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Chapter 673 - Chapter 673 Chapter 673 Wangwu Earth Vein

Chapter 673: Chapter 673: Wangwu Earth Vein Chapter 673: Chapter 673: Wangwu Earth Vein Feng Jun and Tang Wenji explored the Wangwu Cave Mansion at night, just in time for another snowfall in the mountains.

Their investigation that night went rather smoothly, with neither of them triggering any formations.

Wangwu indeed had a Spirit Gathering Array, powered by a Spirit Stone placed at the top of a stone spire, complete with a dust cover. Had Feng Jun not been able to fly, he might never have discovered the Spirit Stone.

The Spirit Stone still retained about half of its spiritual energy. Below the stone spire was a Spirit Gathering Array, not an Array Plate. The scale of spiritual energy was slightly smaller than that of Maoshan, and the concentration was much poorer. Also, the Spirit Gathering Array was considerably damaged.

There were five cultivators practicing inside the formation, surrounded by at least six surveillance cameras and infrared alarms.

In this deep, remote forest, even during the snow-clogged mountain season, the fact that the cameras were still operating showed how much Wangwu valued this place.

Feng Jun easily evaded the cameras and infrared alarms. He was not interested in the Spirit Stone but took a good look at the spiritual energy of the place and the potential presence of earth veins.

Then, not far away, he once again summoned the Black Colt Tower.

This time the little tower behaved exceptionally well, rising directly to over four meters, nearly five meters high.

He was testing it behind Tang Wenji’s back, but the tower performed so outstandingly this time that it almost disturbed the five cultivators practicing within the formation, and Tang Wenji glimpsed part of the tower’s spire.

Fearing to startle the cultivators within the formation, she kept quiet about it. After Feng Jun retracted the tower, he did not test it again. Instead, he circled the Spirit Gathering Array three times, continuously drawing on his mobile phone.

He was always trying to find some pattern or signs of the earth veins. His mobile phone could not detect earth veins, but the reality proved that they truly existed.

This is like modern medicine’s inability to detect the soul, but who could deny the existence of the soul?

What Feng Jun was doing was not trying to find the soul; rather, he wanted to observe… “How can I detect brainwaves?”

Including Wangwu Mountain, he had now visited three Cave Heavens in succession, and all three exhibited the presence of earth veins, indicating that the ancient rankings of the ten great Cave Heavens might not be precise, but those that made the list definitely had their reasons.

Even the Weiyu Cave Heaven, which had fallen into the mortal world, still had a trace of earth vein’s breath, even though it was very weak.

After visiting these three places, Feng Jun had gained some insights into the earth veins. Of course, it was more of an intuition, which might not be accurate, and could not be described in words.

So after he had activated the tower once, he was ready to leave. However, to better observe the Spirit Gathering Array, he walked around it three times–this array differed from the formations he had encountered on the mobile phone plane, and also significantly from the Gathering Spirit Array Plates in Maoshan.

Research takes the most time, even for scholars, and ultimately, Tang Wenji could not help but remind him in a low voice, “Master, who knows when the snow will stop? If we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to recognize the way out.”

Feng Jun looked up and realized she had a point–the snow had been falling all night, starting heavily, and showed no sign of stopping.

He was capable of flying and wasn’t worried about the slippery roads should the snowfall worsen.

But now, with everything veiled in white, even the mountain paths were covered in snow. If he waited any longer, even wanting to fly, he wouldn’t know which direction to head.

So he carried Tang Wenji on his back, and taking advantage of the faintly discernible traces left, they shot off like a bolt of electricty.

This time, their flight was quite fast, and after coming down the mountain, the Little Celestial Master caught a chill.

Luckily, her constitution was nothing to scoff at, surpassing even most men, not to mention other women.

The two of them booked a room in Wangwu City and rested for a whole day and night. Tang Wenji drank a whole pot of ginger tea and slept wrapped up in blankets all day, then came back to full health.

When she completely regained her energy the next early morning, being unconventional, she had the courage to tease a Qi Refinement Realm Great Cultivator. She took a bath, wrapped herself in a bath towel, and came to the outer room.

However, upon seeing him, she paused, “What are you… doing?”

Feng Jun was holding a pen, doodling on several A3 papers, scribbling something unrecognizable–it had already filled more than a dozen sheets.

He was calculating something, true calculation that couldn’t be done with a mobile phone–the phone did not recognize earth veins.

Because he had just completed his calculations, he was in a good mood and casually replied, “I’ve finally figured out why Wangwu’s Spirit Gathering Array has lasted so long… Ah, it’s really a pity.”

“What did you figure out?” Tang Wenji instantly forgot her original intention, as this was a topic of great interest to her.

Wangwu Cave Mansion had always denied to the outside world that it possessed a Spirit Gathering Array, and those who were interested in its secrets were extremely curious, especially people from other Cave Heavens–including Maoshan.

She was also curious about his other statement, “And why is it a pity?”

“Wangwu’s Spirit Gathering Array consumes very, very little Spirit Stone,” Feng Jun responded offhandedly, “And from what I infer, their Spirit Gathering Array is mainly driven by the earth veins of the Cave Heaven.”

