Chapter Eighty-Four: Distress in the Lake

Yuan Ming glanced at the corpse of the leopard beast, didn't make any more moves, and continued to move forward.

Now he is revisiting the old place, but he is no longer a person.

As a registered disciple of Biluo Cave, he naturally no longer needs to collect any blood food, the shackles are gone, and the experience that made him frightening step by step seems to be a thing of the past.

But he knew very well in his heart that although Biluo Cave allowed him to step into the immortal path by mistake, it was not his true destination, and he would have to find a way to return to the Central Plains one day to find his true self, and at the same time to find the culprit who caused him to suffer all this.

Of course, before that, you have to be stronger.

Because only the strong can not be looked down upon or bullied, can they survive in a cruel environment, and have the capital of revenge.

This is what the 100,000 mountains and the Biluo Cave have taught him.

Half an hour later, the field of vision gradually widened, and with a fresh breath coming to the nose, a huge lake appeared in front of me, and there was no end in sight.

The lake is a turquoise color, and patches of lush reeds grow here until the end of the view, painting a strong green color in this world.

The lake breeze blows, and thousands of reeds make a gurgling sound, gathering together, and there is a feeling of a flood wave sweeping the heavens and the earth.

"It turns out that this is Qianlu Lake, the area is really not small!" Yuan Ming looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart was also broad-minded.

Qianlu Lake is a lake in the 100,000 mountains, with a vast area and the size of 100 miles, because there are countless reeds growing in it.

Yuan Ming brought Huo Yu'er to the 100,000 Mountains, in addition to finding a suitable place to play for him, he naturally had other purposes.

Everywhere in the sect needs to contribute points, since he wants to go out for a trip, he took a relatively simple collection task from the Xingzhi Hall by the way, and went to this Qianlu Lake to find the blue water stone that is a specialty of this place.

This is one of the many long-term tasks in the Xingzhi Hall, there is no time limit, as long as you collect the Blue Water Stone, you can return to the sect at any time to exchange contribution points.

The greedy child who was originally lying on Yuan Ming's shoulder and was drowsy, when he saw the vast lake in front of him, he suddenly refreshed his spirits, and jumped three times from his shoulder to the lake with a novel face, looking at the lake intently, his body was eager to try, and he looked like he wanted to jump into the lake to play.

Yuan Ming was quite surprised to see this, Huo Yu'er was a fire attribute spirit beast, and he thought that he would be very resistant when he encountered water, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

"I'll take you to the water in a moment, okay?" He half-crouched down, reached out and scratched behind the mink's ear, and said with a smile.

Huo Yu'er didn't know if he understood, he glanced back at Yuan Ming, and immediately turned his head away and focused on the vast lake.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming didn't pay attention to it, sacrificed the herring sword, cut off several big trees nearby, and cut off the branches and trunks, leaving only the main trunk.

He then used the ropes he brought from the sect to tie several large tree trunks side by side, and a simple wooden raft two or three zhang long was made.

"Let's go."

Yuan Ming grabbed the fire and put it on his shoulder, jumped on the raft, used a slender and straight tree trunk as a pole, and rowed towards the center of the lake.

Many disciples of Biluo Cave have taken over the task of Bishui Stone, and the ore in the lakeside area has already been mined and found in a deeper place.

The gluttonous child jumped in front of and behind the raft, occasionally touching the surface of the lake with his paws, and immediately retracted, and had a great time.

Yuan Ming saw it in his eyes and understood a little, although Huo Yu'er was not afraid of water, as a fire attribute spirit animal, he was still quite afraid of water.

In this way, there is no need to worry that when he is looking for the blue water stone, the fire gluttony will jump into the water and escape.

The raft quickly reached the deeper part of the lake, and after Yuan Ming looked around, he jumped into the lake and dived to the bottom.

With his current cultivation, even if he doesn't perform the toad transformation, he can still hold on to the water for a long time.

Half an hour later, he emerged from the bottom of the water, but empty-handed.

Yuan Ming turned his head to look at the raft, saw that Huo Fen'er was still staying on it, his face was relaxed, and after a little rest, he dived into the water again, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find a piece of blue water stone.

"This Rausch sub-task, it doesn't seem to be that simple!"

He muttered, turned over and jumped on the raft, and continued to paddle towards the center of the lake, this time for several miles before stopping, and continued to dive into the water to search, but found nothing.

Although Yuan Ming was a little depressed, he was not too disappointed, Qianlu Lake had been searched for many years, and there was not much blue water stone left at the bottom of the lake, it was too easy to find, he would feel strange.

He continued to walk towards the depths of the lake, changing places three times in a row, and finally found the first blue water stone.

The blue water stone is shaped like jadeite, and there is a trace of air flow inside, which gives people a sense of coldness and refreshment to the touch.

Yuan Ming flipped through it a few times and put it into the storage bag.

As a water-attribute ore, this stone can be regarded as a regular spiritual material that is in great demand in the sect, but its value is slightly lower than that of Huopu Jade, and ten pieces can only be exchanged for a little contribution value.

