"This is..." Li Lin was also suddenly surprised. Inside this cave, there was an energy aura similar to the one inside the secret land of the outside world, but this energy aura was much denser than the one outside the secret land.
"This is just the edge of the Sacred Pool. Inside the Sacred Pool, the energy is even more terrifying. Prepare yourselves and don't get hurt by the energy," said Bai Ling, the Nine-Tailed Fox. "Follow me, if you can cultivate in the Sacred Pool for a month, your breakthrough speed will be astonishing."
"Sacred Pool." Li Lin murmured softly, somewhat looking forward to following behind the Nine-Tailed Fox along a stone path.
Below the stone path was a babbling, crystal-clear underground river. The gentle sound of flowing water was the only sound in this silent cave, "clang."
Li Lin kicked a pebble, which made a clanging sound and then rolled away, giving a chilling feeling.
"We're here." After a moment, another cave entrance appeared in front of Li Lin. He stopped in his tracks, a chilling coldness assaulting him.
At this moment, Li Lin was still startled by the scene in front of him. Below the entrance of this cave was a huge canyon crack about a hundred meters wide. The crack seemed to have been split open by someone, and on a protruding piece of shiny black rock on the opposite wall, a dense stream of energy was spraying out, hanging in the air and pouring down like a hundred-meter-long white satin ribbon.
"Boom boom!"
Inside the crack below, a thunderous roar sounded, like thunder or a mountain collapse, startling and breathtaking. Looking down, it was a dark, foggy abyss, seemingly bottomless.
"This energy is terrifying." What shocked Li Lin the most was the dense stream of energy spraying out from the protruding shiny black rock on the opposite wall. This stream of energy emitted a tremendously strong energy aura, identical to the energy in the secret land, but many times denser.
"Every three years, when the Sacred Fruit matures, only for a month, this massive energy can be attracted. Usually, it disappears without a trace, without any energy at all. I've gone down to look for it before, but found nothing," the Nine-Tailed Fox said softly.
"Follow me, you will soon see the Sacred Pool," the Nine-Tailed Fox said again. A faint glow enveloped the two-headed water-fire Jiao, and in an instant, it turned into a streak of light, crossing the hundred-meter underground crack and leaping to the opposite rock wall.
Li Lin also followed, carrying Cuiyu and Little Dragon, displaying the Wings of Wind, to the opposite rock wall.
"Eh, it's actually like this." Landing on the ground, Li Lin was surprised to see that the dense stream of energy that seemed to be hanging in the air and pouring down was actually violently swirling into a hole a few meters in size in the shiny black rock. This massive stream of energy was actually bursting out from a bottomless crack.
A violent energy aura spread out, making Li Lin feel palpitations amidst the majestic energy.
"Come on, this is the Sacred Pool," Bai Ling, the Nine-Tailed Fox, said softly, slowly walking towards a cave entrance behind the rock wall that was hard to notice without looking closely.
"My God..."
Entering the cave, Li Lin's face changed dramatically, everything inside the cave was even more surprising than what he had seen outside.
At this moment, inside the cave was a huge space, covering an area of over a kilometer and a height of hundreds of meters, surrounded by dense fog, making it impossible to see the walls around. In the sky, there were many stalactites hanging upside down, emitting colorful lights.
Inside the rock wall, a majestic white energy stream was violently pouring out from a deep hole a few meters in size, causing the space ripples inside the entire space to fluctuate violently. These white energy streams, like ropes, continuously poured into a white pool water of five hundred meters in size. This pool of water was surrounded by white fog, and in the center, there was a vine-like object a hundred meters in size, spreading to the ceiling of the cave, emitting a dense energy aura and an ancient aura that seemed to have existed forever.
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"Whoosh whoosh." Inside the space, the violent energy roared, causing pain throughout Li Lin's body.
True Qi spread out from Li Lin's body, forming a faint protective circle around him, blocking the energy-induced pain.
Cuiyu also set up a layer of transparent and invisible light circle in front of her, with absolute shock in her eyes, this scene also made her unable to help but be shocked.
"Boss, the energy here is so strong, I feel that I just need to absorb the energy, and I can break through," Little Dragon's voice said in Li Lin's mind.
"Greetings to the two Demon Kings."
Just when Li Lin was shocked, the water in the pool suddenly fluctuated, and three demon beasts about two meters in size appeared in the space.
"Blood Jade Demon Tiger, Taiyin Demon Rabbit, Ni Lin Demon Peng."
