Mortal: Fairy Song Yu has issued you a task.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Jingchu regained his senses and realized that he was once again in mid-air. Before he could recover from the teleportation disorder, he saw the stunning mountain scenery below.

A slender and graceful figure stood elegantly in the pool, her dark hair, glistening with water droplets, cascading down her shoulders like a waterfall. The dark pool made her fair skin appear even more translucent.

After washing up, Song Yuxin, who was tidying her hair, felt something and looked up.

They met eyes with Lin Jingchu, who was in mid-air and looked shocked.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still.

"ah--!"

"Whoosh—!"

The girl's screams and the splashing of water erupted simultaneously.

Song Yu dodged at the last second.

Lin Jingchu brushed past him and plunged headfirst into the pool, choking on several mouthfuls of spring water in the process.

What crystal-clear spring water! What pure spiritual energy!

"Cough~ cough~" He struggled to get up from the spring water in a disheveled state.

All that could be seen was Song Yu, who had already turned sideways, hugged his knees, and hidden himself in the water.

"You're still looking!" Song Yu's face flushed red, and her voice was completely out of control.

"I...I just fell and I'm dazed!" Lin Jingchu hurriedly explained, bending down to step out of the spring.

To his surprise, the bottom of the pool was covered with smooth, flat stone bricks. He slipped and fell into the water again, swallowing several mouthfuls of spring water.

After finally climbing ashore, he immediately turned his back to the spring, not daring to even stand up straight.

Fortunately, the jade pendant on his chest sent a refreshing chill, instantly dispelling most of the heat and distracting thoughts in his body, allowing him to stand up straight.

wow-

It was the soft sound of Song Yu parting the water's surface.

Nourishing~

It is the movement of cleansing magic to cleanse the body.

rustling sounds—

It was the soft, rustling sound of someone hurriedly getting dressed.

Lin Jingchu's ears perked up uncontrollably, but all around him was silence.

After a long while, just as he was about to ask, a clear, cold female voice rang out: "Junior brother... I'm ready."

Hearing the tone return to normal, Lin Jingchu felt as if he had been granted a pardon and turned around.

Song Yu had changed into a brand new dress. Perhaps because she had soaked in the spiritual spring, her face was rosy and radiant, making her look beautiful and charming.

The two were about two or three zhang apart, and the atmosphere was subtle.

Song Yu bit her lower lip lightly and spoke first: "Where were you just now? And why did you suddenly appear?"

Lin Jingchu coughed lightly: "I woke up in the front hall and explored the area until I found the three jade slips. I was just about to make copies when I discovered that a teleportation array was hidden there."

He glanced at Song Yu's tense expression, her pretty face struggling to maintain its composure, and continued, "Besides the cultivation techniques and secret arts contained in the jade slip, there is also a secret from thousands of years ago."

"Oh?" Song Yu's attention was indeed diverted, and he asked curiously, "Tell me about it."

"Do you know which powerful being this is who has secluded themselves here?"

"I don't know."

"This is the cave dwelling of the mad cultivator who roamed the southern region five thousand years ago—the Venerable Cangkun!"

"really?!"

"That's not all. There's another old story. Do you know about the Venerable One's Daoist partner...?"

Song Yu became increasingly curious as she listened, her expression gradually relaxing, and she unconsciously moved closer with light, graceful steps.

After a long pause, Song Yu sighed softly, "I never imagined that the legendary Venerable Cangkun would be such a devoted lover."

Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, Lin Jingchu asked, "Senior Sister, did you gain anything from this trip?"

Song Yu took out a jade slip and handed it over: "I also found a jade slip, which I guess is the cultivation method of Master Cangkun."

Lin Jingchu took it, focused his mind, and probed it with his divine sense. After a moment, he couldn't hide his joy: "It's a water-based cultivation technique! That's wonderful! My original major was water-based, so switching to it in the future will be a piece of cake!"

"Junior brother, are you going to switch to this lost cultivation technique? What if you encounter obstacles or make a mistake in your cultivation? If you want to cultivate a superior technique, I can find one for you."

