At that moment, a thin layer of silvery-white liquid had accumulated in the little bowl.
Needless to say, it should have been the legendary Moonlight Dew.
With practiced ease, Li Mingyue took a small jade gourd from her sleeve, aimed its mouth at the hollow, and gently stirred her Spiritual Power.
The Moonlight Dew in the hollow seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, turning into a silver thread as it was slowly sucked into the gourd.
She turned around and waved the little jade gourd at Cui Jiuyang. "This should be a full half month's accumulation of Moonlight Dew."
"In other words, if Hu Seventeen passed through here and took the Moonlight Dew, it should have been half a month ago."
"Given how badly he needed to recover from his injuries then, he would certainly have drunk any Moonlight Dew he found on the spot to replenish his Spiritual Power and stabilize his injuries."
Cui Jiuyang wholeheartedly agreed.
The Spiritual Power in Hu Seventeen's body was now running wild, and he could self-destruct at any moment. This was precisely when he most needed a natural spiritual essence like Moonlight Dew to soothe and stabilize the Spiritual Energy inside him.
He should therefore have drunk Moonlight Dew here before continuing deeper toward the bottom of the pool.
But this was underwater, after all, and the concentration of Spiritual Energy here was much higher than outside, so the traces of his blood and aura would dissipate even faster.
By now, no trace of Hu Seventeen remained on the stone beam.
Cui Jiuyang and Li Mingyue stood side by side on the stone beam, their figures somewhat indistinct in the dim water, like two ghostly shadows keeping each other company.
They lowered their heads and looked toward the deeper, darker bottom