Chapter 691: Chapter 688: The Struggle for Spiritual Veins!_1

Li Ruoxiang wasn’t a fool; it was clear to her that Yang Chen’s visit today wasn’t simply to discuss matters related to the Taichi True Scripture.

Her lips slightly parted: “You come to see me, it must not be just about the Taichi True Scripture, right?”

Yang Chen nodded: “I come to you with even more critical matters… Well, it’s a long story, but it’s related to the Gold and Silver Dragon Plate!”

“Gold and Silver Dragon Plate…” Upon hearing this, Li Ruoxiang immediately became interested, her eyes shining brightly, unable to hide her excitement.

However, before she could finish speaking, a few frantic voices appeared outside the door. These disciples stood anxiously in front of the courtyard, saying one after another, “Sect Leader, something terrible has happened, something has gone wrong, something has gone wrong!”

Upon hearing this, Li Ruoxiang frowned, not having time to ask Yang Chen about the Gold and Silver Dragon Plate, and rushed into the courtyard with him.

“Sect Leader!”

“Greetings, Sect Leader!”

These disciples all knelt down on one knee to show their respect.

Li Ruoxiang waved her hand: “No need for these formalities, just tell me what happened!”

These disciples looked at each other hesitantly, seeing the difficulty in each other’s eyes. After a while, a bold female disciple finally spoke: “Sect Leader, this is what happened. Today, several of our senior and junior sisters were attacked by people from Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect in the spiritual veins!”

“What!” Li Ruoxiang widened her eyes: “When did this happen!”

“Not long ago!” The disciples replied timidly.

Li Ruoxiang’s face turned cold: “What exactly happened? Why would people from Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect cause trouble for our Green Lotus Sect?”

“Sect Leader, we also thought so. But when we were changing shifts at the spiritual veins, we discovered that our Green Lotus Sect disciples were all captured by people from Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect. When we asked, the people from Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect claimed that our Green Lotus Sect members disobeyed the rules and crossed the line, entering their spiritual vein territory. But now that our people are in their hands, they can say whatever they want. We don’t know the specifics of what happened.” The disciples clenched their teeth.

Li Ruoxiang furrowed her brow, clenching her teeth tightly inside.

The situation was tense.

It was clear that Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect were joining forces to cause trouble for their Green Lotus Sect.

What were these two?

They were powers of the Western 42 Regions, not the Eastern Region, so they naturally didn’t care about how they treated Green Lotus Sect. Of course, Green Lotus Sect wouldn’t usually be afraid of these two powers either, but the problem lay in the timing chosen by Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect.

Just as the Pill Battle Conference had ended and one issue hadn’t yet settled down, Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect came knocking as if they had planned it.

“Is this a coincidence?” Li Ruoxiang murmured in her heart.

She secretly solidified these thoughts in her heart, and with a fluid gaze, she looked at these disciples and said, “How many of our disciples are in the hands of Demon Subduing Sect and Wood Dragon City now?”

“About forty disciples.” The disciples replied.

“Sect Leader, I feel that this is a deliberate move by Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect. Our senior and junior sisters usually follow the rules; how could they have committed such an overstepping act?”

Li Ruoxiang rubbed her eyebrows: “Regardless, we still have to go and take a look. Then, we’ll rescue those disciples! Let’s set out!”

“Yes.”

“Yes, Sect Leader!”

The disciples naturally didn’t hesitate and quickly prepared to set out.

Yang Chen, standing to the side, felt a little awkward. Although he had some understanding of Demon Subduing Sect and Wood Dragon City, it was still limited. Thus, as he listened to their conversation, he didn’t quite understand what had happened.

After some thought, he could only ask, “Sect Leader Li, do you need me to come with you to check it out?”

Upon hearing this, Li Ruoxiang’s body quivered slightly. After thinking for a moment, she turned and looked at Yang Chen, saying, “You can come along.”

Yang Chen, hearing Li Ruoxiang’s words, nodded and followed closely behind her, asking, “Sect Leader Li, what exactly happened?”

“You should know about spiritual veins; they are the foundation of a sect!” Li Ruoxiang slowly said.

“This junior naturally knows.” Yang Chen replied.

What are spiritual veins?

Spiritual veins are the origin of spiritual energy.

Why does the Great Wasteland have so little spiritual energy? That’s because there are hardly any spiritual veins in such a place. So, once everyone absorbed the spiritual energy within the Great Wasteland, new spiritual energy could only come from the outside. But how much spiritual energy could flow into the Great Wasteland from the outside world?

This was also the reason why the Great Wasteland lacked geniuses.

Firstly, the space was small, and secondly, the environment was poor.

Spiritual veins were precious, and even in North Mountain County, there were only a few. One spiritual vein could support the rise of a powerful sect. Only those at the level of the Three Hegemons could enjoy a spiritual vein, while the Six Sects didn’t have this treatment.

In addition, spiritual veins had another advantage; they could give birth to spirit stones!

The larger the spiritual vein, the more spirit stones it produced. This was also the reason why many sects were powerful and extravagant with spirit stones. Spiritual veins were the birthplace of spirit stones, and with spirit stones being constantly produced, they naturally never ran out.

As Yang Chen was pondering, Li Ruoxiang explained: “You should have heard the disciples mention Demon Subduing Sect and Wood Dragon City. They are powers of the Western 42 Regions!”

“What does the power of the Western 42 Regions have to do with our spiritual veins?” Yang Chen asked curiously.

“That’s because this spiritual vein is located right at the border of the Eastern 36 Regions and the Western 42 Regions!” Li Ruoxiang said expressionlessly. “Furthermore, it’s a huge spiritual vein. Even if our Green Lotus Sect owns four other spiritual veins, their combined size doesn’t compare to this one!”

Yang Chen widened his eyes, and in an instant guessed some aspects of the situation.

No wonder!

The size of the four spiritual veins combined was still smaller than this single one! How big was this spiritual vein?!

With a cold tone, Li Ruoxiang said, “Actually, this spiritual vein didn’t initially cross the line of the Western 42 Regions. It was just the greed of Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect that led them to deliberately destroy the boundary monument and set up a new one. When the new one was set up, the position of the boundary monument shifted, completely calculated by Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect.”

“Afterwards, the spiritual vein was right between the two regions. This gave Wood Dragon City and Demon Subduing Sect an excuse to share in our bounty from the spiritual vein. As a result, even though the spiritual vein originally belonged to our Green Lotus Sect, it was now divided between three powers!”