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Naturally, since it wasn't their property that was damaged, the two of them didn't comment further.

Wen Guangun jumped onto Shi Wuming's body and, using him as a stepping stone, climbed swiftly and steadily towards the large, round boulder. Despite its fluffy and rotund appearance, it climbed as fast and steadily as a gecko, scaling the large boulder until it was nearly at the top.

"What is Wen Guangun doing?" Su Moyalan asked, puzzled.

Wen Qiao replied, "I have no idea."

Although they knew Wen Guangun's Five Rock Earth was formidable, they truly didn’t know what other abilities it had.

They then saw Wen Guangun scurrying around the boulder as if searching for something. After confirming something, it began scratching at the stone with its claws.

Its sharp claws sparked against the strange rock, barely scraping off a few stone flakes.

Pei Qiyu said, somewhat surprised, "This strange rock is indeed very hard. It seems even Wen Guangun couldn't do anything about it. Stay put, Shi Wuming. We'll find a way to come back and rescue you after we find the divine weapon."

Shi Wuming was so angry he felt like he was about to vomit blood. He cursed, "You damned demon cultivator! You’re giving up without even trying? Are you even human?"

Technically, after awakening the memories of the demon seed, Pei Qiyu was no longer quite human.

So he didn’t care and continued to make sarcastic remarks, deliberately angering Shi Wuming. He found joy in the demon seed's inherent malice as he watched him seethe.

Fortunately, Wen Guangun managed to succeed. Just as Shi Wuming was about to die from Pei Qiyu's sarcastic remarks, cracks resembling a spider's web suddenly appeared on the surface of the large boulder pressing down on him. The cracks expanded, and in an instant, the entire stone shattered into pieces.

Wen Qiao and Su Moyalan quickly pulled Shi Wuming away, letting the broken stones fall to the ground, soon forming a pile of rubble.

Wen Guangun climbed down onto a stone and then twisted its body, crawling towards Wen Qiao.

Pei Qiyu said regretfully, "So Wen Guangun can split strange stones after all. What a pity."

Everyone present understood exactly what he regretted.

Shi Wuming leaped up in anger, cursing, "You damned demon cultivator really has no good intentions! Did you do that on purpose? Too bad it didn't go as you wished. I'm still in perfect shape!"

Pei Qiyu clicked his tongue and turned away, pretending he didn’t want to argue.

Despite being crushed under such a heavy strange stone, Shi Wuming emerged without a single injury.

It seemed that next time something like this happened, they could still throw him in to block the way.

Shi Wuming suddenly realized this and immediately cried out, "Even though I look fine, it hurts! Pain is a type of injury, you understand?"

"Understood." Ning Yuzhou placed another spirit pill into his mouth. "Next time, I’ll prepare a pain-relieving pill."

Shi Wuming could only chew the spirit pill angrily and swallow it down.

In short, Ning Yuzhou’s approach of using him as a shield when needed and then giving him a spirit pill afterward was a classic carrot-and-stick tactic, keeping him firmly under control.

After the large stone shattered into rubble, it was easy to handle. They simply placed it into their storage bags.

Su Moyalan asked curiously, "Miss Wen, why are you collecting these stones?"

Pei Qiyu and the others were also confused. If it had been the large piece of strange stone earlier, it would have been worth taking along. But now that it had broken into pieces, its value was much less. Ordinary cultivators wouldn’t pay much attention to such small chunks of strange stone.

Wen Qiao said, "This is strange stone. It might come in handy in the future." She adhered to the principle of not wasting anything. The stone was tough and extremely heavy, useful in many situations. It could even be used in a spatial realm, right?

Ning Yuzhou knew exactly what she was thinking. Perhaps due to the influence of the Yinyang Spring space, he understood that some unique stones in this world could be incredibly useful, depending on their application.

Their daughter, A Chui, was truly a thrifty and house-proud girl.

After storing the unique stones, Wen Qiao also educated Wen Guangun, "Next time we encounter this kind of unique stone, don't break it into too small pieces, alright?"

Wen Guangun nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood and would pay attention next time.

However, there would be no next time. Perhaps the owner of this underground palace had seen through their intentions. No more unique stone spheres emerged to crush them flat. Instead, a floodgate was opened, and a torrent of water rushed out from the passage, engulfing everyone.

They had all taken water-repelling pills, so the water posed no threat to them, and they continued forward.

Just as they thought they were out of danger, they suddenly noticed pink, elongated creatures appearing in the water. It was a group of mutated leeches with razor-sharp mouthparts. Their bite was obviously formidable without even testing it.

The number of pink mutated leeches was overwhelming, and their sheer numbers made their skin crawl.

Although they were cultivators and fast, the mutated leeches were even faster in the water. They quickly caught up from behind. If not for Wen Qiao's quick reflexes in pulling Ning Yuzhou, he might have lost a piece of flesh to those leeches.

"Ah!" Su Molan screamed.

Pei Qiyu threw out dozens of flying blades as thin as cicada wings, slicing all the nearby mutated leeches. He quickly pulled Su Molan to his side, as a faint blood mist diffused in the water.

Su Molan's protective robe had been bitten through by the mutated leeches, grazing her skin and cutting a small wound. Although the wound healed quickly, the faint scent of blood still triggered the leeches' aggression, causing them to surge forward relentlessly.

The group advanced while fighting, keeping the blood-sucking creatures at bay.

Ning Yuzhou, protected by Wen Qiao at his side, glanced at Shi Wuming.

Shi Wuming immediately became alert and quickly said, "Don't even think about kicking me into them again—aaaah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Ning Yuzhou leapt forward and kicked him straight into the leech swarm. Shi Wuming was engulfed by the mutated leeches and disappeared into their midst.

Seeing this, both Pei Qiyu and Su Molan were utterly disgusted. It wasn't that they were concerned about Shi Wuming, but the sight of being engulfed by so many leeches was truly nauseating.