Chapter 202 Stone Forest
Zhang Xuanyu closed his notebook and said, “This is the Stone Forest. Although there are many people who want to mine the stones here, their success rate is not high.”
Han Fei was surprised. “Were they out of their minds?! They came all the way here to dig stones?”
“I haven’t finished yet. It was said that someone had found traces of Rock-Holding Turtles in the Stone Forest, but I don’t know if the news is reliable or not.”
“Rock-Holding Turtles?”
The others asked in surprise.
Zhang Xuanyu nodded. “Yes, Rock-Holding Turtles that people often talk about but can’t find.”
Le Renkuang immediately became interested. “We can have a try. If I really find a Rock-Holding Turtle and make it my contractual spiritual beast, it’ll be awesome! I will instantly become the No.1 armorist in the Blue Sea Town.”
Xia Xiaochan kicked Le Renkuang and scoffed. “Yes, in your dreams! Not everyone with a Rock-Holding Turtle can become the strongest armorist. It depends on the combat skill on the back of the Rock-Holding Turtle. It’s all about luck.”
Le Renkuang shrugged. “I’ll be glad if I can get a Rock-Holding Turtle. No one in the Blue Sea Town has a Rock-Holding Turtle. If I can get one, I’ll keep it even if its combat skills are good or not.”
Han Fei patted his shoulders. “Okay, if I can find a Rock-Holding Turtle, I’ll give it to you. I don’t want it that much. Guys, don’t forget, this place is even more dangerous than the Piercing Electricity Zone. No matter how strong the Stone Spirit Crabs are, they can’t be stronger than the Soul-Attracting Jellyfish, right? I don’t believe these Stone Spirit Crabs can kill all the great fishing masters who visited. I think there must be treasure below.”
Zhang Xuanyu said with a smile, “Yes, I agree. There must be a secret. Maybe it is a treasure.”
Xia Xiaochan rolled her eyes. “All you guys know is treasure, treasure. Let’s go down first.”
Luo Xiaobai warned, “Be careful. Don’t forget the lesson we learned in the Piercing Electricity Zone. Try to avoid new marine creatures.”
They were about to jump into the water, and suddenly Han Fei said, “Shall we eat hot pot before going down?”
Xia Xiaochan was about to jump. Hearing this, she stopped and looked back at Han Fei. “Couldn’t you have said this earlier?”
Le Renkuang rubbed his hands and chuckled. “Sure, sure. Oh, I suddenly feel hungry.”
Luo Xiaobai also nodded slightly. Continuous exploration exhausted them. Here might be an even more dangerous place than the Piercing Electricity Zone. They’d better have a rest.
Han Fei took out the hot pot, barbecue grills, and spices from the Sea Swallowing Seashell.
“Fatty, can you grill squid? I picked up a lot of squid tentacles a few days ago. One is enough for the five of us.”
Le Renkuang shook his head. “No, I can’t. I’ll make the hot pot. You grill squid tentacles!”
Wenren Yu was completely speechless. She couldn’t remember how many times they ate hot pot in the past month. However, as their protector, she couldn’t appear even at meals! So she could only watch them eating hot pot every day!
Half an hour later, after they jumped into the water, Wenren Yu secretly appeared on Han Fei’s fishing boat. There were only some dishes in the pan and a few pounds of shredded grilled squid left. She grunted and grabbed the barbecue to eat. As for the remnants of the hot pot, she certainly wouldn’t eat it. How could she eat the leftovers of these little bastards?!
As soon as they entered the water, a bunch of Strip Fish and Bony Spur Fish gathered around, which were cleared up by Luo Xiaobai and Le Renkuang, leaving a pile of minced meat.
Le Renkuang asked, “Isn’t it impolite for us to leave our leftovers for the teacher? Why not ask the teacher to come on board and eat together with us?”
Xia Xiaochan winced. “Are you stupid? The teacher didn’t want to show up!”
Luo Xiaobai elaborated, “The teacher doesn’t want to interfere with our cultivation unless we are in danger. Therefore, we can’t slack
off.”
Han Fei did not discuss with them but looked around. “Have you found that this water is a bit dark?”
Zhang Xuanyu shook his head. “No, it’s not as dark as the Deep-Sea Jungle. The seabed is dark, and there are a variety of spiritual plants in the Deep-Sea Jungle. No one knows how many strange creatures hide there.”
