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All the boats in the village are parked in one place. Since the best boats are used for sacrifices, the boats that are left are small boats that can seat 5 or 6 people. As usual, the villager only brought them to the boat and left without saying anything.

The group picked a boat that looked relatively sturdy and went on board together. Originally Wen Lang is going to go into the water, but he was injured badly last night. Although his condition seems to be much better now, no one plans to let him go. Qin Tan thought of going to go alone, but Lou Fan rejected his decision.

“Your swimming skill is just average, I can go down alone.” Qin Tan said.

Lou Fan glared at Qin Tan and said, “Who said that my skill is average? Anyway, you can’t go alone. Even if you go down by yourselves, I will follow you after that. They can’t stop me.”

Since Lou Fan refused to give up, Qin Tan couldn’t help but let him follow. In his heart, he thought to himself, you(LF) obviously said it yourself that your skill is average but you won’t admit it.

“You must follow behind me and also not be allowed to swim in front of me.” Qin Tan reminded Lou Fan.

Lou Fan nodded, “You sounded like an old man.”

Although Lou Fan complained, Lou Fan obediently tied the rope around his waist, and the other 5 people will be waiting on the boat. There are ropes tied on both of them so that the people on the boat can help to pull it when they are in danger.

Closing his eyes and swallowing the little pearl, Lou Fan took a deep breath and jumped into the water. The cold lake water surrounded him from all directions, and Lou Fan couldn’t help but shiver. Qin Tan put on the swimming goggles and gestured to him before plunging into the water. Lou Fan nodded at the people on the boat and then plunged in.

Lou Fan doesn’t know how the little pearl works but it could really allow him to breathe freely in the water. Lou Fan found it very novel. At first, the cold lake water made Lou Fan very uncomfortable, but after getting used to it, it seemed that even the cold didn’t exist anymore. The view in the lake is dim. At first, there is still a little light but it dimmed as they went down. Qin Tan turned on the flashlight strapped to his arm and Lou Fan turned on his as well, 2 beams of light dispersed the surrounding darkness.

The surroundings are silent, and the presence of Qin Tan in front of him makes Lou Fan feel much more at ease. Qin Tan would swim for a while and turned his head back to look at Lou Fan. Lou Fan will wave his hand to let him continue. There is also a rope tied between them so Qin Tan couldn’t lose him.

Groups of black shadows appeared in their line of sight, like giant beasts dormant in the water. Lou Fan estimated that they should be more than 10 or 20 meters underwater at this moment. The water pressure is a bit heavy. Although breathing is still smooth, the pressure still follows like the shadow, even the light of the flashlight has become shorter.

Just as Lou Fan is thinking, Qin Tan suddenly grabbed his hand and turned off the flashlight. Lou Fan looked forward, and his scalp turned numb — a row of light bulb-like eyes opened below, emitting a faint green light in the depths of the lake. Lou Fan clutched Qin Tan’s hand tightly, not daring to move – he just saw some of the fish monsters coming towards them.

And Lou Fan didn’t see it wrongly. The fish monsters swam close to the two of them. Lou Fan thinks that he can even feel them right in front of them. Unfortunately, he can’t see the monsters and can only try to feel them with his eyes open. He subconsciously held his breath. After a few minutes, Lou Fan searched around and found that the fish monsters have closed their eyes again.

They didn’t get discovered!

Lou Fan squeezed Qin Tan’s hand, and the other party squeezed him slightly. Not sure why, it made Lou Fan smile.

Qin Tan turned on the torch and blocked the light with his hand. He pointed the torch upwards, and their surroundings are a little brighter, which is better than nothing. Taking a look around them, Lou Fan realized that their 30 minutes time limit is soon reached so he pointed up. Qin Tan shook his head and pointed down. Lou Fan paused and nodded. Taking out a small pearl from his close-fitting bag, he fed one to Qin Tan and ate one by himself. After that, he nodded to Qin Tan to indicate that he is ready.

As they swam lower, the flashlight can’t be used anymore. But then, the sunken ship still cannot be seen so they can only continue downwards. Fortunately, when Qin Tan and Lou Fan almost reached the group of fish monsters, everything is normal and the fish monsters did not open their eyes. After Qin Tan stopped and observed for 2 minutes, he grabbed Lou Fan’s hand again. Retracting the flashlight into his sleeve, Qin Tan pulled Lou Fan to swim through the group of fish monsters under the faint light. The light of the flashlight did not attract the attention of the fish monsters, and the two carefully passed through the group of fish monsters that seemed to be sleeping. Lou Fan grasped Qin Tan’s hand tightly as one would to a life-saving straw. He shivered slightly, and Qin Tan gripped his hand hard. Just like that, Lou Fan suddenly settled down, and his heart stopped panicking. He grasped Qin Tan’s hand tightly again, but no longer trembling.

Continuing down, the fish monster group is like a layer of duckweed floating in the water. After passing through them, Qin Tan tentatively slides the flashlight out. Fortunately, there aren’t any fish monsters below, just a vast underwater world. Lou Fan stared hard and found that there seemed to be a huge shadow underneath, and the outline of the shape looked like a ship.

Was it his imagination? Lou Fan looked at Qin Tan questioningly. Qin Tan looked back at him for a while, nodded at him, with a smile on his mouth.

They found it! Lou Fan got excited because they finally found it.

Just when Lou Fan thought Qin Tan will be going down, Qin Tan pulled him around and they started to swim upwards. Since Lou Fan has already come across the fish monsters just now, he could make himself ignore them this time. He just has to be careful to stay away from them.

When the two resurfaced, Lou Fan looked at the time. This trip took almost an hour, not to mention that they only saw the outline of the ship, and don’t know how far it would be. It seems that they need to prepare more of the little pearls in case of an emergency. Else, it would be too late to cry over the spilled milk.

Seeing the two popping up, the people on the boat quickly pulled them aboard.

“How about it, did you see it?” Everyone is eager to know.

Lou Fan nodded as he panted.

The five cheered, and even Zhang Xue revealed a happy expression.

After Lou Fan breathed enough, he slowly said, “However, we have to pass through a group of fish monsters and only saw the outline of Shenzhou. It should be at the bottom of the lake.”

Chen Shuyang opened his mouth and asked in a daze, “Pass through a group of fish monsters? Brother Lou, you didn’t say it clearly or I heard it wrong?”

“You heard that right.” Qin Tan replied while squeezing the water from his clothes. “Below the lake is a group of fish monsters. After passing through them, some distance down is the shipwreck. So, we will have to collect more pearls after we go back. Also, we need to prepare lighting tools. The bottom is very dark. When we got to the sunken ship, we can collect items from there, but there is no way to proceed without lighting.”

Lou Fan walked out from behind the curtain pulled up by Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang, he had changed into dry clothes. “If you don’t want to take anything from the sunken ship, you don’t have to go. But Qin Tan and I will definitely go.”

Wen Lang knows that these three people are rich (point-wise), and of course, he also knows from the grapevine that the things brought back from the mission world can be exchanged for a lot of things. This time, he finally met good partners who are willing to take him along to find treasures. Naturally, he couldn’t ask for more, and immediately said he wanted to go. Zhang Xue as well, although she is independent, she is indeed poor. Even the food she has is the cheapest compressed biscuits. Hence, she did not hesitate to follow along.

The team of 5 people reached an agreement and rowed the boat back to shore. After their boating session, the time is now approaching dusk. They returned to the hut to fill up their stomach, take a short rest and then they will start fighting again. Lin Man Man and Gong Yi took the initiative to guard the first half of the night and let the 5 rest until 12.00 am

The battle that night is still a bitter battle, and the number of fish monsters is also increasing; their numbers are very dense. All 5 of them inevitably got injured. They retreated to the entrance of the village so that whenever they could not beat the monsters, they will go into the village. Fortunately, in the beginning, Qin Tan and Lou Fan cooperated very well and killed some of them fast. After that, they are just racing against time and switching shifts, even Qin Tan felt extremely tired.

The sound of the bell from a distance is like the sound of heaven. Lou Fan panted and watched as the fish monsters returned to the lake. They looked a little reluctant to go back. At this moment, he is very grateful that his arrows are endless. Otherwise, just relying on Qin Tan to get the little pearls, it would already be fortunate that they managed to get 3 pearls for each of them. However, right now, Lou Fan looked at the corpses of fish monsters piled up on the shore of the lake, and smiled like a kind aunt – they are all small pearls in his eyes!

