Spirit crystals are condensed crystallizations of spiritual qi, they are similar to spirit stones, but far more valuable.
—Even thousands of top-grade spirit stones might not be enough to exchange for a single spirit crystal!
Unlike spirit stones, which are depleted after use, spirit crystals can reabsorb spiritual qi from the surroundings. As long as the energy inside isn't completely drained in one go, they can continue to recharge.
In other words, spirit crystals are reusable while spirit stones are not.
Because of this, the difference in value between the two is enormous.
Wanxuan Sect currently had quite a number of top-grade spirit stones, most of them obtained through compensation or gifts.
But they had no spirit crystals.
In fact, they might not have even seen one before!
Ke Chongbo was completely stunned, "Did you guys dig up a spirit crystal mine?!"
As a rich young master from a family that owns several mines, naturally, Ke Chongbo recognized spirit crystals.
Their family only had a few pieces, and even those were carefully stored away by his parents.
But the spirit crystals Hu Niu and the others were carrying were enormous!
One of these could equal several of those in his family!
This kind of haul could only come from a spirit crystal mine!
The others were equally shocked, "Where did these come from?!"
"These are spirit crystals? Not some other kind of crystal?"
"My heavens, so this is what a spirit crystal looks like! This is my first time seeing one!"
"Heavens, is this a fire-attributed spirit crystal?!"
"Senior Hu Niu, you're amazing!"
Being surrounded by everyone, Hu Niu tossed the spirit crystals down and lifted its head with a proud expression.
Ke Chongbo pounced forward and picked up a spirit crystal.
The moment it touched his hand, he immediately cried out, "It really is a spirit crystal! By the Heavenly Dao above, this is the first time I've seen such a large spirit crystal!"
Everyone else also grabbed a spirit crystal, exclaiming like country bumpkins. The place instantly became noisy.
Hu Niu arrogantly looked down at them, its eyes full of disdain.
What's there to get so excited about? It had plenty more of these!
Mu Shiyue sat up from her chair, frowned at the commotion, and asked, "Where did you get these spirit crystals?"
"Roar~"
At the mention of this, Hu Niu became even more smug.
Near its original dwelling, there was a spirit crystal vein.
Back when it stayed there, its cultivation speed had been much faster.
But after leaving a few months ago, it hadn't gone back and had basically forgotten about those things.
Truth be told, it's quite happy living here.
Still, the spiritual qi here was a bit thin.
Even if it had no ambition, the environment here was indeed rather ordinary.
Before, it had been too lazy to go back and dig up the spirit crystals, but now that Wanxuan Sect needed rebuilding, it decided to bring some over.
With these spirit crystals, it could cultivate while lying down again.
After hearing its reasoning, the corners of Mu Shiyue's mouth twitched.
It's truly a rare sight for such a majestic tiger to actually be this lazy.
—Mu Shiyue completely failed to reflect on herself.
"I can use these spirit crystals to set up formations!" Meng Fanzé's excited voice rang out. "With spirit crystals as the formation core, our cultivation speed will increase!"
Holding the spirit crystal, he looked especially ecstatic.
As a formation master, Meng Fanzé had decent talent.
Right now, he's only a beginner formation master.
With his current ability, setting up a Spirit Gathering Array wasn't difficult, but the effect would only be average.
Cultivating inside such a formation might not be much different from cultivating outside.
But with better materials, he could create much stronger formations!
The same formation could have completely different effects depending on the materials used.
With spirit crystals, his Spirit Gathering Array could greatly accelerate everyone's cultivation!
The others were just as excited, "This is amazing!"
"This is basically like cultivating on a spirit vein!"
Regardless of size, sects were usually built on spirit veins.
The larger the spirit vein, the faster the disciples could cultivate.
A sect's development depended heavily on its spirit vein.
That's also why inner disciples and outer disciples existed, their access to resources differed.
And the difference between large sects and small sects was likewise tied to the size of their spirit veins.
The location chosen by Wanxuan Sect had never been contested precisely because it was undesirable, no, it's more accurate to say that the environment was harsh.
The spiritual qi density wasn't any better than anywhere else, and it bordered the Myriad Beast Forest, making it susceptible to all kinds of dangers.
So even if Wanxuan Sect claimed the entire area, no one cared.
Without abundant spiritual qi or resources, defying fate would be incredibly difficult.
Spirit veins could be nurtured artificially, but that's extremely difficult, only grandmaster formation experts could achieve it.
Going back to the point.
There were few people in Wanxuan Sect, even after adding in Ke Chongbo, the number of people didn't reach ten, so they didn't need a large spirit vein.
Even if they had one, they might not be able to defend it from others.
Using spirit crystals to set up a Spirit Gathering Array would be more than sufficient for them to use.
Even including the spirit beasts wouldn't be a problem.
"Senior, do you have more spirit crystals?" Meng Fanzé asked excitedly, rushing to Hu Niu.
If they had more, he could expand the formation's coverage!
At that time, he wanted to create a massive Spirit Gathering Array that covered the entire sect!
That way, no matter where they were, they could cultivate anytime.
"Roar~" Hu Niu nodded.
"There's actually more?!" Meng Fanzé was so excited that his voice trembled, "Then, can you bring us to find them? I want to make a veeeeeery big Spirit Gathering Array!"
Meng Fanzé had never rushed forward with such enthusiasm before.
Right now, those spirit crystals ignited the grand ambition in his heart.
The others also raised their hands, "I want to help too!"
"Me too!"
Everyone was eager and restless, itching to follow along.
What rare opportunity it was to be able to personally mine spirit crystals.
These were spirit crystals!
The disciples' excitement made them completely forget about building houses.
"Master?"
Qin Yiwei looked at Mu Shiyue eagerly, "Can we go?"
All of the disciples turned toward her.
Mu Shiyue scratched her chin, her heart conflicted and didn't say anything.
"Master, you don't have to worry. We will definitely rebuild a beautiful sect!" Meng Fanzé raised his hand and swore.
"That's right, we definitely wouldn't disappoint you!"
The corners of Mu Shiyue's mouth twitched.
She hadn't even said anything yet.
But looking at how hopeful and excited these disciples were, she also felt bad for dampening their enthusiasm.
"I don't really mind, but it depends on Hu Niu…."
"Roar~"
Hu Niu directly turned and walked out, then glanced back at them.
Understanding its meaning, the disciples immediately followed, full of excitement, "We're coming!"
Watching them leave so eagerly, Mu Shiyue: "…"
Her disciples were too hardworking, as their master, the pressure was huge.
The disciples, of course, had no idea their enthusiasm caused their master such distress. They followed the Soul-Devouring Tiger into the Myriad Beast Forest.
Hu Niu walked ahead without caring whether they could keep up or not.
Their pace gradually slowed from eager strides in the beginning to heavy trudging, but no one complained, they only gritted their teeth and continued.
Finally, just as they were about to collapse, Hu Niu stopped.
And they also heard unfamiliar sounds ahead.
Their expressions changed.