Ever since I made the decision to look for the cold jade in the water myself.
Hou Jiuming went all out to prepare.
While practicing hard, I use my free time to draw symbols.
I also took the time to familiarize myself with my magic weapon.
Time passes quietly in such busyness.
Until this day, the aura above Hou Jiuming's residence became chaotic, and then quickly disappeared. This kind of day was not over.
When he came out of the training room, he had a smile on his face.
After a month of hard work, and with the help of a lot of clear water elixirs, I finally broke through the eighth level of Qi training today.
Unlike the calmness in the later stages of the breakthrough, the eighth level of Qi training was only a small breakthrough and did not cause much commotion.
"It's time to go!"
After such a long period of preparation, I not only became familiar with the magic weapon, but also had a sufficient reserve of talismans.
With his current reserve of talismans, he would not be worried at all even if he encounters the foundation building stage.
He did what he thought of, and on the same day, Hou Jiuming left Linjiang City and set off towards Qianyu Country.
Qianyu Country, as you can tell just by hearing its name, is a country rich in water resources.
This is indeed the case. Within the Qianyu Kingdom, there are countless lakes and rivers, large and small, turning the entire country into islands that look like pieces.
Hence, the name Qianyu Country came into being.
Because this time I am searching aimlessly,
Therefore, Hou Jiuming did not choose to fly, but took a small boat and headed up the Hua River towards Qianyu Country.
Downstream of Linjiang City is Mingfeng Country.
Going upstream along the Hua River, there is the Hanyue Kingdom on the left and the Qianyu Kingdom on the right.
To go to Shanyue Kingdom, you have to take the land route.
To go to Qianyu Country, you only need to find a branch of the waterway to reach it, which is very convenient.
A flat boat with a small square table on it, a few side dishes, and a pot of wine.
Hou Jiuming held the wine glass, tasting it and admiring the scenery along the way.
But this small boat has no oars and is not swimming with the current, but strangely traveling against the current.
And the speed is not that fast.
Fortunately, there were no boats passing by on the river. Otherwise, I would have had to call out to the gods.
After driving against the current for about dozens of miles, Hou Jiuming saw a fork in the river. Without even hesitation, he steered the boat and turned directly in.
By now, it has become a downstream flow.
There is no need for him to expend all his energy to move it, he just needs to keep the balance of the boat in the water.
All the way down the river, the green mountains along the coast are reflected in the green shadows, and birds are constantly circling.
The rushing river water rolled up white waves, pushing the boat forward quickly.
In this case, within half a day's journey, the boat arrived at a very large lake.
After the boat reached the center of the lake driven by inertia, Hou Jiuming stood up.
"According to the news, the most likely place for cold jade to appear in the water is in the deep water area. It's so big here that even the spiritual sense can't reach the bottom. It should be considered deep!"
With this thought in mind, he took out a water-avoiding charm from the storage space.
Knowing that he was going to search in the water, it was impossible for him to be unprepared.
The primary high-grade water-proof talisman can form a light curtain in the water to wrap the user.
Allow it to move and breathe freely in the water.
It is a very practical talisman.
But because it started out as a high-quality talisman, its price is very high.
Unless there is an urgent need, no one is willing to stock up on such a talisman that is of little use and is also very expensive.
Mana poured into the talisman, and after a burst of spiritual light, the talisman seemed to be attracted by a magnet and stuck to Hou Jiuming's body. After that, a layer of light began to emerge with the talisman as the center.
When his whole body was covered, Hou Jiuming jumped lightly from the boat into the water.
"Ordinary~"
As the waves splashed, the whole person sank quickly.
After the initial surge of bubbles, the vision in front of me quickly recovered.
There were all kinds of fish around him that were frightened and ran away because of him entering the water.
Below, it was pitch black.
I don't know how deep this lake is.
Anyway, his consciousness within the fifteen-meter range did not detect the edge.
"Is this water really clean?"
After getting used to the situation in the water, Hou Jiuming immediately took action.
With a wave of his hand, a powerful force hit the water above his head, and a reaction force appeared, causing him to sink slowly.
Every once in a while, a blast of force will be fired.
In this case, it only took a dozen breaths to reach the bottom of the lake.
According to his estimate, the water depth here is about thirty meters.
Unlike looking from above, when you really stand at the bottom of the lake, everything is not completely dark. Instead, because of the light refracted into the water, you can have a panoramic view of all the scenery.
The lake bottom is full of life, with swaying water plants, swarms of fish, and some rotten shipwrecks.
Hou Jiuming, who saw such a situation for the first time, couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
“So beautiful and peaceful!”
Although there were a large number of fish moving at the bottom of the entire lake, there was no sound at all, as if they were two different worlds above the water.
One is full of birdsong and flowers, and the other is quiet but full of life.
After standing quietly at the bottom of the lake and admiring it for a while, Hou Jiuming remembered the purpose of his trip.
So, I quickly adjusted my mentality and started wandering around the bottom of the lake.
The biggest feature of the cold jade in the water is that it can affect the environment of a small area of water.
The temperature of this water area is very different from that of the same water area.
As long as there is cold jade in the water, that small area must be a restricted area for life.
No fish or aquatic plants survive.
Of course, because it is in the soil layer, this common sense does not apply in many cases.
Therefore, Hou Jiuming worked tirelessly to search carefully at the bottom of the lake.
Just three of the top-grade water-avoiding talismans were used. If he hadn't made the talismans himself, he would have been in pain by now.
It is not unreasonable for the cold jade in the water to be so precious.
The power of the three talismans was exhausted and the target was not found. Hou Jiuming did not stay, and went directly back to the boat to continue searching for the next place.
He had already been mentally prepared for this before coming.
So, if you don’t find it the first time, there’s nothing to be upset about.
If this thing were so easy to find, it wouldn't be so precious.
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Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Hou Jiuming drove a boat around various lakes and rivers in Qianyu Kingdom, and went down to search for almost all deep water places.
But, even so, there was no trace of Hanyu in the water.
If he hadn't been determined to pursue this aimless search, he might have given up long ago.
One sunny morning, Hou Jiuming was wandering around at the bottom of the lake.
This lake is not big, the surface area is about one thousand square meters, and the bottom of the lake is even smaller, six to seven hundred square meters.
Originally, he didn't hold out any hope. After all, he had searched for many lakes smaller than this one, so it was strange that such a small lake existed.