Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Two days passed.

"Phew—"

On an anonymous deserted island, Jiang Ning exhaled a breath of impure energy.

The white mist from his mouth shot out like a sword, piercing the air more than three feet away.

[Skill]: Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill (small success 3831/5000)

He glanced at the panel, then closed it.

Since the weather had cleared up a few days ago, it had been fine weather successively, which had significantly accelerated the progress of his Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill, adding about a hundred experience points per day.

By now, the accumulation of experience in Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill had almost reached four thousand points.

With his current efficiency and progress, as long as the weather remained clear and cloudless, allowing him to smoothly absorb and emit Great Sun Essence Qi, he would need only a maximum of twelve more days to achieve a breakthrough in his Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill.

"Time to continue searching for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!"

He muttered to himself and slowly got up.

Beside him,

Old Turtle was sunbathing upside down, all four legs facing up.

At that moment, it opened both eyes quickly upon hearing Jiang Ning getting up.

Then it pushed off the ground with its limbs,

with a "whoosh",

landing on Jiang Ning's shoulder.

"Old Turtle, if you sense the presence of that Great Demon White Chi, remember to tell me!" Jiang Ning reminded once again.

"Understood!" Old Turtle instantly nodded in agreement.

Then he went to the very edge of the unknown island under his feet.

Ahead was the surging lake water.

After several days of sunny weather and the warming sunlight, Luoshui Lake had fully thawed.

Now, only some broken ice shards floated on the surface of the lake.

[Source Energy]: 2175.37

He then took another look at his Source Energy Points.

Again surpassing two thousand points.

This was his yield over the past few days.

Including today, it had been three days since he had left home.

He had ventured countless miles into Luoshui Lake.

His footprints had covered various parts of the lakebed.

Because he had searched a large area, his findings these days had been quite impressive, including Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that were more than a hundred years old.

But he had also noticed a problem.

That was, the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures found at the lakebed were generally not more than a hundred years old; those from seventy or eighty years ago were not uncommon, but those over a hundred years old were rare.

As for those over a hundred years, reaching two hundred years, he had never seen them.

"Old Turtle, do you think there might be some force in this lake?"

"Force?" Old Turtle muttered to himself.

"Yes, right!!" After pondering for a moment, it suddenly jumped up from Jiang Ning's shoulder.

Then it continued, "My lord, I remember about two hundred years ago, when I first gained sentience, I met a giant prawn."

"Giant prawn?" Jiang Ning asked with a surprised tone.

Old Turtle stood on Jiang Ning's shoulder with its body erect, nodding.

"Yes, my lord!"

"A fiery red giant prawn that had gained sentience and transformed into a demon."

"It invited me to join them at that time."

"But since I was guarding the Emperor's Liquid, I decisively declined their invitation!"

"That giant prawn didn't say much then, just told me that if I ever wanted to find them, I should just head toward the northeast direction and keep going until I find them."

Northeast direction?

Jiang Ning's eyes narrowed, then he cross-referenced it with the map in his mind, instantly finding the general direction of the northeast Old Turtle was talking about.

It was to his east.

These days, after entering the lake bottom, with the strong memory thanks to his unforgettable trait,

each sweep of the water area would form a three-dimensional map in his brain.

So from Luoshui County to his current location on the lake bed, all were recorded in his brain.

On the water surface, he couldn't tell where he was or even where he had come from.

But entering the lakebed, using the lakebed map in his brain, he could instantly find his direction.

Now, this anonymous deserted island under his feet was also recorded in his map, so he easily found the general location of the northeast direction mentioned by Old Turtle.

Let's check it out!

He made the decision after only a moment of contemplation.

These days, he had scoured countless places at the lakebed.

A few places had left him very puzzled.

That was, the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures over a hundred years old were too few, and those over two hundred years old were nowhere to be found.

Moreover, despite covering a vast area of water, he had not encountered a third small demon besides Old Turtle and that electric eel.

This was unreasonable!

Luoshui Lake, being able to produce both Old Turtle and the electric eel, these two creatures, should surely offer the opportunity for other creatures to turn into demons.

How could aquatic creatures not turn into demons after acquiring those chances?

The next moment,

He dove headfirst into the icy lake water.

"Old Turtle, shall we go check out the northeast direction that the giant prawn mentioned?"

"Sure, my lord!" Old Turtle's voice resonated in Jiang Ning's ears.

"My lord, I believe that must be an aggregation of aquatic creatures that turned into demons. Maybe we can find my companions there!"

Jiang Ning's figure continued to descend, "I think so too! They invited you two hundred years ago, probably because you had gained sentience and turned into a demon."

Moments later,

he reached the lakebed.

Using his sense of the surrounding five miles of the water area, he matched it with the map in his mind, instantly finding the direction.

The next moment,

a channel appeared on the lakebed, like a vacuum tube.

In the swirling undercurrents, he swiftly headed east.

At this time, he was also narrowing the range of his perception.

Because sensing a five-mile radius of the water area would overload his brain with a vast amount of pictorial information in a short time, which didn't matter at normal speed as he was fully capable of digesting the flow of information.