"Wouldn't that be too easy on him?"
"Don't act rashly. If a fight breaks out here, everything will be for nothing."
Just as the two were on high alert, little did they know, Chen Mo's back was already covered in cold sweat. He had no background whatsoever; he was just pretending.
If a fight broke out, he would be exposed.
Just in case, Chen Mo added, "Don't think about quickly eliminating me. Since I can see through your trump card at a glance, I have my own ways of dealing with it, but when the time comes..."
Chen Mo's tone turned cold, "It will be a fight to the death!" "
Which family's brat speaks so arrogantly? Didn't your elders tell you that the most important thing when traveling the martial world is to be low-key?"
Yao Lao floated out from the ring Xiao Yan wore, showing off his power. Touching his white beard in his soul form, he carefully examined Chen Mo from head to toe, especially the battle qi veil that Chen Mo was wrapped in, formed from nether energy.
"It doesn't seem like the methods of the Soul Palace, but why does it make me tremble? Strange!" Unable to figure it out, Yao Lao simply stopped thinking about it. He couldn't very well lower himself to ask a junior, so he said in a somewhat sarcastic tone, "Do you know that this companion amethyst source can only be obtained with amethyst spirit crystals?"
"Is that so?" Chen Mo didn't feel ashamed at having his little scheme exposed. Instead, he took two steps closer. "Tsk tsk, this large piece of companion amethyst source is indeed extremely rare."
Yao Lao and Xiao Yan frowned at the same time.
"I, Chen, keep my word. I said I only want the Purple Spirit Crystal, and that's what I want." Seeing their reactions, Chen Mo smiled and glanced around, saying, "When we find the Purple Spirit Crystal and break it open, I'll take the Purple Spirit Crystal, and you can take the accompanying Purple Crystal Source, right?"
While Yao Lao was still pondering, Xiao Yan chimed in, a playful smile playing on his lips, "There's clearly no Purple Spirit Crystal here. It must be another passage. Now the question is, who will go get the Purple Spirit Crystal?"
"Another passage?" Chen Mo frowned. Although he knew the general plot of Battle Through the Heavens, he couldn't remember every single detail.
He knew the Purple Spirit Crystal was in this cave, but he didn't know its exact location.
However, since the Purple Spirit Crystal was shed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, it would likely be in the safest place. Since the Little Purple Gold Winged Lion King wasn't found here, it must be in another passage.
Thinking this, Chen Mo jokingly replied, "Of course I have no problem, but..."
Before he could finish, Chen Mo, whether feigning nonchalance or something else, left the passage without a second thought.
Once he was nearly far enough away, Chen Mo silently checked his progress.
He had taken those two steps closer precisely for this purpose.
"Ding, spending 300 Luck Points, currently spying on the accompanying Purple Crystal Source. Due to the distance, the spying speed will be slower. Please wait patiently."
"Holy crap, this thing even has a progress bar?"
Chen Mo later learned that the spying function could only detect items within ten meters of him.
Once detected, it would be marked by the system, and marked items could then be spyed on at any time as long as they were no more than one kilometer away.
The farther the distance, the more Luck Points were required, and the slower the speed.
"That's good, I shouldn't be discovered for a while." Chen Mo quickened his pace.
"Teacher?"
"What were you thinking?" Yao Lao was speechless. "You don't want the Purple Spirit Crystal anymore?"
"Teacher, can't you break it?" Under Yao Lao's astonished gaze, Xiao Yan scratched his head and said, "I thought you were bluffing him."
"Bluff what? Hurry up and follow me."
"Teacher, didn't you tell me?"
"You dare blame your teacher?"
"I wouldn't dare."
Xiao Yan quickly followed.
His body pressed tightly against the cave wall, not daring to let go of his Qi-concealing technique for a moment.
At this moment, Chen Mo noticed the movement behind him and said playfully, "You're here?"
Xiao Yan indicated that he didn't want to pay attention to him and gave him a glare.
Yao Lao, on the other hand, looked at Chen Mo with considerable appreciation and believed Chen Mo's previous words a little more.
After walking along the passage for a while, Chen Mo's view finally opened up again.
This cave was more than twice the size of the one on the left, almost entirely filled with amethyst stones. In the center, a smaller amethyst winged lion king was fast asleep.
"Ding, a third-tier amethyst winged lion king has been detected. You can spend 1,000 points of luck to peek at its cultivation."
"Could you be any more expensive?" Chen Mo thought to himself.
A third-tier magical beast's strength was comparable to a human Grand Dou Master, and besides, this was the stronghold of magical beasts. Chen Mo dared not wake it.
"Should I do it or should I do it?" Chen Mo said to Xiao Yan.
"Watch you." Seemingly having lost the battle earlier, Xiao Yan was trying his best to turn the tables.
Just like in the novel, the Purple Smoke Fruit was paired with Xiao Yan's homemade powerful laxative.
When Xiao Yan took out those strange jars, Chen Mo's expression changed. He and Yun Yun were only one jar away from being close.
Everything went smoothly without any unexpected incidents, and the Purple Smoke Fruit was successfully swallowed by the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
Next was the search for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
"Ding, Purple Spirit Crystal discovered. You can spend 260 points to attempt to steal it."
"260 points? That's expensive! I'll do it myself!"
Following the system's guidance, Chen Mo went directly to a nearby purple crystal stone.
Xiao Yan, however, reached out and tapped on a dozen or so purple crystal stones nearby.
During this process, Chen Mo had already pried open a stone slab, and a burst of purple light shot out instantly.
"Why does this feel so familiar?" Xiao Yan was incredibly surprised; it felt as if Chen Mo had returned home.
"Is this important? Let's get down to business!"
Chen Mo had just picked up the Purple Spirit Crystal.
"Ding, close contact with the Purple Spirit Crystal allows you to spend one Luck Point to attempt to steal it."
"It can be like this?"
Another strange thing had appeared. Chen Mo decided he needed to find time to study it properly.
He decided not to attempt to steal it yet, holding it in his hand, and walked out of the cave.
"Let's go!" Returning to his original position, Chen Mo waved.
The three returned to the cave containing the accompanying amethyst source.
Reaching the crystal platform, Xiao Yan greedily gazed at the purple sphere, unaware that its temperature and quantity had changed.
Yao Lao sensed something unusual, but having observed Chen Mo from the beginning, he knew it wasn't Chen Mo's doing.
"Crack." Chen Mo smashed the amethyst sphere, and a significant amount of amethyst source flowed out.
"Quick, that's the amethyst source! Quickly, catch it in the jade bottle!"
Urged by Yao Lao, Xiao Yan moved swiftly.
"Strange, why is it decreasing so rapidly?"
"I don't know either, it's the first time I've seen it smashed like that."
Then, to the astonishment of the two, Xiao Yan used his tongue to suck up the small indentation in the stone.
"Well, since we've both gotten what we wanted, I'll be going now." He was joking; if he didn't leave soon, the contents of the bottle would be gone.
Xiao Yan and Yao Lao didn't stop him, since Chen Mo hadn't caused any trouble.
(End of Chapter)