Things were full of twists and turns, and he should have saved people and left smoothly, but no one expected that there would be a problem on Baili Zhanxiong's side, so Zhang Yunfan had to rush to the rescue.

Following the direction in which the Bone Eater flew away, he pursued all the way to a forest near the ice lake, and when he arrived here, the Bone Eater refused to go any further, and there was a scolding voice from Sato in front of him, "You bunch of waste, what is so terrible about this place that makes you and others unable to move forward?" ”

Hearing the scolding Zhang Yunfan immediately stopped, glanced left and right, determined the direction from which the voice came, and was just about to take a step and sneak closer, when he heard a sound of Suo Suo from behind, his heart was suddenly vigilant, and he looked back at him and was secretly surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

The person who came was Duanmu Xianyue, because he was chasing Sato halfway through, he encountered a group of guards, and the two were forced to break up because of helplessness, after such a long time, Duanmu Xianyue was extremely worried during the period, but he didn't come out.

"I'm not worried about you alone, so I'm here to help you." Duanmu Xianyue squatted down on the side, stared at Zhang Yunfan, and then turned his gaze in the direction of the ice lake, "How's the situation?" ”

Zhang Yunfan couldn't help but have a ripple in his heart, took a deep breath and replied, "It's not clear, I'm about to go up and see what is going on, ...... you?"

"I'm with you." Without waiting for Zhang Yunfan to finish Duanmu Xianyue made a decision, his eyes were very firm, and he looked like he was imperative and serious, which made Zhang Yunfan can't help but want to laugh, although he covered it up very well, but he was still discovered by Duanmu Xianyue, and he muttered with a blank look, "What are you laughing at, try to laugh again!" ”

After coming to the other world for so long, it is not the first time that Zhang Yunfan has been threatened, but this time is different from the past.

First of all, it was a woman who was threatened, and it was an extremely beautiful woman. Another is that the woman's threat is out of good intentions, but it is just a little more subtle, and it is precisely because of this that Zhang Yunfan feels particularly warm.

"Ahem, I can take you with me, but first, everything has to be arranged by me, and you are not allowed to act privately." Zhang Yunfan made three chapters in advance, and fundamentally speaking, these were to ensure the safety of Duanmu Xianyue.

Duanmu Xianyue nodded, and then moved forward after Zhang Yunfan, stopping in front of a bush on the outskirts of the forest.

Not far ahead was the ice lake, and at this moment Sato was standing on the edge of the ice lake, and those bone eaters were hovering in the air behind him, no matter how Sato drove them, the bone eaters just refused to go any further.

There was a flat boat swaying on the surface of the lake, drifting towards the center of the lake, Baili Zhanxiong was on this boat with two women, and his figure was gradually obscured by the thick fog shrouded in the lake.

"Bastard, come back to me quickly, and give me back the holy maiden......" On the shore, Sato jumped to his feet and shouted, and it was useless to let his angry seven orifices smoke.

At the edge of the forest, the two of them could see clearly, and seeing that Baili Zhanxiong was safe and sound for the time being, Zhang Yunfan made a gesture and signaled to retreat first, and then go around to the other side of the ice lake to meet Baili Zhanxiong after going out.

Duanmu Xianyue nodded knowingly, and was about to turn around, but saw Sato suddenly fly up with his sword, clearly about to come forward and pursue.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Zhang Yunfan hurriedly grabbed Duanmu Xianyue, continued to squat in place, staring at Sato's back, and saw that he was about to catch up, when a strange protrusion appeared on the surface of the lake......

There were ripples on the surface of the glacial lake, but in the blink of an eye, bubbles began to bubble up on the surface of the water, at first it was very quiet, but then it didn't take long for the lake to explode, and the water surface was like boiling water, and the gurgling sound was repeated.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yunfan was dumbfounded, and he didn't know what was going on, but a feeling of uneasiness rose in his heart, feeling that something might happen.

Sato, who had just flown into the air, was also startled, and almost didn't fall off the flying sword, and when he stabilized his body and looked at the lake again, the scene on the lake changed again......

All the ice lotuses floating on the water suddenly bloomed with a brilliant white light, illuminating the entire lake as bright as a moon ring.

The beautiful scene of "this ......" took away the throbbing in Sato's heart, and he just stopped in the air, forgetting what he had to do.

Among all the people present, the most surprising was Baili Zhanxiong, because he was closest to the lake, so the shock he felt was different.

At the same time, he was also the first person to be sober, and the constantly tumbling water of the lake kept hitting the boat, so that the boat kept rocking, and it almost rolled into the lake on its side.

