Chapter 301: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 301 Water Spirit Palace

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The stone tablet was slightly mottled; many of the characters on it could no longer be made out clearly, only a few could barely be recognized.

Moreover, taking this stone tablet as a boundary, front and back seemed like two worlds.

Xu Zhangqing was on the left side of the stone tablet; the black water was very normal, without any problem.

But opposite, that is, the right side of the stone tablet, was clearly another situation; inside it exuded a bone-piercing cold aura.

Vaguely, some ruins of buildings leaned crookedly inside.

Judging by the look of it, this place had been abandoned for a long time, appearing very dilapidated and ancient.

Xu Zhangqing thought back and forth, then suddenly detached from the Yao Long Shui Shui Chuan, letting it cross the stone tablet first.

He waited like that for a while; seeing nothing happen, he then followed after it.

Judging by the look of it, nothing remained here.

Especially nothing dangerous.

From left to right, it seemed merely a crossing of a stretch of distance.

But the actual change was very great.

When Xu Zhangqing stepped back onto the deck of the Yao Long Shui Shui Chuan, he immediately perceived that the surroundings were incomparably quiet.

There were no fluctuations from large fish moving.

There were also no abnormal vibrations whatsoever.

The whole place was a dead silence.

Here, compared to the black water behind, felt more profound.

Occasionally one could see some flickering ghost lights; one also did not know what things they were.

Because Xu Zhangqing was here for the first time, he had no guide at all, so he could only take one step and watch one step.

Just like that, controlling the Yao Long Shui Shui Chuan, he moved slowly in the dead silent ink-black water.

Lowering his presence as much as possible, not attracting the attention of anything.

Just like that, he went deeper and deeper, gradually approaching a ruin of buildings.

At first glance, it looked a bit like an altar or such a place.

The ground was full of cracks; all around were stuck many thick stone pillars.

On them were both chains forged from some metal, and some extremely complex spiritual runes.

Xu Zhangqing's divine sense swept over, imprinting all these things, especially the spiritual runes, into his mind; after piecing them together he stared wide-eyed: "If I remember correctly, this is a kind of extremely ancient spiritual rune, seems to be called something... Zhou Tian Lock Dragon Pattern."

Not to mention ordinary rune masters, even reaching Old Bai's level would be impossible to engrave it.

There are many reasons, and among them a critical one is that the engraver must at least possess the cultivation realm of Nascent Soul Stage, to have enough mana to support it.

Otherwise, forcibly engraving would suffer backlash, even imprisoning one's own divine soul.

Such a large place.

So many spiritual runes.

This shows the rune master who engraved them by hand must be a topmost existence.

And at minimum also a Nascent Soul True Lord.

Right at this time, Xu Zhangqing had a new discovery; on the other side there seemed to exist an entrance.

He controlled the Yao Long Shui Shui Chuan to approach; ahead appeared a layer of Seven-Colored Water Curtain.

Inside it was faintly indistinct; there seemed to be building phantoms.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing did not rush to break in, but took out the Ning Shui Zhu, and threw the several large fish he had caught earlier onto the deck.

Then he grabbed one of them, aimed at the Seven-Colored Water Curtain in front, and threw it over.

Accompanied by a "pu chi" sound, this large fish quickly darted inside.

He originally thought it would suffer some attack, but the result was nothing happened.

The large fish was very safe inside, and the other side of the Seven-Colored Water Curtain was also water.

However, Xu Zhangqing still did not feel too at ease, and continued to throw the other few large fish on the deck, one after another, inside.

Constantly trying, constantly probing.

Until there were no fish left in hand, only then did he stop.

Then, he carefully observed the situation on the other side of the Seven-Colored Water Curtain.

These large fish swam back and forth inside, seemingly curious about this strange place.

Seeing that there indeed was no problem, only then did Xu Zhangqing control the Yao Mu Shui Shui Chuan to approach.

As he entered bit by bit, the Seven-Colored Water Curtain before his eyes slightly twisted.

Accompanied by a "bo" sound, one person and one boat smoothly entered, arriving at the other side.

The scene before his eyes looked like a dilapidated palace; everywhere were ruined walls and broken foundations.

There was a signboard, crookedly hanging.

On it were three characters written with dragon-and-snake brushstrokes:

"Water Spirit Palace"

On the eaves straight ahead, something emitted a soft white halo.

Xu Zhangqing glanced at the large fish swimming around, then drove one of them, letting it take the lead swimming toward the glowing place.

After confirming there was no danger, he cautiously approached.

He then discovered that the thing emitting a white glow was actually a round bead about three cun in diameter, entirely milky white, containing extremely dense Water Spirit Qi.

Fine water ripple patterns were distributed across the bead's surface; these were not marks, as if real water were circulating within.

Xu Zhangqing was surprised and doubtful: "Isn't this a Water Spirit Pearl?"

When Spiritual Energy reaches a certain concentration, it condenses into essence crystals.

And with accumulation over time, they transform into Spirit Pearls of various attributes.

Although these Spirit Pearls cannot help the bearer awaken a Spiritual Root, they can enhance the corresponding attribute to a certain degree.

Powerful Spirit Pearls are said to enhance by up to one hundred percent.

This Water Spirit Pearl before him was small in size, so its enhancement would not be very high.

But for a Cultivator with a Water Spiritual Root, its value even exceeds that of a Six-pattern Spirit Weapon.

Now, it bloomed alone here, its glow unappreciated by anyone.

Xu Zhangqing saw this and felt a kinship, unable to help saying: "You have no Master, I have no Water Spirit Pearl; if you don't mind, let's get by together from now on."

Water Spirit Pearl: "......"

Xu Zhangqing nodded slightly: "Your silence means you agree!"

Immediately, he grabbed the Water Spirit Pearl directly in his hand.

The moment they touched, endless Water Spirit Qi tried to drill into his Ti Nei.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing quickly threw it into the Lightly Vitality Gourd, setting it aside temporarily.

Once he has a Water Spiritual Root in the future, he will take it out to examine it properly.

Next, while his gaze surveyed the surroundings, his Lingzhi Scan spread out at the same time.

Soon, inside these Palace Ruins, he discovered another thing.

Judging by the intensity of the feedback, it should be rarer than the Water Spirit Pearl.

Since he needed to drill inside, he could only park the Yao Long Shui Shui Chuan outside.

His whole person like a swimming fish, he drilled in through the collapsed opening.

He arrived at a place like a banquet hall, where damaged tables, food tables, spring stools, and other furniture were everywhere.

However, there was nothing here that his Lingzhi Scan had detected; that thing was even deeper.

Xu Zhangqing merely glanced with his eyes, and after confirming there was indeed nothing worth noticing, he simply packed up several relatively intact food tables and spring stools, then continued exploring deeper.

Along a corridor half collapsed, he soon reached the other end.

Directly opposite was a collapsed ruin; although he had not yet approached, he could feel a shocking flow of water constantly surging around, even raising visible ripples.

Xu Zhangqing quickly activated the Full-Level Mystic Wood Golden Body Technique, put on the Crimson Blaze Cover, and added a circle of thick yellow earth, before cautiously approaching.

Sure enough, he soon felt a strong current of water impact.

Fortunately, after layers of protection, it could not cause the slightest injury to his body.

After approaching, he lifted part of the ruin before him and instantly saw a mass of water.

It was not Black Water, but very clear, similar to spring water.

And inside, it seemed to wrap a Jade Slip!