"Why not? If the dry wood doesn't sink to the bottom, can't it just be paddled across?" Xiangzi didn't understand why Qin Ruo didn't agree with her suggestion.
"I have to go into the water anyway, because I want to go down and see where blue snow lotus can grow." Qin Ruo said.
"You want to go down?" Bai Lin looked at Qin Ruo and asked.
"I'll go down if I make sure there are no other blue-eyed dragons." Qin Ruo nodded.
"It shouldn't happen. The battle just now was so fierce. It's impossible for the Blue-eyed Jiao to have companions and watch the battle all the time." Bai Lin said.
Qin Ruo began to take off his clothes, stripping down to his boxers. Qin Ruo jumped into the cold pool and swam towards the blue snow lotus in the middle of the cold pool.
"Pay attention to your surroundings." Bai Lin told Xiangzi, holding a scimitar and keeping an eye on Hantan. She didn't want Qin Ruo to be in any danger.
Qin Ruo swam to where the Lan Teng Snow Lotus was, took out the Evil Killing Sword, cut off the Snow Lotus and put it into the storage ring.
Then Qin Ruo took a breath and dived towards the bottom of the pool.
The water in the cold pool was very icy, so Qin wanted to keep moving so that his body would not freeze.
After diving five feet, the buoyancy of the water was too great, making Qin Ruo unable to dive further.
Qin Ruo, who had no other choice, floated to the surface and swam to the shore.
After landing, he put on a mink coat and wrapped himself up.
"How is it?" Bai Lin asked.
"The buoyancy of the water is too great, I can't dive to the bottom." Qin Ruo's lips turned purple, and his upper and lower teeth touched together.
"Why don't you collect the blue vines?" Bai Lin asked, but what she was looking at was Qin Ruo's hair.
Qin Ruo's hair was still wet when she swam to the shore, but now it's covered in ice.
"You can't collect it. If you do, I won't be able to determine the location when I dive. According to the Tiandao Object Directory, there are blue vine fruits underneath the blue vine snow lotus." Qin Ruo said.
Qin Ruo warmed himself up while Xiangzi went to find dry firewood and lit it by the cold pool.
Qin Ruo, wrapped in a coat, drank a few sips of red wine to warm up.
White wine is good to warm up, but Qin Ruo is not used to drinking it.
Two quarters of an hour later, Qin Ruo regained his composure and came to a big stone beside the cold pool, "Bai Lin, as soon as I swim to the position of the snow lotus, throw the stone to me. Don't hit it directly.
Throw it over."
"How about taking a rest today!" Bai Lin said.
"No, let's solve this problem today." Qin Ruo took off his mink coat, got into the water again and swam towards the location of Lan Teng Snow Lotus.
When they arrived at the place, Qin Ruo waved to Bai Lin.
Bai Lin sighed, hooked and flicked her right foot, and the stone weighing two to three hundred kilograms flew up and arced towards Qin Ruoluo.
The stone came flying, Qin Ruo jumped out of the water and hugged the stone, then took a breath and fell into the water.
The two to three hundred kilograms of stone sank to the bottom very quickly. At five feet, six feet, eight feet, and nine feet, Qin Ruo's feet touched the ground.
Carrying the stone, Qin Ruo resisted the buoyancy and moved around in circles. Qin Ruo found the place where Lan Teng grew.
Holding the stone in one hand, Qin Ruo started digging with the other. After ten minutes, Qin Ruo dug out nine egg-sized blue fruits.
Carefully touching the roots of the Blue Teng Snow Lotus to make sure there was no Blue Teng Snow Lotus, Qin Ruo pulled out the roots of the Blue Teng Snow Lotus and then released the stone.
Qin Ruo let go of the stone, and the huge buoyancy pushed Qin Ruo's body upward towards the water.
When she reached the water, Qin Ruo breathed in the fresh air, then swam towards the shore with the blue vine in her mouth.
Once on the shore, Bai Lin wrapped Qin Ruo in a mink coat and pulled Lan Teng to the shore with one hand.
Here Xiangzi brought Qin Ruo a cup of hot water.
"I'm freezing to death." Qin Ruo said as she held the water in her hands and took a sip.
Both Bai Lin and Xiangzi knew that Qin Ruo's current condition was very bad. Qin Ruo's face and neck were blue and purple, and her head was staring at snow-white ice.
"Hurry up and give me the pot. I'll get you some soup." Xiangzi said.
Qin Ruo took out the pots, pans and materials from the storage ring, then leaned against the fire to warm up.
Two hours later, Qin Ruo recovered after drinking a bowl of meat soup.
"How was the harvest?" Bai Lin asked as she looked at Qin Ruo who was dressed.
"Nine blue vine fruits, one blue vine, you all try this snake soup, it tastes good." Qin Ruo said with a smile.
Seeing that Qin Ruo was fine, Bai Lin and Xiangzi also started to eat. After Qin Ruo drank another bowl of snake soup, he plated up Lan Teng and put it into the storage ring.
