Green Rock Profound Water

East of Green Rock Town stood a mountain of moderate size.

At the foot of the mountain was a forest containing numerous pools of varying sizes.

By now, the sky had darkened. Pale moonlight shone over the quiet forest, lending it an indescribable serenity.

Sasha Sasha Sasha!

Suddenly, faint footsteps rang out, and a figure appeared.

"After searching for Half an Hour, this pool is the largest. It should be this one."

Xiao Ming looked at the enormous round pool before him, its still surface reflecting a Silver Moon, and murmured.

After killing Green Ghost Poison Ghost, he had indeed failed to find the Green Rock Profound Water on them.

Rather than immediately heading to East of Green Rock Town afterward, he had returned to the inn and waited for Half an Hour, only coming here after the sun had set.

He then spent another two hours investigating which pool was the largest, hoping to locate the rock cavity Green Ghost Poison Ghost had used to deceive people.

The result of his investigation was naturally the pool before him.

This pool lay deep within the dense forest and was more than twice as large as the other pools along the way. There was no way it could be wrong.

After investigating the area around the pool, Xiao Ming found some human footprints, further confirming his suspicion.

"The moonlight is abundant tonight, but relying on it to investigate this pool will probably be inadequate."

Standing beside the pool, Xiao Ming glanced at the unfathomably deep water and pondered aloud.

No matter how bright sunlight was, it weakened once it entered the water, let alone moonlight.

If he went down empty-handed, even if he opened his eyes as wide as possible, he would not be able to rely on that faint light to search the complicated lakebed for the secret passage.

Fortunately, anyone traveling outside naturally carried lighting tools.

Standing by the pool, Xiao Ming's hand flashed with white light. A gentle radiance illuminated several meters around him, allowing Xiao Ming, who had previously relied solely on moonlight to navigate, to see his surroundings more clearly.

The Moonlight Stone worked remarkably well. Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction, secretly praising how useful it was.

He activated the Dou Qi Inside the Body, condensing it into a suit of armor that would not hinder his movements. After placing a Detoxification Pill in his mouth, Xiao Ming made no further preparations.

He sat by the pool and tried dipping a hand into it. The water was icy enough to pierce the bone, vastly different from the hot springs he had soaked in before, causing Xiao Ming to frown.

This temperature was somewhat abnormal, though fortunately it remained within his tolerance.

With that thought, Xiao Ming hesitated no longer. He first lowered both legs into the pool, then submerged his lower body, followed by his entire body, leaving only his head above the surface. Finally, even his head Disappeared, and he silently dived into the pool.

The pool was indeed murky and dark, filled with mixed mud and sand and overgrown aquatic plants. Even with the Moonlight Stone in his hand, Xiao Ming could barely see more than two meters around him.

After diving down two meters, Xiao Ming Began To search along the shore of the secluded pool for the So-called secret passage.

If he found nothing, he would continue diving deeper and repeat the process.

After descending five or six zhang, Xiao Ming finally made a discovery.

A pitch-black opening wide enough for one person Appeared Before Their Eyes.

"This should be the place. Don't Know how the Poison Green Twin Ghosts found such a bizarre location." Xiao Ming grumbled inwardly as he waved his hand, as though trying to disperse the darkness before him.

He moved his arms and guided his body into the passage.

The passage was uneven and twisted through countless turns. After a great deal of effort, a glimmer of light finally Appeared Before Their Eyes.

Seeing that light, Xiao Ming rejoiced and sped up. "Finally, I'm here."

Splash!

A tremendous sound disturbed the still water as Xiao Ming leaped from it and landed steadily on the damp mudflat.

Since the Green Poison Twin Ghosts, those two Fishing Guys, had already been killed by Xiao Ming, no one here would attack him. He could therefore properly examine the surroundings.

After a brief inspection, Xiao Ming found himself inside an enormous rock cavity. The ceiling was covered in countless stalactites that dripped water From Time To Time.

