Although the fire vein had not developed a consciousness of its own, back in the Ailao Mountains of the Lingnan primeval forest, it had at least been free. Now, however, it was about to be reduced to mere food, and instinctively resisting this fate, its very first reaction was to try and escape.
Ning Chen stood ready, prepared to strike it down with a palm blow should the fire vein manage to break through the wellhead.
He refrained from forcing the fire vein straight into the spiritual eye precisely because he wanted to test the growth potential of this particular spring. Earth was already severely lacking in Spiritual Qi, yet the continued presence of a spiritual eye here was nothing short of miraculous.
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