Chapter 85 The bottom of the river and the mysterious shadow
the next day.
Chen Sheng woke up early.
He looked at Zhou Li's bed and found that he was gone.
It just so happened that at this time,
The fragrance of rice drifted out of the window.
He took a deep breath, feeling hungry suddenly in his belly.
Picking up the toiletries, Chen Sheng came to the river and prepared to wash up.
He scooped up a glass of water and prepared to rinse his mouth first.
However,
puff--
As soon as the water entered the mouth, it spurted out.
"Fuck!!"
Chen Sheng bared his teeth and felt his teeth become sore.
The coldness of this water is far greater than that of the waterfall.
As soon as it entered his mouth, Chen Sheng felt that his brain was about to freeze.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Seeing this scene,
Not far away, Zhou Li laughed heartily and his voice was very strong.
He seemed to be in much better spirits after sleeping from yesterday afternoon until morning.
Chen Sheng glanced at him and remained silent.
He just scooped up another glass of water from the river, stood up and prepared to walk towards Zhou Li.
Seeing this,
Zhou Li's laughter suddenly stopped.
"You have something to say."
"My old bones cannot withstand such torture from you."
Zhou Li pressed his hand and signaled Chen Sheng to be calm.
He lifted the kettle beside him.
"Wash with this."
This was water he had already boiled when he got up early in the morning.
The river water is freezing cold, but fortunately you can drink it and wash it after boiling it.
Chen Sheng took the kettle and sat down by the fire after washing.
In the iron pot, white porridge was bubbling, and the aroma he smelled just now came from this.
There are fried eggs and pickled vegetables on the ground beside it.
Chen Sheng scooped up a bowl of porridge for himself and ate it with pickled mustard and fried eggs.
"Old man."
During the meal, Chen Sheng suddenly spoke.
"Have you never thought of investigating the strange source of this river?"
The river surrounding Zhoujia Village is bone-chillingly cold and its weight is far beyond normal.
And the situation becomes more serious the closer you get downstream.
Today, Chen Sheng has already adapted to the water flow at the top of the waterfall.
But when the water entered his mouth just now, he was still caught off guard by the cold.
"Of course, I'm not stupid."
Zhou Li looked at Chen Sheng with a strange look on his face and said matter-of-factly.
"Otherwise, where do you think I got this disease?"
"As early as more than ten years ago, I had explored every corner of the river bottom."
"Nothing found."
Hearing this,
A picture suddenly appeared in Chen Sheng's mind.
This old man, who is not even a Qi-sensing person, jumped into this freezing cold and heavy river again and again, trying to find out the truth behind the death of his loved ones.
However, he failed again and again, and eventually the root cause of the disease fell into place, and his life was short-lived.
He fell silent.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
But Chen Sheng was thinking silently in his heart.
With his current attributes, he should barely be able to stay in the river for a few minutes when the breathing method is turned on, without any impact.
Now that the tide is coming, new clues may appear at the bottom of the river.
Chen Sheng planned to explore the bottom of the river after today's exercise was over.
Maybe you will find some new clues.
Thinking of this,
Chen Sheng stood up and started to clean up the mess.
Zhou Li began to select herbs that were boiled with the elixir in his luggage.
ten minutes later.
"What are you doing?"
Chen Sheng was preparing to go to the top of the waterfall.
He glanced at Zhou Li, who was standing next to him with his eyes closed and doing some mental construction, and asked with a strange look on his face.
"I'll go up and make some elixir soup for you!"
"The heat of this thing is not right, so the effect is not that good."
"And the medicinal materials used are also very particular. For example, the medicinal materials are cold in nature, and you are exercising in the water."
"Stop it!"
Zhou Li was rambling on, but before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Chen Sheng.
"I just wanted to say it yesterday."
"Why don't you cook down here and call me down when you're done? Do you have to go up to suffer?"
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As soon as Chen Sheng said these words.
Zhou Li's expression froze instantly.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to explain.
But I couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"You shouldn't have thought about this at all, right?"
Chen Sheng's pupils were slightly shocked.
Yesterday, he thought the old man had something to hide or had other ideas.
Dare to love just because your brain can't turn around? ?
"Ahem."
Zhou Li coughed twice, pretending to be nonchalant, poured water into the iron pot, and prepared to cook the elixir.
Seeing Chen Sheng still standing there, looking at him with a half-smile.
The little old man stared.
"What are you looking at?!"
"Why don't you hurry up and practice!"
"When the time comes that you get beaten up at the martial arts meeting, don't blame the old man for pretending not to know you."
Hearing this,
Chen Sheng shrugged.
immediately,
He quickly entered the pranayama state.
After a few jumps, we successfully reached the top of the waterfall.
Tie the rope.
This time, Chen Sheng did not immediately jump towards the stone where he practiced yesterday.
Today's attributes have increased by nearly half compared to yesterday.
