Chapter 96 Women, women on the top?

The dark waters, floating algae, and the light on the Thousand Machine Sword seemed to have turned into a light green color.

A shadow floated from the depths of the water, carrying a palpitating smell.

Judging from the outline, it should be a fish.

A pretty big fish.

When the fish floated about thirty steps away from Ji Que, it stopped.

One person and one fish fell into a confrontation, at the bottom of this green lake.

Ji Que held the Thousand Machine Sword that emitted a faint light. From a distance, it looked like he was holding a laser sword.

Finally, Ji Que moved.

He didn't want to wait any longer. He had to decide whether to fight or leave early. Hesitation was a taboo in military affairs, not to mention that he was in the water.

Although the blessing of true energy allowed him to stay underwater for ten or eight days without any problem, he still didn't like it here very much.

As Ji Que got closer step by step, more and more fish appeared in front of his eyes.

They floated in the water without any movement, as if they were dead, with an unspeakable sense of oppression.

Is this the fish carcass at the bottom of the lake?

No, Ji Que soon discovered that what was floating there was not fish carcasses, but fish skins.

Carp skin.

Pieces of carp skin that were several people's size were floating there, held by thin translucent threads, like kites.

The scales on the surface of the fish skin exude a cold light, the fish's eyes are turned outwards, and the fish's whiskers sway with the water flow, making it look like a living creature.

But they really only have this kind of skin, as if all the flesh, blood and fish bones inside have disappeared, leaving only this lifelike skin, which looks particularly scary in this dark water.

At the end of the silk thread connecting the fish skin, there are graves.

If these fish skins are like kites flying in the air, then these grave bags are like people flying kites.

There are tombstones standing in front of the grave.

These tombstones were severely eroded by water and were riddled with holes. Some were covered with green moss and algae, making them look like gloomy faces.

From here, it can be seen that the grave mounds have spread all the way to the depths of the lake, and there are at least dozens of them.

The most important thing is that each grave bag is connected to such a fat carp skin, and the dead fish eyes of each carp skin seem to be staring at you.

They are so densely packed together at the bottom of the inner lake of this sect that it makes one's scalp tingle just looking at them.

What kind of custom is this?

Ji Que had never heard of the custom of placing graves at the bottom of the lake and hanging a carp skin on each grave.

Do the people of Yunxue Sect, especially the higher-ups in the sect, know that there is such a place of underworld at the bottom of the lake?

Ji Que swam over and passed by the tombs.

The small water flow he brought up caused the carp skins nearby to sway gently, making them look like living creatures.

Soon, Ji Que stopped in front of one of the tombs.

A large piece of the green moss on this tomb is missing, and there are some marks on it. Someone must have opened it before and then re-covered it.

Ji Que immediately thought of Fang Sihai, so he dug up the grave with the ruler-like Thousand Machine Sword in his hand.

What was in the grave was not a coffin, but a jar nearly half as tall as a man.

The jar is sealed with a wooden lid, giving it the feeling of a kimchi jar several times larger.

Ji Que discovered that the thin thread connecting the carp skin had been deep into the jar.

The light emitted by the Thousand Machine Sword reflects the appearance of the cylinder, and you can see something like cinnabar smeared on the edge of the cylinder mouth, as if it indicates that there may be something terrible inside.

Ji Que thought for a moment, raised his sword, and pried open the originally tight lid.

I saw that there was still water in the cylinder, but the color was darker, like ink.

The light emitted by the Thousand Machine Sword is projected on it, as if it has been swallowed up, it is very dim.

There was a grunt, and at this moment, a series of bubbles emerged from the cylinder.

The muscles in Ji Que's arms suddenly became tense.

A human face suddenly appeared.

At this moment, Ji Que couldn't help but take a breath and almost choked.

Because this face is really ugly and scary, its surface is covered with gray and decayed fish scales, and there are ringworm-like attachments between the scales.

It is breathing, and its expression and movements while breathing are almost the same as those of a fish with its mouth open.

For a moment, Ji Que couldn't tell whether this was a human or a fish.

There are several pits on this face, which look like human eyes under the cold light.

At this time, Ji Que actually thought of the face of the Linghu sculpture that had been eroded by time and was blurred.

