Lightning Struck Wood

This group consisted of six people, and their strength was not weak. The highest cultivation level among them had already reached the fourth layer of Jade Purity, which was considered a very good cultivation level. After all, Ye Yun's fourth and fifth senior brothers, despite being disciples for decades, were only at the third layer of Jade Purity. And let's not forget, their sect was the Qingyun Sect. From this, it could be seen that the fourth layer of Jade Purity was indeed quite good, otherwise, the Qingyun Sect wouldn't allow disciples at the fourth layer of Jade Purity to descend the mountain for training.

These six people were very cautious. They had been leading Ye Yun around the city for half an hour. However, Ye Yun was certain that this group had not discovered him. This was because they had returned to their stronghold in the city midway, where they had hidden precious medicinal herbs. To avoid alerting them, Ye Yun did not take these herbs along the way.

Just as Ye Yun was getting a bit impatient with being led around, the group's actions finally changed. When they circled to the north gate, they suddenly accelerated, rushed out of the city gate, and disappeared into the forest outside the city in the blink of an eye. If it were anyone else, even if they had managed to evade them and follow behind, they would definitely have been shaken off by this sudden move. Unfortunately for them, they encountered Mo Mo. Their speed was simply not worth mentioning.

After the group had entered the forest for a while, Ye Yun leisurely followed them. Soon, he caught up to the person with the fourth layer of Jade Purity cultivation. To Ye Yun's surprise, after advancing a certain distance, that person actually made a wide turn and headed west.

"Good fellow, quite cunning. Not only did they use others to attract attention, but even the direction was wrong. If I didn't know you a bit and keep a close eye on you, I might have really let you succeed. Unfortunately, you ran into me." Ye Yun watched the man in front of him continuously traveling westward using the art of controlling objects, and couldn't help but marvel at their meticulous planning. It was a pity that their opponent was more than a match for them; meticulous planning was useless.

After Ye Yun followed that person for a full hour, the man's flying speed finally slowed down. After discerning the direction, he started walking. However, seeing him carefully searching as he walked, Ye Yun understood that this person probably didn't know the exact location of the Spiritual Spring either. He likely only knew the general direction. As for how they learned about the existence of the Spiritual Spring here, Ye Yun had no idea.

Since this person didn't know the specific location of the Spiritual Spring, following him was useless. Moreover, with this person's cultivation level, his search speed would definitely not be as fast as Ye Yun's. Therefore, Ye Yun closed his eyes and carefully sensed the distribution of spiritual energy in the surroundings. He then rode his sword towards the right, where the spiritual energy was more abundant.

As the saying goes, standing high allows one to see far. The range seen from the air while riding a sword was definitely farther than looking through the forest. Therefore, Ye Yun's search speed was very fast. In just a few minutes, he had searched an area of nearly a thousand meters. After he flew around the vicinity on his sword, he successfully narrowed down the search area to the peach forest beneath his feet.

This wild peach forest was not very large, only about a thousand meters in radius. However, it was lush and thriving. Several peach trees were laden with large, fist-sized peaches. The peaches were reddish-white and extremely tempting. Ye Yun picked one, wiped off the fuzz, and took a big bite. His mouth was instantly filled with sweet peach juice. What surprised Ye Yun the most was that these peaches contained abundant spiritual energy. Although they could not be considered spiritual medicine, eating them often could prolong life.

"It seems I haven't come to the wrong place. That Spiritual Spring is indeed in this peach forest." This peach made Ye Yun even more certain of his guess. However, what gave Ye Yun a headache was that after entering this peach forest, the concentration of spiritual energy around him did not change. This meant that to find the Spiritual Spring, he could only search slowly, bit by bit.

"Since it's a Spiritual Spring, the plants around it that are nourished by the spring water must be different. Therefore, as long as I find a peach tree that is different from the surrounding ones, I will have practically found the Spiritual Spring."

With this thought, Ye Yun no longer hesitated. He changed his sword technique and slowly ascended into the sky, taking in the entire peach forest. However, the peach forest was not small, and it was all green. Finding something different among it was still quite difficult.

Ye Yun was lucky. After half an hour, he successfully found a peach tree that was different from the others. The reason it was different was that it had actually withered and died. This should have been impossible, as the water from the Spiritual Spring was full of vitality, capable of rejuvenating old trees and bringing dead wood back to life. Therefore, this dead tree was highly suspicious.

As Ye Yun rode his sword over the withered tree, he knew he had found the right place. Not far from the withered tree, a pool of clear spring water, about half a meter in size, was bubbling up. What was even more astonishing was that although this clear spring was constantly gushing out water, the water level in the small pool did not change at all.

After finding the Spiritual Spring, Ye Yun had the leisure to survey the surroundings. It was then that Ye Yun discovered that this peach tree had been struck and killed by lightning. In other words, it was a lightning-struck peach tree. Judging by the vigorous trunk and the thick, mottled old bark, this peach tree must have been quite old. What surprised Ye Yun the most was that this peach tree had not completely withered. The branch extending towards the Spiritual Spring had actually sprouted small tender buds.

"This is a good thing. Lightning-struck peach wood that has come back to life. It not only contains the power of lightning but also possesses infinite vitality. It's truly a rare wood-element spiritual material, most suitable for refining magic treasures. I'll chop it down first."

Originally, Ye Yun intended to take the entire peach tree away. However, just as he was about to act, he suddenly remembered that he did not have a storage magic treasure, and this peach tree was too large. If he carried it, he wouldn't be able to do anything else. In the end, Ye Yun had to give up the idea of carrying the entire peach tree away. He only cut off the section that was directly struck, which was over a meter long, but it was enough for him. Since he cut off the upper part of the trunk, the peach tree could continue to grow.

With the lightning-struck wood in hand, it was time for the Spiritual Spring. However, Ye Yun's strength was not yet sufficient to move mountains and overturn seas. Therefore, although he had found the Spiritual Spring, he could not take it with him. Just as Ye Yun was troubled, the system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Host, beneath this Spiritual Spring is a miniature spiritual脉. However, due to the impact of lightning, it is about to dry up. The host can completely place their hand into the Spiritual Spring for the system to absorb the energy of the spiritual脉. However, once the spiritual energy of the spiritual脉 is completely absorbed by this system, the Spiritual Spring will quickly dry up."

"Absorb the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins? Then absorb it. It's going to dry up anyway. It's better to fulfill me than to let it dry up on its own and waste the spiritual energy."

Having made up his mind, Ye Yun walked directly to the Spiritual Spring. After examining the spring and confirming it was safe, he placed his hand into the water. The moment his right hand touched the spring water, Ye Yun couldn't help but shiver. He almost moaned with comfort. This was because the instant his hand touched the spring water, a warm current instantly enveloped him, as if he were soaking in a hot spring. But this was not the most comfortable part. The most comfortable part was that the warm current seemed to be massaging every cell in his body, making his entire body tingle and feel exceptionally comfortable.