The sun turned to the west, dyeing the valley with a warm color. After another sparring session, Aileen was panting, with sweat on her forehead, but her eyes were bright. She could clearly feel her progress under the high pressure of Lin Qin. Both her casting speed and timing were much better than before.
"I'm going to the pool to clean myself." Aileen said to Lin Qin who was sitting aside and adjusting his breath, and walked towards the clear pool of water.
She sat on the bluestone beside the pool, took off her boots, and immersed her feet in the water. A chill instantly spread from the soles of her feet, dispelling the heat of training. But soon, she frowned slightly.
"Lin Qin," she turned to look at Lin Qin, who was walking over, "Have you ever felt that this pool of water is colder than it was a few days ago? It's not just ordinary cold, it's the kind of... chill that penetrates into your bones."
Hearing this, Lin Qin squatted down and put his right hand directly into the water. Saint Realm The strong man's perception was far greater than Aileen. The water flow, temperature, and the weak energy contained in it were all very clear to his perception. After a moment, he withdrew his hand.
"It's not an illusion." He said with certainty, "The water temperature is indeed abnormal. And the source is below." He cast his gaze at the bottom of the deep pool. "There is something under the water that is emitting cold air and has a unique energy fluctuation. It is very vague, but it is not the water element."
"Something?" Aileen became curious, "We have never found this pool that we have been using for so long."
"I'll go down and take a look." Lin Qin stood up and neatly took off the somewhat damaged coarse cloth robe on his upper body, revealing his strong body. Saint Realm's body is not afraid of ordinary cold and heat, and the water pressure has little effect on him.
"Be careful, it feels a little unusual." Aileen reminded, with a trace of concern in his eyes.
Lin Qin nodded his head, took a deep breath without any unnecessary movement, and slid quietly into the pool, like a fish, diving quickly.
The water in the pool is deeper than it looks. As you go down, the light becomes dimmer, and the surrounding becomes silent, with only the touch of water flowing over your body. The temperature drops very quickly, and ordinary seventh-level warriors may feel that their blood circulation is not smooth here. But Lin Qin has a faint, almost invisible earthy yellow light flowing on the surface of the body, which isolates the cold and pressure.
He spread his mental power downwards like a spider web and carefully scanned the bottom of the pool. Silt, water plants, some ordinary pebbles... most of the area was normal. However, in a depression in the northwest corner of the pool bottom, he sensed an abnormality. The mud there seemed to be darker in color, and the cold air escaped from there, accompanied by a quiet and restrained energy rhythm.
He adjusted his direction and dived there. As he got closer, he could clearly feel that the water temperature had dropped again. He pushed aside the mud on the surface with his hands, and his fingertips touched something hard and cold. He dug it out of the mud, about the size of a human fist, and it was heavy in his hand. The surface felt not rough like rocks, but with a jade-like warmth, even though it was exuding cold air.
Without hesitation, Lin tightly grasped the foreign object, kicked off his legs, and quickly floated up.
With a "swish" sound, his water broke and he came out. Aileen immediately stepped forward, handed over the dry cloth he had prepared, and stared at the thing in his hand.
"Found it? Is this it?"
Lin Qin Place the thing on the dry stone on the shore. Through the afterglow of the setting sun, you can see clearly that it is dark blue all over, and the surface is not smooth. It is covered with a layer of naturally formed complex lines similar to ice crystals. Silks of white cold air are slowly seeping out from the lines, making the surrounding air cool.
He touched it with his hand and found it was cold to the touch, but not bone-piercing. The coldness seemed to be locked inside the material, condensing and not dissipating.
"This is..." Aileen squatted down and looked carefully, trying to remember the mineral illustrations he had read in the Magic Guild library. "The color, texture, and this restrained coldness... are very similar to the "Cold Jade Marrow" in the record. It is usually an associated mine of high-quality "Ice Blue Cold Iron" and is very rare."
"Cold Jade Marrow?" Lin Qin has limited knowledge of mineralogy, limited to some common forging materials.
"Well," Aileen said with excitement after confirmation, "A top-notch Water Element and ice magic material. It is said that it can not only help condense water and ice elemental energy, accelerate the accumulation of magic power, but more importantly, it can calm It calms the mind, warms up the mental power, and improves the efficiency of understanding the essence of elements. Such a large piece seems to be of extremely high quality. If you put it outside, those Water Element magicians and Battle Qi warriors who practice ice will fight for it."
In order to verify, she stretched out her right hand, pointed her palm at Cold Jade Marrow, and carefully introduced a trace of pure Water Element magic power. When the magic power came into contact with the surface of Cold Jade Marrow, those ice crystal lines seemed to be activated and lit up slightly. The soft blue light and the cold air no longer make people feel uncomfortable, but become fresh and pure. Aileen only feels as if his mental power has been washed by the cool spring water, his thoughts have become extremely clear, and the water element in the surrounding environment seems to have become more active and friendly.
"The effect is better than what is described in the illustration!" Aileen retracted his hand, with surprise on his face, "With its assistance, my meditation efficiency can be increased by at least 30%!"
Lin Qin felt the soft energy fluctuations and nodded. "It seems that this thing is very useful to you." He looked at the pool, "The cold air can penetrate up, indicating that the location where it is buried may not be deep, or... it may be more than this area."
"Is it because of the energy impact of the altar before, or is it because we have practiced here for a long time, which triggered the earth veins and exposed them?" Aileen speculated on various possibilities.
"It's all possible." Lin Qin looked at the calm surface of the pool, "I'll go down and look carefully tomorrow."