Christine's breakthrough could not be completed in just one or two days. Furthermore, she still didn't know how to leave the secret realm. Therefore, Bexia suggested that Christine go into seclusion directly to make her breakthrough. After all, the cultivation environment here was so good that it was hard to find elsewhere. It was only natural to make good use of it.
Bexia let Christine focus on breaking through the Sovereign while he prepared to make a projection doll for Lady Cloud. He had already collected all the necessary materials. Originally, Bexia planned to go to the Dayan Trading Guild's auction to see the situation, but now it seemed unnecessary.
The only remaining problem was sustaining the energy for making the projection doll. Since Bexia didn't expect to collect all the materials so quickly, he hadn't prepared for this aspect. Therefore, he had to think of a solution in this secret realm.
Fortunately, Bexia gained the friendship of the Illusion Butterfly group. After treating the Seven-colored Crystal Flower, they treated him as an esteemed guest. So when Bexia raised this question, the Illusion Butterfly group quickly provided an answer and informed him of the existence of a Spiritual Vein.
A Spiritual Vein was an underground vein that produced Spiritual Stones, similar to a Mana Stone Vein. With a Spiritual Vein, Bexia could say that the energy issue was already solved. However, the precondition was that he had to be able to use this Spiritual Vein.
The location the Illusion Butterfly group provided was not easy to approach. Due to the abundant spiritual energy, it was infested with a large number of Resentful Slimes. In order to safely use the Spiritual Vein, those obstructing Resentful Slimes needed to be cleared out. Even though the Illusion Butterfly group used a lot of power to help, it was still a huge task.
After leaving the forest, what came into view was a vast wasteland. Unlike the vibrant forest, there was no sign of any life here, except for faint Soul Force in the air. Bexia couldn't sense any energy fluctuations.
Could there be a Spiritual Vein here?
The location where the Spiritual Vein existed shouldn't be as vibrant as the forest, right? Could this barren land really have such a high-energy thing like a Spiritual Vein? Bexia seriously doubted this. However, he also didn't believe that the Illusion Butterfly group would deceive him. There was no reason for them to do so, and Bexia had just helped them. It was too soon for them to return the favor.
An elderly member of the Illusion Butterfly group came with three hundred powerful Illusion Butterflies. Luo Congxian, who was acting as the translator, naturally accompanied them. And of course, Luo Cailing, who was inseparable from Luo Congxian, also came along. At the moment, she happily hugged a spherical creature covered in soft white fur and rubbed her face against it. It was an unidentified creature that bounced out of Luo Congxian. They didn't say anything, and Bexia didn't ask.
The wasteland was the territory of the Resentful Slimes. It was estimated that Bexia and the others were attacked by the Resentful Slimes that popped out of the ground even before they had walked just five hundred meters. However, these Resentful Slimes that attacked were pitifully weak. They were a group of small creatures that were no bigger than a washbasin. The elite warriors of the Illusion Butterfly group quickly slaughtered them with a few flying blades.
The deeper they went into the wasteland, the stronger the Resentful Slimes they encountered. But with the elite warriors of the Illusion Butterfly group, Bexia didn't need to worry at all. It was completely a one-sided massacre.
"Big brother! The Illusion Butterfly elder said the Spiritual Vein is right ahead!" Luo Congxian, who acted as the race's translator, pointed to the bare mountains in front and said.
"Ah! I know." Bexia nodded. When he first saw this mountain range, he already guessed that they had arrived at their destination, as expected.
With the propulsion of the ground-hugging bombardment effect, they quickly arrived in front of the mountain range. Upon closer inspection, they realized that it was a rocky mountain range with no trace of soil. The mountains were full of large and small holes, and the residual aura of resentment left from above. Bexia speculated that these might be the channels used by the resentment slimes.
The Elder Illusory Butterfly was more familiar with the situation here. Leading Bexia, they flew into a huge cave. Bexia saw two little girls and said, "Anling and Xian'er, you both stay here and wait for us."
"I want to go in, and I don't want to stay outside!" Luo Cai Ling, completely unafraid of the dark cave entrance, looked at it with curious eyes.
"No, it's too dangerous inside."
"But we are very powerful!" Luo Cai Ling said as she conjured a pocket-sized lance that was almost the same size as her body. She waved it a few times, trying to look tough, which made Bexia blush.
"Xian'er is also very powerful." To emphasize that she wasn't wrong, Luo Cai Ling even shook Luo Ning Xian, causing her to summon a pocket-sized, blue sword.
"No means no, I promised Senior Flame Emperor to take care of you. You two stay here and wait for me to come out!" Bexia knew that their backgrounds were definitely not ordinary, but his own strength was really not that great. Even if they brought out two divine weapons, what difference would it make? He didn't plan to take them inside.
Under his strong insistence, the two little girls were completely restrained by him and left outside, with fifty Illusory Butterflies protecting them. Even if a Monarch-level being came, it was unlikely that they could break through the powerful defense of these Illusory Butterfly warriors.
"Mmm!" Luo Cai Ling pouted and glared at Bexia's departing figure. She was extremely dissatisfied with his decision.
"You wicked person!"
"An Ling, it's not good to say that about Big Brother. He is only thinking of our safety..." Luo Ning Xian tried to reason with her, but was interrupted by Luo Cai Ling.
"If he says we can't go in, does it mean we really can't? We have legs and can go wherever we want, without this bad person telling us what to do, hmph!" Luo Cai Ling hummed again, her eyes scanning the mountain with numerous holes, her mind wandering.
Meanwhile, Bexia, accompanied by a group of Illusory Butterflies, ventured deeper into the mountain range. The farther they went, the more Bexia could feel the abundant spiritual energy below. This kind of sensation couldn't be felt outside; it only arose when they entered the mountain range.
Soon, they exited the narrow passage and entered a vast underground space. Milky-white spiritual ore scattered throughout the area. Although the visibility was low, Bexia could still see a large number of resentment slimes crawling on the spiritual ore. It was a dense crowd as far as the eye could see.
This place could be considered a gathering place for resentment slimes. They were attracted by the spiritual stones, so the Illusory Butterfly Clan included this place in their cleansing routine. Every ten years or so, they would come here to cleanse the resentment slimes.
The appearance of Bexia and the others immediately alarmed the resentment slimes. Although they didn't have much intelligence, they possessed a strong aggressiveness towards outsiders. Bexia and the Illusory Butterfly warriors, who were there to fight, didn't waste any time and started battling the resentment slimes.
