"What a big spirit bead!"
Zhao Lin regained his energy and struck out like lightning. The iron ruler in his hand suddenly stabbed into the inside of the clam shell.
The octagonal clam sensed danger and quickly closed its shell with force.
"Squeak..."
The clam shell bit the iron ruler and made a sound like sharpening a knife.
"Open it for me!"
Zhao Lin turned over the iron ruler, trying to pry open the clam shell. Unexpectedly, the octagonal clam was so powerful that it clamped tightly on the iron ruler without moving at all.
At this moment, an undercurrent suddenly surged, and a huge momentum rushed towards him.
"Want to run!"
Zhao Lin knew that this was a sign that the clam was ready to escape. Once it got under the gravel, it would be difficult to catch it.
He drew out the silver light dagger, quickly inserted it into the clam shell, and twirled and picked at the location of the spirit bead.
The spirit bead fell into his hand.
Zhao Lin could actually take the opportunity to kill the star anise clam, but doing so would be like killing the goose that takes the egg.
Gan Xingquan specifically stated that if it was not necessary, it would be best to let go of the clam demon after taking the spirit bead, so that maybe after a few decades, it would be able to give birth to another spirit bead.
The octagonal clam lost its spirit bead and spat out a breath in anger. Unfortunately, because of the heavy damage, the breath only spread a few feet away.
Zhao Lin had already withdrawn.
The Octagonal Clam was not very intelligent and acted completely instinctively. After spitting out its breath, it felt weak and then thought of running away.
The clam shell showed off and used the innate spell: Sand Escape Technique.
The water flow gathered together and lifted the clam demon up.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of streams of water suddenly spurted out from the clam shell, and the huge reaction force pushed the clam body and smashed into the gravel.
With a "boom", the octagonal clam disappeared into the sea sand and quickly disappeared.
Zhao Lin swam back to the reef where he lived before, wiped off the sticky substance on the surface of the spirit bead, and looked at it carefully.
I saw that the spirit bead was crystal clear, and the light blue spiritual energy was flowing continuously inside. As soon as I inhaled, I felt a cool and pure spiritual energy flowing into my palm.
In a dozen breaths, the consumed spiritual energy was quickly replenished.
"Good stuff, it should be of second grade!"
Zhao Lin secretly thought that he was not an expert in this field, but according to the description in the mission details, he generally knew how to distinguish the levels of spirit beads.
To identify the grade of spiritual beads, first look at the size, secondly look at the color, and thirdly, you need to exercise your skills to observe the purity of the spiritual energy.
All three of this spirit beads meet the requirements of the second grade, so Zhao Lin came to this conclusion.
Lingzhu can be regarded as a high-quality spiritual stone, characterized by its small size and sufficient aura.
A fifth-grade spiritual bead the size of a dragon's eye contains the same amount of spiritual energy as five spiritual stones, but its price has doubled on the market.
Because the spirit beads are easy to carry and have a high concentration of spiritual energy, the auxiliary training effect is twice the result with half the effort.
The third, fourth and fifth grade spiritual beads can be used as substitutes for spiritual stones, while the first and second grade spiritual beads are suitable for use as array eyes to maintain the operation of the array for a long time, and the price is naturally higher.
The octagonal clam just now was huge, and its lifespan was at least a few hundred years old. It was not surprising that it gave birth to a second-grade spiritual pearl.
Zhao Lin was naturally happy to get an unexpected surprise out of thin air, but he also knew that this time it relied on luck. If he wanted to collect spiritual beads, he still had to go to the "Pearl Beach".
There are about a dozen places in Yongdeng Ansha that are rich in spiritual pearls, which are called Pearl Beaches.
There are twelve places on the Chenghua Sect side and three places on the Dian Sect side.
This is not because the Di An Sect has Zhutan Shao, but because no monk from the Cheng Hua Sect has drawn the map there.
After all, going deep into the opponent's hinterland requires taking great risks, and few monks are willing to do so.
"It's almost time, which Pearl Beach should we go to?"
Zhao Lin put away the spirit beads and thought about it silently.
You definitely can't go to Zhutan, which is under the jurisdiction of the Di An Sect. Not to mention the possibility of being besieged, even the hidden traps inside are also very dangerous.
He thought for a while and remembered a place called Kuimutan.
"Kuimu Beach is located in the southwest and central part of Yongdeng Shoal. It is one of the earliest pearl beaches discovered. There are many fifth-turn clams and white jade shells living in it. The quality of spiritual beads is mostly third to fifth grade, and occasionally second-grade spiritual beads are produced."
"It is important to note that there are red-billed insects and nine-gilled crickets here..."
Zhao Lin recalled the description in the mission details and had a rough idea.
The red-billed insect is completely black except for its snout. It is a dangerous parasitic insect.
Because its body is only the size of a needle tip, the red-billed worm can easily pass through the defenses of waterbending and stick to the surface of the human body, like a gangrene attached to the bone, constantly sucking blood.
When absorbed to a certain extent, redmouth worms will lay eggs in the human body, reproduce, and repeat until the human body is drained dry.
In fact, it is not difficult to deal with this kind of monster insect. You can even trample it to death with one kick. The key is that the red-billed insect is as small as a needle and difficult to detect.
By the time it is discovered, it is likely that there are already a large number of red-billed worms in the body, which can range from a severe loss of energy and blood to a severe death.
The Nine-Gilled Turtle is a fish monster, shaped like a snake, that dwells in the dark places on the seabed all year round.
He has a violent temper and will attack the monks if he is accidentally disturbed.
The Nine-Gilled Dragon has the attribute of thunder, attacks violently, moves quickly, and is very difficult to deal with.
