Chapter 378



378 Void Spirit Qi

This Valley originally had a name, but it disappeared after Chen Man moved in.

According to Lu mingheng’s information, no one had lived here for long before Chen Man occupied it. Moreover, it was only a level three spirit vein.

Logically speaking, some experts wouldn’t be interested in a level-three spirit Meridian, but it was a pretty good territory for ordinary forces and cultivators. It shouldn’t be empty.

However, the spiritual Qi here was not ordinary. It was filled with a very strange power, completely not belonging to the conventional five elements spiritual Qi. Normal cultivators would not be able to cultivate here. For Qi condensation cultivators, if they stayed here for too long, the strange spiritual Qi would seep into their bodies and they would die.

Even Foundation establishment and initial enlightenment cultivators might not have a problem staying here, but if they were to cultivate, there was a risk of sudden death.

The strange nature of the spiritual Qi here naturally attracted the attention of many people. Even some golden core cultivators had explored this place before.

He gained nothing.

Apart from the strange spiritual energy, this place was like the most ordinary Valley. There were no living things in it, be it plants or animals. Even the insects that could be seen everywhere could not be seen in this Valley.

At the same time, no one was able to find any treasures or rare materials here.

Since that was the case, he could only give up.

In the end, the human cultivators could only confirm that because of the special nature of the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, a kind of harmful spiritual Qi was produced here. Other than that, there was no other value.

Slowly, no one paid any more attention to this place. Occasionally, some adventurers who were unwilling to give up would come over, but they were either killed by this strange spiritual energy or left with nothing.

This situation continued until Chen Man found this place many years ago.

At that time, he wasn’t too famous and was just an ordinary wandering cultivator.

In the public information about Chen Man, it was said that he had wood-water double spiritual roots. However, according to the information that Lu mingheng had collected over the years, this was likely to be false information. He did not know who released it, but it was not true.

Back then, Chen Man should have been a cultivator with a single spiritual root. Lu mingheng couldn’t find out what kind of spiritual root he had, but it must have been a very rare and special spiritual root. As a rogue cultivator, Chen Man couldn’t find a suitable cultivation technique for himself and had to waste a long time.

From the information Ming Heng had gathered, Chen Man had sought refuge with many forces in the Wei Kingdom in his early years. He speculated that Chen Man was hoping to find a way to obtain a cultivation technique suitable for his spirit root from the various forces.

However, it was very obvious that he did not get what he wanted. As a result, when he was nearly 60 years old, he barely managed to complete the foundation establishment-this was a rather slow speed for cultivators with a single spiritual root.

However, everything changed when Chen Man arrived at this strange Valley.

He treated this place as his own lair-indeed, he was the only one who could freely enter and exit this place without being affected by the strange spiritual energy.

From then on, Chen man’s cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds, as if he had opened up the main character’s template of being a loser. In less than 30 years, he became an initial enlightenment cultivator and advanced to the Golden core stage at the age of 150.

Of course, it wasn’t that no one had tried to spy on his fortuitous encounter, but the end result was that those who tried to spy on him either gave up or were done for. Not only did Chen Man survive, but he also made a name for himself as the ‘ghost-faced God’ and became an honored guest of the Wei state’s imperial court. He even advanced to the nascent Soul Stage.

Later, the strength of the spiritual energy in this Valley had changed from level three to level five, but the range had not expanded.

After collecting this information, Lu mingheng naturally made a reasonable speculation based on this information. Chen man’s unknown rare spirit root should be the same as the natural spirit Qi in this Valley. In fact, there should be some kind of inheritance here that specifically targeted this kind of unknown spiritual energy, and it had been obtained by Chen Man.

After obtaining such a great opportunity, Chen Man had embarked on his own path to success.

Furthermore, this place had become the most suitable place for Chen Man to cultivate. After he became a golden core cultivator and then a nascent soul cultivator, no one dared to say anything. They could only let this strange, powerful great cultivator stay here quietly.

Ordinary people would not dare to enter the valley.

It wasn’t that Chen Man didn’t allow him to say anything; he had never said anything like that before. However, after the concentration of spirit Qi in the valley Rose to level five, even ordinary golden core cultivators would be injured by the dense and strange spirit Qi everywhere. Generally speaking, those who were not specially invited would not seek their own death by entering this Valley. If there really was such a person, Chen Man wouldn’t need to do anything. Just the natural spiritual Qi would be enough to kill him.

Lu mingheng, who had arrived at the periphery of the valley, did not bring any subordinates.

As the leader of the spies of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he could still mobilize some people. However, the ordinary experts inside were only at the foundation building level. What was the use of foundation building cultivators coming here?

In fact, it was useless to have more people.

Of course, he did not dare to approach or even enter the valley. The strange spirit Qi, which was equivalent to the concentration of a level five spirit Meridian, was rumored to be miraculous in some intelligence. Lu mingheng did not dare to try it himself.

Moreover, even though he might be able to stay inside for a while with some magic tools, he did not dare to go in. Ghost-faced God Chen Man had a large number of doppelgangers. It did not matter if he was in his own lair or not, it was normal for him to have a few more doppelgangers guarding him.

Although not every Dharma stage expert’s doppelganger had the strength of a Dharma stage or nascent Soul Stage expert, Lu mingheng did not dare to take the risk.

He had only come here to observe the ghost Face God Valley up close and see if there were any special changes. According to common sense, when a high-level cultivator completed the initial stage of the breakthrough, it would cause a bigger commotion and have a deeper impact on the surrounding environment.

He didn’t hear any commotion. If there was really some big movement that couldn’t be covered up, he should have heard about it. This information was most likely covered up by Chen Man himself or the Wei State.

Since that was the case, he could only come and take a look.