Lin Man Man and Gong Yi got persuaded by the team to sleep while the five of them started digging small pearls non-stop. Finally, their spoils are around 30 pearls. Lou Fan felt that something seemed wrong, like does every fish monster have one now? He clearly remembered that the possibility to find a pearl is 1 out of 2 fish monsters. It’s a pity that his tight nerves have relaxed so Lou Fan is reluctant to bother thinking too much about it. After tidying up, the five of them went back to the hut and fell asleep.

…

“Brother Lou, Brother Lou!”

Lin Man Man’s voice came from outside and it woke Lou Fan up. The rest of the team are still sleeping, even Qin Tan hadn’t woken up yet. Lin Man Man came in and called for Lou Fan, “Brother Lou, quickly come out.”

Lou Fan got up and walked out, holding toiletries in his hand. No matter how sloppy he is, he still has to wash.

“What’s the matter? You sounded so anxious.” Lou Fan asked as he went out.

Lin Man Man glanced around, and whispered, “Shang Hu and the others are discussing an escape plan, and I followed them.”

Lou Fan immediately gave a thumbs up, “Not bad, amazing!”

Lin Man Man smiled and continued, “They planned to escape on the day of the sacrifice. They have it all planned.”

Lou Fan suddenly thought of the little boy and asked, “Just the 4 of them? What about Sun Hai? Will they take him along?”

Lin Man Man nodded, “Yes, they said they will go to Lao Ye Temple to find Sun Hai first, and then stayed at Lao Ye Temple temporarily. The villagers are afraid to go to Lao Ye Temple and would not go there to find them.”

Lou Fan puzzledly asked, “Why don’t they dare to go to Lao Ye Temple?”

Lin Man Man shook her head, “They didn’t say much about that. I just went there to listen, or more correctly, I was eavesdropping on the side.”

Lou Fan thought for a few seconds, “Is it because of the monster outside Lao Ye Temple?”

Although they didn’t see the monster with their own eyes, but from the pitiful screams from the Black Scorpion members, they could imagine how terrible the monsters are.

Lin Man Man: “Brother Lou, don’t care why they don’t dare to go. The point is the group will take Sun Hai with them anyway. They are safe at Lao Ye Temple.”

That’s right! Lou Fan felt that he is a little too worried about Sun Hai. If they hid in the Lao Ye Temple’s Buddha statue, even if the whole village went there, they might not be able to find the children.

Since the children are going to escape on the day of the sacrifice, how can the people of the Black Scorpion team complete their mission? And where are they now? Lou Fan thought to himself if he has the task of saving the 5 people, how likely would he be able to complete this task?

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Talking about those fish monsters, they can’t wait to hide from them after seeing them once. And now, Lou Fan’s team wants to take the initiative to attack them? When Lin Man Man and Gong Yi thought of the fish head monster with human limbs, they felt nauseous.

Lin Man Man stopped the mental image from repeating. Knowing that it must be related to their task, she solemnly said, “If it is related to your mission, then I need to tell you a bad news. According to our observations, the number of fish monsters going ashore is increasing every day. They are hovering around the village, giving me a feeling that they are about to rush in the village any minute now.”

“In other words, the villagers offered sacrifices to fish monsters to guarantee that they would not be attacked by the fish monsters for a year. The 1-year deadline is about to come.”

Lou Fan’s gaze fell on the lake, “The protection circle is about to fail.”

Wen Lang clapped his hands, “Hey, ain’t that’s a good thing? This way, we can collect more small pearls, and then our underwater journey will be more secured.”

Compared with Wen Lang’s optimism, Qin Tan is more calm and cautious, “Go find some weapons. Your weapons are limited in terms of efficiency. They do not do much damage to the fish monsters. You still have to find some weapons to defend yourself.”

All three agreed and planned to look for it later. Chen Shuyang’s small sword is too short, Wen Lang’s poker has limited quantity, and Zhang Xue’s doll has a limited range.

“I know where to get weapons.” Gong Yi smiled. He has visited the whole village no less than 10 times in the past 2 days. Fortunately, he has a good memory, otherwise, it would be amazing that he doesn’t get lost.

“Brother Lou, why do you need to kill the fish monsters for your mission?” Lin Man Man asked puzzledly. When the team talked about their mission before this, they didn’t say anything about killing the fish monsters. Isn’t their mission is to look for the sunken ship?

Lou Fan took out a little pearl and handed it to Lin Man Man. The little round bead lay on her palm, which made people like it at first glance. Not to mention that girls naturally like such shiny little things.

“Wow, it’s so beautiful!” Lin Man Man exclaimed.

Zhang Xue said the truth mercilessly, “It’s from the fish monster’s head.”

Thinking of the fish monsters, Lin Man Man lost all her liking. She immediately returned the bead to Lou Fan and wiped her hands. As soon as she heard that the team had to swallow the beads… she only felt grateful that she don’t need to swallow it as well.

Sympathy appeared on Lou Fan’s face. There may be more disgusting things appearing in the future but he doesn’t have to remind her of this cruel reality now.

“This thing may be useful in other tasks in the future. If there are more, I will give you two a few to prepare.” Even if they don’t want to use it, they can always exchange it for a lot of good things.

There are not many weapons available in the village, and the most practical one is the harpoon. The team collected several sharp-looking harpoons from the village. After they rested and recharged, the team waited for the night to come.

A few lanterns hung outside the quiet seaside hut, exuding a faint light. At 12.00 am, the team of 7 people stood outside the house. Watching the dense figures appearing on the lake, everyone looked a bit speechless for a while.

“Frick, people with Trypophobia[1] will die from the view.” Wen Lang cried out.

Chen Shuyang: “So, you are sick?”

“YOU are sick!” Wen Lang retorted.

When the first fish monster appeared on the shore, Lou Fan did not hesitate to shoot 2 arrows in succession. It hits the fish monster in each of its eyes, and it shrieked. With sufficient mental preparation this time, Lou Fan is very calm. His actions are not slow as arrows are directed at the fish monsters, and each one of the arrows could accurately hit the weak spot of the fish monster. Qin Tan is at the front because only his Tang sword can slash through the monsters. The other 3 members, Wen Lang, Zhang Xue, and Chen Shuyang cooperated to attack the same monster. There are a lot of fish monsters going ashore, but since Lou Fan blinded them first, it is much easier to handle.

Chen Shuyang looked at the arrows hitting the bullseye and muttered, “I finally know why Brother Lou is called Lou Fan.”

Wen Lang: “Why?”

“Lou Fan is a sharpshooter during the Chu and Han dynasties (footnote 11 in wiki). Brother Lou’s name is exactly the same as him!”

Wen Lang became silent. En, great people are born to be great. Maybe they are the offspring of some amazing marksman. He is not qualified to be jealous at all.

Even if the team’s actions are not slow and there are many fish monster carcasses piled up on the shore, they still couldn’t prevent more fish monsters from coming ashore. Gong Yi and Lin Man Man have retreated into the village, watching the battle on the shore anxiously. A huge fish monster climbed up from the lake and headed towards Qin Tan without any hesitation. Qin Tan rushed forward and slashed with his Tang sword but it was avoided by the fish monster. Not waiting for Qin Tan to attack again, it turned its head quickly and bite at Qin Tan. Qin Tan lowered his body and rolled to the side, then the fish monster chased after him.

Wen Lang took the harpoon and stabbed at the fish monster but only manage to leave a trace on the fish scale. The fish monster became furious and turned to bite at Wen Lang. Fortunately, Wen Lang evaded quickly, but his arm is still bitten. It left a big hole and is bleeding like a river.

Seeing that the situation is urgent, Lou Fan took 2 steps and jumped up. He shot 3 arrows at the fish monster in mid-air, hitting the fish’s eye. Qin Tan jumped up and kicked the fish’s head, then he slashed into the neck.

“Pull Wen Lang into the village.” Lou Fan only had time to say this and started shooting arrows again.

Most of the fish monsters are killed, and the human-head fish monsters can be faintly seen in the lake, starting to come ashore. Qin Tan grabbed Lou Fan and said, “Retreat into the village. There’s too many of them.”

