Beast Spirit Valley

Xu Changqing's pupils contracted, and his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

Where the Ice Soul Pearl had originally been, there was now an eerie mass.

It resembled a curled-up embryo, condensed from ice crystals. Its entire body emitted a ghostly blue glow, while fine cracks surfaced across it, wisps of cold air seeping from every one.

A closer look revealed a translucent membrane clinging to its exterior, like frozen amniotic fluid congealed with tiny ice crystals.

Through that membrane, a vaguely humanoid outline could be seen within.

What was more, this embryo-like thing was trembling faintly. Every rise and fall spread bone-piercing cold, rapidly freezing the surrounding air into frost.

"Frost Cabbage couldn't possibly mutate for no reason!"

"There must be some cause behind this!"

"What should I do with this thing now?!"

Looking at the object before him, Xu Changqing found himself at a loss for the first time.

It looked like a Mutated Spirit Plant, yet something about it felt wrong.

Whether in the books he had read or the Forbidden Register of Spirit Plants, there seemed to be no record of anything similar.

This thing was definitely not simple. After all, it was alive—it was still moving.

Xu Changqing took a deep breath. "If I leave it alone, I really have no idea what it might become. If it ends up affecting the Spirit Fields outside, that would be troublesome.

But..."

But he now seriously suspected something.

The reason Frost Cabbage had mutated was closely related to the Black Soil beneath his feet.

He had already been suspicious of this Stone Mountain before, and that suspicion had only deepened now.

Yet after turning the matter over in his mind, Xu Changqing turned and left.

It was not that he was giving up. He would return after learning