At those words, quite a few people in the hall frowned.
If any one of the five elemental qi developed a problem, the others would be affected to varying degrees.
A few years earlier, the Dragon Vein of the Azuretide Sea Region had been severed, making Water Qi throughout the Heavenly Origin Realm suddenly abundant.
As a result, the number of disciples with Water Spirit Roots and Wood Spirit Roots had multiplied severalfold compared with the years before the trouble in the Azuretide Sea Region.
More disciples were a blessing, but they also consumed more resources.
And Water Qi was closely tied to spirit plants and pills.
The slightest misstep could lower their quality.
The signs of contamination were therefore a warning—a dangerous warning.
"Could the contamination of Water Qi be related to mining in the Central Region?"
"What do you mean?"
"I heard they may have dug up something extraordinary deep in those mines!"
"To be safe, let's prepare Purewater Spirit Lotus and start cultivating it where water veins converge across the Eastern Domain. We need to be ready!"
Everyone discussed possible countermeasures.
But Mo Qiushui was not finished. She spoke again. "I don't know whether this has anything to do with the mines in the Central Region, but one thing is certain: the Water-Congealing Snail is nearly extinct."
The Water-Congealing Snail.
A creature that lived in water.
It could gather Water Qi and produce Liquid Water Essence.
The better the water quality and the denser the Water Qi, the more snails there would be.
Yet their numbers had dwindled, and they were even dying in droves.
That only happened when something went wrong with the land or the Water Qi.
On the surface, it seemed that only one aquatic species was disappearing.
In truth, the entire ecosystem was