As Song Yu spoke, her voice gradually lowered, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look to the side: "Or you could just ask your mother to take you as her disciple."

"The peak master of Baifeng Peak?" Lin Jingchu pondered for a moment.

After a moment, he shook his head, his tone firm: "This is the technique of Master Cangkun, which is rare and hard to come by."

"Alright." Song Yu felt inexplicably disappointed and didn't try to persuade her any further.

To avoid an awkward silence, Lin Jingchu asked again, "Senior Sister, have you gained anything else here?"

Upon hearing this, Song Yu subconsciously looked at the crystal-clear pool in front of her. Her delicate face, which had just begun to regain its fair complexion, instantly turned bright red.

Her almond-shaped lips parted slightly, her voice barely audible: "It's...it's this very spring of spiritual light right in front of us."

"The Spirit Eye Spring? The Spirit Eye Spring is great! Cultivating by the spring will increase your speed by 20% to 30%! Senior Sister, your luck is much better than mine." Lin Jingchu quickly changed the subject, "I'll go and make several copies of the cultivation techniques and secret arts to keep as backup."

"Um."

……

With a loud boom, two beams of light suddenly lit up in the stone chamber passage, landing and transforming into an old man with silver hair and a child over three feet tall.

"Huh?" The child looked at Lin Jingchu and Song Yu, who stood side by side, guarding with their magical artifacts, with surprise. "Fellow Daoist Cheng, there are actually juniors from your sect here?"

The newcomers were Cheng Tiankun and Fire Dragon Boy.

Upon recognizing the newcomers, Lin Jingchu and Song Yu immediately put away their magical artifacts and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Supreme Elder, greetings, Senior."

Cheng Tiankun stroked his long beard and said kindly, "Girls of the Song family, what brings you here?"

Song Yu stepped forward and replied, "Reporting to the Supreme Elder, the stone chamber where we were hiding was destroyed. When we were looking for another place, we happened to find a cave that had appeared, and we were sucked into it."

Lin Jingchu's heart stirred slightly. He hadn't expected Song Yu to take the initiative to cover up the matter of the Rending Flame Pearl for him, which saved him the trouble of explaining.

"Hehehe~" Fire Dragon Child suddenly laughed out loud, "That Fiend True Monarch schemed and plotted, but was forced to detonate the Heavenly Net Fiend Corpse. Now he's being chased by the Grand Elder and the others, yet he opened a fake cave, only to have you two juniors stumble upon the real one. It seems that human plans are no match for fate!"

Just then, something unexpected happened—

Lin Jingchu emptied all the items from the storage bag, scattering the miscellaneous items on the ground. Among them, a pile of lotus roots was particularly eye-catching.

"My senior sister and I stumbled upon this place by mistake. Besides these spiritual lotus roots, we also found four jade slips. I have taken the liberty of copying the cultivation techniques beforehand."

Several jade slips flew out from among the miscellaneous items, with four ancient jade slips placed at the very front.

Cheng Tiankun and Huolong Tongzi were taken aback. At the same time, they couldn't help but chuckle as they thought of how the huge lotus pond had been turned into a mess.

"I thought this cave was the work of some remaining demonic beast, but I didn't expect it to be you, boy." Fire Dragon Boy laughed loudly, "Those in the pond are Rainbow Lotus, used for ornamental purposes. They wither every ten years, with the old roots rotting and new lotus growing. However, they can reproduce independently for thousands of years before mutating to wither every hundred years. Your lotus roots are at least several decades old."

"This is a rare opportunity for you, take it back." Cheng Tiankun raised his hand and took the four ancient jade slips. He scanned them with his divine sense, then handed them to the Fire Dragon Boy. "Fellow Daoist Lan, please make two copies of these jade slips. You should also give one copy to Fellow Daoist Long Han."

"No problem." Fire Dragon Boy readily agreed, then said, "Send the two children out first, then we'll explore the remaining herb garden, alchemy room, and other places."

After saying this, the two of them used their escape light to sweep away Lin Jingchu and Song Yu and leave the stone chamber.