Duckweed Prefecture, Duckweed Lake.
With a gentle breeze, golden light stretched across the lake, its ripples glittering beautifully.
At this moment, as a spiritual art was activated, the lake surface transformed into a massive spiritual barrier that enveloped the entire lake.
Above the lake, a fierce-looking cultivator in a green robe flew through the air with two others.
The man at the forefront held a jade token in his hand.
Spiritual light flowed across the jade token.
As the spiritual light circulated, special spiritual radiance began to appear on the lake's surface as well.
At first, the radiance was faint, but it gradually deepened, manifesting over the lake like spiritual characters.
It appeared chaotic at first, but later grew increasingly vivid and agile.
Finally, a crisp crack rang out.
At the same time, the water across the entire lake began plunging downward.
It was as though a vast section beneath the lakebed had been hollowed out.
As the lakewater receded, a peculiar droplet condensed somewhere within the former lake.
The droplet looked like ordinary lakewater, yet it was eerily crystalline. Looking closely, one could see that there was something extraordinarily unusual within it.
"So it really is Water Heaven!" The green-robed cultivator at the forefront was none other than Venerable Origin Toad. After spending more than a month, he had finally uncovered the natural Eight Stage concealment formation here and found this Water Heaven grotto-heaven.
"Congratulations, Master!" One of the people behind him hurriedly offered his congratulations.
The other, despite also possessing Spirit Transformation cultivation, spoke in a low voice.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist!"
"It is still unknown whether this is truly the Water-Moon Grotto-Heaven of the Water Moon Sect from back then!" Venerable Origin Toad had not been carried away by excitement.
Though that was what he said, delight still