Chapter 320: Treasure Hunting at the Bottom of the Lake
Qin Yun fell to the ground, his face turning red, and wisps of white smoke rising from his head and body.
The ice water arrows sprayed by the giant fish monster are extremely cold. Although the Nine Yang Qi can be resolved and dispersed, it must be done with all one's strength. Any delay may cause damage to the meridians and internal organs.
Under the stimulation of the Nine-Yang Divine Art, the powerful true energy continuously circulated up the martial arts veins and reached the meridians and acupuncture points on the back. The invading cold power was refined and driven away bit by bit. It took a stick of incense to complete.
His face returned to normal.
Although he escaped safely, Qin Yun didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart.
Although he found Xiaoyue Lake, there was actually a group of giant fish monsters guarding the lake. With his current strength, he could kill one or two of them, but it was almost impossible to kill them all.
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The key is still time. It has been nearly three days since he left Lingyang City. If he cannot rush back with the Ten Thousand Years Sky Bluestone within five days, the fortress without the protection of the Ten Earth Divine Might Formation may fall at any time.
what to do?
Qin Yun had thousands of thoughts running through his mind, but none of them could solve the dilemma he was currently facing.
In the lake, he can only use 20 to 30% of his 100% strength at most. The giant fish monster is not a good opponent, and it has an absolute advantage in numbers. If he dives in hastily, he will almost die.
Wow!
At this time, the waves of Xiaoyue Lake, which was originally calm, suddenly rose. Four or five giant fish monsters appeared on the lake. From time to time, they revealed their black backs and fins. One of them suddenly jumped out of the water. It opened its mouth and faced Qin
The cloud spurted out a long water arrow!
How could Qin Yun be hit by the opponent on land? He dodged it easily.
The water arrow hit the rock behind and immediately exploded, splattering ice and frost all over the ground. The cold aura caused the surrounding vegetation to be instantly covered with hoarfrost.
Damn it!
The provocative attack of the giant fish monster immediately angered Qin Yun. He immediately jumped onto the rock standing on the shore of the lake, opened the universe, put away the Tianwen Sword, and took out the Falling Sun Bow.
Don’t think that hiding in the water can’t do anything to you!
Qin Yun opened the long bow with all his strength. He placed a dark iron arrow on the bowstring and instantly locked onto a giant fish monster that was showing off its power on the lake.
Boom!
The bowstring suddenly loosened, and the black armor-piercing arrow flew forward like lightning under the strong elasticity. The arrow body emitted a faint red light, flew nearly thirty steps away in an instant, and hit the giant head.
Fish monster!
Poof!
The armor-piercing arrow containing Nine Yang's true energy broke through the thick skin of the monster without any stagnation. The entire iron arrow penetrated completely and disappeared, and a stream of blood suddenly spurted out from the open wound.
The giant fish monster suddenly shook. It twisted its huge body crazily, stirred up countless splashes on the lake, and even made a tooth-piercing scream. Obviously, this arrow caused great damage to it.
trauma.
The other giant fish monsters around them immediately gathered around, and just like in the lake just now, they began to attack the monster that was hit by the arrow crazily, biting its body and devouring its flesh and blood.
This kind of cannibalistic scene makes people shudder, but Qin Yun's eyes light up.
Without hesitation, he drew the sun-dropping bow again. He placed the second armor-piercing arrow on the bowstring, aimed at another giant fish monster, and released his hand.
Whoosh!
The huge size of the giant fish monster is undoubtedly an excellent target, and it can easily hit the target at a distance of twenty or thirty steps without deliberately aiming. This monster is also hit by the arrow without exception.
There were ripples on the lake one after another, and the monsters that had been hit by arrows were spitting out blood and struggling to death. More and more giant fish monsters came from all directions in the lake, joining this feast of death one after another.
among.
The ferocious stupidity of the giant fish monster and its cannibalistic nature undoubtedly gave Qin Yun the best opportunity!
He stood on the rock overlooking the lake and kept firing armor-piercing arrows at the fish, causing more bloodshed and death.[ . ]
These giant fish monsters are powerful beings in the water, but their skins cannot defend against Qin Yun's armor-piercing arrows infused with Jiuyang's true energy. Gradually, more and more corpses of monster beasts are floating on the lake, and
There are fewer and fewer giant fish biting and competing for food from their companions.
After about less than a stick of incense, Qin Yun's bag of armor-piercing arrows was used up. There was no longer an active monster on the lake, and all the remaining ones were corpses with gray-white bellies turned over.
A large area of the lake was dyed red with the blood of monsters, with some broken internal organs, and a fishy smell lingered in the air.
Even Qin Yun himself did not expect that what should be the most difficult thing could be solved so easily. He killed dozens of giant fish monsters in one breath. Even if there were still in the water, there were probably only a few left, and they would never be seen again.
Not enough to be afraid of.
Time was running out, so he didn't even bother to take a breath, and immediately put away his sunken bow and jumped into the lake again.