They dove all the way down, and along the way, they saw a variety of fish. In addition to Strip Fish and Bony Spur Fish, there were also Pearl Fish, Dragon-Headed Fish, Squid, and Big-Headed Shrimp in the level-two fishery.
Xia Xiaochan wondered, “Isn’t this a dangerous place? Why are there so many ordinary fishes here? There is nothing in the Piercing Electricity Zone.” Zhang Xuanyu responded with a smile, “Which fish can withstand those Piercing Electricity Jellyfish? The Blue-Hat Jellyfish alone can blow up a lot of fish in ordinary waters.” They had been diving. Perhaps dangerous places were especially deep. They dove for 500 meters before seeing the array-like outline at the bottom of the water. Luo Xiaobai announced, “Attention, we’re going to reach the seabed. Dive a little bit more. See what is below.”
After a while, they finally saw the seabed clearly. No wonder it was called the Stone Forest. There stood many stone walls several dozen meters high on the bottom of the sea. Between the stone walls, it was very dark and it was unclear what was inside.
Le Renkuang swallowed. “Wow, this place looks eerie.”
Han Fei said, “It’s a maze. These stone walls stretch as far as the eye can see and the stone walls are not connected but have gaps. This is more complicated than a connected maze.”
“Maze?”
Zhang Xuanyu was speechless. “Who made such a maze in this damn place?”
Luo Xiaobai wondered. “It looks like some kind of relic. It couldn’t have been made by ordinary people anyway. Ordinary people don’t have this ability.”
Without saying anything, Xia Xiaochan took out her fishing rod and threw it to the sea surface. After several minutes, a Strip Fish was hooked over and was thrown into the stone walls by Xia Xiaochan.
Buzz…
In the blink of an eye, five or six white water arrows shot out of the stone walls. Xia Xiaochan withdrew the rod, only to find that the hook was gone and the line was broken.
Han Fei asked, “What did you see?”
Xia Xiaochan shook her head. “It happened so fast that I didn’t see anything.”
“Let me have a try.”
Han Fei also quickly caught a Bony Spur Fish and threw it into the stone walls. His perception range was larger than Xia Xiaochan’s. At the moment the Bony Spur Fish dropped to the crack of the stone walls, Han Fei saw water arrows shoot out from all sides. He quickly controlled the fish line to avoid the water arrows.
“A crab?”
Han Fei suddenly saw a crab with a rock on its head. Han Fei immediately retracted the rod, but when the rod was pulled over the stone wall, suddenly an unknown force tore the fishing line. The fish and the fish hook fell into the crack of the stone walls.
Everyone looked at Han Fei, who said with a strange look, “This crab can shoot arrows! And there seems to be a seal here.”
Luo Xiaobai’s eyes lit up. “It is a Water Arrow Crab, a rare spiritual crab, but few people can have this kind of crab as their spiritual beast. There are many treasure places with seals. No need to fuss.”
Han Fei nodded. “Also, if we go down now, we might not be able to get up. I just tried it. It wasn’t the Water Arrow Crab that cut my fishing line but the seal.”
“Wow!”
The others were all stunned and looked at Han Fei in shock.
Luo Xiaobai pondered for a while. “So, if we go in, we may be killed if we want to come out.”
Zhang Xuanyu took a tumble. “That’s right. No wonder very few people came back from here. They must have been killed or got lost.”
“It must be because they couldn’t breathe!”
Le Renkuang looked afraid. “Then let’s not enter it! The Stone Forest is so big. What if we get lost in it?”
But Han Fei and Zhang Xuanyu glanced at each other and said simultaneously, “Let’s go.”
Luo Xiaobai scoffed. “Don’t be impulsive.”
“I’m not impulsive. The existence of the maze is to get people lost.” Zhang Xuanyu followed. “Since the designer of this place tries to get people lost, there must be something that he doesn’t want people to discover, or to be exact, a treasure.”
Han Fei added, “Yes! And, don’t forget that this is the level-two fishery. Since Teacher Wenren dared to let us come here, either she has confidence in us or she was not afraid of this maze. At least, with Xiaobai here, we don’t have to worry about the problem of breathing.”
Zhang Xuanyu nodded. “And if we can’t even get out of the maze, what if there is a more dangerous place than the Stone Forest? Even in ordinary fisheries, there are many dangerous places. In the future, what we meet will only be more dangerous than this.”
With that, they high-fived and finished blabbering