Becoming Great Emperor by Playing Game-Chapter 453: Exotic Stone

A man covered in dirt held a dazzling golden Elixir in his hands, exclaiming joyfully.

In an instant, two overseers approached him. One of them snatched the Elixir and, after examining it, smiled: "It truly is an immortal-grade Elixir, good job, keep digging."

The other tossed the man an ordinary Spiritual Qi Pill. The man swallowed it ravenously and continued digging.

"Damn it, daring to hide things, courting death!"

At this moment, a sudden change occurred on the other side. An overseer was relentlessly whipping a woman. She was beaten bloody and lay on the ground, clutching her head tightly, her breath weakening, yet the overseer did not stop. He continued to whip viciously until the woman stopped moving, completely dead. Only then did he stop, rummaged around, and finally took a stone from the woman’s hand.

"Hiding a superior Spirit Stone, damn." The overseer wiped the Spirit Stone and put it in his pouch, continuing his patrol, while the woman’s body was left there, ignored as if no one saw it.

This made Chen Lan frown slightly. Is this really a mining site? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

It’s more like a prison.

And there are those lanterns hanging everywhere, with not a hint of mist.

Finally, Chen Lan’s gaze rested on the entrance of the mine, where two Daoist Venerables were guarding the doorway. He didn’t know if there were any other exits besides this one, but Chen Lan didn’t intend to find out.

After a while, he found an opportunity; a lone overseer was patrolling, and there weren’t many people around.

He transformed himself, taking on the appearance of a ragged middle-aged man, indistinguishable from the other miners, and stealthily approached the overseer with a Magical Treasure taken from his Storage Ring.

"What do you want?" The overseer asked coldly, noticing Chen Lan.

"Sir, look at this, I just found it and wanted to secretly hand it over to you." Chen Lan said with a flattering smile, offering the Magical Treasure with both hands.

Seeing it was a Chaos Treasure, the Daoist Venerable’s eyes lit up. After looking around to ensure no one noticed, he took Chen Lan to a secluded place, picked up the Magical Treasure, confirmed it was genuine, and nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, you know what to do, go take a rest, but only for a short while."

"No, perhaps you should rest instead." Chen Lan suddenly sneered, grabbing the man’s head with one hand, Soul Dao Power instantly penetrated the man’s mind. The man’s soul instinctively resisted, but he was no match for Chen Lan.

In just a moment, the man’s struggling limbs gradually halted, losing all vitality, his soul utterly destroyed by Chen Lan.

With a flick of his hand, he tossed the man’s body into the Void Space, transformed into the man’s appearance, grinned, and walked toward the mine entrance.

From the man’s memory, Chen Lan learned that over the years, the Labor Sect had been mining a gigantic Exotic Stone. This stone was exceptionally hard; even an all-out strike by a Taoist Saint could barely make a crack. However, it was afraid of a creature called the Light Silk Insect, which could gnaw at the stone’s surface, but these creatures were extremely hard to obtain.

It was only discovered five thousand years ago that these creatures were effective. In the time since, only four have been captured, and after gnawing for so long, the distance to revealing the true treasure was estimated to still be over a hundred thousand years away.

But fortunately, this region is an ancient relic site, holding many treasures. The Labor Sect has mined countless treasures here, with even more left to discover.

Chen Lan entered the mine’s interior, and the two guards outside paid him no mind, allowing him to enter.

Inside, only a faint firelight illuminated the path. Following his memory, he quickly arrived at the so-called Exotic Stone.

Looking at the golden Exotic Stone connecting the floor and ceiling, it was no wonder no one guarded the inside. This stone was incredibly massive, rooted in place.

Chen Lan approached and saw four small insects crawling on the stone’s surface. Their semi-transparent bodies resembled that of leaf-eating caterpillars, opening and closing their mouths, slowly gnawing on the stone. However, their pace was so slow that the area gnawed was almost negligible.

Chen Lan spread his arms to embrace the stone, attempting to move it, but found that even using all his strength, it wouldn’t budge in the slightest!

This made it difficult for Chen Lan. How could he move it?

Huh?

Chen Lan suddenly felt a strange sensation. He found his Dantian slowly expanding as Spiritual Qi surged. The surface of the stone seemed to emit a peculiar gas, entering his Dantian with his breath, nourishing the Spiritual Qi, and causing the innate Chaos Qi to rejoice.

"Could it be that the stone’s surface has a gas more terrifying than the Spiritual Qi in my body?" Chen Lan thought. Even if he couldn’t move the stone, he could gain some benefits. Still, he wondered what kind of gas it was.

Upon realizing this, Chen Lan immediately sat cross-legged, unafraid of being discovered, and fully activated the Devouring Demon Technique.

Yet, Chen Lan felt a slight disappointment because the Devouring Demon Technique had weakened. A month ago, when his Demon Heart was fully unleashed, his Devouring Demon Technique had transformed into the Heaven-Devouring Demon God Technique, capable not only of devouring all things but also of consuming the Demon Emperor’s Divine Techniques.

But now, with the Demon Heart quiet, his Devouring Demon Technique had regressed. To truly master the Heaven-Devouring Demon God Technique, he needed to retrieve his Dao body and recover his past life’s memories, and everything would naturally become clear.

As the Devouring Demon Technique circulated, the stone flickered slightly, though Chen Lan did not notice. Threads of golden gas flowed into his body.

Gradually, sweat dotted Chen Lan’s forehead. It was unknown how much time passed before he stopped the Devouring Demon Technique.

"How powerful, the Spiritual Sea in my Dantian has expanded by an entire fold, the Spiritual Power has become more refined, and significantly strengthened. The gas on this stone’s surface is definitely not ordinary, and whatever is inside the stone is even more extraordinary." Chen Lan thought, but his body suddenly convulsed, staring intently at the stone, sensing something was off!

This stone seemed to have shrunk considerably!

Was it an illusion, or did the gas he devoured come from the stone, meaning if he absorbed enough, the stone would shrink?!

Thinking this, he quickly placed his hand on the stone, fully activating the Devouring Demon Technique. As the gas entered his Dantian, his hand suddenly moved, indicating the stone had shrunk, pulling his hand with it.

Indeed, the Devouring Demon Technique was effective. The Labor Sect had no means to deal with the stone for millennia, yet his technique had a way. This technique must have numerous unknown applications.

In the following days, Chen Lan absorbed the stone constantly. He even set up an Array on the stone so anyone who entered wouldn’t notice it shrinking without careful observation, seeing it as large as ever in their eyes.

He intended to use this time to frantically absorb the gas from the stone and see what treasure was hidden within.

However, seven days passed, and today an unexpected guest arrived!

"Sect Leader, the stone still hasn’t changed. How long until it can be broken?"