venerable White then added, “I’ll be there as well. If you really can’t find him, you can look for me.”