Chapter 51: The Mysterious Creature of Mountain Lake 2

  The mountain lake in Taoyuan Village is called Guihu, and it is said that several villagers have drowned here, and some have even mysteriously disappeared. Some people say there are water ghosts in the water, so it's commonly known as "Guihu". Not to mention the old yellow calendar things, just a few years ago, there was a major accident where two children secretly went swimming together and both drowned at the same time. One of them was salvaged, but the other has not been found until now.

  The villagers of Peach Village were not stupid, and at the time, they had put in a lot of effort to drain the lake water and turn the entire Ghost Lake upside down, but still couldn't find anything. In the end, they invited a Taoist priest to hold a ritual to get over this page.

  Someone once wanted to destroy the Ghost Lake, but it requires a lot of funding. What's more difficult for the villagers to decide is that this Ghost Lake is the only water source in Taohu Village, and hundreds of acres of farmland cannot do without it. Therefore, the plan to destroy the Ghost Lake was not passed.

  For years, Taohu Village has strictly forbidden anyone from playing in the Ghost Lake, especially children. Any family with kids would be constantly warned by adults and ordered not to play there, and the lake was 'demonized' to scare some of the kids.

  However, the nature of children cannot be restrained by a few words of teaching. Today happened to be the weekend, and several idle children quietly gathered together to fish at Guihu Lake. Along the way, they couldn't bear the boredom, and after several internal struggles, these fearless young calves jumped into the water to play, only to have a drowning incident occur shortly thereafter.

  According to several children who were playing on the shore, this child was pulled into the water by something and it made a big noise at that time.

  Li Mang had already arrived at the center of the lake, holding his breath and diving underwater. However, the depth of this strange lake made him secretly shocked, having sunk more than ten meters, yet still unable to touch the bottom.

  It is also possible to see things with your eyes open underwater, but this will harm your eyes. Li Mang knew he couldn't delay any longer and gritted his teeth as he opened his eyes. Although his physique was not weak, when the water pressure of the lake pressed against his eyeballs, his eyes still ached slightly. But with his life on the line, Li Mang could no longer care about these things and could only endure the pain.

  At the same time, the scene in the lake water was also captured within a few meters of his range, and it can be seen that the water quality of this ghostly lake is still extremely clear, although it cannot be compared with Lixi Water at all.

  Pushing down the thoughts in his heart, Li Meng continued to dive deeper, and below him was already a pitch-black expanse, indicating that he had reached the bottom of the lake. This made Li Meng feel slightly relieved. If he went any deeper, even if his body could withstand it, his eyes would have difficulty bearing the immense water pressure.

  There was a lot of silt, and the lake bottom had already become blurry. Li Mang could only see clearly within two or three meters in front of him, which caused great trouble for his search, but he also didn't dare to slack off because of this.

  "Shasha..."

  The strange noise from the front made Li Mang suddenly stop in his tracks. As far as he knew, only he had dived to the bottom of the lake, and other villagers didn't have this ability, after all, there was a clear gap in their abilities. But... what exactly was making such a big commotion up ahead? His mind racing, Li Mang slowly crept forward at the same time.

  Fish? It shouldn't be. This is strange, this lake has many fish species, but there aren't many big ones. Li Mang made a bold judgment: the big fish were eaten by something.

  Soon, a black shadow appeared in Li Mang's line of sight. The shadow was very long, about two meters, like a snake. It seemed to be only a section of the tail, and another section was inserted into the water, making it impossible for Li Mang to see what it was at first glance.

  As he approached, Li Mang was able to see more clearly that this was indeed a snake's tail, but it was very thick and large, and one hand might not be able to grasp it. The scales were distinct, and in the water, they flashed with a glossy black light. Li Mang understood that this was a symbol of age.

  "What is this?" Li Mang was somewhat hesitant, if he were on land, he might not be afraid of anything, but this was underwater, his strength was greatly discounted, and even the time he could stay here couldn't be too long. Now, with over a decade of cultivation, he still couldn't hold his breath for a long time.

  But at this moment, there can be no more hesitation, otherwise the child's life will be in danger. Li Meng gritted his teeth and suddenly swam quickly forward, grabbing its tail with his bare hands and pulling it out with force!

  "Whoosh!"

  The muddy water churned, and Li Mang wasn't even clear what he had pulled out, but quickly swam upwards. This patch of muddy water was too much, already severely interfering with his vision, Li Mang had to move the battlefield to a place with clearer water, otherwise he would be at a disadvantage.

  "Ahh!"

  A tiger-like roar echoed into Li Mang's ears, startling him. The tail in his hand suddenly struggled violently, and despite Li Mang's tight grip, he only felt a stinging pain in the palm of his hand before being shaken off by the unknown aquatic monster.

  "Whoosh!"

  The sound of rushing water came, causing Li Meng's muscles to tense up all over his body. At the same time, he resisted the discomfort in his eyes and finally managed to open his eyelids, vaguely making out the shape of the water monster.

  The tiger head was as big as a plate, but it had the body of an alligator, with claws and a snake-like tail. This was an extremely strange creature, Li Mang dared to confirm that he had never seen it in reality, but he vaguely remembered having some impression of it, as if he had seen it before.

  But Li Meng couldn't think much at this time, because the opponent had quickly swum over, looking like it was its territory in the water, with a speed that was shocking, and opening its tiger mouth, revealing two sharp tiger teeth.

  What made Li Meng both shocked and delighted was that the water monster's front paws were indeed holding a naked child, who had already fainted, whether he was still breathing or not could not be determined for the time being. However, no matter what, Li Meng must rescue him quickly, so he didn't dodge, but secretly accumulated strength in his fists.

  "Whoosh......" was getting closer.

  "Hmmph..." Li Meng also suddenly threw a punch. Although the lake water greatly reduced his strength, the power of over ten years of cultivation was still astonishingly great.

  Bang!

  "Ahh!"

  Perhaps he had never expected that the weak prey would have such great strength, and the water monster's forehead hurt and let out a miserable cry, and was also a little dizzy.

  "Bang!"

  Li Meng's another punch came afterwards, causing the water monster to be injured again. Its dizzy head made its movements no longer agile, and it was about to sink down.

  Li Meng took advantage of the opportunity to snatch away the child he was holding, and with a swift movement of his legs, he quickly swam upstream.

  " Splash." Li Meng quickly floated to the surface, first holding up the child's hand that was in his, before he could take a deep breath and spit out some of the lake water he had accidentally swallowed. Being stifled like this was really unbearable.

  "Look quickly, save the little dragon!" A woman on the shore suddenly shouted loudly, and the "little dragon" in her mouth was the child being held by Li Meng.

  Not only was the shore bustling, but also the search party in the lake, who had been searching aimlessly, were overjoyed and turned to look at Li Mang. Among them, Xiao Yangzhou and Ge Xuelin were shocked, clearly not expecting that so many people hadn't found anything, while Li Mang had already pulled someone out of the water. This brother was becoming more and more mysterious in their eyes.

  "Everyone, get to shore quickly!" Li Meng shouted loudly at the people in the lake, and then he took the lead and swam rapidly towards the shore. Although the water monster had already swallowed two of his fists, Li Meng couldn't be certain whether it would become enraged and attack the other people in the water because of this.