At the source of the river, the outcome of what happened in front of Lake Fallen was beyond everyone's expectations. An unknown North Sea cultivator, who was rumored to be from North Sea Zhenling and was called Lu Xuanping, actually snatched the first spot to enter Lake Fallen from Ma Chenxi, Li Tong, and Xie Tianyang, who were publicly acknowledged to be invincible among cultivators of the same level.
When the three of them saw that Lu Ping actually entered Lake Fallen first, they were stunned for a moment. After a while, Ma Chenxi suddenly flew into a rage. "Damn it, we've been tricked by this kid. He actually entered Lake Fallen before us!"
"Tricked? If you're so capable, why didn't you, Ma Chenxi, go in first just now? "
Xie Tianyang, whose paleness was gradually fading, had a sickly bright red face. It was obvious that he had been shaken quite badly by Lu Ping's banner just now.
Li Tong didn't say a word. This time, he learned from Lu Ping. With a flash of light, he was about to rush into Lake Fallen.
Ma Chenxi had suffered a loss earlier, so she had been waiting there for a long time. Before Li Tong's escape light reached the middle of the Sacred Settling Lake, there was a tremor in the void, and Li Tong staggered out of the escape light.
"Don't even think about it!"
Ma Chenxi shouted at Li Tong fiercely.
Before Li Tong could flare up, Xie Tianyang shouted, "Oh no, they're going to rush over!"
Lu Ping entering Lake Fallen first finally stirred the nerves of the surrounding cultivators who were spying on them. Li Tong and Ma Chenxi scanned with their Spiritual Force and discovered that there were indeed two cultivators coming over from the left and right. Immediately, they found an outlet to vent their anger.
Ma Chenxi shouted, "Go to hell!"
Li Tong also snorted coldly and attacked together with Ma Chenxi, sending the two flying. When they landed on the ground, they were already spurting blood. The Tenma people and Koi Clan cultivators happened to be at the side, so they immediately went forward to beat the drowning dogs. It looked like the two of them were going to die soon.
However, just as the two of them attacked, Li Tong said in a low voice, "We've been tricked again!"
Ma Chenxi immediately realized that something was wrong. She stomped her foot fiercely, and the entire ground shook. The palm-sized Sage Lake suddenly surged with waves that were tens of feet high. Li Tong also took the opportunity to jump into the waves with the flying sword in his hand, intending to fish in troubled waters.
However, as fast as the two of them were, they were still one step behind Xie Tianyang. The Heavenly Sun Sword in Xie Tianyang's hand transformed into a thirty-meter-long fire dragon. The fire dragon breathed out raging flames, blocking the two's attacks. Xie Tianyang, who had turned into a man of fire, had already escaped into Saintly Lake. All that was left was the white mist that rose from the water and fire on the lake's surface.
Ma Chenxi and Li Tong exchanged glances. By then, the cultivators who were spying on them from the periphery had become increasingly restless. Saintly Lake was right before their eyes, but only two out of the four top-notch experts from earlier were left. A good number of cultivators had already revealed themselves and were moving towards them. It was clear that they wanted to enter Saintly Lake.
The two of them looked at the cultivators from Western Wilderness Palace who were hiding behind the crowd. They saw that the surrounding cultivators actually had the guts to group up and approach the two of them. This was something that had never happened before in the past when the river source opened up.
Although the cultivators from the Heavenly Horse Clan and Koi Clan were still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they would often be able to defeat the cultivators who were in a state of disunity. Thus, the two clans would often be able to obtain the greatest harvest in the competition for Saintly Lake.
At that very moment, both Ma Chenxi and Li Tong wanted to enter Saintly Lake. However, the key question was which one of them would enter first. Thus, they could only confront each other. However, it was clear that the cultivators in the periphery did not want to continue watching the show. If the two of them were to continue blocking the entrance, they would end up incurring the wrath of the masses. Even if they had a group of cultivators under them, it would be useless.
The two of them exchanged glances. Then, Li Tong transformed into a wave of water while Ma Chenxi created a gust of wind. The two of them entered Saintly Lake together.
After the two of them entered Saintly Lake, the cultivators who had been restless earlier instantly lost their scruples. Someone shouted out first and tens of cultivators revealed themselves from every direction as they rushed towards the entrance. However, the entrance to Saintly Lake was too small. It was impossible for tens of cultivators to enter. Thus, before the tens of cultivators could even reach the sky above Saintly Lake, a chaotic battle had already broken out between them.
This time, it was truly a chaotic battle. Tens of cultivators fought each other to enter Saintly Lake first. Several li away, more and more cultivators were still rushing over. The scale of the chaotic battle continued to expand.
After Lu Ping smashed into Saintly Lake, the special and mysterious power that came from the depths of the lake caused Lu Ping's heart to beat violently twice. However, the mysterious power immediately disappeared. No matter how hard Lu Ping searched, he could no longer sense the existence of the mysterious power.
Lu Ping suppressed his curiosity and spread out his divine sense to observe the situation in Saintly Lake. At the same time, he quickly dived into the depths of Saintly Lake according to the rumors circulating in the cultivation world of Western Wilderness.
Lu Ping's divine sense immediately sensed an area with an extremely thick spiritual energy. Additionally, there was also an indescribable power within the area. Perhaps, this power was the reason why a cultivator's cultivation base could rise by at least one level after four to five years of cultivation retreat.
