Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 282 - 175: What Lies Beneath the Ancient Immortal’s River?
Above the sky, dark clouds gather densely, blocking every ray of heavenly light.
The fierce wind howls, sweeping across the boundless grassland.
At the outermost edge of the Fox Mountain herbal field.
Looking outward, it was a chaotic prairie where various medicinal herbs grew wildly... tall, short, thick, thin, most of which were worthless.
Looking inward, it was the black-haired coconut grove of Fox Mountain.
Star Belly swaggered, wagging his tail, dragging a bamboo basket, wandering in this grove, occasionally looking up to see if any new coconuts had grown.
"Oh?"
High up on the tree, there was indeed one.
Star Belly grinned, quickly walked forward, stepped on the tree roots, and executed a Mountain Lean!
Bam!
The tall coconut tree swayed, the black-haired coconut was shaken down, falling from the sky. With a thud, it landed on the ground, just caught by the bamboo basket.
"Ying ying ying!"
Star Belly puffed out his chest, wagged his tail, beaming with pride.
Before, for such a coconut, he had to bump the tree many times to shake it down. Since becoming the Eight Extremes Minor Grandmaster, he only needed one hit, even having to hold back, to succeed!
Just as he was about to continue wandering, he suddenly heard a crisp "crack, crack, crack" noise sounding by his ear.
"Oh?"
He turned his head, his fox eyes looking over, only to see the very spot on the tree trunk where he just bumped had actually cracked! "Crack, crack" sounds with constantly growing cracks!
He was stunned for a moment, quickly dragging the bamboo basket to dodge!
He then saw the coconut tree break and fall with increasing speed, with a "boom," hitting the ground in the grove, raising a large dust cloud.
"Ying?"
It fell?
Star Belly's eyes widened; how could the coconut tree have fallen?
Did his Mountain Lean cause trouble?
Then brothers rushed over from the adjacent herbal field "whoosh whoosh whoosh".
It's White Gloves!
He looked at the coconut tree, looked at Star Belly, getting close to confirm Star Belly wasn't hurt.
"Ying ying ying!"
He pulled Star Belly and together they approached to examine the fallen coconut tree.
"Ying ying oh oh oh?"
"Oh oh ying ying?"
...It's not certain it was broken by Star Belly; maybe there's another reason?
The two foxes stared at the cross-section, extending their front paws to touch it. They saw the cross-section had long been cracked and had fragments of wood.
Whew...
The fierce wind blew, sweeping through the coconut grove, then swirling away, blowing towards the vast prairie.
Star Belly looked crestfallen, opening his mouth.
"Oh..."
This... was the old damage of the coconut tree also caused by his bump?
That Mountain Lean just now triggered both new and old wounds, snapping the coconut trunk?
Caused trouble?
He drooped his ears, lowered his head.
"Ying ying ying."
It was just lunch time; he wanted to find Master to confess.
White Gloves hugged him, comforting him.
"Ying ying oh oh oh oh!"
...Master never blamed anyone!
The two foxes then lifted the already collected black-haired coconuts in the bamboo basket, heading towards Fox Mountain.
After they left, the fierce wind remained in the coconut grove!
Whew...
A huge spherical clump of grass was blown by the wind from the depths of the prairie, rushing into the coconut grove!
...
By the riverbank, Lu Yang, Zhang Shan, and Yu Tingting, the three were squatting, cleaning a stone slab.
Hua la la...
The splashed water washed the mud off the stone slab.
Today, the three were very tense, their movements stiff!
Yu Tingting occasionally looked around subconsciously.
Zhang Shan and Lu Yang either glanced at the thatched hut or looked at the small river in front of them.
...A scene seen in a dream earlier was reported to the Committee, attracting significant attention. Shangjing sent dozens of experts to specially organize a seminar, listening to them recount what happened that day.
Today, entering dreams, they received a brand-new secret mission... to explore this little river and see what was inside!
"What could there be?"
This river is actually not wide, roughly four or five meters.
But very long, extending from the visual end and flowing into the other end. It flowed slowly, showing only the midstream, with no beginning or end seen.
Could it be deep?
The water surface was pitch black, carrying silt, slightly turbid, and with no bottom seen, the depth unknown.
Yu Tingting softly spoke.
"Just now, Ancient Immortal entered the thatched hut.
"According to his habit, he wouldn't come out within half an hour."
Zhang Shan and Lu Yang exchanged a glance.
"Ready?
"Confirmed there's no problem?"
The two once again confirmed their position, facing away from the entrance of the thatched hut. Even if the Ancient Immortal came out from the hut, he wouldn't immediately find them.
They looked again at the stone slab they were cleaning... it was large, heavy, and thick, with few inscriptions. Perfect for today's task!
The two nodded, suddenly exclaiming!
"Oh my god!"
"Slipped!"
"Pull me up!"
The two pretended to lose balance, grabbing the stone slab together, tumbling into the river together.
Plop!
Water splashed, ripples spread.
The two fell into the icy water, opened their eyes wide, wanting to see more!
Both struggled to exhale, blowing out streams of bubbles, expelling the last bit of air from their lungs, to dive deeper!
Both held tightly to the stone slab, letting this heavy slab drag them downward!
Buzz...
Water flowed into their ears.
Sizzle...
Their eyes hurt underwater.
Crash...
They sank downward, using a breaststroke kick to let themselves dive deeper faster!
Thus, they continued to sink. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Unknowingly, they had already sunk deeper and deeper.
How deep was this little river?
They looked up, seeing the water surface above had become a narrow line of light.
They were scared!
Yet still tightly held the stone slab, knocking their head downward, kicking with a breaststroke, controlling their body to dive even deeper underwater!
