Yuyaoxin fell with a violent throb, the feeling of weightlessness enveloped her entire body, and her nerves were highly tense.
She had never felt so helpless before. She wanted to use her internal spiritual power to control her body and prevent it from falling.
However, she was sadly aware that she was only at the initial stage, that is, practicing qi at the first level.
With such poor abilities, of course, she couldn't achieve the feat of controlling objects to fly.
Even if she knew the incantations, with insufficient spiritual power within her body, it wouldn't be possible.
"Quickly, save me!" Yu Yaoxin shouted inside her mind in desperation.
But the system was as dead as a doornail, utterly ignoring her, with no response for a long time.
Only then did she realize that the system had been locked in a small room by her, and her face instantly turned into a face with black lines.
As she thought today would end up with her turning into a meat patty, "plunk" went her body and plunged into the water.
She felt her head spin dizzily, and the cold water from the pond surged into her body through her mouth and nose in great quantities. The feeling of suffocation woke her mind up a great deal.
After realizing this, she struggled to swim towards the shore as hard as she could.
But with limbs weak, her head spinning and swelling, the pain was even more unbearable. She shivered with the intense cold that engulfed her entire body. It took her immense effort to finally reach the shore.
She heaved a deep breath, finally taking the time to survey her surroundings.
This is a small water hole, surrounded by towering ancient trees, thick bushes, and mountains.
If she was not mistaken, this should be the bottom of the cliff.
She was lucky to have fallen into the pond, thus avoiding the fate of being crushed to death.
She didn't know if there was a way out here, but she had to look for it.
Otherwise, she would have to spend the night here.
She used the scant spiritual power within her body to dry her clothes, and then began to search for a way out.
"Hmm? There seems to be a cave over there."
Yuyaoxin looked around, her eyes catching a glimpse of a cave not far off, hidden by the surrounding trees.
She wasn't sure if it was an animal's den or a natural cave, but her curiosity led her to approach it.
She gently pushed aside the bushes at the entrance of the cave and bent down to shout inside, "Is anyone there?"
A long time passed, and no one replied to her from within the cave, only echoes of her voice could be heard.
There should be no one here.
Yuyaoxin hesitated for a moment before bending down to enter the cave.
The interior of the cave was dim, but not pitch black, with faint light seeping through.
She looked up and noticed that somewhere above the cave, there was an opening through which a beam of light was shining in.
She could clearly see the situation inside the cave.
"Hmm? What's that?"
She noticed with sharp eyes that there was a small tree inside the cave.
The small tree appeared somewhat decrepit, but it was bearing three colorful and fragrant fruits, making it incredibly tempting.
Although she didn't know what kind of fruit it was, her experience told her that it was something valuable.
She pulled the system out of the small black room.
It seemed to know that the system would ignore her, so it volunteered, "I know locking you in a small room is wrong, but who made you mock me? Let's settle our accounts later. First, tell me what kind of fruit that is?"
The system's anger was suppressed, and it wanted to ignore her, but was afraid she might miss something good.
After hesitating for a moment, the system spoke in an irritable tone, "That's a Dragon's Blood Pearl fruit. Beasts can level up after eating it, especially Jiaos (half-dragon creatures), who have a chance to transform into dragons. It's a rare treasure of the heavens and earth."
Yuyaoxin's eyes brightened up, and her eyebrows and eyes were filled with excitement.
Knowing it's good, how can she wait?
Without a second thought, she plucked the three Dragon's Blood Pearl fruits from the small tree.
Such precious treasures as these need special containers to preserve them, otherwise, the spiritual power won't dissipate, and the medicinal effect will also last longer.
This is common knowledge in the realm of true cultivation. Although she doesn't know if this is the case in the beast world, Yuyaoxin feels that it's better to be on the safe side.
After thinking for a moment, she bought an jade box from the system mall and placed the three Dragon's Blood Pearl fruits inside it when she opened it.
