The nights over the sea were exceptionally dark, with that deep and distant moon in the sky seeming close enough to see yet forever beyond reach.
On the main island of a certain island cluster, Li Qing successfully infiltrated the spiritual vein grounds with the help of Hundred Spirits Dao Lord.
The entire process went smoothly. He neither triggered the third-tier grand formation nor alerted anyone.
Li Qing moved swiftly through the dark night, arriving soundlessly before a small spirit mountain at the center of the spiritual vein.
Within that spirit mountain, he sensed an exceptionally clear and pure aura of water-attributed spiritual power. He was very familiar with that aura.
After hesitating briefly, Li Qing silently made his way onto the spirit mountain and accurately located a cave abode.
Thanks to how thoroughly he had concealed his aura, even when Li Qing reached the entrance of the cave abode, he had not alerted the person inside.
Several hidden restrictions had been set up outside the cave abode, but they did not escape Li Qing's soul sense.
Looking at those restrictions, Li Qing frowned and pondered for a moment. Then, with a slight movement of one finger, he sent forth a condensed stream of true essence.
"Who?!"
A somewhat wary voice came from within the cave abode. At the same time, dense water-attributed spiritual power rose up, poised to strike at any moment.
Seeing this scene, Li Qing clicked his tongue inwardly. As expected of the controller of the Water Spirit Pearl—she could actually draw upon the power of heaven and earth so simply while only in the Core Formation Realm.
One had to know that even Nascent Soul True Lords could not achieve such a feat. This was something that could only be done after breaking through to the