Apart from a trail of bubbles, there was nothing else in the water.

There was no debris, no sand, and no plants.

Curiously, he found that he could breathe here perfectly, as if he were a fish in water.

But inwardly, he was fuming. Usually, he would never undertake such a perilous, pathfinding errand for someone else. This time, though, the aftershock from the Gale Army cavalry officer’s attack had knocked him straight into the pool. He had been sent in here before he could even react.

To put it bluntly, though, his cultivation was simply too weak.

Back in Heishui City, enjoying power and privilege, he had never truly noticed this. But after crossing paths with Nian Songyu and State Preceptor Sun, and now facing ever-greater perils on this Panlong City expedition, the limits of his strength became painfully apparent.

If only I were a bit st...