The three soon reached the Back Mountain and arrived beside the pool of the Ageless Spring.
Looking at the wreckage around the spring's source, Old Sun's expression darkened.
Ran Chou surveyed the pool, then looked at the shattered opening in the rock face, where spring water still seeped out. A thought stirred in his mind, and he could not help asking, "Senior Sun, could this be the Ageless Spring?"
Duan Siping crouched down, scooped some spring water from the pool into his palm, and examined it. After spilling it back into the pool, he stood and said, "Old Sun, apart from being clear, this water doesn't seem to have any special effects. It doesn't seem like your Medicine King Hall's Ageless Spring, does it?"
Duan Siping naturally knew of the Ageless Spring and its miraculous effects. It could not only heal injuries but also wondrously increase one's power.
Yet he had already examined it just now, and he was certain that this was merely an ordinary pool of mountain spring water. If he had to name anything special about it, it was only that the water was very cool and clear.
In fact, many mountain springs were clear and cool. There were probably quite a few springs in these mountains with even better water than this.
"It used to be!" Old Sun answered.
With that, under the other two's gazes, Old Sun walked to the spring's source and brushed aside some loose stones. Inside, it was already completely empty.
"He really did take the Ageless Crystal," Sun Simiao murmured.
"The Ageless Crystal?" Duan Siping walked over to Old Sun's side as well and asked, "Does that mean that without the Ageless Crystal, the Ageless Spring has lost its miraculous effects?"
"Exactly. Without the Ageless Crystal's wondrous nurturing, the miraculous properties