165 Bottom of the lake. (2/2)

Li Yang was the sole exception to this, one of his eyebrows rising slightly as he looked at the relaxed expressions Fang Ying and the others wore. He took in a few more breaths just to check, but sure enough, he didn't feel the slightest bit calmer, nor did he become more clear-headed. He raised his arms slightly, one hand patting Jinwu and the other rubbing Shenlong's head.

”The two of you should take a bath with Ying'er and Feng, I'm feeling discriminated against so I'm gonna go take a closer look.”

The two beasts let out sounds of acknowledgments and then flew over to Fang Ying, resulting in her being crowded by all four beasts at once. His words made it abundantly clear that Li Yang had yet to feel the effects of the lake, resulting in both Zhao Feng and Fang Ying furrowing their brows slightly. The ones in this group weren't that different from each other so why was it that seemed like Li Yang was the only one getting discriminated against?

The group proceeded towards the lake, at first just dipping their feet in it for a short moment. But the feeling of clarity that assaulted Zhao Feng and the others could only be considered overwhelming, it was as if someone had suddenly presented them a book on the truth about their laws. They had lived for quite a long time in their past lives, but even they felt themselves getting enlightened, showing just how great the effects of the water was.

But once again, Li Yang received no such benefit. The water felt incredibly cold to him, it was as if he dipped his feet in liquid ice. He could even feel a sliver of hostility coming from the coldness, it seemed like the lake had quite a bit against him. But such things only caused the corners of his lips to curl up slightly, showing hostility to him would probably be the most foolish thing this damn lake would ever do.

”You guys just focus on your cultivation, I'll go have a real nice chat with the lake. Oh, but don't forget to remain vigilant, don't want this little thing to pull some shit.”

Fang Ying and Zhao Feng responded with small nods, walking a few steps deeper into the lake before sitting down and allowing the water to reach all the way up to their chests. Langshen and the others also bathed in the water, the three smaller ones floating on the surface around Fang Ying.

The rest of the group stopped but Li Yang continued walking, moving deeper and deeper into the lake. His feet lost contact with the bottom after only ten steps, his head dipping beneath the surface as he started diving down. If this lake had really spawned a soul and sentience then it meant that it would have a core somewhere, a nucleus for its power and soul.

The water felt like it got colder and colder as he started to dive deeper into it, the feeling of hostility also grew as he dove deeper into the water. As he reached the spot that would be about halfway to the center of the lake, he felt a somewhat weak energy seep into his body from the surrounding milky water, invading his veins as it tried to course through his body.

But the weak energy was swiftly eradicated by Li Yang's law of destruction, allowing him to realize exactly what this milky water was, poison. His law of devouring automatically removed any poison that entered his body, rendering him practically immune to all forms of toxins, it was the entire reason he was first able to get close to Fang Ying.

But realizing that this milky water was poison caused his brows to furrow slightly. It was one thing for him to not notice that it was poison, it was something else entirely for Fang Ying, someone who specialized in poison, to not realize that the milky water was in fact poison. But Fang Ying hadn't noticed anything, she would certainly have spoken up if she noticed something. As such, Li Yang could only come to a single conclusion, this was a type of poison that they had never encountered or even heard of before, it might not even follow the law of poison at all.

He kept the thought in his mind as he dove deeper, using part of his concentration to keep an eye on the streams of milky water that seemed to float lightly through the rest of the water around him. The poison kept trying to invade him, growing stronger and stronger as he got closer to the center of the lake. But all attempts were halted by his law of destruction, a law standing at the very peak of all existence, allowing him to easily reach the bottom of the center of the lake.

And it was at the bottom of the lake that he found the source of all the milky water, an item he hadn't expected at all. Lying atop the sand and tiny crystals was a rice-sized piece of someone's fingernail, streams of milky water continuously seeping out of it.