Chapter 5: Supreme Spirit Stones

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Su Mingcai cursed, “Did that useless cripple fall into the mine pit and die on his own? If so, we’ll be taking credit for nothing! That means we’ll easily earn the elixirs and five thousand spirit stones that Young Master Ye promised us!”

Su Mingcheng grinned. “That wouldn’t be fun. I bought an expensive corpse-dissolving powder. I wanted to see how effective it is.”

Chen Fei listened to their conversation with a sneer.

These two arrogant Su brothers wanted to kill him?

Fine, he’d use them for practice.

“Dealing with that cripple is just a side task. Our main objective is what really matters,” Su Mingcai changed the subject.

“Mingcai, do you really believe that old man?” Su Mingcheng frowned. “Our Su family has controlled this spirit vein for years. Even our ancestor never found any high-grade spirit stones. How does that old man know about them?”

“Who cares?” Su Mingcai chuckled. “It doesn’t cost us anything to try. There’s no harm in checking it out.”

“That’s true. If there really are high-grade spirit stones, we’ll be set for life!” Su Mingcheng laughed excitedly.

Hearing this, Chen Fei’s heartbeat quickened, and a surge of excitement filled him.

High-grade spirit stones?

If that was true, it would be a massive discovery.

According to the exchange rates in the Great Qing Kingdom, one high-grade spirit stone was worth a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and one mid-grade spirit stone was equivalent to a thousand ordinary spirit stones—yet even mid-grade spirit stones were scarce, controlled by the top figures of the three major families in Huangwu City. High-grade spirit stones were practically priceless.

Chen Fei suppressed the urge to kill the Su brothers immediately. Instead, he silently followed them. If there were indeed high-grade spirit stones, even just one could restore him to the ninth rank of Spirit Master. He might even have a chance to break through to the Nascent Spirit Realm.

The Su brothers, being familiar with the mine, swiftly made their way to a hidden tunnel. They stopped at its entrance, carefully scanning their surroundings for any followers. Their caution was commendable, but their weak talents—barely at the third rank of Spirit Master—made them oblivious to Chen Fei, who had once reached the eighth rank.

Once assured of their safety, the brothers jumped into the mine shaft and proceeded deeper into the tunnel. When they reached the deepest chamber, Su Mingcai pulled out an odd-looking compass.

“Does this thing really work?” Su Mingcheng eyed it skeptically.

“We’ll find out,” Su Mingcai smirked. Following the instructions of the mysterious old man, he bit his finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the compass.

The moment the blood was absorbed, the compass lit up. Its needle spun rapidly before suddenly shooting forward like a flying sword.

Boom!

A loud explosion echoed through the mine as chunks of ore shattered. An overwhelming spiritual energy burst forth from the rubble.

“High-grade spirit stones!” Su Mingcheng gasped. He couldn’t believe it—the old man had been telling the truth! There were actually high-grade spirit stones hidden here.

“We’re rich! We’re rich!” Su Mingcheng cried out in excitement, rushing toward the rubble.

Squelch!

Su Mingcai appeared behind Su Mingcheng and plunged a dagger into his brother’s throat. Blood spurted everywhere.

“Mingcai…?” Su Mingcheng’s eyes widened in disbelief. They were blood brothers!

“Don’t worry. You won’t be alone for long.” Su Mingcai’s voice took on a strange, eerie tone.

Terror filled Su Mingcheng’s eyes as realization dawned—his brother wasn’t his brother anymore.

Soul Control Technique!

Chen Fei, still hiding in the shadows, was stunned.

Soul Control was no ordinary ability. Even Nascent Spirit Realm cultivators couldn’t perform it. Only the rare and terrifying Art Masters could achieve such a feat.

“When did a city as small as Huangwu gain an Art Master?” Chen Fei frowned. If this news spread, it would shake the entire city and terrify the three major families.

No matter who this imposter was, Chen Fei had made up his mind—the high-grade spirit stones were his!

He desperately needed them to recover his strength and break into the Nascent Spirit Realm. Not even an Art Master would make him back down.

Su Mingcai rummaged through Su Mingcheng’s belongings, taking some spirit stones and pouring corpse-dissolving powder over the body. Within moments, Su Mingcheng’s corpse melted into a pool of black liquid.

With that done, Su Mingcai eagerly dug through the rubble and retrieved a dozen spirit stones shimmering with a strange, radiant glow.

“With these high-grade spirit stones, my injuries should fully heal. Once I recover, I’ll make Su Ran my personal slave and turn Huangwu City into a living hell.” He laughed coldly, clutching the precious stones.

Just as he was lost in his own arrogance, Chen Fei struck.

Like a shadow, he darted forward and thrust a dagger into the back of Su Mingcai’s neck—the same method Su Mingcai had used on his brother.

Su Mingcai’s face twisted in shock and fury. He struggled to turn around, desperate to see who had ruined his plans.

Chen Fei didn’t give him the chance. He struck again and again, ensuring Su Mingcai’s swift demise.

Once the body fell lifelessly to the ground, Chen Fei quickly gathered the high-grade spirit stones and found a special jade box on Su Mingcai’s corpse—one designed to preserve the stones’ spiritual energy.

He cleaned up the scene, using the corpse-dissolving powder to erase all traces of the fight.

Emerging from the mine, he once again adopted the guise of a blind man, tapping the ground with his bamboo stick. Even if the Su family found evidence later, they would never suspect him.

Back in his room, Chen Fei locked the door and took out a high-grade spirit stone.

He could no longer wait.

With the help of the Void Sky Cauldron, he activated the Ten Thousand Devouring Method, absorbing the stone’s immense spiritual energy at an astonishing rate.

Half an hour later, the first high-grade spirit stone was fully refined. As expected, his cultivation surged—he had returned to the peak of the ninth rank of Spirit Master, just one step away from a breakthrough.

“Qin Shuang, you think you destroyed me by stealing my Three-Eyed Spirit Root?”

“Even if you entered Silver Moon Academy, you won’t have an easy path to the top!”

Chen Fei’s heart burned with fury. He yearned to destroy the Qin family and personally hunt down Qin Shuang for revenge.