[A purple oval-shaped stone: A stone of unknown material, other than its appearance resembling a certain animal's egg, it doesn't seem to have any special qualities.]
As Su Nan walked towards White Water Lake, he took out the purple stone, preparing to examine it.
Last time, during his precognition, his luck had reacted to this purple stone, suggesting that it might not be a stone at all. This made him suspect that the stone might be similar to a dragon turtle egg.
To verify this, all he had to do was break the stone open, as suggested by his precognition.
[You spent fifteen hundred points of Extermination Points to exchange for a purple stone from the County Governor's Treasury. The stone has a unique shape, making you suspect that it might be an egg. You decide to try and open it.]
[You strike the stone with a fist, but to your surprise, it feels as though you've struck solid gold or stone. Your fist doesn't even dent the purple stone.]
[Undaunted, you continue your attempts. This time, you decide to use fire.]
[A blaze of fire emerges, enveloping the purple stone. Your fire energy rapidly diminishes.]
[One minute later, your fire energy is completely depleted, but the purple stone remains unchanged.]
[You don't give up and try again, this time with the power of your soul.]
[Your soul's power transforms into a spear that pierces the stone. This time, you notice that your soul's power seems to get stuck within the purple stone as if it's trapped in quicksand.]
[Undeterred, you increase the strength of your soul's power, trying to penetrate deeper into the stone.]
[Unfortunately, after two minutes, your soul's power is also completely depleted. Despite feeling that your soul's power had difficulty entering the stone, you didn't discover anything else unusual.]
[You change your approach and attempt to infuse the stone with the power of elements like fire, water, and lightning.]
[Once again, you end up disappointed as the stone remains unchanged.]
[Frustrated, you decide to use your mastery of elemental magic.]
[The powers of fire, water, and lightning flow into the stone. Suddenly, you are pleasantly surprised to see that the purple stone responds to the power of lightning. You realize that your lightning energy is being absorbed by the purple stone.]
[You quickly continue to infuse the stone with your lightning energy. After three minutes, your lightning energy is also depleted, but unfortunately, the purple stone shows no further change.]
[You can be reasonably sure that this stone is connected to lightning energy. To discover its secrets, you may need to continue improving your mastery of lightning energy.]
"Responsive to lightning energy?" Su Nan's eyes brightened. Although this precognition didn't yield significant results, he now knew the stone's properties.
As for the part of the precognition that suggested he needed to enhance his lightning energy, he didn't pay it much mind. His path of bloodline fusion had already been established, with fire as the primary element. It was impossible for him to change his fusion direction just because of an unknown stone.
However, there were other ways to approach this. He still had the powers of spiritual energy and vital energy, which, after transformation, could also enhance his lightning energy.
Putting the purple stone away, he continued towards White Water Lake.
After more than ten minutes, he arrived at White Water Lake once again.
This time, he was facing the White Water King, so he couldn't afford to be careless. He promptly used his precognition.
[Arriving at White Water Lake again, you know that if you kill any Xuan-level monster under the White Water King, you can lure the White Water King away.]
[You retrieve the unconscious monster named "Purple Armor" from your spatial ring and punch it to death.]
...
[A minute later, you approach a giant rock covered with aquatic plants, only a kilometer away from the center of the lake.]
[You attempt to use the power of the Heavenly Teleportation to directly enter one of the six stone chambers in the lake's center. Unfortunately, you fail to enter any of them and find yourself outside the main hall of the lake.]
"Couldn't get in?" Su Nan felt somewhat disappointed. It wasn't that his Heavenly Teleportation couldn't enter the stone chambers; it was just that he couldn't enter them all at once.
After using Heavenly Teleportation multiple times, he had figured out how to use it accurately. He could precisely teleport to places he had been to before. However, when it came to unknown locations, he could only make a rough estimation of the direction, and there would be some deviation in the distance.
The farther the teleportation, the greater the margin of error.
In contrast, teleporting to shorter distances allowed for precise entry, even to places he had never been to before.
[Arriving at the lake center's main hall, you realize that there are six giant stone doors arranged in a semicircle. At this moment, all six stone doors are tightly closed.]
[You approach the leftmost stone door and try to push it open, but the door is incredibly heavy, and even with all your strength, you can't budge it an inch.]
[Undeterred, you move on to the adjacent second stone door and continue trying to push it.]
