GBP Chapter 578 Higher-Grade Spirit Stones
Chapter 578 Higher-Grade Spirit Stones
"This...could it be a spirit stone of a higher level?"
Upon seeing this giant spirit stone, which was twice the size of a millstone and nearly two and a half meters in diameter, Cang Nian's heart stirred.
At this moment, Qin Changyi also noticed the huge spirit stone, and together with the other metal and earth elemental evolvers, he crushed the surrounding ore and gradually extracted it.
This spirit stone was enormous and quite thick. After it was cut out, we had already dug out quite a bit of the spirit stone vein, including many spirit stones the size of millstones.
Finally, after the spirit stone was completely cut out, Qin Changyi immediately delivered it to Cang Nian.
The spirit stone was crystal clear and emitted a soft light.
What concerned Cang Nian the most was that in the very center of the spirit stone, there was a spot that was clearly different in texture from the surrounding area, and it was about the size of a millstone.
Seeing this, Cangnian carefully picked up the spirit stone with his claws and then shook it slightly.
A sensation of grasping a glass water ball came from his claws, confirming Cangnian's guess.
The texture of this spirit stone is different from the surrounding ones; the clump the size of a millstone is liquid!
Next, Cangnian used his divine sense to probe into it, and a vast feeling entered his perception!
"This spirit stone probably contains just as much spiritual energy as all the spirit stones we've dug up before..."
It seems that this is the most resource-rich area in this spirit stone vein.
Just like jadeite, the best part is only a small piece, but the inferior jadeite that grows around it is much more numerous.
Looks like I'm lucky; this banyan tree hasn't had time to cultivate more level 5 bees yet.
They also did not enslave powerful metal or earth-elemental evolved creatures.
Otherwise, this good stuff wouldn't have been available for me to collect.
Confirming that this was something useful to him as well, Cang Nian couldn't help but feel relieved.
Perhaps, there were actually quite a few evolved beings who could control the banyan tree before.
However, according to the descriptions of the elders of Quancheng, the migration team from Quancheng should have started their journey nearly three months after the first spiritual energy revival tide, when they rescued the victims, restored their vitality, and reached a certain level of strength.
At that time, most evolved creatures were only at the first tier, while third-tier evolved creatures gradually emerged, and second-tier creatures became the backbone of the species.
Perhaps the banyan tree had already reached the third level at that time, but the spirit stone vein had not yet been discovered, and even if it had been discovered, it would not have been able to mine at that level.
Then, taking advantage of the fact that humans rarely have any wariness towards evolving plants, it used its aerial roots to ambush and kill the migrating groups from Quancheng that had migrated beneath it.
Based on the wreckage that Cangnian had seen before, the Quancheng team most likely set up camp and rested directly under the banyan tree, and most of them perished in their sleep.
As for the Quancheng team, there must be metal-type and earth-type evolvers, but the banyan tree did not stay. Cang Nian estimated that the banyan tree's enslavement method at that time was equivalent to killing the target and controlling their body, so that their growth potential could not be preserved.
Then, this aspect might improve after evolving to the fourth tier.
Otherwise, knowing there is a need to mine spirit stones, it doesn't make sense that they didn't leave behind any evolved individuals with relevant abilities, but instead used such an inefficient method as bees to mine them.
However, this is just speculation.
The banyan tree is dead, but whatever its reasons, the resources it left behind have now become nourishment for the growth of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom.
"I wonder if there are any more spirit stones like this."
This spirit stone is for fifth-order evolved creatures and can greatly accelerate their growth rate.
This time we made a killing!
Setting aside those unverifiable conjectures, Cangnian looked at the little sable and said with a smile.
The total amount of spiritual energy in this spirit stone is hundreds of times that of myself!
Moreover, it is much easier to refine than natural spiritual energy, and it is even purer than the spiritual energy in a spirit stone the size of a millstone, causing less damage to the meridians.
Even a fifth-order evolved creature, after using this spirit stone to cultivate and consuming it, should experience a significant improvement in its evolutionary level!
I had previously thought that a spirit stone the size of a millstone would provide almost no improvement to me.
Now that he has this spirit stone, this experience has also been of great benefit to Cang Nian.
Currently, among the Northeast Allied Forces of the Dragon Kingdom, only Cang Nian and Little Purple Sable are at the fifth rank, so naturally, he and Little Purple Sable will share the spoils.
Little Sable contributed the most to this battle, and Cangnian won't keep all the benefits for himself.
Unfortunately, even after Qin Changyi and the others worked together to excavate the entire spirit stone vein, they still couldn't find a second spirit stone like that.
While Cangnian felt regretful about this, he could not say that it was unacceptable.
Having even one of these kinds of good things is already a pleasant surprise.
Moreover, apart from this special spirit stone, the other spirit stones of various types were also quite plentiful.
There are a total of eight hundred spirit stones, each the size of a millstone!
Although they haven't been used yet, Cangnian estimates that these spirit stones will cultivate at least two fifth-tier experts!
This is what's left after more than half of the banyan tree has been removed.
In addition to the gains in spirit stones, there was also a considerable amount of dark gold ore.
This mineral, used by bees enslaved by the banyan tree, gave them formidable defensive capabilities.
Moreover, Qin Changyi tried it and found that the spiritual energy conductivity of this material was excellent, much stronger than the bones of fifth-order evolved creatures.
This is fantastic news!
Because refining these ores into high-purity minerals would allow Noya to be used as an excellent material for array formations.
It can not only make the formation operate more smoothly and accelerate the activation speed, but also enhance the power of the formation.
Its inherent strength allows it to be activated multiple times, unlike the previous [Golden Dragon Break], which could only be used once.
In fact, this much ore is probably enough for Noah to refurbish the Ark and use it on the main structure to give the Ark's hull strength a qualitative leap!
With the little sable around, the harvest from deep underground was quickly transported to the surface.
Only then did Cangnian see the dark golden beehive that the little sable had moved to the ground, as well as the scattered remains of the banyan tree.
These remains were not small in size, but they were still much smaller than Cang Nian had anticipated.
But looking at the ashes around him, it made sense.
It is estimated that the dark golden honeycomb was embedded at its base. After the little sable imprisoned it with spatial confinement, it only crawled inside when it realized that the [Golden Dragon Break] posed a great threat to it.
Time was of the essence, and the honeycomb was not completely sealed, so a large part of his body was still killed. He dragged his remains to hide in the spirit stone mine deep underground, hoping for a chance to rise again.
In addition, Cangnian also found the remains of several bees that were larger than fourth-order bees but smaller than fifth-order bees in the beehive.
This also confirms Cangnian's previous conjecture.
The banyan tree only felt comfortable nurturing its fifth-tier subordinates after it had evolved to the fifth tier itself. In addition to the three that had already been nurtured, several bees were already evolving towards the fifth tier.
This made Cang Nian feel fortunate that he had arrived relatively early.
Otherwise, in a few days, we will be facing more than just a single fifth-tier bee, and the spirit stone mine will likely be consumed even more.