Chapter 689: Seizing the Initiative

The remaining Demon Beast Meat and skeletons were left for Lin Zhangqing's Spirit Insects and Spirit Pets, as their consumption in this regard was also considerable.

After dealing with these matters, Lin Zhangqing finally had time to examine the Cave Abode again; the position he currently occupied should be the Hall of the Cave Abode! That small Pool was located right in the center of the entire Hall, and at the very bottom of the Cave Abode, there were five small Stone Gates, though they had all been opened! Seeing this situation, Lin Zhangqing actually held little hope in his heart!

Given the current state of this place, it was highly probable that it had already been explored by others!

As for why a pool of Spirit Water could still be seen, obviously, this substance must be a renewable type of resource.

And that was not all; inside the Hall of this Cave Abode, Lin Zhangqing also saw two rows of things resembling flower beds.

However, when his Divine Sense swept over them, there was nothing on them at all, obviously having been scavenged away by people before! Even so, Lin Zhangqing did not give up; he went into the five rooms one after another and carefully searched each one, indeed finding nothing.

But it was not as if there was absolutely no gain; at the very least, on the wall of one room, Lin Zhangqing discovered some simple lines.

These lines formed something resembling a sketch, though it was truly too crude, lacking even markings for east, west, south, and north! Yet Lin Zhangqing treasured it like a priceless gem, because even if he did not recognize other things, the marks for Lightning and the Pagoda were extremely obvious!

Lin Zhangqing immediately identified them, and a guess instantly formed in his mind: this was a sketch marked with a few symbols.

But most importantly, in four locations on the sketch, marks of great Lightning were drawn.

And in the very central position, the mark of a Pagoda was drawn, which was already very clear; this must be the sketch of the entire Secret Realm.

Lin Zhangqing immediately took out a Jade Slip and traced the content on the wall, bit by bit, into the Jade Slip.

With this sketch, once he went out and flew high into the sky, comparing it with the terrain and mountain ranges below, he could quickly determine his approximate location within the Thunder Fall Secret Realm!

This way, at the very least, he would not go in the wrong direction! He would not end up running to the opposite place because he could not figure out the direction when trying to reach the Thunder Fall Tower!

Moreover, that was not all; after he finished using this sketch, he could also submit it to the Sect.

This could be considered giving back to the Sect, though of course, this was not free!

He believed that by then, the rewards given by the Sect would certainly not be small! It took nearly an hour before he finally traced every single line on the wall into the Jade Slip without the slightest error.

During this process of tracing, Lin Zhangqing formed an even deeper conjecture: the large and small Lightning marks on the map totaled thirty-six.

Among them, there was one large Lightning mark in each of the four directions, while the remaining small Lightning marks were distributed randomly across the sketch.

Lin Zhangqing boldly guessed that these might represent the resources within the Thunder Fall Secret Realm, and there was a high probability that the large Lightning marks indicated the places where Thunder Extreme Fruits grew.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhangqing nearly boiled with excitement; there was a very high chance that only he had been fortunate enough to obtain this sketch.

Others were likely wandering aimlessly everywhere, so it was quite possible that he alone would harvest a large quantity of Thunder Extreme Fruits!

But whether things were truly as he guessed still required him to reach a location marked with a large Lightning symbol to verify it with his own eyes; this would have to wait until after he left here! In any case, Lin Zhangqing believed that with the sketch, he had already seized the initiative, so his heart was no longer so anxious!

Subsequently, he left the room and came to the flower beds outside; after careful inspection, he similarly found no gain.

He even turned over the Spirit Soil inside the flower beds, leaving not a single fish that slipped through the net!

It seemed it had truly been scavenged clean by predecessors; Lin Zhangqing could only give up helplessly and return to that small Pool.

At this moment, Mao Qiu had truly swollen into a ball! It now lay contentedly on the edge of the small Pool; it seemed that this time, it had truly drunk its fill of Second-Order Spirit Water! However, Lin Zhangqing was not a stingy person; this time, Mao Qiu had indeed performed a great service, allowing him the fortune of obtaining the sketch of the Secret Realm.

Therefore, Lin Zhangqing had tacitly allowed it to drink its fill, considering it a reward for its merit! After confirming that Mao Qiu had no issues, he put it back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

Afterwards, Lin Zhangqing stood before the small Pool, extracted a small clump of Second-Order Spirit Water, and began to study it carefully!

Actually, because the God-Shocking Cicada required Spirit Liquid and Spirit Water, Lin Zhangqing still knew a little bit about these two types of Spiritual Objects.

Like the faint milky white color seen earlier, carrying a hint of delicate fragrance, this Second-Order Spirit Water was very likely Second-Order Earth Milk Spirit Liquid!

This was a product formed when a Spirit Vein remained full for a long time but could not Breakthrough; it could also be viewed as a specialty of a Spirit Vein!

This directly proved that the place where Lin Zhangqing currently stood was a Second-Order Top-Grade Spirit Vein!

Unfortunately, even though he now knew this, he still could not do anything about this Spirit Vein; let alone taking the entire vein away, he could not even take away a small section of it right now.

He could only obediently find a bottle-shaped Spiritual Artifact and pack all the Second-Order Earth Milk Spirit Liquid into it!

This was a Second-Grade Top Quality Spiritual Object used to assist Cultivation, and Lin Zhangqing did not dare waste even a bit of it.

He left only a tiny amount at the bottom of the Pool, leaving it a seed so as not to drain it completely dry.

He did not know how long it would take to reach the scale Lin Zhangqing saw today again! But this had little to do with him now; Lin Zhangqing estimated he would never come here again, so let others worry about this problem! He roughly estimated that this time, the total harvest should be around one thousand five hundred jin, which was enough for him to use for a very long time!

Although this small Pool was three zhang square, its depth was actually very shallow, and coupled with that Second-Stage Black-Scaled Belly Snake, it must have ruined quite a lot of Spirit Liquid during this period.

Therefore, with this amount of harvest, Lin Zhangqing was already extremely satisfied!

After collecting the Earth Milk Spirit Liquid, Lin Zhangqing dared not damage the small Pool in the slightest, as it was clearly a resource point.

In the future, it could be submitted together to the Sect in exchange for Sect Contribution Points; this would be a win-win situation for both him and the Sect!

Thinking of the matter of the resource point, Lin Zhangqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, suddenly realizing: could this place be the thirtieth...! (End of Chapter)