[Although your strength far surpasses that of a spiritual-level warrior, you still can't open any of these stone doors no matter how hard you try.]
[You persist and, after three minutes, you have attempted all six stone doors without success. None of them would yield.]
[The first precognition ends. Do you want to continue?]
"Can't get in, huh? Looks like I'll have to use precognition again."
The stone doors might require keys or brute force to open, and he had neither. However, he had the Heavenly Teleportation, which would allow him to enter.
The only problem was that, to reach the stone chambers two kilometers away, he had to rely on luck.
[Seeing that the guarding monsters at the gate hadn't noticed you, you quickly entered the inner hall. Passing through a corridor, you arrived at a circular central chamber where you saw six tightly closed stone doors.]
[You stand in front of the leftmost stone door and try using the Heavenly Teleportation once more.]
[The next moment, you appear in a square-shaped chamber. You notice rows of bookshelves on one side, each filled with ancient scrolls.]
Chapter 173: Exploring Bai Shui Lake Again
[A purple oval-shaped stone: A stone of unknown material, other than resembling an animal's egg in shape, it seems to have no special features.]
As Su Nan walked towards Bai Shui Lake, he took out the purple stone, ready to examine it.
In his previous premonition, his aura had initially reacted to this purple stone, even suggesting to him that it might not be a stone. This made him suspect that the stone might be similar to a dragon turtle's egg.
To verify it was quite simple; he could just smash the stone open through his premonition.
[You spent fifteen hundred points of Demon-Slaying Points to exchange for a purple stone from the County Lord's Treasury. This stone has a unique shape, making you suspect it might be an egg. You decide to try to open it.]
[You struck the stone with your fist, but to your surprise, it felt like hitting a solid gold or stone, and your punch did not break the purple stone.]
[Feeling dissatisfied, you continued your attempts, this time choosing to use fire.]
[A flame spirit appeared, and the roaring flames enveloped the purple stone, rapidly depleting your fire power.]
[A minute later, your fire power was nearly exhausted, but the purple stone remained unchanged.]
[You didn't give up and continued trying, this time using your soul power.]
[Your soul power turned into a spear and pierced the stone. This time, you suddenly realized that your soul power entered the purple stone as if it was sinking into mud, difficult to pull out.]
[Undeterred, you increased your soul power, attempting to penetrate deeper into the stone.]
[Unfortunately, two minutes later, your soul power was also nearly depleted. Besides the difficulty of entering the stone, you didn't find any other anomalies.]
[You changed your approach and attempted to infuse the purple stone with the power of elemental magic.]
[Fire, water, and lightning power flowed into the stone, and suddenly, you were delighted to discover that the purple stone reacted to the power of lightning. Your lightning power was absorbed by the purple stone.]
[You continued to inject lightning power into the stone rapidly. Three minutes later, your lightning power was also nearly depleted, but unfortunately, the purple stone remained unchanged.]
[You could conclude that this stone was related to lightning power. To uncover its secrets, you might need to further enhance your lightning power.]
"Reacting to lightning power?" Su Nan's eyes showed joy. Although this premonition didn't yield significant results, it revealed the stone's properties.
As for the part about improving his lightning power, he didn't pay much attention to it. His fusion direction for the Elemental Bloodline had already been determined, with fire as the main element. Changing the fusion direction just because of an unknown stone was not feasible.
However, there was still a solution to this.
He had spirit energy and vital energy. After conversion, they could also enhance his lightning power.
Putting away the purple stone, he continued towards Bai Shui Lake.
Over ten minutes later, he arrived at Bai Shui Lake again.
This time, he faced the Demon King, so he dared not be careless and promptly used his premonition.
[Returning to Bai Shui Lake once more, you know that by killing any Xuan-level demon under the White Water Demon King, you can lure the White Water Demon King away.]
[You took out the still unconscious demon called Zi Jia from your Qiankun Ring and killed it with a punch.]
[As the demon was killed, you immediately sensed a burst of anger emanating from the center of Bai Shui Lake. Holding your breath, you carefully watched the direction of the lake.]
[The lake's surface was calm, but soon you saw the figure of a young man in white robes appearing on the lake. You recognized him; it was the White Water Demon King.]
[The White Water Demon King felt the death of his subordinate and grew furious. He headed straight for Tianyun City, and your plan worked as you successfully led the White Water Demon King away.]
