"I … I've never heard of a river at the bottom of the Sacred Spring Mountain!"
Lie Yu muttered.
As far as the outside world knew, the Mountain Crumbling Tribe was known as a holy land for cultivation because of its source of power.
The rare source of power was described as a spring because there was not much of it to begin with. It was just that there was a source of power gushing out rare source of power.
Hence, this mountain was called the Sacred Spring Mountain because of its source of power.
After entering the Sacred Spring Mountain, all sorts of caves extended downwards like capillaries. If one searched carefully, they would eventually find something.
After so many years, the Mountain Crumbling Tribe had almost finished researching the internal structure of the Sacred Spring Mountain. Although the paths here were complicated, they still had a map. However, other than the elders of the tribe, it was not open to the members of the Mountain Crumbling Tribe who were participating in the coming of age ceremony, let alone outsiders.
In fact, Lei Toad had wanted to give a portion of the map to Luo Zheng. After all, there were several places marked on the map that could allow Luo Zheng to find more source of power.
However, this plan was rejected by the elders of the tribe. If the map was leaked, it would be a hidden danger to the Mountain Crumbling Tribe. How much source of power Luo Zheng could obtain would still depend on his own abilities.
The Mountain Crumbling Tribe knew about the Sacred Spring Mountain but they did not know everything about it. Up until now, they only knew that there was a spring mouth underground and all the source of power should be from there!
The source of power had a very interesting characteristic. It looked like flowing water and would flow downwards. However, it would often flow in the opposite direction, completely ignoring the existence of gravity and "climbing" upwards. Hence, the source of power that was supposed to be deep underground would appear at the top of the Sacred Spring Mountain. Occasionally, it would even overflow from the top of the mountain.
In fact, the chaotic energy around the Mountain Crumbling Tribe had a lot to do with the source of power.
Before today, no one knew that there was a river inside the Sacred Spring Mountain! If news of this were to spread, the Sacred Spring Mountain would probably have to change its name to the "Sacred River Mountain".
Even Luo Zheng was unusually excited when he saw this scene. Previously, when he was being chased by the Barbaric Bee King, he had actually used the Barbaric Bee King to open up a new path!
The two of them stared blankly at the seven-colored river above them. Only after the time it took for an incense stick to burn did they finally calm down.
The biggest problem had appeared. Just like before, Luo Zheng had discovered quite a number of energy essences along the way. However, in the end, Luo Zheng had only obtained one drop of energy essences. The others could be seen but not touched.
How many sources of energy were there in this rainbow river? However, the source of the energy was still hanging high up in the air. Looking at the distance, it was probably two to three thousand feet. Without being able to fly, they would definitely not be able to climb up!
At this time, Lie Yu was more clear-headed than Luo Zheng. He could not get the energy source above his head, but there was still a lot around him …
Thus, he quietly walked to the side and began to devour the energy source in the cracks of the stones.
However, Lie Yu had just swallowed a few drops when he saw Luo Zheng look over and awkwardly smiled, "There's still a lot here. Let's share it first."
The amount of energy source in the cracks of the stones around them was not a small amount. As long as they could devour it, it would be enough to match the harvest of this trip to the Sacred Spring Mountain. In fact, many cultivators who entered this place would only obtain a few dozen drops of energy source. If they were unlucky, they might only obtain a few drops. It was even possible for them to return empty-handed.
Luo Zheng naturally knew that there was a lot of energy source in the cracks of the stones, but since he had come here and seen this river, he had a vague idea in his heart.
What he needed to devour was not just a few hundred drops of energy source. His goal on this trip to the Sacred Spring Mountain was to obtain this river of energy source!
However, every time he swallowed a drop of this energy source, his strength would increase by a bit. Luo Zheng did not mind devouring the energy source here …
Thus, just like Lie Yu, Luo Zheng began to collect the energy source in the cracks of the stones.
