At this depth, the seawater was almost pitch black.
But in Fang Yuan's vision, it was all eerie green.
"Good, this new Gu is quite useful, with it, I can barely see in the deep sea." Fang Yuan was happy.
The situation in the deep sea was complex, one could not blindly activate the light, no one knew what kind of predators would be attracted.
In the midst of the dark green, there were a few strands of deep black.
It was naturally the black oil.
The black oil intertwined and tangled with each other, like a group of strange pythons. It was almost motionless, but it still gave people a strong visual impact.
Fang Yuan breathed in deeply, the gills on his cheeks moved, filtering the air in the seawater for Fang Yuan to survive.
Calming himself down, Fang Yuan cautiously approached the black oil. His hands slowly stretched out, stopping when they were about a foot away from the black oil.
Next, he activated his Gu worms. Two lumps of bright blue light condensed in his palms, the two lumps of blue light each formed a small light pillar that shone on the black oil. Bit by bit, lumps of black oil flowed along the two light pillars, merging into Fang Yuan's palms.
Fang Yuan's palms were like two bottomless holes, continuously absorbing the black oil.
As time passed, Fang Yuan maintained a high level of vigilance.
He was not only investigating the surroundings, he was also paying attention to the primeval essence reserves in his aperture.
Because he activated several Gu worms at the same time, Fang Yuan's primeval essence expenditure was not slow. Not long after, he reached a critical point.
"It is time to stop and return to the surface to rest. Sigh, my aptitude is not enough, if I had A grade aptitude, I could have lasted longer! "
Fang Yuan sighed inwardly, at the same time, he decisively stopped activating his Gu worms and retreated.
But in the final process of retreating, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, a huge force came from the calm seawater, sending Fang Yuan flying.
"Oh no, I encountered an impact current!"
Fang Yuan's heart shook, quickly activating his Gu worms to escape.
The impact current looked no different from ordinary seawater, but when it encountered life, it would burst forth with a huge impact force.
Bam bam bam!
While Fang Yuan was escaping, he was hit by the impact currents, his bones were fractured in several places, blood flowed out of his nose and mouth.
Fang Yuan gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, thoughts flashing in his mind as he tried to find a way out.
But he was not in his best condition, he had expended a lot of primeval essence, and this impact current was huge, Fang Yuan had no way to counter it, he could only rely on luck to dodge.
Soon, Fang Yuan's primeval essence was expended, he was hit by the impact current on the black oil behind him.
"Am I going to die here?" Fang Yuan could not break free, he could only watch as the black oil stuck to him, slowly spreading and engulfing him.
His primeval essence was completely dried up, but fortunately, the gills were made of transformation path Gu worms and could still last for some time.
But this was truly a struggle at death's door.
"This is the last moment of my life … Sigh, I originally wanted to collect as much black oil as possible, accumulate wealth, and go to the sea market to exchange for a solution to the black oil corrosion on my body … Now, I don't have to worry about this anymore. Hehehe … "
Fang Yuan smiled bitterly and fell into deep despair.
In the end, he was completely covered by the black oil, and his body was gradually engulfed by it.
"Am I going to die …"
Death was approaching, but Fang Yuan's heart was calm.
Or, to be more precise, a stretch of indifference.
He was also very indifferent to his own life and death.
"That's fine … If I die, then so be it."
"After coming to this world for so many years, I've wandered from place to place. I'm really tired."
"Who can avoid death?"
"Then you might as well take a good rest."
Fang Yuan closed his eyes.
After an unknown period of time, he gradually regained some consciousness.
Vaguely, he heard someone talking beside him.
"Saintess, why did you save this mortal Gu Master? All these years, haven't the humans bullied us enough! "
"That's right, Saintess, this Gu Master is clearly an oil collecting Gu Master, but this sea area is the territory of us mermen. He is a sea rat that specializes in stealing our black oil, he is shameless to the extreme. We can let him die, there is no need to care about him. "
At this time, a clear and friendly voice spoke: "Since we met him, how can we not save him? I know he is a human and not a merman, but he is also a life. The ones bullying us are human forces, it has nothing to do with him, a lone shadow branch human Gu Master. He is here to steal our black oil, but how much can he steal alone? He is taking such a huge risk to secretly collect black oil, it shows that he is an ostracized person, he is in a difficult situation. We can help him, why should we be stingy? "
"Saintess, is it good for you to be so kind?"
"He is not a big shot, he is too lowly, there is no use in saving him!"
