Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 348: Dark Hole in the Water
About half an hour later, Wuzhan finally climbed to the upper right side of the waterfall under Zhuohua's urging. It was more than ten feet away from the waterfall. The water of the waterfall was just as Wuzhan had previously judged, flowing out of a cave. The cave was very wide, and there was a gentle flow of water inside.

Zhuohua glanced at Wuzhan who was leaning against the rock and panting. "You really guessed it right. This is indeed a cave. How long do you need to rest?"

Wuzhan calmed down and said, "If Princess is anxious, you can go first, and I will catch up later."

"No, are you planning to take the opportunity to slip away after I leave?"

Wuzhan shook his head and smiled, "Princess, you are overthinking. I will never leave before I find the treasure."

"Why? Are you also coveting that treasure?"

"No, the princess is going to reward me. It would be a pity to leave without getting the reward."

Zhuohua rolled his eyes and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will not only not reward you, but kill you instead?"

Wuzhan laughed dryly and said, "If the princess wants to kill me, there is nothing I can do about it. But now that the princess has said it, she may not do it."

Zhuohua glared at Wuzhan and said with a smile: "You are quite confident. Why are you so kind?"

"Even if I tell you, the princess won't believe it, so why should I waste my breath on it?"

Zhuo Hua laughed disdainfully and said, "You must have made up some tear-jerking story to win my sympathy. You can deceive women of your kind with those words, but you can't deceive me."

Wuzhan looked at Zhuohua who raised his neck and gazed into the distance. He squinted his eyes and smiled and sighed softly: "It doesn't matter whether the princess wants to hear those stories or not. I am very happy to see the princess, and I have nothing to worry about."

Zhuohua looked at Wuzhan. She really couldn't understand what Wuzhan was saying, but she could indeed feel the sincere emotion in the man's eyes. She didn't want to think too much and snorted softly, "Have you rested well?"

Wuzhan stood up and said, "It's okay." He leaped up and flew up like a startled wild goose. With the help of the protruding rocks between the waterfall and the mountain, he rose and fell a few times and landed lightly on the stone pier in front of the cave entrance like flowing clouds and water.

Zhuo Hua originally thought that Wuzhan would need some effort to get through, but he didn't expect it to be so easy. He thought to himself that this guy must have been pretending before. After he came to his senses, he stamped his feet in anger and used his body skills to fly in the air. After a moment, he landed next to Wuzhan and asked in a low voice, "Your body skills are not bad, why did you have such a hard time before?"

Wuzhan said, "What happened before was climbing a mountain, and what happened just now was taking advantage of the situation. How can they be compared? Princess, you are worrying too much. I will not lie to you."

"I think you can say it!"

At this moment, Wuzhan suddenly winked and whispered, "Princess, it seems like you're being followed."

Zhuohua looked around and didn't see anything unusual, so he asked, "Where is it?"

Wuzhan said: "Don't look at it, it's above our heads, it's a vicious bird."

Zhuo Hua couldn't help but glance over. He indeed felt a pair of eyes watching them. He cursed, "This Ao Yan really has bad intentions. I will go up and take care of that bird man right now!"

"Princess, don't worry. Let's enter the cave first. It will definitely follow us. It won't be too late to get rid of it then!" Wuzhan advised.

Zhuo Hua suppressed his anger and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. When we get back, I'll make sure he's in trouble."

The two of them quickly walked on the water and entered the cave. Not long after, a ferocious bird with a human body and a bird's head landed down. Its body was no different from that of an ordinary human. It grabbed the rock above the cave entrance and hung upside down at the entrance. It first stuck its head into the cave with its green eyes and observed for a long time. Seeing that there was no sound inside, it spread its wings and flew into the cave without making any sound.

The cave is filled with gentle water flows, the water is crystal clear and cool. There are rocks protruding from the water surface not far away, and stalactites stand in rows above the cave, sparkling with light.

The ferocious bird still hung upside down on the stalactites. Every time it landed on a place, it would watch for a long time and seemed particularly cautious. Before it knew it, the entrance to the cave had become a light dot the size of a grain of rice. However, it was also quite puzzled as to why the two people stopped talking or even made no sound after entering the cave. It was a little anxious, thinking that it had fallen far behind, so it did not stop and flew deeper into the cave.

