Chapter 130: Spiritual Veins

"What?" Master Qingxu, Yan Chixia, and She Mei'er exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this. "The stone house contains 'Seven-Colored Spirit Stones' and 'Sea Soul Robes'?"

"Yes!" Fairy Jiuxiao retracted her divine sense, her face beaming with joy. "Truly, 'what one spends a lifetime searching for may be found without effort.' Qingxu, Yan Chixia, Mei'er, let us go inside together."

Upon hearing this, She Mei'er rushed ahead, pushed open the door, and stepped inside. Fairy Jiuxiao, Master Qingxu, and Yan Chixia followed her into the stone hut.

As they entered, their eyes lit up instantly.

On the floor to the left of the room sat a large, plate-like stone container, roughly six feet in diameter with a thick rim. It was filled to the brim with "Seven-Colored Spirit Stones." These stones were uniform in size, about as large as a fist, and rhombic in shape. Their surfaces were formed by seven vibrant hexagonal facets—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet. Each facet was smooth and gleaming, with a perfectly positioned spirit pore on each. They were stacked in neat, orderly piles, a dazzling display of color that left the onlookers spellbound.

On the floor to the right sat a stack of "Sea Soul Robes." These robes, varying in size, were refined, translucent, and as thin as cicada wings. There were about eighteen of them, piled high in a way that made everyone's heart race with excitement.

"Ah!" She Mei'er cried out in delight. "Seven-Colored Spirit Stones and Sea Soul Robes! They are all here!"

As she spoke, she reached the pile of stones, picked one up, and tapped it with her palm. With a soft "pop," a surge of abundant spiritual energy escaped from the pores of the stone, permeating the air.

"Haha, what immense spiritual energy!" Master Qingxu laughed.

Yan Chixia, while greedily absorbing the energy, praised, "These Seven-Colored Spirit Stones are indeed a cut above the Five-Colored ones!"

"Excellent!" Fairy Jiuxiao nodded with satisfaction. "The Seven-Colored Spirit Stones have not disappointed me! Mei'er, this is not the place for cultivation; stop now, do not waste such resources." She waved her sleeve toward the stone releasing the energy, and the spiritual flow ceased immediately.

Seeing this, Yan Chixia realized that Fairy Jiuxiao had used her internal energy to seal the pores of the stone, and he was struck by a realization: "Ah! So the energy of spirit stones can be controlled? That is wonderful!"

Fairy Jiuxiao then turned to Master Qingxu, her expression turning serious.

"Qingxu, we have been in the ruins for half an hour. We have found the Herb Garden, the Seven-Colored Spirit Stones, and the Sea Soul Robes, but the 'Spirit Spring' and 'Spirit Vein' remain missing. The great tide will rise in another hour. We must hurry to find them. We must leave before the tide, or it will be difficult to escape."

"I have used my divine sense to count the items here, and the results are unexpected. I thought there would be at most a few dozen stones and a handful of robes, but there are three hundred and sixty-five Seven-Colored Spirit Stones and twenty-eight Sea Soul Robes!"

"Although these are extremely precious resources, we cannot be greedy and take everything. I have decided: I shall take ten stones and three robes. Qingxu, since you have more people, you shall take twenty-five stones and five robes."

"Very well!" Master Qingxu said with deep gratitude. "Thank you for your generosity, Immortal."

Thereupon, Master Qingxu and Fairy Jiuxiao stored their respective shares into their storage spaces. They then exited the stone house and used their divine senses to scan the area, racing against time to locate the Spirit Spring and the Spirit Vein.

However, after searching the entire ancient ruin, they found no trace of them.

Time slipped away.

An hour was nearly up, and they had gained nothing. They returned to the grass in front of the stone house and stood there, looking at each other, at a loss for what to do.

Suddenly, She Mei'er could not help but complain, "Master, the tide is about to rise, but we still haven't found the Spirit Spring or the Spirit Vein... What shall we do?"

"Mei'er, do not panic," Fairy Jiuxiao comforted her. "Let us think carefully once more."

She Mei'er fell silent. Master Qingxu and Yan Chixia also began to ponder in silence.

The scene fell into a quiet stillness.

She Mei'er stood there, her beautiful eyes darting between Fairy Jiuxiao, Yan Chixia, and Master Qingxu. Seeing that no one had a solution, she sighed softly and turned her gaze toward the sky. There, she saw a white cloud floating above the stone house like a ribbon, and she watched it in boredom.

Suddenly, she noticed something unusual about the cloud. Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly released her divine sense to investigate. The cloud appeared to be drifting motionlessly, but within it, a stream of azure energy was constantly circulating—it was the energy of a "Spirit Vein!"

"Ah? A Spirit Vein?" She Mei'er exclaimed in excitement. "Master, I have found the Spirit Vein!"

Fairy Jiuxiao, Yan Chixia, and Master Qingxu were startled and immediately looked at her, asking in unison, "Where is it?"

"Right there!" She Mei'er replied joyfully, pointing to the ribbon-like cloud hovering above the stone house. "The Spirit Vein is hidden inside that cloud—use your divine sense to see for yourselves!"

Fairy Jiuxiao, Yan Chixia, and Master Qingxu immediately checked with their divine senses. It was true! They were instantly invigorated.

"Haha," Master Qingxu laughed aloud. "Who would have thought the Spirit Vein was hidden in that cloud!"

"Indeed," Fairy Jiuxiao smiled brightly. "We were so focused on searching the ground that we neglected the sky!"

With that, she made a gesture. A flash of golden light appeared, and a white jade vase emerged from her storage space, flying straight toward the white cloud.