Chapter 19

Book 10 Chapter 19 – Treasure Hunting At Night

At a glance, stone eggs littered the floor, each little piece pressed together . Even if there are differences, these differences are hidden by the sheer quantity of rocks . Lei Xinfeng felt a headache coming .

Lei Xinfeng walked some thousand meters like the others, and his eyes blurred like the others . He began complimenting Senior Brother’s ability to stay here for seventeen years, even if that time was split up into several sections . After just a few kilometers, Lei Xinfeng felt he couldn’t take anymore . This place wasn’t a place for humans .

After sitting down, Lei Xinfeng found that the stone eggs were extremely hot . If he wasn’t a practitioner, his skin would probably have burnt off . Now, he could ignore the heat of the stone eggs . He even thought it was comfortable . With the cool air coming from his chest and the heat from under him, he wanted to take a nap .

Under the allure of the sky crystal, everyone except Lei Xinfeng was working hard .

Lei Xinfeng began rolling on the stone eggs . It felt really good like someone was giving him a massage . Closing his eyes, he let out a satisfied sound, when he suddenly heard something right next to him . Opening his eyes, he saw Xin Zhaolun’s big face looming in front of him, scaring him . “Ahhh, you scared me half to death!”

Xin Zhaolun smiled . “Ah Feng, did you find anything?”

Lei Xinfeng scrunched up his face . “Brother, look at this field of rocks . Even if there is one crystal in ten thousand eggs, then maybe we can get lucky and find one . However, if there is one in ten million, there’s really no way . I only walked this far and I already have a headache and blurry eyes . I’m going blind . ”

Xin Zhaolun couldn’t hold in a grimace . “I didn’t know it would be like this either . No wonder Senior Brother had so much trouble . ”

“True . If it was mining, I have some confidence, but I’m really helpless when it comes to picking out rocks . ”

Feng Chenzong had been watching Lei Xinfeng . When he saw that Xin Zhaolun flew over, he followed . “What’s happening? Is there hope?”

“Senior Brother, it’s not that I’m trying to be negative, but in this field of rocks, it’s too difficult to find anything!” Lei Xinfeng said .

“No matter how difficult, we must persevere,” Feng Chenzong said . “Let’s continue . ” He flew back to where he was and began to look again .

“Third Brother, you go too . I’ll continue . It looks like there’s nothing to rely on but luck now,” Lei Xinfeng said .

Xin Zhaolun nodded . “Haha, okay… Actually, Ah Feng, I think I’ve given up already . ” By the time he finished, his voice was almost inaudible .

Lei Xinfeng laughed . “Brother, me too . I can’t figure out why there would be so many stone eggs around the same size . It’s almost like they’re man-made . ”

Xin Zhaolun scanned the fields . “I know! It’s such a strange place . Whatever . This time, we’re helping Senior brother, so let’s do our best . ” He lowered his voice . “In the sect, everything will be easier if we have his support, especially the use of Hidden Gates .

Only then did he fly back to his spot to continue searching .

After searching for an entire day, everyone had crushed thousands of stone eggs, but no one found a sky crystal .

Lei Xinfeng took out his waterskin and took a sip, watching the sky slowly darken . “Where are we sleeping tonight?” he shouted . This place was wide and flat, and sound carried far .

Feng Chenzong flew into the air, answering, “Alright, we’re stopping here today . Everyone follow me!”

Everyone immediately took flight, gathering at Feng Chenzong’s position .

“Did anyone find anything today?” Feng Chenzong asked .

Everyone shook their heads and he could only sigh . “Alright, follow me . There’s a stone slab we can camp at . ”

After roughly half an hour, the group saw a nondescriptive rock roughly a hundred square meters, jutting a meter out of the ground . Although this slab is full of uneven grooves, it’s still better than the ground full of stone eggs .

No one lit a fire and they all ate dried rations instead . After a simple meal, they all sat down and began to cultivate . It was a habit that they all had .

Lei Xinfeng didn’t cultivate . Instead, he was deep in thought, wondering how he could find these sky crystals . In truth, he didn’t really give up, it’s just that he hadn’t found the right method of searching, of differentiating the rocks . He’d already looked through so many stone eggs . If he kept on like this, he’d never find anything . If he could find the trick to it, then what he could obtain is most likely not limited to just one sky crystal . If he really found the trick, he didn’t mind giving Feng Chenzong and Xin Zhaolun each a crystal .

Once he found the trick, he believed that with his ability, he could definitely find more .