Although the value is slightly lower, Qianlu Lake is not as dangerous as Tali Volcano, so there are not a few sect disciples who have taken on this task in the past.

Yuan Ming continued to walk towards the depths of Qianlu Lake, going into the water from time to time to look for it along the way, and he would not stay for too long each time.

Although he can dive into the water for a longer period of time by using the Drape to transform into a toad form, that will speed up the Draped Technique and the benefits outweigh the losses.

Half a day passed in a blink of an eye.

Yuan Ming propped up the wooden raft and walked forward, looking around, frowning.

After a busy morning, he only found seven or eight blue water stones.

This doesn't matter, it's just a matter of the way, but it's looking for it, and he has entered the depths of Qianlu Lake.

The size of the lake was staggering, the depths of the lake were mist, and there was no sun today, so he couldn't tell the direction at the moment.

"Huo Glutton, it is said that spirit beasts have a much sharper sense of direction than people, can you tell the direction?" Yuan Ming looked at the fire marten.

Huo Yu'er lost his initial liveliness, lying on his shoulder, calling weakly, and his mental state was very sluggish.

"Could it be that this little guy can't stay in this watery place for long?" Yuan Ming tried to communicate again, but did not get a response.

He took out a piece of Huopu Jade and fed it, and Huoyu'er glanced at it and looked away.

"It can't be sick, right?" Yuan Ming unconsciously became a little nervous.

If something went wrong with Huo Yu'er, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the Lord of the Three Caves.

He groaned slightly, and put the fire gluttonous child into the spirit beast bag.

In the past, when Huo Yu'er was put into the spirit beast bag, he would shout, but this time he didn't react at all, lying quietly in the bag, and there was no other action after a long time.

Yuan Ming hurriedly propped up the raft and chose a direction to move forward quickly, trying to leave here.

The surrounding water surface and reeds retreated rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, half an hour passed, and there was still no sign of leaning to the side, and the mist on the surface of the lake became thicker and thicker, and only seven or eight feet away could be seen.

"Looks like it's going in the wrong direction." Yuan Ming stopped the raft and was about to turn around.

"Squeak squeak......" The fire gluttonous child in the spirit beast bag suddenly screamed, jumping inside, looking like he was about to come out, sweeping away the previous malaise.

When Yuan Ming saw this scene, he was surprised and delighted, and slapped the spirit beast bag and released the fire gluttony.

Huo Gluttony ran to the front of the wooden raft in three or two steps, half-standing and looking ahead, squeaking and screaming.

"You want to go to the front?" Yuan Ming was stunned and asked with some uncertainty.

Huo Glut turned around and nodded at him.

Yuan Ming looked ahead, a little hesitant in his heart.

Further on, it should be regarded as entering the central area of Qianlu Lake, the water vapor will only be heavier, and the fire gluttony is only afraid that it will be harmful and useless to go there, but it is so unusually strong to pass, is there anything special about it?

Yuan Ming silently thought about the records of the habits of spirit beasts that he had read in the Guizang Pavilion, and after thinking about it for a while, he still decided to believe Huo Yu'er's judgment, and continued to paddle the wooden raft towards the front.

As a psychic spirit animal with a pure bloodline, Huo Yu'er will not joke with his life.

Even if he encounters any danger, he can put this little thing in the spirit beast bag, use the fur technique to turn into a toad and abandon the raft and escape.

As the raft continued to move forward, the fog around it became thicker and thicker, and the sight could only see four or five feet away.

Suddenly, the surface of the water rippled, constantly hitting the raft, making a "whooshing" sound.

Yuan Ming immediately stopped the wooden row when he saw this, there must be a reason for the lack of wind and waves.

At this moment, the water surface under the raft suddenly surged violently, forming a whirlpool several zhang in size, emitting a powerful tearing force.

The raft was sucked in, spinning and turning, and the rope tied to it snapped and broke, and the raft, which was not very strong, suddenly disintegrated.

Yuan Ming's face sank, grabbed Huo Yu'er and put it on his shoulder, and jumped up.

The blue light flashed on his arm, and the mysterious incense burner emerged, floating in the air.

Yuan Ming grabbed the incense burner with one hand and the pole with the other, and the whole person was suspended in mid-air.

The incense burner is very sensitive to exorcism, and with a slight urge, it can levitate, and when he practiced it before, he had the whim to use it to soar into the air.

In the past half a month, Yuan Ming has practiced many times and has been able to master this skill, but his mana is not deep enough, and the incense burner is not a flying magic weapon, so he can't take off for too long.

At this moment, there was a "snort" on the surface of the water below, and a thick black object, like a tentacle, appeared to appear, and blue arcs flashed on it, whipping the wooden raft that had fallen apart.

The trees, which had been fairly sturdy, broke in response to the sound and flew in all directions.

Yuan Ming felt a chill in his heart when he saw this, and then chased after a broken log that flew out, landed lightly on it, stood firmly, and quickly strutted forward.

With only one piece of wood, he propped himself up and ran as fast as he could, quickly moving away from the great whirlpool.

(End of chapter)