Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 59: Consuming The Crystal

"Why the hell? Why is this vision stuck like this? Shouldn’t it reveal the location of treasure now?"

"Yes, it should, but let’s wait and see. We are not the only ones who are after the treasure."

The cultivators in the southern province kept their eyes on the dark clouds for any moments.

No matter weak or strong, everyone wanted the treasure for themselves.

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"Strange; there are still no signs of Vision descending," Hu Tian, who was inside the Azure Cloud pavilion, muttered with a frown, wondering if someone was blocking the descent of Vision.

"This vision is caused by a Heaven-grade elemental crystal or higher. If someone wants to block it, then their strength should exceed that of any cultivator inside the whole Golden River Kingdom, but how could such a person be here?" He questioned himself with a serious look, and after a moment he shook his head.

"I shouldn’t care about such things now; my strength is too weak," he said with a sigh and shifted his glance at the jade slip where some information was written.

"This Ye Chen must be someone who is reincarnated; if not, he wouldn’t be able to take out the tier 4 pill formula and even promised to cure the nether-born fracture congenital disease."

"It would be better if I could get rid of him inside the mystic pond; if not, he would be a thorn in my side!"

…

"Yunqi, do you know anyone else who had acquired the fire spirit crystal recently?" Ye Chen inquired after a moment.

Zhen Yunqi knew what he wanted to know, so she answered with a nod.

"The Mu family in the western province had obtained the fire crystal ten years ago, and it is the one you are looking for. However, there is no news about the crystal since then, not even someone fusing with it or any deaths related to it," she replied.

Hearing her, Ye Chen nodded with a deep look.

"Senior brother, is there some problem with the fire crystal?" Li Mei asked after hearing their conversation.

In response, Ye Chen smiled and shook his head.

"There is no problem; it’s just the fire crystal is incomplete. There should be another part of it, and it might be in the hands of the Mu family or someone else," he said with a nonchalant look.

Li Mei and Lan Ming didn’t know about elemental crystals, so they just nodded without considering some problems.

However, Zhen Yunqi, who knew it, gave him a deep look.

’This guy really isn’t afraid of trouble,’ she muttered in her heart as she saw his intention to fuse with the fire spirit crystal.

If the crystal was a whole one, there would be no problem; however, with the other half in someone’s hand, he might soon become a target, as one can track the other half after fusing with it.

Of course, Ye Chen can also do the same; however, that was not the main problem here since she can protect him and he can escape as long as he wants.

The main source of trouble was the fire crystal itself. After splitting into two halves, its grade had been dropped significantly, yet it still reached the highest grade known in the kingdom.

What would happen if the two halves fused together again? Would it reach the legendary realm? Or something else? Maybe even the secrets of immortality!

The cultivators were curious if they found such a thing existed, then, no matter if it was dangerous or not, they would fight to the death.

’The Mu family must know about this, and with how only their family disciples came out from that secret realm, it didn’t look like anyone else should be aware of it,’ Zhen Yunqi thought to herself and had no intention of stopping him from fusing.

The cultivation world was like this: if one was afraid of death and trouble, they might as well live as a mortal.

Moreover, Ye Chen wasn’t the only one who had to worry about this; the Mu family also had to weigh pros and cons before attacking. After all, if Ye Chen spread the news and gave his crystal away, the Mu family would be finished overnight.

"Yunqi, can the formation hold on if I try to fuse with it, or would it collapse?" Ye Chen inquired.

Although the formation failed to suppress the vision, it had succeeded in concealing their location. However, things might change if Ye Chen tried to fuse with it.

"The formation failed because the grade of spirit crystal is higher even though it had fallen; nevertheless, there would be no problem from stopping the vision from descending," Zhen Yunqi replied with a confident look.

She had deployed the formation, so she knew what its limit was.

"Okay then, I will fuse with it," Ye Chen said after getting an answer from her.

Although he knew it might bring some trouble, he didn’t care too much since he wasn’t the only one who had to worry about this.

As long as the Mu family or whoever had the other half crystal didn’t know who he was, they would definitely be on guard and think of him as a powerful person.

It would take a long time before they could discover his identity, and by that time he would have already gained enough strength to fight with them.

"Li Mei, Lan Ming, stand back behind me," Zhen Yunqi instructed as she made a distance from Ye Chen.

Hearing her, both girls nodded and stood behind her with worried looks.

Poof!

At this moment, Ye Chen used ice flame to cover his whole body and slowly reached his arm towards the hovering red crystal.

The crystal looked harmless, but it was extremely dangerous. If he was careless, only his ashes would be left in the room.

’There shouldn’t be a problem even if my cultivation is low. As long as my spiritual root doesn’t reject it, I can successfully fuse with it just by using divine resonance arts. He thought in his heart and grabbed the red crystal.

Sizzle!

The ice flame started to burn itself after coming in contact with it; however, it only burned the top layer, so Ye Chen’s hand remained unharmed.

After getting the crystal, Ye Chen didn’t hesitate and sat down in lotus position with a serious look.

Now was the most dangerous step, and that was to eat the crystal. It wouldn’t be much of a problem with the ice flame; however, if the fire crystal suddenly became active, he would have to say goodbye to this world for a month.

Nevertheless, he wasn’t afraid and carefully put the crystal in his mouth. It was only the size of a finger, so he had no problems even in swallowing it.

Just as he did this, his golden spiritual root trembled violently and directly brought the fire crystal inside his dantian.

The golden spiritual root was like a twisted tree without any leaves, and when the red crystal appeared inside it, it directly extended its small branches, enveloping it strongly.

At this moment the fire crystal suddenly became active and shined brightly with red color.

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Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thick red lightning suddenly appeared in the clouds, scaring the hell out of weak people.

"Damn it! Why is there scary red lightning like this?"

"Shut up and watch; the treasure is going to be revealed soon."

The cultivators reached a conclusion, and their eyes became fixed on every red lightning , hoping to find the whereabouts of treasure.

Although they were surprised at the red lightning , no one had time to find the reason behind it.

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In the western province of the kingdom, an old man with bright eyes focused his gaze in the direction of vision.

"Someone is fusing with the fire crystal, and from the looks of it, that person had a treasure to suppress the descent of vision, or it might be even its own strength," the old man murmured and beckoned a person behind him.

"Go bring Mu Ning here; I want to see her in front of me within a minute," he commanded.

Hearing this, the expression of the person behind changed drastically.

"Family head Mu Ning is a genius. Why don’t we try with others?" he suggested, knowing what the old man was planning to do.

"Humph! Just do what I ask; if not, scram!" The old man shouted with a furious look.

The person behind could only shut up and sigh inwardly.

’He even treated me, his own son, as a servant, so why should he care about Mu Ning from the side branch?’ He thought, sighing once again and bringing Mu Ning here hastily.

"Family head, why did you call me?" Mu Ning inquired with a respectful expression.

"Mu Ning, your talent in controlling fire had been the best; even I am not a match for you," the old man said with a smile and took out a golden box that contained the other half of the fire crystal.

"Here, take this and fuse it with the crystal inside. With your control over fire, it would be easy for you." He instructed.

Hearing him Mu Ning was stunned; however, she nodded at once.

"Understood, family head," she replied, and after exchanging a few words with him, she left.

"If she succeeds, then take control over her family members; if not, find someone else," the old man commanded without any emotion.

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