"What is Hao Jin doing?" When Hao Jin brought the third and fourth jar into the courtyard, Old Cultivator Hao detected his movements and asked with some impatience.

    Old Cultivator Hao was in a bad mood; Lao Si had been gone for an entire night, and under normal circumstances, he should have completed his task and returned by now.

    But up to now, there had been no news whatsoever.

    At this moment, sensing Hao Jin inexplicably disturbing him, he naturally transferred his irritation to Hao Jin.

    He did not suspect that Hao Jin was doing anything harmful to the clan, as he had great trust in the loyalty of his clan members.

    "I''ll go and scold him!" a cultivator below said with a deep voice.

    The cultivator stood up. Their room was on the second floor; he walked to the railing and looked down toward Hao Jin.

    At this time, Hao Jin had completed the task assigned by Li Shiming. His consciousness was somewhat unclear, and he stood there foolishly.

    This was because Li Shiming''s hypnotism was not expertly applied, and also because Hao Jin''s will was too weak. Li Shiming''s forceful hypnotism had affected Hao Jin''s brain.

    The Hao Family cultivator sensed something was wrong, flipped down from the second floor, and landed next to Hao Jin.

    "Hao Jin, what''s inside these jars?" He saw the four large jars next to Hao Jin and asked with a frown.

    "What jars?" Hao Jin twisted his neck in a strange posture, looked back at the Hao Family cultivator, and counter-asked.

    Just as the Hao Family cultivator was about to check the jars personally, he heard a burning sound coming from one of them.

    With a ''bang'', one of the jars suddenly exploded, the terrifying shockwave struck Hao Jin and the Hao Family cultivator first because they were closest to it.

    Neither the ordinary man Hao Jin nor the Qi Refining Third Level cultivator had any power to resist; they were engulfed by the scorching flames.

    The explosion was not a one-time event; after the first jar exploded, it triggered the other three jars to explode as well.

    The first shockwave swept over the entire Hao Family; outside their circular building, a glowing semi-circular shield appeared, blocking the first shockwave.

    It was Li Shiming''s first time witnessing an Array materialize; it gave him the feeling of seeing something straight out of a science fiction world.

    Like the energy shields seen only in science fiction movies, they appeared in an ancient world—that was the world of cultivation.

    The three bodies were completely charred, concentrated around the shield of the defensive array. It was evident that the three cultivators had been killed without the power to fight back in the explosion.

    Li Shiming found three slightly charred storage bags on the three bodies and tried them out; the storage bags were still usable.

    However, no matter how hard he looked, he could not find the body of the fourth cultivator. Without a body, it was extremely difficult to find a small storage bag amidst these ruins.

    While searching, Li Shiming noticed several burnt plants at the center of the original Hao Family''s round building. Your next chapter awaits on empire

    He approached the plants and felt wisps of Spiritual Energy seeping out from underground.

    "Is this a spiritual vein?" He thought of the spiritual veins Fan Yiyang had mentioned during their conversation, which seemed extremely similar to the phenomenon here.

    The Spiritual Energy flowing from the spiritual vein was similar to that of his Gathering Spirit Plate.

    However, that did not mean the concentration of Spiritual Energy from the Gathering Spirit Plate was fixed. The effectiveness of the Gathering Spirit Plate that Li Shiming felt was in an ordinary city.

    If the Gathering Spirit Plate were used in a place with spiritual veins, its effect would be greatly enhanced.

    Feeling the Spiritual Energy, Li Shiming felt a secret regret in his heart.

    Although he was envious of the spiritual vein, with his abilities, he was unable to do anything with the spiritual vein, not even conceal it, let alone move it.

    Suppressing the greed in his heart, he began observing the plants in the area.

    He pulled up the previous drone footage and compared it with the current view; this place was supposed to be a pond, and he did not recall seeing any plants.

    This meant that the Hao Family had hidden the plants, possibly even along with the spiritual vein itself.

    He dug through the soil, and after removing the surface dirt affected by the explosion, the soil he touched was filled with Spiritual Energy.

    "This is the spirit soil of a spirit field!" Even though he had never seen spirit soil, he recognized it.

    Without any concern for appearances, he dug out the spirit soil with his hands and placed it into a storage bag.

    Spirit soil was made of various spiritual materials, the consumption of which was immense, far beyond what he could currently afford.

    The layer of spirit soil here was quite thick, and while digging it out, he also unearthed a section of bamboo root.

    The bamboo root was also affected by the explosion; all parts above it were destroyed, but as it was bamboo root, even a small part of the main root left could be enough to revive it.