"Thank you, senior!" The young cultivators from the Stormjade and Silkrain families surfaced one after another, bowing deeply to Ethan in gratitude.
Ethan did not respond to anyone. He merely closed his eyes, focusing inward to adjust his physical and mental states after the intense cultivation.
The Stormjade and Silkrain families silently withdrew, turning away without a word.
Underwater, Ethan's eyes snapped open. The Heaven-piercing Mind eyes gleamed with sharp insight.
Now, the once majestic Sun Moon Lake had lost much of its spiritual energy and essence of the sun and moon, reduced to a seemingly ordinary pool of water.
Without the spiritual energy and essence acting as a barrier, Ethan's senses sharpened.
As he dove deeper, he detected an anomaly at the lake's bottom.
At first, with so many cultivators and the dense spiritual energy and essence swirling, the truth was obscured. He had wisely focused on cultivation, sensing but not disturbing anything.
