Three days later, Xue Huan and the other two stood by a vast lake. This lake was Shangyang Lake on the outskirts of Fengchi County.
"Master, is this where the spirit cave is located?" Xue Huan asked in surprise.
Zong Ying gazed at the vast, misty lake. "This is the approximate area, but the exact location is still uncertain. Let me take a look."
Three days ago, Xue Huan learned from Zong Ying the reason why the spiritual energy between heaven and earth became thin, and the consequences of the spiritual energy continuing to be absorbed by the spiritual cave. She decided to find the spiritual cave. Pei Ji naturally wanted to accompany her. The two made some arrangements in the Demon-Suppressing City and set off with Zong Ying.
After all, the sooner you find the spirit cave, the better.
After finding the spiritual cave and breaking it, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth can be revived. The benefits of the revived spiritual energy are self-evident, but the most crucial point is that it can deal a fatal blow to the demon insects!
For the demon insects, only places with dense demonic energy are suitable for them to survive, and spiritual energy is no different from poison to them. The denser the spiritual energy, the more they cannot stay there. The reason why they can invade the water spirit world so smoothly is because the spiritual energy in the water spirit world is too thin?
Even if they feel uncomfortable, the discomfort is minimal and not enough to cause much harm.
But it would be different if the spiritual energy in the Water Spirit Realm became richer. When the demonic insects came, they would perish on their own without them having to take any action.
Xue Huan did an experiment. She placed a demon insect in a spirit gathering array and used a talisman to immobilize the demon insect. When the spiritual energy in the spirit gathering array became more and more dense, the demon insect became more and more manic, and finally it exploded directly.
Of course, groups like the demon insects have strong adaptability. Maybe later on they will adapt to the water spirit world where the spiritual energy becomes richer, and even need spiritual energy to survive.
Even so, it would still take a very long time. After all, species cannot mutate all at once unless they mutate.
Before this, spiritual energy was the nemesis of the magic insects.
Therefore, finding the spiritual cave is imperative.
Zong Ying also didn't know the exact location of the spirit cave. He had been looking for it for thousands of years and couldn't find it. He suspected that the spirit cave might not be in the Water Spirit Realm at all, but in another space. This space intersected with the Water Spirit Realm but was relatively independent. If he didn't find the entrance, he would definitely not be able to enter.
However, this entrance does not exist at all times. It will only appear when a specific opportunity arises, or it will intersect with the water spirit world, allowing people to enter.
This opportunity is when all five stars appear!
With the speed of Xue Huan and the other two, it wouldn't take three days to get from the imperial capital to Fengchi. However, they didn't know the destination at first. Zong Ying was looking for the location of the spiritual cave while leading the two of them, so naturally their journey was much slower.
Now, the approximate range has been determined. The spiritual cave is somewhere in Shangyang Lake, but Zong Ying still needs to continue divination to find out the specific location.
"Huan girl, I've been doing divination all the way here. It's very tiring. Now I'm really exhausted. I need to eat something to replenish my energy. You see..."
Xue Huan understood immediately, "No problem, I'll cook right away. What would you like to eat?"
"Hey, I love everything you cook. I'm not picky, not picky."
"Okay, then let's make fish in vinegar, steamed crab, minced meat and eggplant, stir-fried pork, and stewed beef brisket with radish. How about that?" Xue Huan said as she took things out of the storage bag.
Zong Ying naturally could only nod.
Pei Ji arranged the soft tables and chairs, and took out a specially made large umbrella. In a short while, he created a comfortable environment for Xue Huan, making it feel like a vacation.
He then took out various snacks, fruit juice, and milk and placed them on the table. "Hanhan, please sit down and wait for me to prepare the ingredients before you start."
He has made great progress in cooking skills now, and handling ingredients is not difficult for him at all. If he could cook complicated dishes, he would have taken over the cooking job long ago.
He couldn't bear to see Huanhuan tired.
Since Xue Huan became pregnant, her appetite has been increasing day by day, which even scared herself. It was Zong Ying's words that put her mind at ease.
"The reason you've become such a big eater is because the baby in your belly is feeding itself through your mouth. It's not even two months old yet and it's already eating so much, and all it eats is spiritual food. This shows that your baby is born with extraordinary talent. You don't have to be restrained, just eat whenever you want, otherwise the baby will probably absorb nutrients from you."
Xue Huan thought she might be pregnant with a big eater, while Pei Ji's brow furrowed so tightly that it could pinch a fly to death. If the baby wasn't well fed, would it suck nutrients from her? It wasn't even three months old yet, so wouldn't his needs be even greater when the baby was older? Would Huan Huan be in any danger then?
Three days passed, and Pei Ji's excitement about becoming a father had faded. Instead, he began to worry. After all, childbirth for a woman was like going through the gates of hell, and it was even more difficult for a cultivator. It was even possible that something might happen to Huanhuan before she even gave birth...
For a moment, all kinds of terrible thoughts flashed through my mind.
What you think about during the day you will dream about at night. Pei Ji had a nightmare that night. He dreamed that Xue Huan's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the child inside cut her belly open and crawled out, and ate her intestines.
He was startled awake and opened his eyes suddenly. Still in shock, he looked at the person in his arms. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly and breathing steadily, his pounding heart gradually calmed down.
After becoming pregnant, Xue Huan also became sleepy. She used to meditate instead of sleep. Of course, those nights when Pei Ji pestered her did not count. But now, Pei Ji no longer dared to be intimate with her. Even kissing and hugging were done with caution, for fear that too much force would hurt the baby in her belly.
She originally wanted to continue practicing, but after meditating for a while, she felt sleepy. She didn't struggle, but just lay down.
Pei Ji stroked her face and closed his eyes, but this time he could not fall asleep. However, in order not to disturb the sleep of the person in his arms, he did not move and acted diligently as a human pillow.
Outside the tent, Zong Ying sat cross-legged on a mat, looking at the sky, then at the tortoise shell in his hand, muttering to himself.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he jumped up, "Hahaha, I figured it out!"
Pei Ji covered Xue Huan's ears in time and sent a message to Zong Ying: "Master Zong, please don't be so loud as to disturb Huan Huan."
Zong Ying sighed and said, "I'm sorry, I was so happy that I lost my mind."
The next morning, Xue Huan woke up naturally. She first heard the clear and melodious singing of birds, and then smelled a strong fragrance.
The smell came from the porridge Pei Ji had cooked early in the morning. The rice used to cook the porridge was grown from the spiritual rice seeds that Zong Ying had given him earlier. Xue Huan planted the seeds in the space and watered them with spiritual spring water. In one day, they grew into a spiritual rice tree.
That’s right, it’s a tree, not an ear of rice like ordinary rice.
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