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Chapter 499: Get the Water Spirit Pearl Again (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Just like that, under the inquiring and admiring gazes of the Yang family's uncle and nephew, the group carried the wild boar and black muntjac back to the town.

They came back together, because there were black muntjacs, wild boars and some other things. Although Qingyan and the others were fully capable of taking them, they couldn't do it too obviously, so Yang Pingwen sent them all back to Yang Ping'an's home.

Qingyan and the others asked Yang Qiaoer and her brother to invite Yang Pingwu's family to have dinner here in the evening. With so much meat, everyone could have a good gathering together.

Yang Ping'an's family felt a little embarrassed at first. After all, these were all hunted down by Qingyan and the others, especially the wild boar. In a way, they saved the Yang family's uncle and nephew. Otherwise, if Yang Pingwen and Yang Qiaoer had encountered it, they might never have come back.

Qingyan told them not to think like that. If it weren't for accompanying them, Yang Qiaoer and her brother wouldn't have gone up the mountain. In fact, they encountered danger because they accompanied them, so it was their duty to protect them.

As for meeting Yang Pingwen, if it weren't for them, maybe he wouldn't have taken that road and would have followed the main force to go around the other side of the town. Even if it was a detour, at least he wouldn't encounter danger.

Besides, they were also guests. Although Yang Pingwu's family had received them before, the other cousins ​​of the Yang family had never met them. It was a good opportunity for everyone to get together.

Yang Ping'an declined at first, but seeing that they really wanted to give him the prey to entertain his brothers at home, he took the opportunity to invite Yang Pingwen's family and Yang Pingyong's family to come over.

It was a gathering of all the close cousins ​​in the town. They introduced each other, mainly introducing Qingyan and the others to Yang Pingyong and Yang Pingwen's family, and they expressed a warm welcome.

Of course, the two families did not come empty-handed. They also brought good things from home. Some brought candies and snacks, and some brought meat.

Although they knew before coming that Qingyan and her friends had shot a black muntjac and a wild boar, as well as pheasants, but those belonged to them. They brought them here as a token of their appreciation. They also picked up things that were not available here, such as ducks and eggs, so they did not come empty-handed.

Then Yang Pingwu and Yang Ping'an's kitchens started cooking together, and the women worked together to prepare three tables of dishes around four in the afternoon. However, there was too many people and one table could not accommodate them all.

The remaining meat was also marinated so that it could be kept for two more days.

So, except for the table of men drinking and eating on stools, the tables of women and children all ate standing up. Because the tables were big, some dishes were out of reach while sitting on stools, so they simply ate standing up.

At the beginning, because of the guests like Qingyan, except for a few little boys who were more relaxed, the women and girls were still a little reserved.

Later, seeing that Qingyan and Qingzhu, although they looked like ladies from wealthy families, were very casual when eating and even chatted with them, I relaxed a little and started eating happily.

Life in the town is pretty good now. Although they don't have the luxury of eating meat every day, they are not so poor that they can only eat meat a few times a year. So there is no scene of everyone scrambling for meat. Eating is, to say the least, very polite, but there are rules in place.

Except for the children who sat on stools and ate at the table, the older children basically picked up the dishes and held their bowls to eat a little further away from the table. They listened quietly to the adults talking and did not interrupt. Even when the children were chatting with each other, they spoke in low voices.

Qingyan felt that this was much better than what she saw at banquets in later generations. As expected, no matter whether it was a big family or a small one, the rules were taught by their own family. It didn't mean that all those from big families were good. If they were not educated carefully, there would still be some foolish people. For example, those from small towns like this could still give people a very good impression if they were well educated.

After dinner, everyone chatted for a while and then went back. Knowing that they had been running up the mountain for a whole day and Yang Pingwen had been in a hurry back, he must be tired, so they didn't stay long.

In this way, they stayed in Huanshan Town for two more days, eating, drinking and wandering around. Chouchou also used his spiritual sense to explore for two days. Except for some strange things in the cave discovered before, other places were normal.

They immediately said goodbye and prepared to return quietly to explore the cave again.

Another discovery was that the fish they collected into the space were all alive and well. It seemed that just as they had guessed, the reason why the fish could not leave the town or the river was because of the spiritual energy.

This kind of fish can only live in water with spiritual energy. Once the spiritual energy is gone, the fish will die immediately and deteriorate quickly.

The water in the Jinyang Space contains more spiritual energy than the river outside, so the fish will live better after entering, and those carrying eggs will lay eggs quickly.

The fish eggs were laid in the stream, and they believed that new small fish would appear soon. In this way, they would collect some more into the lake in the space.

Although the lake water is not as rich in spiritual energy as the stream water flowing from the spiritual spring, it is incomparable to the water outside after being in the space for a long time. It also carries a thin spiritual energy, so the fish is still alive and well after entering, but it is not as lively as in the stream.