[You didn't know when the White Water Demon King would return, so you didn't waste any time. Transforming into the White Water Demon King's appearance, you consecutively used the Spatial Shift twice, arriving under the lake 4,000 meters away.]
[This location was only about 100 meters from the palace in the center of the lake.]
[You walked towards the palace in the center of the lake, and the guards at the entrance of the palace were surprised to see you return, but they didn't dare to ask questions. You easily entered the palace at the heart of Bai Shui Lake.]
[The palace was enormous, as if it had been carved from a single giant rock, divided into two parts: the outer hall and the inner hall. The outer hall was vast, with towering stone pillars. Upon closer inspection, you didn't sense any concentration of water energy. So, you went straight to the inner hall.]
[Passing through a corridor, you entered a circular central stone chamber. Inside, you saw six large stone doors arranged in a fan-shaped pattern, and all six stone doors were closed.]
[You approached the leftmost stone door and tried to push it open, but the door was unusually heavy, and even with all your strength, it wouldn't budge a bit.]
[Undeterred, you moved to the adjacent second stone door and continued pushing it.]
[Although your strength was far beyond that of a Spiritual-level warrior, you still couldn't open these stone doors.]
[You persisted, and three minutes later, you had tried all six stone doors, but none of them would open.]
[The first premonition ended. Would you like to continue?]
"Can't get in? It looks like I need to use premonition again."
The doors might require a key, or they could be forced open with brute strength, but he had neither.
Facing this situation, he remained unfazed.
He had Spatial Shift, and he could use it to enter.
Just earlier, to quickly reach the lake's central palace, he had used up his remaining two Spatial Shifts.
Waiting for the premonition cooldown to end, he began a new premonition.
[Returning to Bai Shui Lake once more, you know that by killing any Xuan-level demon under the White Water Demon King, you can lure the White Water Demon King away.]
[You took out the still unconscious demon called Zi Jia from your Qiankun Ring and killed it with a punch.]
...
[A minute later, you arrived next to a giant rock covered in water plants, only a kilometer away from the central palace.]
[You used Spatial Shift, trying to directly enter one of the six stone chambers in the central palace. Unfortunately, you failed to enter any of the six stone chambers and ended up outside the central palace.]
"Didn't get in?" Su Nan was somewhat disappointed.
It wasn't that his Spatial Shift couldn't enter the stone chambers; it was just that he couldn't directly enter them in one go.
After using Spatial Shift multiple times, he had thoroughly understood how to use it. As long as he had been to a place, Spatial Shift could take him directly to the desired location. However, if it was an unfamiliar place, he could only shift to a general direction, with some margin of error in the distance.
The farther the shift, the greater
the error.
On the other hand, when shifting to a short distance, it could be incredibly accurate, even to an unfamiliar place.
[Arriving at the central palace, you noticed that there were six massive stone doors arranged in a semicircle. Currently, all six stone doors were tightly shut.]
[You approached the leftmost stone door and attempted to push it open, but the door was immensely heavy, and despite your full strength, you couldn't move it even slightly.]
[Undeterred, you proceeded to the adjacent second stone door, trying to open it.]
[Even though your strength far exceeded that of a Spiritual-level warrior, you couldn't open any of these stone doors no matter how hard you tried.]
[You persisted, and after three minutes, you had attempted all six stone doors without success. None of them would budge.]
[The first premonition ended. Would you like to continue?]
"Can't get in? Well, I'll have to use premonition again."
The stone doors might require keys or brute force to open, and he had neither. However, he had Spatial Shift, which would allow him to enter.
The only problem was that to reach the stone chambers two kilometers away, he had to rely on luck.
[Not being noticed by the guarding demons at the entrance, you swiftly entered the inner hall. Passing through a corridor, you reached a circular central stone chamber where you saw six tightly closed stone doors.]
[You stood before the second stone door from the left and tried using Spatial Shift once more.]
[The next moment, you found yourself in a square-shaped chamber. In front of you, there was a crystal-clear jade bed.]
[The jade bed was exquisitely carved with dozens of graceful maidens, dressed in translucent veils, dancing elegantly. The carvings were vivid and lifelike. You realized that you were in the resting chamber of the White Water Demon King.]
[You searched the chamber carefully, and as you approached the jade bed, suddenly, you saw the carved maidens on the bed coming to life, one by one, stepping out of the reliefs and gracefully dancing around you.]
