Chapter 35: The Little Waterhole
Below the calm waters, the Phantom Arowana lurks quietly, its tail swinging gently, allowing its body to slowly approach the shore.
This creature has a rough temperament and a simple mind, but after all, it is an old and refined beast that knows how to time it well and catch delicious prey.
In its eyes, the three people on the shore are very suitable targets, firstly, they are very close to the water, and secondly, they do not notice it at all.
At this moment, those three people are arguing with reason and conducting arduous negotiations on the ownership of Yan Dan.
The negotiation process was not smooth, the three of them were bound to win, and they did not give an inch, and after a long time, the result of the negotiations was still no progress.
It's close, it's close enough, the Phantom Fire Arowana is ready to attack, and it has locked on to the eldest prince as the target of the first hunt.
It stands to reason that it hates the ghostly little guy the most, but who makes the shepherd the biggest and the most able to speak in the vernacular.
Among the three prey, he is the most happy, and the target is the most obvious, as the saying goes, if you shoot the first bird, you don't eat who he eats first.
It was this fat sheep, the ghost fire dragon fish stared at the old brother Mu closely, jumped up with all his strength, suddenly jumped up from under the water, and pounced on the prey, intending to swallow it in one bite.
The whole process was lightning fast, and almost instantaneously, the Arowana pounced on its prey, which was still dancing and arguing, unaware of what was happening around him.
Just as it opened its mouth wide, intending to devour its prey, a silk ribbon suddenly appeared, and slammed it on its body, and with a loud bang, the arowana was pulled out of the way, like a defeat, and fell into the lake.
From the shore, there was a shouting and scolding voice from the Shaoxue Sect Master, "Beast, don't be ashamed!"
"What's wrong, what's going on?" asked Mu Jinyun with a look of horror.
"Brother-in-law, fish, Arowana was pumped to death by Sister Xue!"
"Smoke to death!
"Didn't you see it, just now the Arowana pounced on you, and Sister Xue shot and killed it with one blow!"
"It's not dead. Gong Shaoxue pulled her hair, "I didn't kill it, I just stunned it and ruined its century-old Taoism, but it should have a longer memory and dare not harass us again." ”
Speaking of this, he looked at Mu Jinyun with a smile, "Childe, are we going to continue arguing?"
The latter shook his head again and again, urging the other two to leave the shore of the lake quickly.
The three of them finally reached a consensus, agreeing that it was pointless to continue arguing like this, and that they could put aside the dispute for the time being, develop it together, and wait until they found the baby.
If there are three Zhuyan Pills, one for each person, if there are more than one Zhuyan Pills, they will be divided according to the head, if there is only one, then negotiate.
This round of negotiations was finally over, and the three of them reconciled, and Gong Shaoxue took the lead in opening the way with a lighting stone and led them to the depths of the island in the middle of the lake.
Along the way, she guided the way forward, where to go, where to stop, where there was a prohibition, where there was a phantom array, all of which she pointed out one by one.
Some places seem to be flat and wide, but in fact they are full of murderous opportunities, and some places seem to be thorny and difficult to walk, but in fact, the road is smooth.
Xiao Hatfeng watched from the sidelines, and couldn't stop being amazed, Gong Shaoxue asked proudly: "How is it, little guy, my sister's hand is quite powerful, right?"
The latter nodded his head in praise and raised his big finger at her, "Amazing, amazing, I have heard my sister say a long time ago, Sister Xue is the current formation master, and when I see it today, it really deserves its name." ”
Mu Jinyun couldn't understand it, so after hearing the little guy's heartfelt praise, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This little girl, she really doesn't brag, this ability is really big!"
About two days later, the group finally came to the depths of the island, and Gong Shaoxue pointed forward, "Look, that senior's cave is there." ”
By the light of the lighting stone, Mu Jinyun took a closer look, and saw that there were strange stones all around, and in the center of a mess of stones, there was a small pool.
The waterhole was only a few square meters in size, not much bigger than a small fish pond, and beside the waterhole, there were some large stones scattered with stars, and there was nothing else.
