Gu Gan learned that Shi Yuezhen had died in Xin Pool and immediately rushed over with Xun Zhiya.
The sight before him left Gu Gan shaken. The pillars on this floor were densely packed and towering, holding up the lofty ceiling. The steps rose higher and higher, making that black lake seem to sink deep below.
The lights inside were dim. Blue-violet specks of starlight glimmered within Xin Pool, dense and vast, lending the shadowy space an air of mystery and danger.
Xue He walked forward, and the lamp pillars beside him lit up one after another. Only when the ring around the pool's edge was illuminated did the deep black Water Color recede somewhat.
"This is the place." Xue He said to Gu Gan, "It's full of man-made Huichong. I asked the others earlier—the Huichong in the pool have been somewhat agitated lately. They may come ashore and attack people. They're still trying to figure something out."
Gu Gan asked in confusion, "They're all man-made Huichong. Can't they completely control them?"
Stroking his beard, Xue He said, "Young Master, do you know the legend of the Huichong?"
Gu Gan nodded. "I do. Huichong Transformation into Dragon—wasn't that Xun Zhan's goal?"
That was an ancient legend, more like the ravings of a dreamer. During their efforts to create man-made Huichong, they discovered those things—Toxin Crystals, the primary material for refining Tou Lan Poison." Xue He pointed, showing Gu Gan and Xun Zhiya the bizarre corpses beneath the water.
The Toxin Crystals were on the corpses and had to be collected by someone going down and brought back up.
Xue He said, "The glowing ones are Huichong. When dredged up from the water, they look like long, luminous threads."
Xun Zhiya bit her lip, revealing a few points of disgust toward