"Swoosh..." Just as the ferocious bird was lightly passing over the stalagmite, a stone flew through the air from behind it. The stone was so fast that the ferocious bird had no time to react. With a "bang", the stone hit the bird's back. The whole body of the ferocious bird fell forward and fell into the water with a "splash".

This blow was supposed to be fatal, but before he could turn around, a white shadow flashed by, grabbed the ferocious bird's neck, and with a "click", the ferocious bird died.

Zhuohua threw away the dead body of the vicious bird, clapped his hands, and sneered at Wuzhan who was lying in ambush not far away: "You are too cautious. Why do you need to be so careful to get rid of this vicious bird?"

Wuzhan smiled and said, "We have a saying, 'It's better to be safe than sorry.' If we let this vicious bird escape, the princess' whereabouts will be exposed."

"Never mind. Even if Ao Yan is here, I will not be afraid of him. Not only that, I will teach him a lesson."

Wuzhan landed beside Zhuohua and asked, "I wonder what the relationship between Aoyan and the princess is?"

Zhuo Hua snorted and said, "It doesn't matter. It's just that the Dragon Palace wants to please our Qingqiu City and use a lot of jewels to marry me." Without waiting for Wuzhan to continue asking, Zhuo Hua continued, "You wishful thinking. Queen Mother only has me as her daughter. If she marries me, it will be equivalent to obtaining one-third of the territory of Shenzhou in the future. He is not qualified for such a good thing."

Wuzhan said: "If the princess doesn't want to, why do you still want to associate with him?"

Zhuo Hua said, "My Queen Mother only asked me to appease him. I have another purpose for accompanying him this time, which is..." He suddenly stopped talking, turned to look at Wuzhan, and snorted, "Why should I tell you this!"

Wuzhan said hurriedly: "I really shouldn't ask. Princess, don't worry, I will definitely help you find the treasure."

Zhuohua glared at Wuzhan and said, "That's better. Just do your job honestly for me and don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

"Yes, princess!"

The two walked for another half an hour, and the light inside had become very dim. Zhuohua took out a gem the size of an egg yolk from the leather bag around his waist. The gem was crystal clear and emitted light that was several times stronger than that of a fire starter, illuminating the scenery in the cave very clearly.

Zhuohua glanced at Wuzhan who had been silent the whole time and asked boredly, "Why don't you speak?"

"Didn't the princess tell me not to ask?" Zhuo Hua glared at Wu Zhan and said, "I just told you not to ask questions that you shouldn't ask, but I didn't tell you to shut up."

"My head is full of questions, and I can't think of anything else. If I talk too much, the princess will think I'm making up a story, so I have to shut up."

"You are such a disgusting person. Forget it. Just ask whatever you want to ask!"

Wuzhan was silent for a long time, then said, "Princess, do you still remember what happened three years ago?"

Zhuo Hua was furious when she heard this: "You think I'm an idiot? How could I not remember what happened three years ago? If you want to humiliate me, I will take your life now."

Wuzhan said hurriedly: "Princess, calm down. That is not what I meant. I just want to ask, what were you doing three years ago?"

Zhuohua's eyes turned, and he said, "I understand. Are you still not giving up and thinking that I am the Wanjiao you once knew? Well, I will tell you that three years ago I was still practicing in Boyue Cave, and my master was the famous Boyue Holy Mother of Dongsheng Shenzhou. It was only two years ago that I returned to the Queen Mother. Now you should give up."

Wuzhe stopped and stared for a long time, muttering, "It's time to give up."

……

The two of them came to an open space. In front of them was a large deep pool, with thick stalactites on all four walls. They had reached a dead end. Zhuohua took the pearl and shone it around for a long time before saying, "It seems that you were wrong after all. What should we do now?"

Wuzhan squatted down, looked at the water surface, and said, "This water is coming up from below. If my guess is correct, there should be a hidden opening below."

"So what if there is a secret entrance? It's not a cave entrance." Zhuohua complained.

"Princess, can you lend me the pearl in your hand?"

Zhuohua threw the orb in his hand to Wuzhan without thinking, "This was given to me by Ao Yan. It has no other use except for lighting."

Although this gem is not as good as the dragon ball, it is also rare in the world and priceless. People who know the value of it will definitely love it. Ao Yan used this precious treasure to win favor, but he didn't expect that Zhuo Hua didn't take it seriously at all. If Ao Yan heard this, he might be furious.

Wuzhan just smiled slightly when he received the pearl, without looking at it carefully, he took the pearl, stretched it under the water and shook it, watching the changes in light and shadow under the water.

