"Your Excellency, you are joking. What can I hide from you? The most urgent thing is to hurry up and search for the team that came before, especially Senior Zhuifeng. With him accompanying us, we will be safer!" Ding Dian said calmly without changing his expression.
"It's late at night, let's talk about it tomorrow!"
Wan Zhuliu did not respond directly. After answering vaguely, he went back to lie down in front of the shelf.
Ding Dian stood in front of the fire, his eyes flickering.
After a while, he said nothing and left the yard.
Everyone was a little at a loss, whispering to each other in front of the fire. After a while, they were all tired and fell asleep near the eaves, with their clothes on.
Before they knew it, everyone felt like they had fallen asleep, except Wan Zhuliu, who had his eyes open, staring at the sky, motionless.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky outside gradually turned light gray.
As the golden morning sun slowly climbed up the sky and cast its first rays of light, everyone woke up one after another.
Bang!
Just then, there was a noise at the door.
The prison guards opened the dilapidated door and Ding Dian strode in.
"Sir, something happened. A lot of people are missing from the team!"
"When did it happen?" Wan Zhuliu was already standing at the edge of the yard in neat clothes. He slowly turned around when he heard the voice.
"It was last night, around midnight!"
"Last night?" Wan Zhuliu looked at Ding Dian with some confusion, "Then why didn't you tell me when you came last night?"
"Ah? Last night, I didn't come last night!"
"Yesterday, Master Huiyuan said there was a whirlpool in the lake, which might be connected to the entrance to the underground palace. So the two of us took a boat trip to the lake, and when we came back, it was almost dawn!"
Ding Dian explained immediately.
After saying this, he called out twice, and his close followers came in and confirmed that it was the case.
"Are there no fish in the lake?" Wan Zhuliu suddenly asked again.
Ding Dian was a little confused and frowned before slowly shaking his head. "The lake water is freezing cold. I haven't seen any fish, not even any turtles, shrimps or crabs. I even wonder if the water is poisonous!"
"oh!"
"Let's go and see who's missing."
"The yard farther away from here, by the lake!" Ding Dianni answered immediately.
The group then went out and went to see the scene of the crime.
No trace was left.
What’s strange is that these missing people are not found in large groups, but just one here and one there.
"Have you looked in the lake?" Wan Zhuliu squatted down and carefully sensed the breath of these areas. Gradually, he found a clue, that is, there was a lot of water vapor.
"I've looked, but I found nothing!"
Hearing the voice, Wan Zhuliu nodded slightly, raised his head and looked outside. Not far away was the lakeside, a barren slope with yellow and green colors, messy grass and sparse stones stacked on top of each other.
When the lake breeze blows, you can faintly hear the buzzing sound around you.
Early in the morning, the fog was thick and the lake was almost completely obscured.
"Send everyone out and search around Xuanyan Lake. With so many waves of people coming in, there's no way there's not even a single person!"
"yes!"
"Find a boat, I'll go take a look on the lake!" he ordered.
Ding Dian looked Wan Zhuliu up and down, "How are your injuries?"
"He's recovered well recently and is no longer in serious condition!"
A moment later, a small broken boat slowly sailed into the Xuanyan Lake filled with white fog.
There were only three people on the boat, Wan Zhuliu, Ding Dian and the lightly dressed nun Huiyuan.
"Master, you are in great health!"
Ding Dian was steering the boat in front. Wan Zhuliu glanced at Huiyuan standing at the stern and suddenly spoke with inspiration.
"Oh? Why do you say that, sir?"
"It's so cold, and you're wearing so little. If that's not good for your health, what else can it be?"
Hearing this, a charming look flashed across Master Huiyuan's face, and then she covered her mouth with her hands and giggled, "Your Excellency, you are joking. We are all warriors and are not afraid of the cold. Clothes and robes are just attire!"
"That's not true. I wear clothes to keep warm. Even though I'm a warrior, I need to expend energy to circulate my qi and blood. How can that compare to the warmth provided by a robe?"
Huiyuan's expression froze, and she obviously couldn't answer.
"Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to clothes and robes. Your Excellency is making things difficult for the nun!" Ding Dian turned around at some point and responded.
"hehe!"
Wan Zhuliu smiled faintly and then sniffed the air.
This time it was water vapor and a faint fragrance.
"This smell..."
Wan Zhuliu's eyes inadvertently glanced at Master Huiyuan again.
He was not unfamiliar with this aura.
Earlier, when Song Yu brought Song Yi's letter to Wan Mansion, he smelled this scent on the letter. Although it was very weak, it could not escape his perception.
This morning, when he went to check the camping places of the missing jailers, he also sensed this breath in the air.
In crowded places, smells are mixed and may be disturbing.
Therefore, he deliberately asked Ding Dian to take him and Hui Yuan to the center of the lake.
It can't be that there is interference here, right?
He was 100% sure that there was something seriously wrong with this Master Huiyuan.
boom!
While he was thinking, the small wooden boat suddenly swayed and the hull swayed violently.
"Oh no, there really is a whirlpool in this lake!" Ding Dian exclaimed.
When Wan Zhuliu looked up, he found that a huge black whirlpool suddenly appeared in the water. In the center of the whirlpool seemed to be a bottomless black hole, which was emitting a huge suction force and pulling the wooden boat towards the center.
"It's here, this is the entrance to the underground palace!" Master Huiyuan on the side shouted.
hiss!
Suddenly, a group of black spots flew out from the white fog, making a creepy sound.
Wan Zhuliu was leaning on a sword with one hand. Seeing the situation, he drew his sword and slashed out a stream of sword energy.
Swish! Bang!
The sword energy seemed to have hit something, making a crisp sound.
Then, I saw a piece of black spots falling into the water.
Bang!
The three of them swung again, and the wooden boat seemed to be hit by something and began to swing violently.
"Sir, why don't you abandon the boat and walk back to the shore?" Ding Dian suggested immediately.
Hearing this, Wan Zhuliu put his feet firmly on the wooden boat, and his aura began to show.
"Is this necessary?"
"What?!"
Bang!
A huge wave suddenly rose up, and with Wan Zhuliu's body as the center, a strong wind was blown up, instantly pushing the wooden boat out of the whirlpool. The water mist swept over, but was evaporated before it got close.
Ding Dian was shocked by this scene, "Sir, what kind of martial arts is this?"
"It's just a trifle!"
Wan Zhuliu did not explain that this was actually the Fulong Gong.
When the Fulong Gong is near the water source, it seems to be extremely active, and even its power is much greater. He can create huge waves just by vibrating his qi and blood at will, as if he is born with the ability to stir up wind and rain.
"ah!"
At this moment, there was a sudden scream behind me.
Wan Zhuliu immediately looked back and found that Master Huiyuan's gray cassock had been torn by flying black spots at some point, and the gauze lining inside was also torn, revealing her plump breasts.
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