Chapter 2287: Chapter 2289: Insufficient Vitality Stones
The cave isn’t very deep, just around three miles, but the Insect Race is extremely inconsiderate, their droppings are everywhere, and the stench is overpowering.
Everyone put up their protective shields, their expressions becoming more bewildered as they walked, and just as they were about to reach the end, True Immortal Chen Xi spoke up, "Vitality Stone!"
Qing Ji and the others were not familiar with the Vitality Stone, so they voiced out, "Is this a type of energy-infused ore?"
True Immortal Chen Xi shared the latest information with them, and upon hearing that this item cannot be stored for long on the Tianqin Plane, everyone couldn’t help but show disgruntled expressions. Elder Cang Jing even directly stated, "Well, that makes it rather pointless."
However, Yi Jue didn’t mind, she thought for a moment before speaking, "We could simulate it a bit, maybe there’s another way to use it."
True Immortal Chen Xi said, "Some of the arrangements at the passage entrance can still make use of these Vitality Stones... Hmm, the intensity of this vitality is stronger than what we’ve found before."
"Since we’re already here," Feng Jun also commented, "we might as well mine it, whether for our own use or to sell it to Xuanhuang and Yuangang, it’s all great."
"Just mining a portion is enough," Elder Cang Jing remarked, "our main task is still exploration, spending most of our time mining feels a bit wasteful."
True Immortal Chen Xi’s mouth moved a bit, he originally wanted to say that these ores could be handed over to the Xuanhuang Sect for mining, and Mountain Master Feng could just help transport the people here.
But on second thought, mining in the Insect Race’s territory would require a significant number of defenders, not to mention utilizing a large number of low-level disciples, which would further strain the already tight manpower.
So he could only nod, "Collecting one batch is enough, just don’t know... if any more Insect Races know about this place."
"Let’s clean up a bit first," Yi Jue couldn’t stand the stench here, "after mining a part, just seal the cave entrance."
They were all action-oriented folk, and despite most of them being Nascent Soul cultivators, they didn’t feel there was any disgrace in mining ores.
While most of them were mining the ores, Feng Jun was sent out on guard duty, accompanied by Yi Jue and Qing Ji.
After a day, they had already mined a considerable amount, and Feng Jun greeted everyone, took a few Vitality Stones, saying he wanted to return to the Kunhao Realm, to see if they could be stored there.
This reasoning was accepted by everyone—if these energy stones could be stored in the lower realms, that’s a path worth considering.
The gazes directed at him were full of envy: we wish we had such abnormal teleportation abilities too.
However, although Feng Jun said he was going to Kunhao, with a swipe of his mobile phone, he actually went straight to Earth, where he used his Divine Sense to directly connect with the Guardian.
The Guardian was a bit exasperated, "I say, you keep contacting me at the drop of a hat, do you really think I don’t need Spirit Stones for my activities?"
This is the sorrow of living in a world devoid of magic, even a great being like it must calculate the use of spiritual energy.
But Feng Jun handed over a Vitality Stone, "Senior, I’ve discovered this kind of energy stone in another otherworld, and I want to know... can this thing enhance Earth’s spiritual mechanism?"
"Oh?" The Guardian exclaimed in surprise, and then the stone in Feng Jun’s hand inexplicably disappeared.
After a while, it spoke again, "This thing is interesting, but... you want Domain Care?"
"Domain Care is just incidental," Feng Jun answered earnestly, "the main thing is to enhance the spiritual mechanism of the Earth Realm."
"I fear you will be disappointed," the Guardian replied without hesitation, "the operational mechanism of this energy stone means it is a non-spiritual mechanism energy supply method, compared to spiritual energy, it’s more like... the fossil fuels currently used in the Earth Realm."
"Fossil fuels..." Feng Jun quickly caught on, "If I massively transport Vitality Stones here?"
"That’s right, just as you thought," the Guardian, quite sharp, guessed where he was going, "global warming... if you bring in a massive amount of this stuff, the result will be rising sea levels, and then you’ll be the sinner of this domain."
"Tsk, I knew it..." Feng Jun clicked his tongue in frustration, "Forget it, I’ll just focus on bringing more Spirit Stones instead."
He was genuinely mentally prepared, whether Vitality Stones or Spirit Stones, they are essentially energy forms, but the energy of Spirit Stones feels higher-end on a level, harder to convert to fossil fuel-like states.
Just as converting fossil fuel to spiritual energy is challenging, Feng Jun’s Electric Power Gathering Array first converts fossil fuel into electricity, and electricity as an energy form is already relatively high level.
But trying to convert electricity into spiritual energy—more strictly speaking, an apparatus to gather spiritual energy, Feng Jun put in a great deal of effort.
So the kinship between Vitality Stones and fossil fuels doesn’t surprise Feng Jun at all, and he was prepared for the potential of global warming effects brought by Vitality Stones.
But he always hoped that, with the great power of the Guardian, they might be able to solve this problem. Now with the Big Boss directly telling him it’s impossible, he certainly felt a bit disappointed.
