Chapter 23

Half an hour later.

Lu Zhangsheng was still fighting in the rat tide, as if he didn't know fatigue.

However, if this continued, the situation was not very optimistic.

His physical strength was not endless; if it was exhausted again, it would probably be very dangerous.

Just at this moment, he suddenly sensed strands of moist breath coming from ahead.

"It's an underground dark river!"

Finding life in the midst of death, Lu Zhangsheng was full of excitement.

These ground rats couldn't dive, and he had just awakened the underwater breathing talent, which was enough to get rid of the other party.

"Kill, kill..."

Lu Zhangsheng waved his giant claws crazily, beheading the massive ground rats blocking the way, and rushed towards the water vapor direction.

At this moment, he didn't hold back and went all out.

A large number of ground rats were killed, leaving a long trail of corpses on the ground.

The entire cave was full of wailing sounds.

Not long after.

Lu Zhangsheng killed his way to the side of an underground dark river.

"Splash, splash, splash..."

This river was several feet wide, leading to an unknown dark area, and the water flow was quite turbulent.

The surrounding soil was very soft under the erosion of water vapor.

Seeing such a dark river, Lu Zhangsheng was happy in his heart. He kicked his legs hard, swept away the many ground rats in front, and then plunged into the river water fiercely.

"Sizzle..."

Seeing this, the ground rat army on the river bank all stopped, their eyes full of fear.

Seeing Lu Zhangsheng escape, they also wandered on the bank for a long time without leaving.

"Hiss... so cold."

Just as he rushed into the water, the cold river water made Lu Zhangsheng's spirit shake.

He carefully examined his surroundings; everywhere was dim, and there were some unknown water weeds brushing against his body at the bottom of the river.

A sweet smell came from his nose and mouth.

This was the smell of mountain spring water.

Quite magically, Lu Zhangsheng opened his mouth and didn't feel any discomfort, as if he were born to adapt to the bottom of the water.

The talent skill Underwater Breathing had automatically lit up.

At the same time, his own physical strength was also slowly consuming.

According to this speed, he could stay underwater for at most more than an hour.

"This is simply a divine skill."

Lu Zhangsheng was quite surprised.

Then he quickly waved his limbs and swam towards the unknown area ahead.

Half a cup of tea's time later.

In an underground dark river.

"Eh... is there a situation?"

Lu Zhangsheng suddenly sensed a familiar fragrance coming from not far ahead, making his spirit shake.

After this body underwent the beast king-level transformation, his sense of smell was greatly improved; even if it were several miles away, he could clearly sense the strange fragrance emitted by the spirit medicine.

Then he didn't think too much and accelerated to swim towards the direction of the fragrance.

Before long, he arrived beside a dark ditch at the bottom of the river.

He looked closely.

He saw a small grass emitting a blue light growing in the silt at the bottom of the river, and a faint fragrance wafted out.

This small grass was several inches high and had five leaves, looking very magical.

"Another spirit medicine."

He immediately rushed forward and touched the leaves of the spirit medicine with his claws.

"Detected a fifty-year-old ice ling grass. Time to collect?"

A crisp prompt sounded again.

"Collect."

Lu Zhangsheng recited silently.

A moment later, the ice ling grass in front of him had completely disappeared and entered his system space.

Getting a spirit medicine in a short time made him quite happy.

"It seems there are many good things in this dark river."

Lu Zhangsheng thought while swimming forward.

He prepared to explore carefully again; those ground rats on the shore were still guarding and refused to give up.

Anyway, those ground rat armies didn't dare to go into the water to hunt him down, and going ashore now was undoubtedly asking for trouble.

Moreover, this underground dark river was very vast, and the exit must be a large river or a waterfall lake. As long as he could find the lake, he could easily get rid of that group of ground rats.

Time passed gradually.

Half an hour later.

Lu Zhangsheng sensed the strange fragrance of spirit medicine again and hurriedly swam over. When he arrived at the strange fragrance, he couldn't help but brighten his eyes.