Dive down, dive down, dive down again, this time Qin Yun successfully dived to the bottom of the lake a hundred feet deep, and no giant fish or monster appeared to disturb him.
The water at the bottom of the lake is relatively turbid, and some dark green water plants grow in the silted lake mud. They rise and fall with the surging undercurrent, but there is no agarwood recorded in the notes.
Qin Yun settled down and swam in another direction, swimming slowly and searching all the way.
The darkness at the bottom of the lake made the search very difficult. In order to get more light, he even held the Tianwen Sword in his hand to activate the sword energy, and used the brilliance of the sword to illuminate the way forward.
After swimming forward for hundreds of steps, Qin Yun suddenly saw black shadows appearing in front of him.
Qin Yun's vigilance suddenly rose and he immediately stopped moving forward.
But the black shadows lurking at the bottom of the lake didn't move at all. Qin Yun thought about it and swam over carefully.
After swimming closer, he discovered that the black shadows were not monsters, but thick trees. They were scattered at the bottom of the lake, and some were deeply buried in the mud. They looked very old.
Agarwood!
This should be the agarwood recorded in the notes, the agarwood that can give birth to thousands of empty bluestones!
Qin Yun felt excited. Before he came, he was prepared to fail or even fall into the swamp. However, he did not expect that by chance, he not only discovered the place where the bearded guest had been a hundred years ago, but also successfully found a large number of people.
of agarwood.
He suppressed his excitement and began to search among the piles of wood.
The so-called agarwood refers to the natural death of centuries-old sandalwood and other fragrant trees, and the trunks sink into water or mire. After thousands or even tens of thousands of years of evolution, they eventually become a kind of tree that can emit a special aroma.
, extremely heavy wood.
Agarwood is hard to come by, and the price is very high. Rich people or Taoist Qi practitioners like to use agarwood as a spice to light up their incense burners, which can brighten the eyes, refresh the mind, and calm the blood.
If these agarwood trees that have been sleeping at the bottom of the lake for who knows how many years can be sold outside, they will be a huge wealth in themselves.
However, Qin Yun has no interest in agarwood at all. What he wants is the empty bluestone contained in the wood's heart.
According to the description in the bearded guest's notes, the larger and thicker the agarwood, the older it is. Qin Yun searched for a long time and found a tree trunk that was as thick as an arm's length, so he carried the Tianwen Sword and began to dissect the tree segments.
At the bottom of a lake that is more than a hundred feet deep, this is by no means an easy task. First of all, it is difficult to find the heart of the tree. Qin Yun had no similar experience before, so he could only dig around the middle of the trunk.
The thicker the agarwood, the longer it has been in the water, and the firmer and finer the texture. Trying to break open the trunk is like piercing through iron and stone. Fortunately, the Tianwen Sword is extremely sharp, and Qin Yun can easily cut through it with just a little injection of zhenqi.
open.
But he couldn't cut too much, otherwise it would be too late to regret if he hurt the empty bluestone in the heart of the tree.
After a lot of hard work, the selected tree trunk was quickly dismembered, and a soft green light could be faintly seen from its center, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark bottom of the lake.
Qin Yun was overjoyed and his movements became more gentle and careful.
He first dug out the entire piece of wood, then tore open the outer wood skin with his hands, and finally got a turquoise gem the size of a baby's fist.
Looking at the empty bluestone in his hand, all the joy and expectation just now disappeared, because this empty bluestone obviously cannot be compared with the one in the underground ten-earth divine power array of Huilongguan in terms of size and color.
In other words, it is definitely not an empty bluestone that lasts for thousands of years. At most, it only lasts for a thousand or several thousand years, which cannot meet the needs of the divine power formation.
Of course, the empty bluestone itself is also a rare treasure, so Qin Yun still kept it in the Qiankun space.
He continued to search without being discouraged, because there were more agarwood ahead.
After searching for about dozens of trees, Qin Yun saw a long black shadow appearing in the mud at the bottom of the lake in front of him, like a huge agarwood tree buried in it, and he immediately swam quickly over.
Judging from the exposed parts, this agarwood stick is likely to be much larger than the one he originally dug up, and I'm afraid it would be difficult for two or three people to hug it.
With a hint of surprise, Qin Yun stretched out his arm and stabbed the Tianwen Sword towards Mu Duan.
He now also has some experience. The age of the agarwood can be judged from the hardness of the agarwood. As long as the agarwood is strong enough, it is worth the time and effort to dig it out.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
When the tip of the sword just hit the surface of the agarwood, the Tianji Talisman hanging on the waist suddenly vibrated violently.
Is it dangerous?
Qin Yun was stunned for a moment, and paused with the long sword in his hand.
The next moment, the bottom of the lake suddenly shook. The mud was rolling and the turbid water was churning. The black shadow that Qin Yun thought was agarwood arched high from under the mud, twisting violently in the water and stirring up countless currents.
Scream!
The low roar shook the water body, and Qin Yun couldn't help but widen his eyes - what appeared in front of him was a huge black-scaled python!
