My Silly, Sweet Wife

”Go to the bottom of the lake again. You must find Gongyang Lang and bring him back!” Ye Guichen instructed Gui Tuo before quickly heading toward the dungeon.

Suddenly, he recalled something urgent that he needed to ask Mo Changsheng immediately.

Inside the dungeon.

Ye Guichen directly asked, ”Senior Mo, do you know what’s beneath the heart of the lake island?”

Gongyang Lang and those deceased bodies disappearing mysteriously couldn’t possibly be simple.

Also, Ye Guichen previously heard Hua Xiangrong mention that she seemed to enjoy throwing people into the lake to feed the fish.

Every time people were tossed into the lake, they disappeared quickly without a trace.

Ye Guichen had never taken it seriously before, thinking there might really be big fish in the lake.

But even Gongyang Lang, a master of his caliber, disappeared mysteriously, which was quite strange.

This dungeon was excavated downward from the heart of the lake island and was the deepest place below the water surface.

Mo Changsheng had been here for a long time, perhaps he might know something.

Upon hearing Ye Guichen’s question, Mo Changsheng was puzzled and asked, ”What’s beneath the heart of the lake island? What do you mean?”

Ye Guichen did not hide anything and told Mo Changsheng about the disappearance of the bodies and Gongyang Lang.

”Could there be a monster in the lake?” Mo Changsheng shuddered with fright, yelling in shock.

Ye Guichen was speechless, ”Senior Mo, can we stop being so alarmed? There are indeed monsters in this world, but where would we easily encounter them?”

Mo Changsheng shook his head hastily, ”Wrong, completely wrong! If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve almost forgotten. There might’ve been monsters in Ghost Market. Some years ago, the elixirs I made frequently disappeared. At first, I thought I remembered wrong, but later, I occasionally saw a shadow in the Alchemy Room. After I shouted at it, it never appeared again. Now that I think about it, it might have been a monster.”

Ye Guichen was exasperated, feeling Mo Changsheng had gone a bit mad from being confined here.

If there really was a monster, why hadn’t Hua Xiangrong discovered it?

Moreover, monsters eating people, there hadn’t been any strange disappearances in Ghost Market, right?

”Besides that, have you noticed anything unusual?” Ye Guichen chose to ignore and asked again.

Mo Changsheng thought for a moment, then shook his head blankly, ”Nothing else discovered, but there might be good monsters in this world, only eating dead humans, not live ones, you never know.”

”Ahem, okay, I got it.” Ye Guichen responded helplessly.

But at this moment, Gui Tuo suddenly appeared with a tremor of excitement in his voice, ”Mr. Ye, there’s a very hidden dark cave discovered beneath the heart of the lake island.”

”What?” Ye Guichen turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw Gui Tuo slowly emerging.

Mo Changsheng was already unfazed, but wisely closed his eyes, covered his ears, choosing not to see nor hear.

Ye Guichen had no time to attend to Mo Changsheng now, he quickly asked, ”Did you enter that dark cave?”

Gui Tuo shook his head, ”Not yet. That dark cave gives me a feeling of heart palpitations, I didn’t dare to go in recklessly.”

”Let’s go, take me to see it.” Without delay, Ye Guichen turned and followed Gui Tuo out.

Mo Changsheng called from behind, ”Beware of monsters!”

Ye Guichen paid it no mind, yet Gui Tuo was startled and quickly asked, ”Mr. Ye, what monster?”

Ye Guichen chuckled, ”Senior Mo said the disappearance of the bodies is likely caused by a monster.”

”Monster?” Gui Tuo shivered, ”The type that can transform into human shape?”

Ye Guichen nodded, ”Why, do you also feel there’s a monster?”

Gui Tuo pondered for a moment, ”Mr. Ye, though I haven’t seen monsters, the feeling I had earlier was really strange, unprecedented. If it is indeed a monster, it might actually be true. Because this feeling is not something an ordinary Qi Refiner could emanate.”

Originally dismissive of Mo Changsheng’s words, Ye Guichen felt a shiver after hearing Gui Tuo speak.

Could there really be a monster hidden beneath this lake?

”Quick, let’s go take a look!” Ye Guichen and Gui Tuo swiftly reached a corner of the heart of the lake island unnoticed by anyone, then leapt into the lake.

Guided by Gui Tuo, Ye Guichen dove into the water and soon found the location of the dark cave.

The dark cave wasn’t big, only allowing one person to pass through.

But while swimming into the water, Ye Guichen noticed a strange phenomenon.

There weren’t any big fish in the water.

Indeed!

The largest fish Ye Guichen saw were only about ten centimeters, no bigger ones.

If according to Hua Xiangrong, she used to throw people into the lake to feed fish, and those people vanished quickly.

How could fish capable of consuming a person be only less than ten centimeters?

Could there really be a monster?

Ye Guichen was also anxious, unconsciously gripping the golden serpent dagger in his hand.

As for the Immortal Slayer Sword, because it was too conspicuous, Ye Guichen did not carry it.

Gui Tuo led the way ahead, gradually entering the dark cave.

Ye Guichen observed carefully and found the surface of the dark cave was very smooth, as if frequently rubbed by something.

The dark cave was quite deep, Ye Guichen and Gui Tuo kept swimming forward for about twenty minutes when the scenery suddenly widened.

Stretching beneath the dark cave was a large cavern.

Although this cavern was underwater, its water surface wasn’t high, with half of it above-water, and even quite a few rocks nearby.

Gongyang Lang and the deceased previously slain by Feng Wuxiu were placed upon the rocks.

Ye Guichen gave a signal to Gui Tuo to stay alert of the surroundings, while he quickly moved towards Gongyang Lang.

Checking Gongyang Lang’s pulse, he found that Gongyang Lang was very weak and his consciousness was somewhat muddled.

If they were even half a day late, Gongyang Lang would likely turn into a dead man.

Ye Guichen quickly activated the Yi Wood Evergreen Technique, infusing some vitality into Gongyang Lang’s body.

A few minutes later, Gongyang Lang slowly regained consciousness, prepared to call out when Ye Guichen swiftly covered his mouth: ”Lower your voice.”

Upon seeing Ye Guichen, Gongyang Lang’s eyes flashed with doubt, he nodded blankly.

Once Ye Guichen released his hand, Gongyang Lang quickly asked, ”Why are you here?”

”Why are you here?” Ye Guichen asked.

Gongyang Lang thought briefly, furrowing his brow with a hint of terror in his eyes, ”A giant serpent, a super large giant serpent brought me here.”

”Giant serpent?” Ye Guichen asked quickly, ”How large?”

Gongyang Lang pondered for a moment and then shook his head again, ”Not sure exactly how large, anyway, after I fell into the water, I soon lost consciousness. That giant serpent is frightening, I feel even if I were in peak condition, I couldn’t be its match.”