He had been worried that there would be some special arrangements set up by the Wei Kingdom outside the ghost Face God Valley, so he had been very careful after arriving here. However, he later realized that these were all unnecessary, and he did not encounter any trouble.

He found a deserted direction and slowly approached the ghost-faced God Valley. They moved very slowly, and they didn’t dare to fly. They could only walk on the ground.

On one hand, he was afraid of being discovered by the huge commotion. On the other hand, he was also afraid of the strange spiritual energy that was rumored to be godly. If he was really contaminated, there might be a big problem.

In fact, he did not need to enter the valley. When Lu mingheng came close to a certain distance, he could vaguely feel that there was something very special mixed in the spirit Qi that was drifting between heaven and earth. There was only a small amount, and it was easy to miss it if he didn’t sense it carefully. However, as he got closer and closer to the valley, this kind of perception became more and more obvious.

At the same time, as his perception became more and more obvious, he also felt that this spiritual Qi was quietly eroding his body. After his skin came into contact with this spiritual energy, he felt a slight discomfort. Lu mingheng could only release a small amount of spirit energy to protect his body.

However, he soon realized that such protection was not enough. The strange spiritual energy mixed in the air was rapidly corroding the spiritual energy he used to protect himself.

He also discovered that these specks of spiritual energy, mixed with normal spiritual energy, came into contact with his body and seeped in, corroding his meridians and the spiritual energy in his body.

This degree of damage was very low, and the damage caused seemed relatively light for the time being. It was not irreversible, and it did not even require special treatment. After a short rest, it would recover.

However, Lu mingheng still felt a little scared.

He had yet to enter the valley, and the concentration of the strange spiritual Qi was very low. There was only a little in the air, and he had to sense it very carefully to be able to detect it.

However, even so, this power had already displayed a very terrifying characteristic.

He could somewhat imagine why there were so few people who could walk out of the valley alive, even if the ghost-faced God Chen Man did not make a move.

However, he still had a vague feeling.

Why did he feel that this strange spiritual Qi was a little familiar?

But now, he didn’t dare to confirm it.

He continued to walk a little closer. When he reached the edge of the valley, although the concentration had not risen to a threatening level, it was enough to confirm his previous guess.

This power was very similar to that of Lu mingchao, one of the nine ancestors of the clan, who had already entered the Golden core stage.

The elders of the family had a good attitude towards him and valued him. From Lu chaoxi, to Chaohe, and then to mingchao, he would often be summoned in the past to give him some pointers or ask about his recent situation. He would also be given some things that were not too valuable but were very useful for cultivation.

When he was with Lu mingchao, he had felt the special power that this high-level cultivator, who was his great-aunt, had more than once.

He was really similar to this Yingying.

Could it be that the energy here was void spiritual energy? The ghost-faced God Chen man’s natural spirit root was a Void Spirit root like his grandaunt Lu mingchao’s?

Of course, even if it was 90% similar, he would not dare to define it without 100%.

He just kept this matter in mind. It should be worth reporting.

After hesitating for a while, he directly walked into the valley.

The ghost-faced God did not seem to be very concerned about the management of his residence. There were no protective spells, nor were there any mountain gates.

Of course, the valley was filled with strange spiritual Qi that was suspected to be of void nature, which was the best restrictive spell in itself.

Outside the valley, Lu mingheng sensed the existence of what seemed to be Void Spirit Qi, but its strength was not enough to threaten him. However, he had just entered the valley and crossed a certain boundary. The influence of this Void Spirit Qi on his body suddenly became stronger. The feeling of his skin, meridians, and spirit energy being corroded became many times more intense than when he was outside the valley.

Lu mingheng’s face turned green. On one hand, he was very uncomfortable with the void Spirit Qi. On the other hand, he was trying hard to resist this erosion and was constantly consuming his own spirit energy.

He quickly assessed his current state and had a rough idea of what was going on.

This Void Spirit Qi was very terrifying and had a strange attribute, but to put it bluntly, this was only the spirit Qi that naturally permeated this place. No matter how dense and strange it was, it was essentially uncontrollable, and the spiritual energy itself did not have any malicious intent or intention of attacking.

Under such circumstances, as an initial enlightenment cultivator, he was still able to protect himself for a short period of time. There would not be any major problems.

He estimated that he could hold on for about two hours, provided that he did not encounter any more accidents.

But in reality, he did not need to stay in the valley for so long.

He took out two items from his storage bag. One of them was a small white porcelain bottle that was empty. The other item was an Eight Trigram disk.

These two items were functional magic tools.

Ming Heng picked up the small porcelain bottle, closed his eyes, and activated the magical weapon with his spiritual power. On the surface of the small porcelain bottle, some tiny light blue runes appeared.

After a while, he opened his eyes and put the White porcelain bottle back into his storage bag.

This item could absorb the spiritual energy in the air and seal it in a bottle. It was a small item that would be used in alchemy. Lu mingheng used this little thing to collect some of the spirit Qi in the valley. Later, he would attach his own feelings to it and find a way to send it back to the country of Yan.

He wasn’t sure if this was Void Spirit Qi, but he felt it was very similar. However, Lu mingchao, who possessed Void Spirit roots, would definitely be able to make a more accurate judgment.

After that, he took out the eight trigrams instrument.

If it could be said that collecting the spiritual Qi in the valley and judging its attribute was an impromptu decision, then using this instrument board to trace back the changes in the spiritual Qi in the valley for a period of time was his main goal.

If Chen Man had really broken through to the Dharma stage, then his special spiritual roots would definitely require him to break through here. Furthermore, breaking through to the materialization realm required the support of a large amount of spiritual energy from the outside world. If this had really happened in the valley, then some traces of the changes in spiritual energy could be found as evidence.

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