Chapter 23: Heart of the Spirit VeinInside the Spirit Vein, Xiao Jinqi had just finished his daily cultivation session and was preparing to return home when he felt a violent tremor shaking the ground and mountains. "Huh? Was that an illusion?"Something seemed off."System, did you sense that?"He condensed a flame in his palm and, using its light to illuminate the way, ventured deeper into the Spirit Vein."There was indeed an energy fluctuation just now."Xiao Jinqi thought of the Heart of the Spirit Vein and the Ancient Labyrinth Array at the cave entrance. When they first discovered this Spirit Vein, he and Yan Yuheng had speculated that the one who knew about and set up this array was likely Senior Leng Lingyuan.After passing through the pale blue rock walls composed of tens of thousands of High-grade Spirit Stones, the deeper he went, the more spacious it became.The air was filled with Spiritual Qi so dense it was almost liquefied, swirling slowly like mist.At the very center of the mist was a blue-white spiritual entity, resembling both a flame and a vortex. It swayed its form nimbly, bouncing left and right like a lively little ghost.…"Brother Heng, look! The Heart of the Spirit Vein has gained sentience!"After sending a voice transmission to Yan Yuheng, Xiao Jinqi didn’t have to wait long before the other arrived.In the Cultivation World, Spirit Veins came in several types: some formed naturally, some arose when the Spiritual Qi within a great expert’s body didn’t dissipate after death but gradually seeped underground, merging with surrounding materials to form a Spirit Vein, and others were artificially created by great experts using special materials. Typically, when a Cultivator discovered a Spirit Vein, their entire sect would mobilize to protect it. If the sect’s strength was too weak, the consequences ranged from losing the Spirit Vein to being completely wiped out.The Heart of a Spirit Vein was even rarer in the world, with only a handful recorded in books and Jade Slips."It seems to be 'looking' at us.""Host, do you want to try forming a contract with it?""I wonder if the Heart of the Spirit Vein is willing to be contracted."Xiao Jinqi glanced at Yan Yuheng, silently "asking" him.Yan Yuheng understood what he meant, squeezed his hand, and transmitted, "Xiao Bao, you should try first. I’ll protect you. At the same time, I hope you can contract it—this way, you’ll gain another means of preserving your life."Xiao Jinqi nodded, assumed the proper posture, and formed a hand seal to condense a drop of heart’s blood. He carefully guided the drop of blood toward the Heart of the Spirit Vein.The Heart of the Spirit Vein didn’t seem to reject it, quietly awaiting its arrival."Ugh…" A surge of energy churned within his body, and Xiao Jinqi couldn’t hold back, spitting out a mouthful of blood.A massive force rampaged through his meridians, which eventually couldn’t bear the strain and shattered one by one. Forcing himself, he swallowed an Alchemical Pill, simultaneously repairing his body and stabilizing his stance.Patiently, he began enveloping this force bit by bit, separating a thin strand from it—thin enough to expand his meridians without rupturing them. He guided this strand through a complete cycle in his meridians. After being tempered by this force, his meridians became wider and sturdier. Finally, the force converged into his Dantian, bringing a moment of physical relief. Success. He repeated the process, and after forty-nine cycles, he finally subdued it entirely. His meridians were first shattered and refined, then reconstructed, undergoing forty-nine cycles of repeated flushing and tempering, becoming increasingly broad and robust.A blue-white orb of light now resided in his Dantian.To his delight, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. If he hadn’t restrained himself with great effort, he would have broken through immediately.Not wanting to destroy this Spirit Vein, he suppressed the surging Spiritual Power within him and walked toward Yan Yuheng.Seeing that the person was unharmed, Yan Yuheng felt relieved. He had naturally noticed Xiao Jinqi's critical spiritual power and accompanied him as they walked outward."Boom…" After twelve heavenly thunderbolts, Nascent Soul Formation succeeded. Since his meridians had already been cleansed once before, this Nascent Soul Formation posed no difficulty for him at all.Looking at the Nascent Soul in his Dantian, which looked exactly like him, and the small blue-white light cluster, he couldn't help but laugh."Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one Heart of the Spirit Vein, rewarded with 1000 Counterattack Points, automatically converted into 1000 points.""Wow, is the Heart of the Spirit Vein that valuable?!" He recalled that back when he slapped the female lead's face, he had only earned one point."Master, master, I'm here." His shoulder was tapped, and the little spirit entity solidified its form a bit more, its facial features gradually becoming clear and taking shape.Finally able to distinguish where the eyes and mouth were, Xiao Jinqi sighed. Otherwise, looking like a ghost as before, he would easily get scared.

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