Chapter 95: Ancient Water Lake (Third Update)
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Opening his eyes, Ye Chen jumped down from the bed and threw a set of Golden Fist punches without using any true energy.
Fists howled horizontally, and the furniture and wooden windows in the room shook with a loud bang, finally splitting into four or five pieces and scattering all over the floor.
"Good fellow, in an instant increased five thousand catties of strength, reaching twenty thousand catties." Ye Chen immediately felt a huge increase in physical strength, his entire body seemingly having endless energy, one punch could kill five water buffalo lined up in a row.
To know that physical strength is not like true energy, it is limited to the human body's limits, and grows very slowly. Being able to reach 20,000 jin is already quite impressive, even the strongest Body Cultivation practitioners do not have such a strong physique, unless the opponent has also cultivated a Body Tempering technique.
"Xu Jing must have used around 70-80% of her strength that day, otherwise the last punch could have really killed me." Thinking about the power of San Tian Jin Quan and Fu Mo Shen Quan, Ye Chen had some self-awareness and didn't rashly think that Xu Jing had gone all out.
Nothing happened all night.
The next morning, the sun was high in the sky.
Stepping into the radiant morning light, Ye Chen arrived at the Cloud-Ascending Grand Hall.
The hall was empty and quiet, with only three or four people selecting tasks, it was very deserted.
Walking up to the gray jade tablet, Ye Chen took a glance and his eyes locked onto the last task order on the first row, which seemed to have been newly posted.
Mission: Head to Gu Shui Lake and help the Qu family find their lost boat.
Details: Gu Shui Lake has a treacherous place called Jiǔ Qū Shí Bā Wān, where there are many aquatic monsters and underwater whirlpools, extremely dangerous.
Task difficulty: Five-star gray level.
Reward: 120,000 taels of gold.
"Koshui Lake, isn't that in the far north of Tenpu Country? It's quite a distance from here!"
Ye Chen had heard of the reputation of Gu Shui Lake, which was said to have a history of 3,000 years. In the early days, it was just a small lake, but later it encountered a major earthquake, and an area of thousands of miles around it sank into the ground. After experiencing 3,000 years of rainfall, it formed today's Gu Shui Lake.
The ancient water lake was not dangerous in the early days, but now it is extremely dangerous. It seems that the big earthquake released the ancient monsters from under the ground, occupying the entire ancient water lake, causing some fish and shrimp that were not originally monsters to undergo mutations and become members of the monster group.
In the center of Gu Shui Lake, there is a large island called Pan Shan Island. A clan lives on the island, which is the Qu family who issued the task. The Qu family has a long history and lived on Pan Shan Island 3,000 years ago. Despite knowing that Gu Shui Lake is home to many monsters, they have never thought of leaving and have always lived there.
It's just that occasionally, some geniuses appear on the island, unwilling to be lonely, leaving Gu Shui Lake to come to the bustling area, making a big name for themselves. I heard that even in Fei Cui Valley, there is an inner disciple from Pan Shan Island's Qu family.
Without much thought, Ye Chen tore off the task list and left the Tengyun Grand Hall.
At the foot of the mountain, a horseman galloped towards the north.
……
Eight days later.
Ye Chen arrived at the vast and endless ancient lake.
As it happened, there was a dilapidated little wine shop by the shore, with four black characters written on its peeling sign.
"Old Wine Tavern!"
He dismounted and patted the horse's head, "It took eight days of hard work to get here, by the time we return, it'll be time to replace you anyway. Following me is a life of suffering."
Wasting time is shameful, the black brown horse was reliable in the early stages, but later on it had a strong heart but no strength, traveling two thousand miles a day was basically useless, even if they traveled through the night, in one day they could only travel three thousand miles or so. Ye Chen thought about going back to get a half-demon horse called Gui Yan Yu Shi Zi, which could travel 3,300 miles a day, and with nighttime travel, five thousand miles would not be a problem. The key was that the half-demon horse had strong endurance, and under conditions of no rest or sleep, it could run continuously for three days and nights, after which it only needed to rest one night before being as energetic as ever, without its master having to worry about it at all.
"Brave young man, you must be heading to Gu Shui Hu! Why don't you come in and rest for a bit first?" The shopkeeper enthusiastically greeted the arrival of the guest.
Ye Chen nodded, "Take care of my horse."
"Right this way, please!"
The wine house is more dilapidated than imagined, the walls are mottled, the table surface is rough and uneven, even the chairs are pieced together, looking very shabby.
Yedu chose a comfortable chair and sat down, ordering a few small dishes at the same time.
As they were eating, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the wine shop once again, unexpectedly.
"Today's luck is not bad, and there are guests again."
The young shop assistant immediately became spirited.
Before long, a young man in green clothes walked in.
Seeing Ye Chen, a young man in green clothes frowned, "You are an inner disciple of Liuyun Sect, aren't you going to Gu Shui Hu Pan Shan Island?"
"Not bad." Ye Chen saw that his opponent was an inner disciple of Feicui Valley.
"In that case, you don't have to go; matters of the Qu family should be handled by members of the Qu family."
"Your family name is Qu, aren't you?"
"The 166th generation descendant of Qu's family, Qu Ming." A young man with a green scarf sat down at a table opposite Ye Chen.
"Sorry, since I've taken on the task, I'll do my best to complete it."
Ye Chen didn't plan on giving up the mission.
Qu Ming coldly smiled, "I'm reminding you that Gu Shui Lake has no boats to cross, and going to Pan Shan Island there are 450 miles of waterways. If one is slightly careless, they will be dragged into the water by a monster and die without a whole corpse. And those nine bends and eighteen turns are even more treacherous."
"Everything has its risks; being timid and hesitant will lead to nothing."
The two had never clashed, after all, not every disciple of Feicui Valley was arrogant and annoying.
……
On the ancient lake shore, the lake water is vast and sparkling, with a glance, the sky and water are in one line.
Qu Míng Wàng looked at Yè Chén with a glance, took out a wooden stick as thick as his waist and one zhang long from the storage ring.
The wooden log shot out more than a dozen zhang away, drawing white water marks on the lake surface as it went extremely fast. However, even faster was Qu Ming, who hadn't made any movements yet. He launched himself after the log and arrived before it did, stepping onto the log in the instant before it hit the water. Lightly, he rode the log far away, soon becoming a small dot.
"Make a boat out of wood."
Ye Chen nodded, his eyes scanning around, and soon discovered a small grove of trees hundreds of meters away, with many trees three or four zhang tall.
A flash of sword light, a big tree fell down.
Ye Chen was afraid of encountering a monster attack on the way, and the wooden stick was not guaranteed, so he cut down more than a dozen trees, each with a diameter of several hundred pounds.
Arriving at the shore, Ye Chen still imitated him, throwing the wood out and standing on it.
The scenery on both sides retreated rapidly, and Ye Chen felt that his heart had never been so refreshing. For a moment, he felt that the sky was high and the earth was wide, and he seemed to be like a bird, free and easy.
The wooden momentum has been exhausted, and the leaf dust accelerates the true energy, which is emitted from behind the wood to become a source of power.
Wow wow wow!
Although I didn't catch up with Qu Ming, the speed wasn't slow. Besides that, stepping on wooden planks to view the scenery in the lake was pretty good.
Walked dozens of miles.
A huge shadow silently followed from under the water behind the wooden board.