Zhuohua asked in confusion: "What are you doing? Don't you think the spirit pearl is down there?" After she finished speaking, she realized that she had lost her words and casually mentioned the treasure she was looking for. However, she didn't care. She would not let Wuzhan get out alive, so it didn't matter whether he knew it or not.

Wuzhan seemed to have heard nothing. He picked up the orb and threw it back to Zhuohua. He stood up and said, "There is a dark hole under the water. The water here is gushing out from the dark hole. Perhaps this is the only passage leading to the belly of the mountain."

Zhuo Hua frowned upon hearing this and said, "The water is so cold, how can I go down? Besides, I am not a good swimmer, I don't want to go down."

Wuzhe was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, Princess, if you trust me, how about you stay here and wait for me to look for you?"

"That won't work either. You must take me with you, otherwise you can't go!" Zhuo Hua said arrogantly.

Wuzhan said helplessly, "You don't want to go down, but you don't trust me to go down. Princess, are you going to stop now?"

"No way. Aren't you smart? Find a way to take me there." Zhuohua said as if giving an order.

Wuzhan found Zhuohua's expression ridiculous, nodded slightly, and said, "I can take the princess there, but she needs to endure the cold water. In fact, you will only feel cold at the beginning, and it will ease over time."

Zhuohua said half-doubtfully: "Are you sure you won't lie to me?"

Wuzhan jumped into the water, leaving only his head exposed. After a moment, he shouted to Zhuohua, "You have to endure the icy cold when you first enter. It will be much better afterwards. Princess, you can jump down and give it a try."

Zhuohua hesitated for a long time before tentatively putting her feet into the water. She immediately felt the water was unbearably cold. When she was about to retreat, suddenly a hand in the water seemed to grab her ankle. She screamed "Ah..." and was dragged into the water. She immediately felt the cold air invading her whole body. She almost drank a few mouthfuls of cold water. After floating to the surface, she was furious: "How dare you humiliate me? I am going to take your life!..." However, she couldn't find Wuzhan after shouting for a long time. She thought to herself: "Could this guy go down first?" Soon she didn't feel cold anymore. She looked down into the water, but still couldn't find Wuzhan. There was only darkness.

When she could no longer hear any sound around her, she suddenly had an idea and thought of the strange force that dragged her into the water just now, "Could there be a water monster under here that ate that boy?" Thinking of this, she didn't want to stay in the water for a moment. She wanted to jump up and leave this terrifying water. At this moment, her hand was held, "Ah..." She screamed again, not even daring to open her eyes. She struggled to break free, but when she was nervous, she forgot all the spells and magical powers. No matter how she struggled, her hand was held tightly.

In fact, the time was very short. She was completely scaring herself and she couldn't even hear the voice behind her.

"...Princess, don't panic, it's me."

Zhuohua was almost in despair when she heard Wuzhan's voice. She turned around and saw Wuzhan was beside her. Her hand was held by Wuzhan. Zhuohua's face turned pale and tears were about to flow out. Anger surged up. "Bang bang..." She didn't know how many fists she punched on Wuzhan's chest. "How dare you tease me? I will never forgive you. You are so bold. You are such a hateful human being..."

Each punch was heavy. Wuzhan did not dodge at all and let Zhuohua vent his anger. He just smiled like a fool.

"You still don't let go? Don't you want your hand anymore? Do you know the consequences of blaspheming me?" Zhuohua was finally tired of beating Wuzhan and threatened. In fact, she didn't use all her strength to hit Wuzhan, maybe she couldn't bear it, or maybe it would be useful to keep it, she didn't know.

Wuzhan coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood, saying, "Didn't the princess ask me to take her over? If I don't hold her hand, the undercurrent below will be very strong and will wash the princess back. I just sneaked to the secret entrance and took a look."

Zhuohua looked at Wuzhan coughing and became dazed for a moment, as if she had seen such a scene before, but she couldn't remember when. Her head also hurt, which prevented her from thinking further.

"Oh, then take me there!" Zhuohua came to his senses and agreed casually.

"Princess, hold your breath. The passage may be very long. When you are ready, just nod your head!"

Zhuohua took a deep breath, pouted and nodded to Wuzhan, very obediently. Wuzhan also nodded, and the two of them flipped into the water together, and swam towards the dark cave with the light of the gem.

(End of this chapter)