At this moment, both Lou Fan and Qin Tain looked like they just got fished out of the water. Their bodies are soaked with sweat, and there are inevitably wounds on their bodies, so they really can’t afford to fight with the second wave. Lou Fan glanced at the pile of corpses and saw that there are quite a lot. So he nodded and followed Qin Tan back to the village.

Wen Lang is holding his arm and his face looked pale. The bandage wrapped on his arm had turned dark red, and the smell of blood is strong. Tears fell from Lin Man Man’s eyes as she helped to change the bandage. Chen Shuyang took out a hemostatic agent from his bag and gave Lin Man Man.

“Man Man, try this hemostatic agent. Brother Lou exchanged it from Lazuli.”

Lin Man Man wiped away her tears, took the hemostatic agent, and poured it on Wen Lang’s wound. Wen Lang hissed from the pain and gritted his teeth to hold back his scream. After wrapping the bandage in layers, Wen Lang closed his eyes cradling his arm.

Lou Fan: “How is it? Still okay?”

Wen Lang smiled miserably, “I’m okay, not dead yet.”

Lin Man Man cried, “The wound looked deep and it bled a lot.”

Qin Tan squatted beside Wen Lang and put down his Tang sword, “Show me the wound.”

Wen Lang did not refuse, and stretched his arm in front of Qin Tan, “It feels much better than before. The hemostatic agent works well.”

Unexpectedly, when Qin Tan opened the bandage, the wound had already stopped bleeding. It was only a matter of one minute.

Lin Man Man’s tears are still shimmering in her eyes, and she said in a daze, “It was bleeding non-stop just now, why…”

Lou Fan laughed, “It seems that the products from Lazuli are all good things.”

“This medicine is too powerful. Wen Lang, does your hand still hurt?” Chen Shuyang held the 3N product with the words ‘hemostatic agent’ written on it and examined the bottle over and over again.

3N product – No production date, No quality certificate, and No manufacturer name.

Wen Lang moved his arm with a look of surprise, “It seems, it really doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Lou Fan found the anti-inflammatory medicine from his bag and poured out a pill, “Take one, it’s an anti-inflammatory medicine.”

Wen Lang knew that Lou Fan’s team have good things with them, so he took the pill and threw it into his mouth without hesitation, “You guys really blessed with a cheat.” They are all beginners but how come the difference is so big? Lou Fan’s team can just take out some items and it’s the hemostatic agent and anti-inflammatory medicine from Lazuli. On the other hand, he doesn’t even have a weapon in hand.

“Look!” Zhang Xue’s voice pulled everyone’s attention back and looked at the lake.

At this moment, the lake surface that could be seen clearly just now is covered by thick fog. Nothing could be seen clearly but the dense fish monsters on the shore made people tremble. There are too many of them. If Lou Fan’s group isn’t able to enter the village in time, it is conceivable that they would be chewed to the point that there are no bones left. If there is no protection, what will happen to the villagers of this small fishing village?

Lin Man Man clung tightly to Zhang Xue, her small face is as white as paper. Zhang Xue also looked pale and she patted Lin Man Man’s hand lightly.

Lou Fan frowned. Thinking about the probability of them successfully diving into the water, he asked, “We won’t be surrounded by fish monsters as soon as we enter the bottom of the lake, right?”

Qin Tan’s face turned dark, “Let’s go down tomorrow.”

At 1.00 am, the bell of Lao Ye Temple rang and the fish monster returned to the lake. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It is not so terrible when the fish monsters come out one by one, but it was a bit terrifying when they come in a group.

Qin Tan refused Lin Man Man’s offer to apply medicine on him. Lou Fan couldn’t bear it anymore and walked to Qin Tan’s side. He grabbed the medicine and started to wipe it on Qin Tan bit by bit. Lou Fan’s head is lowered and his fingers are cold to touch. With the ointment in the hemostatic agent being applied to his wound little by little, Qin Tan felt a refreshing burst of coolness. Not only is there no discomfort, but also very comfortable. Qin Tan looked at the finger on his wound and unconsciously smiled. Next, his wound is lightly pressed and Qin Tan heard Lou Fan laugh, “You are injured, still smile? Also, you don’t people to help you apply the medicine?” This man actually has the nerve to smile.

Qin Tan: “Will you help to apply medicine on me in the future?”

Lou Fan raised his eyebrows, “Does this means you are looking forward to getting hurt?”

Qin Tan chuckled lightly, not saying anything as he stared at Lou Fan.

Lou Fan: “…” Foul again! Don’t smile!

After getting the wounds treated, they began to collect the spoils – little pearls. But the fish head is really difficult to open. Fortunately, Chen Shuyang’s small sword can help a little bit. The dagger bought by Lou Fan is too short, it is not useful at all.

Lou Fan is responsible for picking out the small pearls from the dozens of fish monsters. The three collected the pearls for nearly 4 hours before finishing. When the sun appeared on the sea level, all the fish monster corpses on the lake bank disappeared. This cannot be explained by common sense at all, and the team doesn’t care. After counting, there are 20 small pearls. Adding to the remaining pearls they have in hand, it is still not enough for their expected consumption. They must kill the fish monster one more round to enable all the members to dive down to the lake.

It is almost noon when Lou Fan gets awakened by Qin Tan. After breakfast and lunch, several people found the village chief who is still in the square, saying they wanted to borrow a boat.

“A boat? Do you want to boat at the lake? I can ask someone to give you a ride. You don’t need to row by yourself. How can young people nowadays know how to row a boat?” The village chief sure keeps up with the current fashion trends. His service is in place and he didn’t even mention the matter of remuneration.

Gong Yi has already gotten familiar with the villagers so the team let him negotiate. Gong Yi smiled and said, “Village chief, no need. We just want to experience the pleasure of rowing by ourselves. If you let someone help us row, how to enjoy it? You see, the lake is so big. Won’t it delay the villagers’ preparations for sacrificial activities?”

The village chief thought for a while, still smiling weirdly, “Alright, I’ll get someone to take you to the boat later.”

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[1] Banana: To save you guys from googling it, Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur.

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It is unrealistic to find a sunken ship in such a large lake, and it is no better than finding a needle in a haystack. Back in the temple, everyone felt a little tired in their heart. Tomorrow is already the 5th day so the team planned to look for it again tomorrow. But it really doesn’t work, they can only go to the small fishing village first and maybe ask the weird village chief. Maybe they can find a clue or something. At night, the team slept with the heavy-moving sound of the monster again but Lou Fan actually slept soundly. He never woke up at night and slept until the next day without any problems.

The watch showed that it is 8.00 am. Lou Fan is gnawing on the bread and saw the little Taoist dusting the statue. He grabbed the boy and handed him a piece of bread, “Children need to eat more to grow taller.”

The little Taoist squinted his eyes and took the bread, his smile showing a row of white teeth.

Lou Fan rubbed the boy’s head. Turning to look at the mural on the wall, he sighed again.

“There will be a way, don’t sigh.” Qin Tan’s comforting voice came from behind.

“Big brother, what’s wrong with this ship? You don’t like it?” Sun Hai has been very proficient in speaking after talking to Lou Fan these past 2 days. He blinked and looked at Lou Fan in confusion.

Lou Fan: “I like it, but I don’t know where it is. I want to find the ship.”

Sun Hai thought for a while before gently pulling Lou Fan’s sleeve, and whispered, “Big brother, I know where it is. Come with me.”

Hearing that, Lou Fan’s heart instantly felt like it’s being held. His heartbeat is incredibly fast. He turned his face and called out to Qin Tan, even his pitch is different. The two followed Sun Hai walking past twists and turns, and quickly reached a side hall. This side hall is very small, but there is a large god’s statue, which occupies almost the whole hall. The little Taoist priest walked behind the statue. There is only room for people to enter sideways. He walked in and pushed open the secret door behind the statue.

Lou Fan: “…”

No wonder they can’t find it. The key information is actually hidden here?

Inside the hidden space, it’s not the same as Lou Fan expected. There is only one stone monument there and no collections of books or scriptures. And the stone monument recorded exactly the information regarding the Shenzhou they are looking for.

The paragraph of literary words translated as follows: Shenzhou sailed on the emperor’s order. When passing through the waters of Lao Ye Temple, they encountered strong winds, waves, thunder, and lightning. Then, they are attacked by fish monsters. Only 1 of the 3,000 people on the ship survived. Shenzhou sank about 30 miles southwest of the center of the lake. There are countless rare treasures in the ship and hereby recorded. If someone comes to find it one day later, you can tell them about this.