Then, she received the system space.
After the three Dragon's Blood Pearl fruits were plucked, the once decrepit small tree withered instantly and finally turned into a puddle of mud.
Yuyaoxin glanced at it and paid no mind, continuing her exploration.
This is not the end of the cave, there seems to be another way out inside.
She carefully moved forward.
The cave was narrow and elongated, winding downwards all the way...
Gradually, she entered the central part of the mountain cave.
The ground here started to become damp, and faint water flow sounds could be heard in her ears.
However, the light had become much brighter, no longer dim.
Yuyaoxin didn't know what was ahead, so she just kept walking along the stone wall.
After walking for a while longer, she completely penetrated the mountain cave, and the front was revealed to be a completely different world.
The light became brighter, and the view opened up.
She stepped forward with her foot.
What met her eyes was a turquoise lake, with tall and lush trees by the lakeside. Wild flowers bloomed under the invitation of spring breeze, in all colors, with faint fragrance floating around.
There were also small birds chirping and flying among the trees.
There were many rocks around the lake covered in white granules.
"Are those salt stones?"
This discovery excited Yuyao greatly.
She hurriedly walked to the lakeside and squatted down. She used her hand to dip a little bit of the lake water and put it in her mouth, only to find that it was salty.
"Hahaha... It's a salt lake! It's really a salt lake! Now I've struck it rich!"
Salt is a form of mobile currency in the beast world, and having salt is equivalent to having infinite wealth.
Moreover, from now on, she will never lack salt to eat. With salt, she can preserve meats, which can be stored for the winter.
In this way, she won't be short of food during the winter.
Even if Mo Jue goes into hibernation then, she won't be afraid.
Yuyao was overjoyed, and then she began to think about how to bring the salt water back.
She wanted to dig a pond in her space and then direct the lake water into it, but this would be too slow and labor-intensive.
How long would it take her to dig by herself?
She decided to buy a few ultra-large containers from the system mall and fill them up first, as much as she could.
She planned to tell Mo Jue about it later, asking him to send beasts from the tribe to transport the salt water back.
The lake water is full of salt. After filtering it back, she could produce salt from it.
There are also salt stones by the lake. After boiling them later, she can also produce salt from them.
She filled all the containers to the brim, picked up a huge amount of salt stones, and finally put them all into her system space.
As the sky began to darken, Yuyao reluctantly left this place.
However, before leaving, she secretly recorded this place in her mind.
She then retraced her steps and soon appeared at the cave where she first entered.
Just as she was about to step out, she encountered Mo Jue, who had come to look for her.
"Mo Jue? How did you come down?"
Seeing Mo Jue, she was startled for a moment, and then her heart warmed up.
She had fallen down by accident, but Mo Jue had come down specifically to look for her.
It can be seen that this man cares about her a lot.
Mo Jue nervously looked up and down at her, seeing that she was unharmed and had no injuries, he finally relaxed.
"I'm sorry, it's because I didn't protect you properly..."
He grabbed Yuyao and pulled her into his arms tightly, holding her close.
His chin pressed against her hair on top of her head, his tense expression relaxed, and guilt flickered in his eyes.
Yuyao also held him tightly with both hands, her head resting on his chest. She smiled gently and said, "It's okay, look, I'm fine, aren't I?"
Although she said this, Mo Jue still felt very guilty.
Letting her partner fall into danger is a very unforgivable thing, which also proves that he is not strong enough.
Especially since Yifeng was lurking nearby, watching with a menacing gaze.
This makes Mo Jue urgently want to become stronger, so as to keep her and protect her.
Seeing that Mo Jue was still looking very guilty, Yuyao could only soothe him softly.
Yifeng was standing at the entrance of the cave, watching the two people hugging tightly inside.
And the soft cooing of the female calf soothing Mo Jue, her deep eyes flickering with a brooding light.
He didn't choose to go in, but turned and walked away.
