Leaving the coat and package to Tao Yuyan, Ji Fan wore a set of inner armor, holding a long sword in one hand and a night pearl in the other, and quietly dived into the lake.

The water of the lake is indeed very deep, and the deepest part of the center of the lake is even 30 zhang above the water.

But this is a small lake after all, and Ji Fan's speed of action is not slow, even if he searches the entire bottom of the lake, it won't take too long.

The glow of the Night Pearl can illuminate a three-zhang radius centered on him, plus he has a star soul to help perceive, so it is convenient to search.

The bottom of the lake is unusually calm, there are no undercurrents, only clusters of aquatic plants gently swaying.

After a tea time passed, Ji Fan found a big ravine and stopped on the side.

This big ravine is twenty zhang long and five or six zhang wide.

The aquatic plants on both sides of the gully are particularly dense, but there is not even a single aquatic plant in the ravine.

I don't know how deep the water in this ravine is, Ji Fan hesitated for a moment, not knowing if he should go down and take a look.

He first searched the place that was not searched, and after finding nothing unusual, he came to this big ravine.

To be on the safe side, he threw the Night Pearl in his hand into the ravine.

The Night Pearl slowly sinks, its glow just enough to illuminate both sides of the ravine.

Both sides of the ravine were mottled and uneven stone walls, and what pleased Ji Fan was that the stone walls on both sides were crawling with dark green rattans, and in addition to the dark green leaves, there were pale green fruits on the rattans.

The fruit varied in size, the largest being comparable to a fist, and the smallest being the size of a fingernail.

In addition to the difference in size, they are also not the same color, they all look green, but the color gradually deepens from pale green to dark green.

Ji Fan's knowledge of Xingcui is quite rich, and he knows that the heavier the color, the closer to ripening these fruits are.

He could also guess that those star crocodile beasts had been entrenched in this small lake, most of them to guard the fruits.

The Night Pearl was still sinking, and since its glow couldn't shine too far under the water, it would disappear into Ji Fan's eyes.

Ji Fan didn't let the Night Pearl disappear, he also fell into the ravine, sank quickly, and held the Night Pearl in his hand again.

Then, he began to search.

The fact that the fruit here does not shine is a sign that none of them are ripe.

This fruit is not of high quality, and it is not very valuable if it is not ripe.

What Ji Fan is looking for is a ripe fruit, and this kind of fruit can only be regarded as a star essence when it is ripe.

All the way to the bottom of the ravine, he did not find a single ripe fruit.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile, feeling that he was too naïve.

There were originally so many Star Crocodile Beasts here, if the fruit here was ripe, how could those Star Crocodile Beasts not pick and take it?

After searching for a few more moments, just as he was about to leave, he found a cave at the bottom of a rock wall.

The cave is flat, only half a man high, but one and a half feet wide, and there are also old vines clinging to the cave walls, and there are green fruits.

Ji Fan hunched over and slowly walked into the cave.

He thought that the fruit in this cave might be ripe.

Of course, he also had reason to believe that there was danger in the depths of this cave, so he kept being cautious and slow.

After advancing about ten zhang away, a large cave appeared in front of me.

He threw the Night Pearl into the cave, and after just a glance, he couldn't help but feel a rush of panic, and almost retreated quickly.

Under the illumination of the night pearl, a star crocodile beast lying in the cave was extremely conspicuous, and it was it that scared Ji Fan.

However, to Ji Fan's surprise, this star crocodile beast, which looked bigger than any one he had seen before, actually didn't react at all.

It closed its eyes tightly, and lay quietly like it, looking like it was asleep, if it weren't for the slight undulation of its body, Ji Fan would even suspect that it was a corpse.

It can be seen from the size that this star crocodile beast is even stronger, and the faint overflowing aura makes Ji Fan feel palpitations, and it is estimated that it is a second-level star beast.

The second-level star beast can be compared to the astral realm master of the human race.

It's just that this second-level star beast is obviously in a special state, otherwise, if the enemy is so close, it won't be so quiet.

Sleep?

It must be a deep sleep!

Many star beasts will fall into a deep sleep due to various special circumstances, such as being too seriously injured, such as struggling to advance, such as giving birth to children......

There was no injury on this star crocodile beast, and there were no small star crocodile beasts around, so it was very likely that it had just been promoted with difficulty.

This kind of crocodile beast has a low bloodline, generally speaking, no matter how hard they work, their cultivation achievements will not be too high, and every time they advance, it will be extremely difficult, and they will pay a great price.

Whether it is a Spirit Star Beast or a Demon Star Beast, the more noble the bloodline, the smoother the promotion will be, and the more difficult it will be.

This is just like the cultivation qualifications of Terran cultivators, those with high cultivation qualifications, such as those geniuses who have awakened the star soul early, their cultivation speed will generally be very fast, while ordinary people will appear to be much slower.

