Chapter 38: Massive Looting! Crazy Gains!

These past few days, Lu Changsheng had already traveled more than ten miles.

He roughly estimated that he was not far from the exit.

The piranhas in this dark river had been killed in large numbers by him, and they rarely came to attack him anymore.

Every time, they were brought onto the stone platform by him and then directly killed—a living example of fishing enforcement.

"Splash..."

Lu Changsheng kicked his legs and jumped, plunging fiercely into the cold dark river.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

The river water was quite turbulent, emitting bursts of surging sounds.

The water grass at the bottom of the river brushed lightly against his scales, giving a tingling sensation.

Bursts of cool air in the water wafted over, mixed with the fragrance of some soil.

Lu Changsheng followed the river, exploring forward all the way.

It lasted for more than half an hour, but no piranhas came to attack him.

Seeing this situation, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that the number of piranhas at the bottom of the river was also limited.

Swimming all the way, just as he was about to go ashore to catch his breath, he suddenly saw a light coming from ahead.

"The exit is here."

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng was full of joy.

He began to move his limbs rapidly, accelerating his swimming forward.

Before long.

He arrived in front of a large waterfall.

Lu Changsheng did not make any resistance and went straight down with the flow.

"Splash..."

Soon, Lu Changsheng fell into a large lake.

As he expected, this lake was located in a corner of the Cangyun Mountain Range, and its area was neither large nor small.

At this time, the sun was high, and golden radiance sprinkled on the lake surface, causing ripples to shimmer.

Lu Changsheng did not choose to start exploring the bottom of the lake immediately, mainly because his time underwater was almost up and he needed to go up to catch his breath.

He did not hesitate anymore and swam rapidly toward the shore.

Soon he arrived beside a large tree by the lake.

"Pop, pop..."

He began to wave his hands, dug a small hole, and drilled straight in, starting to rest.

An hour later.

Lu Changsheng recovered his strength, drilled straight out of the hole, and sprinted rapidly toward the lakeside.

"Gurgle..."

Arriving at the lakeside, he plunged into the cold lake water.

Borrowing the faint sunlight at the bottom of the lake, he began to search carefully.

According to his guess, since the dark river and the lake were connected, there must be Ice Spirit Grass growing at the bottom of the lake.

After all, the water quality of both sides was generally the same, and spiritual medicine generally only grows in necessary environments.

Lu Changsheng was not in a hurry and swam slowly toward the front.

Everywhere was green water grass, and quite a few scattered stones lay in the depths of the lake bottom.

Exploring all the way, until half a cup of tea time later.

A wisp of fragrance suddenly came from ahead.

"Something is up."

Sensing the familiar fragrance, his heart shook.

Then Lu Changsheng used his hands and feet together, swimming rapidly toward the destination.

Before long, he arrived in the center of a basin at the bottom of the lake.

He saw a stalk of Ice Spirit Grass growing quietly in the silt, emitting a faint glow.

He hurriedly approached and placed his claw on the leaves of the spiritual medicine.

"Found one stalk of hundred-year Ice Spirit Grass, do you want to collect it?"

"Collect."

Lu Changsheng muttered in his heart.

A stalk of spiritual grass before his eyes instantly disappeared from the bottom of the lake.

Having a stalk of spiritual medicine in his account in a short time made him overjoyed.

It seemed that there would be at least some harvests at the bottom of this lake; as long as he could find a portion, it would be enough to greatly increase his strength.

Now the situation was becoming increasingly strange, making him not dare to relax in the slightest.

Lu Changsheng put away his thoughts and embarked on the treasure-hunting path again.

The next half day.

He had been swimming at the bottom of the lake, and every time he couldn't hold on, he would go ashore to catch his breath and rest for a while, then continue to explore the lake.

Through his unremitting efforts, the entire eastern region of the lake bottom had been preliminarily explored by him.

The harvest was not small.

