Chapter 338: Extracting the Spirit Vein

As the Flying Boat arrived at Heishi Valley, they witnessed Yang Tiezhu leading nine team members in a fierce battle against a horde of creatures. They moved through the beasts like they were in an uninhabited realm, filled with excitement.

Yang Tiezhu brandished a massive wolf-toothed club, clearing a path ahead, and no Demonic Beast they encountered could stand against her.

The other team members followed closely, summoning Flying Swords that sliced through any Demonic Beast that dared to approach.

Yang Tiezhu and her team quickly broke free from the encirclement, and she turned back towards the horde.

With the remaining number of Demonic Beasts dwindling, the Flying Boat descended rapidly, joining the massacre.

In just over a quarter of an hour, they had slaughtered all the Demonic Beasts in the valley, not letting a single one escape.

Yang Tiezhu stood atop a pile of Demonic Beast corpses, her blood-spattered forehead casually wiped with the back of her hand, looking quite heroic.

"Lil' sis, you're amazing!" exclaimed Ling Xue, running over with admiration in her eyes.

"Ah, it's just okay. It's my first time leading a team, so I lack experience. I'll improve in the future," Yang Tiezhu modestly replied with a hint of pride on her baby face.

"Do you even realize how poorly you did? You were supposed to lure the Demons here, but you got carried away with the killing! Deducting all your contributions this time, and you'll also be tasked with cleaning the houses where forty people stayed, without anyone's help," scolded Wen Lan, wearing a stern expression.

Although Yang Tiezhu had shown great bravery, individual valor wouldn't work in large-scale battles.

Yang Tiezhu stuck out her tongue in resignation and headed towards the relatively intact buildings within the valley.

The original structures in Heishi Valley had been thoroughly ravaged by the Demonic Beasts. Cleaning them up would be a time-consuming task even for one person.

Meanwhile, Wang Hong ventured into the heart of the valley where the Spirit Qi was thickest. The main branch of the medium-sized Spirit Vein lay here.

He followed the main branch, identifying and marking its tributaries along the way.

There were various methods for relocating a Spirit Vein, each with its pros and cons. The method taught by Sloppy Daoist Master to Wang Hong was a relatively simple one.

However, during the relocation process, a significant amount of Spirit Qi would dissipate, and by the time the entire Spirit Vein was moved, it might be reduced to only half its original strength.

There was said to be another method involving the use of formations to draw the Spirit Vein along the Earth's meridians, which could almost entirely transport it intact to another location. But this method required a significant amount of materials, the setup of several Tier Three or higher formations, and was time-consuming.

Wang Hong found a small tributary and, following Chu Elder's teachings, began setting up a formation.

Entering the formation, he took out a bottle of Spirit Wine and placed it in front of him.

Then, he activated the secret technique taught by Sloppy Old Daoist, pressing both palms against the ground.

A surge of Spiritual Power flowed through his hands and seeped into the ground. He condensed this Spiritual Power into a ribbon-like form, guided by his Divine Sense, and directed it toward the small Spirit Vein underground.

Once the ribbon of Spiritual Power approached the tiny Spirit Vein, it began to wrap around it in tight coils.

By the time the small Spirit Vein was one-fourth enveloped, Wang Hong's entire reserve of Spiritual Power had been depleted.His Spiritual Power was as profound as that of a late-stage Foundation Building cultivator, yet now his complexion was pale, and large beads of sweat dripped down like beans.

His hands were currently immobilized, so he directed his Spiritual Power toward the Spirit Wine bottle. With a forceful inhalation, a stream of wine shot out from the bottle and into his mouth.

As this mouthful of Spirit Wine entered his stomach, it swiftly transformed into a massive surge of Spiritual Power that spread throughout his entire body.

Wang Hong took two more sips from the Spirit Wine bottle, finally replenishing his depleted Spiritual Power completely.

Throughout the process of replenishing his Spiritual Power, Wang Hong carefully controlled the output of his Spiritual Power from his hands, ensuring it never ceased.

In this manner, he depleted his Spiritual Power completely and then replenished it four times, finally wrapping the entire small section of the tiny Spirit Vein with his Spiritual Power.

At this point, Wang Hong used a technique to condense a portion of his Spiritual Power into a blade and sliced at the connection point between the small Spirit Vein segment and the main branch.

As he severed this section of the tiny Spirit Vein from the main branch, a substantial amount of Spiritual Energy gushed out from the cut.

Wang Hong swiftly absorbed this rich Spiritual Energy, rejuvenating his spirits. Simultaneously, he used his Spiritual Power to wrap around the severed ends of the Spirit Vein, preventing further leakage.

Leakage of Spiritual Energy was detrimental to the Spirit Vein and was irreversible.

Wang Hong then formed a series of Runes in the air with his hands, guided by his Divine Sense, which combined to create a larger Rune.

This Rune was then imprinted into the cut end of the severed Spirit Vein, causing it to slightly contract.

Following this, he continued to create and apply Runes, one after another, onto the Spirit Vein segment. With each Rune, the segment grew smaller.

After embedding hundreds of Runes, the segment had shrunk to the size of a chicken egg.

Wang Hong used his Spiritual Power to draw the egg-sized segment out from the ground, catching it in his hand.

This pearl-like object, condensed from a section of the Spirit Vein, was milky white, hard to the touch, and emitted a strong aura of Spirit Qi.

The Spiritual Energy on the pearl would constantly seep out, so Wang Hong placed it in a Jade Box and affixed Talismans to prevent further energy loss.

However, even with these precautions, complete preservation of the Spiritual Energy was impossible. It needed to be promptly reintroduced into the earth to nurture it.

The segment Wang Hong had just collected was equivalent to a tiny Spirit Vein.

To cultivate a small Spirit Vein, one needed a hundred of these segments, and to nurture a medium-sized Spirit Vein, a hundred small ones were required.

This meant that to transfer this medium-sized Spirit Vein to his Mountain Valley, he would need to perform at least ten thousand operations like the one he just completed.

He had spent three to four days collecting just this one segment of the tiny Spirit Vein. To complete ten thousand would take over a hundred years.

This was just considering the time and material consumption. For instance, he had already used an entire pound of Tier Two Spirit Wine just now, which would require over ten thousand pounds to complete the entire task.

No wonder Sloppy Old Daoist had described this technique as somewhat redundant.

However, for others, this task would indeed be extremely challenging, but for Wang Hong, the difficulty was not particularly significant.

He had ample resources and manpower at his disposal, with over a hundred Foundation Building cultivators under his command, and the Spirit Wine stored in his Space formed several mountains.

With so much Spirit Wine, even if he turned into a wine aficionado, he would never finish it all in his lifetime because the Spirit Wine in his Space was still continuously increasing.

Especially with the expansion of his Space and the accelerated passage of time inside, the rate at which the Spiritual Objects matured had also increased.

He stored away the inexhaustible Spiritual Objects and used most of them to brew Spirit Wine.

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