870: C870 Endless Cold Pond

C870 Endless Cold Pond

"We've heard quite a bit about the situation, but it's hard to tell the truth from the truth. I wonder if Senior Zhang knows the truth?"

Regarding the legendary signs, Qin Loong was also confused, and asked Fatty Zhang about them.

"Even if it's true that this legendary omen is out of the question, it's still fake."

Fatty Zhang laughed and said, "Take the water realm for example, it has indeed been extremely abnormal recently. There were times when extremely rare treasures of heaven and earth had appeared, and there might even be some treasures left behind by the ancient god. But the problem is, no one knows whether or not this is a sign of a legend."

"However, for a treasure on such a large scale to appear in this world, it should be related to the day of legend, no?"

Qin Loong speculated.

"Not necessarily."

Fatty Zhang shook his head: "Because according to the prophecy, on the day of the legend, although there will be a strange treasure appearing in the world, it should not be of such a scale, and the grade of the strange treasure should not be limited to just this."

Qin Loong felt that what Fatty Zhang said was reasonable, so he directly asked him after thinking about it, "Then, what do you think, Senior?"

"I think that the legendary signs might actually come, but they are not the information that we've seen on the surface. These so-called 'large-scale treasure being born' and the other stuff like that might have been deliberately created by the people in the upper echelons of all realms to cover up the real legendary signs."

Hearing Fatty Zhang's analysis, Qin Loong nodded his head and then continued to ask, "Then what does all of this have to do with our mission this time around?

"That's what I'm going to tell you."

Fatty Zhang frowned and said, "Three months ago, we investigated a major branch of the water realm and found out that there was a high possibility that there was an ancient ruin inside the Endless Cold Pond. This news was then quickly sealed by the upper echelons of the water realm and we suspected that this was a true sign of legend.

"Could it be that we've been discovered?"

Qin Loong asked worriedly.

"That one isn't."

Fatty Zhang indicated for Qin Loong not to be nervous, and continued: At the beginning, Lan Qing's operation was extremely smooth, he would frequently send me secret information, and even mixed into the second batch of people who were in the Endless Cold Pond, but from that time onwards, Lan Qing's information was cut off.

"Then what kind of place is Endless Cold Pond? She can't be trapped inside right?"

Qin Loong frowned, this "Endless Cold Pond" sounded like an extremely dangerous place, moreover, it contained ancient ruins.

"I don't know, but because she was unable to transmit information within the Endless Cold Pond even though she passed through the secret methods, it was only after more than a month had passed since she entered the Endless Cold Pond that we realized something might have happened."

After saying this, Fatty Zhang felt a bit of regret and self-blame.

Then, Fatty Zhang continued to speak, "This Endless Cold Pond is an extremely famous and dangerous place in the water realm. It is one of the places with the densest yin aura in the water realm, and normally, even Aurous Core stage experts can only go down a hundred meters. Moreover, they can't stay here for long, or their lives will be in danger."

"This is indeed a fierce place, even Gold Pill Stage experts are not able to adapt well to this environment."

Qin Loong was very surprised, because he, who had already reached the Gold Pill Stage, knew very clearly that once the cultivator condensed an Inner Core, then she would become one herself, like a small world, and would almost not be affected by the external environment.

However, this Endless Cold Pond was actually something that could only be used to dive one hundred meters after the Gold Pill Stage's experts had entered …

"Oh right, before President Lan Qing lost contact with us, what realm did he reach?"

Qin Loong asked Fatty Zhang.

"At that time, Lan Qing had actually already broken through to the transformation realm, but in order to carry out his mission, he used a secret technique to suppress his cultivation to the peak of the Aurous Core stage."

Hearing Fatty Zhang's words, Qin Loong nodded his head and analyzed: "If that's the case, then since President Lan Qing's life card wasn't in danger of her life, then she might have encountered some sort of accident within the Endless Cold Pond, and then hid inside the cold pond, finding a place to escape in the end."

Old Lei and the others who had been silent the entire time, started to think deeply after understanding the situation.

"If so, why did she never make contact?"0

Lin felt that Qin Loong's deduction still had a loophole.

"Could it be that I met with danger after I escaped?"

Old Lei thought for a while and said.

"It's also possible that he was hunted down at the beginning for some reason, so that he didn't show his face."

This was Huo Yan's speculation.

After Fatty Zhang heard the crowd's discussion, he opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, actually, I do not think all of these are important."

When everyone heard this, they all quieted down and looked at him.

"I think the first step is to first investigate whether Lan Qing, who was originally a member of the second group, had returned to the shore with the main group, or if the main group itself had returned."

Fatty Zhang looked at everyone and continued, "This way, we can first sort out the clues, and then we can follow through with the clues."

"Makes sense."

Qin Loong nodded his head and said: "Seems like we need to think of a way to infiltrate this big water sect again."

Fatty Zhang shook his head: "There's no rush, I recommend that we investigate on the outskirts first, and it's best to be cautious, because if Lan Qing is being chased or even captured by them after discovering his identity, they must be on guard. If you guys want to enter, that's equivalent to falling into a trap, your Datura Sect's strength is considered top of the line in the water realm."

"This is too time-consuming."

Qin Loong shook his head.

Every second that was dragged, Lan Qing would become more and more dangerous. Qin Loong and the others could afford to wait, but it was very likely that Lan Qing already couldn't.

"Alright, let's do it this way."

Qin Loong once again focused his mind to think for a while, and decisively said: "I will have to trouble Senior Zhang to tell us the detailed information about Datura Sect, and then, Lin, and I will think of a way to blend into the Datura Sect to provide support to Liu Shishi, Huo Yan, and Ye Rong. At the same time, we will also have to further investigate the information regarding Datura Sect and Endless Cold Pond."

Old Lei and Lin agreed without hesitation, but Liu Shishi and the others remained silent for a while, and in the end, they nodded their heads as well.

Obviously, Qin Loong had taken care of the most dangerous part, and the rest of the team came with a degree of tacit understanding.

Seeing them act this way, Fatty Zhang did not know what to say anymore. He then introduced the detailed information on Datura Sect to Qin Loong.

"If that's the case, we can leave tomorrow morning."

When Qin Loong heard that the various big sects were recruiting for the ruins under the Endless Cold Pond, he decided to say it out loud.

However, Qin Loong knew clearly that the reason why these big sects offered such expensive recruitment for exploration, rather than sending their own disciples to clear the way, was mostly because of the extremely dangerous nature of this place.

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