With this experimental result, they felt relieved that the fish was indeed delicious and could be saved for later consumption.

They didn't collect too many, just some bigger ones, like those that were about to spawn. After collecting them, there would be an endless supply of fish. The main reason was that the season they came was better, as it was the time when fish were about to spawn. All the big fish, as long as they were female, would carry eggs.

Originally, the Yang brothers wanted to hold a farewell banquet for them, but Qingyan felt that since they were just casual acquaintances, there was really no need to mobilize a large number of people. Besides, they had already gathered together before, so a farewell banquet would suffice.

But even so, on the night before they agreed to leave, each family still sent a lot of local specialties, and one person from each family came over for a meal to see them off in advance.

It was just the Yang brothers, none of the women and children came.

Qingyan and Chouchou discussed it and decided to give a peace amulet to each child in several families. They did not give any to adults, as they would be more relieved if the children could grow up safely.

These are made of ordinary jade. Jin Yang carved a protective formation on it, which can withstand three fatal injuries. It is much more useful than ordinary amulets and can save lives at critical moments.

The jade used is very ordinary, at least it won’t make people tempted by wealth, and adults can also wear it on children with confidence.

The next morning, after declining the farewell offer from the Yang family, they boarded the carriage and drove directly out of Huanshan Town. They returned along the same route because they had to go east later and taking another route would be a longer detour.

After they left the town and entered the woods, they did not enter the space immediately, but continued to move forward until they were almost out of the range that Jin Yang could reach through the space. Then they entered the space and went directly from the space to the cave that Chouchou had mentioned before.

Because this cave is connected to an underground river, it is particularly humid. They felt a little stuffy as soon as they came in. It seemed that there was a lack of oxygen. Qingyan even felt that her exposed hands and face were wet. Of course, she also felt that the spiritual energy was richer than outside.

This cave is considered semi-enclosed. Why do I say that? Because if they hadn't come in through the space, there would be no way to get in from the outside. It's not that there is no way, they can only swim in. That's right, the only entrance and exit is a water outlet, which is invisible from the outside because it is underwater. Who would have thought that there would be a different world inside a small water outlet?

The cave is very spacious, about half the size of a basketball court. It is not very high, only about two or three meters away from the top of the cave. Some places are even lower and you can reach the top of the cave with your fingertips.

There is a ditch in the middle, which is the outlet for water to flow outside. The other places are higher and are all stone, so they did not step into the water after coming in. It’s just that because the exit was blocked by water, the air in the cave is not so sufficient, and it can even be said to be a bit thin. If it weren’t for the sufficient spiritual energy, they might feel stuffy after staying for a while.

They didn't plan to stay in there for long, so they quickly followed the underground river inside.

The direction they were walking in was towards the belly of the mountain, and the further they went, the higher the terrain went. In other words, this so-called underground river did not simply flow out from underground. Although the river water was underground, it first flowed into the middle of the mountain and then flowed out through this cave.

The further they went in, the thinner the air became, and the more humid it became. Gradually, there was no place to stand, so they simply took off their shoes and socks and waded through the water. Fortunately, the cave was warm in winter and cool in summer, and the water was warm, not as cold as ordinary mountain spring water, so it was just right to walk in the water barefoot.

When the water reached above their calves, they finally reached the end of the cave.

The water outlet is right in the middle. Due to the long-term water discharge, a big stalagmite has bulged out there. Water is bubbling out from the tip of the stalagmite, and there are some small fish in the water.

That’s right, they were the small fish. The small fish flowed out with the water. They observed for a while and found that no big fish came out of the water outlet. Maybe the big fish couldn’t get out of the water outlet.

They can only lay seeds there and wait for them to hatch. Only when they become small fish will they come out with the water and grow up outside. When they grow up, they will return to the underground river to lay eggs, and the cycle will repeat.

Then they observed the situation around them. The spiritual energy inside was a little richer than outside, but they didn't find anything different.

Because the air was relatively thin, they did not light a fire, but took out spirit stones for lighting. Because there was already spiritual energy in the air, it would not absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones, so it was quite useful for temporary lighting.

Looking around the entire cave, I found that the height has not changed much, and is almost the same as the outside, but the width has been changing, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow. It is relatively narrow at the end, only about five or six meters wide, and you can see the end at a glance.

It was easy to see what was inside, but still nothing was discovered. The stone wall was just an ordinary stone wall. Except for the large stalagmites on the ground that reflected some light, the rest of the place was gray and there was nothing special.

This is also normal, because some elements, stalagmites will reflect light.

Finally, Chouchou said, "There is something under the stalagmite. You guys stay away. I'll open the stalagmite and take out the thing.

Upon hearing that, Qingyan and the others took a few steps back. When they were about ten steps away from that place, Chouchou stepped forward and chopped it down with his hand. The stalagmite cracked almost immediately, and then broke into pieces and fell down.

