Wang Wu was the first to bend down and crawl inside. Xiao Yun glanced at He Feiqing. She nodded, then bent down and followed him in.
The waterway was longer than they had imagined. The tunnel walls were covered in traces left by flowing water, and beneath their feet were rocks worn smooth. Wang Wu walked at the very front, holding up a glowing ore to light the way.
As they passed several naturally formed underground caverns, they could still see bubbles rising from the pools and hear the sound of groundwater.
The largest cavern was more than two hundred meters wide, its dome hanging high overhead. Stalactites dangled from above one after another, like countless long swords standing over the three of them, giving them an immense sense of pressure.
The pool at the center of the cavern was so deep its bottom could not be seen, and the water was as black as ink.
At the very center of the pool was a small patch of strange lotuses, and in the middle of it, a pitch-black Third-Grade Black Lotus quietly bloomed.
The lotus had a total of twenty-seven petals, arranged in three orderly layers. Every petal was black as ink, its surface shimmering with a faint, eerie light.
"Third-Grade Black Lotus!" Wang Wu lowered his voice.
"A Dark Attribute immortal herb, extremely rare. But there's definitely a guardian Soul Beast beside something like this..."
Xiao Yun glanced at Wang Wu. He had not expected this guy to be so widely knowledgeable, even recognizing immortal herbs. In that regard, he was even more impressive than Dugu Bo.
After hearing Wang Wu's introduction, He Feiqing was first delighted, then calmed down again. After all, this immortal herb was of the Dark Attribute, which did not quite match her sect's Martial