Chapter Five: Earth-Shattering

  When he learned that one source stone could be exchanged for ten contribution points from Meng Zhanggui's hands, Fang Tian Nan was no longer worried about whether he could become an outer disciple of Qing Yun Sect. However, in order to hide his ability to absorb source stones, Fang Tian Nan would not be foolish enough to directly exchange all the source stones.

  Besides, Fang Tiannan also needs to absorb the warm energy that can improve his cultivation from the light source stone as soon as possible.

  Only when necessary would Fang Tian Nan bring the energy-absorbed light source stones to exchange, in order to ensure that he could become an outer sect disciple of the sect.

  What made Fang Tiannan extremely curious was that the energy of the light source stone, once absorbed, seemed to be able to continuously improve his physique within his body. The original strength cultivation in the Ming Jin period suddenly burst out with energy, completely beyond Fang Tiannan's expectations. And when the Qi ran through his body, whether it was the meridians that bore the Qi or the Dantian that stored the Qi, they had all expanded a lot compared to before.

  Being able to make the vital energy manifest with yang properties is the best proof. Fang Tian Nan was confused, wondering why all this was happening. He could only examine his own body from an objective perspective.

  Such as checking one's combat strength among warriors of the same rank and whether there is any discomfort in the body.

  For the time being, nothing seems to be out of place, everything is going extremely well, and Fang Tian Nan is eager to make himself stronger as soon as possible, so he can only wholeheartedly absorb the energy from the Light Source Stone.

  As for what to do after all fifteen light source stones were absorbed, Fang Tian Nan hadn't thought that far ahead.

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  Fang Tian Nan followed his usual practice, grasping the light source stone that had not been fully absorbed with both hands, and the warm feeling on his body reappeared clearly once again.

  Fang Tian Nan had concluded that, in the past two months, except for the first time in the mountain valley, it was only when he broke through the Ming Jing boundary and reached the An Jing boundary that his speed of absorbing the energy of the light source stone became much faster.

  Normally, no matter how hard Fang Tian Nan tries, the energy transferred from the light source stone to his body is extremely minute, until his body reaches saturation and stops.

  Because today, for most of the time, Fang Tiannan was on his way back to Qingyun Town, and then there were transactions with Meng Zhanggui, without going through intense battles and the like. Therefore, Fang Tiannan's consumption itself was very small, and after absorbing about half a cup of tea worth of time, Fang Tiannan stopped.

  He got up from the wooden bed and walked to the wooden table, gently moving it a bit, then squatted down and carefully dug out a stone brick under the table, revealing a sealed secret compartment.

  The house where Fang Tian Nan lived, although very simple in furnishings, had a floor paved with uniform stone bricks that were exceptionally clean. Occasionally, there were a few broken stone bricks, but overall, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. It could be said that such an arrangement was quite common in the residences throughout Qing Yun Town.

  Even when it's raining outside, the house is still clean and refreshing inside.

  In the hidden compartment, there were ten more light source stones. In addition, there was a small amount of material. These were all special gains that Fang Tian Nan had obtained over the past three years. Any items exchanged for contribution points with Meng Zhanggui could not be retrieved again as an ordinary disciple. If one really wanted them, the price would also be higher than the original contribution points. Therefore, like Fang Tian Nan, many ordinary disciples who had gained precious items would never directly exchange them with the sect.

  Apart from the Light Source Stone, Fang Tian Nan had three other items stored in this hidden compartment.

  The first one was a mineral that looked like the inner elixir of a demon beast. This was discovered by Fang Tian Nan when he dug up several pieces of first-grade ice heart jade ore. It was about the size of a bird's egg, round and plump, with an unclear texture that seemed to be both like and unlike a mineral. Its color was slightly greenish-blue.

  The second item was a section of root fiber. Originally, when it was obtained, it was picked up in a withered wood and grass thicket, and Fang Tian Nan also thought it was an ordinary object. As a result, he exhausted all his strength but couldn't break it off, and this section of root fiber seemed to be filled with spirituality.

  Restricted by his experience and knowledge, Fang Tian Nan was mostly familiar with information that a martial artist should possess. Once it exceeded the boundaries of a martial artist, unless it was special material, Fang Tian Nan rarely knew about it. In this regard, after becoming an outer disciple of Qing Yun Sect, many things should change. The Qing Yun Pavilion had a lot of materials for outer disciples, and they were very affordable.

