Chapter 2: Dead Jiao and Qizhu

The bluestone on Chen Feng's neck suddenly exuded a warm aura, and he touched it with his hand, but he couldn't figure out the reason, it could only be attributed to the scorching sun. This bluestone has been on Chen Feng's body since he can remember, and Chen Feng's grandfather said that this is a jade pendant that possesses the body, which has the effect of warding off evil spirits. In the desert island fishing village, although the fishermen live a hard life, almost every child has some stone ornaments, bracelets, copper locks and other things, which have been passed down from generation to generation, so Chen Feng's bluestone is not a conspicuous thing.

Chen Feng's water quality is very good, and he often dives to the bottom of the sea on weekdays, but he has never seen this situation. He had just turned fifteen years old, and he was still a teenager at heart, and he was full of curiosity about all things strange. Seeing this scene, he immediately took off his shirt without thinking, and a fierce man pierced in.

After Chen Feng entered the water, the colorful Arhat catfish were startled, and the formation was slightly chaotic, but it did not completely disperse. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the tail of a multicolored arhat catfish. As soon as the colorful Arhat catfish struggled, it ran away slipperily.

Chen Feng smiled slightly, and slowly dived, the deeper he went, the greater the thrust of the undercurrent on Chen Feng, and the water pressure became stronger and stronger. Fortunately, he was a child who grew up by the sea, so he was used to it and was not afraid. The milky white light under the water in front of us seemed to be close at hand, but it was very far away. He didn't dare to be careless, and after a closer look, he found that the water under this reef was far deeper than anywhere else.

Chen Feng couldn't help but wonder: The reef is exposed to the sea, which often means that the nearby sea water is shallow, how can there be such a big drop? After all, such a deep pit can easily be filled with sediment. The depression in front of you is most likely recent and has just formed. Thinking of this, Chen Feng's desire to find out was even stronger.

After a little thought, Chen Feng surfaced, took another deep breath, and dived with all his might. This time, he's going to dive to the deepest part of the water. Straight down, when the light was approaching, because the dive was too deep, Chen Feng's chest was already uncomfortable, and the water at the bottom of the sea was very cold, he felt that his legs might cramp at any time.

For people like Chen Feng, who are proficient in water, leg cramps are rare. If it does appear, it will be able to drill out of the water with the help of the buoyancy of the water. But if this is the case, there will be no physical strength to dive in a short period of time to find out.

Just when he was powerless and about to give up, there was a warmth in his neck, and the coolness of his whole body suddenly subsided, replaced by a thick warmth all over his body, and his limbs seemed to be full of strength. The air inhaled before the dive is about to run out, but the abdominal cavity is full of life, and it depends on the situation that it can support it for a while.

Chen Feng was overjoyed, although he didn't know what the reason was, he didn't think too much about it, so he dived again.

Finally, a large black object appeared in front of Chen Feng's eyes, and at one end of the object, a milky white light flashed. Schools of fish swam around the light cluster, and to his surprise, there were schools of sharks nearby. It's just that the shark's usually ferocious eyes reveal a mixture of fear and greed, neither daring to swim closer, but reluctant to leave, just hiding in the distant periphery, constantly cruising.

If he usually saw a shark, Chen Feng would have turned around and retreated in fear, of course, whether he could walk was also a question. But this time, Chen Feng's heart was like water, as if something in the dark attracted him, making him unbearable to leave.

The shark also saw Chen Feng, but ignored him, and focused its attention on the black object.

When Chen Feng was a few feet away from the bottom of the water, he finally saw everything in front of him clearly. The reef around him is located at the bottom of a small valley, and there is a behemoth coiled around the reef. Chen Feng couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at its shape and color—could it be a black Jiao?!

Chen Feng had never seen a black Jiao before, but he often heard people talk about it. The black Jiao is the most vicious existence of the sea in legend, and almost all the animals in the sea are its food. No wonder those sharks don't dare to come forward, just such a behemoth makes all aquatic animals intimidating. However, the black Jiao did not move in the slightest, and I don't know if it was asleep or dead.

Chen Feng watched nearby for a long time before he was convinced that this black Jiao was dead. Because he found that the black Jiao's tail was missing half of it, not a single claw was missing, and its head was even more severely damaged, as if it had been scorched by lightning, revealing a pale bone the size of a basin. The reason for the depression in this seabed is probably caused by the collision or struggle of the black Jiao before he died.

What was it that caused the legendary Black Jiao to be so injured and die? For some reason, Chen Feng suddenly thought of the strange person he had just seen, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of panic.

He swam cautiously closer, and finally reached the bottom. Since it is a small valley bottom, the water flow is relatively calm. He cautiously approached, looking up at the head that was taller than himself. Just under the jaw of the black Jiao, there was a milky white light. The fish swirled around the light, and it was very pleasant.

Although the light is abundant, it is not dazzling, and it is very soft. As soon as he got closer, Chen Feng felt that his bluestone had become warm again. I haven't been breathing for a long time, and I don't feel suffocated. If this was the case, he thought, fishing would be a very simple matter.

Although the black Jiao is dead, it still maintains the majesty of the race, which is why the sharks around it dare not approach at all. Chen Feng followed the light, poked his head through the wound on Heijiao's chin, and reached out to touch a bead.

This is a bead the size of a dragon's eye, milky white throughout, with a vague crescent-like pattern on it, but it is relatively blurry. Putting the beads in the palm of his hand, Chen Feng felt that his bluestone had been kept warm, and the beads in his hands also continued to convey a melting warmth, blending with the warmth emitted by the bluestone.

He rubbed the bead in his hand for a long time, and was so pleased that he wanted to go to the water.

Turning around, he was just about to leave when he felt a thick chill and a foul smell coming from Black Jiao's corpse.

Chen Feng was stunned. Chen Feng once heard the old people in the village say that corpses will produce corpse gas, and the more decomposed, the more corpse qi will be. However, the black Jiao in front of him was obviously just dead, but it was a bit weird that he could emit such a strong corpse qi.

What's even more weird is that this corpse qi quickly disappeared when it pounced in front of Chen Feng.

Chen Feng shook his head, he couldn't figure it out, so he had to give up and turn around and go upstream.

The swimming fish around also followed behind Chen Feng, but those sharks were still swimming around the black Jiao's corpse, and finally rushed up.

No wonder there was that kind of situation before, it turned out that these sharks wanted to eat the flesh of the black Jiao, but they were afraid of the evil face of the black Jiao, and they didn't dare to come forward for a while. Now they may find out that the black Jiao is really dead, or they may not be able to bear it anymore. As for the surrounding fish, it should be attracted by the beads. These fish are light-loving.

After obtaining the beads, Chen Feng hid them around his waist. Taking advantage of the fact that the fish were swimming around on the surface of the water and did not leave, he cast two more nets and caught dozens of colorful Arhat catfish. These colorful arhat catfish are all very active, which is different from usual, which makes him happy.

However, Chen Feng was not insatiable, and put away the net early. Since he was a child, he had heard his grandfather tell many stories about fishermen who were greedy and attracted trouble, and he himself learned the truth of what is enough. It's just early summer, and it's not until after autumn that the fish really get fat, and that's the best time to catch fish.