"Hmm, a few of those auras feel familiar. Have I met them before? I hope they don't get too excited later."
Shi Zhao chuckled, then stepped into the spring pool. There was no water inside. The Immortality Spring seemed to have dried up, leaving only a bed of sand and soil it had nourished.
"Wahaha! What a treasure! Mine, mine, all mine!" The God-Striking Stone was beside itself with excitement. It rolled out, plunged headfirst into the sediment, and opened its huge mouth to gulp it down.
The sediment was translucent and crystalline, shimmering with golden radiance. Still faintly damp, it released powerful, undying divine energy. Without question, this was rare, precious soil for growing spirit medicine.
Never mind spirit medicine-even Sacred Medicine could easily thrive in it.
"You wish. This is all mine, and so are you." Shi Zhao kicked the God-Striking Stone aside, brought out the lustrous white Bone Box, rolled up her sleeves, and started digging.
Those crudely made imitation Heaven-and-Earth Bags could not be used here, but that restriction had no effect on this supreme treasure. Soon, she had dug all the sediment out of the pool, uncovering a little golden dragon just over a foot long.
This was actually the Immortality Spring itself. It had developed intelligence and, for some unknown reason, undergone a transformation into a Dragon-Form Being. The process had consumed far too much of its source essence, yet it had miraculously succeeded.
That was also why the Immortality Spring had dried up, leaving only a bed of sediment.
The little golden dragon woke from its slumber and opened its eyes to discover that someone had demolished its entire home. Instantly enraged, its eyes blazed with ferocity, and it opened its mouth to bite.
"Into my bowl with you!" Shi Zhao had been