Chapter 818 - 335: Treasure Hunt at the Lakebed (Part 2)

Thinking of this, Chu Ning directly soared into the sky, crossing over this gigantic deep pond to arrive at the opposite shore.

"Dragon’s Roar Fruit, Celestial Crane Grass, Condensed Flame Leaf..."

Chu Ning looked at these spirit plants and spirit fruits, and couldn’t help but mutter joyfully.

"Oh, little one, you certainly know your stuff. These numerous spirit medicines should have long disappeared in the outside world.

You can actually recognize them."

"I have always enjoyed researching alchemy and the way of spirit plants."

As Chu Ning spoke, he began picking them.

Being able to recognize some of these things naturally benefitted from the various pill formulas and related materials of spirit plants he had collected across three continents.

Nonetheless, there are still several spirit medicines that Chu Ning couldn’t identify.

The old turtle told Chu Ning one by one.

After listening, Chu Ning was delighted and stored them all in his bag.

Even though he is now at the late stage of Golden Core Stage, using these would be extremely wasteful.

But if he could smoothly break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, they would be of great use.

After Chu Ning had swept away all these spirit plants and spirit fruits, the turtle’s voice once again rang out.

"The shell I shed before is at the bottom of this pool, probably not far from your current position, if you dive down you should be able to see it."

"Alright!" Chu Ning replied, taking out a white round bead from the storage bag, infusing it with magical power, and suddenly a layer of white light surrounded him.

Chu Ning then leapt directly into the pool.

Back when he was at the Cyan Creek Sect, Chu Ning obtained a magical artifact bead that could part water and provide illumination.

But back then it was too low level, needed constant infusion of magical power, which was rather inconvenient.

This bead, however, was something Chu Ning himself studied and refined while learning artifact refining later.

The functionality wasn’t vastly different, but in terms of level and practicality, it was significantly higher.

Fortunately, Chu Ning had this bead at hand; the water in this pool was extremely murky, and it gave Chu Ning the sensation that the water pressure was at least twice as strong as regular lake or sea water.

After diving a thousand feet deep into the pool, Chu Ning finally saw something at the bottom of the pool.

There was a gigantic turtle shell hidden beneath the silt.

No one knows how many years this shell has been buried here, entirely covered by silt and green algae.

If it weren’t for the old turtle’s reminder, Chu Ning wouldn’t have discovered its existence after clearing away some silt.

Once Chu Ning cleared all the silt and retrieved the turtle shell, he found that it was much smaller compared to the one on the turtle’s back now.

About one-fifth the size.

Also, the lines resembling various runes were much fewer.

The old turtle said it was shed when it was promoting, which is normal.

But even so, this turtle shell is the highest-grade demon beast material Chu Ning has ever seen in his life.

"Tier Nine or Tier Ten?"

Chu Ning was somewhat unable to distinguish, so he tentatively asked:

"Elder Turtle, what level is this shell from?"

"What level is this shell from? Ha, shed twelve thousand years ago, how would I remember."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning couldn’t help but secretly click his tongue.

No one knows how many years the old turtle has lived, always starting with thousands of years.

The old turtle then spoke again:

"Alright, little one, stop asking, it’s not the right time, telling you would be pointless. Keep it away, consider it my reward to you. Next, it’s your turn to help me retrieve something."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning stored the turtle shell in his storage bag.

At the same time, he was a bit curious as to what a turtle of such cultivation and divine techniques would care about.

He curiously asked, "Elder Turtle, where should we go now?"

"Head to the left front. In this pool, your divine sense perception is restricted.

But your little spirit beast should be able to perceive where there is a restriction, let her lead you in."

The turtle’s words were heard by Bai Ling, who immediately started sensing carefully and then guided Chu Ning to the left front.

After traveling another two thousand feet, they arrived at the restriction Bai Ling sensed.

Unlike other places at the bottom of the pool, which were filled with silt, this area was a black stone wall.

The restriction shimmered on it, extremely intricate.

This sparked Chu Ning’s great curiosity.

"Such intricate restriction, it’s the first time I’ve seen it." Bai Ling’s tone also carried a hint of surprise.

Upon hearing it, Chu Ning immediately asked, "Bai Ling, can we go in?"

He remembered that in Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, when facing some ancient restrictions, Bai Ling had no way.

But the current restriction here was evidently more ancient and intricate than those within Thunder Fire Sect.

Bai Ling then giggled and said:

"Luckily, I’ve just broken through to Tier Five, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to go through this restriction."

Saying this, Bai Ling’s forehead emitted a strand of white light, enveloping Chu Ning.

Then she led Chu Ning directly into the black stone wall.

In sight, was a stone cave.

Not particularly large, just over ten feet in size, with a spiritual spring about a foot in size in the center.

Spiritual Qi emanated from it, filling the entire stone cave.

It was so dense that the entire cave was shrouded in spiritual mist.

Chu Ning took a slight breath and felt like he was inhaling Spiritual Qi.

In the center of the spring stood a stone pillar.

The design of the pillar was extremely unusual, resembling a lotus flower.

The bottom part that looked like a flower stem was inscribed with various dao runes, seemingly gathering all the Spiritual Qi here.

The top had only an outer ring of petals, with a bowl-like center.

At this moment, it was filled with about half a bowl of white liquid.