Undersea Beauty, Water Origin Spirit

However, the slight frown on Qingqiu Li's face only flashed by for a moment before she quickly beckoned to Wu Chu and the others, "A Chu, Houtu sister, come quick, it's so beautiful down there, guess what I found down there?"

"Could it be a big fish?" Wu Chu chuckled.

Houtu smiled and said, "I guess it must be a beautiful coral tree."

"A vast expanse of Star Sand, washed clean by Starlight and seawater, seemed endless..."

As she spoke, Qingqiu Li raised her hand and waved, sending a giant clam, at least two meters in diameter, flying out of the sea and onto the beach. "Little Moon Spirit, catch it! We'll eat it tonight!"

"Okay!"

The giant clam traced an arc as it landed on the beach, where it was caught by Little Moon Spirit.

Little Moon Spirit said to Little Cai Niang, "Cai Niang, go and deal with this. Oh, and check if there are any pearls inside. If so, take them out first."

Among the seafood that Houtu brought back last Houtu were quite a few pearls. Although those pearls were of little use to them, they were nice to display.

Wu Chu originally wanted to say that pearls could be used as medicine, and that they could be ground into pearl powder for whitening and other purposes.

But think about it, given their cultivation levels, they wouldn't get sick, so there's even less need for skin whitening. Unless they deliberately go out to sunbathe and tan themselves... or perhaps because they cultivate certain techniques that darken their bodies, cultivators can make themselves as white as they want, especially female cultivators.

Therefore, for them, pearls were only of ornamental value.

Unless Wu Chu starts researching alchemy in the future, it might still be useful. But at present, Wu Chu has no plans to research in this direction.

Aside from eating, drinking, and having fun, he spent all his time cultivating the Nine-Turn Mysterious Technique and comprehending the Five Elements Great Dao Law.

Wu Chu plunged into the water and swam towards Qingqiu Li. "Let's go see that endless expanse of Star Sand. Little Moon Spirit is planning to move that beach back to Purple Jade Mountain. Do you want to take some Star Sand back with you and pave a silver beach on the shore of your Qingqiu Great Marsh?"

Upon hearing this, Qingqiu Li's eyes lit up, and she smiled, "A good idea."

Led by Qingqiu Li, Wu Chu and Houtu swam towards the deep sea.

The underwater scenery is indeed different from that on the surface. Sunlight shines through the surface and refracts into the seabed, then reflects off the colorful coral reefs, making the entire underwater landscape look exceptionally beautiful. Seaweed swaying with the current, fish swimming among the corals, and brightly colored schools of fish all add vividness to this magnificent picture.

Below this coral reef, silvery-white sea sand can be seen everywhere; this white sea sand is what is known as Star Sand.

When I was looking at it from the surface, my attention was completely drawn to the coral reefs, but now I've discovered that there's something else fascinating at the bottom of those coral colonies.

In that boundless coral reef, the Little Fox and Little Flower Fairies, like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, exclaimed in amazement, their mouths agape, touching and looking here and there.

The Little Flower Fairies, taking advantage of their small size, moved freely through the gaps in the coral reefs. Some even encountered lurking 'hunters' and were swallowed whole, but the hunters quickly spat them out and then turned and ran away, swishing their tails.

The Little Flower Fairies didn't mind and didn't harm the carnivorous fish.

Big Red was even more decisive. She picked up her greatsword and started hacking at the corals, then opened her mouth and swallowed the pieces of coral she had cut down.

Seeing this from afar, Wu Chu asked her telepathically, "What are you doing?"

Big Red glanced at Wu Chu and said, "I want to take them back to Purple Jade Mountain and arrange them in my Lakebed Cave Abode..."

Wu Chu was somewhat speechless, then laughed and said, "These corals can't survive in freshwater."

"..."

Big Red was puzzled and asked, "Why? Does setting up an array not work?"

Wu Chu shook his head and chuckled, "These things are not plants, but animals. They are formed from countless tiny insects. You can find out by using your Primordial Spirit. These tiny insects have very high requirements for the composition and salinity of seawater. They cannot survive in fresh water because it lacks the elements they need to live. After they die, they all turn white."

"White? That's fine too!"

Big Red resumed her destructive work, "Even if they turn into stones, don't they still look pretty good like this?"

"Fine! Whatever makes you happy!"

Ignoring Big Red any longer, Wu Chu followed Qingqiu Li, with Hou Houtu behind him, and they also began to move through the coral reef.

In this coral reef, countless white grains of sand are carried by the current as the fish swim, each one seemingly carrying a faint starlight, making the seabed appear exceptionally bright.

These Star Sand are definitely one of the reasons why this coral reef is so beautiful.

Wu Chu frowned and transmitted his voice to the two women, "Why can these Star Sand attract Starlight to refine them? Is there some natural field that can absorb Starlight?"

Qingqiu Li smiled slightly at Wu Chu, then transmitted her voice, "Feel it carefully, feel the fine sand, see if there's anything different."

Wu Chu extended his Divine Sense to carefully sense the fine sand.

Before long, he discovered that there was actually the aura of Water Origin Spirit within these fine sands.

The Five Elements Origin Spirits are the spirits of the Five Elements' primordial energy. The Water Origin Spirit is the Innate spirit of the water branch of the Five Elements.

Just like the Primordial One-Qi Pure Spirit Spring in their Purple Jade Mountain, it contains a wisp of Innate Qi, which in Innate gives rise to a Water Element Spirit.

However, the Water Element Spirit here is different from the Water Element Spirit of Purple Jade Mountain.

The Water Element Spirit from Purple Jade Mountain has a calming and vision-improving effect, and it is even more effective on spiritual plants.

However, this water elemental spirit has the effect of rapidly condensing moonlight and starlight.

"In other words, as long as we capture that Water Element Spirit here, we can create a similar Star Sand on our Purple Jade Mountain?"

Qingqiu Li nodded slightly, "Theoretically, it's possible, but it will take a very long time! Refining ordinary sand into Star Sand is not that simple."

Wu Chu nodded and began searching for the trace of that Water Element Spirit.

As Wu Chu investigated, he discovered that some of the larger particles of Star Sand had developed mysterious Star Sand. These runes had a stronger function in condensing Starlight and Moonlight.

In other words, these Star Sand already have the ability to absorb Starlight on their own.

Wu Chu carefully picked out these Star Sand; their particles were generally several times larger than the other Star Sand, each one crystal clear and sparkling.

Before long, a string of crystal-clear sand grains began to dance around it.