The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 376
Chapter 376 Icy Ore Vein
Under Li Qing’s divine sense scanning, there were a few rocks that looked like ice in the depths of the mountain. They were densely packed together and extended into the depths of the mountain, faintly forming a large ore vein.
“This is the … Frost Stone Vein!” Li Qing’s eyes widened.
He hadn’t expected that he would unknowingly come to such a place after chasing after the leader of the Evil King Sect. No wonder the entire Blue Frost Valley was so cold. Now, it seemed that everything was clear. It turned out that it was because of this ice mine.
Between heaven and earth, there were some stones that had their own attributes. For example, the most famous Five Elements Origin Stone had the Five Elements Attribute attached to it. It could be used to set up formations, forge weapons, and create puppets. It was extremely precious.
Within Li Qing’s spatial ring, there were two Earth Origin Stones that he had obtained from the Ancient God Pagoda. At that time, in a tomb of a Ancient Gods Clan expert, he used his Heavenly Saber to kill two Xiantian Tenth Layer puppets. This Earth Origin Stone was the core of the puppet.
Even Innate Level 10 puppets had Earth Origin Stones as their core. One could imagine how precious these stones with their own attributes were.
Frost stones were also of this type. They possessed ice-attributed power and were rare and precious materials in the world. Now that an entire large ore vein appeared in front of Li Qing, how could he not be ecstatic?
He escaped in that direction and soon arrived in front of the Frost Stone Mine.
The Frost Stone vein was very large, extending into the depths of the mountains. In front of Li Qing, sparkling and translucent stones were everywhere. They looked like ice and were exceptionally beautiful.
Although this ore vein was very large, it was mostly ordinary ice stones. Ordinary ice stones weren’t too precious, and they were extremely numerous, so they weren’t of much use to Li Qing.
What was truly precious was the Frost Origin Stone. This was the essence of the entire Frost Ore Vein, and its value was comparable to the Five Elements Origin Stone.
“I wonder how many Frost Source Stones such a large Frost Vein will produce!” Li Qing thought to himself.
He searched with his divine sense and found that there were no ice source stones nearby, so he guessed that this should be the periphery of the ore vein. Normally, the truly precious things would be hidden in the center of the ore vein.
He broke through layers of rocks and headed towards the center of the ore vein.
In about half an hour, his divine sense had finally found traces of the Frost Origin Stone, and he realized that he was already close to the center.
As he walked over, more and more Frost Origin Stones appeared within his divine sense, scattered in all directions.
As the distance continued to shrink, his divine sense could also reach deeper into the ore vein.
“Eh, there’s actually a space in the center of the vein!” Li Qing was stunned.
Seeing the situation in that space, Li Qing was shocked, “A lot of Frost Origin Stones! Judging from the number, there should be hundreds of them!”
He sucked in a breath of cold air. A single Origin Stone was already precious enough. There were actually hundreds of them here. They were truly rich!
Only large ice veins could produce so many ice source stones! Li Qing was able to find a vein that he had never explored before, so it would be strange if he didn’t make a fortune.
At the center, there was a ball of cold mist that could not be penetrated by his divine sense! This caused him to be slightly surprised.
He quickly moved towards the space, breaking through the numerous obstacles, and finally successfully cleared a passageway to enter this space.
“As expected, it’s a Frost Origin Stone. Hundreds of them. This is true!” Li Qing couldn’t help but rub his eyes. What his divine sense saw always gave him an unreal feeling. Now that he saw it with the naked eye, he felt relieved.
“What’s at the center? It’s enveloped by a mist. Even my divine sense can’t see it clearly.”
Curious, Li Qing walked towards the fog in the middle. Just as he approached, he felt a bone-chilling ice that even the True Essence Shield could not resist.
“What a terrifying chill! I can’t stand it!” Li Qing was shocked. As expected of the center of the entire mine, with his cultivation base, he wouldn’t be able to withstand this kind of cold energy.
Fortunately, he had plenty of treasures on him. He directly took out a Yin Yang cylinder and placed it on his head. Ten thousand rays of brilliance hung down, which was why he was able to block the cold energy.
It would be a joke if a grand dao artifact couldn’t even withstand the cold energy.
Li Qing smoothly entered the cold air. The surroundings were hazy, as if he was in the Immortal Realm. When he saw what was happening inside, he couldn’t help but be stunned.
“What a beautiful stone!” He let out a surprised sigh.
What appeared in front of him was a translucent stone. It was only the size of a fist, and its shape was very regular. It was in the shape of an octagon, much more exquisite than man-made. It could be called a ghost-axe masterpiece.
All of the cold energy surrounded this stone, like stars arching into the moon, causing people to unconsciously feel a sense of reverence.
Thinking of this place as the center of the Ice Mine, the appearance of such a beautiful stone reminded Li Qing of something, “Could this be the legendary Heart of Ice?”
He was shocked. If it was really the Heart of Ice, then it would be too precious!
