Chapter 520

This is also a necessary action for participants; only after finding the Overlord Lotus and blowing open the lotus bud can the Lotus Fragrance Festival continue.

Only then can the Overlord Lotus be cut down.

The attacker was naturally Fan Sheng.

He also saw Jia Yu's action, but the bet was made between Zhongsun Mou and He Lingchuan, and who won or lost had nothing to do with him. His goal was only one: kill He Lingchuan.

So Jia Yu actually lowered his head peacefully and blew a breath into the lotus bud.

The lotus bud got human breath and bloomed slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Blood-red lotus petals, crimson gold stripes, and green-gold lotus platform, these were presented one by one.

The entire lotus flower was over three feet in diameter, larger than a washbasin.

Calling it the Overlord Lotus, this was truly worthy of the name.

A golden light flashed on the surface of the lotus flower, and then it shot straight into the sky! Even on a cloudy day, this golden light was exceptionally conspicuous.

The spectators waiting on the Chaohu Tower immediately pointed at the golden light pillar and shouted:

"It's bright, it's bright, it's found!"

The crowd exploded:

"It only took three-quarters of an hour this time, too fast."

"So fast is unreasonable, could someone be cheating?"

"Don't know which team won the first prize?"

A busybody patted his forehead: "That huge bet, who won and who lost? I hope the Cen Mansion won!"

"Even if they win, they won't share a copper coin with you!"

"But I can win money today."

Amidst the crowd's argument, the golden light pillar suddenly dissipated.

This was another strange thing, leading to various opinions. You know, the light pillar in previous years lasted at least for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before disappearing.

Fortunately, the subsequent process didn't change: tens of thousands of lotus buds in the maze seemed to receive an order and bloomed with smiles at the same time.

Even in a water weir under the Chaohu Tower, hundreds of water lilies bloomed immediately.

Such a wonder, even if it could be enjoyed once every year, still won thunderous applause.

"The lotus flowers are blooming!" The summer in Bai Sha, all the lotus flowers in the whole city will bloom to their heart's content only at this moment.

The best season for viewing lotus flowers starts from today and lasts for about forty days, during which new lotus buds will continue to grow, but they are not restricted by the Overlord Lotus.

At this time, Magistrate Tian was full of smiles and said to the guests on the tower: "The lotus flowers have bloomed, please move to the bottom to participate in the ceremony."

The Lotus Fragrance Festival only officially opened at this time; the venue under the tower had long been set up, just waiting for the guests to take their seats.

Everyone moved down the tower accordingly.

As for the bet between the Crown Prince's special envoy and the Lingxu City patrol inspector, it was still on the table at this time, guarded by special personnel.

No one knew that the Overlord Lotus in the Hegong hadn't even been cut by anyone before it snapped *pop* on its own.

Jia Yu held the lotus flower, not knowing what to do for a moment.

The Overlord Lotus was in hand, but the boat was broken, and the Crown Prince's special envoy was being hunted.

How to go back?

Another boat sailed over, and on the boat were guards from the Cen Mansion.

They had been following He Lingchuan all the way here, Fan Sheng dived into the water, and the guards waited on the boat to meet him.

Seeing the thing in Jia Yu's hand, they immediately rowed over, intending to snatch it by force.

After He Lingchuan pounced on the boat, he rolled into the water in the next second, not forgetting to throw something out.

The posture was like a crocodile jumping into the water, ungraceful but very fast and practical.

Water is the best cover; any attack will be stripped of more than one layer of power.

He had long tested that the average water depth of the Hegong was about five feet, and the northeast corner they entered was even deeper, six feet. Only the lotus flowers blessed by the lotus demon could grow into such a giant size, and even at a water depth of six feet, they could still be a large section above the water surface.

This depth exceeded that of an ordinary lotus pond, enough for him to splash around.

He Lingchuan wouldn't dare say he was a master swimmer, but chasing fish in muddy water was no problem.

Which lotus pond doesn't have silt at the bottom? Although this Hegong is large, it can't avoid the vulgarity.

As soon as he entered the water, he first stirred the water bottom.

The mud and sand turned up, and Fan Sheng on the water couldn't see him anymore.

But at this moment, dozens of palm-sized shadows suddenly rushed out of the surrounding water area, biting at his whole body, and specifically treating his key parts.

These things had the body of a pomfret, but the fins and belly were blood-red; they looked kind when they didn't open their mouths, but once they did, they were full of sharp teeth, sharper than a razor.

Their attack frequency was terrifyingly fast, advancing five times in one second, which meant biting him five times, each time shaking their tail fins and swaying frantically, hoping to tear off larger pieces of skin and flesh.

This kind of piranha is okay to deal with one by one, but dozens of them coming together is simply a nightmare for someone falling into the water.

Fortunately, a very faint blue light appeared on He Lingchuan's body.

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror's protective power was automatically triggered, and less than one-tenth of the damage was transmitted.

But it also screamed synchronously: "Hey, think of a way quickly, I can't hold on for too long, these things are fierce!"

One-tenth of the damage is also very painful. He Lingchuan couldn't help but scold it: "What use are you."

He had a treasure bead in his mouth, so he could breathe underwater and it didn't hinder him from scolding people.

Of course, he knew very well that the mirror's protective barrier was already quite good, even blocking Da Shu's full output in the ruins of Thousand Star City. It was just cowardly now because the collective attack ability of these piranhas was too strong.