The holes on that face are actually similar to this thing that is neither human nor fish, very much like human eyes.

This thing that is neither human nor fish should not be able to see anything, because its eyes are covered by fish scales, leaving only a few slits.

But it was clearly aware of Ji Que's presence, and started to swim around in a weird posture.

Ji Que held the Thousand Machine Sword in his hand and did not make any move.

He wanted to see what kind of freak it was, whether it was a male or a female, and whether it was worth interrogating.

At this moment, a faint and thin sound sounded in the water. It sounded like someone singing an opera far away, or like someone whispering maliciously close by.

Ji Que looked at the face in the tank breathing hard, and suddenly knew where the sound came from.

Not only is it breathing, it's also making this weird sound.

For a moment, Ji Que stood in the water, spitting out a series of bubbles, and felt a very strange feeling in his heart.

That is, he is no longer a human being, but a fish at the bottom of the lake, opening its gills to breathe.

Who the hell wants to be a fish?

If I was pawned, what about my house and the money hidden in the cellar? Are they all at an advantage to others?

Thinking of this, Ji Que suddenly woke up, raised his sword and smashed it into the face.

Be a fish, be a fish, trick me into being a fish!

The man's face was smashed to pieces, and in an instant he sank and disappeared into the mouth of the vat.

At the same time, the carp skin floating above also swayed, making a sound similar to a painful wail.

Are humans and fish skin one?

As the whine of the fish skin sounded, that strange feeling appeared again.

Ji Que couldn't help but feel panicked, as if if he didn't turn into a fish, it would be too late and something terrible would happen.

However, the whine only lasted for a short while and then disappeared, the carp skin lost its movement, and the surrounding area suddenly became quiet, as if the bewitching sound just now was an illusion.

But Ji Que knew it wasn't the case, because he couldn't help but touch his neck.

Just now, when he was immersed in the sound, he even felt like he had fish gills growing there.

The eerie and dark bottom of the lake, the floating fish skins, the strange underwater grave, and the things in the grave that looked neither human nor fish, formed a particularly terrifying and strange scene.

Hua la la, at this moment, there was an undercurrent surging nearby, the algae swayed, and the fish skins hanging above began to sway.

For a moment, there seemed to be something huge swimming nearby in the dark waters at the bottom of the lake.

If his guess was correct, Fang Sihai had dug up the tomb at that time and learned about the strange scene at the bottom of the lake, and then spread the information that "there are fish corpses at the bottom of the lake."

But what happened next?

Everything at the bottom of the lake obviously had many details to describe, but at that time Fang Sihai only uttered four words: "There are fish corpses at the bottom of the lake." Then the person disappeared.

He must have been tricked at that time.

As for what trick he got, Ji Que is waiting.

Because what happened to senior Fang Sihai is likely to happen to him soon.

Obviously, this is the quickest way to learn the truth.

It's risky and exciting. Ji Que is a little scared about it, but also likes it a little.

Men are both afraid of death and naturally like excitement, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many Lao Wang taking risks.

Unfortunately, the waters quickly returned to calm.

The undercurrent disappeared, as if the giant thing swimming in the water had disappeared.

The bad things I imagined did not happen.

Ji Que waited for a while to make sure that he didn't catch this ride.

Damn it, you can’t afford it!

You dare to rectify Senior Sihai, why do you want to let me go?

Look down on me?

Ji Que cursed in the water, and his voice only traveled a short distance before turning into a series of rolling bubbles.

After tidying up the place and wandering around for a while, Ji Que found nothing more and decided to leave.

After all, he still knows too little about these things. It would be nice if someone could discuss it.

Involuntarily, the figure of the female superior Feng Ning Hongyu appeared in his mind.

Did this woman come?

If you haven't contacted me for so long, how can I still shake you?

After that, Ji Que swayed upstream.

The deep lake water seems to be endless, and I don’t know how many secrets it still hides.

Especially those collapsed buildings always give people a feeling of a netherworld.

This lake is so hellish.

With a crash, it was almost midnight when Ji Que emerged from the water.

When people are underwater, their perception of time is not accurate.

Looking at the dim moonlight, Ji Que felt as if he had returned from the underworld to the human world.