The Terran is okay, after all, it can still be guided by the masters, and the wisdom of the Terran is higher, generally when the cultivation is not high, as long as you are willing to spend enough time, you can often still advance, at least the cultivation from the Star Bone Realm to the Star Body Realm can be piled up with time.

And the low-level star beasts in this Jiuchen Secret Realm are different, their wisdom is obviously not as good as the ordinary people of the human race, and it is difficult for them to get guidance, all cultivation depends on instinct and their own exploration, and it is not easy to take every step in cultivation.

Thinking of this, Ji Fan suppressed his murderous intent.

This star crocodile beast made the cut with difficulty, and it was currently in a state of slumber, and it was easy for Ji Fan to kill it.

But it didn't pose the slightest threat, and he didn't know how many years of hard work it took to advance with difficulty, and Ji Fan really couldn't bear to kill it.

When I killed those star crocodile beasts before, it was because I was forced to do so, because I was attacked by them.

Ji Fan is not a soft-hearted person, he just can't bear it in his heart at this time, after all, he is not a vicious person.

In addition to this sleeping second-level star crocodile beast, Ji Fan also found two ripe fruits on the stone wall of the cave.

These two fruits, both the size of fists, are turquoise and crystal clear, and there are obviously thin stars shining like hairsprings.

Obviously, they are the true stars!

In the books that Ji Fan had read in his previous life, there was no introduction to the content of this kind of star essence fruit, so he didn't know this kind of star essence, and naturally he didn't know their characteristics, and he didn't know what to pay attention to when picking them.

Time waits for no one at the moment, he can't think too much, so he simply picks a fruit with his hands first.

The fruit had just fallen from the vine stem, and just let Ji Fan hold it in his hand and look at it twice, the skin would crack, and the juice would overflow immediately.

Ji Fan was stunned for a moment, and then stuffed the fruit directly into his mouth.

The juice with a strong fishy smell was not sweet and refreshing at all, and after entering the stomach, it made Ji Fan's stomach hot and hot, as if he had drunk a flame.

Fortunately, Ji Fan had been refining his body with that ancient recipe before, and his body was very adaptable to the medicinal power of the star quintessence, and this fruit was not a very high star essence, so he would not have any big problems taking it like this.

"If only there were a wooden box or jade box engraved with spiritual patterns or spells, after picking the fruit, seal it directly inside, and the fruit would not crack. ”

Ji Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and picked another fruit, which was also stuffed directly into his mouth.

After that, he left the cave without stopping, and then slowly surfaced and swam to the shore.

From the moment he entered the water, half an hour had passed, and the Ji family on the shore was in a hurry, and at this moment, seeing that Ji Fan had finally returned, they naturally surrounded them.

"Brother Ji Fan, what's the situation below?"

Ji Yuntao asked eagerly.

"Nothing, no danger, no treasure. ”

Ji Fan returned the Night Pearl to Ji Yuntao and said at the same time.

"What does it smell like?"

After Ji Fan opened his mouth, a fishy smell spread, and Ji Yuntao couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.

"Uh......"

The juice of the two star fruits was still making noise in his stomach, Ji Fan would have a peculiar smell as long as he opened his mouth, he knew this, but he couldn't help but open his mouth, in the face of everyone's doubts, he could only explain: "I accidentally choked on a mouthful of water just now, the water here tastes really bad!"

"Haha......"

Many people laughed.

Ji Yuntao frowned even tighter, he had entered the Jiuchen Secret Realm several times, and he knew the Jiuchen Secret Realm very well, in his opinion, a large number of star beasts had gathered here, and there would definitely be nothing abnormal at the bottom of the lake.

But Ji Fan has already gone down, not only did he return unharmed, but he also did not make any big disturbances at the bottom of the lake, which is really incomprehensible.

"Brother Ji Fan hasn't been down for too long, and it is estimated that he has not searched carefully, so in order to avoid any omissions, we will go down and search again. ”

Ji Yuntao didn't believe Ji Fan, so he decided to take someone down to have a look.

Anyway, Ji Fan did not encounter danger, at least it is certain that there should be no danger below.

"I really didn't search too closely, but the bottom of the lake is not very large, and if there is a treasure to hide, it is not difficult to find, so I don't think you need to waste too much time here. ”

Ji Fan was worried that these people would wake up the second-level star crocodile beast, so he persuaded him.

"There's a case in everything, so it's better to search again. ”

Ji Yunpeng also spoke, and the other Ji family junjie nodded in agreement.

Everyone already has a unified opinion, Ji Fan can't say anything more, let alone stop it.

Out of kindness, he reminded the gang that since they didn't listen, then he had no choice but to hope that they wouldn't find the cave under the big ravine.

He didn't follow, just waited patiently on the shore.

After a little preparation, Ji Yuntao took more than a dozen people into the water one after another, and soon fell to the bottom. Peerless Star Soul