But there was no time to think too much about where Lao Tao had gone. Now that he was in the lake, what he had to do was to get to the shore as soon as possible.
Gu Xiaotian tried his best to swim upstream, but found that even after swimming for a long time, he could not see the surface of the lake, as if it was like an endless staircase.
In the lake, even if everyone could speak, they could only hear some bubbling sounds of "gulu". Gu Xiaotian no longer worked hard to go upstream, pointed upwards at Wen Moyin and others, and shook his head.
Since we can't swim up, we can only continue to dive down.
Wen Moyin pointed downwards and swam quickly, and the others followed suit.
But the feeling below the lake is really unpleasant.
Everyone could clearly feel that breathing was becoming more and more unsmooth. Even if they wanted to breathe steadily, they had already used up most of the energy in their bodies, not to mention the bone-chilling cold beneath the lake.
But at this time, there seemed to be no other option for them except to continue diving under the tremendous pressure and coldness.
I don’t know how long I had been diving, but there was a faint light not far away, which seemed to be stuck in the pile of stones in the lake.
Gu Xiaotian struggled towards the weak light, but Duan Peng frowned. This seemed too unreasonable.
It is true that this lake is the otherworldly lake of Oju Haishan, but the lake is still a lake, and it cannot become a sea.
Moreover, Gu Xiaotian couldn't swim upstream, but it was relatively easy to swim downstream. That must be someone playing tricks on the lake to prevent them from going up.
If this weak light was lucky and nothing went wrong, it would be fine. If it was unlucky, who knows if the Murong family might be hiding something weird under the lake.
No one knows how to fight in the water. There are too many things to consider in the water.
The resistance in water is great, and the force required to swing a sword will be more than double that on land.
What's more, most of the infuriating energy has to be used to maintain breathing. If you encounter any enemies at this time, you may be in trouble.
But at this time, there seemed to be no other choice besides chasing the weak light.
You won't drown if you fall into the water, you will drown if you don't swim.
Gu Xiaotian was almost close to the weak light. He tried his best to open his eyes wide, trying to see clearly what could emit the weak light.
It wasn't until he got very close that Gu Xiaocai saw clearly that it was a bead emitting weak light.
But the bead was buried inside by several stones. Gu Xiaotian didn't think much, and stretched out his hand to pry open the stones until all the beads were left on the surface.
But as soon as the bead came out of the pile of stones, it rose at an extremely fast speed, seeming to break away from the bottom of the lake and rush straight to the surface of the lake.
Fortunately, Wen Moyin also followed behind. With his quick hands and eyes, he grabbed the bead in his hand and prevented it from floating around.
Wen Moyin carefully opened his palm, and everyone gathered around to know the original appearance of the bead.
This is a luminous bead the size of a goose egg. It was originally just a faint light from a distance, but now the light emitted by this bead is as bright as day.
But no one yet understood why this luminous bead was placed at the bottom of the lake.
Maybe, it's just to provide them with lighting?
Isn't that unnecessary?
Although the bottom of the lake becomes darker and darker as you go downstream, without any sight, it is not difficult to move forward.
When everyone was confused, Duan Peng reached out to Wen Moyin to ask for the luminous beads.
Wen Moyin handed the luminous pearl into Duan Peng's hands, but Duan Peng's next move shocked everyone.
Duan Peng took the luminous bead and did not protect it. Instead, he just let go and let the luminous bead leave his hand.
Everyone was surprised. Could this Peng be crazy?
Duan Peng remained unmoved. Instead, he swam quickly, trying to catch up with the Luminous Pearl.
At this time, the luminous beads were the only clue that everyone had at the bottom of the lake that could be of some use. Naturally, they would not give up easily and hurriedly chased the luminous beads together.
The luminous bead just floated upward once, but it turned around and immediately turned sharply downward, falling towards another depth.
Everyone was chasing the luminous bead, but they were somewhat interested in seeing where the luminous bead was going.
Until the luminous beads landed on a place full of corals, they stopped moving.
Duan Peng was a little happy. The presence of corals in this lake was a bit abnormal. How could there be corals in ordinary lakes?
Duan Peng tried his best to keep his head up and his feet down. Against the huge buoyancy, he landed firmly in one place.
When the others saw Duan Peng standing firm, they naturally followed suit, but they didn't know the meaning of doing so.
Wen Moyin leaned down despite the buoyancy, fumbled around, and immediately smiled.
At this time, there was a violent noise from where everyone was standing, and then the place where everyone was standing began to shake violently.
Wukong didn't stand firm and was about to fall down. Fortunately, Gu Xiaotian, who was at the side, had quick eyes and quick hands and caught Wukong.
Obviously, this shaking comes from the position of the feet.
Soon, everyone felt that their position was actually rising little by little, and the reason for their rise was from this piece of wonderful coral.
Until the rising speed became faster and faster, and with a swish of upwards, they all emerged from the water.
Everyone who emerged from the water seemed to have been rescued. They gasped quickly and had time to see what they were stepping on.
It turned out that what they were stepping on was actually a huge turtle shell, and on this turtle shell, the luminous bead was caught in the coral pile on the turtle shell, and the turtle under their feet was still swimming quickly towards the shore. .
As soon as they swam to the shore, everyone quickly jumped off the turtle shell, wanting to see the true appearance of the turtle.
But as soon as he turned his head, he saw that the turtle had sunk quickly and disappeared without a trace after a while.
The lake surface returned to its original calmness.
Gu Xiaotian and others looked at each other and smiled. Unexpectedly, the first test was to ask them to go into the sea to find a turtle?
Soon, Gu Xiaotian found Lao Tao, who had disappeared before, sitting happily on a small horse and eating the peaches he had brought.
