Chapter 18: Medium-grade Spirit Stone, Subdue the Spirit Fish
Although there are many spiritual trees in this forest, most of them have barely reached the threshold of first-level spiritual trees, and are still a long way from the second-level spiritual trees required to breed ‘Jade Ganoderma’.
Wei Zhong did find a few rotten second-level spiritual trees, but there was no Ganoderma on them, let alone ‘Jade Ganoderma’.
Of course, it is also possible that they were picked when the secret realm was opened last time, and after a year, no trace was left.
After searching for a while, it was ultimately fruitless.
However, this forest is really large for this secret realm. Wei Zhong has been in the secret realm for so long, but this is the first time he has seen such a large dense forest on such a mountain. It is a bit incredible.
Walking along the source of the waterfall, Wei Zhong passed through countless trees and finally glimpsed a ray of light.
"This..."
Walking out of the spiritual wood, Wei Zhong saw a green lake.
The source of this waterfall turned out to be this lake. No wonder the surrounding forests are so lush.
Walking to the lake, Wei Zhong scooped up a bubble of lake water.
The rich spiritual energy almost filled Wei Zhong's palm.
The thick fog in the forest is probably because of this lake.
Looking at the mist rising from the lake, wrapped by the surrounding trees, Wei Zhong made his own judgment.
It is difficult to find second-level spiritual wood in the forest, so could it be in this lake?
Wei Zhong guessed.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a strong spiritual light emerging from the lake, and then disappeared under the floating lake water.
"That is..."
Wei Zhong has never seen such a strong spiritual light since entering the secret realm. It is definitely an extraordinary treasure.
But looking at the lake in front of him, Wei Zhong hesitated again.
This lake is not recorded in the intelligence at all. If there are monsters in the lake, I am afraid I am not a match.
After struggling for a while, Wei Zhong still made up his mind.
Go down and take a look, but don't dive too deep for the first time. If there is an accident, return immediately.
With my own strength, ordinary first-level monsters are not my opponents at all. Even in this lake, it would not be difficult for him to escape if he was defeated.
Having made up his mind, Wei Zhong no longer hesitated and plunged into the lake.
The temperature of the lake water was not low, but rather warm and clear. Through the upper surface of the lake, one could vaguely see the trees outside the lake.
But it was a little dark below, and the light could not reach.
Wei Zhong began to look for the spiritual light.
There were some small fish in the lake, but unfortunately they were not spiritual fish, but ordinary fish with some spiritual energy.
Wei Zhong looked around with concentration and finally saw the spiritual light pushed by the water flow.
He kicked his legs and swam in its direction.
Wei Zhong had not practiced water-proof or water escape spells, otherwise he would be even faster.
But he was a cultivator after all, and was much stronger than ordinary people.
Passing through the school of fish, Wei Zhong grabbed the spiritual light in his hand. It was a stone emitting white light.
‘Middle-grade spiritual stone? ’
Wei Zhong was delighted. In this world of immortal cultivation, one medium-grade spiritual stone is worth at least one hundred low-grade spiritual stones. But it is still out of stock, and often requires a premium of twenty low-grade spiritual stones to exchange.
This is the first time that Wei Zhong has obtained this kind of spiritual stone in reality.
Whether in the Yan family or in the Mingyue Market of Qingmu Sect, low-grade spiritual stones are used as trading equivalents.
I didn't expect to have such a harvest in this secret realm.
Looking around, Wei Zhong also found several spiritual lights.
He quickly urged his own spiritual power, patrolled around, and picked them up one by one.
Unfortunately, not all spiritual lights are medium-grade spiritual stones, and the dim ones are only low-grade spiritual stones.
However, this is enough to make Wei Zhong happy. In the end, Wei Zhong obtained a total of three medium-grade spiritual stones and eleven low-grade spiritual stones, so the ticket fee for this trip to the secret realm was earned back.
‘With so many spiritual stones, is there a spiritual stone vein here? ’
Wei Zhong couldn't help but guess.
Suddenly, there was a violent tremor from the bottom of the lake, causing the lake to surge, and the fish in the water were frightened and fled everywhere.
Many spiritual lights gushed out from below, and Wei Zhong finally knew where these spiritual stones came from.
Looking at the dark bottom of the lake, the light from the outside world could not reach here, so it looked dim to the naked eye.
But with the blessing of the soul-seeking technique, Wei Zhong saw the spiritual lights rushing everywhere.
There was even a piece of spiritual light gathered together to form a huge individual.
"Monster!"
Wei Zhong's face changed, and he picked up the two medium-grade spiritual stones that were pushed to his side by the lake water, turned around and rushed to the lake surface.
It was very unwise to fight with such monsters in the water, and Wei Zhong had to rush out of the water quickly.
Unexpectedly, the spiritual energy gushing out from the surroundings hit Wei Zhong like a shock wave, causing Wei Zhong's body to be in disarray.
The monster behind him had already rushed to the front.
Wei Zhong decisively added the golden body technique and looked back at the monster in the water.
I saw a golden carp that was two feet long rushing out from below, with its light golden whiskers half as long as Wei Zhong, shaking in the water.
‘This fish doesn’t seem to be hostile.’
In a flash, the golden carp had jumped past Wei Zhong, ignoring the strange creature in the water.
‘Although this monster has no hostility towards me, the water is turbulent at the moment, so it’s better to get out.’
Wei Zhong swam towards the shore in the direction the golden carp left.
When he floated to the surface of the lake, he saw the fish swimming happily, and the splashing water made its scales sparkle in the sunlight.
But the lake was not that big, and the fish monster swam fast. It soon swam all over the lake, and then noticed Wei Zhong beside it.
It swam around Wei Zhong twice, with a hint of curiosity in its eyes, and tickled Wei Zhong with its whiskers.
Wei Zhong slapped the whiskers off in annoyance.
‘Is this fish a bit stupid? ’
A first-level spirit fish, judging by its power, seems to be at the top of the first level, and it only needs one opportunity to transform into the second level.
‘Second-level demon pill? ’
Wei Zhong showed a malicious smile in his eyes.
But the spirit fish seemed not to see the danger, and surrounded Wei Zhong to carefully examine this special creature that he had never seen before.
“It’s really stupid.”
Wei Zhong immediately had the idea of taking it as a spirit pet.
Whether it is to wait for it to be promoted to take the pill in the future, or to use it as his arm, it is a very good choice.
Cutting his fingertips, bleeding, Wei Zhong drew spirit patterns in the air.
[Beast Driving Skill·Proficient (69%)]
The proficiency of this skill is not high. Wei Zhong only has a nine-color spirit beast parrot, so he did not pay much attention to this skill.
Soon, the spirit pattern was drawn and floated in the air.
Wei Zhong flicked his index finger:
"Go!"
The latter immediately sank into the body of the spirit fish and disappeared.
The execution of the beast driving skill did not encounter any resistance from it, and it was easily completed.
Wei Zhong realized that there was some connection between himself and the spirit fish.
"What a fool."
Wei Zhong patted the fish's head. Now he had two silly spirit beasts in his hands.
"Let's call you 'Da Jin'!"