I hurriedly glanced at the flower. Unlike the lotus, it did not look like a treasure meant to be ridden, and although there was innate essence inside it, there was no place to get a grip on it at all. The bud was still a bud, and the petals were still tightly packed.
Yet when I reached toward it, the flower's consciousness merged with mine without the slightest obstacle. There was no doubt I could take it away at any time—which left me in a dilemma!
It continued extracting the essence remaining in this realm, steadily growing stronger. As the realm force strengthened, its colors became more vivid and varied. It looked like a dazzling rainbow flower, its beauty luxurious to an almost extravagant degree!
I watched it grow before my eyes, but my heart filled with worry. After all, there was still a football field's worth of treasures here. How was I supposed to move them all? What if the realm-force Grand Array disappeared and several black beasts charged in, completely destroying this place? By then, I would truly have lost both the chicken and the eggs!
As the flower extracted more and more realm force, the Xuantian Gourd unexpectedly began moving on its own. It seemed Linglong had recovered her senses and was hurrying over to help. She also knew this place was about to suffer disaster.
As we descended, the two great lakes hollowed out and revealed an entire stone wall. This truly was a gigantic underground lake, not the two lakes I had seen. And if my guess was correct, its layout might even have been intended as a moat, descending into a circle. After all, such a structure could store more water and was relatively reasonable given the construction here.
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