After reading it, Lou Fan had only one thought. This is indeed a parallel world. If there are so many rare treasures on the ship, wouldn’t the emperor send anyone to salvage it? Or is it because of the monster fish in the lake? In addition to a stone monument, there is also a one-piece suit like fish scales on the stone platform next to it. Lou Fan walked over and picked it up to look at it. Touching the suit lightly with his hand, it really feel like fish scales to Lou Fan.

“It looked similar to the fish monster’s scales but much smaller.” Qin Tan said.

Lou Fan wondered, “Is this left by the person who wrote the stone monument?”

Both of them looked at the little Taoist priest. The little Taoist was looking at them so seeing they turn to him, the boy pointed to the fish-scale clothing and said, “I will give it to you.”

Lou Fan is overjoyed, “Really giving it to me?” The little Taoist nodded.

Lou Fan accepted it without hesitation and said, “Sun Hai, thank you so much.”

Unexpectedly, not only did they find a clue, but Lou Fan also got a piece of equipment. Qin Tan told Lou Fan to keep the suit away. Lou Fan understood and put it in his backpack. This kind of stuff doesn’t need to be shared with everyone.

Lou Fan copied the words on the stone monument, and the three of them withdrew from the status. Lou Fan walked to the front and bowed three times to the statue before leaving.

In the yard, Chen Shuyang, Wen Lang, and Zhang Xue showed up one after another. When they saw Qin Tan and Lou Fan, they said in unison, “Where have you guys been? We haven’t seen you for a long time and thought you got dragged away by the monsters.”

Lou Fan smiled mysteriously, “Guess what we found?”

Wen Lang’s eyes widened, “Frck, it won’t be what I thought, right?”

Lou Fan smiled meaningfully and shook the little book in his hand. Qin Tan also smiled. Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang quickly stepped forward and snatched the little book in his hand. Zhang Xue walked over, and the three of them read the notebook together. Lou Fan copied all the text on the stone monument. Although it is written in ancient Chinese characters, it is not much different from the vernacular characters. After reading it, the three of them looked at Qin Tan and Lou Fan with surprise.

“Where did you find it? We have been searching for it for so long, so why did you guys suddenly find it today?” Chen Shuyang looked at the notebook 3 times.

Lou Fan raised his chin and pointed to the little Taoist priest, “It’s all Sun Hai’s credit. He led us to find it. Otherwise, I think we might not be able to accomplish this task.”

When Lou Fan finished talking about how to find it, Wen Lang’s eyes bulged out from the shock, “I’ve never seen someone so lucky like you. Do you have a cheat code or something?”

Lou Fan shook his head, “If we look hard for it, we will definitely find it. Just that it won’t be so smoothly as now. Lazuli won’t let us die in a situation without a solution.”

Logically it’s correct, but even Zhang Xue looked at Lou Fan with envy. She thought in my heart that next time, she must have a good relationship with the NPCs. This is the role of the key NPC. Who knows, she may unexpectedly be able to get the key clues. She must not be careless.

Qin Tan stopped everyone from talking and said, “Pack up. We will go back to the village to kill the fish monsters.”

Everyone immediately stopped chatting and went to pack their own things one after another.

Knowing that they are leaving, the little Taoist followed Lou Fan all the way, his expression sad. Lou Fan can only touch the boy’s head, silently comforting him. Lou Fan can’t do anything else as he’s just a passerby. Lou Fan and his team left some food for the little Taoist priest and told him that when they returned to the village, they will get the village chief to bring him more food. The little Taoist nodded silently, without any superfluous expressions, as if he didn’t care about whether the village sent him food or not.

The team separated from the little Taoist outside the temple. When they reached halfway down the mountain, Lou Fan could still see the little Taoist standing in place when he turned his head. At this moment, Lou Fan felt that Sun Hai is no longer an NPC, but a real person.

Returned to the village, the team rested in the hut by the lake. They did not see Lin Man Man and Gong Yi.

“Where did they go?” Chen Shuyang put down his backpack and looked around. There are still some things about the two people in the house. Obviously, they still live here.

“The village is not big. We’ll look for them later, maybe they’ll be back soon.” Before Wen Lang finish his words, he saw Gong Yi coming out of the village. Gong Yi smiled immediately when he saw them and ran over.

“Brother Qin, Brother Lou, you guys are finally back.” Gong Yi’s smile revealed a row of white teeth, and he looked pretty good. Pointing to the village, he continued, “Lin Man Man will be back soon.”

Lou Fan asked curiously, “What are you two doing? Aren’t you afraid of the people in the village?”

Gong Yi smiled bitterly, “I’m afraid, but I still have to help out and inquire about the news in the village.”

After they exchanged a few words, they saw Lin Man Man running out of the village. Seeing that everyone is there, she looked very happy. “Brother Lou, is everything going well for you guys?”

Lou Fan smiled like an amiable elder, “You already dare to ask for the information alone, not bad.” When they first came to the village, Lin Man Man is still afraid and even hides behind him.

Gong Yi and Lin Man Man glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly. They are indeed scared at first, but they found it difficult to stay in the hut by the lake all the time. It’s better to go to the village to inquire for news so that they can help a little. At first, they went together and would take a detour when they met strange villagers. But later, they discovered that the villagers are just looking scary and would not attack them, so they became bolder.

Lin Man Man is quite concerned about the pair of mother and daughter. She stayed outside the door on the 1st day. From time to time, she will lean in to talk to the girl and praise her skill in weaving fishing nets. Unexpectedly, the girl is willing to talk to her when she came back the next day. When the topic comes to sacrifices, the girl told Lin Man Man that she is one of the sacrifices. The small fishing village uses young boys and girls as sacrifices every year. This time, it is their turn. But truth to be told, there are actually no more children left in the village. The villagers have to count in the Sun Hai who went to the Lao Ye temple since he was young to get a total of 5 children. Lin Man Man has gotten the names of the other 4 children, and the girl’s name is Shan Hu. In other words, there will be no sacrifices to offer next year.

“She also said that one of the boys came to her, saying that he had a plan. He will come to find Shan Hu in 2 days.” Lin Man Man told the team all she knew.

While Lin Man Man is drinking water, Gong Yi also added, “Outsiders are not allowed to stay in the village. We tried to talk to the village chief but the answer is still no and can only stay in the hut by the lake. At night, we didn’t dare to sleep at all. We waited until the villagers are all asleep before running into the village to hide. Then, after the fish monsters have retreated into the lake, we will return to the house. By the way, the lake will start to fog at night when the fish monsters appear.”

Unexpectedly, these 2 newcomers not only inquired about the news but also noticed the differences. For a newcomer, they have shown a strong psychological quality. Both of them are very happy to receive praise from the team of 5 people. But Lin Man Man looked sad again, “I searched everywhere, but I didn’t see Xiao Yu. I don’t know where she went.”

Lou Fan helplessly comforted, “Man Man, everyone only needs to be responsible for their own life. They are responsible for the choices they made.”

Lin Man Man nodded. She knew the truth, but Xiao Yu was her good friend after all. She just felt a little regretful and wondered if she could find Xiao Yu again to persuade her.

When there are just Gong Yi and Lin Man Man before, they are always feeling worried. Now that the team of 5 people is back, Gong Yi and Lin Man Man felt a lot more at ease. Even the small house seemed a little more secured.

Qin Tan also gave his admiration for Lin Man Man and said to her, “If Shan Hu comes into contact with another boy, you’d better go together and find out what they are going to do.”

Lin Man Man nodded, “I have already told Shan Hu. She will take me with her.”

Lou Fan fully affirmed Lin Man Man’s diplomatic skills, “Man Man, if your diplomatic skills are used by the Black Scorpion team, it will be a great help for them.”

Speaking of the Black Scorpion team, Lou Fan and the others did not see them again. Lin Man Man and Gong Yi also said that they had not seen them in the village. The team wondered where they are now, and whether they found a way to complete their task.

“Since Lin Man Man and Gong Yi have collected so much information, we should have a good rest in the afternoon. There will be a battle to be fought in the evening.” Qin Tan issued an order.

Realizing that the team is going to kill the fish monsters, Lin Man Man and Gong Yi exclaimed in surprise, “What?! You guys still want to kill the fish monsters?!”

