After the destruction of the Immortal Realm, I took in the fallen fairy.

Glug glug...

This time, it wasn't the sound of the water crashing against the rock face, but the sound of Lin Heng nearly drowning in the deep water.

The sudden surge of waves claimed the lives of everyone in the mine.

Whether it's Lin Heng and Shen Zu, who have no spiritual power to protect them, or the fairies like Yun Qinghe and Song Jingyu, who have spiritual power to protect them.

Everyone was struggling desperately in the deep waters of the ocean.

Because this sudden surge of seawater seemed to possess some special ability, it actually suppressed the fairies' spiritual power.

Not only was it unable to use any magical techniques to deal with the waves, but even the spiritual energy of its spiritual root seemed to be instantly drained away after being immersed in seawater.

The fairies, after all, have been tempered by spiritual energy, so even when they are drowning, they can hold on for a little longer.

But Lin Heng, an ordinary person, probably can't hold on for long.

And now, he has become the first person to fall into a coma...

"No, we must protect our master."

As she remained submerged for longer, before her consciousness was swallowed by the seawater, Yun Qinghe looked towards Lin Heng, who was gradually sinking to the bottom.

She gripped the Thousand-Branch Vine Sword tightly in her hand, and a vine spread out from the top of the mine, pulling Lin Heng, who had sunk to the bottom of the water, out of the water.

Then, like everyone else in the mine, she gradually fell into a coma...

Of all the people present, only Mu Tinglan was able to maintain a semblance of consciousness thanks to her water spirit root, which allows her to blend with water.

But the seawater in this mine seemed to be endless.

Even though the vines of the Thousand Branches Vine Sword had already scooped Lin Heng up to the top of the mine, the sea level was rising rapidly at a visible speed.

Finally, the seawater gushing from the rock walls completely filled the entire mine.

Lin Heng, who had been pulled out by the vines, was once again submerged in the water...

Mu Tinglan immediately swam towards Lin Heng.

Even though she, like the fairies around her, had her spiritual energy drained by the strange seawater, she was able to forcibly activate the characteristics of her water spirit root with the help of spirit stones, thus alleviating Lin Heng's discomfort from drowning.

"Fairy Mu"

Suddenly, a pair of scarlet eyes opened in the seawater.

"Um?"

Mu Tinglan turned her head and saw Gesang Nazha, who had transformed into the Heart-Eating Demon Wolf.

Gradually, her body, the Heart-Eating Demon Wolf, dissipated into a cloud of black mist.

Instead, she was still wearing her original colorful dress and had an indifferent expression.

"Are you activating the source water rules of your water elemental root to protect your master?"

Gesang Nazha asked her.

"Um."

Mu Tinglan nodded while holding the spirit stone and hugging Lin Heng.

Gesang Nazha closes her eyes and feels it.

The most powerful ability of the Enlightenment Realm is the perception and application of the power of rules.

Even though her spiritual power was also swallowed by the deep water, her understanding of the power of rules would not disappear.

After a moment, she reopened her eyes: "The source water rules of this seawater are almost exactly the same as yours. Using the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, try to find the source with the source water rules of your water spirit root and make it subside."

"it is good."

Mu Tinglan had no doubts and did exactly as Gesang Nazha said.

Clutching the spirit stone tightly in her other hand, her gentle water spirit root began to explore the depths of the water.

Using the spiritual energy within the spirit stone, she quickly located the source of the seawater.

But this source surprised her immensely.

Because the seawater that unleashed this power capable of swallowing spiritual energy was actually an item she was extremely familiar with in the Immortal Realm!

Could it be that the master sent them here, and placed such importance on it, for something else entirely...?

"Quickly, a demonic tide is coming from outside."

Until Gesang Nazha reminded him again.

The surrounding rock walls had begun to tremble violently.

Mu Tinglan came to her senses and immediately touched the source of the seawater with the spiritual energy of her water spirit root.

hiss.

The seawater that swallowed everyone evaporated immediately at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One layer after another disappeared, until only the people lying on the ground remained.

Gesang Nazha breathed a sigh of relief, walked over to the unconscious Yun Qinghe, squatted down, and took a spirit stone from her bosom.

"Use your water elemental root to assist me."

Standing up again, Gesang Nazha said to Mu Tinglan.

"Um."

Mu Tinglan nodded, also clutching the spirit stone in her hand.

The spiritual energy from the two spirit stones began to stimulate the characteristics of their respective metal and water spiritual roots.

Gesang Naza's golden spiritual root can provide a defense as solid as a city wall against spiritual roots.

Similarly, injecting spiritual energy with the characteristics of a metal spiritual root into the bodies of drowning people can act like a dam, helping them expel the water.

Besides assisting Gesang Nazha's spiritual energy, Mu Tinglan also attempted to use the source water rules to guide the excess seawater out of everyone's bodies...

"Cough, cough!"

Not long after, a series of coughs came from inside the mine.

Almost simultaneously, Gesang Nazha and Mu Tinglan's gazes fell on Lin Heng, who was coughing violently.

"Wow……"

After spitting out a mouthful of water, Lin Heng struggled to sit up.

But under their watchful eyes, his first words were: "Holy crap, what kind of shoddy construction is this mine? I held it up and it just broke down, and so much water is gushing out?"

"..."

One by one, Yun Qinghe, Song Jingyu, and the others also gradually regained consciousness.

Only Shen Zu, who had not been helped by Mu Tinglan and Gesang Nazha, remained lying in the same spot.

Seeing that Lin Heng was safe and sound, and even woke up before them, the fairy servants in the mine breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Mu Tinglan pursed her lips and whispered to Lin Heng, "Master, after the seawater surged out, the mine was completely opened."

"Oh? What's inside?"

Lin Heng immediately became interested and peered into the large hole beside him.

Just now, that gushe of seawater came from here.

"Master, it seems that the poisonous grime in the mine has been washed away after that seawater. If you want to go in, I'll go with you."

Yun Qinghe took the Thousand Branches Vine Sword in her hand and walked up to Lin Heng.

"Yes, Master, I'll go with you too."

Mu Tinglan nodded and went to the other side of Lin Heng.

After all, no one knows the things here better than her...

"Let's go then."

Without any hesitation, Lin Heng led the two into the mine.

Yun Qinghe took out a spirit stone to provide light.

To Lin Heng's surprise, the hole from which so much seawater had just surged out was not actually that big.

A single spirit stone is enough to illuminate the entire space inside the cave.

Soon, Lin Heng's gaze fell on the ornaments embedded in the ground, which had been washed clean by the previous waves.

"This thing..."

Squatting down, Lin Heng picked it up from the soil and placed it in his palm.

On the purple metal shell is a creature resembling a mermaid.

The mermaid's fish tail, however, gradually becomes thinner and longer, like a long needle...

Turning his head, Lin Heng looked at Mu Tinglan and Yun Qinghe: "Is it a hairpin?"

Women clearly know more about their jewelry than they do about themselves.

Mu Tinglan nodded slightly, her expression complex, and said, "Yes, this is a hairpin that the sect leader once gave me... The seawater just now was caused by it."