He has martial arts for self-defense and wears a water-bending robe, so he can protect himself from these insect monsters and fish monsters.
I chose Kuimu Beach because I wanted to avoid being on the same beach as others, so as not to cause any unpleasantness.
"Kuimutan has good resources, but because of these two kinds of monster insects, most people are reluctant to go there, but I'm not afraid."
Zhao Lin jumped up gently and floated up to the sea.
The bright moon rises, and the stars dim, casting shimmering light.
The sea wind was howling and raging, and one wave followed another on the sea.
Zhao Lin identified the direction, ate two handfuls of spiritual rice, and took the opportunity to rest for a while.
The task of collecting spirit beads lasted for three days and went all the way to the bottom of the sea, which required a lot of physical strength.
After a while, he sank to the bottom of the sea again, found his direction, and swam towards Kuimu Beach.
The master-level waterbending master is not afraid of wind and waves, and travels through the sea very fast. In less than half an hour, he arrived at a seabed pearl beach.
"right here!"
Zhao Lin's Adam's apple vibrated rapidly and expanded the shooting range, wanting to see if there was anyone else here.
Suddenly, a black shadow swam towards this side.
"Is someone coming?"
Zhao Lin was slightly surprised that someone actually had the same idea as him.
Based on the information collected by echolocation, it was determined that this person should be a monk from the Chenghua Sect.
There was no other reason. The Di An Sect monks wore long swords, but this man did not. Instead, he held an iron ring-like thing in his hand.
Zhao Lin recalled it and remembered that he had seen a monk named Tao Yan in the camp. The magic weapon he used was a diamond ring, which looked like this.
"It's one of our own."
Zhao Lin was relieved and thought that since they had met, he should let the other person know that he was here to avoid misunderstandings.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lin slowly moved over, formed a Heavenly Secret Seal on his hand, and sent it towards him.
The person who came was Tao Yan, and his consciousness also sensed the presence of Zhao Lin, but his next reaction made Zhao Lin dumbfounded.
Tao Yan turned around and ran away, leaping over thirty feet away!
"What are you running for?"
Zhao Lin was stunned for a moment and then issued another Heavenly Secret Seal.
"It turns out to be a fellow Taoist from our sect."
Tao Yan then slowly stopped, sent back a Heavenly Secret Seal, and approached cautiously.
However, he still did not relax his vigilance. He held the diamond ring in his hand and his whole body was on guard.
"Which fellow Taoist is it?"
Tao Yan was surrounded by waterbending skills and could speak, but his voice was a little muffled.
"I'm Zhao Lin, opposite is Tao Tao."
Zhao Lin replied.
"it's me."
Tao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "What a coincidence, you are here too?"
"I just came here, but I didn't expect us to bump into each other."
"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I was shocked."
Tao Yan scratched his hair, feeling ashamed of his performance just now, and then asked in a tentative tone: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, this pearl beach is not small. How about each of us take half of it and each pick his own?"
Although both of them fell in love with this place, Zhao Lin came first after all, and Tao Yan said this as a sign of goodwill.
"Okay, just half for each person."
Zhao Lin agreed readily, turned around and swam towards the Pearl Beach side.
The visibility under water is not high, but there are some luminous stones and aquatic plants, and the appearance of the Pearl Beach can be barely seen.
Zhao Lin looked down from a high place and recorded the places where hidden stakes were arranged. He should be careful to avoid them when collecting spirit beads later.
These organs do not distinguish between friend and foe, and once you step inside, they will trigger spell attacks.
As night falls, various shell monsters and clam monsters emerge from the seabed one after another.
Beside a huge rock, three white jade shells lay side by side.
Each white jade shell is more than half a foot long. The clam shell opens and closes slightly, absorbing the spiritual energy in the sea water, revealing a spiritual pearl the size of a pigeon egg.
"There are three of them at once, Zhutan is really different!"
While Zhao Lin was happy, he also secretly felt a headache. It was easy to get one spirit bead, but it was a bit difficult to get three of them together.
"Looks like I have to use the Ice Blade Technique!"
Zhao Lin thought for a while and thought of a way. He quietly came to the top of the three white jade shells. The waterbending technique suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the leftmost white jade shell.
At the same time, he pinched the magic formula with his hand and shot out an ice knife, heading straight for the second white jade shell.
"point!"
Zhao Linduan shouted, and the ice blade suddenly split into two, and the separated ice blade shot towards the third white jade shell!
The master-level ice blade technique can be divided into two pieces, and the two ice blades can be controlled with spiritual consciousness at the same time.
The iron ruler and the ice knife pierced the three white jade shells almost at the same time, quickly swirled them inside, and picked out the spirit beads.
Zhao Lin didn't waste any time, stretched out his five fingers, grabbed the void three times in a row, and directly grabbed the three spirit beads in his hand.
Boom boom boom!
The three white jade shells released their sand escape skills at the same time and fled into the sand to escape for their lives.
Zhao Lin smiled slightly and was about to take a closer look at the spirit bead in his hand when he suddenly noticed a slender black shadow flashing in the reef cave nearby.
"not good!"
He immediately jumped up and rose directly to a height of several feet.
Looking down, he saw a bolt of lightning hitting the place where he had just landed, making a "crackling" sound.
"Nine gills!"
Zhao Lin was startled, and soon figured out that it must be the sound of the white jade shell drilling into the sand that alerted the Nine-Gilled Turtle, causing it to think it was the movement he made, and then it took the initiative to attack.
This fish demon has a really bad temper. Fortunately, he has always been careful around him. Otherwise, if he was shocked, although he would not be killed, he would probably lose the ability to move in a short time.
(End of chapter)