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Lou Fan took the pastry from the little Taoist priest. This pastry is really hard, it’s the type that you can use to hit people. Lou Fan studied it for a while and didn’t know if the pastry is a good item. He didn’t know if he could exchange it for points when he brought it back to Lazuli. Lou Fan proceed to sit down on the ground. He stuffed the pastry into his bag, adhering to his principle of not letting go of any benefits. Then, he took a piece of bread out and handed it to the little Taoist priest. This is the first step to building a good relationship with the NPC.

The little Taoist took the bread calmly, tore open the packaging, and started stuffing it in his mouth.

“You eating here alone, where do you get the food?” Lou Fan asked. It doesn’t look like the kitchen has been used at all.

Due to eating too fast, the little Taoist choked on the bread. Lou Fan quickly took out a bottle of water, unscrewed it, and handed it to him, “Hurry up and take a sip. Eat slowly, no one will grab it from you. I still have some more if it is not enough.”

The little Taoist who Lou Fan initially thought couldn’t speak surprisingly spoke but after swallowing the food, “The villagers… send… it.”

He spoke in a jerky manner as if he hadn’t spoken in a long, long time.

Lou Fan thought of that pastry and wondered how often the villagers deliver the food. And would it be just that kind of hard pastry every time? He suddenly choked in his heart and touched the head of the little Taoist priest. Even if Lou Fan knows that this is a parallel world, which may not even be the real world or just a simulation, but no matter where, there are always such pitiful children, and he feels suffocating in his heart.

“Where are your parents?”

Sun Hai shook his head.

Lou Fan sighed. Then, he thought of the fact that he is also unable to take care of himself in this world, how could he spare time to pity others? He tentatively asked, “Sun Hai, have you heard of Shenzhou?”

Sun Hai looked at Lou Fan with wide eyes open, with a look of ignorance.

Lou Fan helplessly touched Sun Hai’s head and asked, “Do you want more bread?”

Sun Hai hesitated and nodded.

The sky is getting dark, and today the team is going to stay in the temple. The wing rooms in the temple are old and unlivable, but the temple hall is brightly lit and seemed more comfortable. The Black Scorpion team is staying in the front hall, while Lou Fan’s team is in the main hall.

As soon as night falls, Sun Hai went to close all the doors of the hall, and Lou Fan helped him to close it.

“Big brother, don’t go out at night…” Sun Hai said seriously to Lou Fan.

Lou Fan suddenly had a bad feeling about this and quickly informed the others.

Hearing that, Wen Lang is quite envious, “Lou Fan, you are lucky. Why did always you get the goodwill of the NPCs?”

“I treat people well and never lie.” Lou Fan looked at Wen Lang with a smile.

Wen Lang touched his nose. It seems that the lie on their first meeting would not be easily forgotten. He shouldn’t be impulsive and do such a thing in the first place. Also, if he does, he should have picked the right person. Of all people, how could he do that to these bigshots?

Zhang Xue chuckled. She got along well with everyone these past 2 days, and the interactions made her relax a little bit.

The night is quiet, but before long, there is a rustling sound from outside the hall. After a while, it seemed like a large creature is moving, making a heavy dragging sound. No one knows what monster is outside. All 5 of them are awake, holding their weapons vigilantly and staring at the door closely, for fear that something would break in the next moment.

Lou Fan glanced at the little Taoist who is sleeping deeply and felt that if they didn’t open the door, there might be no danger at all. No one knows how long it took but Lou Fan is already sleepy when he is suddenly awakened by a terrible cry. Lou Fan quickly looked around and found that everyone is there, with Qin Tan by his side. Then, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Chen Shuyang rubbed his eyes, “It seems to be at the Black Scorpion’s side.”

Qin Tan patted Lou Fan and said to the other 3 members who woke up, “Leave them alone and go to sleep.”

Lou Fan closed his eyes again obediently and tilted his head against Qin Tan. He smiled at the corners of his mouth and fell asleep contentedly.

…

Waking up early in the morning, the sun is still shining brightly. Except for the blackened blood on the front hall floor to show that someone had encountered an accident last night, everything else is the same as yesterday. It’s already the 4th day, and everyone is a little anxious. Shenzhou has not been found yet, but time is waiting for no one. Lou Fan and Qin Tan decided to go to the mountain lake first to test whether the small pearls are useful.

Lou Fan took out the ‘little pearl’ from his bag, which he casually named, and handed it to the other 3 people. Wen Lang had guessed that they must have found something in the head of the fish monster, but he didn’t expect it to be this thing.

“Qin Tan and I guessed that this little pearl might be able to let us breathe underwater. Of course, it’s just a guess. Today, we planned to test it, although we don’t know about Shenzhou’s position yet.” Lou Fan said and looked at everyone, “I don’t know who is good at swimming, would you like to try?”

Chen Shuyang shook his head, “I can’t swim.”

Zhang Xue also pursed her lips, “I haven’t learned to swim properly yet.”

Wen Lang stretched his body and said, “Then, let me do it. I grew up by the river and am a good swimmer.”

Qin Tan made a decision, “Alright then, we’ll hand it to you. If it doesn’t work, I’ll go down myself.”

Taking the little pearl, Wen Lang leaned close and studied the little pearl, “How do you use this?”

Lou Fan shrugged, “Probably swallow it.”

Zhang Xue hesitated, “Are there any fish monsters under the water?”

No one knows the answer to this question.

Qin Tan: “Wen Lang, just do what you can and come back immediately if you discover something wrong.”

Wen Lang solemnly nodded his head.

The team walked all the way to the bottom of the mountain, where the lake is sparkling brightly. However, it takes a little more courage to enter the water at the temperature in November. Wen Lang put on shorts and did a warm-up exercise but still couldn’t help shaking a little. Although he is good at swimming, he is not cold-resistant, he has never swum in winter swimming. Wen Lang who thought to himself that he shouldn’t be timid swallowed the pearl and jumped into the water with a plop. The surface of the water rippled, the ripples spread out. They have to test whether the little pearl is useful, and if it is useful, how long is the time limit.

5 minutes later, Lou Fan looked at the lake nervously, “Wen Lang hasn’t come up yet, does it mean it’s useful?”

Qin Tan is calmer than Lou Fan. He looked at the lake quietly and said, “Wait a bit more, it’s still early.” For those who hold their breaths, 5 minutes is not too long.

10 minutes later, Chen Shuyang couldn’t help but look back and forth by the lake, “Why hasn’t Wen Lang come out yet?”

Zhang Xue is also very nervous. She looked back and forth on the lake, “It might be good news if he still doesn’t come out.”

30 minutes later, Qin Tan is ready to go into the water to see the situation. Then, with a splash of water, Wen Lang emerged from the water with a smile on his face.

“It really works, 30 minutes!”

At first, Wen Lang just tried to breathe in the water, but he didn’t expect it to be possible. So, he opened his eyes and watched the time on the watch pass minute by minute. After a full 28 minutes, Wen Lang started to feel breathless. After another 2 minutes, he held his breath again and came out of the water.

Everyone is very happy to hear that, and Chen Shuyang hurriedly took the change of clothes and put on Wen Lang.

Qin Tan asked, “Have you seen anything in the water?”

Wen Lang shook his head, “No, I was monitoring the time. Should I go down again?”

“Take a rest first. I will go to explore with you later.”

After that, Qin Tan went to search for something in his bag and took out swimming goggles. Wen Lang talked about his underwater experience while eating and got more excited as he talked about it. He didn’t expect this bead that is so useful actually found in the head of such an ugly monster.

Lou Fan took out all the beads he has and looked frustrated, “We have to go back to the village and kill more fish monsters. There is only about a half chance of finding beads in their head. All 5 of us will be in the water and we need to prepare for at least 2-3 hours of duration. That means 6 beads per person, and we need to kill 60 fish monsters.”

Sometimes, Wen Lang really hates such sane people. They will use data and numbers to make you face the reality, unable to refute. Obviously, Lou Fan is such a person. When the team thinks that they need to kill so many fish monsters, they felt that they didn’t have so much time left.

Qin Tan added, “We are not afraid of fish head monsters. The most important thing to pay attention to is the fish monsters with a human head. Who knows, maybe there will be a bead in those kinds of monsters.”

