Gazing at the blood-red aura that diffused out, Lin Qian's face grew dark as he leapt up and landed at the bottom of the lake. As for Ye Xin, she too moved lightly on her lotus steps, closely following her fiancé.
The two Swiftwinds who had arrived earlier at the bottom of the lake stood to one side, kneeling on one knee as Lin Qian approached to offer their respects.
Lin Qian crouched not far from them, carefully observing the blood-red aura that continuously seeped from the dry, cracked fissures on the lakebed, using his Soul Consciousness to perceive it in detail.
"After sensing with my Soul Consciousness," Lin Qian clenched his teeth, "this blood-red aura can plunder Spiritual Energy, envelop it within, and then carry it away. With this thing present, no wonder the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the Southern Nine Provinces has been declining rapidly, especially in Coastal State."