At the critical moment, Baili Zhanxiong didn't care about anything, threw out the flying sword, picked up the two women and floated towards the flying sword, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of popping water on the surface of the lake, followed by a whooshing sound......

The aquatic grass seemed to catapult out of the water, wrapped around Baili Zhanxiong's ankles, no matter how he struggled, it was difficult to break free, and at this moment's delay, several rattans sprang out of the water, wrapped Baili Zhanxiong firmly, and dragged him towards the water.

In a hurry, Baili Zhanxiong didn't care about his personal safety, and tried his best to throw the two women in his arms into the flying sword, but he himself was dragged into the lake, and there was a splash and no movement.

"Lord Baili......" The maid was already frightened, until she saw Baili Zhanxiong being dragged into the water, then she woke up from her fright and cried at the lake, while her body involuntarily flew towards the flying sword......

Just as the master and servant were about to land on the flying sword, the lake below sounded one after another popping water, and countless dense water vines rushed up like spiritual snakes, wrapped around the ankles of the two, as if dragging Baili Zhanxiong before, dragging them towards the lake.

Seeing this scene, Sato actually made an unexpected move, and even the imperial envoy's flying sword rushed down at a lightning speed, and he wanted to take people with a fierce face.

But the rattans in the water were quite dexterous, and they were very numerous, and the moment Sato grabbed the slender hand of one of the pearl princesses, several water vines wrapped around his hand.

"Get out of here!" Sato roared in horror, trying to use brute force to break the water vines wrapped around his hands, but he underestimated the resilience of these water vines.

The water vine became tighter and tighter, and Sato couldn't save people, so he panicked in his heart, struggled desperately, but to no avail, and finally put himself in, and was pulled into the ice lake with a pop.

The scene that happened on the ice lake was so sudden that Zhang Yunfan and Duanmu Xianyue didn't react, their eyes widened together, and they didn't know how to react to this scene, until everyone fell into the water, and the two suddenly woke up.

"Master Zhang, ...... now" Duanmu Xianyue ran out of ideas, so she had to look at Zhang Yunfan.

After taking a deep breath, Zhang Yunfan said: "In order to find the prince of Mingxi before, I entered the bottom of the lake, and the water is full of ice lotus vines, densely covered with the bottom of the water, and at the bottom of this lake, there is also a palace ruins, if I expected it to be correct, what happened just now is related to this palace at the bottom of the lake." ”

Duanmu Xianyue was curious: "Then when you went down, didn't these water vines attack you?" ”

Zhang Yunfan shook his head slightly, and said: "Shuiteng has always been very quiet, and I haven't noticed anything abnormal. ”

At this point in the analysis of the matter, two possibilities appeared, maybe Mizuto was originally aggressive, anyone who entered the lake would be attacked, and Zhang Yunfan did not suffer an accident, the problem was related to himself, if this is the case, you have to think about what the reason is.

Secondly, the aggressiveness of water vines is time-sensitive, and only at a certain point will the aggression be stimulated, and Zhang Yunfan entered the lake and did not suffer an attack entirely because of good luck.

The two possibilities passed through Zhang Yunfan's mind, and he was entangled in his heart, Duanmu Xianyue gave the answer, "As far as I know, the reason why the ice lake is dangerous is because there are many demon beast activities in the forest, if you usually come here, you will encounter demon beasts when you enter the forest, but because the officers and soldiers are active here, the demon beasts should have been driven away."

The second most dangerous place is the ice lake itself, how many lotus pickers die in the ice lake every year, according to the survivors, the attack on them is the water vine in the lake, once someone tried to uproot the water vine, but they all died in the water, and after a few times, no one dared to mention the matter of exterminating the water vine.

Since then, there is a story among the lotus pickers, there is a water demon hidden in the ice lake, if you want to make a living here, you must worship the water demon, otherwise the water demon will come out to make trouble, harm people's lives, and then every time the lotus picker comes to pick lotus, they will hold sacrifices. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfan was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but want to laugh, and also remembered some things, such as the Ross Lake Monster, the Kanas Lake Monster, and the Bermuda Water Monster...... These are strange events that have been given a mythological overtone.

On the earth, when ancient human beings encountered such a situation, it was completely understandable to resolve the disaster through the method of sacrifice, after all, they were all mortals, and they did not have the cultivation of the world, and when they encountered incomprehensible things, they would dissolve the fear or disaster by sacrificing to ghosts and gods.

There are many names of the way of sacrifice, and any disaster ** may use this way, such as praying for rain in drought, worshipping the dragon king in floods, and even drowning in the river, they have to put down three big gifts to worship, this situation is similar to this in Duanmu Xianyue.

