"Congratulations to Suqing for obtaining Heaven-One Generates Water—"
Fang Wuchen put away the treasure cauldron and stepped forward to offer his congratulations.
"If you hadn't held back that water wraith, I wouldn't have obtained the spirit water so smoothly—"
True Person Suqing smiled faintly. "But Wuchenzi, you gained no little harvest as well. That water wraith, though weak and merely comparable to Duzi or Dumu, still counts as a Purple Mansion monster. Your Stomach Earth is skilled at raising monsters. Once you return and tame it, it will make an excellent guardian for your house. If it cannot be tamed, killing it will likewise yield a Wall Water spirit item—"
"Indeed!"
A trace of a smile appeared on Fang Wuchen's face.
He had originally thought this expedition would be exceedingly difficult, yet it had turned out to be effortless, with abundant gains besides.
"I have yet to explore this secret place completely. Let us go farther in and take a look—"
True Person Suqing said with a smile, and Fang Wuchen naturally had no objections.
The two crossed the great lake together and arrived in the depths of the secret place. Before them, the path had already come to an end, blocked by a thick slab of pitch-black rock.
The surface of the black rock was incomparably smooth, yet it bore crisscrossing marks, like a stone stele.
True Person Suqing narrowed her eyes, and the wooden sword in her hand slid half an inch from its sheath.
Screech!
A razor-sharp azure sword light instantly filled the entire chamber.
Fang Wuchen heard only a crisp sound. The surface of the black stone stele remained utterly unscathed, and his heart chilled. *Horn Wood Divine Ability, Shattering Edge—its sharpness is no less than that of a Metal Virtue sword cultivator, yet it cannot