Chapter 821 - 336: Treasures Everywhere_2

After probing further down for a while without any discoveries.

Lu Xuedao took several Demon Beasts out from the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist, then directly tossed them into the pool.

The few Demon Beasts immediately sank rapidly toward the bottom of the pool.

Seeing this, both Lu Xuedao and the other four Nascent Soul Cultivators wore grave expressions, Magical Power surging around them.

They were just waiting for the giant tortoise to be startled out so they could strike at any time.

But to everyone’s shock, the few Demon Beasts entered the pool and, before long, all drilled back up from the bottom.

Lu Xuedao at once used a Secret Technique to question the Demon Beasts about the situation at the bottom of the pool, and his expression immediately turned from shock to even stranger.

The other four, seeing Lu Xuedao’s expression, couldn’t help but show confused looks as well.

"Brother Lu, what is it?"

The speaker was that Nascent Soul Elder from Divine Sound Valley.

Lu Xuedao’s face, beyond the shock, began to look somewhat ugly.

"That giant tortoise isn’t at the bottom of the pool!"

"The giant tortoise isn’t at the bottom of the pool?"

This Nascent Soul Cultivator from Divine Sound Valley was slightly stunned when he heard that.

"Hasn’t this tortoise been in this Divine Spring Pool for tens of thousands of years? According to legend it was already here ten thousand years ago."

Lu Xuedao shook his head, his gaze passing over the deep pool to fall upon the position on the opposite shore.

He hesitated slightly, but in the end still spoke:

"Fellow Daoists, let’s go take a look on the other side."

Shang Song and Shen Yu of Changkong Hall naturally had no objections. The two Nascent Soul Cultivators of Divine Sound Valley exchanged a glance, then said somewhat hesitantly:

"Wouldn’t that be a bit too risky? Could that giant tortoise still be hiding at the bottom?"

"Impossible. If it truly were at the bottom of this pool, those Demon Beasts I just released simply wouldn’t have come back.

You two Fellow Daoists aren’t unaware of how protective High Tier Demon Beasts are of their territory."

Hearing this, the two Nascent Soul Cultivators of Divine Sound Valley also nodded.

But on their faces, there was still a trace of puzzled expression.

At this moment, Lu Xuedao was the first to rise in Flying Escape, heading straight toward the opposite side of the Divine Spring Pool.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators all watched Lu Xuedao while also preparing to provide support immediately if anything changed.

The result was, of course, that he was perfectly fine.

But right after, Lu Xuedao couldn’t help crying out in alarm.

"Someone was here not long ago!"

Hearing Lu Xuedao’s exclamation, Shang Song and the other three immediately rose in Flying Escape.

Then they landed in front of Lu Xuedao. Looking over, they indeed saw traces of Spirit Medicine having been harvested.

It was because Chu Ning had left in a hurry earlier; after picking the Spirit Medicines he hadn’t considered restoring anything here.

So the few of them saw it at a glance.

Lu Xuedao’s eyes at this moment were full of shock and doubt.

"Judging from these traces, they were obviously harvested not long ago.

We were the first group to come in—how could someone possibly have gotten ahead of us?"

Shang Song hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Could it be Chu Ning?"

"Chu Ning?" Lu Xuedao’s eyebrows lifted slightly.

Shang Song nodded, then added uncertainly:

"From what I’ve learned, he seems to be quite skilled in Arrays and Restrictions.

And besides, the only one who could have come in before us seems to be him."

"Could it really be him?"

A faint light flickered in Lu Xuedao’s eyes.

"He’s just a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator, yet he was able to directly break the Array and come to this Divine Spring Pool? And that giant tortoise just happens to be absent?

That would be a bit too lucky."

After speaking, Lu Xuedao once more examined the surroundings carefully, trying to find more traces of Chu Ning, but discovered nothing.

At this moment, his gaze turned toward the direction from which Chu Ning had previously departed.

"It seems there are still Restrictions here leading deeper inside."

As Lu Xuedao spoke, his tone carried a slight peculiarity.

"Because of that giant tortoise, no Cultivator should ever have reached the depths of this Divine Spring Pool before."

Hearing this, the other four Nascent Soul Cultivators all had their eyes light up.

They naturally knew what this implied.

That Nascent Soul Middle Stage Elder from Divine Sound Valley immediately proposed:

"Why don’t we go and try?"

"Mr. Lu was thinking just that!"

As he spoke, Lu Xuedao and the others had already flown in escape to arrive before that Restriction.

Sure enough, they saw a layer of Restriction Barrier, from which an extremely strong Spiritual Power fluctuation was emanating.

"This Restriction seems different from the ones on the outer perimeter." Lu Xuedao frowned slightly.

At the moment, there were no Golden Core Cultivators familiar with Arrays and Restrictions at their side.

However, the Nascent Soul Values present all had some research into the Dao of Arrays.

Shen Yu was the weakest among the Nascent Soul Cultivators, only an Early Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator.

He took the initiative to speak: "Let me try first!"

As he spoke, he stepped to the front of the group, formed a Sealing Technique with both hands, and sent several Spells toward the Restriction Barrier ahead.

But when those Spells landed on the Barrier, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without the slightest response.

Seeing this, Shen Yu cast several more Spells.

"Hm, it’s working!"

At this moment, the group happily noticed that the Restriction Barrier ahead was beginning to show Spiritual Power fluctuations.

But Shen Yu, who was standing at the very front, faintly felt that something was wrong.

"Not good!"

Just as Shen Yu opened his mouth, a powerful surge of Power radiated out from the Restriction.

In the next instant, a blinding blue light burst forth from it.

Everyone felt the surrounding temperature plummet to freezing in an instant, and at the same time, a sharp, icy-cold energy swept toward them.

They immediately activated their Magical Power Shields to defend.

However, the Power of this ice-cold energy was simply too great.

As a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator, Lu Xuedao fared better: although the icy energy shattered the Protective Shield around him, it didn’t inflict too much damage on him.