"I can't believe my eyes. How is this thing alive..." Lin Chun said as he launched his attack.
Chen Zhi and the others followed suit, unleashing wave after wave of attacks.
The branches were brutally suppressed at the doorway, unable to extend outward.
Seeing the opportune moment, I directly plunged in, driving my short sword fiercely into the base of the branches.
Then, flames erupted in the secret chamber.
The surrounding branches all ignited.
By the firelight, I glanced at the secret chamber. Indeed, the ceramic vessel holding the Stone Spring had a hairline crack at the bottom.
A few drops of Stone Spring had seeped out from the crack...
It seemed they had landed on some branches, which caused this thing to go completely berserk at this moment!
I took out all the Stone Spring, saying, "Looks like we need to find a new place to store this..."
Lin Chun nodded and was about to speak when my eyes suddenly caught sight of the corner.
A dark shadow flashed past there.
Though it was only for a fleeting moment, I had keenly captured it.
"There's something else!" I exclaimed in a deep voice, using my short sword to pry open that area.
However, I found nothing, only a hole as thick as an arm.
"What kind of hole is this?" I frowned as I looked at it.
Lin Chun squeezed in and after gesturing with his hand for a long time, he slowly said, "This looks like... a rat hole?"
"A rat hole?" I nodded, then turned to look at the others. "Everyone go back and rest. We have things to do tomorrow!"
Although Chen Zhi and the others were confused, they still nodded and went back to rest.
Lin Chun followed behind me, his expression equally grave.
"I'm afraid we've run into trouble this time..." I said, holding a jar of Stone Spring.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chun asked.
I roughly explained my own conjecture.
From any perspective, the Stone Spring was definitely a treasure of heaven and earth.
Even if it was just branches that came into contact with the Stone Spring, they could mutate and seem to possess life.
This indicated that the substance possessed terrifying energy and some unknown properties.
It was a pity that there were no instruments on this deserted island to analyze what this thing had changed. The only certainty was that if we could drink it now, it would aid our cultivation.
But I didn't know what effect it would have if something like a rat drank it?
However, I had a bad feeling about it.
I always felt that if rats drank it, it might trigger something catastrophic.
For example, what I knew now was that the rat was not dead.
After hearing my concerns, Lin Chun smiled. "Brother Lu, don't worry. The priority is to preserve this thing well, and then, we can slowly search for it..."
I nodded. In fact, I had already used my 'Thousand Mile Vision' and the range should have been quite large.
But within my range, I didn't sense the presence of any rats.
This could only mean one of two things: first, that thing wasn't a rat, or it hadn't drunk the Stone Spring.
As for the other possibility, it was that the thing had already exceeded my perception range in such a short time.
In the following few days, we kept this matter quiet, and only asked Zuo Qing and the others to search the surroundings.
To see if they could find a rat and kill it if possible.
I always felt that leaving it would be a ticking time bomb.
And this time, I was even more vigilant. I no longer used ceramic vessels to store the Stone Spring, but a plastic bottle taken from the ship.
I no longer cared about the storage environment and placed it directly in my room.
On one hand, I could keep an eye on it at all times, and on the other hand, if the rats tried to steal it, I would be able to detect it.
Another week passed like this.
Everyone trained and searched for rats, but we didn't find it.
I even began to doubt if I had seen it wrong. After about a week with no findings, I stopped dwelling on it.
One night, after Luo Yaqin's training ended and I had just finished my cultivation, I suddenly felt the ground tremble again.
Sensing this subtle vibration, I immediately looked towards where I had stored the Stone Spring.
The Stone Spring was fine, no problems.
Then where was this vibration coming from?
Without a word, I rushed out and landed on the city wall. By this time, Zuo Qing and the others had also arrived.
They had also felt the tremor and didn't know what was going on.
When I looked into the distance, my expression turned extremely grim.
Something I hadn't expected had happened!