Chapter 587: It's Becomes a Spirit! (Two Chapters Combined)
The people on this side of the lake were all staring at the lake surface, pondering the problem. Those who found it incredible would try out all sorts of things.
After many attempts, they finally had to determine that any living creatures would be strangled and swallowed by the lake water, while those without life would silently sink to the bottom.
The strangeness of this lake is beyond their ability to handle.
Bai Mengshan walked to Zhou Wansheng's side and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhou, this matter is quite serious. I can't keep it a secret after we get out of here."
Zhou Wansheng remained silent, looking ahead.
Although the bodyguard captain was also curious about the place, his mission was to protect Zhou Wansheng, so he did not wander around. Instead, he stood next to Zhou Wansheng, keeping an eye on everything around him.
The bodyguard captain found out as soon as Gu Yin and her group approached the lake.
"Someone's coming."
Zhou Wansheng snapped out of his daze, turned around, and saw Gu Yin and Secretary Zhou walking out of the woods.
Gu Yin was startled when she saw the strange and otherworldly world around her. She quickly walked to Zhou Wansheng's side and asked worriedly, "Grandpa, are you alright?"
Zhou Wansheng shook his head: "Why did you come here? Didn't I tell you to wait outside?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "I'm worried about you. You know my personality; I can't possibly stay there peacefully."
Secretary Zhou and the other bodyguards lowered their heads and remained silent.
Zhou Wansheng thought of Gu Yin's resistance and counterattack when the Gu family was oppressed and bullied by Mu Hong's family in the past, and nodded: "We can't get close to this lake. You stay by my side and don't go too far. Everyone else, do your own thing."
Secretary Zhou was no longer following the boss; instead, he was wandering around with the bodyguards.
Gu Yin looked at the lake in front of her. It was dark and black, like an ink painting, and a little eerie.
"001, what is the composition of this lake water? Why is it so terrifying?"
001 flew out and kept scanning the lake, but the system kept showing "unknown".
Helpless, 001 could only say regretfully, "It can't be detected. No wonder there's no information about this lake in the database. Presumably, your world has always been unable to develop or study it, or even touch it, so there's never been any information about this lake."
The databases from other worlds haven't provided any feedback either, and my master hasn't granted me access to the God Realm or the Immortal Realm. Here's what I'll do: buy a jade bottle from the cultivation world section of the shop, and when no one's looking, transfer some money to me. I'll have my master check what's going on later.
Gu Yin: "...I don't have any points, how can I buy it? The journal hasn't notified me yet, I don't have any points."
001 performed a few steps and said, "I know, this is what I bought. You can just click to buy it. I paid with points."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yin found the jade bottle. It cost 5 points, and seeing that it was free, she clicked to buy it. After clicking to redeem it, the jade bottle appeared in her bag. Gu Yin then looked at the shop, and the previously free box had changed back to 5 points.
Looks like I won't be able to get any freebies.
Gu Yin turned her gaze away from the lake and looked at Zhou Wansheng: "Grandpa, shall we go and look around? Or you can stay here and I'll go explore the surroundings?"
Zhou Wansheng let out a breath and nodded: "Together."
After saying that, he walked along the lakeside.
Gu Yin saw that some of the experts were filling soil, some were collecting tree sap, and some were drawing, because all the equipment here was unusable, and they could only rely on primitive methods.
They also saw someone drawing water from the lake, and the group stopped next to that person.
Gu Yin also looked at it carefully. The man's left wrist was wrapped in gauze. He must be the expert whose wrist had been cut off. He was really bold. Even in this situation, he still didn't give up!
He took out all sorts of containers, but without exception, none of them could hold water. As soon as they were filled, they disappeared within seconds, until the other party took out a jade bottle that looked somewhat old.
Gu Yin immediately tensed up; they absolutely had to install it!
The water was still collected. I had thought it would evaporate as quickly as the previous lake waters, but a minute later, it was still there!
The expert was immediately excited!
Zhou Wansheng also got excited! If he could take it out, he would finally find out what this thing was!
Ten minutes later, the lake was still there!
"It's a success!"
Seeing his agitated state, Zhou Wansheng was terrified that he would drop and shatter the jade bottle in his hand! That was his only hope!
The bodyguard captain quickly went over to help him cover it tightly. After being wrapped in layers of packaging, it was finally placed in the bodyguard captain's bag, which was a safer option for him.
"So any jade bottle can hold it? Why did you specifically buy one from the cultivation world, 001?"
001 shook his head: "Not all jade bottles are suitable. The jade bottle that person just used was not an ordinary jade bottle. It must have been taken from a tomb and is very old."
Does this lake only recognize antiques?
Seemingly to verify 001's words, several other people then took their own jade bottles to fill them, but the result was the same as before—they couldn't fill them with anything!
This makes the jade bottle in the bodyguard captain's bag extremely precious!
The experts repeatedly warned him to be careful while walking, until the bodyguard captain said that as long as the bottle was there, he would be there too, and even if he wasn't there, the bottle would still be there! Only then did they let him go.
After that, everyone went back to their own business.
Gu Yin looked at the mushrooms in the jungle that were as tall as her and exclaimed, "They're so big! One mushroom could last for weeks! I wonder what they taste like? Are they the same as the ones outside?"
Bai Mengshan: "..." Are you serious about that hungry tone?
Zhou Wansheng: "...You can't just eat anything. This thing has mutated to this extent! You still want to eat it?"
Gu Yin chuckled awkwardly, "I was just saying, but they look so good! They look delicious!" With that, she quickly walked forward.
"Actually, it's edible, but it probably won't taste very good. After all, it's so big, it looks old and not fresh enough!" 001 flew onto a matsutake mushroom, stepped on it, and said with a smile.
