Zhang Yuanqing and the others arrived at the mouth of the pool. The water was crystal clear, yet its depths could not be seen, like a round blue-black moon embedded in the cave.
Red Chicken Bro lightly kicked the rotten waterwheel and looked around. "What's wrong with this place? By the way, it should be lunchtime now. Think there are fish in the pool? Want to go down and take a look? Maybe we can have some sashimi. Tsk, tsk, fresh!"
There'd better not be any fish. After lunch comes afternoon tea, and if this guy suddenly wants afternoon tea halfway through the boss fight, then what? Zhang Yuanqing grumbled inwardly.
Guan Ya said, "We couldn't find any mechanisms or hidden passages in the entire cave. This pool is the only possibility."
Zhang Yuanqing nodded in realization. "You mean the entrance to the next stage is at the bottom of the pool?"
Guan Ya ignored him.
Princess Yinyao's heart stirred. "The entrance is at the bottom of the pool."
Guan Ya smiled brightly in praise. "So smart."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Red Chicken Bro took out a coat tanned from fish skin and put it on. "Let's get in the water. I've got Water Ghost equipment now too. Cost me five million."
He said that for Xiahou Aotian and Yuanshi Tianzun's benefit. Back at the Sea of Yamen, they had still needed to borrow diving equipment from Yin Ji.
"I'll send my corpse puppet down to scout first." Zhao Chenghuang took out a bronze box. When the lid opened, a water-attributed corpse puppet leaped out and plunged headfirst into the pool.
White waves and foam churned as ripples disturbed the calm surface. The corpse puppet moved like a nimble fish, swaying its body as it darted toward the