jdhmnovel Chapter 428: Deep in the Black Forest 1
Chapter 428: Deep in the Black Forest 1
"It's available, but the cooldown is so long!" Su Siyi immediately opened the system mall to check after hearing Nangong Jingming's question. Her fingers slid quickly across the virtual interface, her eyes filled with nervousness and anticipation.
"How long will it take?" Nangong Jingming leaned over to Su Siyi, his eyes fixed on the system interface in her hand, eager to know the answer. This was a major matter of cultivation, and the time it took to obtain the spiritual vein was directly related to their future progress in cultivation.
"Two years!" Su Siyi carefully examined it and slowly gave the answer. There was a hint of surprise in her tone. After all, two years of cooling off was indeed a long time.
"Two years is a bit long, but being able to purchase a spiritual vein is already a rare opportunity." Nangong Jingming frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly spoke. In his opinion, although the wait was long, being able to purchase a spiritual vein was already a great opportunity. Spiritual veins are the key to improving strength for cultivators. If a family can cultivate on a spiritual vein, their cultivation speed will be greatly improved, and their strength will also increase rapidly.
"That's right. For something this good, a long cooldown is the most reasonable." Su Siyi nodded, agreeing with Nangong Jingming's point of view. She understood that rarity makes things valuable, and it would be unreasonable to easily obtain such a precious spiritual vein.
"Yeah, but I now have two spirit veins." Su Siyi suddenly remembered that she had just bought the spirit veins in the mall. Although this transaction directly reduced her points to only 100,000, she was still filled with joy when she thought of the huge value of owning two spirit veins.
"That's great! When the time comes, we can carefully consider where to place our spiritual veins," Nangong Jingming said excitedly, his eyes gleaming. Two spiritual veins meant they had more options and room for development. This was crucial for both building a dedicated sacred place for cultivation and laying the foundation for the family's rise.
"Well, but I'm wondering if we should place this spiritual vein in the cultivation world so that they can continue to cultivate and they won't have to go out and mess around." Su Siyi frowned slightly, lost in thought. She thought about the current situation in the cultivation world, with its scarce resources and constant conflict. If the spiritual vein could be placed here, perhaps it would ease some of the conflicts.
"We need to think about this further. The emergence of the cultivation world cannot be changed, so whether or not to provide them with a place to cultivate remains to be seen." Nangong Jingming's face was serious, his thoughts more far-reaching. In his opinion, simply providing a place for cultivation for the cultivation world would not fundamentally solve the problem. The disputes in the cultivation world were long-standing, and the human heart was complex. It was not something that could be quelled by a simple allocation of resources.
Furthermore, the placement of spiritual veins involved many factors, such as security and the balance of power, which all needed to be carefully considered. Giving them a place to cultivate didn't mean they could just stay there and cultivate peacefully. A slight mistake could lead to even greater unrest.
"Well, let's talk about this after we get back. Let's take a closer look at what secrets are hidden in the depths of this black forest!" Su Siyi's eyes flashed with curiosity. At this moment, she was full of curiosity about the whereabouts of those disappeared people. Compared with the issue of the placement of the spiritual veins, the secrets hidden here seemed more attractive.
"Well, but it doesn't look like anything special here!" Nangong Jingming turned around slowly and scanned the surroundings carefully, not missing any corner. However, what appeared before his eyes was just an ordinary forest scene, and he didn't find anything unusual.
"Brother Nangong, do you think this place looks a little strange?" Su Siyi's gaze was fixed on a large rock not far away. She narrowed her eyes slightly, and a strange feeling surged in her heart.
"Why is it strange? It's just a big rock, although it's a little too big!" Nangong Jingming followed her gaze and saw that the rock was indeed huge, but in this mysterious black forest, he thought it might just be another masterpiece of nature and did not notice anything special about it.
"Look at this big rock, it's stuck in this place so abruptly, isn't it strange?" Su Siyi frowned slightly and pointed at the huge rock, trying to draw Nangong Jingming's attention to its unusualness. In her eyes, the existence of this rock seemed out of place.
"It's okay. The wonders of nature are hard to explain." Nangong Jingming shook his head slightly. He had witnessed many wonders of nature, so he was not surprised by this big rock.
"But I just feel that this stone doesn't fit in here at all. You see, there are no big stones here. We haven't found such big stones in the Black Forest we walked through. This stone is very special." Su Siyi patiently analyzed her thoughts. She firmly believed that this stone was not as simple as it seemed.
"Now that you put it that way, it seems like there really is only this one big stone. What we usually see are just very small stones." Nangong Jingming was slightly stunned, and then he carefully recalled the scenes he had seen along the way, and found that it was indeed the case. He couldn't help but have some doubts about this big stone.
"This big rock must have some secret, otherwise the system wouldn't guide us to sign in here. There must be something different. Let's look carefully." Su Siyi said, and she couldn't wait to walk around the big rock and start to examine it carefully. Her eyes were focused, and she didn't miss any tiny traces on the stone.
Nangong Jingming, upon seeing this, hurriedly followed her and began searching diligently. Su Siyi reached out and carefully felt the stone's surface, feeling its grain and texture. Suddenly, her finger inadvertently pressed a spot hidden within the stone's veins. With a soft click, a secret passage slowly opened.
"Could this be the place where they disappeared?" Su Siyi looked at the passage that suddenly appeared in front of her, with a hint of surprise and confusion in her eyes. She secretly wondered in her heart, did those people who disappeared in the Black Forest disappear through this passage?
"It's very likely. Let's go down and take a look!" Nangong Jingming looked at the mysterious passage with excitement in his eyes. Exploring the unknown has always been his interest, not to mention that this may be related to those missing cases.