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Luo Lingxing took it from the little fox and then saw clearly what it was. It was a spirit stone full of spiritual power, and judging from its quality, it was definitely a top-grade spirit stone.
In his past life, spirit stones were the common currency in the world of cultivators, and also the most important auxiliary tool for cultivation. Even if a disciple of a wealthy and powerful family was not particularly talented, they could still cultivate a disciple of a decent level by using spirit stones.
However, cultivation built up with spirit stones was no match for cultivators of the same level who had experienced many real battles. Therefore, if a cultivator wanted to go further on this path, spirit stones could only be used as an auxiliary method of cultivation, not as the main method.
Looking at the large piece of spirit stone in his hand, Luo Lingxing finally understood how these spirit plants were cultivated. The spiritual energy contained in spirit stones is generally abundant and pure, which can be absorbed by ordinary plants. Over time, ordinary plants may evolve into spirit plants.
No wonder there were so few plants in this area. It turned out there were spirit stones underground, and these plants absorbed the spiritual energy from the spirit stones and became spirit plants. Spirit plants had a certain amount of spiritual energy, and in order to avoid having their spiritual energy shared by other plants, they naturally rejected ordinary plants, which made this area sparse.
Although the number of spiritual plants in this area was indeed less than that of the sea of flowers nearby, it was still quite a lot on its own. The fact that so many spiritual plants could be nurtured meant that there must be spiritual stones underneath. One stone alone could not possibly be enough.
“Junzhan, keep digging, dig deeper,” Luo Lingxing instructed.
Han Junzhan didn’t ask why and continued to use the mecha as an excavator. If the soldiers saw it, they would definitely be shocked, since using a mecha to dig was such a waste.
The area being excavated was previously covered with mature spiritual plants, all of which had already been harvested. The immature spiritual plants were carefully transplanted to the side by Luo Lingxing to prevent them from being damaged by the mecha digging.
However, Luo Lingxing thought that if he wasn’t mistaken, these immature spiritual plants probably wouldn’t live for long after he dug them up from underground.
Soon, a deep and large pit was dug out, and at the bottom of the pit, there were countless spirit stones like the one Luo Lingxing was holding.
Upon seeing this, Luo Lingxing’s eyes flickered. Just as he had thought, there was a spirit stone mine below. However, the quality of the spirit stones below was not as good as the one in his hand. They could only be considered low-grade spirit stones, but they were enough for these plants to grow into spirit plants.
“Should we get all of these out?” Han Junzhan asked.
Although he didn’t know what the crystalline stones below were, judging from Luo Lingxing’s expression, they must be good things.
“No need, just bury them all,” Luo Lingxing said calmly.
The stones at the bottom of the pit were all low-grade spirit stones, containing many impurities. The truly precious one was the spirit stone given to him by the little fox. Even if all the spirit stones at the bottom of the pit were added together, they wouldn’t be worth as much as this one. So there was no need to dig it out.
This was a spirit stone mine, and the one in his hand was the essence of the mine, containing abundant spiritual energy that could help his cultivation. In contrast, he didn’t care about those low-grade spirit stones. Moreover, this place needed these spirit stone mines to continue providing spiritual energy to these immature spirit plants. Otherwise, it would be a waste for them.
Although he doesn’t know the properties and effects of these spiritual plants now, he would find out sooner or later. So this place could serve as a reserve of spiritual plants for him. Once he had researched and found the results, the spiritual plants here could be used for his alchemy.
Han Junzhan didn’t object to Luo Lingxing’s strange behavior of asking him to dig and fill the pit without taking anything in return. He simply did as he was told, and soon the huge pit was filled in. The immature spiritual plants were transplanted back, because they could grow better on this land.
“Let’s go back,” Luo Lingxing said, jumping onto Han Junzhan’s mecha while holding the little fox.
They’ve been out for several days now. It was time to go back and see Zhang Xuan and the others.
Zhang Xuan and the others were still camped at the place they found on their first day on this planet. For the past few days, they had been practicing their skills by hunting wild animals near the campsite. There weren’t any large wild animals around, which was perfect for soldiers who were out for special training for the first time.
Once they were able to handle these small wild animals, they would go further afield to find larger animals to continue training.
There were only a few tents in the campsite at the moment, and no one was there. Everyone should still be training outside. Luo Lingxing put the little fox down. No, it should be said that Han Junzhan picked up the little fox from Luo Lingxing’s arms and threw it down.
Han Junzhan had long harbored resentment towards the little fox. It was one thing for it to attract Luoluo’s attention by acting cute, but it even dared to lie in Luoluo’s arms and refuse to get down the whole way. If he didn’t need to operate the mecha, he would have thrown the little fox off long ago.
The little fox couldn’t help but roll its eyes at Han Junzhan. If it weren’t for the fact that these two were taking it out to find its master, it wouldn’t have tolerated this hateful human. Humph!