He saw a spirit grass with nine leaves growing on a riverbed.

The entire spirit grass emitted a light red light, very different from the previous one.

It looked like the spiritual energy was clearly more abundant.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately swam over and placed his claws on the spirit grass.

"Detected a hundred-year-old ice ling grass. Time to collect?"

The system prompt sounded again.

Lu Zhangsheng was happy in his heart; sure enough, as he expected, this spirit medicine was older, a hundred years old.

"Collect."

A moment later, the ice ling grass fell into the system space, making him very satisfied.

Having a harvest of two plants in his first attempt made him look forward to the subsequent exploration even more.

Seeing that there was still more than half an hour of underwater time, he was not in a hurry and prepared to explore for a while longer.

Presumably, there were still some ice ling grasses in this dark river.

In the following time, Lu Zhangsheng swam along this underground dark river, and the harvest was quite a lot, discovering several fifty-year-old spirit medicines again.

There were also many that were not old enough, and he didn't choose to collect them all, only occasionally collecting some.

Now he was not short of silver for the time being, and secondly, it was not very safe to sell a large amount of spirit medicines.

If he were targeted by some strong people, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

He had always been very cautious.

Time passed in Lu Zhangsheng's exploration.

Another incense stick of time later.

Lu Zhangsheng collected a fifty-year-old ice ling grass again and was about to leave when a whistling sound suddenly came from ahead.

He turned his head to look and saw a group of black strange fish rushing towards him in groups, their momentum very fierce.

Each strange fish was the size of a palm, and its mouth was full of sharp teeth.

In the blink of an eye, a group of strange fish surrounded Lu Zhangsheng.

And they began to crazily gnaw at his scales.

"What the hell is this?"

Lu Zhangsheng's expression was shocked.

"Sizzle..."

With harsh screeching sounds, Lu Zhangsheng felt his scales itching. He hurriedly used his hands to block his head and some fragile parts, then immediately swam towards the shore.

With his scale strength, there were actually some abnormal feelings coming; it was clear that these strange fish had a stronger gnawing ability than the ground rats.

Lu Zhangsheng swam towards the shore desperately, trying to get rid of the other party.

A group of strange fish directly bit onto his body tightly.

A moment later, when Lu Zhangsheng's physical strength was about to be exhausted, he suddenly saw a protruding giant rock ahead.

He hurriedly jumped up and landed on it.

There were still more than ten strange fish hanging on his body, brought out of the bottom of the water together.

They were jumping around on the stone platform.

These strange fish looked somewhat like piranhas, looking very cruel.

He didn't expect there to be such creatures at the bottom of the river; no wonder he hadn't discovered other exotic beasts after swimming for so long.

Then Lu Zhangsheng stretched out his sharp claws, slaughtered these piranhas one by one, and then quietly restored his physical strength on the shore.

He couldn't go underwater for the time being, and there were a large number of ground rats wandering on the shore, just waiting for him to go up.

Lu Zhangsheng prepared to wait for the strange fish group to leave before carefully going into the water to explore.

………………

The next day, early morning, the morning sun rose.

Changping County.

Lu Zhangsheng got up early to wash, then began to open the system space.

He took out all the spirit medicines inside and placed them on the stone platform in the courtyard.

Large and small spirit medicines were piled together, and the fragrance wafted in all directions.

Lu Zhangsheng took a deep breath, as if even his spirit was much more refreshed.

These spirit medicines were all obtained from this exploration of Cangyun Mountain. Although he experienced some dangers, the harvest was not bad.

"Detected an unknown energy source. Time to absorb?"

"Absorb."

Lu Zhangsheng recited silently.

Then he opened the panel to check the Source Energy Points.

Source Energy Points: 38.

Looking at the number in front of him, he was full of joy.

Another big harvest; with these Source Energy Points, his own cultivation could go a step further.

He couldn't wait to know what realm the next level of the Iron Cloth Shirt was.

(End of chapter)