The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2185 The Gift
The horseshoes clattered on the ice, and Ouyang Zhong, sitting in the carriage, felt his heart leap into his throat!
"Is this ice thick enough? We won't fall through, will we? If we fall in this freezing weather, we'll be lucky to escape with our skin intact!" he said worriedly.

Zhang Deyi, who was in the same carriage, chuckled and said, "General Ouyang, are you really a general? Why don't you stop worrying about things that are about to happen?"

Ouyang Zhong smiled bitterly: "Of course I'm a general! I'm not afraid to die on the battlefield, but... I can't swim! If I fall into the water... and drown... I'd be so wronged!"

Helian Rongguang, who was in the same car, burst into laughter!
Everyone must die, but everyone wants their death to be as weighty as Mount Tai, not as light as a feather!
A general who falls into an ice hole and drowns is not only unjust, but also becomes a laughing stock!
Helian Rongguang said, "General Ouyang, neither of us can swim, so what's there to be afraid of?!"

Ouyang Zhong was taken aback: "You can't swim either? But you look calm and composed, without the slightest fear. Are you just faking your composure?"

Helian Rongguang laughed and said, "What are you pretending for? I really can't swim, and I'm really not afraid! Why should I be afraid? Since Young Master Feng said that carriages can travel on the ice, then carriages can travel on the ice. How could we possibly fall off? I believe Young Master Feng!"

Ouyang Zhong was taken aback, then gave an awkward smile: "General Helian, what you're saying is a bit too harsh! You trust Young Master Feng, but I don't? If this gets to Young Master Feng's ears, how am I supposed to feel?" How can Feng Jiuxiao view this "one of his own" when a foreigner trusts him more than his own 'comrades'?
Zhang Deyi laughed, "Do you think Young Master Feng can't hear you two? General Ouyang, don't overthink it. Young Master Feng won't take your little matter to heart!" He looked like he had seen through the world and was completely at ease!
Helian Rongguang then laughed and said, "Indeed, what a magnanimous young master Feng is! I admire him to the core! I bet he will never blame you!"

Ouyang Zhong immediately replied, "Of course I know he won't blame me! Young Master Feng is of high rank and great power, with a broad mind and strategic vision. Why would he care about someone as insignificant as me? I'm just ashamed!"

In truth, he knew very well that he and Feng Jiuxiao were less than ten feet apart. At such a short distance, Feng Jiuxiao could definitely hear their conversation! Therefore, he spoke very cautiously, preferring to be careful rather than make a mistake!
Even if Feng Jiuxiao is very magnanimous, she still has her bottom line!
The dragon's reverse scale—touch it and you will die!
As long as you don't cross his bottom line, you're safe!

Zeng Yonggan was second in the carriage queue.

He could now clearly feel thousands upon thousands of piranhas circling the convoy on the ice beneath the surface!
However, the area beneath the carriage driven by Pang Shiwu seemed empty, with no piranhas approaching. The piranhas that swam from afar immediately turned and fled as soon as they got close to the carriage, as if they had touched an invisible electric net and been electrocuted.

Zeng Yong understood that there was no electric net under the ice; it was clearly the Blood Sword's murderous aura that was too strong!
Piranhas are indeed sensitive!
I can actually sense the killing intent of humans!
Zeng Yong immediately urged his sword energy to surge down into the ice. Sure enough, the piranhas under the ice instantly scattered far away, and most of them began to rush towards the vehicles behind them!
Chang Zijing, who was inside the carriage, noticed the movement underwater and smiled, "Brother Zeng's fighting spirit is becoming more and more controlled!"

Zeng Yong, standing outside the car, said, "Miss Chang, you're too kind! I thought Jiu Xiao must be bored in the car, so I brought him a gift."

Feng Jiuxiao, inside the third carriage behind them, laughed and scolded, "Uncle Zeng, when did you become so kind? You even gave me a little gift?" He deliberately emphasized the "little" sound to tease Zeng Yong's accent. "Also, who said I was bored? I was engrossed in reading a book!"

On the carriage, he would either practice his skills or read books; he was never "bored."

Zeng Yong laughed and said, "What's the point of reading? I've already given you the gift, so I don't care whether you accept it or not!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Alright, then I won't refuse Brother Yong's kind intentions."

Chang Zijin naturally understood that the two were joking, and Zeng Yong's real intention was to hope that Feng Jiuxiao could get rid of these piranhas!
Feng Jiuxiao was sitting cross-legged at this moment. He slowly put down the "Chongxu True Scripture" in his hand, closed his eyes, and entered a meditative state! His spiritual energy spread outwards.

The spiritual energy expanded outwards, as if the primordial spirit had left the body!
The underwater world was instantly unveiled!

