My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 22 Biyuan Water Grass
Beneath the murky river water,
It was dark.

Shen Changchuan's figure searched and explored the riverbed.

The heavy rains that lasted for nearly a month carried silt up from upstream and into the river, turning the once clear water into a murky mess.

This greatly obstructed Shen Changchuan's vision while he was at the bottom of the river.

Fortunately, the Spirit Eye Technique, now 100% complete, granted Shen Changchuan eyesight far exceeding that of ordinary people.

And a keen sense of spiritual or demonic energy; otherwise, don't even think about searching for any spiritual objects at the bottom of this river.

Shen Changchuan searched the uneven riverbed piece by piece.

Occasionally, large pieces of broken branches, leaves, and other debris would drift by, swept away by the surging river.

Large fish can be seen darting around in them from time to time.

There are also aquatic plants that stubbornly grow at the bottom of the river even amidst the impact of floods during the rainy season.

however,
Half an hour passed,

Shen Changchuan searched almost the entire riverbed, but found nothing.

There wasn't even a trace of spiritual energy or light.
It's as if there are no rare and precious natural treasures at all.

"Could it be that I guessed wrong, and that the crocodile demon's power wasn't due to some rare and precious treasure, but rather because it might possess some kind of powerful inherited bloodline, which is why it has mastered so many spells and possesses a level of intelligence and spirituality surpassing that of ordinary demon beasts?"

Riverbank
Having found nothing for a long time, Shen Changchuan temporarily stopped his search, went ashore, and sat down to meditate and recover his magical power.

However, he felt somewhat depressed at the moment.

Recalling the half-hour search at the bottom of the river that yielded nothing,

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but frown slightly.

It wasn't entirely without any gains.

At least it allowed him to familiarize himself with the terrain of the riverbed.
Furthermore, it was discovered that this Dawan River waterway possesses abundant vital energy.

In the silt at the bottom of the river, there is a lot of 'deposits' formed by the combination of the essence of the water veins and the essence of the earth veins.

These 'deposits' should have many benefits for the growth of Linggu.

If we can salvage it and increase the production of spirit grain, it will be a considerable fortune.

But the problem is,

These things have absolutely nothing to do with Shen Changchuan's initial goal!

What he was looking for at the beginning was not some sediment or silt, but a spiritual object related to the crocodile demon!

But after half an hour, they had found nothing.
This made Shen Changchuan begin to doubt his own conjecture.

"wrong!"

"The water veins in the river are quite potent, and there is a lot of sediment at the bottom. A river like this should at least have one or two quasi-spiritual objects, if not many, like those in the Spirit Valley!"

"But there's nothing in the river! There even seems to be very little aquatic vegetation!"

"This is not normal!"

Shen Changchuan suddenly realized this, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Weird!
He decided to keep looking.

then,

Once the magical power within the body has fully recovered,
Shen Changchuan entered the river again.

This time,
He expanded the search area, inch by inch, searching further and further away.

at last,

Hard work pays off,
A quarter of an hour later,
When Shen Changchuan went deeper into the riverbed...
Under the vision of his spiritual eye technique, he finally saw the shimmering light of spiritual energy in a dark cave hidden in a recessed ditch at the bottom of the river not far away!
"found it!"

Shen Changchuan's face lit up with joy.

They swam towards the dark cave.

However, Shen Changchuan was not blinded by joy and lost his vigilance.

He first stopped and carefully observed the surroundings to make sure there was no danger before cautiously entering to investigate.

The cave wasn't deep.
It looks like a bridge arch built deep at the bottom of the river.

"Ok?"

There seemed to be signs of artificial excavation around them, and Shen Changchuan's gaze involuntarily sharpened.

However, after careful observation,

He didn't find anything else.

What can be confirmed is that this place was expanded from a natural dark cave about ten or twenty years ago, and there are still faint traces of the remnants of an array.

And the marks left by the crocodile demon here.

It seems,
This must indeed be the lair of the crocodile demon!
Shen Changchuan was overjoyed. Without continuing to observe, he swam towards the front of the dark cave.

Very soon,
Shen Changchuan stopped.

