I stared blankly as the enormous flat-headed black fish sank into the lake, my face ashen. It was far larger than the sharks in the Ten Directions Sea. [Burning^Text^Bookstore]
Those corpses had gone into the water just now. Maybe it had eaten every one of them. As if that weren't enough, what else was lurking beneath the water?
Surrounded by mountains and water, the area was so devoid of animals, birds, and insects that even children would never swim here. That fish could swallow one person at a time—this was an absolutely deadly place.
"Brother Tian, I forgot to tell you. Everyone in the Miao village says there's something terrifying down there. No one dares go into the water. Even getting close is dangerous." Miao Xiaoli smiled as she brushed the dust from me.
I came to my senses and remembered what had happened earlier. "You little brat, you're far too dishonest. You arranged to battle them in poison arts, then tried to drag me into it?"
"No way..." Miao Xiaoli rolled her big eyes around and around.
Seeing that the girl was still trying to argue, I said, "Not yet? Xiaohu and Xiaobao never came back at all, did they? Want me to call and ask? You pretended to sleep all the way here to trick me because you were afraid I wouldn't protect you, didn't you? Sigh, if something's wrong, just say it directly. Your cousin entrusted you to me. Now that he's gone, you're my little sister. How could I not look after you?"
"Oh, so I... am your little sister..." Miao Xiaoli suddenly became tongue-tied. She glanced at me, looking a little bashful.
"Ahem, all right, let's go. I'll take you back to the village." As I spoke, I turned and headed back. I walked much