Chapter 253: Opening Pandora's Box, It Won't Drain Me Dry, Right?
Lin Qingmo was half doubtful, half trusting as he circulated the life force within his body according to the signals transmitted by Ah Yin.
A strand of incomparably pure life energy slowly poured into the rough green stone through the display case.
The instant that a trace of life force touched the rough stone, a vast aura of life surged directly into his body along that strand of life energy.
It produced an intense resonating hum with his own life force.
This reaction formed a stark contrast with that ordinary-looking stone from moments ago!
"Life Gold!"
Lin Qingmo's heart violently skipped a beat.
He had seen Life Gold before. In fact, his Eight Spider Lances had already fused with a piece of Life Gold and evolved into the Emerald Eight Spider Lances.
He knew very clearly that Life Gold was a special metal containing enormous life energy.
Yet, the life aura contained within this rough stone was even purer, more vast, and more ancient than Life Gold.
This was absolutely a supreme treasure related to life force, similar to Life Gold but of an even higher grade!
Thinking of this, Lin Qingmo became extremely excited.
To avoid exposing anything unusual, he suppressed his excitement and calmly walked toward the display case in the corner, calling out for a salesperson.
The salesperson not far away was a young girl, chatting enthusiastically with a coworker.
Hearing his voice, she unwillingly walked over, her face carrying a perfunctory smile.
"Dear customer, what would you like to see?"
Inwardly, she thought that none of the items here were valuable anyway, so selling them would not earn much commission.
Lin Qingmo's gaze landed on the rough green stone as he spoke indifferently, "I'll buy this stone."
The young girl followed his gaze, and her perfunctory expression instantly turned into astonishment.
She looked at Lin Qingmo as though she were looking at an idiot.
"Sir, are you sure you want to buy this?"
"This stone has been sitting here for almost half a year without anyone buying it. It's just an ordinary decorative stone."
"If you want gemstones, we have better ones over here with good quality and fair prices."
Lin Qingmo shook his head. His tone remained calm, without the slightest fluctuation. "I'm sure. I want this one. Process the payment."
Seeing his resolute attitude, the young girl stopped trying to persuade him further, though inwardly she muttered to herself:
What a fool. Spending one thousand gold soul coins on a broken stone.
She opened the display case, took out the rough green stone, placed it into a box, and handed it to Lin Qingmo.
Lin Qingmo took out 1,000 gold soul coins from his soul tool and placed them on the counter.
Casually storing the stone into his own soul tool, he turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
After leaving the auction house, Lin Qingmo immediately sped toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind:
That was to hurry back to his dormitory and properly research the origins of this rough stone.
Anything possessing such an enormous life aura was definitely not simple.
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In less than half an hour, Lin Qingmo had already returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and arrived at his private dormitory.
The very first thing he did after entering was shut the doors and windows before deploying a soul power barrier that completely sealed the room airtight.
Ah Yin also emerged from his leg bone.
Blue Silver Grass branches spread densely along the walls, floor, and ceiling of the room.
Every single leaf flowed with his soul power fluctuations, forming a completely enclosed, isolated space.
Only after confirming that everything was foolproof.
Did Lin Qingmo finally take out the box containing the rough green stone from his soul tool?
The dark green rough stone lay quietly within the box, exactly as he had first seen it in the exhibition area.
Its surface was rough and lacked even the slightest luster, appearing utterly ordinary.
"Ah Yin, what do you think this thing actually is?"
Lin Qingmo attempted to communicate with Ah Yin.
Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass branches swayed gently, transmitting intermittent thoughts.
Even she did not know the origin of this rough stone, nor what it truly was.
She could only sense that the life force contained within the stone was so vast it made even her heart tremble.
It was even older and of a higher level than her own origin.
It was as though the Blue Silver Emperor origin within her was merely an insignificant branch split off from the life origin inside this rough stone.
"A life origin even stronger than a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor?"
Lin Qingmo's brows furrowed slightly as he fell into thought.
Ah Yin was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, one of the top lifeforms among plant-type soul beasts on the Douluo Continent.
If even she felt her own origin was weak in comparison, then just how high-level was the life origin within this rough stone?
When it came to life-attribute soul beasts,
The only stronger existence he could think of was the Emerald Swan.
Among the fierce beasts of Star Dou Great Forest, Bi Ji's true body was a top-tier life-attribute soul beast with nearly six hundred thousand years of cultivation—the Emerald Swan.
"Could this thing be related to Bi Ji?"
A thought flashed through his mind before he quickly suppressed it again.
There was no point in thinking too much now.
It would be better to directly break open the shell of the rough stone and see what exactly was hidden inside.
Lin Qingmo pondered for a moment.
"Shing!!!"
Emerald Eight Spider Lances burst forth from his back.
Brilliant emerald light flowed across the lance bodies while golden patterns shone dazzlingly. Within them flowed the origin energy of Life Gold.
After fusing with Life Gold, the Eight Spider Lances had already evolved to an unbelievable degree.
Even against the Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Qingmo was confident of directly clashing head-on.
He poured soul power into the Eight Spider Lances.
"Clang!"
The lance tip pierced the shell of the rough green stone with a sharp screech that tore through the air.
Only a deafening explosion rang out.
The Eight Spider Lances were actually shaken into violent buzzing.
The intense recoil force traveled back through the Eight Spider Lances, numbing Lin Qingmo's back with waves of pain.
Yet, when he focused his eyes on the stone, he discovered that the shell of the rough green stone did not even have the slightest scratch!
"It didn't break? How is that possible?"
Lin Qingmo's pupils suddenly contracted.
Disbelief filled him!
With the sharpness of the Emerald Eight Spider Lances, even a thick steel wall forged from refined metal could easily be pierced through.
Yet, this utterly ordinary-looking stone did not even receive a scratch.
Before he could recover from the shock,
The green rough stone suddenly erupted with an extremely terrifying suction force, firmly sticking to his Emerald Eight Spider Lances.
The origin energy of Life Gold contained within the Eight Spider Lances, along with the soul power he had infused into them, poured madly into the rough stone like floodwaters after a dam burst!
"What?! It's absorbing my life energy and soul power!"
Lin Qingmo's expression changed drastically.
He immediately tried to retract the Eight Spider Lances.
At the same time, he circulated the soul power within his body.
Yet, the suction force was simply too terrifying.
No matter how hard he tried to pull, he could not separate the Eight Spider Lances from the rough stone in the slightest.
The more he activated his soul power, the stronger the suction force became.
The soul power within his body was crazily devoured by the rough stone as though it cost nothing.
Now Lin Qingmo was truly starting to panic a little.
This thing was like a bottomless abyss. It could not possibly drain him to death, right??
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