As night was about to fall, Zhang Xuan and his team returned. After all, the forest at night was extremely dangerous. Even though they were more skilled than ordinary soldiers, they dared not challenge the forest at night and could only return to their campsite before sunset.
“Boss, Young Master Luo, you’re back!” Zhang Xuan exclaimed excitedly as soon as he returned and saw Han Junzhan and Luo Lingxing.
The two people were gone for several days. Although he knew they were not in any danger, he was still a little worried.
They were especially worried about what would happen if they encountered danger while training without these two by their side. Han Junzhan and Luo Lingxing were their strongest support during training. As long as their boss and young master Luo were there, they felt very safe and could train without any worries, allowing them to unleash their full potential.
Although each of them had a distress device given to them by Luo Lingxing, which would allow Luo Lingxing to reach them even from a great distance once activated, they had never used it before, which made them feel a little uneasy—just a tiny bit.
They definitely wouldn’t say any of this out loud.
“Oh? What’s with this little fox? Boss, did you catch a little fox to eat?” When Zhao Chongzhuo saw the little fox, he subconsciously thought it was prey.
Having lived here for several days, returning from hunting every day, the first thing that comes to mind when seeing small animals is simply to eat them.
Han Junzhan immediately replied, “Yes, it’s a reward for you.”
“I hope these people can actually eat that little fox, so it won’t be able to take up Luoluo’s attention,” Han Junzhan thought maliciously.
“Chirp!” The little fox cried out at Han Junzhan in dissatisfaction.
Those despicable humans, they actually want to eat it! It’s truly a case of a fox falling into the plains and being bullied by dogs. If it still had the cultivation and strength from its previous life, let alone that despicable human, it could handle even all of these humans coming at it!
But…but…it was just a little fox cub with little spiritual power right now. Anyone here could easily crush it. For its own sake and for its master’s sake, it endured it!
The little fox scurried over to Luo Lingxing’s side. From its observations over the past few days, it had learned that this human, who resembled its master, held a rather high position among the group. Even the person who always wanted to eat it was behaving obediently in front of this human, and those dressed in strange clothes listened to him even more. Therefore, it was determined to cling to this human’s coattails and, once it found its master and regained its strength, made these people pay!
“Haha…” Everyone burst into laughter when they saw the little fox, its fur standing on end, run to Luo Lingxing’s legs for comfort. “This little fox is quite intelligent. It can actually hear what the boss is saying. It looks so cute,” Lin Mingying couldn’t help but say.
“To be honest, I’ve never eaten fox meat before. I wonder if it tastes good?” Zhang Xuan said deliberately, staring intently at the little fox, sticking out his tongue to lick his lips, looking very drooling.
The little fox trembled and quickly darted behind Luo Lingxing, using Luo Lingxing’s body to hide its small body so that no one could see it.
This place was terrifying! How could these people eat fox meat so easily? Master, where are you? Your little black fox is about to be eaten by these despicable humans.
The little fox grew sadder and sadder as it thought about it. Back when it was with its master, it was a powerful and respected creature. People would respectfully offer it food, and no one would dare to covet its flesh. The people here were truly ignorant and actually wanted to eat its meat.
No, it must cultivate quickly and become stronger. Before, with its master protecting it, it could occasionally slack off, but now that its master is gone, it must become strong on its own first so that it can go find its master and protect him.
As a result, Xiao Hei, who was usually quite lazy, was unexpectedly inspired to work hard by Zhang Xuan and others’ unintentional actions and words.
However, even if the little fox wanted to strive, the conditions were no longer favorable, because there was simply no spiritual energy here for it to absorb and cultivate. In the previous place, it could absorb a trace of spiritual energy through spiritual plants, which was not very useful, but better than nothing. Now that it had left that place, it discovered that this planet had no spiritual energy at all.
The little fox couldn’t help but feel a little dejected. Luo Lingxing, seeing the little fox’s low spirits, thought it was really frightened by Zhang Xuan and the others, so she quickly picked it up and comforted it.
“Don’t worry, they won’t really eat you,” Luo Lingxing said soothingly, gently patting the little fox’s soft white fur.
“Chirp!” The little fox chirped softly, as if responding to Luo Lingxing.
It wasn’t sad because of these humans. It just didn’t know how to continue cultivating. If it couldn’t cultivate without spiritual energy, wouldn’t it really become a useless little fox? When I meet my owner, how can I tell him that I am Xiao Hei? Without cultivation, it simply cannot speak!
Life was really tough for foxes.
The little fox began to miss its old world. Although the law of the jungle prevailed everywhere, it had a very powerful master. In addition, although it was lazy, its cultivation level was not low. Therefore, although it could not walk around wildly in that world, no one dared to provoke it.