But this matter made Zhang Yunfan very puzzled, after all, this is an otherworldly continent, and it is a very common thing to have cultivation, and human beings' understanding of ghosts and monsters is not the same concept as that of earthlings, at least they won't feel so terrifying when they hear this word, they will only treat this kind of thing as a thing, and they don't even bother to pay attention to it.

But at present, this situation is obviously not in line with Zhang Yunfan's imagination, and everyone still has to choose the way of sacrifice to eliminate fear, which shows that the horror of the ice lake is not in vain, but really makes people afraid, so some people propose to use sacrifice to eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties.

"Looks like the problem is me!" Zhang Yunfan didn't choose to cover it up, because so far he didn't think about why he swam in the water for a long time without causing the hostility of the ice lotus rhizome.

"I think so, can you think of a reason?" Duanmu Xianyue asked curiously.

Zhang Yunfan glanced at the direction of the lake and said to himself: "At first, I planned to go down directly, but when I put my hand into the ice lake, I found that the temperature of the lake was cold to the bone, so I took a Purple Fire Pill, I don't know if it has anything to do with this pill." It was the only answer he could think of so far.

In order to verify his guess, Zhang Yunfan decided to go to the lake to test it, "I'll go over and try it, and you will stay where you are." ”

Duanmu Xianyue frowned and said: "It's dangerous there, what if you encounter danger?" ”

"You're worried about me!" Zhang Yunfan took the opportunity to tease, and immediately changed his tone as soon as the words came out, "Don't worry about me, they have just been swept into the lake, and they will not drown for a while and a half, but if you don't save them, it is very likely that a few of them will die." ”

Duanmu Xianyue was speechless in shame, turned her head to look to the side, and muttered, "Love is not going, I am too lazy to care about you, what does it matter to me whether I live or die?" ”

Listening to her angry words, Zhang Yunfan sighed slightly: "I have always been blessed with great fortune, maybe those water vines are afraid of me, but if I don't try, then they will definitely be drowned, so I will be uneasy." ”

This time, Duanmu Xianyue didn't say anything more, she kept looking sideways at the other end of the forest, and she didn't know what she was looking at, her expression was as cold as ice, until she heard Zhang Yunfan's footsteps in the distance, and then she suddenly turned her head, but saw that Zhang Yunfan had already arrived at the shore of the lake, she had to whisper, "You...... Heart. ”

Standing on the shore of the lake, Zhang Yunfan was on guard, because so far he didn't know whether these water vines would take the initiative to attack him, everything was still unknown, and he would only know the answer if he had tried it.

The surface of the lake was bright, and the ice lotus bloomed with brilliant brilliance, blocking the entire lake, and the water vines burst out of the water through the gaps between the ice lotuses, dancing on the surface of the water like a spiritual snake.

Staring at the surface of the lake for a long time, Zhang Yunfan slowly approached the surface of the lake, and when he reached the edge of the lake, a force was released from his palm, and it struck towards a water vine.

Bang!

Even if Zhang Yunfan used five points of strength, he couldn't cut it off, just shook it and then returned to its original state, and didn't take the initiative to fight back, which was completely different from the situation encountered by Baili Zhanxiong before.

"It seems that this thing is indeed not afraid of me, is it really because of the Purple Fire Pill?" Zhang Yunfan frowned, took out an elixir from the storage ring, and threw it at a water vine.

Before the pill could get closer, the water vines on the surface of the lake reacted, as if they had been summoned, and whipped in one direction, causing the water surface to boil.

With a bang, the Purple Fire Pill was beaten into powder by a water vine, sprinkled into the lake water, and disappeared without a trace.

The scene in front of him fully understood that the reason why Shuiteng did not attack Zhang Yunfan was not related to the Purple Fire Pill, but for other reasons, but what this reason was, it remains to be thought.

Standing on the shore of the lake and bowing his head in contemplation, Zhang Yunfan thought of a possibility, "Or is it related to the Innocent Body?" It was the only possibility he could think of.

But he felt that this was also a possibility, because the Innocent Body and the water vine were not related at all, and the two sides had no connection at all, unless there was some unknown inside story in it......

After thinking about it, Zhang Yunfan felt that the problem must be on him, as for what it was, it was not clear.

Shaking his head and putting aside distracting thoughts, Zhang Yunfan turned his head to Duanmu Xianyue and said: "These water vines are indeed not offensive to me, I will go down to save people now, if you don't leave for the time being, find a hidden place to hide." ”

(End of chapter)