These things were either small demons or summoned objects, nine out of ten were released by Fan Sheng. Because before the competition, the water marsh had ordered the fish schools to leave.

He Lingchuan cursed wildly in his heart, while accelerating to swim to the distance.

A group of piranhas chased relentlessly, attacking frantically.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, think of a way!" The mirror kept urging him. "Ouch! It hurts!"

The piranhas first had to break through the mirror's protection to cause serious damage to He Lingchuan. Ants kill elephants; this kind of rapid biting with yuan power addition was something the mirror couldn't stand either.

He Lingchuan swam fast, but hadn't swum two zhang away when a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart.

The Floating Life Saber had merged with him, and the treasure saber was warning him; the danger came from—

Above!

Under the Chaohu Tower, the nobles had walked to the sandbar by the lake.

The boats for lotus picking hadn't returned so quickly, and the ceremony of the Lotus Fragrance Festival had to proceed first.

The sand here was naturally fine and white, not needing artificial sorting; the sandbar was flat and open, and the scenery of Chaohu was unobstructed. In the past ten years, seven years of the Lotus Fragrance Festival were opened here.

This year was no exception.

As a background water weir, the lotus flowers were now blooming. A large corridor pavilion was built on the side of the sandbar, usually for tourists to rest and watch the scenery, and now it was the seats for the guests.

And the commoners and merchants were standing in the back, crowded together.

Magistrate Tian rang the bell and chime, attracting everyone's attention before he piled up a smile and made a few opening remarks.

These were all old three-part articles; he could recite them backwards without a speech draft.

Next, it was Zhongsun Mou's turn to step forward and give a speech.

Thunderous applause from the audience.

The surrounding official servants and the atmosphere group mixed in the crowd clapped especially enthusiastically, which could drive everyone to clap together.

Although Zhongsun Mou had been worried recently, he didn't want to miss such a scene.

The article he wrote was also full of flowers, and it had a unique charm when heard in an environment of flower fragrance and clear water.

When the merman's voice spread across the sandbar, a child standing behind the corridor pavilion suddenly tugged at his mother's sleeve: "Look there."

His mother was squinting her eyes listening to the four-six parallel prose in front, and was a bit drowsy.

She didn't pay attention, and the child kept pulling.

"What are you doing?"

The child pointed to the water weir opposite: "There's something in there."

His mother looked there. The lotus flowers were swaying in the wind. "What's in there?"

"It seems like something moved under the lotus flower."

"Nonsense."

As soon as the words fell, the fine sand on the sandbar suddenly arched slightly, right under Zhongsun Mou's feet.

He also felt something was wrong, but the chanting didn't stop, just lowered his head to look.

An abyss giant mouth suddenly appeared underneath.

He hadn't had time to react before everything went black before his eyes.

And in the eyes of others in front, a second ago the patrol inspector was standing well on the sand, and the next second a big guy suddenly drilled out from under his feet, swallowing him from bottom to top in one bite.

In the time it took to blink, the patrol inspector was gone.

The size of that monster was truly round and large, larger than a granary, and round. Most of the guests in the corridor pavilion were even completely blocked by it.

Is this a huge... snail?

There were strange patterns on the hard shell.

But how could the monster carrying the snail shell have four legs? Wait, wait a minute, the patrol inspector was eaten by it! The spectators were stunned.

Whether it was nobles, guards, commoners, or official servants, they were speechless for a while.

Wu Kai was shocked, "Lord Zhongsun!"

Cen Boqing stood up and slapped the table.

The monster appeared in front of the water weir, standing in the position where Zhongsun Mou was originally.

Cen Boqing felt that its pair of tentacle-like eyes were staring straight at him, as if it were demonstrating.

Zhongsun Mou's guards also reacted and rushed forward. Previously, when their master was giving a speech, they naturally wouldn't bring them onto the stage.

Zhongsun Mou had an accident, and they wouldn't have a good end if they went back. The guards' eyes were splitting, and two of them didn't think and threw the weapons in their hands.

They aimed at the monster's eyes and lower jaw, but the monster's eyes suddenly retracted, and the spear missed.

The other knife hit the monster's cheek, sinking in two feet, and sticky pulp burst out.

However, this thing was too large, and this knife was like a toothpick stabbing the mouth; it was truly painful, but it didn't constitute a fatal wound.

Another flying spear came, but it was Cen Boqing taking out his own weapon, throwing it as a javelin, while shouting: "Kill it!"

His strength, accuracy, and speed were not comparable to those of the guards.

The monster suddenly opened its mouth and ejected a red rope, actually knocking the spear away.

What kind of ghost thing was that again?

Cen Boqing could tell that the red rope was its tongue.

What kind of monster was it, with snail-like tentacles, but a frog-toad's tongue?

Cen Boqing gritted his teeth, and Uncle Wu's face was pale.

Is this the monster Mai Xuewen used to hunt demons?

The spear tip fell in front of the corridor pavilion, the guests and commoners screamed and retreated, while the official servants and guards of various families rushed forward.

However, it was too late.

The monster buried its head in the sand, plunged, and its huge body dived quickly.

Various supernatural powers and magic tools hit its shell, *dang-dang* a few dull sounds, but none pierced through, only leaving a few white marks.

The monster dived into the sand quickly, like a fish diving into the water, silky and smooth, disappearing in a flash.

The last day of February,

Ask for,

Monthly,

Ticket!

Everyone, see you in March!

(End of chapter)