Every time he found a type of ore, he would be able to see a different kind of light . Some were strong and some were weak, but as long as he could find the light, then he’d be able to find the ore . Since sky crystals were also a kind of ore, he didn’t believe that it wouldn’t emit light .

What obstructed his searching was the color of the stone and the ambient light . The powerful sunlight along with the myriad of colors that decorated the stones will cover up the light . No matter how strong his eyesight was, he still wouldn’t be able to find anything . All he could see was a mess of rainbows .

Avoiding the disturbances of this ambient light was the major problem he had to solve .

Lei Xinfeng looked up at the starry night sky, muttering to himself, “Ah, I don’t know if there will be any light at night . It’s not too dark right now, but there’s starlight . Maybe I’ll see something different . ” He stood up and walked toward the edge of the stone slab .

Feng Chenzong noticed Lei Xinfeng’s movement immediately . “What are you doing, Lei Xinfeng?”

“I’m just going to take a walk . I’m a bit miffed that I couldn’t find anything . Testing my luck,” Lei Xinfeng said .

Feng Chenzong nodded, impressed . “Mm, go then . ” That someone was willing to forego sleep to help find look for sky crystals was something that made him really happy . His opinion of Lei Xinfeng keeps raising .

Lei Xinfeng flew a bit of a distance before landing . He didn’t want to search near the stone slab .

Squinting, he saw a vastly different scene than in the day .

The ground wasn’t really dark . Under the starlight, the ground had a light grey color, full of stone eggs, but without the myriad of colors . Lei Xinfeng walked slowly, observing each area .

After several thousand meters, the corner of Lei Xinfeng’s eyes caught a silver flash . He immediately stopped and looked, but he found nothing . However, after his first clue since he came here, he stopped in place . He turned his head, only to catch that silver flash again .

Lei Xinfeng’s heart began to pound . Is it the light that sky crystals gave off?

He must stay calm! After reminding himself, Lei Xinfeng began to shake his head . After a few more times, he caught that silver flash again . After locking onto the location, he walked toward the silver light .

Lei Xinfeng walked extremely slowly, eyes never leaving the stone eggs that caught his eye . He strained every nerve .

When he came to the location of the silver flash, he looked at the stone eggs . Although he couldn’t pinpoint the exact rock that emitted the light, he knew what to do . He sorted through each rock . After throwing away several dozen rocks, he found what he was looking for .

It was an average rock slightly grey in color, quite similar to the one that Feng Chenzong showed him . Only the color was different . However, this stone egg emitted a dim silver glow . Lei Xinfeng knew he struck gold .

Lei Xinfeng carefully held the stone egg and hesitated . He decided to not crush the rock . No one knew which rock contained a crystal so one could only crush it . However, there was a chance that the crystal might shatter . The best method was to grind away the outer layer . This was only viable if you know beforehand that something was in it . Else, will you slowly grind away the entire stone field?

Lei Xinfeng stored the stone egg away into his Hidden Lun Space, marking it carefully so he didn’t lose it . He began to search anew . He hadn’t confirmed whether the object within the stone egg was really a sky crystal, but he knew that something was in it . As to what it is, the only way was to break it open to reveal the inside .

At the moment, Lei Xinfeng realized something else . There was a possibility that the eggs containing the sky crystal might be buried under the upper layer of stone . He wouldn’t know even if he bypassed it .

After thinking about it, Lei Xinfeng began to wield his Chaos Wheel . It slammed into the ground with a loud boom, ending stone eggs flying every which way, leaving a seven to eight meter deep hole . In this strike, Lei Xinfeng carefully controlled his strength, using only a fifth of his power .

Lei Xinfeng found at that moment that the ground was full of stone eggs, even underground, without a trace of soil or bedrock .

After his strike, Lei Xinfeng looked carefully for the light .

In the end, there was none . In other words, this strike didn’t reveal anything .

Fortunately, Lei Xinfeng knew that if it was so easy to find sky crystals, then Feng Chenzong wouldn’t have searched here for seventeen years with nothing to show for it .

Boom!

Ten meters away, Lei Xinfeng launched his second strike .

A silver flash flew in the debris of his destruction . Lei Xinfeng’s heart soared . His body blurred and before the stone landed, it was already in his Hidden Lun space . He won’t open it now, but later . Even if there wasn’t anything in it, there was no loss since he couldn’t find anything in the first place . If he did, however, then he really struck it rich .

Lei Xinfeng blasted the ground a few more times but found nothing except the two he had obtained early .

Just as he was about the hit the ground one more time, his entire group flew over . “Who are you fighting?” Xin Zhaolun shouted .