Fang Yuan used all his strength to barely open his eyes.
His vision was still blurry, he could only see three figures.
One white, one blue, and one red.
Human body, fish tail … from the figures, he could tell that they were three mermen.
Mermen were a type of variant humans, they were born with the ability to breathe in water and live freely. Mermen were close to rivers and lakes, they were most skilled in water paths. Be it male or female, they were all very beautiful.
"Thank … thank you … for saving my life, I will repay you. May I know your names, benefactors? "Fang Yuan spoke with difficulty, his voice was hoarse, but it became smoother as he spoke.
But this was already the limit of his current abilities, his body was too tired, he could not muster any strength, he was already using all his strength to speak.
"Hmph. We don't need your repayment. If not for Saintess' insistence, we would not have saved a dirty human like you. "
"You don't need to know our names, but Saintess' name is Xie Han Mo, remember it well, remember it for life! To be saved by the Saintess, this is really a blessing that you have cultivated for eight lifetimes. "
"Alright, the two of you should stop before going too far." The white figure sighed gently, before saying to Fang Yuan: "Even though you are very weak now, I have already healed your injuries. You seemed to have been corroded by the black oil. I can't heal such an injury in one go, but I left a Gu worm for you. With it, you can heal yourself. "
Saying so, the white figure left with his two subordinates, until they were completely out of Fang Yuan's vision.
Fang Yuan wanted to speak, but he had used up all his strength, he could not speak.
Extreme fatigue and weakness caused his vision to turn dark again.
All of these scenes happened five hundred years ago in his previous life.
Fang Yuan's gaze regained clarity, he woke up from his memories.
Right now, he had already led the fishing village's Gu Masters back to the island.
This was the old village head's house, it was not dark at all.
It was evening, the light of the setting sun shone in through the window.
Outside the window, seabirds were flying above the beach, chirping loudly.
The mermaid that was accidentally saved was a little girl, and she was still unconscious. After being saved by Fang Yuan, her pale face had regained some color of health. Her thick eyelashes cast two shadows on her cheeks under the light of the setting sun.
Looking at this mermaid girl, Fang Yuan's gaze went into a daze.
Now that he looked closely, this girl was not the Xie Han Mo in Fang Yuan's memories, there was a huge difference in appearance, even though they were both extremely beautiful.
"They can only be considered similar. Also … "
And there was a huge difference between this mermaid girl and Xie Han Mo, that was the color of their scales.
Mermaids had a human body and a fish tail, their scales had all sorts of colors. Blue and red were common, white and black were very rare.
White-scaled mermaids had the qualifications to compete for saintess and son, while black-scaled mermaids were cursed and inauspicious, once they were born, they would be strangled and killed, often by their parents.
Xie Han Mo was a white-scaled mermaid, she was the saintess of the merman race. And this mermaid girl had blue scales, in the merman culture, she was very ordinary.
"Master Chu." At this time, the old village head and the middle-aged Gu Master came to the door.
After Fang Yuan nodded slightly, the two of them walked in lightly.
After collecting the black oil from the sea, be it the old village head or the middle-aged Gu Master, they looked at Fang Yuan with extreme respect.
On one hand, it was Fang Yuan's unfathomable strength, on the other hand, it was the benefits that Fang Yuan brought them. Water shell Gu was very useful, the Gu Masters who went to collect the oil knew it.
And most importantly, after returning, Fang Yuan promised to design a Gu worm for them, this Gu worm would be of great help to them in the oil collection field.
"Master Chu, the food is ready. Are you … "The old village head smiled.
"I will take care of her, master, don't worry. When she wakes up, I will bring her to you. "The middle-aged Gu Master said.
Fang Yuan looked at the mermaid girl, shaking his head as he walked out of the house: "No need to bring her to me, when she wakes up, tell her to leave. Even though this is human territory, she came to collect the black oil, it is considered stealing. But it seems that she is not having an easy time, for my sake, let her off. "
"Master Chu, don't worry, we will not make things difficult for her!"
"That's right, these years, many mermen have come to this island to steal the black oil. We have always closed one eye, after all, there is so much black oil in Earth Trench, we cannot collect it all, it is fine to give us some. "The old village head chuckled.
Fang Yuan nodded.
He had obtained all the information he needed from the old village head and this mermaid girl's soul.
There was something interesting.
In the outside world, mermen had lower status than humans, there were many conflicts and conflicts between them. But here, the relationship between mermen and humans was much better, they interacted a lot and lived in peace, there were even intermarriages.
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