[You didn't realize that you had entered an illusion, and you were unaware that your spiritual energy was rapidly being drained.]
[Three minutes later, you died!]
"Illusion? That jade bed must be a treasure!" Su Nan's eyes lit up, and he instinctively wanted to steal the jade bed, but he shook his head immediately.
He died just by approaching the jade bed, let alone trying to steal it. Perhaps in the future, when his strength increased significantly, there might be an opportunity, but not now.
"Continue the premonition."
The fourth premonition began.
This time, he entered the third chamber. Inside, there was a massive stone platform with three shallow pits arranged in a triangular pattern at its center.
Vaguely, he could tell that something enormous should have been placed on the stone platform, but now, that thing was gone, leaving only an empty pedestal.
The fifth premonition.
This time, he entered the fourth chamber, and unexpectedly, it was completely empty.
"This place should have had something before, but it might have been taken away by the White Water Demon King," Su Nan guessed.
Ending the premonition, he started again.
What pleased him was that this time he was lucky. He entered the fifth chamber directly without needing to use Spatial Shift twice, saving him one usage of Spatial Shift.
What pleased him even more was that as soon as he entered the chamber, he immediately felt the dense aura of water.
[Using Spatial Shift, you had excellent luck this time. Instead of appearing in the outer hall, you entered the inner hall through the fifth stone door.]
[This was also a square-shaped stone chamber, and as you entered, you immediately sensed the abundant aura of water.]
[In the center of the stone chamber, there was a round water pool with a diameter of only two feet. A spring gushed out of the pool, emitting a rich aura of water.]
[Congratulations, you've found the heart spring of Bai Shui Lake.]
"Found it!" Su Nan was delighted.
With the discovery of the heart spring, he was halfway to success.
[You quickly took out the six turtle eggs and placed them into the water pool one by one.]
[As soon as the turtle eggs entered the water pool, you immediately noticed that the spring's water volume was reduced by a quarter, and a significant amount of water aura was swiftly absorbed by the six turtle eggs.]
[You silently waited, and after three minutes, the turtle eggs were still voraciously absorbing the water aura.]
[The first premonition ended. Would you like to continue?]
"Continue!"
[You've finally found a suitable place for the six turtle eggs to hatch, as they greedily consumed the water aura within Bai Shui Lake's heart spring.]
[The surging water aura in the heart spring was drawn away, and the speed of the spring's water flow steadily decreased.]
[An hour later, the gushing spring water was reduced by another quarter, but the turtle eggs showed no signs of hatching.]
...
[The second premonition ended. Would you like to continue?]
"Continue!"
By this point, six minutes had passed since the White Water Demon King left, giving him an excellent opportunity.
The third premonition ended, and the heart spring's water flow was only half of what it used to be.
The fourth premonition ended, leaving only the last quarter of the heart spring's water flow.
Fortunately, at this point, the six turtle eggs seemed to be satiated and stopped absorbing.
The fifth premonition began.
[After absorbing a substantial amount of water aura, the six turtle eggs have finally gathered enough energy to hatch. However, to your surprise, the eggs show no sign of hatching and remain unchanged.]
[Perplexed, you can only continue to wait.]
[One minute passes, but the turtle eggs remain the same.]
[Two minutes pass, and the eggs still show no signs of hatching.]
[Three minutes pass, and as you continue to wait, suddenly, the stone door to your chamber opens abruptly, and the White Water Demon King appears before you.]
[The White Water Demon King discovers that you've infiltrated his inner chambers, and his already enraged mood flares up.]
[You died!]
[You were unaware that to hatch turtle eggs, you needed the blood of a person with exceptional luck as a catalyst.]
"Needed the blood of a person with exceptional luck as a catalyst?"
The information about hatching the turtle eggs was purchased from the Celestial Pavilion, but it seemed that even the Celestial Pavilion had limited knowledge about how to hatch these auspicious beasts. They only knew that it needed to be done in a place with rich water aura.
Fortunately, Su Nan had his premonition ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to hatch the turtle eggs.
Su Nan felt a mixture of joy and concern.
He was certainly a person with exceptional luck when considering his ranking on the Luck Ranking List.
However, if it was based on the luck of the human race alone, it wasn't so certain.
"Regardless of whether my blood works or not, I'll give it a try."
(End of this chapter)