Azure Origin Water Grass

Beneath the murky river water, it was dim.

Shen Changchuan's figure searched the riverbed everywhere.

The continuous heavy rain for nearly a month had stirred up mud and sand upstream, which flowed into the river, making the usually clear water incredibly turbid.

This greatly obstructed Shen Changchuan's vision at the riverbed.

Fortunately, his Spirit Eye Technique, with a perfect 100% completion, granted Shen Changchuan far superior eyesight than ordinary people, as well as a keen perception of spiritual energy or demonic energy. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to search for any spiritual items at the bottom of this river.

Shen Changchuan searched piece by piece across the uneven riverbed, occasionally, large broken branches and leaves drifted past, swept along by the surging river water.

From time to time, he could see large fish darting about, and water plants swaying, stubbornly growing at the riverbed despite the impact of the floodwaters during the rainy season.

However, after half an hour, Shen Changchuan had searched almost the entire stretch of the riverbed but found nothing.

Not even a trace of spiritual energy or spiritual light, as if there were no heavenly treasures at all.

"Did I guess wrong? Perhaps that Crocodile Demon didn't possess some heavenly treasure, but rather had a powerful bloodline inheritance, which is why it mastered so many spells and possessed spiritual wisdom exceeding that of ordinary Yao Beasts?"

On the riverbank, having found no results for a long time, Shen Changchuan temporarily stopped searching, went ashore, and sat by the riverbank to recover his Magical Power.

At this moment, he felt somewhat dejected.

Recalling the fruitless search at the riverbed for the past half hour, Shen Changchuan couldn't help but frown.

It wasn't entirely without results, though.

At least it allowed him to familiarize himself with the riverbed's terrain, and he also discovered that the spiritual energy of this Great Bay River's water vein was somewhat abundant.

In the silt at the riverbed, a considerable amount of 'sediment' had accumulated, formed by the combination of water vein spiritual energy and earth vein spiritual energy.

These 'sediments' would be beneficial for the growth of spirit grain.

If he could dredge them up, it would be a fortune to increase the yield of spirit grain.

But the problem was, these had nothing to do with Shen Changchuan's original goal!

What he initially wanted to find was not some sediment or silt, but a heavenly spiritual item related to the Crocodile Demon!

But half an hour of fruitless searching

forced Shen Changchuan to doubt his own conjecture.

"No!"

"The water vein spiritual energy in the river is not bad, and there's plenty of sediment at the riverbed. A river like this should have at least one or two spiritual items, if not many, comparable to spirit grain!"

"But there are none in the river! Even the water plants seem to be scarce!"

"This is not normal!"

Shen Changchuan suddenly realized this point, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow.

Something was strange!

He decided to keep searching.

So, after his Magical Power had recovered, Shen Changchuan entered the river once more.

This time, he expanded his search range, inching his way towards farther areas.

Finally, after all his efforts, a quarter of an hour later, as Shen Changchuan ventured deeper into the riverbed, under the sight of his Spirit Eye Technique, he finally saw, not far away, within a sunken riverbed gully, a spiritual energy flashing light emanating from a hidden dark cave!

"Found it!"

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

He swam towards the direction of the dark cave.

However, Shen Changchuan wasn't so overjoyed that he lost his vigilance.

He stopped first and carefully observed his surroundings outside. After confirming there was no danger, he cautiously entered to investigate.

The dark cave wasn't deep.

It looked like an underpass built deep at the riverbed.

"Hmm?"

There seemed to be traces of artificial excavation around. Shen Changchuan's gaze couldn't help but focus.

However, after a careful examination, He didn't find anything else.

What could be confirmed was that this place seemed to have been expanded from a natural dark cave about ten to twenty years ago. Faint traces of array remnants could also be seen.

And the marks left by the Crocodile Demon here.

It looked like, This was indeed the Crocodile Demon's lair!

Shen Changchuan rejoiced in his heart.

Without further observation, he swam forward in the dark cave.

Soon, Shen Changchuan stopped.

His gaze was fixed ahead.

At the end of the dark cave, at the bottom of the dim river, grew a spirit grass radiating a faint blue glow all over its body, surrounded by concentrated spiritual energy!

