At that moment, Ling Xiao and Su Wanqing were carried by the river into a hemispherical stone chamber. Suspended in the center of the room was a fist-sized cyan crystal, radiating a dense aura of life.
"Could this be... the Azure Wood Spiritual Core?" Ling Xiao stared at the object before him in disbelief. According to legend, such supreme treasures could only be nurtured within spiritual veins aged ten thousand years or more, making them far more precious to wood-attribute cultivators than any pill.
As if hypnotized, Su Wanqing walked toward the crystal. The moment her finger touched it, countless ancient runes lit up across the stone chamber. The crystal transformed into a stream of light and merged into her chest, causing the green leaf imprint to instantly become several times clearer and emit a surging wave of spiritual energy.
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