“Earth veins?” Tang Wenji’s eyebrows rose, “Is that really a thing? I’m poorly educated, Master, don’t deceive me. The earth veins of the Cave Heaven… I’ve never felt that Maoshan has earth veins.”

Feng Jun glanced at her indifferently, “Maoshan does have an Earth Vein, just because you can’t feel it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. However, your Earth Vein is slightly inferior, the Earth Vein of Wangwu is stronger… No wonder it’s the First Cave Heaven.”

Tang Wenji blinked, “Are you saying that their Spirit Gathering Array actually relies entirely on the Earth Vein?”

“Exactly,” Feng Jun sighed, expressing his regrets, “That’s why their Earth Vein has also degenerated, truly a pity.”

Tang Wenji blinked again, asking curiously, “Since there’s an Earth Vein… Isn’t it said that it can be nurtured over time?”

An Earth Vein is not nurtured, but mainly drawn upon! Feng Jun had a somewhat different understanding of this.

Unfortunately, the theories about Earth Veins on the mobile phone plane were not very abundant, so he lacked a strong theoretical basis.

So all he could do was smile, “I can assure you, the Spirit Gathering Array of Maoshan won’t cause any damage to the Earth Vein… Alright, it’s getting late, let’s rest for a while, we still need to set out tomorrow.”

Tang Wenji asked, “South or north? If we go further north, riding a motorbike really won’t be possible.”

She also prided herself on being strong and healthy, never falling behind on Maoshan, but accompanying Master Feng was incomparable. If she had been with her fellow disciples, by now, some would have strongly been against riding motorbikes.

But with Feng Jun, she was the weaker one. She seriously doubted that if she didn’t suggest it, he would probably keep driving his motorbike right onto the icy surface into Ivan.

But she really couldn’t endure it anymore, the winters in the north were just too cold.

There’s a saying that the south is damp cold while the north is dry cold, and it’s true, for the most part. Even if the temperatures in the south are sometimes higher than in the north, the dampness makes it feel much more uncomfortable.

However, when you add the wind to the dry cold, it’s no longer just chilling to the bone, but like being sliced by a knife, cold and painful both.

Feng Jun had lived in both the south and the north, upon hearing her he laughed, “We are heading west.”

“West?” Tang Wenji furrowed her brows, “To where in the west, not the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, right?”

“Actually, to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau… right on the edge,” Feng Jun answered with a smile, “This time, we really need to get a car.”

Getting a car was actually quite simple for him; he simply made a phone call to Wu Limin, the young owner of Sheng Tang Construction.

Because of the heavy snowfall, the roads were tough to navigate. Feng Jun stowed Tang Wenji’s Harley motorbike and the two took a coach back to Zhengyang at a leisurely pace.

By this time, Tang Wenji had guessed his fourth destination, “Are you going to Taiyuan Zhenzhi Heaven?”

Taiyuan Zhenzhi Heaven was a cave mansion in West City, ranked third among the ten Cave Heavens, located in the Xiqing Mountain of the Kunlun range.

This place was covered in snow all year round, and while it didn’t have any particularly famous Taoist tradition, the mere words “Kunlun Mountain” were enough to command respect.

This was exactly where Feng Jun was headed, for which he obtained two off-road vehicles from Wu Limin and made sure they were well maintained.

Moreover, he demanded that the young owner of Sheng Tang not publicize it, not even to the residents of Luohua Manor.

Wu Limin easily agreed–wasn’t it obvious?

If Feng Jun wanted the people of the manor to be informed, would he need to borrow a car?

Wang Haifeng, Xu Leigang, and Zhang Weihong all could have arranged for two off-road vehicles, couldn’t they?

Because of these matters, Feng Jun and Tang Wenji were delayed in Zhengyang for a day, then they drove westward, heading straight for Xiqing Mountain.

On the road, they spent a total of five days, as it was too difficult to travel, especially since there had just been heavy snowfall. There were many times when the car could only inch forward.

Many sections of the road were closed to traffic, and occasionally Feng Jun had to stow away the off-road vehicle and proceed on foot for a stretch.

When they finally reached Xiqing Mountain, the weather had turned even worse. At the highest elevations, which reached over four thousand meters, and during the coldest days of winter, winds of minus thirty to forty degrees Celsius felt like knives against their skin.

No sooner had they gotten out of the car than not just Tang Wenji, but even Feng Jun couldn’t resist pulling out a motorcycle helmet to wear on his head–while he could use his internal energy to protect himself, why waste spiritual energy if it wasn’t necessary?

The key issue was they both didn’t know the way, and no one knew exactly where Taiyuan Zhenzhi Heaven was located. With Xiqing Mountain spanning nearly ten thousand square kilometers, to meticulously search would take far too much time.

Feng Jun stowed the off-road vehicle and, hugging Tang Wenji, soared into the sky–not that he intended to take advantage of Little Heavenly Master, but she was dressed so thickly, it was impossible to carry her on his back; holding was the only option.

After flying for over ten kilometers, and starting to feel the strain, he came across a moderately sized depression in the mountain that was just right for taking a break.

There were other depressions in the area, but Feng Jun didn’t dare approach them. After a blizzard, a depression could be directly filled with snow.

He wasn’t worried about being buried alive, but with Tang Wenji by his side, he had to be cautious, otherwise, he would be the one to suffer the consequences in the end.