Lu Changsheng looked at the dozen or so spiritual medicines in the System Space, feeling quite satisfied.

Among these spiritual medicines, there were two stalks of hundred-year Ice Spirit Grass, and the rest were around fifty years old. Another large wave of Source Energy Points was in his account.

According to his estimation, there would likely be some in the remaining few regions.

Lu Changsheng cheered up and swam rapidly toward the center of the lake.

Just as he had swum several miles, a sudden change occurred.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The surrounding lake water suddenly surged wildly, setting off a whirlpool, and even he himself was carried around by it.

Lu Changsheng looked closely.

He saw a pitch-black lake monster rushing toward him, stirring up layers of lake water.

The lake monster was more than ten meters long, covered in tentacles, with teeth exposed at its mouth, extremely sharp.

He even doubted whether his own scales could withstand the other party's bite force.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Lu Changsheng was extremely horrified.

The other party looked very similar to an octopus, only with many more sharp teeth, and even the tentacles were covered in barbs.

Simply put, its whole body was a weapon.

Lu Changsheng didn't have time to think much, his limbs began to dig wildly into the silt at the bottom of the lake, and within a few breaths, a small hole was formed.

He slipped into the hole.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Just as he entered the hole, the lake monster slammed into it, and the surroundings felt like an earthquake.

Lu Changsheng hurriedly went deeper, his heart pounding.

Fortunately, the other party couldn't get in, otherwise he would be in danger.

No wonder he hadn't found any large lake-bottom creatures for such a long time; they had likely all been swallowed by this monster.

Staying in the silt all the time was not realistic; his own time underwater was also limited.

If the time was up, he would likely be suffocated to death.

Lu Changsheng prepared to go to the shore first to think carefully about a countermeasure.

He did not hesitate anymore and began to dig wildly, pushing rapidly toward the lakeside.

Fortunately, this lake was not large, and before long, he returned to the bottom of that large tree.

Lu Changsheng looked quietly at the lake surface ahead, his brain running at high speed.

This place was clearly the other party's territory; if he were discovered, it would definitely be a fight to the death.

There were several other regions in this lake that hadn't been searched yet; to give up now made him quite unwilling.

A moment later.

Lu Changsheng still decided to follow the old method.

Use the Soil Digging Skill to advance.

However, this time he had to change his thinking.

The air at the bottom of the lake was very thin; if he stayed in it for a long time, he definitely wouldn't last long. Digging through the bottom of the lake was likely not realistic.

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately began to act.

"Pfft..."

Two front claws began to dig hard, first digging a small hole, then advancing rapidly toward the center of the lake.

Digging all the way, until several hours later, Lu Changsheng dug to the central region of the lake.

During this time, when tired, he rested for a while; when hungry, he took some piranhas from the space to eat.

Through his unremitting efforts, he finally dug a long passage.

And because the passage entrance was on the lakeside, with air circulation, he wouldn't feel suffocated.

Having preliminary results, he began the next action.

Lu Changsheng carefully sensed the surrounding aura and began to dig slowly toward the front.

Half an hour later.

A wisp of fragrance wafted over, making his spirit soar.

"Is there a chance?"

Lu Changsheng dug rapidly toward the fragrance, and before long, he arrived not far from the fragrance.

He did not rashly dart out of the bottom of the lake; no one knew if that lake monster was squatting on him.

Then, he carefully dug upward.

"Zzz..."

As the silt at the bottom of the lake was broken open into a small hole, Lu Changsheng's head poked out.

Scanning the surroundings carefully, he found no abnormality.

He looked fixedly in the direction from which the fragrance came.

He saw a large Ice Spirit Grass growing at the bottom of the lake, its radiance very dazzling.

"This... two-hundred-year spiritual medicine?"

This spiritual medicine was clearly a whole circle larger than the previous hundred-year spiritual medicine.

Such a discovery made Lu Changsheng overjoyed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 39 =====