Luo Zheng stood atop the Spring Eye of the Saint Spring.
The silvery spring water gently washed over his body.
His attention was not on the spring water itself. Instead, he pondered why Chi You had arranged such a trial.
If the Xuanyuan Guard had not slaughtered the Li people back then, would the Li people also have had to undergo such a massacre to become Saints?
After all, anyone who could cultivate to Great Perfection was considered useful even among the Li people. They represented the hope of the future...
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Luo Zheng smacked his own head and realized that he had made a rather significant error.
If the Li people were still around, they would surely be a unified whole. Naturally, far fewer people would be able to enter Saint Mountain, and such a brutal struggle would not occur. The Saint Spring would merely be a pure trial.
"Splish, splash..."
Luo Zheng continued bathing in the Saint Spring, but he soon noticed that something was wrong.
Before entering Saint Mountain, Luo Xiao had told him that he only needed to occupy the Saint Spring. That would not be difficult for him.
After bathing in the Saint Spring, a considerable portion of its water should have drilled into his Dantian and merged with his World Within.
But how could the spring water enter his body now? It flowed over him like ordinary spring water, sliding down his skin. It was hardly any different from taking a bath.
"The Saint Spring can't enter my body? What's going on?" A strange look appeared on Luo Zheng's face. He then asked, "Nine Five Two Seven, do you know what's happening?"
Nine Five Two Seven observed him for a moment and said flatly, "The essence of