Shen Changchuan swam to the side of the water grass, his eyes wide open. Under the gaze of his Spirit Eye Technique, he observed every blade of grass, every inch of its veins.

"This is... Azure Origin Water Grass?!"

Shen Changchuan recognized the spirit grass, And couldn't help but exclaim.

This thing, He had read about it in the miscellaneous books he'd read during his two and a half years at the Shen Family Manor!

It was an extremely precious heavenly spiritual item that could only grow with a sliver of possibility when the water vein's essence and energy were abundant!

How precious was it?

The value of all twelve mu of spirit fields in Great Bay Village combined couldn't compare to this single stalk of Azure Origin Water Grass!

Its effect, It could temper a person's body with abundant water elemental energy, thereby slightly improving their cultivation aptitude.

And it could, to a certain extent, enhance spiritual power!

Without a doubt, Either of these two effects, Was enough to cause its value to skyrocket!

"To think there's such a treasure at the bottom of this river. No wonder that Crocodile Demon had such high intelligence and mastered multiple innate spells!"

His previous doubts were completely resolved at this moment.

Yao Beasts and heavenly spiritual items coexisted.

It could gain considerable benefits by absorbing the essence and energy of the water veins and releasing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the Azure Origin Water Grass.

Perhaps this was also what made that Crocodile Demon so extraordinary.

Shen Changchuan's heart was filled with joy.

The appearance of this Azure Origin Water Grass was no different from a windfall for him!

"It's a pity it's still in its seedling stage. If only it were mature, the effects of mature Azure Origin Water Grass would be even stronger!"

After carefully observing the incredibly precious Azure Origin Water Grass for a while, Shen Changchuan thought to himself with a hint of greed.

If it were a mature Azure Origin Water Grass, Its value could increase tenfold or even a hundredfold!

However, even as a seedling, it was still a huge gain for Shen Changchuan.

Moreover, with the essence and energy of the water veins in the Great Bay River, it probably couldn't support an adult Azure Origin Water Grass.

Shen Changchuan suppressed his excessive greed.

He gleefully took out a jade box from his embrace, carefully plucked the Azure Origin Water Grass, and sealed it within the jade box.

Although this Azure Origin Water Grass was very valuable, and countless cultivation families and great clans outside were willing to pay a high price for such a natural treasure to refine the cultivation aptitude of their direct descendants.

Shen Changchuan had no intention of selling it.

It was a simple reason:

the Azure Origin Water Grass was too valuable, so valuable that he, a mere ant at Qi Gathering Fourth Level, couldn't possibly protect it.

Even if he sold it for a large sum of spirit stones, without sufficient strength to protect himself, it would eventually belong to someone else.

Not to mention the First Madam in the backyard of the Shen Family Manor.

Forget it.

It was a bit of a loss, but at least he was safe.

Shen Changchuan planned to consume and refine it immediately upon returning to turn it into his own foundation.

He carefully put away the jade box containing the Azure Origin Water Grass.

Shen Changchuan prepared to leave.

However, at this moment, on a whim, he used the Spirit Eye Technique to scan the environment around the Azure Origin Water Grass.

It was a casual action to see if he had missed anything, but it actually allowed him to discover something unusual.

Under Shen Changchuan's perfected Spirit Eye Technique, the riverbed soil was mostly the color of ash.

That was the manifestation of the earth's pulse energy under the gaze of the Spirit Eye Technique.

However, at this moment, against the backdrop of the grayish-white soil behind the Azure Origin Water Grass, there was a square, neat, book-sized blank area!

"What is this?"

Shen Changchuan swam over curiously, and carefully began to dig.

After digging about a foot down, a wooden box made of black wood appeared before Shen Changchuan.

Using Golden Needles and the Golden Thorn Technique, he carefully unlocked the bronze lock on the wooden box.

He carefully opened the box, and Shen Changchuan saw that inside, there quietly lay a palm-sized, pure white white jade token.

He picked up the token.

Around the token, intricate patterns were carved.

And in the center of its front, a large character, "Elephant," was engraved.