Moonlight Stones were embedded in the surrounding walls, illuminating the entire cave as brightly as day. These were presumably the work of Poison Ghost Green Ghost.

The bottom of the rock cavity consisted of two parts: the water surface from which he had just emerged, and damp ground formed from accumulated mud and sand. Mixed within the mud and sand were unknown shells, along with traces of battle.

Besides that, directly ahead of him was another passage leading who knew where.

Seeing that there was nothing in this rock cavity, Xiao Ming did not hesitate. He raised his head and walked into the passage.

As he continued deeper, there were quite a few forks within the cavern.

Fortunately, Moonlight Stones lined the route, so Xiao Ming hardly took any wrong turns.

After weaving through the caverns for some distance, Xiao Ming suddenly smelled waves of Corpse Odor.

This told Xiao Ming that he was close. He quickened his pace, passed around a corner, and the view suddenly opened up before him.

Before him was an enormous rock cavity dozens of meters high. It was filled with green liquid over ten centimeters deep, and within it soaked swollen, bloated corpses. Bright flowers grew on the corpses near the outer edge.

At the center of the green liquid was a small island about one square meter in size.

Growing there was a one-meter-tall Exotic Cactus resembling green crystal. The cactus flowed on its own, full of dynamic motion.

"Hiss, hiss..."

Suddenly, light flickered around the cactus. Amid the flashes, a green mist of liquid burst forth and struck a corpse nearer the center. A large chunk of flesh was instantly blasted away, while drops of green liquid condensed at the wound and flowed into the Green Pool.

"This must be the Green Rock Profound Water! It truly is extraordinary!"

Holding his breath against the thick Corpse Odor in the air, Xiao Ming stared at the strange Heaven and Earth Strange Object and marveled inwardly.

"But this Mysterious Water clearly has extremely strong corrosive properties. Why did Poison Ghost Green Ghost throw the corpses they used to practice their poison arts into this Mysterious Water, diluted countless times over?"

Looking at the numerous corpses, Xiao Ming was first shocked by the ruthlessness of the Green Poison Twin Ghosts, then grew doubtful.

Even after the green mist sprayed by this Mysterious Water had been diluted, it still retained its effects. If the corpses dissolved, it would clearly be detrimental to them according to what Poison Ghost had said. Yet Poison Ghost Green Ghost had soaked the corpses in the water. Some corpses had even been reduced to nothing but flesh at the surface, with only skeletons supporting them beneath the water.

"And they haven't absorbed this Mysterious Water either. If even one of them had absorbed it, I'm afraid I would have had a hard time dealing with them today."

Xiao Ming could not understand their logic. Could it be that there was only one Mysterious Water, and because they could not divide the spoils fairly, they had delayed acting?

Forget It. This has nothing to do with me. As Long As I take the Green Rock Profound Water, that will be enough.

Thinking this, Xiao Ming came to the edge of the Green Pool.

"Huh, I was so focused on the Mysterious Water Just Now that I nearly failed to notice this. This is... a Corpse Eggplant Flower."

The Corpse Eggplant Flower was a medicinal herb that only grew in dark, damp places containing the corpses of many cultivators. It was bright red in appearance, and its floral fragrance contained potent poison, but its juice was highly effective at repairing the body.

One flower was worth several thousand Gold Coins, and there were nearly twenty here.

Altogether, they were worth tens of thousands of Gold Coins.

What an unexpected windfall!

Xiao Ming bent down, intending to pick the nearest Corpse Eggplant Flower and check whether his judgment was correct.

But he discovered a Seven-Colored Shadow attacking his face.

Bang!

Pfft!

His body abruptly halted. Without making any unnecessary movements, Xiao Ming merely tilted his head and dodged the attack from the Seven-Colored Shadow.

The Seven-Colored Shadow missed Xiao Ming, yet instead of falling onto the open ground Behind Him as expected, it hovered in midair, emitting a buzzing sound from its back.

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