1235 The Lake Without Reflections (2/2)

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Mo Fan realized why the lake was called Qinyi Lake when he saw the surface that was smooth as blue silk. It was a stunning sight, but unfortunately, the lake was located outside the safe zone. Otherwise, many people would have driven to this place late at night. The cars would be shaking as they were enjoying the view of the lake… something that the people living in the cities were fond of nowadays.

”Damn it, why do I keep having these vile thoughts when I'm a mentor?” Mo Fan murmured. Shouldn't he be a model of virtue with his sense of righteousness for the students!?

”Sir, what did you say?” Cao Qinqin asked in confusion.

”Nothing, nothing at all. By the way, if we can somehow make a waterway from this Qinyi Lake to Tongxiang, wouldn't we be able to turn it into an energy generator with a magic formation, too? The water is deep here, and the altitude is high. Unfortunately, it doesn't flow in the direction of Tongxiang,” Mo Fan exclaimed while looking at the beautiful lake.

”Sir, didn't you realize something strange?” Cao Qinqin suddenly stood behind Mo Fan as if she had just seen something terrifying.

”Something strange? I don't see anything. This place has the mountains and the lake, and there's no sign of demon creatures around too. It's the perfect place to cleanse your soul… Cao Qinqin, now that you mention it, it does feel a little odd, but I can't exactly tell why,” Mo Fan was standing around five hundred meters away from Qinyi Lake. Something felt odd to him as he looked at the perfectly calm lake.

”Reflections, sir, the reflections...” Cao Qinqin said in a soft voice.

Mo Fan was startled. He quickly lifted his gaze and shivered in fear after a glance.

The water was so still that he could not see the slightest ripple on it, yet he did not see any reflections on it, either!

The surface of the blue lake was extremely smooth, yet he could not see the reflections of the white clouds on it, nor was it reflecting the mountains and trees nearby. Mo Fan finally understood why Cao Qinqin was terrified!

”How can there be no reflections? Is it not water?” Mo Fan did not get any closer.

The lake had a diameter of over three kilometers. It was occupying a huge space, surrounded by mountains and trees, yet there was not a single reflection on it! It felt incredibly odd!

”Sir, can...can we leave?” Cao Qinqin was panicking.

The lake was so huge. If it wasn't water, what was the lake filled with?

”Mm, let's call the others back. Something doesn't feel right here,” Mo Fan said.

Mo Fan did not go any closer. The heavens knew what the blue thing that had filled up the lake was. He would take a closer look if he was on his own, but he could not afford to do anything reckless when the students were scattered across the place!

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Mo Fan soon summoned the others back to him. Mu Nujiao and Bai Hongfei were the last to regroup with the team. They were obviously caught in some trouble along the way.

”Anything strange?” Mo Fan asked.

”No, the water is normal. It's also flowing in the direction of Tongxiang. It doesn't seem to have a blockage anywhere.”

”Yeah, everything is perfectly normal.”

Mo Fan looked at Mu Nujiao. She spoke after a slight hesitation, ”Apart from some Blood-Breaking Mosquito Demons, everything was normal.”

”Did you take a close look?” Mo Fan asked.

”No, we assumed there were demon creatures drinking water from the source, so we didn't dare to go too close,” Bai Hongfei said.

”Then… did you see reflections on the surface?” Mo Fan asked.

”Reflections?”

The students were startled by Mo Fan's sudden question. They were struggling to remember it clearly. After all, apart from calm lakes and ponds, it was difficult to see any reflection when the water was flowing.

”I...I believe not!” Mu Nujiao looked shocked as she realized something.

”Maybe the water was flowing...”

”No, I kept feeling that something did not seem right, so it turned out to be the lack of reflections. The surface of the pond that I investigated didn't have a single reflection on it. It was just blue,” Mu Nujiao said confidently.

Mo Fan's heart sank. It turned out that it was not just the water in Qinyi Lake that had the problem.

Was something wrong about the water, or was there something on the surface that was difficult to see?