As the bugs retreated into the pool, everything became calm again.
The water in the pool is no longer pure black, but has turned into a light black.
Seeing this change, Xu Chunniang still didn't understand. The black shadows lurking in the pool were clearly those black insects!
Although these insects were numerous in number, they were only of foundation-building level, so how could they escape the detection of her divine consciousness and spiritual power?
Xu Chunniang raised her eyes and looked at the Geocentric Lotus above the pool. The petals of the Geocentric Lotus had already opened to the ninth petal.
All spiritual things in the world are often occupied and protected by evil things.
Could it be that these insect swarms are the evil ones guarding the Geocentric Company?
Xu Chunniang released her spiritual consciousness and looked into the pool. She could clearly see black shadows shaking in the pool, but her spiritual consciousness could not capture the existence of the black insects.
These black insects seem to be integrated with the pond water and the geocentric lily in the pond.
Unless they leave the pool voluntarily, there is no way to pick them out individually.
It stands to reason that a bug with only the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Stage would never be able to master such an amazing concealment technique.
Could there be other weird things in this pool?
Xu Chunniang's consciousness swept back and forth in the pool seven or eight times, but found nothing except those swaying black shadows.
It seems that we can only force those insect swarms to show up on their own initiative.
Xu Chunniang summoned several wind blades and slashed at the Earth Lotus which had already opened eleven petals.
The insect swarm was indeed alarmed, and they rushed out of the water in large swaths, willing to die to protect the Earth Lotus.
Not long after, the black insects hiding in the pool were completely dead, and there was no longer any trace of darkness.
The water in the pool became clear again and seemed to be back to normal.
However, Xu Chunniang did not stop, and launched another wind blade, slashing towards the Earth Heart Lotus.
At this time, the Earth Lotus has bloomed its twelfth petal and is about to mature.
Along with an angry curse, a ray of black light shot out from the bottom of the pool, catching the wind blade and protecting the delicate Earth Lotus.
Immediately afterwards, an old figure appeared from the bottom of the pool, firmly blocking the ground in front of the Earth Lotus, pointing at Xu Chunniang and yelling.
"Where did you come from, a damn girl like you, do you know the goods? This is Earth Heart Lotus, a fifth-level holy medicine!"
Seeing the person in front of her furious, Xu Chunniang smiled slightly.
She knew that things were not that simple.
If the insect swarm in the foundation-building stage could escape her spiritual search, someone must have tampered with it.
"I know, this is the Earth Heart Lotus, but I'm more curious about how you and those bugs hid it from my consciousness."
Xu Chunniang touched her chin, and her consciousness swept over the old woman in front of her.
Even though she was so close to him, his spiritual consciousness could not feel her presence at all. It was really strange.
The old woman snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "It's extremely easy to avoid spiritual consciousness."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved slightly. Since the establishment of the foundation, spiritual consciousness is like the monk's second pair of eyes. This is the first time she has heard this statement.
There was doubt on the old woman's face, "You couldn't detect any abnormalities with your spiritual sense, so the action of destroying the Geocentric Lotus just now was just a test. How did you find out that something was wrong?"
"intuition."
Xu Chunniang said calmly, "I walked along the underground river. The water in the river is clear. There is no way that there is a pool of black water at the end of the underground river."
"Just a little intuition, is it worth taking the risk and taking action against Earth Lotus?"
The old woman had a look of disbelief on her face. This was Earth Lotus, a fifth-level holy medicine. Was she not moved at all?
"If it is picked in advance, I won't be at a loss. Anyway, I never thought that there would be a fifth-level elixir hidden here."
Although picking it in advance will reduce the medicinal effect of geocentric lotus, it is still equivalent to a fourth-level elixir, which is considered an unexpected gain.
When the old woman heard this, she felt distraught. She stayed here for more than a hundred years until the earth lotus matured.
But the person in front of her was not even willing to wait for half an hour, which made her furious.
As the two talked, the fragrance became stronger and stronger, and the earth lotus finally bloomed its thirteenth petal.
The old woman turned around and was about to pick the Earth Lotus behind her. A tongue of fire rushed towards the Earth Lotus faster than her movement.
The old woman was startled, and felt heartbroken when she looked at the petals of the Earth Lotus that were slightly curled up due to the high temperature.
"No, no, no, stop now. I'll let you have some of this Earth Heart Lotus, isn't that enough?"
"Okay, but you have to tell me how you concealed it from my consciousness."
The old woman was worried, "This is my practice method, how can I tell you so easily?"
Xu Chunniang had a look of regret on her face, "Then this Earth Lotus seems to be no longer destined for you and me."
Seeing that the tongues of fire were about to devour the petals of the Earth Lotus, the old woman quickly stopped her.
"Stop, stop, can't I tell you?"
Seeing that the fire did not continue to spread, the old woman breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Xu Chunniang fiercely.
"I can only tell you that this is my magical power. It can assimilate into the surrounding environment and become invisible."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved. She felt the aura around the old woman carefully and found something.
The aura around her body seems to exist and disappear, blending into the surrounding environment, completely natural.
No wonder she had used her spiritual sense to explore it many times before, but could not find anything unusual.
She had read in ancient books that there was a kind of spiritual butterfly that could change into different shapes and colors according to the surrounding environment. Sometimes it looked like a dead leaf, sometimes like a delicate flower, making it difficult for people to detect its existence.
This magical power of the old woman may be similar to the spiritual butterfly recorded in ancient books.
If Xu Chunniang realized something, she took off the sword she had been carrying and looked at the sword with brighter eyes.
Over the past three years, the connection between her and this sword has continued to deepen, even reaching the point of trance.
As soon as the thought moves, the sword will follow.
But after reaching this level, it slowly entered a bottleneck.
No matter how hard she deepened her connection with this sword, she could not go any further and enter the realm of oneness with the sword.
After listening to the old woman's words, Xu Chunniang had a new understanding.
In the past few years, she had been like the old woman in front of her who blended herself into the surrounding environment, and like the psychic butterfly that imitated dead leaves and delicate flowers, trying to use herself as a sword.
The sword is her, and she is the sword.
If she continues along this path, maybe one day she will truly be able to reach the point where man and sword become one.
But in fact, she is more than just a sword, and the sword cannot become her.
That way might be the right way, but it's not what she wants.
She is who she is, so why should she neglect herself and forget herself?
The intention of the sword can originally carry the heart of Tao, and the mind can be connected, and then the person and the sword will be combined, and the person's sword will be completed.
After thinking about this, Xu Chunniang felt that her mind became clearer, and her connection with the sword in her hand deepened a lot.
The old woman looked at the buzzing sword body with a look of surprise in her eyes.
From her gaze, she could naturally tell that the aura of the person in front of her was very similar to the sword in her hand.
But just now, this sense of similarity disappeared, and the connection between her and the sword deepened.