Deep within the lake, a layer of forbidden-restriction glimmer appeared. No matter what lay within the shroud of restrictions, it was enough to greatly hearten Qin Fengming.
With the terrifying soul-essence absorption force no longer filling his body, Qin Fengming immediately felt much lighter.
He gathered his gaze on the pale azure radiance not far below, then cautiously released his spiritual sense to investigate the layer of forbidden-restriction glimmer.
Suddenly, Qin Fengming noticed something strange.
Within that dense layer of pale azure radiance were countless tiny specks of light. They were so minuscule that they could not be detected without careful probing with spiritual sense.
The specks seemed to carry soul-essence energy, but their soul-essence aura was not especially pronounced.
Qin Fengming's heart stirred suddenly. He immediately looked up at the lake water above, his brows faintly furrowing as his eyes flickered. A look of sudden understanding seemed to emerge.
"Could these specks of light be the reason the lake water absorbs soul-essence energy?" A mutter soon escaped his lips.
Qin Fengming had reached this conclusion because he discovered that the pale azure specks filling the forbidden-restriction glimmer below were not floating motionlessly. Some were falling into the restrictions, while others were drifting upward from within them.
Moreover, the falling specks were without exception somewhat smaller and more solid, while those drifting upward appeared somewhat larger and more ethereal.
This sight suddenly gave Qin Fengming a judgment: after those tiny specks floated in the lake water and desperately absorbed soul essence, they would descend on their own, falling into the forbidden restrictions at the lake bottom.
After the restrictions absorbed the soul-essence energy, the specks would then float up through the lake water on their own, continuing to absorb the soul-essence energy dissolved within it.
The lake water looked deep,