It’s a pity that everyone feels sick whenever they think of that monster. The reason is none other than there is a human head in those fish’s heads. Thinking that they need to cut the human head open, they can’t do it. So the team can only pray for more fish monsters to kill.

The team discussed the matter and after lunch, Wen Lang and Qin Tan are ready to go into the water. At this moment, the people from Black Scorpion appeared. They are 1 person lesser this time, only 4 people left. Hu Nan smiled bitterly when he saw Qin Tan, “Leader Qin, this time, you really need to help us.”

Qin Tan interrupted Hu Nan’s words, “Leader Hu, we still haven’t thought of a way to dive into the lake and you also know how difficult the fish monster is to deal with. But your task is also very difficult, so we are not that tactless to ask for your help. Sigh, I just hope that we can complete the task smoothly. Otherwise, I don’t know if there is another chance to meet again.”

Qin Tan spoke very emotionally that Lou Fan blinked and praised him in his heart.

The people from the Black Scorpion team can only leave with a dark expression. They are not so thick-skinned that they make people give up their tasks to help them, but they are really upset with the rejection. If they meet again next time, they won’t let this go.

Watching the other team leave far away, the two are about to go into the water. Lou Fan asks Zhang Xue and Chen Shuyang to guard on both sides of the path, in case Black Scorpion comes back and finds out about the little pearl. He doesn’t want the Black Scorpion to take advantage of them.

This time, Qin Tan and Wen Lang took a full 35 minutes to come up. When Lou Fan saw them emerge out of the water, he immediately brought over their clothes and stepped forward. However, both shook their heads with heavy expressions on their faces.

“What’s the matter?” Lou Fan is puzzled.

As Qin Tan wiped the water on his body, he said, “After 5 meters underwater, the visibility is very low and nothing can be seen. It is still visible near the shore but the deeper to the center we go, the darker the underwater, and the temperature is somewhat lower.”

Lou Fan looked a little frustrated, “There are so many difficulties in this world. Wen Lang, are the tasks of the low-level teams this difficult usually?”

Wen Lang also shook his head helplessly, “Each team has a different task. I don’t know about this information. Anyway, Lazuli’s task is not easy to be completed.”

When Chen Shuyang and Zhang Xue came back, they looked a little frustrated after hearing the news. Are they really unable to complete the task this time? One must know that this is just a low-level task.

Lou Fan clapped his hands to cheer up the team’s morale, “We can use a flashlight and tie it to our arms for visibility. As for the temperature, just bear with it. The viral ice bucket challenges are even lower, minus tens of degrees so what’s this to be afraid of? The most important thing is to kill enough fish monsters.”

After Lou Fan said this, everyone thought it made sense, and it seemed that all of these are not a problem underwater. The question is, where is Shenzhou?

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Sun Hai is actually a little Taoist priest? And the villagers want to send this little Taoist priest as a sacrifice to General Ju Yuan? Everyone found it unbelievable to hear, even Black Scorpion felt helpless.

Hu Nan: “We asked about Sun Hai in the village and the people said that Sun Hai has already gone to become a Taoist priest at Lao Ye Temple. But when we asked why they are sacrificing a Taoist priest, they kept silent.”

“Why don’t you ask him?”

Hu Nan looked even more speechless, “Sun Hai is a fool.”

Therefore, the key NPC should be the other 4 people. Immediately, the girl of the pair of mother and daughter appeared in Lou Fan’s mind. She should be one of the sacrifices.

Someone lightly snickered beside Lou Fan. Wen Lang had a playful expression on his face as he stared at the little Taoist priest intently. Lou Fan tapped Wen Lang and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Wen Lang turned his head away, his tone full of schadenfreude, “The little Taoist is a fool so Black Scorpion is going to be finished this time.”

Lou Fan doesn’t like Black Scorpion very much, and he can’t bear the idea of someone coveting Qin Tan. Now that the key NPC is a fool, they can’t ask anything. Let’s see what the Black Scorpion will do.

Zhang Xue looked around the front hall, only to feel that this Lao Ye Temple is a little different from the general Taoist temples. As for what is the difference, she couldn’t tell.

Qin Tan and Hu Nan are still continuing with the small talk. Qin Tan said, “Our mission is not difficult, and we have plenty of time. On the other hand, Leader Hu, your mission is a bit dangerous. Besides, our Level 1 team can’t help you much. I’m afraid that when the time comes, we will do something wrong and it won’t be helpful for you.”

The type to hold a grudge, huh? Hu Nan turned to look at Xiao Qian with disgust. An incompetent fool who only knows to mess things up. Hu Nan then turned back to Qin Tan with a warm expression, “Alright, you should do your task first. If you need help, just say it and we will definitely help. Everyone just wants to survive. We have the same goal, so our interest is not conflicting.”

Qin Tan solemnly said, “Then, I shall give my thanks in advanced to Leader Hu.” Turning his head and seeing his team members walking around, Qin Tan added, “We want to find out if there is any information here regarding our task so we’ll take our leave now.”

Hu Nan nodded, “Sure, but Leader Qin, this little Taoist priest is the only person in this temple.”

Qin Tan uttered a sound of acknowledgment and took his 4 members to the main hall at the back.

Hu Nan’s team members pushed the little Taoist priest away, and the little Taoist priest fell to the ground. Wordlessly standing up, the little guy patted the dirt off his body and left quietly.

Seeing that they are far away from the front hall, Wen Lang snorted, “(spit) What are they? They want us to cooperate but they don’t know how bad their working style is.”

Zhang Xue frowned and muttered, “A group of disgusting people.” There’s a man in the Black Scorpion team who kept staring at her. His gaze was sticky and disgusting, which made her feel sick.

Chen Shuyang: “It feels like they want us to die as their scapegoat…”

Hearing that, Lou Fan glanced at Chen Shuyang, feeling amused. Even Chen Shuyang can feel that the Black Scorpion has an unkind intention towards them. The question is why do the people of the Black Scorpion team feel confident that they would cooperate with them?

“Their purpose must not be simple. It’s either to let us die or to become their scapegoat.” Lou Fan concluded. “Anyway, we don’t need their help, and we don’t want to help them either.”

Seeing the angry Lou Fan, Qin Tan said with a smile, “Don’t worry, they won’t dare to use force if we don’t cooperate. If they dare to try, I can handle 4 of them, and you guys can handle the remaining one.”

Lou Fan laughed unkindly when he heard it. Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang gave thumbs-up, and even Zhang Xue smiled, her expressions softened. They have no doubt about Qin Tan’s ability, and they do what he says.

…

Hu Nan stared at Xiao Qian with an ugly expression. Xiao Qian turned pale and couldn’t help shrinking back. “They, they don’t even agree to our request for cooperation. They really don’t know what is good or bad for them!”

Hu Nan glared at Xiao Qian like a poisonous snake, “I think you are the one who doesn’t know what is good or bad. Can’t you see that Leader Qin is not easy to provoke at a glance? Their spirit weapon is a Tang sword and a bow, you think they would be easy to be schemed against? They are not stupid. Usually, a newcomer team, even a Level 5 team, will want to cooperate with us without hesitation. But for them to reject us, it is enough to show that they are confident that they can complete the task on their own.” Hu Nan warned Xiao Qian again, “Keep your scheming thoughts away. Otherwise, if something happens, no one will save you. And I will be the first one to take action on you.”

Xiao Qian’s face turned pale. She glanced at her teammate who is looking at her strangely and doesn’t dare to speak anymore.

…

Lao Ye Temple occupies a large area on the mountain. The main temple is 9 meters high. The team walked to the main hall, where the statue of General Ju Yuan is enshrined. They wandered around and back to the main hall; no one else can be seen at all.

“No way. In such a big temple, there’s really only the little Taoist priest here?” Wen Lang cried out and lifted the heavy curtains everywhere. A thick layer of dust on the curtain is shaken off and fell on Wen Lang’s face, “(spit) Pei, pei.”

Lou Fan: “It seems that Black Scorpion did not lie to us this time.”

“Come here and take a look, this mural…” Zhang Xue stood in front of a wall and pointed to the mural above.

Chen Shuyang, who was studying General Ju Yuan quickly walked over, frowning and studying the mural carefully. After staring at it for a long time, he lifted his glasses and said confidently, “Come come come, I’ll explain this mural to you.”

Wen Lang looked in disbelief, “You even know about this too?”

