“Confirm collection.”

“Estimated time consumption: 50 minutes.”

Does it need that much?

It’s a good thing she didn’t know before, otherwise she might have been reluctant, as Golden Yuanbao’s reward time is not easy to earn.

Moreover, she had unilaterally used the reward time this time, without Golden Yuanbao’s consent.

She would have to apologize to it sincerely later.

Mingxi could clearly feel that her Pet Space had detached from her sea of consciousness, shrinking to the size of a little finger, floating in front of her glabella.

“Master, please get as close as possible to the center of the pond bottom. A Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone has been detected there, which is the source of the special energy overflowing from this place.”

So that’s how it is.

Although Mingxi didn’t know what a Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone was, she could roughly infer from its name that it was related to the formation of the Lei Chi.

She vaguely recalled that this No. 13 Lei Chi seemed to be precisely at the seven-inch position of the python.

And was the Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone the Thunder-Absorbing Water Python’s inner core or heart, or something similar?

This guess was quite plausible, and quite fantastical.

But who cares.

Mingxi didn’t hesitate.

Taking a deep breath, she plunged headfirst downwards, disregarding the piercing pain all over her body, and exerted all her strength to dive into the water.

“Lei Lei.”

Golden Yuanbao watched this scene, utterly bewildered.

What on earth was wrong with its Beast Tamers? Why was she swimming downwards?

Was she not uncomfortable?

After some deliberation, it still felt uneasy, flapped its wings, and finally chose to follow.

It just wanted to see what kind of mischief she was up to.

It certainly wasn’t because it was worried about her!

The world underwater was completely new.

Although there was still a strange purple color before her eyes, the color was not as rich and deep as it appeared from above.

The underwater visibility at least wouldn’t leave Mingxi completely blind.

Enduring unimaginable pain for an ordinary person, and having to resist the buoyancy of the pond water, Mingxi struggled to move her constantly twitching and trembling limbs, plunging fearlessly deeper towards the bottom of the water.

She didn’t notice that as she continuously dived, more and more purple energy gathered around her, gradually forming a viscous, gel-like substance that enveloped her body layer by layer, quickly penetrating her skin.

It hurt.

But Mingxi no longer had time to worry about it.

She could feel the Pet Space in front of her glabella spinning rapidly, and the purple energy was being sucked into it like a hurricane.

Fortunately, the Lei Chi was not so deep that Mingxi couldn’t swim to the bottom even if she held her breath for 4 minutes.

In about less than a minute, she successfully touched the bottom.

“Guangguang, are you sure this is the Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone you mentioned?”

Mingxi struggled to open her eyes wide, looking through the surging energy vortex at the ordinary stone embedded in a patch of enchanting water plants.

It was truly very ordinary.

It looked exactly like the pressing stone Grandma used to pickle vegetables, plain and unremarkable, with no distinctive features, making one only want to throw it into the latrine upon seeing it normally.

The Time Realm was currently in its Descent state, so she could happily communicate with Guangguang in her mind.

Guangguang replied: “Yes.”

Mingxi sighed with emotion.

This was probably what was meant by a treasure concealing itself.

If it wasn’t so ordinary, it might have been moved away long ago, so how could it still be sleeping so steadily at the bottom of the pond?

Mingxi thought, should she be more respectful when she sees roadside flowers and plants, or broken copper and iron in the future?

Who knows, they might be immortal flowers, spiritual herbs, treasured swords, or divine artifacts?

With her internal thought processes shattered by the Impact of the lightning energy, Mingxi’s mind had begun to wander to whether she should choose an auspicious day to propose to her male god?

Heaven knows where she got a male god from; in two lifetimes, she was only fit to eat dog food, a purebred dog.

“Lei... *Puwuwu*...”

Golden Yuanbao, a bird-type pet, finally arrived beside Mingxi, enduring immense damage.

Seeing its Beast Tamers’ eyes glazed over, as if she were mentally disabled.

Its heart anxious, it forgot that it couldn't speak freely underwater, opened its mouth, and swallowed a belly full of Lei Chi water.

Now, that’s just great, it even soaked its internal organs in the Lei Chi as a bonus.

Mingxi then noticed that her pet had also followed.

She had been in a hurry to find the Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone just now and forgot to tell Golden Yuanbao.

Seeing that it was clearly about to drown, she quickly supported its body and swam upwards.

It was a thousand hardships to come down, but effortless to swim up.

In a few seconds, both master and pet were lying on the water surface.

After a short rest.

Mingxi finally had the strength to speak: “Golden Yuanbao, I found that the effect of body tempering underwater is better, so I still have to go down later.”

Although the Time Realm could still collect the overflowing energy without being close to the Skyfall Thunder Energy Stone, doing so would infinitely prolong the time consumed.

It wasn’t that she was reluctant to use the reward time.

But because she had only purchased one hour of Lei Chi soaking time, what if the soaking time ran out but the collection wasn't completed?

To be safe, she had to complete the collection task as soon as possible.

So she had to go down again later.

“You are a bird, it’s not convenient for you to hold your breath underwater. You should stay here and absorb the energy, or try to see if you can awaken Thunderstorm.”

It wasn’t that Mingxi didn’t want to tell Golden Yuanbao that the Time Realm was collecting energy, but Zhong Ling was still standing by the Lei Chi, and she couldn’t be sure if there was any surveillance nearby.

So it was safer to talk about some things after entering the Time Realm.

“Lei Lei.”

Golden Yuanbao looked at her doubtfully. How did it feel like she was hiding something from it?

The Lei Chi’s energy was so vast and endless that even it, a Transcendent creature of the lightning type, found it somewhat unbearable to stay there.

She, a human with ordinary physical abilities, was already at her limit just staying on the surface, so why bother to dive deeper?

Was there something good at the bottom of the Lei Chi?

Although Golden Yuanbao was full of questions, it wisely ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ didn’t ask.

It was normal for humans to have some schemes.

Mingxi only rested for a few minutes, greeted Golden Yuanbao, and then swam to the bottom of the pond again.

As time continued to pass, even Mingxi herself could no longer remember how many times she had swum down and floated back up.

Leaving aside the pain of the lightning energy washing over and tempering her body, just the difficulty of resisting the pond’s buoyancy and diving down repeatedly was enough to push her beyond her limits.

Mingxi no longer remembered how much time had passed.

She could feel her body undergoing a transformation.

Her skin became more elastic, her muscles became more resilient, her bones became harder...

Within her body, there seemed to be an uncontainable power, like a volcano about to erupt.

During this process, her consciousness also became clearer, as if she could feel every cell in her body becoming active.

“Buzz!”

“Special energy collection completed, total reward time consumed: 39 minutes and 44 seconds.”

Because of Mingxi’s efforts, the time consumed was significantly less than estimated.

“Master, the Time Realm is forming new rules and needs to be closed for one day. The next day, you will have two turntable opportunities.”

As Guangguang’s voice sounded, the Time Realm floating in front of Mingxi’s glabella glowed with a dazzling white light.

It reverted to the pyramid shape of the Pet Space, but the original white light was rapidly changing to red light.

And in the center of the space, a familiar key quickly condensed into shape.