  And the third thing, Fang Tiannan was familiar with. It was a small piece of Ice Cold Xuan Iron that Fang Tiannan had obtained from the bottom of a pool in the Youming Mountains. In general, the appearance of the Ice Cold Xuan Iron was similar to most minerals, but it belonged to the fourth-grade material. For the current Fang Tiannan, this was undoubtedly extremely precious.

  Ice-cold Xuan Iron can be used as the main material for forging a true artifact. A true artifact is a weapon that only True People cultivators can use, and its power far exceeds that of the weapons used by warriors. Fang Tian Nan had also thought about exchanging this piece of Ice-cold Xuan Iron before, but later on, the sect's contributions grew steadily and in an orderly manner, so Fang Tian Nan no longer had that idea.

  Good things should be kept for oneself.

  At this moment, Fang Tian Nan put the unfinished light source stone into it, hesitated for a while, and finally closed the hidden compartment and buried it underground again. Relatively speaking, the things in the hidden compartment can be considered as Fang Tian Nan's greatest wealth, and also his trump card for the past three years.

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  Chang Chang let out a long sigh, Fang Tian Nan sat back onto the edge of the bed, took out the washing powder exchanged from Meng Zhanggui's place, and held it in front of his eyes, carefully examining it for a long time.

  Fang Tiannan couldn't see any reason to use it. He was just thinking, hesitating about whether to use this bottle of seal washing agent. With Fang Tiannan's current wealth, he could indeed afford to waste very little. In any case, this bottle of seal washing agent was also worth nearly twenty contribution points.

  He subconsciously furrowed his brow, as if secretly deciding something. Fang Tian Nan's face gradually returned to calmness, and he reached into his chest pocket to pull out a black metal plate.

  The metal plaque is not large, rectangular in shape, only slightly smaller than the palm of a hand. At first glance, the metal plaque exudes an air of antiquity, with a very deep color tone and a thick texture. Faintly visible, there seems to be some primordial energy flowing on the surface of the metal plaque.

  Fang Tiannan knew that it was a forbidden seal on this metal plate. Fang Tiannan exchanged the washing agent precisely to break its seal. This metal plate was obtained by Fang Tiannan during his last trip into the Youming Mountains, and it was in the small valley where he discovered the light source stone.

  What's more important is that the place where this metal plate was obtained is not far from where Fang Tian Nan picked up the third-grade earth dragon's tail. It can be seen that on the metal plate, there are still a few drops of dark red blood stains left, as if they were splashed unintentionally during the battle.

  Fang Tiannan didn't know that after breaking the seal on this metal plaque, what he would find and whether there would be any danger. However, his inner curiosity about the metal plaque kept driving him to urgently want to know the answer. At the same time, Fang Tiannan's face couldn't help but reveal a few strands of bitter smile.

  According to Meng Zhanggui's words, whether this seal-breaking agent can break the seal or not is still an unknown number.

  Naturally, Fang Tiannan opened the bottle of washing agent and let the medicine flow slowly onto the metal plate until the entire metal plate was surrounded by the medicine. Then, Fang Tiannan stared at the metal plate without blinking, looking for any visible changes.

  Only half a minute had passed, and then a whole minute. The metal sign still looked the same, without any change at all.

  The liquid medicine on the metal sign seemed to evaporate or be absorbed gradually due to exposure to air. For this metal sign, the washing sealant poured by Fang Tiannan only had a cleaning effect. As time passed and the surface of the metal sign became dry again, Fang Tiannan saw that the ancient aura emanating from the metal sign was even more pronounced, as if telling its existence, which already had many years.

  The remaining few drops of blood had completely disappeared.

  Fang Tian Nan sighed, thinking that this bottle of sealant hadn't lived up to its name. Fang Tian Nan felt a slight pang in his heart and casually put away the metal plaque. If he had known it would turn out like this, perhaps when exchanging contributions with Meng Zhuanggui, he wouldn't have taken out the light source stone, but instead chosen this metal plaque. In that case, he wouldn't have needed to exchange for the sealant later on.

  But such emotions did not last long, and while Fang Tian Nan was still sitting on the edge of the bed, the entire world suddenly, as if an earthquake had occurred, "buzzed" with a loud noise, the ground shook, and the shockwave came from afar, revealing the intensity of the earth's anger.

  The house where Fang Tiannan lived seemed to be in danger of collapse. The wooden table inside Fang Tiannan's house also trembled slightly, the flame on the oil lamp flickered, and Fang Tiannan's feet, which were still on the ground, suddenly felt a kind of trembling from deep within his soul.

  At once, Fang Tian Nan extinguished the oil lamp and rushed out of the house.