Chen Shuyang smiled shyly and put his glasses down again. He explained, “I did a little research. During our 3rd year, our major course’s professor took us to see the murals in Dunhuang city. At that time, we studied murals the entire period, so I can still provide a basic explanation now.”

Chen Shuyang is the only person who ever study about this and Lou Fan knows nothing anyway, so he stood obediently, ready to listen.

“The first painting is a huge wooden boat with gorgeous patterns painted on the hull. The whole boat looked very gorgeous. It is sailing in the billowing waves, and the masts of the boat are hung with huge sails. The sails looked bulging by the wind means that the ship is advancing at full speed.” Chen Shuyang continued, “According to my inference, judging from the appearance of this ship, this might be the ‘Shenzhou’ we are looking for.”

Then, to the second painting. The position in the painting has obviously changed. The boat is at the entrance of the lake. A magnificent mountain temple stands on a mountain in the distance. It is exactly the same as the Lao Ye Temple where they are now. Obviously, the boat is going through the waters of Lao Ye Temple. At this moment, the ship has retracted its sails, and on both sides of the hull were countless long oars placed in the water, moving in unison. The ship is using human power to drive the ship forward.

“This is the waters of Lao Ye Temple. Something must have happened to this big ship.”

In the third painting, the overall color of the painting is dull. It is not difficult to see that it is showing the ship at night. Thunder and lightning flashed in the painting, and the huge boat shook in the middle of the lake. The boat rolls under the huge waves and is thrown high in the air. The whole ship has already tilted, and it seems that it will turn over in the next moment. On a low mountain in the distance, Lao Ye Temple emits a glowing light in the dark, as if it is guiding the direction.

There are only these 3 murals. The team walked forward but there’s nothing there.

Lou Fan looked dumbfounded and asked, “So, the ship should have sunk, right?”

Chen Shuyang shook his head, “I don’t know, maybe it sinks but not necessarily.”

Qin Tan: “If there’s anyone in the temple, we can ask and will understand. Let’s look around again.”

“You guys go ahead to search, and I will sort out the information here.” Lou Fan took out the little notebook he carried, writing and drawing on it with a pen.

When the rest of the team return with nothing, Lou Fan opened his notebook.

“You see, this mission is actually very clear. We are looking for Shenzhou. First, we need to find the location of the shipwreck. Tentatively, we assume Shenzhou is a shipwreck. Second, we need equipment to dive underwater. And third, if we meet the fish monsters underwater, what to do?” Lou Fan concluded, “Just these 3 points.”

Lou Fan sounded organized, but Wen Lang felt a headache coming, “The problem is none of these 3 points is simple, okay?!”

Lou Fan looked at Wen Lang, “Do you think 10 days are given to us for nothing? If it is simple to do, the mission world won’t give you that long time.”

Wen Lang is stunned after hearing that. Although he couldn’t bear it to say, he still had to say, “According to my reliable information, the further you go, the shorter the mission time limit. If the time is very short, then you have to be very careful.”

Lou Fan didn’t believe Wen Lang, “Your information is reliable?”

Choked by Lou Fan’s suspicion, Wen Lang puffed his chest and said, “Of course it’s reliable.”

“Okay. In short, there are these 3 points that we need to pay attention to. Everyone should remember them well. Once there are any clues, you have to tell us.” Lou Fan smiled and decided to boost the team’s morale. “For the second point, we have a small guess, but we still have to try it first. Let’s solve the first point first. As for the fish monster… we’ll talk about it later.”

Except for Qin Tan and Lou Fan, the rest of the team doesn’t know about the little pearl. Lou Fan is not going to say it right now as it’s just a guess and they still don’t know how to use it. Would they get happy for nothing if the pearl didn’t work?

Qin Tan pulled everyone’s attention back and said, “There is no one else in this temple, so everyone should look around again carefully. Since there are murals here, maybe there are other records left somewhere. Perhaps this ship is Shenzhou.”

Everyone nodded. There is only this clue at present. The team of 5 people split up. Lao Ye Temple occupies a large area, and it is not easy to check all areas carefully.

Lou Fan turned around many twists and turns and didn’t know where he went. The area looked secluded, a bit like a wing room. Suddenly there is a sound from a room on the side. Surprised, Lou Fan grabbed a stick on the side of the wall and walked over slowly. His movement is light and he made no sound. The door of the room is open. Lou Fan held the stick in his hand nervously and slowly stretched out his head to look inside.

The room is actually a kitchen. It’s terribly old, with spider webs everywhere on the roof, and the stove looked like it hasn’t been used for a long time. The sound came from the innermost corner, like the sound of someone eating. Walking in, the figure in the corner gradually appeared in his sight. Lou Fan felt relieved after seeing the person clearly. The little Taoist priest is eating a piece of pastry in his hand but the pastry looked very hard. Judging from the way he chewed, it is not much worse than biting on a stone.

Lou Fan walked to the little guy and squatted down, putting away the stick in his hand. The little Taoist priest actually looked very thin. He is about 13 or 14 years old. The little guy is not afraid to see Lou Fan approaching him. He simply looked at Lou Fan ignorantly with his excessively large eyes.

Lou Fan gave a friendly smile, “Is your name Sun Hai? Can you give me some of your pastry?”

The little Taoist priest looked at the pastry in his hand, and then at Lou Fan. He tried to break a chunk out with his hand but found that the pastry remained intact. He hesitated and handed the whole pastry to Lou Fan.

“You’re giving it all to me?” Lou Fan asked, “Do you have any more for yourself?”

The little Taoist shook his head.

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Lou Fan guessed, “So, maybe this bead has something to do with us diving into the water?”

Qin Tan looked at Lou Fan and replied, “Maybe.”

Lou Fan stood up and threw away the harpoon. Clapping his hands, he said, “We’ll talk about it tomorrow, I’m going to die of sleepiness.”

The two walked back to the wooden house and woke Chen Shuyang and Gong Yi up to change shifts. Lou Fan patted the pillow in the corner and quickly fell asleep. Qin Tan laid down beside Lou Fan where they are facing each other. Looking at Lou Fan’s sleeping face, Qin Tan lightly chuckled. His lips moved and he wordlessly said good night before closing his eyes.

When Lou Fan woke up, he looked at his watch and saw that it is already 10.00 am. He got up from the ground anxiously, it seems that he is the only person in the whole house. As soon as he opened the door, the sunlight enveloped him, warm and mellow. The lake is sparkling, and there is no horrible scenery from last night at all, only a sunny lake scene is there.

“Brother Lou, good morning!” Chen Shuyang is sitting by the lake, grilling the fish in his hand.

“Brother Qin caught these from the lake.”

Lou Fan: “You sure have a strong taste. You even dare to eat the things from the lake.”

Chen Shuyang shook the fish, “It’s a normal fish.”

Lou Fan looked around and asked, “Where are the dead fish monsters?”

“It’s gone.” Qin Tan came out from behind the hut and shook the water in his hand. “They (the other members in the team) are the ones who wanted to eat the fish.”

Lou Fan patted Qin Tan on the shoulder, “We should continue to eat dry food.”

Chen Shuyang opened his mouth, wanting to say something. What the hell, it is clearly Brother Qin who took the initiative to catch the fish, and he even said to leave one for Brother Lou. How did it change to they are the ones who wanted to eat it? Then, Chen Shuyang looked at the fish in his hand and then thought of the fish monster corpse Lou Fan asked. He suddenly felt like he is holding a ‘hot potato’ and immediately threw the fish before running away. Wen Lang just walked out of the village and saw that the lonely grilled fish had become charcoal black.

The group of 8 people sat down in a circle and ate dry food. Wen Lang suddenly said, “I wonder if Black Scorpion has encountered the fish monster as well?” Such a terrifying fish monster, if they didn’t return to the village for shelter, some of their team members would surely die.

Chen Shuyang sighed, “Let’s focus on taking care of ourselves, the fish monsters are too scary.”

Qin Tan saw that everyone had almost finished eating, and said, “Check your weapons. We will head to the Lao Ye Temple later.”

The lower-level team of 5 took out their weapons one after another. Wen Lang held the poker in his hand and looked at Lou Fan’s bow greedily, “Brother Lou, can you really shoot unlimited arrows with your bow?”