After the three of them approached, Mu Jinyun searched around a few more times, but still found nothing special.
I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, what kind of cave is this, isn't this just a small pool, how does it look like there is a treasure?
"Don't look for it, it's not on the ground, it's underwater!" Gong Shaoxue explained on the side.
Brother Mu immediately squatted down and carefully observed the waterhole.
The depth of the water seems to be less than one meter, the pool water is crystal clear, and even the stones at the bottom of the water can be seen clearly.
So he looked up at Gong Shaoxue, and asked very suspiciously: "Are you sure the cave is here?" aren't you kidding me, except for a few broken stones, where is there any entrance?"
Gong Shaoxue looked at him with disdain, turned her head to Xiao Hatfeng and said, "Little guy, you explain to this big stick." ”
"Brother-in-law, Sister Xue is right, the entrance to the cave is here, there is a natural phantom array by the waterhole, and the images under the water are all fake. ”
After finishing speaking, he took matters into his own hands and moved the positions of several large rocks by the waterhole in a certain order.
When Mu Jinyun looked at the waterhole again, there were still any stones, the water was as clear as before, but the water depth could be several meters, and in the center of the bottom of the water, a dark hole was exposed.
For the monks, diving is not a difficult task, as long as they hold their breath, but for Mu Jinyun, it is a very troublesome thing.
The eldest prince can swim, but he is a mortal after all, and no matter how he can swim, his rest time is limited.
Looking inside the hole, the swarthy one doesn't know how deep it is, who knows how long it will take to rest, anyway, Brother Mu himself must not have confidence.
Fortunately, there is a living treasure by his side, and the little guy's storage ring has a water protection cover, which can help people breathe freely underwater, so that the trouble of the eldest prince is solved.
After the three of them were ready, they decided to immediately go into the water to hunt for treasure.
It is still up to the snow fairy to open the way in front, and when she encounters a phantom array, a killing array, or any other forbidden formation, she is responsible for lifting it.
Mu Jinyun neither knew the road nor knew how to break the formation, so he was arranged behind Gong Shaoxue and could swim with her, and Xiao Hatfeng was in charge of the palace and protected the safety of his brother-in-law.
After discussing everything, the three of them jumped into the water and dived down in turn according to the predetermined order.
The group first came to the vicinity of the entrance of the cave, which was very narrow, no more than two feet in diameter.
Gong Shaoxue observed carefully for a while, and made a gesture at them, signaling that this place was safe and they could enter with confidence, and then took the lead in getting in.
The space in the cave suddenly opened up, inside is a large cave filled with water, the strange rocks around are hideous, intricate, groups of fish swim leisurely in the water, and after finding that someone broke into the hole, they were immediately frightened and ran around.
On the walls of the surrounding caves, there are many glowing creatures, shimmering brightly, illuminating the scenery in the water cave clearly.
Brother Shepherd finally saw the food again, and he was hungry enough for a while, and now the most unsightly thing was live food.
It's not that he's greedy, the point is that the chews he had stored before had been fed to the little guy Arowana, so catch some small fish as dry food.
I definitely can't swim a fish, but it doesn't matter, I don't have a sister-in-law.
Mu Jinyun turned around and gestured to Xiao Hatfeng, pointing at those little fish, who understood, and immediately swam to help his brother-in-law catch fish, but was chased by Gong Shaoxue and pulled back.
glared at Xiao Hatfeng fiercely, and then slashed his fist at Mu Jinyun, threatening them not to act rashly.
All the actions that were said to be good were under command, and as soon as they left, they were unorganized and undisciplined, and the sect master of Shaoxue was very angry, and in the end, he still didn't hold back, and pinched Mu Jinyun's arm twice.
With a wave of his hand, Gong Shaoxue took the lead in swimming, Xiao Hatfeng pushed Mu Jinyun, and followed Gong Shaoxue to the depths of the water cave.
The eldest prince is very dissatisfied, this girl is really too domineering, this is too arbitrary, you have to listen to her for everything, you are not my mother, why are you in charge of me.
staring at that figure with hatred, he secretly slandered himself, and gradually, he felt that the figure was so graceful, so elegant, as beautiful as a mermaid.
