"Young Master is awake!"
Gu De's delighted voice suddenly rang out.
Lu Feng looked over and saw Chu Youren's trembling body struggling to rise with the support of the guards. His face was still deathly pale, and he looked utterly drained.
After regaining consciousness, Chu Youren learned from the guards that Chu Youwei had found a way to save him. A few complicated emotions stirred within him, but his attention was soon drawn to the situation before him, and his eyes could no longer leave the Clear Spring at the center of the deep pool.
After the guards used spiritual energy to lift out some of the spring water and bring it ashore to treat Chu Youren, not only did the water in the deep pool unknowingly make up for that expenditure, its level even seemed to rise slightly.
Chu Youwei also noticed the change in the pool's water level. Joy appeared on her face. This change undoubtedly proved that her earlier guess had been right—the amount of spirit spring water was indeed related to the alternation of day and night. The closer it was to daytime, the higher the water level here rose.
Sss—sss—
Just as everyone was rejoicing over the changes in the spirit spring, a faint hissing suddenly came from the rock wall not far away.
"A python?" Upon hearing the hiss, Lu Feng instinctively thought they had encountered some venomous python or spirit snake. But when he turned around, he discovered that clinging to the rock wall was a strange and bizarre spirit beast.
It was neither a python nor a snake, but a giant "gecko" over half a meter long. Its entire body was dark gray, and countless gelatinous sacs grew along its back, neatly arranged on either side of its spine. Each sac glimmered