He thought he could try a slightly lower position.
Watched for a few minutes.
soon,
Chen Sheng aimed at a stone platform in the middle of the waterfall.
The reason why it is called a stone platform is because the surface of this stone is smooth and the space is much larger than where Chen Sheng practiced yesterday.
No hesitation.
After locking the target, Chen Sheng jumped down.
Snapped!
He successfully stood on the stone platform.
The heavy water instantly covered his whole body, causing Chen Sheng to stagger under the pressure.
Fortunately, he adjusted his breathing in time and stabilized his body.
Standing on the stone platform,
The gravity and coldness carried by the current are much stronger than those above.
But Chen Sheng only needed a few minutes to adjust before he got used to it.
He immediately took a stance and began to practice the eagle breathing technique.
Time flies by.
Soon it was noon.
During this period, Chen Sheng stayed in the waterfall except for drinking elixir soup on the river bank.
Fortunately,
The effect of exercise is also very impressive.
【Chen Sheng】
【Strength: 14.1】
[Agility: 14.9]
[Physique: 14.1]
[Skill points: 15.1]
[Eagle Breathing Technique lv2: 179/20000]
Strength and constitution increased by 1.5 respectively
Agility increases by 1.6
Although it was not as much improved as yesterday when I broke through the Eagle Body Breathing Technique.
But Chen Sheng had expected it.
Today is less than halfway through.
In the evening, tomorrow morning at the latest.
He was able to improve his breathing skills again, and with the help of the elixir, his strength once again improved.
at this time,
Zhou Li was cooking beside the fire.
Chen Sheng had just practiced Qigong all morning and wanted to relax a little before continuing the afternoon exercise.
With nothing to do, he came to the river and stretched his hand into the water.
A biting chill ran up his arms.
Even though Chen Sheng was mentally prepared, his body still subconsciously trembled.
"suck--"
Take a deep breath.
Chen Sheng's body expanded rapidly.
On the panel, the three attributes instantly increased by one-third, reaching an average of eighteen points.
"call--"
Chen Sheng took a long breath.
The cold feeling that filled my whole body no longer seemed so unbearable.
He put his feet in again.
Half an hour later.
After repeated attempts by Chen Sheng,
He successfully calculated how long he could stay in the river with his current physical strength.
five minutes.
This is a perfectly safe time.
During this time, no matter what situation he encountered, Chen Sheng could quickly return to the shore.
Beyond this time, he may slow down and experience various crises due to lack of physical strength or heat loss.
Test completed.
Chen Sheng squatted by the river and thought.
to be honest,
He was also a little curious about things in Zhoujiacun.
What happened at that time could make the entire village drown without any resistance, and there was not even a trace of water damage around them.
The more Chen Sheng thought about it, the more curious he became.
Finally, he gritted his teeth slightly.
Decided!
No water today!
Wait until the breathing method breaks through the third level first.
Curiosity is curiosity.
Chen Sheng's life principle is not to fight an unprepared battle.
When facing an enemy, if you can crush them, you will never be evenly matched.
The same goes for facing things.
Five minutes is still too short for Chen Sheng.
At least wait until he can fully adapt to the coldness and pressure of the water.
Thinking of this,
Chen Sheng put away his thoughts and returned to the fire to have lunch with Zhou Li.
"You brat, don't mess around with me."
During the meal, Zhou Li warned Chen Sheng.
He also saw Chen Sheng's behavior during the test just now.
"People in Zhoujiacun will die as soon as they die. I have looked away from them for so many years."
"But if your kid dies, I'll have to slap myself twice when I wake up in the middle of the night."
Upon hearing this, Chen Sheng was happy.
"Old man, I didn't expect that with your virtue, you would still feel guilty because of my death?"
"That's not true."
"The main reason is that I regret knowing such a bastard like you, and I'm afraid that you will cause me to lose my merits and affect my reincarnation."
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"I bet you will be reincarnated as a cockroach in your next life."
"Okay, you little bastard——"
After a commotion, the two ended their lunch.
Zhou Li went back to the wooden house to take a nap.
Chen Sheng took a short rest and then went to the waterfall again, unwilling to miss any time for practice.
over time.
The sky is covered with a layer of clouds.
The setting sun gradually disappeared into the horizon.
Chen Sheng was still practicing in the middle section of the Sun Falls, trying to upgrade his breathing method as soon as possible.
"Um?"
Sudden,
Chen Sheng's eyes narrowed.
The farsightedness effect brought about by the Eagle Breathing Technique allowed him to clearly see scenes hundreds of meters away.
At this moment, he could see clearly.
In the woods in the distance that should be devoid of any living creatures, there are two black shadows constantly shuttling between the trees, approaching here at an extremely fast speed.
Is it a human?
still
Before the black shadow came close, Chen Sheng stopped his movements.
Wow——
He instantly jumped to the edge of the cliff and lay on the ground observing the situation.