Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1639 7 Heart Tablets 20

Early the next morning, as usual, Cao Yanhua and Yiwansan made breakfast. Yan Hongsha had adjusted her mood and set off with everyone after breakfast. She didn't seem to be very anxious, but the anxiety and sadness between her brows, as well as a bit of strength, were clearly visible. Everyone looked up to her.

The dried-up plateau lake only had a few visible pools of water near the center and the water source. The rest of the area was either swamps or completely dried-up mudflats. While driving, Yiwansan comforted Yan Hongsha, saying, "Since your second uncle has seen the old clam, we just need to slowly explore towards the center of the lake. We're sure to find something."

Yan Hongsha forced a smile in response. Seeing this, Yiwansan didn't dare to continue talking. He just concentrated on receiving the news from Yan Hongsha and Mu Dai, and notifying the car in front of him, Jiang Xinxin, Luo Ren and Cao Yanhua.

It was precisely because Jiang Xinxin's spiritual sense was more useful than the detection equipment in Yan Hongsha's hand, not to mention that she and Luo Ren were also very skilled, so they chose to take the lead.

Even though Yan Hongsha was worried about her second uncle, she was very grateful, so she carefully observed and reported in time along the way, not willing to let anyone take any risks at all.

After almost two days, everyone was finally approaching the center of the lake. However, the old clam possessed by Xin Jian actually blocked the detector perfectly. The naked eye could see it, and the spiritual consciousness could capture it even more, but there was no movement on the detector.

Yan Hongsha saw with his own eyes how magical the old clam possessed by the fragment of the heart chart was, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

When the old clam rose into the air from the swamp and stretched out countless light blue tentacles to attack everyone, Yan Hongsha's worldview was completely shattered and he had no time to care. He pulled Yiwansan's collar to help him avoid two tentacles, thus saving his life.

As for the detector display screen that she had been holding in her arms, she had thrown it out as a weapon to attract the old clam's attention, and now it was shattered into pieces.

The others desperately tried to avoid the tentacles that the old clam would occasionally extend. Jiang Xinxin originally wanted to grab it, but seeing that there was still a layer of sticky mucus on it, she thought Luo Ren's small dagger would be more useful. "Luo Ren, dagger!"

Luo Ren quickly threw the dagger he was carrying towards Jiang Xinxin, but Jiang Xinxin did not catch it. Instead, he saw the opportunity and raised his hand and gently flicked it with the back of his hand. The small dagger shot towards the old clam like lightning.

The power of the heart fragment made the old clam different from its peers, and it even grew tentacles that could actively attack. However, it ultimately failed to make the old clam shed its mortal body. A mere small dagger could cause it serious damage.

As soon as the old clam landed on the ground, it was about to burrow into the mud to escape. However, Jiang Xinxin would not give the old clam this opportunity. She had already stepped forward when the dagger stabbed it. At this moment, she just raised her hand and took out the fragments of the letter from the old clam's body. Although the old clam did not die instantly, it fell on the mud and could not move.

As soon as Jiang Xinxin got the fragment of the heart tablet, she saw green mountains, several wells, and a figure holding a broom.

Everyone gathered around to check on the old clam. Even though Jiang Xinxin disliked the old clam covered in slime, she had to return the dagger to Luo Ren. She could only suppress her disgust, take out the dagger, wash it in the small puddle next to her, wipe it clean, and then hand it over.

Luo Ren couldn't help laughing when he saw Jiang Xinxin being so thoughtful. He originally wanted to give Jiang Xinxin a dagger, but today's experience made him feel that it would be best not to give it to her.

Cao Yanhua stared at the large old clam with his eyes wide open. He couldn't help but mutter, "Such a large old clam must produce a lot of pearls, right? The quality must be better, right?"

Yisan shook Cao Yanhua's shoulder unhappily. "Wake up! Although we did contribute, it was Miss Jiang who killed the old clam. To put it bluntly, we even caused trouble for Miss Jiang."

Jiang Xinxin quickly waved her hands and said to Cao Yanhua and Yiwansan, "If you two want to touch the pearls, do it yourselves. I despise this thing."

Jiang Xinxin then turned to Yan Hongsha and said, "Miss Yan, our only detector is gone now. If we want to recover your uncle's body, we'll probably need some professional underwater detection equipment, but it will take some time."

Yan Hongsha quickly waved his hands to indicate that it was okay. "I'll follow your instructions. I'm sorry for causing trouble for everyone..."

Jiang Xinxin had a soft spot for Yan Hongsha and comforted her, "This place isn't far from Shenzhen Harbor. I've already called, and the equipment will be delivered in two days at most. Just now, I seemed to see something underwater over there. It might be your uncle's car."

Yan Hongsha was about to cross over when Mu Dai quickly grabbed him and said, "This is an orange-red danger zone. It's very dangerous if you rush over. Why don't we use the cable on the car as a simple safety device?"

Although Yan Hongsha was anxious, he also knew that the safety of himself and his friends was very important. Luo Ren also went to help. He, Yan Hongsha and Mu Dai slowly explored in three directions respectively, while Jiang Xinxin stayed at the car to provide support.

Yiwansan and Cao Yanhua were obsessed with the game of digging clams for pearls. After a while, a small pile of pearls of all sizes had accumulated on the coat that Yiwansan took off and used as a cushion.

Each of these pearls is round and full, the smallest one is the size of a longan, and the largest one is even as big as a lychee!

Cao Yanhua was so excited that he began to imagine opening a restaurant with these pearls: "Lixi is a great place, with a lot of tourists every year! I decided to sell my share and open a restaurant in Lixi!"

Thirteen Wan responded without hesitation: "Then I'll join in too!"

Cao Yanhua added, "Ms. Jiang contributed the most, so she should get more."

Yisanwan also agreed very much: "Everyone who sees it gets a share, and Miss Jiang should get the biggest share."

As they spoke, Yisan and Cao Yanhua tacitly picked out four pearls that were almost the size of lychees and prepared to leave them all to Jiang Xinxin.

Jiang Xinxin didn't know about Cao Yanhua and Yiwansan's decision yet. She carefully watched the steps of the three people in front of her who were tied with safety ropes. After a while, Mu Dai, who was walking in the middle, first discovered the rearview lights exposed above the water at the edge of the pool.

Mu Dai called out to Yan Hongsha and Luo Ren, "Here! There's a car here!"

Yan Hongsha and Luo Ren quickly and carefully moved over and saw the car stuck in the mud under the shallow water.

Mu Dai suggested: "From what we can see now, we can only tell that there is no one in the car. If we want to know more, let's tow the car out and take a look."

Yan Hongsha quickly shook his head, "No need, even if the car really belongs to my second uncle, there's no need to drag it out."

"Right now, we should hurry back to the base. Once Miss Jiang's underwater detector arrives, I'll be able to bring back my second uncle's body, and I'll be able to give an explanation to Grandpa..."