Chapter 209

Chapter 209: Earthly Treasure! Brutal Destruction!

“What is this?”

The secret room didn’t hold much, just a few wooden shelves.

On them lay weapons, medicinal herbs, books, bottles, jars, and other items.

But none of these caught Lu Qing’s attention.

He was immediately drawn to something in the center of the room.

It was an egg-sized, perfectly round bead, its surface shimmering with a hazy, earthy-yellow color.

It was the only object in the room not on a wooden shelf

, resting on a black iron stand with a slight indentation in the center.

Upon entering, Lu Qing’s intuition told him this object was extraordinary.

He immediately focused his gaze on the earthy-yellow bead.

Several breaths passed, but no information from the bead emerged.

Lu Qing’s surprise deepened.

According to past experience, the longer it took for a supernatural power to detect an item’s information, the more valuable it was.

He waited patiently, staring intently at the bead.

After more than ten breaths, a faint purple light of supernatural power finally emerged from the bead’s surface.

“Purple light item!”

Lu Qing’s mind raced, and he quickly glanced at the several messages that appeared.

[Earth Spirit Bead: A miraculous bead bred from the essence of earth, possessing numerous miraculous and extraordinary abilities.]

[Rumor has it that Earth Spirit Beads can only be bred in the deepest parts of the earth, where the power of earth is most abundant.]

[Containing the power of the laws of earth, it is the most exquisite natural spiritual weapon embryo.]

[Weighing a thousand pounds, despite its small size, the bead possesses an astonishing weight.]

…

“Earth Spirit Bead! It’s actually an Earth Spirit Bead!”

Upon reading the information about this ochre-colored bead, Lu Qing’s excitement was beyond description.

The Earth Spirit Bead was also recorded in detail in the Lihuo Sect’s inheritance.

This unique bead, bred from the essence of earth power, possessed numerous extraordinary powers and was extremely rare.

Even in the age of immortal cultivation, this treasure was an inestimably precious one. Once revealed, it would surely draw countless cultivators’ scramble.

It was surprising to find such a precious earth-based treasure hidden within the Zheng family’s secret vault.

“It seems that these tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy depletion have truly left countless spiritual objects in obscurity. In that era of immortal cultivation, how could a treasure like the Earth Spirit Pearl have ever been collected by the Zheng family?”

Lu Qing sighed as he gazed at the Earth Spirit Pearl.

Now he understood why the Zheng family had placed this pearl on a separate iron stand.

Because it embodied the principles of earth, the Earth Spirit Pearl was inherently heavy, and ordinary wooden stands simply couldn’t support its weight.

He reached out, grasped the Earth Spirit Pearl, and attempted to lift it, only to discover that, despite its seemingly small size, it was incredibly heavy.

Without a burst of Qi and Blood, even with his cultivation level, it was difficult to lift it.

His mind raced, and the Qi and blood within him suddenly erupted. Veins in his hands shone faintly as Lu Qing finally snatched the Earth Spirit Pearl from its iron base.

“Wow! This tiny pearl weighs at least a thousand pounds!” He

weighed the Earth Spirit Pearl in his hand, awestruck.

Only he, with his physique several times stronger than that of an average martial arts master, possessed a physical prowess several times greater than

that of an average martial arts master. Otherwise, a weaker warrior wouldn’t even be able to lift it.

After all, the bead is so small that lifting it requires only finger strength. An average Inner Viscera Realm warrior likely doesn’t possess such impressive finger skills. It’s

no wonder the Zheng family would display such a treasure so prominently in the center of their secret chamber.

This might be due to their ignorance of the Earth Spirit Pearl’s true nature.

But it’s also likely due to its immense weight, making it incredibly difficult to steal.

Even if someone were able to evade the guards, infiltrate the secret chamber, and retrieve the pearl, successfully escaping would be incredibly difficult.

Sneaking into the Zheng residence alone is a world of difference compared to escaping with a thousand-pound object.

Furthermore, given the Earth Spirit Pearl’s weight, an ordinary cloth bag wouldn’t be able to support it; at best, it could only be held by hand.

And even a Xiantian Realm warrior carrying a thousand-pound weight wouldn’t be able to escape without alerting the guards.

“Luckily I have the Qiankun Qi Bag, otherwise, taking this item back would be incredibly difficult,”

Lu Qing thought to himself, his mind shifting as he laboriously placed the Earth Spirit Pearl into the Qiankun Qi Bag.

The Earth Spirit Pearl’s “heaviness” wasn’t just physical; it also exerted a powerful pressure on his spiritual energy.

Had Lu Qing not refined the Soul Talisman, he likely wouldn’t have been able to store it in the Qiankun Qi Bag.

After collecting the Earth Spirit Pearl, Lu Qing turned his attention to the other items in the secret chamber.

However, with the Earth Spirit Pearl, a supreme earth treasure, the other items weren’t as surprising.

While there were also golden items among them, Lu Qing’s heart had calmed considerably.

He didn’t examine them one by one, but simply collected them all, intending to sort them out later when he returned.

After clearing out the secret chamber, Lu Qing looked at the beautiful middle-aged woman standing in the corner.

While her face was still a little pale, her expression had calmed considerably.

Seeing Lu Qing looking at her, she shuddered, her voice trembling as she asked, “Am I doomed to die?”

“Oh, why would you think that?” Lu Qing was surprised.

“I knew it the moment you displayed your skill of creating something out of nothing, producing that long sword,” the beautiful middle-aged woman said bitterly.

Lu Qing had produced the long sword out of thin air, and just now, he had made so many things disappear from the secret room.

Such a method was truly beyond belief.

Even she, the mistress of the Zheng family, had never heard of a warrior possessing such extraordinary powers.

Even a warrior like the ancestor, at the Xiantian realm, could not possess such miraculous abilities.

But the beautiful middle-aged woman knew that a warrior’s secret methods were to be used as a trump card, and the fewer people who knew about them, the better.

Lu Qing had used them openly in front of her, clearly not worried about her leaking them.

As for who could keep a secret, it would naturally be a dead person.

“Madam, you are a wise person,” Lu Qing praised.

But the meaning behind the words was self-evident.

“Can you please forgive me? I swear that I will never reveal a single word of what I saw today!” the middle-aged beautiful woman pleaded with a pale face.

“Madam, if it were you, would you be willing to take this risk?” Lu Qing said lightly.

“Besides, do you really think you are a white lotus? There are probably quite a few maids and servants in the Zheng Mansion who have been beaten to death by you.”

Hearing this, the middle-aged beautiful woman’s eyes suddenly widened.

But the next moment, Lu Qing’s figure had appeared in front of her, and his finger gently touched the center of her eyebrows.

The middle-aged beautiful woman’s body trembled suddenly due to the strong force, her eyes became unfocused, and she gradually collapsed to the ground.

(End of this chapter)