C289 Underwater

Zheng Lei laughed self-deprecatingly and reached out his hand to grab the fish that was scared away. Even though he knew he couldn't catch it, he still scratched it smugly to relax his nerves.

At the top of the mountain, Liu Mei stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down at the pool. She had been waiting here for an entire day like a rock, not moving at all.

She was waiting for Zheng Lei to come out of the water. The long ribbon in her hand was tightly clenched. She was waiting for Zheng Lei to come out of the water and she would immediately throw it out.

At this moment, Zheng Lei was feeling around the bottom of the water, full of hope. He didn't know that where he fell into the water, there was already a rescue team that had put their tools in the water. They had been fishing for three times, but they still hadn't found anyone who fell into the water.

Walking underwater, Zheng Lei was actually very worried. He didn't know how deep this pool was, or if there would be legendary water monsters or not. Even if there weren't, it would be terrible if there was a giant monster suppressing him, such as a ten thousand year old bastard.

Since they were at the bottom of the pool, Zheng Lei didn't feel the flow of water while he was walking, it was relatively more stable. After walking for a while, Zheng Lei suddenly felt that the flow of water seemed to be flowing towards a certain direction.

Water flow? Feeling the flow of the water, Zheng Lei was slightly happy. Closing his eyes, he carefully felt the direction of the water flow. Afterwards, he followed the flow of water.

In this dark pool, there was no sense of direction. Zheng Lei could only walk like a blind person, and the appearance of this current, without a doubt, was a compass pointing Zheng Lei in a certain direction. No matter where this current led, at least he would have a fixed direction in the water, and would not run in circles due to losing his sense of direction.

For some reason, the flower bud in his hand had become the size of a small finger and was tightly pressed against his palm. Otherwise, he would have lost it during the fight just now.

After reaching the bottom of the pool, Zheng Lei tried several times to restore the lotus back to its original size. However, no matter how hard he tried, it was to no avail.

As the water became more and more obvious, Zheng Lei could feel the lotus bud in his hand regaining its size. It was as if all of this was a foretelling sign to Zheng Lei. However, in an extraordinary environment, he didn't have much time to think about it.

Suddenly, Zheng Lei felt something beneath his feet. Squatting down and borrowing the light emitted by the sword in his hand, he saw that it was actually a bone. From the shape of the bone, it seemed to be a human arm bone.

Although he wasn't afraid, Zheng Lei still subconsciously took a step back.

"Damn you!" How many people's names had been ruined in this pool? "I guess these fish have also become spirited after eating so much human meat." Zheng Lei muttered in a low voice before continuing to walk forward.

After walking a few steps, Zheng Lei stopped. His mind was filled with doubts: Something's not right, from the moment I felt the flow of water, there were no more fish around me. Moreover, the arm bones didn't look like they had been submerged in water for a long time.

With a puzzled expression, Zheng Lei returned to the section of the arm bone. He picked up the arm bone and looked at it carefully.

Under the water, the light was dim. Zheng Lei couldn't see much clearly, but his arms were rather thin, not like those of a man's arms.

Looking at the arm bone, Zheng Lei suddenly thought of Nie Yuan and couldn't help thinking to himself, 'Could this be Nie Yuan's arm bone? After such a long time, her corpse should have already turned into a pile of bones, right?

He put the arm bone into his storage bag and continued to walk along the flowing water. He didn't know if this arm bone was Nie Yuan's, but just in case, it was better to keep it.

Zheng Lei felt like he was about to leave the pool. However, this exit should not be on the shore. It was very possible that the water would reach a foreign place because the temperature of the water was getting lower and lower.

Along with the increasing speed of the water flow, Zheng Lei's forward movement was also affected, his eyes suddenly turned white, Zheng Lei quickly raised his hand to greet it, but caught a round object, holding it in front of his eyes, it was actually a skull.

"Damn!" It's actually a head. What did I come here for? Why did I see this thing so many times along the way? "Isn't this too unlucky?" He tidied up the items and put them into his storage bag.

He was not a medical examiner, nor was he a doctor, nor was he an archaeologist, so he didn't have any knowledge of human bones. Just based on this skull, he couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, but this trip was to find Nie Yuan's corpse. Furthermore, Lin Xi hadn't said what degree Nie Yuan's corpse had rotted, so he could only use this as a precaution to try his luck.

At this moment, Zheng Lei had already been underwater for three days. Liu Mei felt that there was no hope for her to continue waiting. She left with a face full of disappointment. She captured Zheng Lei's actions and once again ended in failure.

Currently, there were still quite a number of cultivators on Shaohua Mountain. Although there were people from the Mount Hua Faction of the All Gods Sect here to control the various factions, after all, they were only a single faction. Moreover, it was impossible for this faction to send out all of their forces just because of Zheng Lei alone, thus, it was impossible for them to form such a situation.

On the surface, Shaohua Mountain looked calm and collected, but in the dark, they were already in a stalemate. They were only waiting for Zheng Lei to appear and fall into a chaotic situation.

Many of the normal tourists also felt that something was wrong and quietly left.

In the midst of this undercurrent, a wondrous scene appeared before everyone's eyes. The appearance of this wondrous scene filled the eyes of those who were prepared to leave with curiosity, and they once again chose to stay at Shaohua Mountain.

These two days, the peddlers who were doing business in Shaohua Mountain were extremely happy. The longer the tourists stayed here, the more rewards they could reap.

Underwater, Zheng Lei's speed was close to the speed of a tortoise. The further he went, the stronger the water flow was. If it wasn't for the longsword in his hand, Zheng Lei would have already been washed away by the water flow.

However, the more difficult it was to move, the more excited Zheng Lei became. This meant that he was getting closer and closer to the bottom of the pool.

In addition to the undercurrent that flows in the Shaohua Mountains, Lin Xi and Hu Xiaoxian are also hurriedly shuttling through the forest. They are less than five hundred meters away from them, and a few people are secretly following them. Lin Xi and Hu Xiaowan have long noticed these stalkers, but they are still pretending that nothing has happened." Lin Xi and another person, strictly speaking, is not a person, but rather a talisman, Zheng Lei's substitute.