"Such a thing happened? How did we never notice it before?" Huo Lian asked, somewhat surprised.
Besides a vein of fairly pure inkstone, that place also had relatively abundant Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth. Otherwise, he and Huang Xiao would not have considered it a candidate site.
"Deputy Sect Master, it's perfectly normal that you and the Sect Master didn't discover its secrets," Lu Mu said. "You spent too little time investigating there, whereas I stayed there for nearly a month before I discovered the changes."
"In other words, when we were there, the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth was at its most abundant?" Huang Xiao asked gravely.
"I can't say it was at its most abundant, but at least it wasn't too sparse. Otherwise, you wouldn't have considered it a candidate, would you, Sect Master?" Lu Mu said.
"Let's go take a look," Huo Lian said gravely.
If that really was the case, this candidate site would clearly have to be ruled out.
The three soon arrived at the unremarkable mountain peak.
"The Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth here really is less abundant than when we last came," Huo Lian said with a frown.
Huang Xiao could sense it clearly as well.
"Lu Mu, do you know exactly what causes this? Could it be the inkstone?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Some say so, but there's still no definite conclusion in the Jianghu as to whether that's really the case," Lu Mu said. "Sect Master, the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth here is unstable. There's absolutely no need for us to take the risk. The other sites are no worse than this one, and most importantly, they're stable. I can guarantee that."
"It seems we'll have to give up on this place," Huang Xiao said with a