CH 606

606: Man-Eating Lake

Hong village was isolated from the world and people couldn’t leave. The only way to get news about the rest of the world was from those who entered accidentally. Because of this, the villagers were very welcoming of outsiders.

At the thatched hut, Han Xia wanted to pour water and cook something for Feng Wu, but was stopped before she started.

As a food lover, Feng Wu could do without anything but food. Her storage space was filled with good things to eat. She took out two roasted chicken legs and some fish to grill.

In the three days since the siblings entered the village, their diet consisted of simple vegetarian dishes the villagers shared with them. It was an isolated village after all. The only sources of meat came from the few low-level beasts raised by the villagers. It was the kind of meat commonly found on dining tables across the continent.

The beasts were ordinary beasts with no innate qualities, but they were tasty and suitable for eating. Many ordinary folks raised these kinds of beasts themselves with any leftovers generally put up for sale.

Animals raised for their meat wasn’t expensive, but in this isolated village, they were precious. The villagers didn’t usually eat meat and only slaughtered animals on special occasions. At that time, a little bit of meat would be shared amongst all the families and everyone would eat happily.

All this is to say, the siblings hadn’t had any meat to eat since arriving in the village. So, after sharing in Feng Wu’s bounty, they felt alive again.

“There’s no meat to eat here. I’m a carnivore; I can’t stay here forever. I definitely won’t last!” Han Xia hugged the hand she used to hold the chicken to her chest. She sucked on the bones again and again, reluctant to let them go, knowing there may not be anymore after.

“Don’t be discouraged; we’ll get out of here.” Han Jiang patted his sister on the head trying his best to comfort her.

In fact, he wasn’t sure they could leave. The villagers had been trapped inside for twenty years. Star Marshall hall sent people to investigate several times over the years, but nothing new was ever found. Unless the hall could figure out the mystery of the lake, it wouldn’t matter how powerful the person they sent to investigate was, they wouldn’t be able to find the village.

“Brother, did you wash your hands?” Han Xia, no longer sad, slapped her brother’s hand away. How dare he touch her head with his greasy hands. He must have done it on purpose. The jerk.

The news of Feng Wu’s disappearance spread to the Star temple. Including the Han siblings, Feng Wu was now the third person to disappear. Did they experience the same phenomenon that happened in the village twenty years ago?

Jier volunteered to investigate when he learned about Feng Wu’s disappearance.

Jier[notes] walked around the site several times, but failed to find anything unusual.

Rui Baby blinked his round eyes. “The water, there might be something wrong with the water in that lake.”

“What, did you find something?” Jier asked as he approached Rui Baby.

“I remember Xiao Wu walking towards the lake before disappearing. So there must be something wrong with it.”

“Are you sure she was heading that way?” Jier asked.

Rui Baby nodded his head, absolutely certain he was not mistaken. Zhao Yang was no help; he hadn’t noticed at all.

Rui Baby and Jier walked to the lake together. It didn’t look like there was anything wrong with it. They could see straight to the few stones at the bottom.

Jier didn’t get it. What was so strange about the water in the lake? But he knew Rui Baby wouldn’t lie, so he squatted down and scooped some water in his hand then watched it trickle through his fingers. The water was cold and absolutely normal!

Suddenly Jier felt something catch his body and he fell into the water and disappeared.

Rui Baby reacted and immediately jumped after Jier. He disappeared just like Jier. Zhao Yang was so frightened upon witnessing the scene that his legs went limp. What kind of bull crap was this?! A lake that ate people?!

Zhao Yang didn’t waste time; he ran as fast he could in the direction toward Star Marshall hall.

Jier,[notes] who had been sucked into the water, woke up in another world. Upon opening his eyes, he saw the same white clouds and blue skies above. The lake was still the same, but the barren land beside it turned into a small mountain village.

There were about one hundred families living in the village and everyone there had honest smiles as they worked the fields.

“This place is incredible! No wonder we couldn’t find it. Turns out it’s a dimensional space artifact.” Rui Baby shook his head in wonderment.

“Focus. Since we’re here, then it proves Xiao Wu and the others must be here too. Let’s go and find them first.”

They left to search, one human and one beast walking and looking around the village. The people they met along the way greeted them amiably. Jier found where Feng Wu and the siblings were after asking the villagers.

Han Xia and Han Jiang were just about to take Feng Wu for a constitutional walk after having finished their meal when they ran into Jier.

“Xiao Wu!” Jier rushed over excitedly. He grabbed Feng Wu and spun her around in a hug before putting her down and inspecting her from head to toe. Good, she didn’t look injured.

“Xiao Wu!” Rui Baby also rushed over and hopped into Feng Wu’s arms. His small body was all sorts of cute against Feng Wu’s flat chest.

“Why are you two here?” Feng Wu was a little surprised. She hadn’t expected to see Jier and Rui Baby so soon.

“Rui Baby said he saw you walking toward the lake just before you disappeared, so I came to see what was wrong and ended up being pulled here,” said Jier nonchalantly.

“Don’t be afraid, Xiao Wu. This place is just a dimensional space inside a high-level magic tool. It’s at least holy level. No wonder people from Star Marshall couldn’t find anything all the times they came to investigate.” Rui Baby said.

“You mean we are inside a holy-level space item?!” Han Xia exclaimed.

A holy-level space item, that wasn’t something you saw every day! Why was there such a high-level treasure in a small village like this? It didn’t make sense!