"However..." The Guardian let out a big sigh, "This Vitality Stone is still very useful to me, it can help replenish my Spiritual Energy... I will take as many as you have."
Feng Jun could hardly believe his ears, "Senior, can you... convert it into Spiritual Energy?"
"I can," the Guardian answered straightforwardly, "The conversion process is a bit difficult, but for personal use, it’s no problem."
This answer really took Feng Jun by surprise. After a while, he cautiously asked, "Senior, if you can convert it into your own Spiritual Energy, then... then... is it possible, is it possible to convert it to Earth’s Spiritual Energy?"
"Convert to Earth’s Spiritual Energy? That is definitely possible," the Guardian replied very simply.
But then, it took a complete 180-degree turn, "But why convert it into Earth’s Spiritual Energy? This is already a Dharma-Ending Era plane. If I convert it into Spiritual Energy that I can use, that’s enough; what others do, does it have anything to do with me?"
"Of course it does," Feng Jun didn’t understand its line of thinking at all, "Don’t you hope for the revival of Spiritual Energy on Earth Realm?"
"Of course I hope so," the Guardian affirmed with certainty, then very bluntly said, "But the revival of Spiritual Energy doesn’t mean much to me. Personally, I feel it’s not so important... As long as I have enough Spiritual Energy myself, that’s fine."
The Guardian is actually a very peculiar existence. It indeed lacks Spiritual Energy greatly, but it knows the few Spirit Stone Mines in Earth Realm, and even personally sealed them—in dire need of Spiritual Energy, it wouldn’t touch these Spirit Stone Mines.
While the increase of Earth Realm’s Spirit Mechanisms makes it happy, describing the extent of this happiness is... essentially hard to express, since its feelings toward the natives of Earth Realm aren’t particularly deep.
Nevertheless, it still keeps its promises. Having agreed to guard the Earth Realm, it means guarding it.
Now having discovered Vitality Stones, it feels there’s no help for Earth Realm, but they are beneficial to itself, so it unabashedly expresses, "I need this thing, give me as much as you can."
Transforming Vitality Stones into Spiritual Energy for absorption, it naturally can also convert Vitality Stones into Earth’s Spiritual Energy—the logic is very simple.
But the Guardian believes—why bother with this? Converting Vitality Stones into Spiritual Energy isn’t too difficult, but it really doesn’t mean much to it. To evolve the Earth Realm from a Dharma-Ending Era to a Spiritual Energy revival, the required Spiritual Energy is not just a small amount.
Ultimately, the most effective way to boost Earth Realm’s Spirit Mechanisms is through the Tunxing Clan’s viscera and such, which can absorb free-floating Spiritual Energy from the cosmos. Over time, the revival of Spiritual Energy becomes an unstoppable trend that is basically hard to obstruct.
However, even if it is a trend... it still requires a process.
The Guardian believes it can afford to wait, and thus doesn’t want to exert itself too much because even with its capacity and magnitude, significantly increasing Earth’s Spiritual Energy is rather arduous.
Simply put, to talk about efficacy without considering the dosage is sheer nonsense.
Feng Jun thought it through and finally understood the Guardian’s logic, thus he asked, "Senior, if I can provide a large amount of Spirit Stones to you, would you be willing to convert the Vitality Stones into Spiritual Energy to nourish Earth?"
"Young people are always so impatient," the Guardian couldn’t help but remarked, then asked, "Leaving aside how many Spirit Stones you need to provide, if I were to convert Spiritual Energy and nourish Earth, Domain Care would have nothing to do with you; are you sure you want to do this?"
Feng Jun nodded and answered forthrightly, "No problem, I don’t mind; reviving Earth’s Spiritual Energy is my wish."
"You don’t mind, but I don’t want to get entangled with that Domain Consciousness guy," the Guardian replied leisurely, "Being involved with causality with the Domain is actually quite troublesome... Of course, you don’t have to worry about this for now."
Feng Jun was stunned, "So there’s such a thing as this?"
"Isn’t that right? Did you think I was just too lazy to act?" The Guardian replied slowly, "Anyway, I will help you convert some Spiritual Energy moderately, whether more or less depends on my mood."
"As for Domain Care, since the Spirit Stones and Vitality Stones originate from your hands, I’ll transfer this causality to you."
Well, then... Feng Jun was a bit speechless. He had vaguely thought of, when asking the other side to convert Spiritual Energy, that not all of Domain Care would fall to the other side; he could share a portion, but he had not expected the Guardian to be able to transfer the care entirely.
From this point, he vaguely realized that his request might be asking too much from the other side.
"It was my lack of consideration," he admitted his mistake straightforwardly, "Senior, these Vitality Stones are not accepted by the main plane of the Otherworld; is it possible to convert them into Spiritual Energy in the lower realm?"
"At least your idea is correct," the Guardian surprisingly praised Feng Jun.
"The universe is vast, not just Earth with a single Domain. You were born here, you have already received the care of this place. More care doesn’t mean much, better to seek the care from several Domains, this is the right path for a Cultivator... As for the Domain you mentioned, first take a breath of its air."
