Chapter 1622: Are there others?

"Where did all of this moisture come from?"

Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu were caught off guard when they felt the moisture filling the air around them. They even pulled out their weapons as if they were prepared to start a fight if it was necessary.

Lin Fan couldn’t help shaking his head and raising his hand before walking out of the mist.

He had wanted to change the space around them to make it easier for them, but it turned out that this just caused them to think that he was some kind of enemy.

But when they saw that it was Lin Fan that came out, they immediately lowered their weapons. However, there was this look in their eyes that made it seem like they were questioning how Lin Fan had done this.

It wasn’t that they didn’t have faith in Lin Fan, it was just that this was much faster than they had expected.

They thought that he would take at least a day or two before he came back from this trial, but it had only been a few hours.

Both of them could already guess what it was that was hiding in this place, so they knew that it wasn’t that simple to deal with.

But for Ye Qing Huan, there was something else that she was questioning.

"Why has his cultivation level not changed?"

Ye Qing Huan had already seen what happened when Lin Fan absorbed pure elemental energy items. So if he had absorbed the thing that was supposed to be here, then his cultivation should have increased.

At the very least, it wouldn’t have been exactly the same as before.

So the fact that there was no change at all made it very likely that he hadn’t been able to obtain the pure elemental energy item. Yet somehow he had been able to control the moisture in the air.

From what Ye Qing Huan knew, she didn’t understand why this was happening.

Lin Fan saw the way that Ye Qing Huan was looking at him and it wasn’t hard for him to guess what she was thinking.

So he just calmly said, "I couldn’t take the whole thing, but I did take part of it. As for why there’s no other changes, I’ll have to tell you later."

For Lin Fan to say something like this, it meant that it had to do with the one taboo that they weren’t supposed to mention. In that case, there was nothing else that Ye Qing Huan wanted to ask Lin Fan about.

But instead, there was something that Lin Fan wanted to ask Xiao Mu.

Or rather, there was something that he wanted to ask Old Duan.

At first, Old Duan acted like he was dead by refusing to answer his questions.

But as he kept pushing with Xiao Mu, Old Duan really had no choice but to respond.

"What are you asking about this for?" There was an annoyed tone that was in Old Duan’s voice when he asked this, but that was dealt with by Xiao Mu.

In response, Lin Fan just simply said, "I have a use for them."

There was silence that came from Old Duan and even Xiao Mu chiding him didn’t make him say anything.

However, Lin Fan felt as if there was something that had changed around him.

Feeling this made him say with a smirk, "Doesn’t this expose you to use your spiritual sense like this?"

Old Duan didn’t answer and the spiritual sense also disappeared soon enough. But since he had used it, it was certain that he was confident that he would be able to hide the fact that he was using the spiritual sense from those that were watching.

As for how he would do this, that wasn’t something that Lin Fan knew about.

"You have an interesting physique." That was all Old Duan said in response.

Lin Fan shook his head with a faint smile without actually saying anything in response as he waited for Old Duan’s answer.

"It’s in the treasury." The answer itself was quite simple, but the answer was quite problematic.

It wasn’t as if Lin Fan’s group hadn’t experienced what it was like in the treasury since they had already gone to save the Poison King from that place. They knew that they had to have a certain level of authority before they were able to access that place.

So if they wanted to take the pure elemental energy items from that place, it was something that could only be done after Lin Fan obtained the authority that he needed to take the position of sect master.

Since that was the case, Lin Fan didn’t really mind since there was nothing that he could do with those pure elemental energy items. There was no guarantee that he would gain any new abilities from absorbing them after all.

As for the increase in cultivation, that wasn’t something that was possible at this time since there was a restriction in this place.

So even if he were to absorb them and increase his cultivation, it wouldn’t actually do anything to help him.

But at the very least, it seemed like there was something to look forward to when the time came. Lin Fan didn’t know how much his power would increase after he absorbed these things, but he was certain that he would become stronger from absorbing them.

His cultivation depended on these pure elemental energy items after all.

"Are you certain that they’ve been stored properly?"

Xiao Mu didn’t answer right away when Lin Fan asked this question.

From the way that Xiao Mu looked at the token, it seemed like it was trying to urge Old Duan to speak. It was almost as if Old Duan had fallen silent because this question had put him in an awkward position.

But in the end, he said, "This isn’t something that I can guarantee. I didn’t dare leave the research lab, so I have no idea what they’ve done to this place."

Then after a pause, Old Duan added, "If you were them, would you leave these things behind?"

Wry smiles appeared on their faces after Old Duan said this.

However, Lin Fan still said, "Perhaps they might not care about it since they are items from the lower realm."

It wasn’t really the best explanation since these were still rare items that even those from the upper realm would want. But it was the only thing that could be said to explain it.

"Perhaps." Though Old Duan said this, it didn’t seem like he even believed this either.

Still, that didn’t matter since they wouldn’t be able to obtain those things right now. When the time came to take them, it would be lucky if they were still there and it would just be unlucky if they weren’t.

As long as Lin Fan had his gold finger system, it wasn’t as if he wouldn’t be able to find more of these things in the future.

Other than this, there was something else that Old Duan actually brought up.

"So you’re saying that they didn’t touch the Emperor Dew Drop at all?"

Lin Fan was a bit confused at first when Old Duan brought this up, but he figured out what Old Duan was referring to quite quickly. After all, there was only one thing that could be referred to as the Emperor Dew Drop.

It was just that he was also surprised that Old Duan would bring this up all of a sudden.

As he knitted his brows, he asked, "Does that mean that this thing is special even for the Dao Sect?"

When he was expecting a response, he found that it didn’t come the normal way.

"It’s not something from the Dao Sect, it’s something that we obtained from the upper realm." This voice didn’t come from Xiao Mu, but rather rang out in his head.

He recognized this voice right away since it was a voice that he couldn’t be more familiar with. At the same time, this was a voice that had been directly transmitted to him by spiritual sense.

However, he understood why Old Duan did such a thing.

It was just that he didn’t expect the pure water elemental item inside of the pond to be something from the upper realm.

"It’s considered a common item in the upper realm, but that makes it a top grade item in this lower realm."

Old Duan didn’t have to say anything else for Lin Fan to understand what he meant by this.

The fact that the upper realm didn’t take this item with them when they destroyed the Dao Sect. The fact that it was left behind and used to sustain this place...

It wasn’t as if the upper realm was kind enough to do something like this.

It meant that there was something about the Emperor Dew Drop that made them leave it behind.

It might even mean that this was something that they were using to help them control the Dao Sect.

Lin Fan had been hoping to absorb this Emperor Dew Drop when this was all over, but now it seemed much more complicated than he thought. It seemed like he would have to figure out what to do with the Emperor Dew Drop sooner than later.

After all, he had absorbed the pure water elemental energy from it and it was currently in his dantian.

If the upper realm had some way to control it and use that to control him...

There really was no telling what would happen.