Lin Bailin was trapped by sand monsters, facing a life-threatening crisis, while Zhao Jiudou had gradually approached the core of the sand monster’s nest. At this point, Zhao Jiudou could no longer completely conceal his presence, and some sand monsters started to notice him.
Zhao Jiudou entered a vast underground space filled with numerous independent stone chambers interconnected by passages. This entire underground area was excavated by sand monsters and served as the core location of their nest.
Upon entering, Zhao Jiudou was immediately besieged by a group of First Rank sand monsters. As a Foundation Building stage cultivator, he had no reason to retreat. His flying sword danced up and down, reducing the charging sand monsters to dust.
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Choosing a direction, Zhao Jiudou launched a swift assault. He charged forward without hesitation, without any pause. His reckless charge resembled that of a raging bull, swiftly crossing several passages and passing through multiple stone chambers until he reached a massive hall.
Before he could take a closer look, two Second Rank sand monsters, accompanied by a group of First Rank smaller sand monsters, rushed towards him. Having rushed all the way, Zhao Jiudou had to temporarily halt his steps to deal with the immediate threats.
Second Rank sand monsters were capable of posing a lethal threat to Foundation Building stage cultivators, so Zhao Jiudou couldn’t afford to be careless. He displayed all his abilities and engaged in a fierce battle with the sand monsters.
As an intruder, Zhao Jiudou had drawn the attention of various sand monsters guarding the nest. They rushed forward one after another, seemingly intent on overwhelming him completely.
As Zhao Jiudou was held back near the entrance of the hall, Meng Zhang and Deep Earth Spirit General faced relatively little resistance and smoothly followed behind Zhao Jiudou, advancing into the core of the sand monster nest.
Even when they occasionally encountered a few stray First Rank sand monsters along the way, the two of them silently eliminated them.
When they were about to approach the large hall, they stopped and carefully observed the situation.
At the entrance of the hall, Zhao Jiudou was entangled in a fierce battle with sand monsters.
Meng Zhang activated his Deception Breaking Eye and continued to look inside.
Inside the hall, there was a giant object resembling a silkworm pupa. It was over a hundred zhang (a traditional Chinese unit of length, approximately 3.33 meters) in length and more than fifty zhang high, akin to a small mountain. This pupa was covered in various large and small openings.
Some of these openings sucked in large amounts of soil and dust, while others spewed out sand monsters. Most of the sand monsters were small, but occasionally, a few First Rank sand monsters emerged as well.
Once these sand monsters were born from the pupa, they staggered and stumbled, unsteadily making their way through the passages surrounding the hall, entering various adjacent stone chambers.
Upon seeing this, Meng Zhang finally understood. This pupa was the structure that gave birth to the sand monsters. He couldn’t tell whether it was artificially refined or naturally formed. If it were naturally formed, Meng Zhang marveled at the incredible work of nature. If it was artificially refined, then he couldn’t fathom who possessed such immense power to manipulate the heavens and earth in this way. Moreover, he couldn’t comprehend the reason behind creating such a malevolent entity to harm human cultivators.
For the time being, Meng Zhang set aside these questions and continued to use his Deception Breaking Eye to observe the enormous pupa more closely. Finally, he saw the secret of the sand monster nest and understood why Zhao Jiudou was willing to frame Lin Bailin and sneak in secretly.
At the center of that enormous cocoon, there were special beads emitting spiritual energy, distributed in various locations.
Meng Zhang recognized the origin of these beads; they were extremely rare Spirit Source Beads.
The spiritual energy contained within these Spirit Source Beads was exceptionally pure and could be directly absorbed and utilized by Cultivators without the need for refinement. One Spirit Source Bead would be enough for a Foundation Building stage Cultivator like Meng Zhang to use for a decade or even longer without being exhausted.
Of course, no Foundation Building stage Cultivator would be extravagant enough to directly absorb the spiritual energy from the Spirit Source Bead. As the name suggests, the Spirit Source Beads serve as a source of spiritual power.
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By using a special method to activate the Spirit Source Beads, one could form new spirit veins or enhance the grade of existing ones. This was the correct way to use Spirit Source Beads in the Cultivation World.
In the desolate Endless Sea of Sand, the Spirit Source Beads held special significance. With these beads, new spirit veins could be formed, leading to the creation of new oases, which provided the foundation for sects and clans to thrive.
Because of this, the Spirit Source Beads were considered invaluable. Whenever they appeared on the market, they were almost always sold at exorbitant prices.
Of course, for sects and clans, they would not easily sell such precious treasures unless absolutely necessary.
Meng Zhang recalled the time when he was still a Refining Qi stage cultivator and was once recruited by Twin Success Valley to participate in a mission to siege a sand monster’s nest.
At that time, cultivators from Twin Success Valley, Forest Spring Watch, Liu Family, and Green Bamboo Mountain were entangled in a fierce dispute over a sand monster’s nest, and they even turned against each other.
The reason for their strife was none other than the Spirit Source Beads found within the sand monster’s nest.
In the past, Taiyi Sect was too weak and had no qualifications to participate in the competition for Spirit Source Beads.
Now that Meng Zhang and Deep Earth Spirit General had arrived, they wouldn’t leave empty-handed.
However, they needed to carefully consider how to proceed with their actions.
This operation was organized by Forest Spring Watch. If Forest Spring Watch discovered the sand monster’s nest, Taiyi Sect would probably not get a share of the Spirit Source Beads.
Zhao Jiudou, relying on his identity as a Flying Swan Sect disciple, wouldn’t worry about Forest Spring Watch daring to snatch the beads if he managed to seize them first.
As Meng Zhang and Deep Earth Spirit General were observing, Zhao Jiudou found himself in a crisis.
Originally, dealing with two Second Rank sand monsters and a large group of First Rank sand monsters had already overwhelmed Zhao Jiudou, exhausting him.
Unexpectedly, after a while, two more Second Rank sand monsters emerged from that enormous cocoon.
These two freshly born Second Rank sand monsters had unstable auras. After hesitating for a while, they slowly approached Zhao Jiudou.
Zhao Jiudou knew that it was because he had intruded into the core area of the nest, and the nest sensed the danger, so it forcibly gave birth to these two Second Rank sand monsters to stop him.
Already at a disadvantage in the battle and now faced with two additional Second Rank sand monsters, even if they were newly born and their strength wasn’t fully stable, Zhao Jiudou wouldn’t be able to withstand them.
Regret filled Zhao Jiudou’s heart. He had schemed against Lin Bailin to enter the nest alone for the sake of the Spirit Source Beads. However, he never expected the defensive power of the sand monster’s nest to be so formidable. Even if he had diverted a significant portion of its forces, it still wasn’t something he could handle.
In self-mockery, Zhao Jiudou realized he had acted like a villain this time, all for naught.
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