As usual, he moved around cautiously, and even the water stains on his body had to be mixed with the nearby grass dew to avoid exposure.

He wandered outside like a lonely ghost for several times, until his clothes were almost dried by the wind, and Ji Que returned to his residence.

As usual, he destroyed the clothes skillfully, while Lin Xiangzhi was responsible for keeping watch outside.

In the cold wind, Lin Xiangzhi was very conflicted for a moment, thinking that Ji Que was being too cautious, but she couldn't help but cooperate with him because she felt that everything he said and did was very convincing.

After finishing all this work, Ji Que took a long breath, poured himself a cup of cold tea, and rested for a while.

Working as a concierge during the day and a spy at night, the intensity of the work is unmatched even by Fu Bao 996.

However, Ji Que is still very energetic, not only because he has become a practitioner and his physical fitness is much better than in his previous life, but also because doing these jobs is indeed very profitable.

At least it's much better than those capitalists in the previous life who talked about dedication and growth.

There is a saying that if the salary is in place, the four emperors will be wasted.

Ji Que is very conscious about using money to do things.

He began to analyze and summarize tonight's clues.

The "fish corpse at the bottom of the lake." in senior Fang Sihai's information is most likely where he went tonight.

He did something similar to the other party tonight, digging up the grave and opening the jar.

After that, Senior Fang Sihai must have been tricked, so that the information that was supposed to contain many details was reduced to just four words in a hurry - "Fish corpses at the bottom of the lake."

As for what kind of trick he was hit by, Ji Que guessed that it was related to the bewitching voice.

Senior Fang Sihai most likely turned into a fish, or in other words, he thought he turned into a fish.

Because Ji Que knew very well that if his will hadn't been a little firmer at that time, he might have been immersed in turning into a fish and couldn't extricate himself.

Obviously, senior Fang Sihai retained very little sense at that time, so he could send out the four-character intelligence.

What happened next?

Why did he go to the ancient well in his ancestral land and carve such a passage?

I have harvested some more pearls of truth, but the thread connecting them is still not grasped.

What does the grave at the bottom of the lake and the weird carp skin have to do with "him"?

If that Him comes out as expected by Senior Fang Sihai, will I be able to resist it with just a little martial arts skills?

If you can't resist it, you can only take the bucket and run away.

Ji Que analyzed all this and finally felt a little tired and gradually fell asleep.

An hour later, a rooster crowed, and the sky turned white.

I'm going to start working as a concierge again.

Ji Que ate some breakfast casually, washed up, and then went to the alchemy room while rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Seeing that he was a little tired, Old Man Luo couldn't help but said in surprise: "You didn't know how to do it last night?"

Ji Que immediately knew that the other party had misunderstood, and quickly shook his head and said: "I simply didn't sleep well."

"If one person can't sleep well, there are still two." Old Man Luo said with concern.

"Of course I am alone." Ji Que quickly explained.

You can't tell him that there is a cat staying up late with him.

After that, Old Man Luo nagged for a while before leaving.

Only then did Ji Que have the opportunity to lie down on the concierge's special bamboo chair.

As he lay down, he still felt the smell, so he threw it aside, spread out the recliner that Tang Yi had brought with him, and lay down on it.

Well, this feels right.

Ji Que, who was lying on the recliner, quickly entered a comfortable state and fell into a sweet dream.

He dreamed about Tang Yi for a while, dreamed about grabbing barbecued meat with him, and then dreamed about Ning Hongyu. Ning Hongyu opened his right eye that was usually closed, and the fierceness was already high.

Afterwards, he was woken up by a violent cough.

The first time Ji Que woke up, he saw a towering mountain, blocking his sight.

It was a fierce young woman wearing red clothes and looking at him coldly.

Next to him was Manager Sun who had "interviewed" him before, a girl in a green dress who looked like a female attendant in red.

The coughing sound that woke him up just now was made intentionally by Manager Sun.

The woman in the red dress looked at him and said coldly: "Who stipulates that the concierge can sleep in broad daylight?"

Ji Que looked at the other party's high chest and indifferent expression, and a figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

Ning Hongyu, you finally showed up.
Chapter completed!