After absorbing the Second Grade Purification Mantra, Lu Xuan could no longer suppress his curiosity. Silently reciting the incantation, he cast it on himself.
At once, he felt as though his entire body had fallen into an ice cave. Every stray thought and desire in his mind was swept away by the chill, leaving behind only a vast expanse of snowy white.
He deliberately recalled familiar letters and numbers from his previous life, the names of teachers, countless figures flashing through his mind—yet his heart remained utterly unmoved.
"I have lost all worldly desires."
Lu Xuan sighed, gaining a rough understanding of this Second Grade Purification Mantra.
He placed the five Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves together with the previous ones and continued inspecting the Spirit Field.
Beneath the Spirit Spring Strange Stone, seeing Lu Xuan approach, the Iron Pincer Crab young beast raised its pair of dark green-black pincers, large as broadswords, high into the air in a show of might. Its pincers opened and closed, seemingly flaunting its strength before Lu Xuan.
"Looks like you've grown quite a bit lately. Let me give you a firsthand taste of it."
Lu Xuan took out the most arrogant Iron Pincer Crab young beast, had the Cloud Stepping Lynx stand guard nearby to prevent it from returning to the Spirit Spring, then shook a huge pile of Copper-Iron Ore out of his Storage Bag.
Chunk after chunk of ore was fed beneath the Iron Pincer Crab's claws without pause. The cracking sounds rang out endlessly, wonderfully pleasing to the ear.
Only after all that Copper-Iron Ore had been reduced to shattered pebbles did Lu Xuan finally stop, sparing the Iron Pincer Crab young beast whose pair of pincers were already trembling faintly.
He drew some freezing, yin-chilled spring water from