Several minutes of swimming and groping in the dark later...
'Well, that's definitely stuck...at least I managed to get it to the hole's edge...so is it safe to assume I shouldn't summon you guys while you're busy...what are you doing exactly? Filter cultivator?'
[More or less.]
[Hehehe, my skin feels tingly.]
[That and I don't think we'd even be able to fit down here.]
'Figures...well then, time to go get one of my cousins.'
[Which one?]
'The one that's actually aquatic.'
...Meanwhile...
"Huh? What the..."
"Hmmm? Wassup?"
"Am I going crazy, or does the aether concentration in the water feels... thicker?"
"Can't really tell. It's hard enough trying to absorb all of this aether as is.
"Fair enough."
It should probably go without saying, that not all of the Zhen Clan scions were enjoying the benefits of the [Tempering Spirit Pond] in equal measures.
