Chapter 60: Spiritual Stream

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Since the female Water Ghost had been defeated and was now dead, the rest of the Water Ghost no longer posed a threat. The cultivators quickly cleared them off.

The conquest mission for the Water Ghost Lake was also completed in Lu Qing’s system interface. He received 425 Karma and another refresh on his exchange tab. He got three new exchange options. The additional reward of a Level Three magic equipment had also appeared around his spirit form.

However, he no longer cared about those. He saw Lu Mingchao being blown away by the eruption of yin-element energy.

Nothing must happen to his dearest youngest daughter.

He immediately floated over to Lu Mingchao, who had been sent flying to the coast and had crashed onto the ground. She was lying on the ground, fresh blood flowing down the side of her mouth. She was struggling to get up with difficulty.

Lu Qing’s worry eased slightly when he saw this.

It was inevitable that she would get injured, but her injuries did not look too serious.

Actually, he could see that Mingchao had been protected by her magic equipment and should not be in any significant trouble.

However, as her father, it was inevitable that he got worried.

The Level Two defensive magic equipment that she summoned, the “Soul-Summoning Metal Armor,” had protected her from the most massive impact.

The defensive magic equipment was also part of the loot they had obtained outside Anling City.

The three siblings from the Lu Clan had each picked out a few of the magic equipment they looted during the battle back then. Through the years of refinement, they could now normally use the magic equipment. However, Lu Xueting had just reached the Foundation Building Stage and had a little difficulty controlling her magic equipment.

The “Soul-Summoning Metal Armor” could summon a spiritual steel armor after it was activated and clad itself onto the body of the user like a set of steel armor. Moreover, it was weightless and did not have a spiritual form. It would not affect the movement of the cultivator. Its main effect was to defend the user against damage caused by spiritual energy. It was more adept in allowing the user from being damaged by techniques and spells, but relatively weaker when struck by magic equipment like flying swords.

It was suitable for dealing with the explosion of yin-element energy just now.

Unfortunately, the “Soul-Summoning Metal Armor” was destroyed from the explosion. It could not be used again unless it was repaired. However, Lu Qing felt that there was no need to repair the item. Given the time and money needed to repair the item, they might as well have gotten a new one.

It was unfortunate that a piece of magic equipment was destroyed. After all, that was several hundred Spirit Stones wasted. However, wasn’t defensive magic equipment supposed to dispel damage for its owner? If it had helped Mingchao to defend against the attack, then she would have gotten her money’s worth on that item.

Sometime later, Lu Chaoxi and the rest of the group also came to Mingchao’s side. They fussed over her for a bit and heaved a sigh of relief when they realized that she was only injured. She had not damaged her core, and her life was not in danger.

Lu Xueting took care of Mingchao. She summoned a Wood Elemental Technique she had cultivated, the “Green Smoke Life Mantra.” This technique also had a healing spell that was not weaker than the “Score of Water and Cloud.” Furthermore, wood-element healing techniques focused on imbuing the patient with life. It was more suitable than a water-element healing technique for Lu Mingchao, who had been damaged by yin-element energy.

On the other side, Lu Chaohe led the rest of the cultivators in cleaning up the battlefield.

As they had made the necessary preparations, none of the family’s cultivators had died. Several of the cultivators had been injured, but most of them were due to the trauma brought about by the female Water Ghost’s piercing shrill. They should recover after recuperating for a few days.

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The Water Ghosts were poor. They did not have any valuable items or materials on them. The Undead Powder they left behind after being created had specific effects and could be used as an ingredient for a few elixirs or as supporting ingredients during the forging process. They had killed more than 30 Water Ghosts during this battle, with four of them being Level Two Water Ghosts. However, the rewards they obtained were probably only worth 500 Spirit Stones. It was nothing compared to the items they prepared for this battle.

It was for this reason that the Water Ghost could stay here without anyone causing trouble for them.

It was not easy to do battle with the Water Ghosts. It took a lot of money, but they could not recoup their losses after the battle. Coupled with the fact that the Water Ghosts did not cause any trouble in the other areas, no one cared enough to come and deal with them.

While Chaohe and the other cultivators cleared up the battlefield, Lu Chaoxi kept a Water-Avoiding Pearl in his mouth and dove into the lake alone.

Lu Qing had already told him about the position of the Yin-essence Water Jade when they were still on Yuyan Mountain. It was not difficult for him to find the piece of jade when he entered the water.

He had been worried if there were still any Water Ghosts in the water. After all, he did not have any experience fighting underwater. However, when he thought about it, there should be no problems, given that he even managed to injure the giant female Water Ghost.

He did not encounter any danger underwater.

Lu Chaoxi only managed to find the Yin-essence Water Jade after he spent more than two hours underwater.

He was overcome with emotion when he saw the item. It was hard to find indeed.

If even he, who knew that there was a Yin-essence Water Jade in the area and even knew the approximate location, had to search for two hours, then how could any other person find it?

The Yin-essence Water Jade was situated deep underwater yet did not release any signs that it was there. It was only when Lu Chaoxi was one meter away from it that he sensed the chilly yin aura radiating from it. It was unassuming in the already cold surroundings of the lake.

The Yin-essence Water Jade was about the size of a palm. Under the lightless surroundings under the water, the piece of jade looked pitch black. When touched, a person would feel chilling energy that pierced straight into the bone. Even a cultivator could not come into direct contact with it for an extended period.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Chaoxi activated his spiritual strength and picked up the Yin-essence Water Jade from under the water. He placed it into a wooden box that he had prepared and then started to float upward.

However, Lu Qing, who had followed along, remained at his original position. He had sighed when the Yin-essence Water Jade was picked up, though no one could hear him.

It was great that they managed to obtain the treasured Water Jade. How to best use it was something to think about in the future. However, Lu Qing could feel a strange spiritual energy well up in the area where the Water Jade had been after it was taken.

Lu Chaoxi had thought about the strange spiritual energy that had been emitted from the Yin-essence Water Jade, though he did not pay too much attention to it. However, Lu Qing had been a Golden Core cultivator when he was alive and did not easily make that mistake.

He could not help but float over closer. He could sense a strange yin-element and water-element spiritual energy pouring out from under the ground where the Water Jade had been.

He deliberated for a moment. He was a spirit form and could dive underground and fly in the sky at will. Thus, he decided to dive straight into the mud.

Lu Qing traveled for a moment through the mud and stone, and then he suddenly felt that the area around him was empty.

Even though he was still surrounded by absolute darkness, Lu Qing could clearly sense that he was no longer within the mud and stone. The area around him had become vast. There was even the sound of moving water under him. Within the water were pulses of rich water-element spiritual energy with yin-element characteristics.

This was an underground spiritual stream!

Spiritual streams could be used as a spirit vein. Judging from the intensity of this spiritual stream, it might be equivalent to a Level Three spirit vein. It was slightly better than the spirit vein at Yuyan Mountain. Even an Initial Enlightenment cultivator could benefit from training here.

Furthermore, the water of the spiritual stream had immense benefits when used to water the herbs, create elixirs, to forge equipment, or in day-to-day consumption.

He had stumbled upon a treasure!