The shepherd brother followed behind her, feasting his eyes on lust.
The former was a cultivator after all, with a keen sense of consciousness and insight, so he naturally sensed that hot gaze, and turned his head to stare at Mu Jinyun several times, his face full of shyness.
The eldest prince of Mu didn't think so, you stare at you, I look at me, who let you swim in front of me, don't look at it, don't look at it, pinch me in vain!
The words have come again, isn't it just to take a look, do you understand the beauty and food, and Lao Tzu didn't play hooligan, as for glaring at me with his eyes!
The snow fairy really couldn't stand it, so she turned around and swam to the back of the team, letting Xiao Hatfeng lead the way in front and stay behind the team tail hall.
The little guy didn't know why, but he still obeyed Sister Xue's arrangement, swam at the front of the team, and was responsible for opening the way.
Now, it's the snow fairy's turn to admire the figure of the shepherd, how can the lord be very shameless, thick-skinned, and sincerely funny.
In order to show his majestic body and graceful posture, he deliberately swings his waist back and forth in front, and the movement is very outrageous.
Gong Shaoxue blushed and her heart beat, and scolded in her heart: "This guy is a shameless person!"
In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I stepped forward and swam side by side with Mu Jinyun, which was convenient for that shameless man, just turn your head and look at it.
So, Brother Mu no longer looked ahead, but patronized and peeked at the beauties around him, and the speed of swimming immediately decreased a lot.
Gong Shaoxue had no choice but to grab his arm and swim together, and simply let this thing go, just watch it if you like, fortunately, she didn't hate him.
The three of them swam towards the depths of the cave for a while, and Xiao Hatfeng suddenly turned his head and pointed forward with his hand.
The other two looked in the direction of his finger and saw another large hole, which was embedded in the wall of the cave in front of him.
Gong Shaoxue gestured, signaling them not to swim any further, and to go over and take a look first, and before Mu Jinyun could stop her, the latter had already twisted and swam towards the entrance of the cave.
The eldest prince almost scolded, there must be a monster in there, isn't there also a ghost python, what did you do in the past recklessly, what if you provoke it?
The entrance of the cave is many times wider than the small hole I passed just now, and it is pitch black inside, and it is terrifying to look at, and where Mu Jinyun is now, it is not clear what is inside.
I just feel that it is like a big mouth, wide open, quietly waiting for the prey to come to the door by itself.
Mu Jinyun stared at her intently, for fear that Gong Shaoxue would act rashly and cause some trouble.
I saw that she swam near the entrance of the cave, and did not rush into the hole, but first paddled the water, circled around the hole, and touched and moved around the edge of the hole.
Finally, he swam to a protruding rock, hesitated for a moment, pressed it violently, and then turned around and swam back.
While swimming, he made a gesture for the two to run back quickly.
Mu Jinyun only saw a white light, flashing at the edge of the cave entrance, and before he could react, Xiao Hatfeng had already dragged his arm and swam quickly back and forth.
After a while, Gong Shaoxue chased after him from behind, grabbed Mu Jinyun with one hand, pulled Xiao Hatfeng with the other, and swam at full speed with his body technique.
Mu Jinyun couldn't open his mouth in the water, so he could only curse loudly in his heart, no need to ask, this girl didn't do anything good, she must have released the long worm.
When I was about to reach the entrance of the small cave, I couldn't help but turn my head to look, only to see a big black thing, swimming out of the big hole slowly.
Before he could see what it was, Gong Shaoxue held his butt and pushed him out.
......
The three of them surfaced one after another, and after coming ashore, Mu Jinyun took off the water shelter, and while twisting the water on his clothes, he asked Gong Shaoxue: "Snow fairy, I saw a black thing, very huge, is it a ghost python?"
Gong Shaoxue cast a spell to dry his clothes, and then said to Mu Jinyun: "Yes, it is an adult Nether Python, its strength is super strong, and it is extremely difficult to deal with. I'll release it first, and then I'll find a way to get rid of it, and if we don't kill it, we'll want to go in the treasure hunt. ”