Chapter 650: Chapter 516: Tier Five Spirit Vein

"Even within Tier Five Spirit Veins, it’s not certain there are Top-Grade Spirit Stones, you need a bit of luck for that."

"Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the Human Realm are extremely limited; getting one or two pieces is already a heaven-sent fortune."

"Such rare items are all held by Old Monsters at Late-stage Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation Stage."

"They’re used for Breaking Realm, of course, but can also be exchanged for Top-Tier Spiritual Materials."

After hearing Qingyang the Old Demon’s explanation, Qin Ming suddenly realized.

"In that case, Qin truly hit the jackpot, got a bargain."

"Indeed! In my opinion, Friend Qin, where you are now should be the location of an Array Hub of some Ancient Array." Qingyang the Old Demon started analyzing, "The place where you just dug out the Top-Grade Spirit Stone must have been the groove for placing Spirit Stones, but for some reason, this Array didn’t activate."

Hearing Qingyang the Old Demon say this, Qin Ming couldn’t help but feel curious, "What level must an Ancient Array be if it requires Top-Grade Spirit Stones to activate?"

He then centered around that giant stone and began clearing the surrounding sand and stones.

Half a cup of tea later.

An Array Pattern occupying half of the Cave Mansion appeared in Qin Ming’s sight.

However, the key parts of the Array Pattern had been destroyed, which explained why the Array hadn’t been successfully activated.

Besides that, Qin Ming also found an ancient cultivator’s body in a corner of this Ancient Grand Array; it had already turned into a fossil.

Beside it were several porcelain bottles, but the pills inside had turned to powder, the medicinal power lost.

This ancient cultivator didn’t have even a storage pouch on him, all alone.

Suddenly.

Sharp-eyed Qin Ming noticed a pale yellow jade scroll surprisingly preserved in good condition at the edge of the fossil.

In the entire Cave Mansion, perhaps only this jade scroll was left intact.

He immediately released his Divine Thought to browse the information within the jade scroll.

Moments later.

Qin Ming’s expression turned extremely bizarre because the jade scroll recorded some life stories of the person who perished here.

He learned that this place originally belonged to a secret outpost of the ancient "Luotian Dao Palace," and this cultivator was responsible for guarding this Transmission Array.

But for some reasons, he had to destroy the Array and was trapped here to death.

One should know that this person was a Great Cultivator with Late-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivation level when alive.

The jade scroll didn’t clarify where the other end of this grand array specifically led.

It only mentioned some information about Primordial Extreme Mountain.

This made Qin Ming instantly interested!

However, the more Qin Ming read, the deeper his frown became.

"Primordial Extreme Mountain... in Ancient Times was actually called ’Fallen Demon’s Land,’ where the real Ancient Demon Realm invasion happened, and there was a great battle with the three great Dao Palaces of the Human Realm at that time..."

"Even the Spirit Realm was involved, it can’t compare to a small realm like Blood Realm."

"Not to mention Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, even Venerable Divinity Transformation fell within."

"No wonder there would be Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures and Divinity Transformation Spiritual Objects of such heaven-defying opportunities..."

"Treasures are good, but it’s a truly perilous place in name and reality!"

"Alas! Looks like I have to persuade Brother Su and them..."

Qin Ming finished reading the entire autobiography and didn’t find the method Su Yuqing and they had been desperately searching for to enter Primordial Extreme Mountain.

Instead, it reads like a last will before death...

But at least he gained some definite information about Primordial Extreme Mountain.

Qin Ming immediately took out a Memory Jade Slip and recorded all the Array Patterns here in detail.

With the Top-Grade Spirit Stone in hand, he felt the trip was worthwhile.

He then used Divine Techniques to reseal the entrance, and with the Nine Heavens Cyan Yuan Marvelous Response True Talisman, left a void coordinate mark here.

Maybe in the future, once he unlocks the secret of this Ancient Array, it might be useful.

Then.

Qin Ming returned with the Heaven-Devouring Rat to the surface.

Seeing Qin Ming come out so quickly, Mo Lingwei and the other two stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Master, has the mission been accomplished?"

"Yes, let’s go." Qin Ming nodded slightly; he noticed quite a few cultivators gathered at Sha Family Castle, probably drawn by the previous commotion.

So he released the Lingxiao Imperial Carriage, quickly taking the three away from the Spirit Vein.

Soon after, Master Tianji of the Kuzhu Sect arrived with disciples at the Black Sand Mountain Range, witnessing the grim scene within Sha Family Castle, his expression changed dramatically:

"What... what has happened here?"

"Reporting to Supreme Elder, Sha Family Castle was massacred by Demon Dao’s army..."

...

Half a month later.

Qin Ming returned to Wangyue Island with Mo Lingwei and the other two.

He took out a few Spirit Pills and Artifacts to reward them and let them withdraw.

"Thank you for the reward, Lord Island Master!"

Shi Jin received the pills with both hands and discovered they were Tier Three High-Grade Spirit Pill Divine Wood Pills, visibly excited.

With these pills, he might break through to Late-stage Golden Core.

Qin Ming returned to the Little Spirit Realm, took out the storage pouch from Thousand Illusion Demon Monarch, and perused through it.

This demon liked to skin Nascent Soul Cultivators he killed and refine them into disguises.

In that old fellow’s storage pouch, besides his collection over the years, were storage pouches from several other Nascent Soul Cultivators.

The foundations of these old monsters also completely fell into his hands.

Besides these, Qin Ming also found a dark-toned Profound Wood Token in Thousand Illusion Demon Monarch’s storage pouch, carved with strange runes even he couldn’t understand.

Qin Ming studied it for a long time but couldn’t make sense of it, so he had to put it away.