Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 248 - Long Di Doing The Most

The cave twisted into a bend, and when we turned the corner, a stunning sight came into view.

“Well, slap my ass and call me Sally.”

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Everyone turned to look at me when I said that and it got even more disturbing when all of them and I mean all of them sneaked a peek at my ass right after. It was then that I came to know the dangers of people not knowing about sarcasm or metaphors.

However, I had good reason for my reaction this time. So the tunnel opened up into a cavern a hundred metres high and well over a thousand metres wide.

Several underground rivers ran from caves similar to the one we emerged from before they intersected at the centre.

They combined to form a vast lake where a huge whirlpool swirled with a terrifying force.

The power of the whirlpool was so strong that space seemed to warp around it, creating a bizarre sight.

There was no doubt that anything that got caught up in the force of this whirlpool would be torn apart.

There, my reaction seems pretty apt now, doesn’t it?

Plumes of spiritual energy surged from the centre of the whirlpool, collecting at the top of the cavern where countless medium-grade spiritual stones melded into a giant mass of the stuff.

“Gulp!”

Both Lu Pei and Yaomu Baiyin swallowed their saliva when they saw it. And may I say… yuck.

It was audible, so of course it sounded nasty.

“Where is it!?” Yaomu Shou didn’t even spare the mass of medium-grade stones above a second glance.

“What are you looking for?” Lu Pei couldn’t help asking.

Her head animatedly swivelled around before, in an offhand fashion, she answered, “The spiritual vein root.”

“What’s a spiritual vein root?” I was feeling pretty confused for the most part here myself, so I turned to Yaomu Shou for answers.

Thankfully, she chose to not be an ass about it and got to answering.

“A spiritual vein root is responsible for creating a spiritual ore deposit!” she said hurriedly, as she looked all over in a frenzy.

“So is it just me or did that not answer anything? No one? Just me? Ok—”

“What’s a spiritual ore deposit?” Lu Pei asked whilst simultaneously saving me from assuming the moniker of he who knows nothing.

“It’s something VERY valuable.”

And the best Teacher Of The Year award goes to Yaomu Baiyin. She truly embodies what it means to be mid and thus embodies being the replacement of Mina in every way.

She went on. “A spiritual ore deposit is veins of spiritual stones. You can think of them as being similar to gold vein deposits. This is the lifeblood of most, if not all sects on the continent. It is the thing that is responsible for the creation of spirit stones.”

“Heavens!” This blew Lu Pei away. Honestly, I couldn’t blame the guy. If these things are responsible for the creation of spirit stones, then they must be highly sought after.

“Regular sects will be lucky if they can get their hands on a few regular-grade spiritual ore deposits. In fact, apart from power, the Ten Great Sects are known to have at least a hundred spiritual ore deposits under their control each. You can see how valuable they are,” she explained.

“Wait a second,” something came to mind when she said this. “If the Ten Great Sects have at least a hundred spiritual ore deposits each, and a medium-grade spirit stone is worth a thousand spirit stones. Then does that mean this spiritual vein root is—”

Without waiting for me to finish, Yaomu Baiyin nodded to indicate that my train of thought was spot on.

Suddenly, Yaomu Shou’s head snapping all over like a dysfunctional bobblehead made way too much sense.

“I don’t get it.”

Sweet summer child Lu Pei was still lost. Out of pity, I didn’t keep him in the dark for long.

“It means that this single spiritual vein root is a medium grade one and not a regular grade one thus making you ten times richer than the poorest of the Ten Great Sects, which is the equivalent of being the worst of the best.”

When Lu Pei heard what I said, his mouth went wide open, and I thought for a moment if a fly could wander in there. Don’t try to track my train of thought, if I am truly insane, then just like there is no spoon in the matrix, there is no train and you were insane, to begin with.

At her wit’s end, Yaomu Shou turned around for help, “Long Di, can you–”

Her words stopped short when she saw that I wasn’t paying attention to her, and for good reason, too.

I looked at the amalgamation of spirit stones above, the lake, its whirlpool and then finally the plume of spiritual energy that erupted from it.

After repeating this a few times, it was pretty obvious what was happening here.

Shung!

A sabre’s hum rang out as I drew my Thunder Dragon sabre. Its heavy aura caused the surrounding area to sink slightly. Its real name probably isn’t the Thunder Dragon Sabre, but since I don’t know what that would be, Thunder Dragon Sabre it is!

Shu!

Before anything could react, I took off in a dead run. I’m going to be doing a whole lot of cool-looking shit, there’s a reason for this I promise.

Vrrrm!

I held the sabre wide and a destructive aura unfurled.

Krrrsh!

Lightning crackled along the blade as its innate abilities came into play.

I neared the walls of the cavern and leapt high. My speed allowed me to scale its length, and I only sped up as I went along.

Then, before the shocked gazes of everyone, I unleashed several slashes that dug out the base of the amalgamation of spirit stones!

B-B-B-Boom!

Several explosions rang out as rock fragments rained down under my assault.

“What is he doing!?”

Both Yaomu Baiyin and Lu Pei hurriedly tried to dodge out of the way of the falling debris.

Yaomu Baiyin and Lu Pei were confused as hell and I’m sure Yaomu Shou saw it.

“What is he–”

“Don’t question it! He wouldn’t do all this if he didn’t have a good reason for it!” Yaomu Shou pointed out.

Boom!

A final explosion echoed out before I came falling with the entire mass of medium-grade spirit stones in tow!

Shu!

I manoeuvred myself amidst the horde of falling debris and shot down to quicken my descent!

Bam!

I landed with a powerful thud but wasted no time as my gaze snapped upward.

Whoosh!

My spiritual force erupted at my will.

Both Lu Pei and Yaomu Baiyin used their hands to shield their faces from the raging gust that kicked up a result.

Suddenly, the descent of the spirit stones and the rest of the falling rocks slowed before they came to a full stop.

Dum!

Without missing a beat, I activated my physique.

Hong!

Krrrsh!

Quasi-divine tribulation lightning erupted from my body!