Chapter 38: Massive Looting! Crazy Gains!

These past few days, Lu Zhangsheng had already traveled about ten miles or so.

He roughly estimated that this place was likely not far from the exit.

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

Every time, they were lured onto the stone platform by him and then directly killed—a true case of fishing law enforcement.

"Plop..."

Lu Zhangsheng kicked his legs and leaped, fiercely plunging into the cold dark river.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

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

The water grass at the bottom of the river brushed lightly against his scales, giving a somewhat numb feeling.

Bursts of cool air from the water hit his nose, mixed with the fragrance of some soil.

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

This continued for more than half an hour, yet no piranhas came to besiege him.

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

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

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

"The exit is here."

Seeing this, Lu Zhangsheng had a face full of joy.

He began to move his four limbs rapidly, accelerating as he swam forward.

Before long.

He arrived before a large waterfall.

Lu Zhangsheng did not put up any resistance and directly flowed down with the current.

"Plop..."

Soon, Lu Zhangsheng fell into a large lake.

Just as he expected, this lake was situated 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 Zhangsheng 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 change 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 out a small hole, and directly drilled into it, starting to rest.

One hour later.

Lu Zhangsheng recovered his strength, directly drilled 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 Crystal Grass growing at the bottom of the lake as well.

After all, the water quality of both sides was generally the same, and spirit medicine usually only grew in necessary environments.

Lu Zhangsheng was not anxious and swam slowly toward the front.

Everywhere around were green water grasses, 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 burst of fragrance suddenly came from ahead.

"Something is up."

Sensing the familiar fragrance, his heart shook.

Then Lu Zhangsheng used both hands and feet, swimming rapidly toward the destination.

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

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

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

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

"Collect."

Lu Zhangsheng muttered in his heart.

The spirit grass before his eyes instantly disappeared from the bottom of the lake.

Having a stalk of spirit medicine in his account in a short time made him extremely happy.

It seemed 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 Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and embarked on the path of treasure hunting again.

The next half day.

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

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

The harvest was also not small.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the over ten stalks of spirit medicine in the system space, feeling quite satisfied.

Among these spirit medicines, there were also two stalks of hundred-year Ice Crystal Grass, and the rest were all 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 regions as well.

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

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

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The surrounding lake water suddenly surged crazily, setting off a whirlpool, and even he himself was carried along to spin.

Lu Zhangsheng looked closely.

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

The lake monster was over ten meters long, its whole body covered in tentacles, its mouth teeth exposed, extremely sharp.

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

"What kind of monster is this?"

Lu Zhangsheng 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.

It was simply a weapon from head to toe.

Lu Zhangsheng didn't have time to think much, his four limbs began to frantically dig at 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 Zhangsheng hurriedly went deeper, his heart thumping wildly.

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

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

At this moment, hiding in the silt for a long time was not realistic; his own time underwater was also limited.

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

Lu Zhangsheng prepared to go to the shore first to think of a countermeasure carefully.

He did not hesitate anymore and began to dig frantically, advancing rapidly toward the lakeside.

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

Lu Zhangsheng 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 surely be a fight to the death.

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

A moment later.

Lu Zhangsheng still decided to follow the old method.

Use the Earth-Wood Excavation skill and start advancing.

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, so digging through the bottom of the lake probably wasn't realistic.

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

"Pfft..."

His two front claws began to dig at the soil with force, first digging a small hole, and then advancing rapidly toward the center of the lake.

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

During this time, when tired he would rest for a while, and when hungry he would take some piranhas from the space to eat.

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

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

Having preliminary results, he began the next action.

Lu Zhangsheng carefully sensed the aura of the surroundings and began to dig slowly toward the front.

Half an hour later.

A burst of fragrance hit his nose, making his spirit soar.

"Is there a chance?"

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

He did not rashly rush out of the lake bottom; no one knew if that lake monster was lying in wait for him.

Then, he carefully dug upward.

"Zzz..."

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

Scanning the surroundings carefully, he didn't find anything unusual.

He looked fixedly in the direction the fragrance was coming from.

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

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

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

Such a discovery made Lu Zhangsheng pleasantly surprised.

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