Lou Fan smiled, handed Wen Lang the bow to look at. Then he asked, “Your spirit weapon is poker cards? It’s also a strange weapon, what’s the limit?”

It turns out that Lou Fan is not a rookie. Man, previously he(WL) was treating them like a rookie, but every one of them is so good. Well, except for Chen Shuyang’s book. Wen Lang picked up a poker and replied, “The limit is only one deck of cards per day.”

It stands to reason that one should not tell others about the limits of their spirit weapon, but since their team has fought for their lives together, Wen Lang didn’t care too much about this. The other reason is that spirit weapons cannot cause harm to people, whether in Lazuli or the mission world. Other weapons can be used though, such as the short sword exchanged by Chen Shuyang and the dagger bought by Lou Fan.

Lou Fan looked at Zhang Xue’s doll next; it is a doll with a big palm, which can become a half-human height during battle. It is also a very special spirit weapon. Qin Tan stood up, hung the Tang sword on his waist, and carried his backpack. Lou Fan also got up and prepared, clapping his hands, “Get ready to go, it’s almost noon!”

As soon as Lou Fan said that, Xiao Yu screamed like crazy, “You can’t go! You can’t leave us, what if monsters are appearing again? Why are you being irresponsible and leaving us here?! You are not allowed to go anywhere!”

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Everyone is so stunned by Xiao Yu’s logic that they suddenly forgot what to say.

Feeling amused, Wen Lang asked, “Who gave you the confidence to let everyone take care of you? Are you amazingly beautiful and cute? Little sister, don’t be naive. Everyone is trying their best to live, only you are hiding behind others. Even your friend is working hard, but what about you? Not wanting to work hard but still hope everyone to take care of you. Is everyone in the whole world your mother?”

Xiao Yu glared at Wen Lang ferociously, as if she wanted to eviscerate him, chop him up and feed him to the dog. It’s a pity that Wen Lang doesn’t bother and only looked at her mockingly.

“You guys will die horribly!”

Lin Man Man didn’t expect Xiao Yu to say such a thing. This Xiao Yu in front of her is no longer her good friend. When she tried to say something, Xiao Yu waved her hand away and pointed at them. She cursed viciously, “You will definitely have retribution!”

As Xiao Yu said that, she backed away step by step, staring at everyone, as if to carve them all into her heart. Then she ran into the village and disappeared.

Although it is not the first time Lou Fan met this kind of person, he still feels disheartened. A lot of times, there are people like this. They can’t see the reality and feel that the whole world should circle around them. As for retribution, it probably doesn’t exist in this world. There are only people who don’t work hard and court death.

Qin Tan’s eyes are indifferent, this kind of person is not worthy of him to say more, “Go.”

Lin Man Man and Gong Yi stood there obediently as they said, “We will take care of ourselves. You guys, Brother Lou and Sister Xue, be careful too!”

Lou Fan drew his dagger from his waist and handed it to Lin Man Man, “Take this to defend yourself. Don’t trust anyone else and you two must be together at all times. Gong Yi, you must protect Man Man.”

Holding the harpoon in his hand, Gong Yi promised, “Brother Lou, don’t worry.”

Their group of 5 people walked in the direction of Lao Ye Temple. There is a small road from the small fishing village to Lao Ye Temple. There is a long rope on the side of the road near the riverbank. The rope is covered with red cloth strips and strange black runes are painted all over the red cloth, which looked very strange. After walking for more than an hour, the group stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up. Lao Ye Temple is located on the top of the mountain, which is not too high. They walked up the winding mountain road and soon reached the top of the mountain.

Lao Ye Temple is built on the mountain next to the lake, without any obstructions in all 4 directions. From the temple, one can see thousands of miles of mist-covered waters, it is a very peculiar temple. There is a tall four-pillar archway in front of the temple. The main temple is 9 meters high and enshrines the statue of General Ju Yuan. It looks very magnificent. Looking down from the temple on the mountain, the entire lake can be taken in. Like a guardian who protects the village from the monsters at the bottom of the lake.

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Qin Tan: “Let’s go in and have a look.”

Lou Fan and the rest followed Qin Tan in, but they did not expect to meet an acquaintance – Black Scorpion is in Lao Ye Temple.

The people from the Black Scorpion team looked obviously surprised when they saw them. Xiao Qian, the woman who was rude to them when they first met, exclaimed in surprise, “All five of you are still alive!”

Clearly, for Black Scorpion, it is normal to expect more than half of their team of 5 people to be killed or injured. Now that everyone is well and alive, it is an unbelievable thing.

Lou Fan weakly complained to himself, ‘So sorry that we are alive and we let you down.’

A man who looked like the captain of the team came over. His bangs are so long that they almost covered half of his face. People would wonder if he can really see the way.

“Hello, my name is Hu Nan.” Hu Nan stretched out his hand to Qin Tan.

Qin Tan also stretched out his hand, “Hello, I’m Qin Tan.”

Wen Lang curled his mouth at Lou Fan and Lou Fan looked at him suspiciously. Wen Lang approached Lou Fan and whispered, “Their team is missing 1 person.”

Sure enough, there are only 5 people in Black Scorpion now. Their members were 6 before this. Moreover, 2 people in the team had bandages on their hands and looked badly injured.

Hu Nan: “We encountered the fish monsters when we were staying in the village. We lost a member and two were injured.”

Qin Tan nodded, “Those fish monsters are really hard to deal with. We are quite lucky.”

Hu Nan: “…” How should I pick it up the conversation now?

Xiao Qian can’t continue with this conversation anymore and said, “You guys must be really lucky. Otherwise, how could there be no casualties in your team? That fish monster has thick skin and thick flesh, and there are so many of them. How can your Level 1 team be unscathed?” She glanced contemptuously across the crowd, and fell on Qin Tan with an unknown smile, “But the captain looks very powerful.”

Lou Fan swiftly pushed Qin Tan behind him and said, “We are indeed lucky. Our captain is not reliable at all and is unarmed. By the way, we still have our task to do so we are leaving first.”

Lou Fan didn’t blush at all when he blatantly lied and fully demonstrated what it means by ‘saying things righteously as if they are real’.

Xiao Qian’s face turned red and white by Lou Fan’s rebut. She wanted to say a few more words, but when she saw that Qin Tan’s eyes are full of coldness, she got so frightened that she did not dare to speak again. This man was speaking nicely earlier, so why is he looking scary now?

Hu Nan pulled Xiao Qian away and glared at her. This woman keeps getting in the way, and she would blatantly look for trouble, not realizing her limit.

“Qin Tan, I have an idea. I wonder if you are willing to cooperate with us?”

Hu Nan said to Qin Tan, “Our task is to rescue Sun Hai and his party. Sun Hai and the other 4 people are the sacrifices for the ceremony. Personally, there are still a few days before the sacrificial ceremony starts. We have plenty of time to help you complete your task first.”

Lou Fan rolled his eyes, do they look stupid to them? Qin Tan is even cleverer, alright?

Qin Tan said, “Your task is more important. We can complete it by ourselves so we won’t take up your time.” Qin Tan looked at the 2 wounded men, “Besides, your team members also need to take good care of their injuries.”

Hu Nan also simply opened up and explained, “We planned to wait until the day of the sacrifice to go on the boat. Then we can save those people directly.”

Qin Tan frowned, “Those fish monsters are difficult to deal with, how do you plan to save them?”

“Steer the ship back!” Hu Nan answered like it’s given, “The key to clear the mission world is sometimes so simple and crude. We have considered many methods, but none of them will work.”

Lou Fan couldn’t agree with their simplicity and crudeness. The boat will sail to the middle of the lake. Is there enough time to steer back to the shore? What if the ship couldn’t be steered? If the fish monsters rushed onto the ship and waited until the ship sank, there might not be any chance of surviving it. Unless the Black Scorpion team has the equipment to bring all the people back, this method is not reliable at all.

Lou Fan thinks that the most important thing is the NPC named Sun Hai and the other 4 people. Maybe they can solve their mission by finding all 5 of them. It is impossible for the mission world to give an unsolvable mission. But the people of the Black Scorpion team didn’t think about this method, and are prepared to use their simple-to-death method!

Wen Lang asked the question in everyone’s mind, “Have you found the person named Sun Hai?”

A member of the Black Scorpion team walked behind the god status, pulled out a young Taoist priest. Pointing at him, he said, “This is Sun Hai!”

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