This was immortal material!
Immortal materials were the materials used to forge Dao Artifacts! There were many powerful Grand Dao artifacts in the world that were forged from this type of immortal material.
For example, the Heaven and Earth Smelt, the treasure of the Southern Domain’s Fire God Temple, was forged from the Heart of Fire as the main material. Moreover, it was said that the fire source core was extremely large, so the power of the Heaven and Earth Great Smelt was extremely tyrannical, burning everything in the world.
In addition, there was another supreme treasure called the Heart of the Sea, which was extremely special. It was owned by the Sea God Palace, a major force in the East China Sea, and it was created from the Heart of the Water Source.
This Ocean’s Heart was extremely mysterious. Rumor has it that after possessing this treasure, one could actually control the power of the ocean.
The Sea God Palace relied on this Ocean Heart to create a place where humans could live beneath the seabed, allowing it to flourish forever.
The heart of ice in front of him was usually born from this large ice mine. The probability of it being born was extremely low.
Although it was only the size of a fist and was a little small, it was still very precious.
“With such a small size, it’s impossible to make a large-scale weapon. You can actually make an ornament.” Li Qing thought to himself.
“After I find Liu Ke’er, I will use this Heart of Ice to forge a necklace for her.” He smiled.
Liu Ke’er cultivated the Lunar True Scripture, which was extremely cold, so this Heart of Ice was suitable for her to use.
He reached out and picked up the Heart of Ice. To his surprise, the surface of the Heart of Ice was not cold, but rather gentle, as if it had restrained all coldness.
Originally, he thought that collecting the Heart of Ice would take some effort, but he didn’t expect it to be so easy.
Putting the Heart of Ice away in a jade box, he looked around and whispered to himself, “I wonder if there is anything else in this fog.”
After walking in a good circle in the fog, there was indeed something else. It was a pure white flower.
“This is the Ice Spirit Flower!” Li Qing was overjoyed, “The main ingredient for cultivating the Nine Revolutions and Seventh Revolutions of the Divine Elephant! I actually found it here!”
Ice Spirit Flowers usually only grow in extremely cold places. At the center of the ice vein, it just so happened to meet this condition, hence the growth of this strange flower.
With this Frost Spirit Flower, the materials for the seventh revolution of the Divine Elephant could be considered gathered. They could immediately start cultivating, and their strength would definitely rise to a whole new level.
This was truly a pleasant surprise!
The Ice Spirit Flower was extremely rare. It grew in an extremely cold place and was very difficult to find. If it wasn’t found here today, I’m afraid I wouldn’t know how long it would take to gather all the ingredients.
After picking the Ice Spirit Flower, there was nothing else in the cold mist, so Li Qing retreated. Afterwards, he began to collect ice source stones from the ore veins. After half a day of work, he obtained more than 200 ice source stones.
The rest were ordinary ice stones. These were the foundations of the ice veins, and Li Qing did not touch them. These stones were considered precious to ordinary people, but they were nothing to Li Qing. They were useless if he wanted to come.
Perhaps after thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years, a new Frost Source Stone, or even a new Frost Heart, would be born from this Frost Mine Vein, leaving it to future generations to collect.
Li Qing returned from his original path and arrived at the Evil King Sect’s stronghold. This place had completely collapsed and turned into ruins. Most of the disciples of the Evil King Sect had already died, but there were still a few who had escaped.
Presumably, this small number of escapees will return to the headquarters of the Evil King Sect and report to the higher-ups on the background of this matter.
However, Li Qing had always been in a disguised state during the battle, not his original appearance. So what if those people found out? No one could guess his origin.
“Unfortunately, those innocent people!” Li Qing sighed. He set a fire and burned all the evil things here to the ground.
It could be foreseen that this horrible thing would not stop until all the remaining evils of the Evil King Sect were eliminated. This notorious sect would do such an inhumane thing at all times.
This was their nature, and it was also a disaster for the human world. However, Li Qing was helpless. After all, this was something that the Heavenly Alliance or the Sacred Grounds should deal with.
If he encountered such a tragic thing, he would not hesitate to take action to wipe out the evil generation. However, with so many tragic things happening in the world, it was not something he could change by himself.
He left Blue Frost Valley. This trip to Primeval Stone City was considered to be very successful. Not only did he obtain the method of using the Ancient God Blood Crystal, he also obtained two of the Nine Transformations of True Spirit.
He had even obtained the Heart of Ice and other treasures, which could be considered a pleasant surprise.
After this matter was over, he didn’t know what to do. Originally, searching for Liu Ke’er was the most important thing, but he couldn’t find the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect, so he could only be anxious.
The entire Eastern Region was still chasing after him, so he didn’t dare to show himself in public. Only after the limelight had passed would he be able to do so.
“Forget it. Find a deep mountain to hide and avoid the limelight. At the same time, cultivate the Ancient God Transformation and True Dragon Transformation to see how powerful they are.” Li Qing thought to himself.