The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 74 - The Perfect Way to Survive

Maintaining full spiritual power was very important now; otherwise, if they were detected, they wouldn’t even have the energy to escape.

Immediately, Xie Jiuniang decided, “Let’s continue digging as before, without making any noise.”

The tunnel the master and servant duo dug was tiny, just wide enough for one person to pass through.

Xie Jiuniang had not put away the Small Isolation Array she had set up initially, but instead left it as a retreat.

But they had blocked up the entrance they had dug.

Because once the Water-Repelling Pearl was taken away, water would slowly seep into the array. If the entrance wasn’t blocked, water would flow into the tunnel, causing abnormal water flow above.

Just over twenty yards left!

Superior Spirit Stones were no longer tempting; now, they were digging up Top Grade Spiritual Stones!

Xie Jiuniang exerted a great deal of effort to suppress the greed in her heart and only collected the Spirit Stones that were excavated from the tunnel. She even resisted the temptation to dig out the Spirit Stones exposed on the walls of the tunnel.

The smaller the tunnel was opened, the lesser the noise.

Jian Lingyan felt it was such a pity and asked with her consciousness, “Master, are we really not going to dig a bit?”

“We mustn’t be greedy; our target is the Spiritual Marrow. The spiritual energy in the Tianshui Secret Realm is dense; there must be many veins. When the time comes, we’ll find an unclaimed one and dig to our heart’s content.”

Was Xie Jiuniang not tempted?

She was more tempted than anyone!

But the more crucial the moment, the less one should be greedy.

It was precisely because of Xie Jiuniang’s caution that she and her sword spirit successfully dug to the center of the vein. They even dug out three pieces of Spirit Crystal, the largest of which was the size of a fist and the smallest the size of an egg.

Just one small piece was worth more than all their previous harvests combined, making Xie Jiuniang’s face flush with excitement.

Jian Lingyan was as if injected with chicken blood, digging even more energetically.

Soon, they obtained two more pieces of Spirit Crystal!

Jian Lingyan suddenly stopped, her milky voice trembling with excitement, “We’ve arrived! The Spiritual Marrow is right ahead.”

Xie Jiuniang asked cautiously, “Is there anything unusual?”

Jian Lingyan didn’t dare to take it lightly and sensed again carefully, “No danger.”

This was great news!

Xie Jiuniang felt a thin layer of the stone wall and, using Divine Sense to probe, found her Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate. She wondered how Jian Lingyan managed to investigate?

She asked Jian Lingyan to step aside and began to dig with her Bone Knife herself.

She made an extremely small hole.

Once the hole was penetrated, they saw a faint white light.

Xie Jiuniang put her little head up to it, observing what was on the other side of the stone wall with her eyes.

The existence of the Hiding Talisman told her that probing with Divine Sense was not always reliable.

Drip!

Plop!

Drip, plop, drip, plop!

It was the sound of water droplets falling one after another.

The small hole Xie Jiuniang had made only revealed a corner, but she was certain there was something good on the other side of the stone wall.

The sound of water droplets?

In such an environment, no one would think it was just water.

It was very likely Spiritual Liquid.

And of a very high quality because anyone with a brain would know that a place capable of producing Spirit Crystals and Spiritual Marrow would have very high-grade Spiritual Liquid.

Immense wealth.

An astonishing opportunity!

Jian Lingyan spoke again, “Master, there are no scents of water beasts around the Spiritual Marrow.”

“Oh, oh, oh, that’s more good news.” Xie Jiuniang’s expression wasn’t as excited as Jian Lingyan had imagined.

Jian Lingyan thought she was young and unaware of the situation, so it hastily explained, “When demonic beasts encounter something good they cannot take, they leave behind a trace of their breath to deter other beasts. There is no water beast’s breath by the Spiritual Marrow, so it probably didn’t find it.”

“Why don’t you consider that the water beast is impeded by some reason and cannot go deep underground?” Xie Jiuniang retorted.

In truth, regardless of the possibility, for Xie Jiuniang who had reached this point, she had to go all out.

