Shirong and the two men curiously looked at the rock like object and wondered what it actually was. They couldn't imagine Shirong's ancestor sending them to find a rock, they knew that there must be something special to it… something like a secret.

Shirong picked up the rock and probed it with his spirit sense. His brows furrowed as he opened his eyes.

"What's the matter, Young Master? Did you find out what it is?" Bei Wen questioned.

"No… it seems like a rock. Although its composition seems different from a common one of course." Shirong answered.

"This… Perhaps there's something else?" Ye Dai added.

"Hmm, we'll have to see," Shirong replied.

The two men nodded, and they started searching the bottom of the lake. They went from one corner to the other and then circled back. But even after searching the entire thing, they could not find anything.

"There is nothing here you dumbos. Now quickly go back so that I can start the next part of my plan." Lin Wu said in his mind.

Everything that had happened till now was caused by Lin Wu. After inquiring about certain things with the system, Lin Wu was able to formulate a plan that would not only allow him to leave this place much faster, but would also give him the resources to complete the mission of finding that beast that killed the nascent soul realm cultivator.

After finding out that this person called Shirong was the Young Master of a clan that seemed to have a powerful ancestor, Lin Wu decided to do this. While there were many risks to it, Lin Wu still wanted to do it. The system had ensured him that as long as all of the spirit qi fluctuations are masked and restricted by it, no cultivator would be able to find out what he was.

And the cultivators that were relatively low leveled like Shirong, Lin Wu could still use a few loopholes to fool him. Shirong still did not have the same experience or skills like that of the cultivators with higher cultivation realm, thus Lin Wu could take a few liberties.

The start of Lin Wu's plan began with controlling the radiation in the water with his skill Radiation manipulation. This would have not been possible if his skill had not reached the novice proficiency level that it was at currently.

Even with that proficiency level, Lin Wu had to take some extra efforts to make sure that it would work and he would not be found out. The skill was powered with the liquid spirit qi he had obtained from Shirong when he had branded him, and Lin Wu ended up using about half of it.

This was a big gamble to him, but he still decided to go with it. Because if he succeeded, the gains would be multi-fold. But he also had to ensure that the Shirong and his two followers Ye Dai and Bei Wen were not focusing on him at that time. Or there was a chance he would be found out.

Thus for that very reason, Lin Wu targeted their fear of dying. He used the liquid spirit qi to basically overcharge the skill radiation manipulation and sent out a strong wave that caused all the radiation in the water to concentrate around the barrier.

This caused the barrier to start shrinking as its durability rapidly went down. Because of this, the three men were scared and did not have the chance to focus on Lin Wu, or they would have seen that the source of the wave was none other than the spear Shirong was holding.

This also worked because of an additional thing- Ye Dai and Bei Wen's doubts. Shirong was worried about these two men betraying him and thus was focused on them the whole time, which allowed Lin Wu to do this step successfully.

Once this was done, the next step was to begin. Now what Lin Wu need to do was give them a bit of hope so that their thinking would get even more dazed. He used a little bit of liquid spirit qi to make a flamboyant show of light and glamor.

This made Shirong and the two men think that the spear was actually protecting them, which in reality was the opposite of what Lin Wu was doing. To make them believe that it was true, Lin Wu simply reversed what he had done.

Instead of concentrating the radiation around the barrier, he made it so there was no radiation around it, which stopped the bubble like barrier from further degrading. Then came the next step, which was to obtain some rewards.

But this step was twofold, not only was Lin Wu going to obtain some rewards, but he was also going to ensure some safety for him. He did this by inquiring the system about the characteristics of core condensation realm cultivators.

When he learned that they could regress and become injured if they expended too much of their qi, Lin Wu's eyes lit up. He knew exactly what to do. He then transmitted some thoughts through the simulated connection he had with Shirong and made him think that he wanted Spirit qi to maintain what he was doing.

As Shirong had the misunderstanding that Lin Wu was a pseudo immortal tool, he did not think one bit before supplying him with his spirit qi. But Lin Wu did not stop there and continued sucking it endlessly. If it were any other beast or cultivator they would have been unable to do this as their bodies would simply explode due to the rapid increase in spirit qi.

But due to the system, Lin Wu virtually had an infinite storage capacity. This did not mean that he could utilize this spirit qi though, as his cultivation base was simply not that high. But with coordination from the system, Lin Wu could still do some things that were unachievable by beings of his cultivation realm.

Lin Wu not only drained Shirong, but he also drained the two men Ye Dai and Bei Wen of their spirit qi, making them fall an entire cultivation stage.

"Hehehe, now that you three are weakened, I have the confidence that I can kill you anytime," Lin Wu said in an evil tone.