50: Water Spirit Stone

After arriving at Bi Shui Lake, Wei Xun told Bear Two and Big Yellow to wait on the shore, then jumped into the water.

This time, Wei Xun did not take off his clothes, because last time when he used the Fan Jiang Technique to go to the bottom of the water, he found that he would not get wet, so there was no need to take off his clothes.

Following the previous route, Wei Xun swam to the stone house in the center of the lake with a fresh deer leg in his hand.

"Red Carp!" Wei Xun shouted directly at the stone house after getting close.

Immediately after, the Red Armor Carp Demon swam out of the stone house.

"It's you!" Seeing Wei Xun, the Carp Demon frowned slightly.

"Why! Don't you welcome me?" Wei Xun asked curiously.

"Welcome!" The Carp Demon nodded, looking less hostile than before.

"That Toad Demon I helped rescue should have told you everything!" Wei Xun asked.

"He did!" The Carp Demon nodded, "I'm very happy you could save A Bao!"

"That toad is named A Bao!" Wei Xun threw the deer leg in his hand to the Carp Demon, "This is for you, a gift I specially brought for you."

The Carp Demon saw this and pointed his long spear forward, impaling the flying deer leg on the spearhead.

"Logically speaking, you saved the demons of our Bi Shui Lake, so I should be thanking you!" The Carp Demon said, "Why are you giving me things instead?"

"Hehe!" Wei Xun saw that the Carp Demon was indeed no longer hostile, so he swam towards the Carp Demon, "How normal is it for me to bring you a gift when visiting you!"

"You must have another purpose!" Although the Carp Demon was no longer hostile, his tone still showed wariness towards Wei Xun.

"Purpose..." Wei Xun chuckled, "How could I have any purpose? Didn't I tell that A Bao to tell you that I'd find you for a drink sometime!"

As Wei Xun spoke, he spit out a gourd from the Da Kou Space, which contained the quenching demon wine he had received as a prize during the Group of Demons Assembly.

"Alright!" The Carp Demon did not say much when he saw this. He just pointed his long spear at the ground, and then the surrounding lake water instantly seemed to be separated by a force, creating a water-free space underwater with him at the center.

"Your Cultivation Technique is quite amazing!" Wei Xun noticed that the surrounding water had disappeared, so he also canceled the Fan Jiang Technique, and found that he could breathe freely in the space created by the Carp Demon.

"Just a small trick!" The Carp Demon said, then led Wei Xun into the stone house.

The space inside this stone house was quite spacious. Although it looked somewhat simple on the outside, it was like a small palace inside.

"Let's do it here!" The Carp Demon led Wei Xun to a large hall, where there was a tall stone chair in the very center, with many smaller seats arranged on both sides.

After entering the room, the Carp Demon walked directly to the largest stone chair and sat down.

"Can we make fire underwater? I'll show you my awesome barbecue skills!" Wei Xun surveyed the layout of the stone house and activated his Spirit Seeking Eyes to scan the surroundings.

Only then did he discover that several walls in this large hall were embedded with many small stones containing Spiritual Qi light points.

These stones looked like milky white pebbles when viewed normally. Although not large, they emitted a faint glow outwards.

"Just tell me directly what you want to do!" The Carp Demon, sitting on the stone chair, asked directly, seemingly disliking beating around the bush.

"Hehe!" Wei Xun chuckled, "Since you're so straightforward, then I'll be straightforward too."

"Mm!" The Carp Demon nodded.

"I'm just curious what these milky white stones at the bottom of your lake are!" Wei Xun said, "If possible, I'd like to take a few back to study."

"You mean water spirit stone, right!" The Carp Demon said this and took out a milky white stone from hisPregnant, about the size of a walnut, similar to the ones embedded in the wall, but much larger.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it!" Wei Xun nodded.

"This thing is a natural Spirit Stone!" The Carp Demon slowly opened his mouth, "It can absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and store it within itself."

"Oh!" Hearing the Carp Demon's explanation, Wei Xun nodded and asked, "Does it have any special use?"

"We water demons are different from you inside!" The Carp Demon said, "This Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is born from all plants and trees. The Spiritual Qi at the bottom of the water is limited, and relying solely on the demon core to absorb Spiritual Qi for cultivation is too slow, so we need these water spirit stones to help us water demons cultivate."

"Only water demons can use it?" Wei Xun questioned.

"That's not true!" The Carp Demon said, "This Spirit Stone is said to be divided into Five Elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. We water demons use water spirit stones for cultivation, and you land demons can of course use other Spirit Stones."

"Can you give me a few so I can study them?" Wei Xun chuckled, "I see you have a lot of these stones at the bottom of the lake, so you probably won't miss one or two."

"Hmm..." After a slight thought, the Carp Demon threw the stone in his hand directly to Wei Xun, "Take this one!"

Wei Xun took the stone and held it in his hand. It felt cold to the touch. When held, he could use Qi to feel and directly absorb the Spiritual Qi from the stone, which then flowed through his meridians into his demon core.

Closing his eyes to feel the progress bar change, it was indeed faster than the demon core absorbing Spiritual Qi.

"Give me a few more!" Wei Xun said to the Carp Demon, "I helped your Bi Shui Lake get rid of such a threat, it can't be worth just this one, can it!"

"Then how many do you want?" The Carp Demon asked.

"If I'm not mistaken!" Wei Xun pinched the Spirit Stone in his hand and said, "Each of these water spirit stones has an upper limit for absorbing Spiritual Qi. Once full, it stops and will only continue to absorb Spiritual Qi after the Spiritual Qi within it is consumed during cultivation."

"That's right!" The Carp Demon nodded.

"So it's like a power bank?" Wei Xun muttered.

"What kind of treasure?" The Carp Demon was confused.

"I said this is indeed a treasure!" Wei Xun chuckled, "How about giving me ten such stones?"

"Ten?" The Carp Demon heard Wei Xun's request and immediately threw the deer leg on his long spear back to Wei Xun, "Your deer leg is too expensive, I can't afford it."

"Don't!" Wei Xun took the deer leg and threw it back to the Carp Demon, "Let's talk more!"

"We do have a lot of water spirit stones at the bottom of the lake!" The Carp Demon said, "But Spirit Stones also have grades. The ones scattered at the bottom of the lake are allgravel, and they can't store much Spiritual Qi."

"Just like the ones I have embedded in the wall, they're just for decoration!"

"If you want stones like those, you can go out and pick them up anywhere at the bottom of the lake, I definitely won't stop you."

After saying that, the Carp Demon took out another walnut-sized stone from hisPregnant and said, "But water spirit stones this large are very rare. I've been cultivating for so long and have only found six of them!"

Hearing what the Carp Demon said, Wei Xun smiled, "Since that's the case, how about you give me two more?"

The Carp Demon's brows furrowed slightly after hearing this, "You're not here to rob me, are you!"