C51 A Hunter Hidden in the Darkness

Within the Lan family Ancestral Hall.

In front of Xia Xingchen, there was a pile of ten Middle Grade Spirit Stones whose spiritual energy had been completely devoured. Rather than calling it a Middle Grade Spirit Stone, it was more accurate to say that it was a genuine stone.

This time, it took Xia Xingchen two days and two nights to absorb only ten Middle Grade Spirit Stone, which was equivalent to a hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones. The Cultivation Level naturally broke through to the second level of the Heavenly Fusion Mirror.

This time, Xia Xingchen had swallowed the Spiritual Qi for quite a long time. It was not because it was difficult to break through, but because Xia Xingchen had just stepped into the Heavenly Fusion Mirror. The Cultivation Level was unstable. In order to further consolidate the Cultivation Level, Xia Xingchen had deliberately delayed his breakthrough.

Including the cultivation resources required, eight middle Grade Spirit Stone was actually enough. However, Xia Xingchen had used up a total of ten middle Grade Spirit Stones in order to consolidate the Cultivation Level.

After letting out a long breath, the corner of Xia Xingchen's mouth immediately pulled into a mocking smile. "The three mid-tier Grade Spirit Stone I got from the Fang Clan should be the Spirit Stone that just went from low-tier to mid-tier. The intensity of the spiritual energy couldn't even be compared to the Middle Grade Grade Spirit Stone in the Three great families. It's like a fake Middle Grade Grade Spirit Stone. What's laughable is that this type of fake Spirit Stone is actually the Fang Clan's best resource.... "

Back when the Cultivation Level was in the Celestial Mirror, Xia Xingchen had swallowed three middle Grade Spirit Stone in the Fang Clan. However, the effect of his advancement was very ordinary. Now, when comparing the middle Grade Spirit Stone in the Three great families, the advantages and disadvantages were immediately obvious.

The three mid-tier Grade Spirit Stone in the Fang Clan were only able to absorb enough spiritual energy from the Grade Spirit Stone. The newly transformed mid-tier Grade Spirit Stone was the same as the newly brewed version of the old wine.

Why hadn't Xia Xingchen noticed the difference in the Fang family's Spirit Stone back then?

It was very simple. Not to mention the lowest spirit level Lower Grade Grade Spirit Stone, even if it was a spirit level Upper Grade Grade Spirit Stone, when the Star Emperor's Cultivation Level was weak, it wouldn't even look at it directly.

It was only because of the intensity of the spiritual energy that permeated the Nine Heavens Ten Earths. It was stronger than the spiritual energy contained within these spirit rank Spirit Stones in the Nine Heavens Ten Earths. The star grade Spirit Stone was Fighter's starting resource. Therefore... As for the Spirit Grade Spirit Stone, even if the Star Sovereign had lived for ten thousand years... However, he had only come into contact with it a few times.

At this moment, the sound of light and hurried footsteps could be heard from outside the ancestral hall. The footsteps stopped at the entrance of the ancestral hall, as if they were hesitating whether or not they should knock on the door.

Xia Xingchen immediately withdrew his thoughts and said indifferently, "Come in."

On the other side, as soon as Xia Xingchen's voice faded, Lan Tong pushed open the door and walked into the ancestral hall.

"Young master Xia, thank goodness you have come out of seclusion..." Lan Tong was startled when he saw Xia Xingchen's vigorous Qi.

Lan Tong had practiced medicine for a few decades and also served as the Imperial Physician in Chu Country and Capital City. There were naturally many people who had seen him, but this was the first time he had seen someone like Xia Xingchen. He had obviously expended a lot of energy, but he was able to recover to his original state in just two days and two nights. The most important thing was that Lan Tong could easily see through Xia Xingchen's Cultivation Level. The second level of the Heavenly Fusion Mirror!

Two days and two nights had not only made up for the deficit, but the Cultivation Level had also improved by one level...

Staring at Xia Xingchen in a daze, two words involuntarily surfaced in Lan Tong's heart: monstrous!

"Seeing how anxious you are, did something happen?" Xia Xingchen's voice was unusually calm.

"It's like this, young master Xia. A piece of good news, a piece of bad news. Let me tell you the bad news first." Lan Tong took a deep breath and continued, "The Ye Family and the Zhao Family have sent almost all the forces of the family to Dragon-beheading Mountain's bloodline. According to young master Xia's instructions, we have opened up a carpet to search Dragon-beheading Mountain's vein. However, in the past two days, they did not find any kind of sealing barrier that the Royal Princess saw. On the contrary, we have lost quite a number of people. "

"She did not find any barriers, but she lost quite a number of people?" Xia Xingchen raised his eyebrows. This matter seemed a little strange.

"On the first night, the people from the Ye Family and Zhao Family spread out. They set up tents on Dragon-beheading Mountain's mountain range and set up camp on top of him. However, on the second morning, one of the camps was directly slaughtered. Moreover, it was in the dead of night. They were all killed without a sound!" Lan Tong's expression became extremely complicated. "The next day, which is to say, late at night yesterday, I personally went to Dragon-beheading Mountain. I did not sleep the whole night. But the next day... Another team of thirty men was slaughtered! "

Upon hearing Lan Tong's words, Xia Xingchen immediately furrowed his brows.

Lan Tong had the first layer of the Cultivation Level in the Heavenly Mirror. In the Eastsea City, he was definitely one of the top experts. However, under the premise that he did not discover anything, a group of thirty men was annihilated without a trace?

This meant that the Cultivation Level was definitely stronger than Lan Tong. In fact, there was more than one person who did it!

A team of thirty people, as well as the warning of the massacre on the first night. Patrol and alert were definitely the highest level. However, under such circumstances, they were silently wiped out. The person who attacked must have used a lightning strike in an instant. Only in this way could the thirty people not even make a sound. This... A single person would definitely not be able to do it!

"The Royal Princess has guessed that there must be another force that has entered Dragon-beheading Mountain. And it definitely wouldn't be the Tianchu Martial Academy. If it was the Tianchu Martial Academy... It will definitely come looking for you, not those shrimp soldiers and crab generals that are targeting Dragon-beheading Mountain! " Lan Tong took a deep breath and said with a worried expression, "These hunters hiding in the darkness must know about the Ancient ruins. Moreover, they have started to target us! "

"Are they hiding in the dark?" A cold smile appeared on Xia Xingchen's face. "Tell Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu to keep searching during the day and gather at night."

"Got it!" Lan Tong nodded heavily. Xia Xingchen's words were the only solution at the moment. If the people of Ye Family and Zhao Family continued to be slaughtered, Dragon-beheading Mountain's search would be affected.

"There is another good thing. What is it?" Xia Xingchen's tone was terrifyingly calm.

"The other families and rogue cultivators of the Eastsea City have been hunting and harvesting for two days and two nights. They have already collected a considerable amount of herbs and inner cores. They are now piled outside the ancestral hall." When this matter was brought up, a smile returned to Lan Tong's face.

Once the herbs and inner cores were ready, Xia Xingchen would be able to refine even more better Pills. As long as the Pills was guaranteed, then the chances of him winning in the upcoming fierce battle would increase by a few points.

After saying this, Lan Tong walked out of the ancestral hall and called over a dozen of Lan families's guards to carry the medicinal resources gathered by the entire city into the ancestral hall.

Xia Xingchen merely glanced at them and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.