"My God, they are all these demon beasts." Looking at the three two-meter-sized demon beasts emerging from the pool, Li Lin was stunned.
The first demon beast, glowing like jade with traces of blood, exhaled a slight airflow as if roaring, its eyes shining like lamps. The cat-faced creature had long whiskers, and its wide mouth revealed sharp saber teeth, with sharp claws and a long tail like a small broom, looking extremely fierce, with an inherent majesty that made it difficult to look directly at.
The second demon beast, covered in blue fur, had long and thin ears, and its blood vessels were clearly visible. Its red eyes shone like two red pearls. It had short forelegs and long hind legs, looking cute, but its aura was so strong that it seemed to suppress Li Lin as well.
The third demon beast, with scales around its eyes radiating outwards, had a face like an eagle, completely black, with a large and wide head, sharp claws, and wings, but its body was covered in black scales instead of feathers. Uniquely, on its sharp head, there was a palm-sized scale, the Ni Lin, spreading out like a lotus flower, its aura also extremely formidable.
Li Lin had never seen these three demon beasts before, but they were recorded in the Heavenly Spirit Record. Although the bloodlines of these three demon beasts were not as noble as the Tianchi Snow Lion, they were only a thin line away and could definitely be considered as kings among demon beasts.
Li Lin felt the aura of these three demon beasts at this moment. The first Blood Jade Demon Tiger was at the early stage of the fifth level, its aura indistinguishable from the two-headed water-fire Jiao. The second Taiyin Demon Rabbit had a stronger aura, already at the middle stage of the fifth level.
The third Ni Lin Demon Peng was even more terrifying. Li Lin guessed that this must be the late-stage fifth-level demon beast mentioned by the two-headed water-fire Jiao. Such a demon king, at the late stage of the fifth level, would probably not have a problem contending with a first-level Martial Commander.
"Boss, they three demon beasts have now also submitted to me. When you leave, take them with you. In the future, if anyone dares to provoke you, I will deal with them," Little Dragon's voice said again in Li Lin's mind.
"They have all submitted to you?" Li Lin turned around, surprised, looking at Little Dragon. Including the two-headed water-fire Jiao, these were four fifth-level demon beasts, their strength incredibly terrifying.
"Of course, Sister Bai Ling also agreed. From now on, they will follow me," Little Dragon said.
"Alright, continue your cultivation. There's less than a month left, try to break through," the Nine-Tailed Fox said to the Blood Jade Demon Tiger, Taiyin Demon Rabbit, and Ni Lin Demon Peng.
The three demon beasts curiously glanced at Li Lin and Cuiyu, then leaped back into the pool water, followed by the two-headed water-fire Jiao diving into the pool water and leaving.
"Li Lin, this is the Sacred Pool. Every three years, there's only one month for us demon beasts to cultivate. What you see in the Sacred Pool now is the Sacred Vine that bears the Sacred Fruit, extending to the ground. There are still more than twenty days before the Sacred Fruit matures. You can now cultivate in the Sacred Pool, and I will send you out to seize the Sacred Fruit when the time comes."
After Bai Ling, the Nine-Tailed Fox, finished speaking, she then said to Little Dragon, "Little Dragon, follow me to cultivate. You should be able to break through to the fourth level when you come out."
"Hiss hiss!" Little Dragon flicked its tongue, proudly saying to Li Lin, "Boss, I'm going to cultivate. This energy should be very beneficial to me."
As soon as the words fell, Little Dragon instantly leaped onto the Nine-Tailed Fox.
"Sizzle sizzle!"
Then, the Nine-Tailed Fox and Little Dragon jumped into the pool water and disappeared, causing a wave of energy fluctuations to ripple through the space.
"Lin'er, this is an ancient place of energy convergence. It must have been a place of cultivation for a powerful being in the past. Somehow, it was obtained by the Yunyang Sect, but the Yunyang Sect doesn't know the secrets inside," Cuiyu said in surprise.
"Ancient place of energy convergence..." Li Lin frowned, he had never heard of such a place before.
"Martial artists, spiritual practitioners, demon beasts, spiritual beasts, all rely on the energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. This divine energy here comes from the core of the earth, a special place in nature. Such places were not rare in ancient times. Wherever there is something extraordinary, extraordinary things will emerge. This Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit also appears because of this energy. This energy is of great benefit to our cultivation. Let's also start cultivating," Cuiyu said softly.