Chapter 583: 583 opportunities
The big fish monster was wounded. It became extremely irritable.
Under the water, it had the advantage. So the three children were struggling to maintain their positions.
This wasn’t working. The three children, enduring the pressure, charged again.
However, the damage to the big fish monster wasn’t significant; nonetheless, it was still hurt.
The three managed to succeed momentarily and retreated, which made the big fish monster even more agitated.
It suddenly opened its mouth, and Tan Shaoting immediately rushed over, cutting off its head with a sword.
The three children’s faces turned pale.
"Dad, what was that attack just now?"
"Sound attack. Recover for a moment." Before Tan Shaoting finished speaking, he saw the three children being enveloped by a vortex.
Tan Shaoting rushed to the children’s side in an instant, barely managing to encircle them.
The father and his three children were swept away, with Tan Shaoting protecting the three of them.
It’s unclear how much time had passed before they were heavily thrown onto the ground.
Tan Shaoting quickly stood up and also pulled up the children.
"Dad, we’re not at the bottom of the lake anymore, right?"
"We should still be, but this seems to be a secret chamber."
Qi Wen was smiling. She was staring in one direction. The remaining father and sons also looked over and saw a translucent pearl.
"Dad, what is this? I really like it."
Tan Shaoting also smiled. His daughter’s good fortune was truly deep.
"This is the Five Elements Spirit Pearl. What you’re seeing now is the Water Spirit Pearl. It can quickly replenish energy, which is best for Qi Wen."
As Tan Shaoting spoke, he reached for the Water Spirit Pearl but missed it.
Tan Shaoting laughed; this thing had intelligence.
"Qi Wen, you try. It’s best to release your Water Spiritual Power so the Water Spirit Pearl can sense it. That way, it might willingly follow you."
The two boys were naturally very envious of their sister, but they also knew it was their sister’s chance.
This Water Spirit Pearl would be given to their sister if any of them obtained it.
Qi Wen, following her father’s instructions, released her Spiritual Power toward the Water Spirit Pearl floating in the chamber.
At first, it was resistant, but the little girl has a persistent spirit. Despite the resistance, it gradually approached Qi Wen.
When the little girl’s face turned pale, it was clear she was exhausting her Spiritual Power.
Tan Shaoting watched from the side, feeling quite distressed, but he knew the child must face and strive for it herself.
Just as Qi Wen was on the verge of collapse, and Tan Shaoting was about to intervene, the Water Spirit Pearl surged into Qi Wen’s Dantian.
Although Tan Shaoting knew it was probably acknowledging her as its master, he couldn’t help but worry.
Qi Wen fell directly to the ground, but the little girl immediately sat up and began meditating on the spot.
Only then did the father and sons breathe a little easier, but they were still quite concerned.
Tan Shaoting threw some Array Plates to his daughter.
"Alright, let’s see if there’s anything else. Let your sister cultivate on her own."
The two boys were still worried, considering Qi Wen’s condition earlier wasn’t very good.
"It’s alright, Qi Wen should be refining the Water Spirit Pearl now, don’t worry."
So the father and sons each moved in three directions centering Qi Wen.
The room was a stone chamber, and there was nothing else, clearly visible before; was the Water Spirit Pearl the only thing in this secret chamber?
Tan Shaoting suddenly laughed at how preoccupied he was.
The value of the Water Spirit Pearl was immeasurable. That his daughter received it was a great fortune. It’s normal if there’s nothing else.
The father and sons all returned. "Alright, you two sit down and rest for a while." The three did not communicate further, mainly to avoid disturbing Qi Wen.
Qi Wen, on her part, was quite comfortable; she didn’t even know her father and brothers were worried about her.
The Water Spirit Pearl was gentle, rotating in Qi Wen’s Dantian, continuously providing her with Spiritual Power.
Her cultivation unknowingly advanced from Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer to Qi Cultivation Fifth Level.
Outside the array, the father and sons were quite amazed.
Tan Shaoting was still very worried. He knew the Water Spirit Pearl was a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object and feared his daughter wouldn’t know to suppress her advancement, which could be detrimental. They were already exceptional as they were.
It’s uncertain how much longer passed before Qi Wen opened her eyes.
Outside, Tan Shaoting finally breathed a sigh of relief. It’s alright, it’s alright.
The little girl came out of the array and rushed to Tan Shaoting, hugging his neck. "Dad, it really is the Water Spirit Pearl. It told me it was waiting for me here for a long time."
"Hmm. This is Qi Wen’s fortune. How is it! Was the refining smooth?"
"Pretty smooth. Dad, I’ve reached the Qi Cultivation Fifth Level. But as you told me, my progress shouldn’t be too fast, so I suppressed it."
"Right, Qi Wen behaved very well. You three are together. In the future, you never know what opportunity might come across, so always remember not to be too impulsive."
"Dad, there’s nothing else here."
"We checked before. There really is nothing else. We should leave here."
Knowing this place, Qi Wen found a very hidden door, and the father and three children left the chamber.
Outside, the big fish monster’s carcass was still there. Tan Shaoting went over and split its head open, revealing a blue pearl the size of a corn kernel inside.
"This is the Water-Repelling Pearl. Although the fish monster’s level wasn’t high, the Water-Repelling Pearl should be a good item."
"Dad, give this to sister."
Since there was only one, it would naturally be given to their sister.
"It’s better for the eldest brother to have it. Dad, next time, give it to the second brother. I have a Water Spirit Root, so I don’t need this underwater."
Tan Shaoting nodded with a smile and placed the Water-Repelling Pearl in his son’s hand.
"Alright, let’s leave this place."
The father and three children swam toward the bright area, and when they broke the surface of the water,
"Dad, this isn’t the place we just went underwater."
Tan Shaoting nodded, also unsure where this was. However, he felt there were especially many Spirit Plants here, and they were not young either.
So the father and three children began collecting Spirit Plants again.
Throughout the secret realm, it seemed only the father and sons were so leisurely. Whether they were sect disciples or Loose Cultivators, they were all cautiously guarding against others.
Since entering, most of the people had been sent together. Where there are people, there are conflicts, so whenever they tried to collect Spirit Plants, there were those who coveted and snatched them.
Anyway, they had already been in the secret realm for two months; the sect disciples were relatively better off, but half of the Loose Cultivators were gone.
Now everyone was on edge, mainly because this secret realm really had no Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.
So now they were unlikely to kill over it. The items were too ordinary; even if contested, it wasn’t to the point of killing.
Yet still, they remained isolated and distrusting of others.