Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, Subduing Spirit Fish

Although there are many spirit woods in this forest, most of them barely reach the threshold of first-order spirit woods, which is still a very long way from the second-order spirit woods required to nurture a Jade Marrow Mushroom.

Wei Zhong did find a few decaying second-order spirit woods, but there were no spirit mushrooms on them, let alone a Jade Marrow Mushroom.

Of course, it is also possible that they were picked when the Secret Realm was opened last time, and after this year, no trace was left.

After searching for a while, he still found nothing.

However, this forest is really big in this Secret Realm. It was the first time Wei Zhong had seen such a large area of dense forest on such mountains and rivers since entering the Secret Realm, which was a bit incredible.

Walking along the source of the waterfall, Wei Zhong passed through an unknown number of forest trees, and finally caught a glimpse of a ray of light.

"This..."

Walking out of the embrace of the spirit woods, Wei Zhong saw a green lake.

The source of this waterfall turned out to be this lake, no wonder the surrounding forest trees grow so lush.

Walking to the lake, Wei Zhong scooped up a handful of lake water.

The rich spiritual energy almost filled Wei Zhong's palm.

The thick fog in this forest is probably due to this lake.

Looking at the water mist rising from the lake, wrapped in the surrounding forest trees, Wei Zhong made his own judgment.

It is difficult to find second-order spirit woods in the forest, so could they be in this lake?

Wei Zhong speculated.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a strong spiritual light emerging from the lake surface, and then disappeared under the floating of the lake water.

"That is..."

Since entering the Secret Realm, Wei Zhong had never seen such a strong spiritual light, it must be an extraordinary treasure.

But looking at the lake in front of him, Wei Zhong hesitated again.

This lake is not recorded in the information at all. If there are demon beasts in the lake, I am afraid I am not an opponent.

After struggling for a while, Wei Zhong made up his mind.

Go down and take a look, but don't dive too deep the first time, and return immediately if something unexpected happens.

With my strength, ordinary first-order demon beasts are not my opponents at all. Even in this lake, it is not difficult for me to escape if I am no match.

Having made up his mind, Wei Zhong no longer hesitated and plunged into the lake.

The temperature of the lake water is not low, but rather warm, and it is clear. Through the upper layer of the lake, you can vaguely see the trees outside the lake.

But the bottom is a bit dark, and the light cannot reach it.

Wei Zhong began to look for that ray of spiritual light.

There are some small fish in the lake, but unfortunately they are not spirit fish, just ordinary fish with some spiritual energy.

Wei Zhong concentrated and looked around, and finally saw the spiritual light being pushed by the water.

With a kick of his legs, he swam in its direction.

Wei Zhong had not practiced any water evasion or water escape techniques, otherwise he would have been even faster.

But at least he was a cultivator, much stronger than ordinary people.

Passing through the school of fish, Wei Zhong grabbed the spiritual light in his hand, a stone emitting a white glow.

'A Mid-Grade Spirit Stone?'

Wei Zhong was overjoyed. In the cultivation world, one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone was worth at least one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Still, they were often priceless, and one would often have to pay an extra twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones to exchange for one.

This was the first time Wei Zhong had obtained such a Spirit Stone in reality.

Whether in the Yan Family or in the Bright Moon Market of the Azurewood Sect, Low-Grade Spirit Stones were used as the equivalent for transactions.

He didn't expect to have such a harvest in this Secret Realm.

Looking around, Wei Zhong found several other spots of spiritual light.

He quickly activated his own spiritual power and patrolled around, picking them up one by one.

Unfortunately, not all the spiritual lights were Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; the dimmer ones were only Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

But this was enough to make Wei Zhong happy. In the end, Wei Zhong obtained a total of three Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and eleven Low-Grade Spirit Stones, enough to earn back the ticket fee for this trip to the Secret Realm.

'With so many Spirit Stones, could there be a Spirit Stone mine here?'

Wei Zhong couldn't help but speculate.

Suddenly, a violent tremor came from the bottom of the lake, causing the lake water to surge and the fish in the water to scatter in panic.

Many spiritual lights gushed out from below, and Wei Zhong finally knew where these Spirit Stones came from.

Looking at the dark lake bottom, the light from the outside was difficult to reach, so it appeared dim to the naked eye.

But with the Spirit Seeking Art, Wei Zhong saw the spiritual lights rushing around.

Among them, there was even a cluster of spiritual light gathered together, forming a huge entity.

"Demon Beast!"

Wei Zhong's expression changed. He casually picked up the two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones that had been pushed to his side by the lake water and rushed towards the surface.

It was very unwise to fight such Demon Beasts in the water. Wei Zhong needed to get out of the water quickly.

Who knew that the spiritual energy gushing out from the surroundings would hit Wei Zhong like a shock wave, causing Wei Zhong's figure to become unstable.

The Demon Beast behind him had already rushed close.

Wei Zhong decisively activated the Golden Body Art and looked back at the Demon Beast in the water.

A golden carp, fully two zhang long, rushed out from below. The light golden whiskers were half as long as Wei Zhong, shaking in the water.

'This fish doesn't seem to be hostile.'

In an instant, the golden carp had leaped past Wei Zhong, ignoring this strange creature in the water.

'Although this Demon Beast is not hostile to me, it's still better to get out with the water so turbulent.'

Wei Zhong swam towards the shore following the direction the golden carp had left in.

Once he surfaced, he saw the fish swimming happily, the water droplets it splashed making its scales glitter golden in the sunlight.

But this lake wasn't very big, and the fish-type demon beast swam quickly, covering the entire lake in a short while, before it noticed Wei Zhong on the side.

It circled Wei Zhong twice, a hint of curiosity in its eyes, and used its whiskers to scratch at Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong slapped its whiskers away, annoyed.

Could this fish be a bit simple-minded?

A Rank 1 Spirit Fish, judging by its power, it seemed to be at the peak of Rank 1, only needing an opportunity to transform into Rank 2.

A Rank 2 Demon Core?

A hint of ill-intentioned smile appeared in Wei Zhong's eyes.

But the Spirit Fish didn't seem to sense the danger, and instead carefully examined this special creature it had never seen before.

"Sure enough, it's a simpleton."

Wei Zhong immediately had the idea of taking it as his Spirit Pet.

Whether it was to take its core after it advanced in the future, or to use it as his assistant, it would be a very good choice.

Slitting his fingertip, blood flowed out, and Wei Zhong began to draw Spirit Runes in the air.

Beast Driving Art · Skilled (69%)

The proficiency of this art wasn't high. Wei Zhong only had Nine Colors, a Spirit Beast parrot, so he hadn't paid much attention to this technique.

Soon, the Spirit Runes were completed, floating in mid-air.

Wei Zhong flicked his index finger:

"Go!"

The runes immediately entered the Spirit Fish's body and disappeared.

The use of the Beast Driving Art didn't encounter much resistance, and the technique was easily completed.

Wei Zhong sensed a connection between himself and the Spirit Fish.

"What a simpleton."

Wei Zhong patted the fish's head. Now he had two simple-minded Spirit Beasts in his hands.

"I'll call you 'Da Jin'!"