The Pond Was Too Boring, So He Would Catch Some Fish to Take Back
Zheng Miaoyin stepped forward and said, "That is indeed a possibility. Generally speaking, Supreme-Grade Divine Crystal that have developed sentience will choose powerful objects, especially those without sentience, as their carriers to protect themselves. Non- Supreme-Grade Divine Crystal without sentience, on the other hand, easily merge with various other unsentient objects, often becoming one with whatever they land in. If your wife wasn't very powerful before her death, there's a high probability that a relatively large Divine Crystal happened to fall here and merged with her corpse."
The Saber God's eyes widened, and a glimmer of hope flashed in them when he heard this.
"Then, can my wife come back to life?!"
"Strictly speaking, if that were to happen, she would no longer be your wife." Zheng Miaoyin gave the Saber God Saber God no hope, because she knew very well that giving Saber God hope would only lead to endless disappointment.
The Saber God fell silent, his entire dejected state returning.
Lu Qing'an stepped forward and patted the Saber God on the shoulder, saying, "Let's take a look after we find it."
The Saber God took a deep breath and nodded.
Now that even the body can't be found, don't get your hopes up too high.
Did you really go up there?
"How do we get up there?" Lu Qing'an asked.
"By channeling Demonic Qi into this bronze pillar, you can be carried up," the Saber God.
"Alright, everyone, follow me." Lu Qing'an took the lead, reaching out to touch the bronze pillar and channeling his Demonic Qi into it.
The next moment, he transformed into a streak of azure light, merged into the bronze pillar, and vanished from the spot.
Seeing this, Li Cangxuan and the others did not want to fall too far behind, so they all stepped forward, transformed into light, and entered the bronze pillar.
In less than a breath, Lu Qing'an and the others appeared as if in a flash before the second area, where an endless green lake suddenly unfolded before them.
The lake water, like melted jade, shimmered with a cold, phosphorescent light.
The lake surface was calm, yet a chilling sense of oppression lurked beneath, as if a vast array of enormous creatures were lurking beneath the water.
In the unfathomable depths of the lake, a few twisted black shadows occasionally flashed by, moving so fast they seemed like illusions, yet causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.
"This second area is the Azure Nether Soul-Devouring Lake. Flying is still impossible here; you can only travel in the water. It's teeming with terrifying creatures! All sorts of fish and unusual creatures I've never seen before. Moreover, in this water, the soul feels a heavy weight; the deeper you go, the more uncomfortable it becomes in your sea of consciousness..."
The Saber God did not pass through this area; he only went into the water for a short while before being frightened and returning to the shore.
Now that we've made this breakthrough, we have the courage to explore further.
Most importantly, he wants to find his wife!
After listening to the Saber God's explanation, Lu Qing'an glanced at the scene before him, then looked at the next bronze pillar and said, "Alright, just like before, split up and proceed from different directions, then meet up over there. If nothing unexpected happens, the strength of those inside won't exceed the Profound Heaven Emperor Realm by much. Of course, if there's any danger, just call me."
Everyone nodded.
The Saber God hurriedly bowed to the crowd and pleaded, "I beg you all to do me a favor! If you see my wife, please send me a message!"
Seeing this, everyone smiled and nodded, then stepped forward and left a telepathic mark with the Saber God.
Then, they began a new round of training.
Li Cangxuan, with Zhao Wutong in tow, took the lead and plunged into the lake, heading in one direction.
The battle in the first area hadn't been satisfying for him, so he hadn't refined many Divine Crystal. He hoped the second area would bring him some surprises.
The siblings Xu Xuanyu and Xu Yunyi also entered the water and disappeared.
The others also dived into the water and disappeared.
"You three stay together. I'll carefully explore the surroundings." Lu Qing'an turned to look at Xue Tianfei and the other two who were still in the same place. After speaking, he took off and flew close to the lake surface in one direction.
Continue searching for larger Divine Crystal and see if there's anything suitable for a subjugation contract.
The pond is rather monotonous, so catching some fish to take home would be nice.
The three women watched Lu Qing'an leave, their eyes filled with resentment, before exchanging glances.
"Gentlemen, let's continue our journey together then," Wu Ciren said with a smile.
She didn't want to go through this alone.
Xue Tianfei and Hu Xinxin had no objections.
Lu Qing'an flew at full speed over the lake. Once he reached the center of the lake, which he detected with his Divine Sense, he decisively plunged into the water and continued until he reached the bottom.
"I was right!"
He saw a gigantic creature!
He had just discovered that the lake water could block most of his Divine Sense. If he hadn't been cultivating his soul recently, he certainly wouldn't have been able to pinpoint the existence of such a colossal creature at this depth.
At that moment, a dark shadow that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared before Lu Qing'an's eyes.
That was a Azure-Scaled Giant Eel, a thousand feet long!
It lingered in the deep abyss of the lake, swimming around a "Soul-Nourishing Crystal" that was as big as a small mountain!
Its body was twisted and gnarled like a mountain range cast in bronze, each scale gleaming with a cold metallic luster, and serrated bone spurs growing along its edges.
Its head has three pairs of scarlet compound eyes, which burst out with blood-red light that can tear apart Divine Sense when they open and close. The twelve tentacles hanging down from its lower jaw wriggle like living things, and the tips of each tentacle flash with blue-purple lightning that can corrode space.
Even more bizarrely, hundreds of translucent chains of vengeful spirits were wrapped around the giant eel. These chains were not physical entities, but rather formed from the lingering resentments of powerful fish that it had devoured. They emitted a chilling wailing sound as the water flowed by!
"What a huge Soul-Nourishing Crystal!" Lu Qing'an stared intently at the Soul-Nourishing Crystal, which was the size of a small mountain, that had sunk to the bottom of the lake.
The Soul-Nourishing Crystal, the size of a millstone, that he obtained from the Holy Spirit Organization's lair last time, was enough to rapidly elevate his daughter's soul.
Now that they have obtained this enormous Soul-Nourishing Crystal, both his daughter and he can accelerate their soul enhancement many times over!
This made him involuntarily curl his lips into a significant smile.
"Furthermore, this thing is actually at the Peak Profound Heaven Emperor Realm? It's not far from breaking through to the Tribulation Heaven Emperor Realm! However, it doesn't have any Divine Crystal on it..."
Lu Qing'an carefully examined the giant eel's body but did not see any trace of the Divine Crystal.
"That's true, these aren't plants or inanimate objects; Divine Crystal won't fuse with them. But this level of power shouldn't be in this second area..."
Lu Qing'an had a sudden inspiration and thought of something.
"Did you perhaps eat every single fish in this area that has ever obtained Divine Crystal?"
Looking at the vengeful spirits of the giant eel, Lu Qing'an thought of this possibility.
On his way here, he had been using his Divine Sense to search, but he found no powerful creatures.
The others were all aquatic creatures that had just reached the Profound Heaven Emperor Realm.
Just as he was thinking this, the giant eel, which had spotted him and scrutinized him for a while, began to attack him!
"You're great. From today onwards, welcome to the big family of my yard pond."