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There is a high platform in the center of the main hall.

The platform is three zhang high and is carved from a single piece of crystal, making it crystal clear.

A blue bead, about the size of a fist, floats above the platform. Its surface has water-like patterns that are slowly rotating, as if it were alive.

Grade 3 Water Spirit Pearl.

However, a light blue light curtain surrounded the platform, enveloping the entire platform.

Runes flowed across the light screen, exuding a dangerous aura.

"There's a protective formation," Shui Lingxi reminded them upon seeing this.

Shui Lingxi's companion beast ran to the front of the light screen and circled it once.

It would stop every few steps to pat the ground, or jump up to pat the light screen, as if it were measuring something.

After circling around once, it ran back to the foot of the Water Spirit Creek and barked a few times.

Shui Lingxi squatted down, put her ear to the little beast's mouth, and listened for a while.

Then she stood up, her expression somewhat grave.

"This formation was personally set up by the Five Elements Master and is called the Five Waters Returning to Origin Formation. It cannot be broken by force; it requires the activation of the five formation eyes with water-based true essence to unlock it," Shui Lingxi explained to everyone.

"Where are the five array points?" Jiang Shi asked immediately upon hearing this.

This little beast is at the Golden Core stage, so it naturally possesses sentience and can understand Jiang Shi's words.

It called out twice, then led the four people through the main hall to the east wall.

There is a recessed area on the wall, shaped like a hand.

Shui Lingxi placed her hand on it and infused it with her true water essence.

Soon the wall lit up, water gushed out of the groove, and the water condensed into a water ball in the air, with a rune rotating inside the water ball.

"The first one," Shui Lingxi said.

The little beast then led them to the south, west, north, and the ground directly below the high platform.

Each one has a palm-shaped groove, which needs to be activated with water-based true essence.

With the four directions plus the center, there are exactly five key points in the formation.

"I can't activate five by myself," Shui Lingxi frowned.

"Each array eye needs to be continuously infused with true energy for at least ten breaths. All five array eyes need to be activated simultaneously, otherwise the array will automatically reset."

"Let me do it," Jiang Shi said upon hearing Shui Lingxi's words.

"You?" Shui Lingxi glanced at him. "You have the aptitude for five spiritual roots, and water is only one of them. Is your water-based true essence pure enough?"

Jiang Shi raised his hand, and a ball of water condensed at his fingertips. The water ball was deep blue, almost black, and contained pure Gui water energy.

Shui Lingxi's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in shock, "Such pure Gui Water True Essence!"

"Such pure Gui Water True Essence is indeed enough!" Shui Lingxi nodded after seeing Jiang Shi's True Essence.

Next, Jiang Shi took out a deep blue bead and handed it to Huo Lie: "Go to the western array eye."

"It's actually a Water-Stabilizing Pearl! Although it's only a high-grade magic artifact, it can still unleash a trace of the Water-Stabilizing Pearl's true power!"

"With it here, it is indeed possible to activate a core of the formation," Shui Lingxi nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Huo Lie took the azure blue water-stabilizing bead and walked to the side.

Then Jiang Shi took out his low-grade water-based spiritual weapon, which could also be used to activate the array's core.

Jiang Shi handed the low-grade spiritual artifact to Feng Yiran.

Feng Yiran took it without saying a word.

After the four of them were fully prepared, Jiang Shi walked to the front of the formation on the east side and placed his hand into the groove.

A cold sensation came from his palm. He circulated the "Gui Water Transformation Qi Technique," and the five-colored golden pill in his dantian rotated, with the power of water flowing along his meridians to his palm.

The array's core immediately lit up.

Water spheres gushed from the grooves, and the runes inside began to rotate.

Jiang Shi looked in other directions.

Feng Yiran stood in front of the array in the south, Huo Lie stood in the west, and Shui Lingxi's spirit beast squatted in the north. Although it was a small beast, the water spirit beasts of the Beast Taming Mountain were born with the ability to control water-based true essence, so activating an array eye was not difficult for it.

"Let's do it together!" Jiang Shi shouted.

Four palms simultaneously pressed onto the array's eye.

Water spheres in the east, south, west, and north directions lit up simultaneously, and runes spun rapidly.

On the central platform, Shui Lingxi also placed her hand on the last array eye and poured in her true essence.

Five water spheres simultaneously emitted a dazzling blue light.

The light screen began to tremble.

Cracks appeared at the top of the light screen and spread downwards. At first, they were as thin as a hair, then they became wider and more numerous.

Click.

With a crisp sound, the light screen shattered.

Blue fragments fell like snowflakes, turning into water droplets in the air, then evaporating into spiritual energy and dissipating into the air.

On the high platform, the Water Spirit Pearl floated quietly, now without any obstruction.

The little beast was the first to rush forward.

It jumped onto the platform, circled the Water Spirit Orb twice, and then touched the orb with its nose.

The bead moved slightly, emitting a soft blue light, as if in response.

Shui Lingxi also walked up to the platform and reached out to grasp the Water Spirit Pearl.

The moment the bead was in hand, all the runes in the entire hall lit up.

The crystals on the ground, the murals on the walls, and the luminous pearls on the dome all emitted a blue light.

The light converged on the Water Spirit Pearl, causing the patterns inside the pearl to rotate even faster.

Soon, the Water Spirit Orb absorbed all of this water spirit energy.

Shui Lingxi took the Water Spirit Pearl off and then handed it to Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi took the bead, and a surge of pure water-based true essence flowed into his meridians.

The five-colored golden pill in his dantian lit up, and the water element became even more solid.

He put the beads into his storage bracelet.

"We'll each take half of the spiritual energy within this Water Spirit Pearl," Jiang Shi said to Shui Lingxi.

Jiang Shi couldn't possibly use up all this water elemental energy by himself; the Water Spirit Stream also needed it.

Jiang Shi naturally intended to share it with her. He had originally planned to share the Fire Spirit Pearl with Huo Lie as well, but since Huo Lie had taken the spirit beast's essence, he didn't share it with her.

The essence of that spirit beast is also extremely precious.

Just then, a deep roar came from deep within the hall.

The sound wasn't loud, but the entire hall was shaking.

The little animal's fur stood on end.

It jumped onto Shui Lingxi's shoulder, curled up into a ball, and trembled.

Shui Lingxi's expression also changed.

"Something's awakening down there!"

"It's because we touched the Water Spirit Pearl!" Shui Lingxi said.

Her expression was very serious, considering how powerful the Flame Lions on the third floor were.

It was only after the five major demonic sects exhausted its true essence that Jiang Shi and the other three took over, using a high-grade spiritual weapon and a third-grade high-level spiritual talisman to finally subdue the Flaming Lion.

The guardian spirit beasts on this fourth level will only become more powerful!

Especially since this is in the Water Realm, if a fight breaks out, they will likely suffer a great loss!

Even if Shui Lingxi's strength is enhanced here, it's still the same.

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