X-Dragon Era

According to Instructor Mei Wu, the more water there is, the denser the Water Series energy will be, and the better the cultivation effects. However, looking around, except for the crescent-shaped lake opposite, where is there a trace of water?

Of course, Xin Yun had thought about practicing by the lakeside, but just by looking at the splendid building inside the bend of Crescent Lake, he knew that with his current status, he had no right to go near there.

While he was pondering, outside the classroom door, a corpulent woman was carrying two large wooden buckets, swaying toward the hillside. Seeing this, Xin Yun could not help frowning. Could it be... she was going to Crescent Lake to fetch water?

"No way!" Realizing this, Xin Yun decisively shook his head. Although Crescent Lake was also within the academy, it was not close by. If she were to fetch water like this, the round trip alone would likely exhaust the woman to death. Could it be... there's a well at the base of the hill?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

As his eyes lit up, Xin Yun abruptly stood up and quickly followed her. Hearing footsteps behind her, the large woman looked back in confusion and then revealed a gentle smile upon seeing Xin Yun.

"Big Mama... are you going to fetch water?" Xin Yun called out from a distance.

Hearing Xin Yun's words, the large woman smiled and said, "Yes, without fetching water, what would you all eat tomorrow morning? Surely we can't let you eat dry food, can we?"

Hearing her words, Xin Yun couldn't help but sigh and said with a smile, "Then let me help you carry it. On your own, how many trips would it take to fetch enough water for a hundred of us?"

"Hehe..." With a kind smile, the large woman shook her head and said, "Don't be silly, Big Mama still has the strength for this. But you, such a young child, can you even lift it?"

Stunned by the robust wooden buckets, Xin Yun zoned out. Not to mention whether he had the strength, the sheer size of the buckets was not suitable for Xin Yun; they were simply too large.

Descending the hill and following a winding path, the two entered a dense forest under the hill. Looking around, the forest was made up of pine trees over twenty meters tall and thicker than a person, with thick pine needles blocking most of the light, casting the whole forest into a bit of gloom.

Continuing along the winding path for about a thousand meters... finally, a green pond appeared in the forest, with a spring in the middle gushing forth continuously.

"This! What is this..." Seeing this sight, Xin Yun's blood boiled. There were no water streams around the pond, yet the spring kept gushing without ever filling the pond completely. What did this mean?

"An underground river!" Yes, Xin Yun knew there had to be an underground river below, and... this pond could very well be connected to Crescent Lake in the distance underground. With this, his worries about a place to cultivate were over; the underground river was the perfect spot.

Without revealing his thoughts, Xin Yun followed Big Mama back to the dorm and then lay down on his bed without a word, closed his eyes, and fell asleep. Now that he had chosen a spot, he had to restore his spirit as quickly as possible, and once night fell, he would rush over and enter the underground river to convert energy.

He wasn't sure how long he had slept, but when Xin Yun woke up, the other guys had returned long ago and were sound asleep in their bunks.

Quietly getting up, Xin Yun stealthily left the dorm and quickly headed toward the forest pond. He had already been surpassed by Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying; if he didn't train his hardest now, he would only fall further behind, which was not what Xin Yun wanted.

Upon reaching the pond, Xin Yun cautiously surveyed the surroundings to make sure no one was there and then suddenly stretched out his right hand, uttering a low shout—Yinglong!

With Xin Yun's deep voice, millions of dreamy bubble images rose with a series of gurgling sounds, and in the midst of the bubbles' dance, they quickly coalesced into a blue-green Yinglong.

Xin Yun's body leaped into the air with a firm stomp on the ground as Yinglong swiftly made a turn, catching Xin Yun's body with its dragon head and then diving headfirst into the green pond.

"Splash..." With a very faint sound of water, Yinglong plunged into the pond, its nearly thirty-meter-long body twisting and wriggling swiftly before disappearing above the water's surface.

The pond wasn't large, with a diameter of only around a hundred meters, but its depth was astonishing. Apart from the shallow areas near the shore, the center was like a bottomless pit.

Straddling Yinglongs head, just behind the dragon's horns, Xin Yun's body seemed to be enveloped in a bubble, not a single drop of water touching him, even though the rippling pond water was only a meter away.

As they descended, although the water pressure gradually increased, Yinglong, being of the Water Series, certainly didn't care about such trivial pressure. Even if there was pressure, it only converted it into momentum, making the dragon swim even faster.

"Whoosh..." Finally, when Yinglong reached a certain depth, suddenly... a horizontal current roared past. Caught off guard, even Yinglong was swept away hundreds of meters before regaining control of its body and restoring balance.

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However, it must be said, underwater was Yinglong's world. Once in the water, it was like coming home. Although it was washed away by the current, it didn't suffer any harm. It was just carried off by the current for a distance and easily regained control.