These energy sources were hanging upside down in the cracks of the stones. Luo Zheng reached out his hand and pulled them out drop by drop, swallowing them as if he was swallowing dew.
The extremely pure energy source almost instantly fused with Luo Zheng's body, causing his strength to increase at an extremely fast rate …
Luo Zheng and Lie Yu took one side each, picking the energy source along the cracks of the stones.
The crack was at least two to three miles long, and the energy essence scattered within was naturally devoured by the two of them without leaving a single drop behind.
As they continued forward, the stone walls on both sides became smooth. Naturally, they could no longer hide any energy source.
At this moment, Lie Yu stretched his body. As his bones crisscrossed, they emitted a series of crackling sounds like firecrackers. This was a sign that energy was surging within his body.
The physical body could not bear an unlimited amount of energy. Devouring too much energy source was not necessarily a good thing. After devouring so much energy source, Lie Yu was nearing the limit of his physical body.
Luo Zheng also moved his body slightly, but he did not have such a reaction. His strength might be about the same as Lie Yu's, or even slightly weaker, but the hardness of his physical body was far beyond Lie Yu's. He could still devour even more energy source.
"Should we continue forward?" Lie Yu asked.
He was lucky to have followed Luo Zheng. The harvest this time had far exceeded his expectations.
"Do we still have a way back?" Luo Zheng asked in return.
Lie Yu stared blankly for a moment before placing his thick hand on his forehead. The joy that had been brought about by the growth of his strength had completely disappeared …
If they wanted to go back, they had to climb back to the hole they had fallen into. Not to mention that they did not have the ability to climb back up, the Barbaric Bee King was still guarding the hole. If they went back the way they came, it would not bode well for them.
"Then what should we do?" Lie Yu asked.
Luo Zheng said indifferently, "We can only go forward."
According to Luo Zheng's guess, their current situation was not optimistic.
Because they had broken through a cave, they had discovered a brand new path. This path had never been explored before.
Although there were many caves in the Sacred Spring Mountain, they were all connected to each other. They had not found this path after so many years, nor had they found the river that was the source of the energy source. This could only mean one thing: this path, or rather this cave, was not connected to any other path!
The only place that was connected was the hole created by the Barbaric Bee King's corrosion …
Luo Zheng could not think of a way to leave for the time being. The only thing they could do now was to keep moving forward.
As they moved forward along the flat path, the river above their heads became wider and wider. At first, the edges of the river were very irregular. It should have been formed naturally, but as they walked, something was wrong.
The edges of the river above their heads gradually formed a straight line, like a man-made canal. Although nature was uncanny, it was impossible for it to form such a river. It must have been deliberately created by an intelligent life.
In addition to the regular river above their heads, Luo Zheng's feet also became regular. The silver mountain walls on both sides became smoother and smoother, almost identical to the shape of the river above their heads!
"The intelligent life that created this river knew that the source of the energy source would reverse, so they created two canals above and below the cave … I wonder what the purpose of this is?"
Luo Zheng analyzed as he walked.
Not long after, the path ahead suddenly opened up. A huge circular pit appeared below their feet. As for the seven-colored river above their heads, it formed a waterfall.
Ordinary waterfalls flowed straight down from the top, but the waterfall above their heads flowed straight up from the bottom. It was the complete opposite.
This scene was not out of Luo Zheng's expectations. Luo Zheng had seen this completely reversed characteristic several times, but the waterfall that flowed straight up converged in a circular lake at the top of the cave!
In front of Luo Zheng and Lie Yu, there was naturally an identical circular lake, but the lake below was empty. After all, only when the source of the energy reversed would the source of the energy in the lake above their heads fall into the lake below …
The two of them stood in the middle of the empty lake and observed it for a while. However, they discovered something gray that was constantly jumping around in the middle of the lake. As for what it was exactly, the two of them could not see it clearly. However, the things that appeared in this damned place were too bizarre. Neither Luo Zheng nor Lie Yu had any intention of entering the lake. Curiosity was important, but their lives were more important.
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