Beneath the tranquil lake waters, waves of cold air drifted upward, making the bottom of the pool seem even more serene and chilling.
A pale blue Spirit Shield kept the surrounding pool water at bay.
Four figures stood within the Spirit Shield, utterly unaffected by the water.
Others might not have noticed anything, but Ye Jingcheng saw that the stone also bore Python Veins, somewhat similar to the veins on the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit.
Though the stone's material might differ, Stone Spirits and grotto-heaven spaces had always been unfathomably mysterious. Even Turtle Ancestor possessed Turtle's Inner World, so Ye Jingcheng naturally could not determine whether this was a grotto heaven.
Yet upon closer inspection, the patterns showed no unusual movement. The surrounding spiritual energy did not surge into the stone, nor did any vitality emanate from it.
Perhaps even if it had been a Stone Spirit, that had been a matter of the past.
Ye Jingcheng's gaze burned. Naturally, he hoped this was a grotto heaven. Even if it could not grow like Jade Within Sky, it would still at least be a grotto heaven.
But before long, Ye Jingcheng smiled helplessly. There seemed to be another formation beside the stone, pinning it firmly in place.
Ye Jingcheng reached out to grab it, but it did not budge in the slightest. He then had the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor try, but it too could not move it.
"It should have been refined into a fixed secret realm!" The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor seemed to know something and spoke up.
Upon hearing that it was a secret realm, Ye Jingcheng's interest instantly waned considerably. He began channeling his true essence toward the patterned stone.
As his true essence flowed forth, the Spirit Patterns grew increasingly bright, like a stone of