CHAPTER 339: BLACK LAKE

Since everyone wanted to stay outside, Shen Xu set up a table, and the five began drinking.

[Xiaoxu, message Jingyu and ask her about erasing your past.] Zhen Yuan suddenly transmitted, and the double nodded.

A moment later, he took out a communication jade and messaged Jingyu.

However, he didn’t just ask about erasing the past but also asked about his father.

Unfortunately, the reply he received was not what he hoped for.

"Look at this." He said, placing the communication jade on Zhen Yuan’s palm.

"Mmh." The man nodded and checked the message.

[I will use the technique when you are ready to leave the Tianqi continent. As for your father..., he is a great man. That’s all I can say for the time being. You must become an unrivalled master if you want to know more about your father.] He read.

Zhen Yuan had expected this result.

However, he still felt a little sad for the double and didn’t know how to comfort him.

In the end, he leaned over, rubbed the person’s hair and kissed him on the forehead.

"Drink." He said.

Seven weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the ship stopped at the shore of a lake.

Unlike other dangerous areas, there was no one at the black lake. Even birds, insects, and monsters didn’t dare to stray too close to it.

The lake was about five thousand square metres.

It had stagnant black water, which looked a little eerie under morning light.

Seeing the lake, Shen Xu imagined a lake of oil and even expected the smell of oil.

However, the black water had no smell and appeared less viscous than oil.

"Dark element spiritual water." Yang Shi exclaimed with a happy expression.

"Dark element spiritual water?" Shen Xu asked, looking at Yang Shi.

"To be accurate, it’s dark element spiritual water that is contaminated with demon qi."

"That explains why this black lake is a dangerous area." Shen Xu nodded.

After all, dark element treasures weren’t naturally dangerous to human and other cultivators. Only when they were contaminated with demon qi did they become toxic.

"You are lucky." Feng Xue said, looking at Yang Shi.

If the black lake was in the immortal realm, demon cultivators would have long occupied it.

Fortunately, there were no demon cultivators in the cultivation world, and the black lake was only a treasure to Yang Shi, who had a dark element head.

"This lake has at least two hundred and fifty million litres of dark element spiritual water. It’s enough for Yang Shi to use for a long time." Shen Xu said, feeling relieved.

"The water is not the only treasure." Feng Xue said with a thoughtful expression.

"There must be a dark element spirit stones vein, a spiritual spring eye, and a demon treasure at the bottom of the lake. Otherwise, this lake would never have formed." She said.

"What are the odds of those three things being in one place?" Shen Xu couldn’t help but wonder.

"Very low." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"I am afraid this lake was intentionally created."

"I think so too." Shen Xu said.

From what he knew, the black lake appeared soon after the demon race became extinct in the cultivation world.

Considering that, he guessed that a demon cultivator must have created the lake, intending to raise it and later use it for his cultivation.

Unfortunately, he thought well, but the plans couldn’t keep up with the changes.

"It’s mine now." Yang Shi said.

At the same time, he took out a space gourd that Shen Xu had previously refined and began collecting the lake water.

This took three days and three nights.

On the morning of the fourth day, the five finally saw the lake bottom.

However, the bottom was a pile of bones, weapons, and other things.

"All these things are contaminated with demon qi." Shen Xu said in a melancholic voice, but soon peppered up.

"Yang Shi, burn the bones and collect the weapons, storage artefacts, and demon cores."

"Got it." Yang Shi nodded.

Although Zhen Yuan and Feng Xue were immune to demon qi, they didn’t want to dig the pit, so they left the work to Yang Shi.

As a result, Yang Shi dug, burned, and collected for three months before they saw the true lake bottom.

"There is indeed a dark spirit stones vein and a spiritual spring eye. Unfortunately, both are contaminated with demon qi and can’t be used by ordinary cultivators." Feng Xue sighed.

"I will transplant them to my natal space." Yang Shi said in an excited voice.

His natal space wasn’t as big or as mysterious as the Chaos Flame Space. However, it was enough to support his cultivation and storage needs.

"What about the demon treasure?" Shen Xu asked, looking around the lake bottom.

Unfortunately, he carefully searched but found nothing.

"It’s been a long time since the black lake appeared. Maybe the demon treasure has been exhausted." Zhen Yuan guessed, and the others agreed.

After Yang Shi transplanted the vein and spiritual eye, the five boarded their ship and left the area.

"Yang Shi, are any of the things in the storage equipment usable?" Shen Xu asked, and Yang Shi nodded.

At the same time, he placed fifteen space rings on the table.

"I have put all the clean things in these storage rings." He said.

Hearing this, Shen Xu reached for a storage ring and quickly checked."

A moment later, he nodded and subconsciously smiled.

"We are rich." He exclaimed, and Yang Shi rolled his eyes.

"Weren’t we already rich?" He asked.

On their way to the black lake, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan revealed some things to the other three.

One of the things they revealed was the one hundred trillion spirit stones.

Since then, everyone relaxed and no longer felt the urgency to earn spirit stones.

"Who can have too many spirit stones?" The double snorted and continued checking the space rings.

Overall, they gained more than ninety billion mid-grade spirit stones, three hundred and twelve inheritance books, and many miscellaneous things.

The next stop was the space desert.

Originally, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan hoped to find a way to the Tianxuan continent in the space desert.

Fortunately, after many twists and turns, they got a ship and didn’t need to rely on the space desert.

That said, the two were still curious about the place and planned to explore it before going to the Forbidden Zone.

The distance between the space desert and the black lake was not short.

After leisurely travelling for six months, they finally arrived and disembarked from the ship.

"It feels dangerous." Yang Shi stated, looking at the empty desert in front of him.

"Of..." Shen Xu started but suddenly stopped.

A moment later, the five saw the space fracture and rocks rolled out of the crack.

However, ten breaths later, the cracks thinned and the space healed.

"That was... random." Shen Xu said, at a lack of a better description.

"Those stones are yellow-veined leaf rocks. They are native to the Tianmang continent." Zhen Yuan said, looking at the rocks.

"I will get them." Shen Xu said, dashed into the desert, collected the rocks and hurriedly ran out.

Yellow-veined leaf rocks were not particularly precious.

However, the Tianqi continent didn’t have them; hence, finding a single piece, let alone a bunch, was rare.

"What are they used for?" Li Wenqiang asked.

"They are good material for refining earth element weapons." Shen Xu said.

After saying that, the double fell into thought and subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

"It’s easy to get rare things in this place, but it’s dangerous to stay here. Space cracks can happen without notice, and if we are not careful, we may be injured or get involved in a space channel" He said.

"I sensed the crack before it appeared. However, I barely had one breath to react." Feng Xue said.

"I also had one breath." Yang Shi said.

"I had three." Zhen Yuan said.

"One." Shen Xu added, and everyone turned to Li Wenqiang.

"I had thirty." The swordsman revealed, shocking everyone.

"Thirty breaths? How come?" Feng Xue asked in a surprised voice.

"Is it because you are a weapon spirit?"

"Was it a fluke or..."

Li Wenqiang couldn’t explain.

For some reason, he had a deep connection to the space and instinctively sensed when the crack was about to appear.

"Maybe it has something to do with the Nine Heavens Tower." Zhen Yuan guessed with a thoughtful expression.

They all knew that the Nine Heavens Tower was an immortal weapon.

However, not even Li Wenqiang knew its true function.

"Maybe." Shen Xu nodded and quickly continued.

"Let’s wait for another space crack." He said.

The second crack appeared half a day later, and the third came only one hour after the second.

Whether the second or third, Li Wenqiang had a thirty-breath warning and could accurately tell where the crack would appear.