Following the guidance of the exploration compass, Yue Wen traveled underwater for a long time until he reached an underwater cavern. Aquatic plants grew thickly here amid jagged rocks. Without coming here specifically to search with a magical artifact, he probably would never have found it in his lifetime.
He pushed aside a large patch of aquatic plants and saw the cavern in full. It was pitch-black and deep beneath the water, its interior impossible to make out at a glance. Even probing it with his divine sense, he only felt that it was bottomless.
To be safe, Yue Wen brought out the two White Jade Soul-Aspect Lion Heads.
Back when he entered the Points Tournament, Miyun Zi of the Celestial Venerables' Society had said that if any local independent cultivator from River City made the top three, he would cut off his head and give it to Yue Wen. In the end, the Yue Family Cultivation Office swept all three places, taking several million in prize money and a brand-new Rice Cooker.
Miyun Zi had then come to deliver this pair of walnut-shaped magical artifacts, which could scout routes and seek out enemies.
Yue Wen gripped the Mother Core and tossed the Child Core forward. With a whoosh, the Child Core transformed into a lion's head manifested from white light and plunged into the underwater cavern.
"Roar-"
The Child Core roared and advanced under Yue Wen's control, exploring the depths of the cavern. Everything it saw was also transmitted to Yue Wen through the Mother Core. The underwater passage below was narrow and deep, and after several hundred meters, it took a sharp turn upward.
The lion's head tilted upward with the passage and seemed to glimpse a light curtain ahead.
But before it could explore any farther, masses