Zhou Qing was thrilled beyond measure. This essence had been accumulated over countless years.
Carefully placing it into the jade box, Zhou Qing continued his excavation from side to side, becoming even more cautious, fearing that he might accidentally damage it.
During this period, he occasionally ran up to catch his breath and kept a vigilant watch, in case the Supreme Elder suddenly appeared.
Fortunately, before long, the second piece appeared, even larger than the first one. After approximately two hours, he found the third piece deeper in.
"Just the Spiritual Power and Medicinal Power contained in these three pieces of Flame Spirit Blood Ointment are enough to allow me to quickly cultivate to Great Perfection in the Golden Core Realm!"
After roughly estimating, Zhou Qing felt his heart race with excitement.
He never expected that a casual appraisal would bring such a pleasant surprise.
Afterwards, he looked down and, after a brief hesitation, continued to dig deeper. This time, within less than half an hour, as his tool suddenly jabbed downward, the soil collapsed, revealing a dark underground cave.
Zhou Qing’s face lit up instantly. Without any hesitation, he jumped down.
Upon landing, he quickly went into a state of alert.
With his powerful Divine Sense extending outward, ensuring no danger was present, he began to observe his surroundings.
This passage was surprisingly as tall as a person, with a faint cool breeze circulating.
"Could it be connected?" Zhou Qing quickly took out a Moonlight Stone and began to walk forward.
After walking about a hundred or so meters, he suddenly thought of something and looked up.
"If the second Flame Spirit Blood Pool could produce such good things like Flame Spirit Blood Ointment, then the first and third must have them too. But where exactly? Does this passage go through? And what about the main pool over there—"
As Zhou Qing thought of this, he couldn’t help but envision a scene.
Several Supreme Elders soaking inside, while he was digging underneath with a pickaxe.
With all that noise, they weren’t deaf, they would definitely notice.
If he accidentally dug through, causing all the Spiritual Liquid to start flowing, he wouldn’t even have time to run.
"The Flame Spirit Blood Ointment in the depths of the main pool must be abundant, but it is certainly arranged with an array. If I’m not careful, it might be triggered. Better to try the first and third pools!"
Then, Zhou Qing quickened his pace. Considering he was now within the Supreme Elder’s territory, he didn’t dare use Spiritual Power and could only resort to stealthy running.
Soon, Zhou Qing noticed lines of small characters appearing on the walls of the passage, with the sloppy handwriting almost identical to the "Just This" he had seen beside an old thief’s hole.
At this moment, Zhou Qing could basically confirm that this passage was indeed excavated by Second Grandfather.
He then held the Moonlight Stone closer to read.
"I didn’t expect you to find me!"
"Tsk tsk, this time I must see what’s really inside those coffins."
"It’s my second trip, scared to death. You guard so tightly I almost became the Sect Leader of Taiqing Sect, and you say you haven’t understood everything yourselves."
"Damn three crows. I don’t believe I can’t find a way to avoid them."
The handwriting appeared somewhat aged, and as Zhou Qing continued, there were more and more nagging words.
It seemed that after feigning death and escaping back then, Second Grandfather began meticulously planning.
Reading these, Zhou Qing couldn’t help but laugh.
"He really is an old mischievous man!"
Considering, perhaps these words were intentionally left by Second Grandfather for Supreme Elders to find this passage later.
It’s a kind of haughtiness.
Like the "Just This?" left when the passage was dug through, anyone who saw it would be infuriated.
Soon, two latest messages appeared.
"I’ve finally escaped. I’m never coming back."
"I’m back again, this time you won’t trap me."