Gu Yin looked at the matsutake mushrooms that were taller and bigger than her and shook her head: "Forget it, even if we can eat them, how are we going to take them out? Besides, even if I said we could eat them, my grandfather wouldn't believe me."
001 thought about it and realized it made sense.
"Oh right! When I came here before, I saw a lot of things with spiritual energy! Come on, I'll take you to find them!" After saying that, he quickly flew forward.
Gu Yin immediately followed.
Seeing her run forward, Zhou Wansheng hurriedly shouted, "Don't go too far! Be careful!" He then told his two bodyguards to follow her.
"Okay! I'll be careful!"
Five minutes later, 001 stopped: "Look! This is it!"
A mountain hollow appeared before Gu Yin, filled with hazel mushrooms the size of buckets. Next to the mushrooms, Gu Yin saw a small red flower standing quietly!
"Is this ginseng?"
Gu Yin looked at the small red flowers covering the mountain valley and didn't react for a moment: "Someone planted them here?"
001 shook her head: "No! It's wild! Hurry up and dig it up! It's been around for many years, so it must have a lot of spiritual energy! There's another place ahead with plenty of spiritual energy after you finish digging it up!"
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this, put down her backpack, and was about to get off when she was stopped by two bodyguards who had rushed over.
"What are you doing? Be careful..." As soon as he finished speaking, the two bodyguards saw the scene in the ravine and immediately swallowed hard.
"Okay, I'll go down first. After I've made sure there's no danger, you can come down, Miss. Then, Third Brother, you go back and call the boss and the others over!"
The third brother nodded: "Okay!"
The two then pulled Gu Yin back a bit, and took out a telescopic iron rod from their packs. Gu Yin looked at it after unfolding it and realized it was at least ten meters long!
They placed the telescopic baton into the ravine, thinking it would be very deep. But to their embarrassment, the baton hit the bottom as soon as it was lowered. It was just that the grass below was too thick to see the bottom!
"Hey, third brother, you search from that side, I'll start from this side. Let's get started."
The two then began to check from near to far, and found that the depth was the same whether it was outside or in the center, and there was no danger. The third brother immediately went back to call for help.
Gu Yin looked at the remaining person and said with a smile, "May I go dig now?"
The second brother nodded: "Okay! I'll go down first, you can come down later!" He threw the pack down, then jumped onto it. He then began clearing away the weeds nearby. After seeing that there were no problems, he let Gu Yin come down.
This operation left 001 in awe: "The people your grandfather hired were really worth it!"
Gu Yin smiled and followed them downstairs.
Without any special tools for digging ginseng, the second brother took a knife, sharpened the branches, and handed them to Gu Yin.
The soil here isn't very hard, but it's not very soft either. It's not too difficult to dig, but it does take some time.
"Why does this ginseng look so big to me?"
The second brother next to him also dug with a branch: "Indeed!"
After digging for five minutes, Gu Yin looked at the ginseng bowl, then at the equally stunned second bodyguard.
"Is this ginseng or radish?"
The second brother swallowed hard and said calmly, "This place is so mysterious, it's not surprising that the ginseng grows so big."
Gu Yin blinked and nodded: "You're right, keep digging!"
When the third brother arrived with everyone, Zhou Wansheng saw Gu Yin and her bodyguards huffing and puffing as they dug in the dirt.
"Weren't you supposed to be digging for ginseng? The way you're doing it, it looks more like you're digging a hole!"
Upon hearing the sound, Gu Yin and Lao San looked up at the same time and saw that everyone was staring at them. So the two of them tacitly moved aside.
"Holy crap! This is ginseng?!"
"This ginseng isn't sentient, is it! Where's the red string?! Does anyone have a red string?! Quickly tie it up! Don't let it escape!"
Bai Mengshan, his hands trembling, pulled a red string from his bag: "I, I have a red string here."
Upon hearing this, the experts immediately grabbed the red rope and jumped into the ravine. They told Lao San to get out of the way, and then they quickly tied the red rope to the leaf stalks and began to slowly dig with their hands.
Gu Yin: "...How long would it take to dig like this?"
Zhou Wansheng also came down. Looking at the ginseng that had already taken on a human shape, and then at the ginseng roots that Gu Yin and the bodyguard had cut off, he immediately felt sorry for it and said, "Take your time! No rush! If we can't finish digging, we'll dig it all night!"
Yes, that's right, a human-shaped ginseng! Gu Yin and Lao San have already dug out the upper body and two arms of the ginseng, and anyone who looks at it can see that it is human-shaped!
And this ginseng is enormous! At least as thick as a baby's arm! Who wouldn't feel like they're dreaming when they see it!
Gu Yin sighed, "These ginseng groves are everywhere. You guys go find some new ones, or I'll go dig for some. But the ginseng tendrils have broken off again."
The experts agreed, so they dispersed, leaving Gu Yin to handle the ginseng herself, while they each went to dig one ginseng root.
Zhou Wansheng didn't sit idle either; he took his tools, sat down, and started digging.
"This ginseng is so big, I wonder if it's usable?" Bai Mengshan asked hesitantly as he dug it up.
Gu Yin laughed and said, "Who cares about all that! Let's dig it up first! I'd regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't dig up this legendary ginseng!"
Everyone nodded in agreement!
"I'm afraid I'll get struck by lightning if I don't dig! Wouldn't it be a waste not to dig?"
Even if it's poisonous, I'm going to try it!
"I'll stay in the hospital from now on, tasting these herbs while waiting for treatment! If everything goes well, then I'll have lived up to my reputation for trying all sorts of herbs. If something goes wrong and I can't be saved, then everyone should burn all these ginseng for me! I'll die without regrets!"
Gu Yin's lips twitched: "...Why did it have to come to this!" It was really unnecessary!
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