Chouchou reached out and pushed away the broken stones. Because of the water, the broken stones were not splashed everywhere. Qingyan and the others also stepped forward again to help push away the broken stones.

After it was cleaned, the water outlet became much larger and the patterns on the outlet became visible.

"It's a spirit gathering formation." Jin Yang said.

Unexpectedly, there was a small spirit gathering formation at the water outlet. Qingyan went forward to take a look and said to Chouchou, "Didn't they say there was something in here? Could it be this spirit gathering formation?"

Chouchou shook his head, "That thing is inside the water outlet."

As he spoke, he reached his hand in, and when he took it out, a transparent bead appeared in his hand.

Qingyan took a look and said uncertainly: "Is this... also a Water Spirit Pearl?"

The reason why I'm not sure is that this one is somewhat different from the previous Water Spirit Pearl. The Water Spirit Pearl that was transformed from the dragon pearl of the Jinghe Dragon King in the Jinyang Space is water blue, very similar to the color of the sky and the sea, while this one is purely transparent, just like glass. If Chou Chou hadn't taken it in his hand, it would have been really hard to find it in the water.

Chouchou nodded, “It’s a water spirit bead, but this water spirit bead is different from the water spirit bead that was transformed from the dragon ball.

The reason why it condensed into a water spirit bead was because the previous Jinghe Dragon King was a water dragon, and his inner elixir itself was rich in water spirit power, so it finally turned into a water spirit bead.

However, this water spirit bead was naturally nurtured. It condensed after many years in a specific environment. It is a real water spirit bead.

This is definitely not the place where it was created. It does not have the conditions. I don’t know who put it here and drew a spirit gathering array for it.”

Qingyan took it and played with it for a while, then asked hesitantly, "Should we take it away? Will it have an impact on this place?"

Chouchou and Jin Yang nodded at the same time, "There will definitely be an impact. This underground river water is likely related to the Water Spirit Pearl, which is why it keeps flowing out. These fish should also have something to do with it.

The spiritual energy is not because of it, although it also has water spiritual energy, but if it can release spiritual energy outwards, there would be no need to draw this spiritual gathering array. It should be because of the natural formation of this mountain range. It is hard to say whether there was a spiritual vein here in the past, but it dried up later and scattered in these mountains.

This formation gathers the spiritual energy here, actually it is feeding the Water Spirit Pearl. If there is no such formation, the spiritual energy in Huanshan Town might be even richer, after all, a lot of it has been absorbed by the Water Spirit Pearl. "

Qingyan nodded, "Then we have to take it away. Where should we put it? Should we put it in Jinyang's space?"

It seems that only it is suitable.

Chouchou and Jinyang looked at each other and said, "Take it and put it in your space. Then your space will have its own water source. If you can collect all the five elements of spiritual beads, your space will be able to become a small world like Jinyang's space."

Qingzhu and Huangjin also nodded. Such a good thing must be taken away. Since this thing does not release spiritual energy here, although there may not be so much river water below in the future, as long as the spiritual energy is still there, the impact on this side should not be that big.

Having said that, Chouchou asked Qingyan to put the Water Spirit Pearl into her space and place it directly into the pool. That way, there would be no need to carry water from outside.

Qingyan nodded happily and put it directly into the space. As soon as she put it in, she felt her space vibrate. Then she felt that the space had expanded a lot than before, and it must be hundreds of acres in size!

Qingyan told them about the changes in the space in surprise. Chouchou nodded and said, "This is normal. Any space that can be upgraded will definitely change a little as long as these rare treasures are added. Now there is water in the space. Although it is not a spiritual spring, it is much better than nothing."

Afterwards, they broke the spirit gathering formation. With the disappearance of the spirit gathering formation, the spiritual energy in the cave dissipated visibly. All the spiritual energy was gathered from all directions, so it was normal for it to dissipate without the spirit gathering formation.

However, they did not just leave like that. Since they had taken other people's good things, they had to leave something for them. Although the spirit gathering array was gone, the water outlet was still there. Chouchou directly took out five spirit stones from the space and asked Jin Yang to set up a small array that slowly released spiritual energy.

Just place it at the water outlet, and the water that flows out in the future will still have spiritual energy, and it may even be richer than before. This formation can operate for about three hundred years until the spiritual energy in these spirit stones dissipates.

Although it cannot be considered an equal exchange, it is of only benefit and no harm to the people here. They drink the water here, live here, and can still live longer and be healthier than those living outside.

After doing all this, they left the cave and returned directly to the previous road through space. This time they really embarked on the journey again.

I came here, had some fun, and even got a water spirit bead, so it was worth the trip.

Although they were still heading east, they were not planning to go to the county town. After all, they had scanned the county town with their spiritual sense and found nothing special there, so they planned to go directly to Poyang Lake.

Qingyan always had a premonition that something unexpected would happen after arriving at Poyang Lake.