After eating, the three of them continued on their way. The temperature near the cold pool was relatively low, so it was impossible for the three of them to camp here.
After advancing two hundred miles, Qin Ruo took out his tent and started camping.
"It's not easy for you to collect medicinal materials. You have to work hard with your life." Bai Lin said.
"Without a sect, we have no foundation, so we have to collect all the materials by ourselves. After a few years, our cultivation will improve and we won't be able to use whatever we need when refining elixirs." Qin Ruo said with a smile.
"Are blue vines and blue vine fruits precious?" Bai Lin asked.
"Yes, it's not as precious as usual. You'll know it slowly." Qin Ruo didn't want to tell Bai Lin who didn't know about elixirs. That would be a complete lie.
"Haha, okay, you will be responsible for my sister's elixirs from now on. If I need any elixirs, I can ask you for them." Seeing that Qin Ruo didn't say anything, Bai Lin directly said something very domineering.
"Why?" Qin Ruo turned to look at Bai Lin.
"For no reason, sister, you took advantage of me when I spread my legs, and you also enjoyed it when I put my legs together." Bai Lin said.
"Okay! You win." What else could Qin Ruo say? It's a fact that he took over someone else's body.
After camping, Qin Ruo ate something and went to practice. Now any monster was much stronger than him and would be a big blow to Qin Ruo, so he was eager to improve his strength.
Bai Lin and Xiang Zi chatted for a while, and Bai Lin also meditated. Xiang Zi, who had nothing to do, could only practice sword skills.
Xiangzi felt a little depressed. Although Qin Ruo's attitude towards her had changed a bit because of what happened last time, in terms of Qin Ruo's heart, she knew that there was a big gap between her and Bai Lin. The gap was not even a tiny bit, it was like talking.
When chatting, if nothing happens, Qin Ruo will not communicate with Xiangzi. Even if there is something to communicate, Qin Ruo will respect Bai Lin's opinion.
She didn't think it was because she was subdued. In the final analysis, it was because of her origins. She came from an island country. She could see that Qin Ruo was not generally repulsive to the island country.
After dawn, Qin Ruo got up and got something to eat, which was snake soup and roasted snake meat.
"Bai Lin, come here, this big bowl of snake soup is yours." Qin Ruo gave Bai Lin a bowl of snake soup and said.
"Can you add a word in front of it? This is snake soup." Bai Lin said.
"Do you care about this? You are a human being now. In the future, when you marry and have children, they will all be human beings." Qin Ruo said.
"I understand what you said, but I still have feelings for snakes in my heart." Bai Lin said.
"I understand, our food will not have anything like this in the future." Qin Ruo felt that she was a little careless, and immediately threw away the green-eyed dragon meat in the storage ring without considering Bai Lin's feelings.
"I don't like it, but you won't like it even if I don't force it. Many people in China are snake eaters. I don't care about so many things, so just take care of myself." Bai Lin said.
"You're right, I can't control others, but as your friend, I should take care of your emotions." Qin Ruo said with a smile.
Bai Lin nodded, feeling a little moved in her heart.
After cleaning up, the three of them continued on the road. This time Bai Lin and Qin Ruo explored the road together. The two talked while exploring the road, and their relationship became more harmonious.
From Bai Lin's willingness to be with her half-transformed, Qin Ruo knew that this was a form of recognition.
Qin Ruo no longer uses snake meat to make food, which is also a sign of respect for Bai Lin from the bottom of his heart. If everyone takes a step forward, the relationship will advance to a higher level than before.
Looking at the two people in front of them, Xiangzi sighed inwardly. Although Qin Ruo and Bai Lin did not attack or abuse her now, Xiangzi knew that it was impossible to truly integrate into each other.
"Look at the back, this woman has been absent-minded these past two days." Bai Lin said.
"Then what can anyone do?" Qin Ruo said after looking at Xiangzi.
"Because she is a rival?" Bai Lin asked.
"No, Zheng Xiao used to be my enemy, but now he is my friend." Qin Ruo shook his head.
"I understand, because she is from the island country." Bai Lin figured out the key.
Qin Ruo nodded without any explanation. He would never give Xiangzi and the Chinese people the same treatment.
Xiangzi looked at the two people in front of her and was stunned for a moment, because she heard the conversation between Bai Lin and Qin Ruo. In the final analysis, it was because she was from the island country.
"The island country has left unforgivable sins in China, but it can't overturn a whole boat of people with one stroke, right?" Xiangzi spoke, knowing that if Qin Ruo kept thinking this way, she would not have a good life.
"You also know that it is an unforgivable sin. This is part of you. When the war of aggression against China happened decades ago, didn't you come to China?" Qin Ruo turned around and looked at Xiangzi coldly.
"I've been here before. It was a war and had nothing to do with personal feelings." Xiangzi said.
"Then I want revenge, okay? It has nothing to do with personal feelings?" After hearing Xiangzi's words, Qin Ruo immediately said something.