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Chapter 3593: Sacred Stones

These items were buried beneath the mass of tree vines, occasionally emitting shimmering light between the tangles. If one didn't look closely, they would easily be overlooked. Mo Lian approached with a curious expression.

The vines hanging on the inner wall, seeing him draw near, immediately bristled, countless tendrils whipping towards Mo Lian. The branch from the little tree sphere, seeing this, lunged forward and vigorously struck the mass of vines. This caused the other vines to droop limply like "whiskers," completely quieting down.

Mo Lian ignored the interaction between the two, walking directly to the tangled roots of the vines. He used the black, ominous stick in his hand to rake through the chaotic vines, pulling out a large pile of sparkling stones.

"Huh? Aren't these Sacred Stones??" Mo Lian thought he was seeing things and quickly pulled out all the shimmering stones. His eyes widened slightly, then a smile touched his lips.

These were Sacred Stones, which could only be produced in the Sacred Domain, and were resources required for cultivation in the Transcendental Divine Realm. This pile of Sacred Stones easily contained several thousand pieces, far more than the Sacred Stones he currently possessed.

Could it be? Was there a Sacred Vein, an extremely rare occurrence, buried deep beneath this valley?

On the Three Continents, Sacred Veins that produced Sacred Stones were largely the stuff of legends. There were indeed records in ancient texts of strange tales, mentioning an elder at the peak of the Divine Realm who, after years of stagnation at that level, was on the verge of death. This meant that if he didn't advance within a year, his lifespan would end. However, just before his death, this elder miraculously found several Sacred Stones in the mountains, breaking through the Divine Realm peak in one fell swoop and finally stepping into the coveted Profound Venerable Realm. From then on, that elder naturally ascended to the Sacred Domain and became world-renowned.

Therefore, Sacred Stones were not entirely unheard of on the Three Continents. He had previously sent people to search for Sacred Stone mines, but they had only ever found a few pieces, or a dozen at most. To stumble upon so many Sacred Stones by chance, as he had today, was absolutely unprecedented.

Mo Lian meticulously searched the depths of the cave wall. He had a feeling that there was something peculiar about this place. Otherwise, how could this tree seed fragment have gathered so many Sacred Stones? Perhaps there was something strange beneath the ground, or near the depths of the cave?

Mo Lian reached out and touched the cold stone wall. After feeling around for a while, his fingers suddenly paused. Huh? Beneath the tree vines, the stone wall was usually flat, but this particular spot was slightly raised.

Just as Mo Lian was carefully searching, the mass of tree vines suddenly became agitated again, flailing and trying to wrap around Mo Lian's arm. The branch from the little tree sphere then jumped up, hovered in mid-air, twisted forcefully, and nudged the mass of tree vines twice as a warning.

If the main body of the little tree sphere were here, it would surely be saying: Don't court death! Courting death leads to no good end...

This tree seed fragment had grown in this deep valley and on this cliff for a long time. Although it had developed some intelligence, it was completely incomparable to the fragment Qiao Mu found earlier at the Royal Academy. If that fragment had the intelligence of a seven or eight-year-old child, this one probably had the intelligence of a one or two-year-old. The little tree sphere, with just that one branch, could scold this fragment into submission. If it were the previous fragments, it probably wouldn't work.

Mo Lian dug beneath its tree vines and finally pulled out a glowing green orb.