Lao Tao also saw Gu Xiaotian and grinned, "You kids are really fast enough to find this lake turtle so quickly."
Gu Xiaotian asked doubtfully: "Old senior, have you been sitting here waiting for us?"
Lao Tao smiled and nodded.
Gu Xiaotian asked again: "Then what is the significance of this first test? What if we can't find the lake turtle and can't get up?"
Lao Tao stood up, patted his butt, and put away the little horse, "If you can't find the lake turtle, you can come up naturally. It's nothing more than using your true energy to break the barrier I set up for you. But looking for the lake turtle is The simplest and most effective way is that this lake turtle has been suppressed by me with my true energy. As soon as I observe you standing on the turtle shell, I will naturally remove your true energy and let the turtle float up on its own."
"As for what the meaning is, it is nothing more than to examine your realm. People above the Autumn Water realm are not allowed to enter Oju Haishan, so when we pick people up, we will naturally balance your strength. A single Autumn Water realm cannot break me. The strength of the barrier set up by the four of you is just right."
Gu Xiaotian got the answer and suddenly realized.
But soon he became worried again. They found the lake turtle by mistake. What if Shang Ziqing and others on the other side did not find the lake turtle, but chose to break the barrier? Just because Lao Tao has this power The realm of Lao Gua is naturally not much worse.
Lao Tao looked at Gu Xiaotian with a smile, as if he knew what Gu Xiaotian was worried about, and laughed loudly: "Don't worry, you are the lowest among these seven people. It is easy for those three to break Lao Gua's barrier. .”
Gu Xiaotian had a look of resentment on his face, and his expression was so sad.
The realm of feelings is actually the lowest!
However, Lao Tao didn't want to make Gu Xiaotian sad, so he continued to smile and said: "But your kid's physique is quite interesting. I have traveled around the world for twenty years and stayed in the Murong family for more than ten years, but I have never seen you like this. A person of average physique.”
Gu Xiaotian could only apologize, thinking that Lao Tao was praising him.
Gu Xiaotian asked again: "What if no one breaks the barrier and finds the lake turtle?"
Lao Tao picked his nose, "Of course we will go to the lake to pick them up, but he will not be able to enter Oju Haishan."
...
After resting briefly on the shore and drying his clothes with his true energy, Lao Tao took Gu Xiaotian and others into Oju Haishan.
As soon as he stepped into Oju Haishan, Gu Xiaotian was immersed in it.
The interior of Ouju Haishan is so gorgeous and wandering that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the second palace.
And every building in Ouju Haishan is no worse than the "Xianbi Lai" restaurant that Gu Xiaotian went to most often in Kyoto, not to mention that this place is actually rich in true energy. Gu Xiaotian thought of sitting here The feeling when forgetting the peak.
Gu Xiaotian immediately wanted to meditate, but Lao Tao grabbed Gu Xiaotian and said: "Don't waste your efforts. This true energy can't help people improve their realm, it just allows you to return to your strongest state in the shortest time." It’s just strength.”
Lao Tao awkwardly led Gu Xiaotian and his party into a restaurant. The shopkeeper in front of the restaurant looked solemnly and looked at Lao Tao, "How many disciples are there?"
Lao Tao replied: "Taibai, four of us."
The shopkeeper held a pen and wrote on the table for a while, then took out two keys from the cabinet and pointed upstairs with one hand, "Fourth floor, second and third rooms."
Lao Tao took the key with a smile and placed another peach on the table, "Leave a jar of good wine for me tonight."
The shopkeeper still looked serious, but he put the peach away and put it in his pocket, "Be on time at night. If you come late, you won't be able to keep it."
Lao Tao said nothing more, took the key and led Gu Xiaotian and his party to the fourth floor.
Arriving at the door, Lao Tao handed the keys to everyone and said: "I'll send you here. We can't enter this room casually, otherwise it will be treated as an affair. If you are free at night, come downstairs." Come find me and have a drink with me."
After saying that, Lao Tao turned around and left.
Everyone quickly divided the rooms, and Wen Moyin in the middle forced her to share a room with Gu Xiaotian. Gu Xiaotian looked helpless and could only refuse by saying that he was a man and a woman.
Fortunately, people came out of the other two rooms and helped Gu Xiaotian out.
Shang Ziqing was the first to come out. He was very happy to see Gu Xiaotian. He hurriedly touched it for a while before letting out a long sigh of relief.
Gu Xiaotian asked Shang Ziqing, "When did you come?"
Shang Ziqing thought for a while, "About half an hour ago."
"Have you seen any lake turtles?"
"What lake turtle?"
Gu Xiaotian opened his mouth and looked at Shang Ziqing, who looked confused, "Then you broke the barrier and came out?"
Shang Ziqing shook his head again, "What barrier?"
Gu Xiaotian now suspects that Lao Tao is lying to him. Maybe Lao Tao is too idle and is just playing a prank on them.
Gu Xiaotian continued to ask: "Then you were not pulled into the lake by the boatman?"
This time Shang Ziqing nodded, "It was pulled into the lake, but as soon as we got to the lake, we tried our best to swim upstream and came out in no time."
Gu Xiaotian is now sure that Lao Tao is playing a prank on them. With the three people on Shang Ziqing's side, it is not as easy as going upstream to break through the barrier set by Lao Gua.
However, what Gu Xiaotian didn't know was that it would be easy for Shang Ziqing and his party to break through the barrier if they went upstream together.
It's just that Lao Gua didn't explain it to them, and they didn't know about the barrier.
Wen Moyin also wanted to drag Gu Xiaotian into a room, but fortunately Alan was a sensible person and pulled Wen Moyin into his room.
Gu Xiaotian, Duan Peng and Huang Shengjie shared a room.
Everyone returned to the room and had nothing to do, so they lay down on the bed and rested.
