Chapter 17: Sword Box Gathers Qi (Second update, seeking favorites and recommendations)

Zhang Nuo practiced in the Stone Chamber for three full days. During these three days, every night when it was deep and quiet, the Spiritual Qi around him would become astonishingly dense. At the beginning, he was immersed in surprise; after all, such a large amount of Spiritual Qi was truly a tremendous help to his cultivation.

However, very quickly, Zhang Nuo became suspicious. Why would the Spiritual Qi suddenly become so dense? In order to figure out the reason, he planned to stop practicing tonight when the Spiritual Qi was at its densest to see where the source of such dense Spiritual Qi was coming from!

If he could find the source and make good use of it, Zhang Nuo might really be able to rush to the Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Stage within five years.

The day passed just like that. After night fell, Zhang Nuo sat cross-legged on the stone bed, his eyes slightly closed as he slowly regulated his breathing. Soon, the time reached late at night. At this moment, Zhang Nuo clearly felt the surrounding Spiritual Qi begin to thicken, but it had not yet reached its peak level, so he did not act immediately and instead sat quietly in place.

After about half an hour, the surrounding Spiritual Qi finally reached a peak. Zhang Nuo opened his eyes abruptly and looked around, but he did not discover anything unusual.

"Strange? Where is such dense Spiritual Qi coming from?"

Supporting his chin with one hand, Zhang Nuo searched bitterly for the answer in his heart. The furnishings in his room had basically not been changed, and nothing had ever been added. Such a concentration of Spiritual Qi must have been attracted by something, but what exactly was this thing?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed Zhang Nuo's mind. He turned his head to look at the "Nine Dragon Sword Case" beside him. From beginning to end, this was the only item he had brought back to his room, so it had the greatest suspicion.

When he first looked at it, Zhang Nuo did not find anything special, but as he watched carefully, he discovered that a layer of faint white mist was permeating the surface of the Sword Box. That white mist seemed to exist and yet not exist, appearing very ethereal; if one did not look closely, one would not be able to discover it at all.

Looking at the Sword Box in front of him in surprise, Zhang Nuo did not touch it, but only observed it curiously. Gradually, the white mist on the Sword Box began to dissipate, and the concentration of the surrounding Spiritual Qi also slowly faded. Until this moment, Zhang Nuo could finally conclude that the reason for the Spiritual Qi becoming dense was because of that layer of white mist on the Sword Box.

After the white mist on the Sword Box completely dissipated, Zhang Nuo grabbed it into his arms and flipped it over to examine this Magic Treasure that his master Lin Fan called trash!

Not to mention anything else about this "Nine Dragon Sword Case," just the function of being able to gather Spiritual Qi alone meant it could not be called trash. However, on the day he chose the Sword Box, Lin Fan clearly told him that the Sword Box was already ruined and was basically no different from scrap iron, but everything before his eyes was seen by Zhang Nuo with his own eyes; it could not be fake.

Could it be that Lin Fan did not know the secret of this Sword Box? This thought had just risen in Zhang Nuo's mind when he immediately dismissed it. This kind of thing was almost impossible. Lin Fan had possessed the "Nine Dragon Sword Case" for nearly a hundred years; it was impossible for him not to have discovered this.

Thinking this way, there was only one possibility! That was because the dragon carvings on the Sword Box had eaten the white crystal produced by the "Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect," which caused this.

Suddenly figuring this out, Zhang Nuo's face was full of smiles, and his mouth could hardly close. Now he had finally discovered the wonderful use of the insect. Previously, the insect had not shown anything special, but through the changes in the "Nine Dragon Sword Case," it proved that the insect was a rare treasure.

The "Nine Dragon Sword Case" was a Magic Treasure passed down from ancient times, having passed through the hands of countless people and been damaged in several great wars; the degree of its destruction was quite severe, otherwise Lin Fan would not have placed it in a corner of the Magic Treasure room.

If Lin Fan had a way to repair this Sword Box, he would have done it long ago and certainly would not have let such a Magic Treasure go to waste.

However, with the crystal produced by the "Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect," the Sword Box actually regained some Spiritual Qi. It had to be said that the power of this crystal was extremely strong.

The night was still as cool as water. Deep in the Divine Sword Mountain Range, a golden beetle was crawling on a giant rock, gnawing away. The "crunch, crunch" sound appeared extremely harsh in the night, but there were rarely any human traces in the great mountains, and no one discovered this at all.

In a short while, this giant rock had completely entered the golden beetle's stomach. It vibrated its wings twice and flew toward the distance, extremely satisfied. The direction the beetle flew was exactly where the main peak of the Divine Sword Mountain Range—Shenjian Peak—was located, which was also where the Divine Sword Sect was!