MDZS: Jin ZiXuan's Younger Brother

Water Ghost

The clangs of drawing swords chorused in the air. One after another, everyone mounted their swords and flew upward. Wei WuXian already hovered above. He looked downward only to see that the disciple who drove his sword underwater, Su She was already knee-deep inside the water, the board of his boat already engulfed in Biling Lake. Although his face was full of panic, he didn't call for help possibly frightened rigid. Without hesitation, Wei WuXian bent down and stretched his arm out grabbing Su She's wrist and pulling him up.

Having added another person, the sword under his feet dipped abruptly but it continued to ascend. However not long after a strong force suddenly came from from Su She almost pulling Wei WuXian off of his sword.

The lower part of Su She's body was already submerged inside the black whirlpool in the lake. The whirlpool spun faster and faster and his body also sunk deeper and deeper. There seemed to be something hiding underwater holding onto his legs and pulling them down. Jin Jing originally stood on his sword and calmly ascended to about seventy meters above the surface of the lake. As he looked down, he dashed toward them with a worried expression, " What happen? "

The sucking force of the lake became stronger and stronger. Wei WuXian's sword was superior in terms of agility but inferior in terms of strength. He was almost weighed down to the point of hovering right above the surface of the lake. He steadied himself while using both hands to haul Su She and shouted, " Can somebody come here to help?! If I still can't pull him up, I'm gonna let go! "

Wei WuXian turn around to see Jin Jing trying all his might to carry them but like Wei WuXian's sword it can't hold three two people. Suddenly Jin Jing felt his collar tighten turned around to see Lan WangJi holding the back of his collar with one hand. Although Lan WangJi merely looked into another direction with an indifferent look, he and his sword carried the weight of four people and fought with the mysterious force of the lake at the same time. Moreover, their position was still rising at a steady pace. Jiang Cheng was rather shocked, ' If I went down to pull Wei WuXian and Jin Jing before him, using Sandu, I probably couldn't have ascended so quickly and steadily. Lan WangJi is only around my age... '

At this point Wei WuXian spoke, " Lan Zhan, your sword is quite strong, isn't it? Thank you, thank you. But why did you pull my collar? Can't you hold on to me like my buddy here, Jin Jing? I don't feel comfortable if you do this. Why don't I stretch my hand to you and you can grab it? "

Lan WangJi replied with a cold voice, " I do not have physical contact with others."

Wei WuXian, " We're already this familiar with each other, so how am I 'others'? "

Lan WangJi, " We are not."

Wei WuXian pretended to be hurt, " You can't do this..."

Jiang Cheng really couldn't hold it any more. He scolded, " You can't do this!!! Can't you speak a few sentences less while you're held in mid-air by your collar?! "

The group travelled on their swords and evacuated Biling Lake as fast as they could. When they landed, Lan WangJi let go of Wei WuXian's back collar and calmly turned to Lan XiChen, " It is a waterborne abyss."

Lan XiChen shook his head, " Then, this is going to be difficult."

As they heard the name " waterborne abyss ".

Jin Jing, Wei WuXian and Jiang Cheng understood immediately. The scariest part about Biling Lake wasn't water ghouls but the water which flowed in it.

Because of reasons such as terrain or currents some rivers or lakes often encountered sinking ships and drowning people. As time went on, the area of water would develop a personality. It was like a spoiled young mistress who couldn't tolerate a shortage of the luxurious lifestyle. If no boats of goods or living humans sunk into the water as sacrifices it would stir up trouble and obtain them on its own.