His gaze was fixed ahead.
At the end of that dark cave, beneath the dim riverbed, grows a spiritual herb that shimmers with a pale blue light and is surrounded by spiritual energy!

Shen Changchuan swam to the water plants, his eyes wide, using his Spirit Eye Technique to scrutinize every leaf and every vein of the spiritual herbs.
"This is... *Biyuan* waterweed?!"

Shen Changchuan recognized the spiritual herb.
Couldn't help but exclaimed.

This thing,
He recorded it in the miscellaneous books he read during the two and a half years he spent in the Shen family compound!
This is an extremely precious spiritual object that can only grow with the slightest possibility when the water veins are full of vital energy!
How precious is it?
The combined value of all twelve acres of spiritual fields in Dawan Village is probably less than that of this one Biyuan waterweed!
Its function,

It can temper a person's body with abundant water elemental energy, thereby improving a slight amount of cultivation aptitude.

Furthermore, it can enhance the power of the soul to a certain extent!
no doubt,

Either of these two functions,
All of these factors are enough to cause its value to skyrocket!
"There are such good things at the bottom of this river! No wonder that crocodile demon is so intelligent and has mastered many kinds of innate magic!"

The previous doubts were completely answered at this moment.

Monsters and spiritual creatures coexist.
One can gain considerable benefits when one absorbs and releases the essence of water veins and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the Biyuan Water Grass.

Perhaps this is what made that crocodile demon so extraordinary.

Shen Changchuan was filled with joy at this moment.

The appearance of this Biyuan waterweed was like a windfall for him!
"It's a pity that it's still in the seedling stage. If it were in the mature stage, the effects of mature Biyuan aquatic plants would be even stronger!"

After carefully observing this incomparably precious Biyuan aquatic plant,
Shen Changchuan thought to himself, somewhat greedily.

If it is a mature *Pleioblastus* aquatic plant,

This value could even increase tenfold or a hundredfold!
Even if it's just a seedling, it's still a huge gain for Shen Changchuan.

Moreover, the essence of the water veins of the Dawan River is probably not enough to support the mature Biyuan aquatic plants.

Shen Changchuan had no choice but to suppress his excessive greed.

He happily took out a jade box from his bosom.
Carefully pick the Biyuan waterweed and seal it in the jade box.

Although this Biyuan aquatic plant is very valuable
Countless powerful families and clans of immortal cultivation are offering huge sums of money to purchase such rare and precious items in order to refine the cultivation aptitude of their direct descendants.

But Shen Changchuan has no intention of selling it.

It's a very simple principle.

The value of this Biyuan aquatic plant is extremely high.
It was so powerful that even a tiny ant with a four-fold energy level couldn't save it.

Even if you sell a large amount of spirit stones, without the protection of a powerful entity, they will eventually belong to someone else.

Not to mention the First Madam in the backyard of the Shen family mansion
never mind,

It was a loss,
Fortunately, the landed safely.

Shen Changchuan planned to consume and refine it directly after returning, turning it into his own foundation.

Carefully put away the jade box containing the Biyuan waterweed.

Shen Changchuan then prepared to leave.

But at this time,

He inexplicably used his spiritual eye technique to scan the environment around the Azure Waterweed.

I was just checking to see if I had missed any movements.

But he did discover something was amiss.

From the perspective of Shen Changchuan's perfected spiritual vision technique, the soil at the bottom of the river was basically the color of wood ash.

That was the reflection of the earth's energy under the vision of the Spirit Eye Technique.

however,
At this moment, against the backdrop of gray and white soil behind the Biyuan aquatic plants, there is a square, neat, blank area about the size of a book!

"what?"

Shen Changchuan swam over in confusion.
They carefully dug downwards.

After digging down to about a foot deep...
A wooden box made of black wood appeared before Shen Changchuan's eyes.

Using the golden needles and the Golden Needle Technique, carefully unlock the bronze lock on the wooden box.

Carefully open the box.

Shen Changchuan saw that inside, there was a palm-sized, pure white jade token lying quietly.

Pick up the token.

The token is decorated with intricate patterns carved around its edges.

And at its front center,
It is engraved with a large "elephant" character.

(End of this chapter)