"Splash..."
The ceaselessly rushing river never stopped for even a moment, its roar echoing in every direction.
Lin Li flew swiftly through the air, following the riverbank upstream.
According to the apothecary's information, there was a vast marsh upstream, and the Mystic Spirit Grass was somewhere within it.
As long as he reached the marsh and searched carefully, his chances of finding the Mystic Spirit Grass would not be small.
Lin Li flew for half an hour, covering more than two hundred kilometers.
The trees along the riverbank grew taller and taller. Trees a hundred meters high spread out like enormous umbrellas, casting vast shadows over the ground.
"A long time has passed already. How come I haven't even seen a trace of the marsh?"
"Could I fly for several more hours and still fail to find it...?"
Lin Li muttered inwardly when, suddenly, a loud disturbance erupted from the water beside him.
"Boom!"
A sudden explosion rang out, drawing Lin Li's attention.
He stopped and hovered in midair, staring at the place where the explosion had appeared in the distance.
The sparkling surface of the river was whipped into enormous waves by the explosion. A great deal of mist filled the air before the breeze carried it off into the distance.
Lin Li saw a whirlpool. It grew larger and larger, and staring at it for too long even made him feel dizzy.
"Why did a whirlpool suddenly appear?"
"Could there be an exotic beast beneath the water?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a resounding beast's roar came from within the whirlpool.
"Roar..."
The thunderous roar reached Lin Li's ears, piercing and harsh.
A colossal creature rose from the whirlpool. Its body was covered in black scales, and the sunlight glittered dazzlingly across the exotic beast's hide.
"So