Lu Ping's eyes shone with a faint cyan light. He could see a seemingly naturally-formed magic array around the spiritual energy gathering ground. Lu Ping knew that the magic array was used to protect the cultivators who were in cultivation retreat. The moment a cultivator entered the spiritual energy gathering ground, the magic array would immediately activate. Unless the cultivator opened it from the inside, it would be extremely difficult for external forces to break the magic array and threaten the cultivator inside.
As the spiritual energy gathering ground was so close to the surface of the lake, it was not within Lu Ping's consideration. Lu Ping utilized the Water Manipulation Technique and an undercurrent flowed out from behind him, pushing Lu Ping to dive deeper into the lake.
Lu Ping dived for nearly 100 zhang. Along the way, Lu Ping's divine sense had already sensed seven to eight spiritual energy gathering grounds. Although Saintly Lake was shaped like a funnel, the interior of the lake was very large. Although Lu Ping was heading towards the deepest part of the lake, his divine sense could only cover a very small part of the lake.
Legend had it that Saintly Lake was 9,900 zhang deep. If a cultivator's cultivation base was not high enough, they would not be able to withstand the immense water pressure at the depths of 9,900 zhang.
Although Lu Ping's cultivation base was high, he was unwilling to waste his primary energy on resisting the water pressure. Instead, he placed the Water Avoidance Pearl on top of his head. Instantly, the water pressure around him lessened and the rate at which he was diving down increased.
Lu Ping found that the lake was quiet and there was no danger. Thus, he slowly retracted his divine sense. He only guarded the area within a radius of tens of zhang. At the same time, he channelled the secret divine sense cultivation technique to nourish his divine sense, which had suffered some damage when he fought against Xie Tianyang earlier.
Lu Ping was still holding the small flag that he had used to assist in casting the secret divine sense cultivation technique. This was the small flag that Lu Ping had obtained from a cave in the secret land of Zhenling's inheritance. Previously, Lu Ping had not been able to understand the mystery of this small flag. It was only because this small flag had many benefits for Lu Ping's divine sense cultivation and cultivation that he had kept it by his side. At the same time, he was also trying to discover the secret hidden within the small flag.
Lu Ping had once heard some strange stories about the senior Zhenling from Liu Tianling and Laozu. He had tried to discover the identity of the senior Zhenling who had left the small flag in the cave, but unfortunately, he had not been able to do so.
Lu Ping's divine sense cultivation had become more and more refined over the years. Now, his divine sense cultivation was not much different from those cultivators at the peak of the early Dharma Laws stage.
As one of the six great swordsmen of the third generation of Ziyang Palace cultivators, Xie Tianyang's divine sense cultivation was naturally not bad. Moreover, because he was a sword cultivator, his divine sense also contained a sharp power similar to Sword Qi. When competing with the divine sense of cultivators of the same level, he was rarely at a disadvantage.
However, this time, he had suffered two consecutive losses in the hands of Lu Ping. Especially the second time, Lu Ping had shaken his divine sense with the help of the small flag. It was clear that Lu Ping's current divine sense cultivation was terrifying!
At this moment, Lu Ping's divine sense detected a sound coming from the surface of the Sacred Lake. Another cultivator had entered the Sacred Lake, but he did not know which of the three it was this time, Ma Chenxi, Li Tong, or Xie Tianyang.
However, in Lu Ping's opinion, among the three of them, Xie Tianyang was the most likely to enter first. Compared to the other two, Xie Tianyang gave Lu Ping a much more dangerous feeling. This was also why Lu Ping had used the divine sense secret technique to attack him just now.
Lu Ping dove down a hundred feet again. At this time, the information gathered by his divine sense surprised Lu Ping. The Water-Repelling Pearl was suspended above his head, pushing away all the surrounding lake water and forming a circular shield.
As Lu Ping dove into the shield, he took out a pieced together map fragment from his storage magic tool.
At this time, Lu Ping could not care less about the discomfort caused by using the divine sense secret technique just now. He tried his best to spread his divine sense in all directions. At the same time, his eyes were fixed on the map fragment in his hand, as if he was confirming something with the surrounding scenery in the lake.
Back then, Lu Ping had obtained more than half of the map fragment from Zhenren Jin Li. After combining it with the other half of the map fragment that Lu Ping had obtained from the other koi demon cultivator that had died in Lu Ping's hands a few days ago, Lu Ping originally thought that this map was just used to guide and deduce the location of the Sacred Lake. Unexpectedly, the latter part of the map was very similar to the shape of the terrain at the bottom of the Sacred Lake.
Although Lu Ping was the first to enter the lake, it was still not easy to find the best spots in the lake. Although it was funnel-shaped and the best spots were in the deepest part of the lake, it wasn't easy to find them. Lu Ping was the first to enter the lake.
Lu Ping had now dove more than two thousand feet, but he had only found a total of 13 or 14 spirit gathering places. Every time the river source opened, the spirit gathering places in the Sacred Lake were constantly changing, but there were at least 20 spirit gathering places at the bottom of the lake within two thousand feet. It was obvious that these spirit gathering places were not easy to find.
The map fragment in Lu Ping's hand clearly showed the terrain and scenery of the Sacred Lake. It also showed the direction of the undercurrents in the Sacred Lake. The constantly changing spirit gathering places in the Sacred Lake were closely related to the direction of the undercurrents in the lake.
Now that Lu Ping had this map, he could deduce the location of most of the spirit gathering places through the direction of the undercurrents.
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