As soon as she entered the water, Shi Lan's muscles and bones fully relaxed, and waves of rich spiritual energy surged ceaselessly into her body.
This hot spring was rather deep. Even at the edge, Shi Lan had to stand on tiptoe to barely touch the bottom.
The ground beneath her feet was made of somewhat jagged mountain rocks, not the silt Shi Lan had imagined earlier.
After scanning the area and seeing no sign of Wu Lingkong, Shi Lan plunged into the water. With a light step beneath her feet, a wave exploded outward, and in the blink of an eye, she had darted to the Scarlet Radiance Lotus.
In the somewhat murky water, a white figure was crouched at the Scarlet Radiance Lotus's roots, tugging at something without pause.
Shi Lan had just been about to approach when a curtain of light condensed from Xiantian True Qi suddenly spread open, forcing all the surrounding spring water away and forming a space.
Although the bottom of the spring was somewhat dim, Shi Lan's vision was unaffected, allowing her to see everything clearly.
"Come give me a hand. The lotus root of this Scarlet Radiance Lotus is hidden in this rock fissure. These reefs have been nourished by spiritual energy for years, so they're no less hard than ordinary magical artifacts. I can't deal with them alone." Wu Lingkong looked somewhat helpless.
Suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, Shi Lan revealed the blade of the Violet Dipper Seven-Star Halberd, crouched down beside Wu Lingkong, and broke through the reef in just a few strikes.
A lotus root as red as a piece of crimson jade lay half-buried in the reef.
The lotus root was nearly as thick as an arm and more than three chi long. It gave off