Within a hundred feet, most of the lakebed is covered with fine sand and mud sediments, presenting a monotonous and serene gray-brown hue, like a wasteland forgotten by time.

Filamentous algae such as Cladophora grow on rocks or relatively hard lakebed substrates. They attach themselves in flocculent or clump-like formations, ranging in color from dark green to brownish-red, adding a touch of vitality to the lakebed.

However, the sand and mud sediments revealed a dense array of white bones! Feng Jiuxiao recognized them immediately; they were human bones! There were skulls, arm bones, leg bones, sternums… countless people were buried at the bottom of the lake!
Besides piranhas, there are also many schools of naked carp swimming in the water, though they are quite far apart. They have slender bodies, are yellowish-brown all over, with irregular brown patches on their bodies, and are almost scaleless.

Why don't these piranhas eat these naked carp? Is the flesh of the naked carp actually harmful to them?
With a slight thought, Feng Jiuxiao manipulated several Huangyu fish to charge at the piranhas like arrows released from a bow, piercing through the bodies of several piranhas in the blink of an eye! The piranhas did not react at first, but the bloodstains in the water spread out and gradually enveloped the group of piranhas. At this time, many piranhas seemed to realize that something was wrong and scurried around in all directions. Then they finally discovered the few small Huangyu fish!

After several naked carp crashed into the piranha's body, they themselves became dizzy and half-dead, floating in the water, twisting and turning. Unfortunately, no matter how much they twisted and turned, they could not move an inch and could only wait to die!

A dozen or so piranhas suddenly broke away from the main group and swam around the three naked carp several times, then circled the dead piranhas twice! Suddenly they all stopped swimming! They seemed to finally understand that their companion had been pierced by these small fish!

Feng Jiuxiao hoped that these piranhas could turn their grief and anger into strength and charge at the Huangyu, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The dozen or so piranhas actually returned to their own group, as if they hadn't seen anything!
It seems the piranhas have absolutely no interest in the naked carp!
What is this thing afraid of?

His mind raced through memories, then suddenly froze! A water snake! Yes, a water snake! Water snakes are the natural enemies of piranhas!

Qinghai Lake is so large, it's like a world unto itself. Since piranhas can be found there, there must be natural predators like water snakes!

The large number of piranhas gathering here will surely alert the water snakes!
Feng Jiuxiao continued to spread his spiritual power in all directions, and sure enough, there were many water snakes swimming towards them from dozens of feet away! They were not moving fast, as if they were afraid of disturbing the piranhas, and it seemed that they wanted to get close and then attack suddenly!
Water snakes kept converging on this side from all directions.

Although their numbers are considerable, numbering in the tens of thousands, they are still far fewer than piranhas. These water snakes are not very large, only a little over seven feet long, and their scales seem to blend into the deep lake water, suggesting that they usually rely on camouflage to ambush piranhas that approach! Otherwise, given their swimming speed, even the fastest water snakes would find it difficult to outrun piranhas.

Since piranhas have something that they can't eat, that makes things much easier!

The lakebed is a separate world, where a certain fixed ratio of hunters to prey must have formed to create a symbiotic balance.

Once the population of a certain species undergoes a drastic change, it will inevitably lead to a drastic change in the entire underwater world!
Feng Jiuxiao knew that all things in the universe are interconnected and mutually restraining. This underwater world must also be the same, where big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. If the number of water snakes increases dramatically, the number of piranhas will decrease sharply, because there will be too many wolves and not enough meat to eat!

However, if the number of water snakes increases dramatically, the number of their natural enemies will also increase accordingly!

Because when people are well-fed and warm, they think of sex! An abundance of food naturally accelerates the reproduction of water snake predators!

The moon waxes and wanes, and the sun rises and sets.

As time goes by, water snakes have fewer and fewer prey until they become extinct. The water snake species will then face a survival crisis due to food shortages. Without food sources, they will either starve to death or eat their own kind, which will lead to a sharp decline in the number of water snakes!
The number of water snakes has plummeted, and their natural predators will also suffer from food shortages, leading to a further decline in their population!
This sharp decline will continue until a new equilibrium is reached.

Then, after a long period of time, the groups grew and developed again until they returned to their current size.

Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: I can't make the number of water snakes surge right now, but I can make the number of piranhas drastically decrease! As long as there's a relative imbalance, that'll be fine!
He suddenly opened his eyes, got up and jumped off the carriage.

Bigwolf asked, "Why did you get off the bus?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "You go first, I'll be there soon." He slowly walked three zhang to the left of the carriage, lightly swished his right foot a few times, clearing away the snow on the ice to reveal the solid ice beneath his feet.

The ice wasn't very thick, yet you could see schools of fish swimming around beneath it.

He took out the Heaven-Shaking Bow and aimed it at the bottom of the lake.