Xie Jiuniang pondered for quite a while.

Then she walked back thirty feet and set up a Small Isolation Array, instructing Jian Lingyan to start digging, enlarging the space to the size of a room.

Next, she threw out a large, ink-black tortoise shell.

Sitting inside it, she felt completely secure.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t know, just as the Great Tortoise Shell appeared, the water beast sleeping above slowly opened its eyes, which revealed a hint of humanized confusion in its large pupils.

Jian Lingyan was frightened by its master’s actions.

The water beast had awakened!

“Master, you’ve startled the water beast aahhhh…” Jian Lingyan couldn’t comprehend its owner’s actions and anxiously paced within the Tortoise Shell, “You just needed to break through the rock wall to obtain the Spiritual Marrow, yet instead of going for it, you’re creating such a huge commotion. I’m so frustrated by you!”

Xie Jiuniang remained unconcerned, “That water beast was definitely not sleeping as you described. I remember it swallowed the Little Flying Boat right as it dived into the water during my first prediction.”

Is that the reaction of something sleeping?

So, Jian Lingyan wasn’t always correct.

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For instance, when it said there was no danger on the other side of the rock wall.

Xie Jiuniang, however, sensed a trace of danger.

The lack of danger mentioned by Jian Lingyan most likely referred to itself, not her.

Xie Jiuniang wasn’t foolish enough to knowingly seek danger and crash head-first into it.

That would be utterly stupid!

In the face of enormous benefits, one must keep a clear head and proceed with caution at every step.

Since ancient times, countless in the Cultivation World have died chasing “fortuitous opportunities.”

So, Xie Jiuniang took out a seventh-rank Array Plate, inserted a small piece of Top Grade Spiritual Stones that had just been excavated, but didn’t immediately activate it.

If danger arose, she would duck into the Tortoise Shell and then instantly activate the formation—a perfect survival strategy.

Jian Lingyan was in a state of existential doubt, as if opening the door of frustration to a whole house of silence; it was utterly speechless.

How did the master ever grow up?

She must be an anomaly among the Children of Destiny, too good at surviving.

Xie Jiuniang ignored what Jian Lingyan thought. She had already brought out the Time Leaf and started to predict the future.

She stepped into the River of Time.

[She drilled through the rock wall and made her way toward the sound of dripping water, only to find a small stone cave.

It was filled with Spirit Crystals.

From a crack at the top of the cave, drops of Spiritual Liquid fell one by one.

Beneath, a pool of Top Grade Spiritual Liquid had accumulated, a rare milky white color indicating its exquisite quality.]

Xie Jiuniang gasped at the sight.

She read on.

[She collected the Spiritual Liquid, and under the pool, a large chunk of Spiritual Marrow was revealed; she used the Broken Sword to pry out a smaller piece beside it, and also leveraged out a few pieces of Spirit Crystal…]

Ten breaths’ time was up.

Xie Jiuniang stepped out.

She consumed some Spiritual Liquid to recover, but felt something strange. Was there really no danger?

Then, she stepped out of the Tortoise Shell and peered through the small hole at the other side of the rock wall; that sense of danger returned.

Xie Jiuniang turned and crawled back into the Tortoise Shell.

The feeling immediately dissipated.

“Little Jianjian, are you sure there’s no danger on the other side of the rock wall?” Xie Jiuniang asked as she grabbed the Broken Sword.

Jian Lingyan confidently said, “There’s none oh.”

“Then why don’t you go over there and take a look?”

“Okay!”

The Broken Sword crashed through the small hole and flew out, took a quick tour, then flew back in.

If the master hadn’t been in the middle of setting up a Small Isolation Formation in the stone cave, Jian Lingyan would have gone to dig some Spirit Crystals.

Spirit Crystals were everywhere.

Jian Lingyan wanted them; it wanted them so badly.

But the master wouldn’t let it act recklessly, threatening to throw it into a dung pit otherwise.

Being thrown into a dung pit was absolutely unthinkable.

Never! It could never happen!