The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 1003 Human-Headed Fish

That thunderbolt forced her demon soul to leave her original body in Jinling and enter Meng Liangchen's body in the capital, to experience this life in a mortal form. This should be the consequence.

And because, she is currently investigating.

The horse galloped along the river to the mountain peak, observing as it went, using the scent of other demons to search for any possible fish demons, before turning back.

Huang Jing followed the same path as he descended to a lower elevation.

They inspected the high and low areas separately, but the result was the same: they found nothing.

The two walked back to the place where they had parted ways with Meng Shisan, which was the middle section of the stream.

But they found no one there.

Huang Jing exclaimed, "Where's Yao Yao? Where did she go?"

"Is the young lady going to act alone again?" Ma Ji's eyes showed worry.

Huang Jing looked at the river, wanting to say no, but thinking of Meng Shisan's temper, she suddenly became uncertain again. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "What do we do now?"

"The river was calm, without a ripple, and the young lady's whereabouts were not explained at all." Ma Ji didn't know what to do either.

Unless Meng Shisan suddenly pops up from the river, or the two guessed wrong and Meng Shisan suddenly emerges from one of the sheltered spots on either side of the wooden bridge, no one has a way to find Meng Shisan immediately.

However, we cannot completely ignore it.

Finding Meng Shisan's whereabouts stumped Huang Jing and Ma Ji.

After thinking for a moment, the two decided on a division of labor.

Ma Ji: "I'll go into the water and take a look."

Huang Jing: "I'll look around."

Ma Ji is a demon, more suited to the water than Huang Jing. If Meng Shisan were truly in the water, Ma Ji's ability to resolve any issues would be superior to Huang Jing's.

After all, Ma Ji could return to his original form at any time and turn back into a horse to carry Meng Shisan.

Huang Jing, on the other hand, is not so good at swimming. She can't hold her breath for long, and if something unexpected happens, her only advantage over Meng Shisan is her stamina.

The stream in this unnamed mountain has surprisingly clear water.

Meng Shisan knew that if she wanted to go into the water again, given Huang Jing and Ma Ji's situation, she would most likely encounter their opposition. So, she waited until the two of them went up and down before she went into the water as she wished.

Over the course of more than a thousand years, both her original form and the human form she took have gone into the water countless times. Although each experience was occasionally thrilling, the outcome was generally as she wished.

In general, just like finding half a patch of green soil in a vast river, she always managed to find something every time she went into the water.

Perhaps there is some kind of luck about them.

Hopefully, it will be the same this time.

With clear water and unobstructed underwater visibility, one can see more clearly.

Meng Shisan went into the water to see if any evil spirits were slumbering in the river. She used the demonic energy in her blood to hold her breath and avoid choking. She only occasionally dived to the surface to get some fresh air.

The amount of air preserved within the demonic aura is limited and cannot guarantee a long period of underwater diving.

The stream flows from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and the water flows from high to low. Meng Shisan was swimming in it. Even though the water flow was slow, his body in the water was still impacted by the direction of the water flow.

The impact was minor and mild; she felt no discomfort for the time being.

The river was not wide, but it was very long. She had assumed it wouldn't be too deep, since streams and rivers are usually quite shallow. However, the result was not what she had expected.

Rather, it's half right and half wrong.

In other words, the depth of the stream varies; some places are indeed very shallow, while others are quite deep.

Meng Shisan had just swum to the top of a bottomless abyss. She was about twenty breaths away from the surface of the river, and she couldn't estimate how long it would take to swim down into the deep pit that resembled the bottom of the river.

It might take a moment, it might take half an incense stick's time, it might take longer. She considered whether to dive down and take a look herself, or return to the riverbank and wait for Huang Jing to return on horseback so that the three of them could act together.

After thinking it over for a short while, she decided to explore it herself first.

Whether this deep pit is just for show and whether there are fish demons inside is hard to say. We don't want to gather the three of us only to find that we've come up empty-handed.

It's a complete waste of time.

Moreover, and most importantly, she was still somewhat confident.

In the worst-case scenario, she can at least protect herself.

If she makes a discovery and is able to return to shore unharmed, she can then make a more detailed and thorough plan.

Before this, boldly seeking verification was Meng Shisan's style of doing things since she could remember.

Just do it.

She first went to the surface of the river to breathe, then quickly dived into the deep pit, like a fish.

The stream wasn't very wide, but it was long enough. Ma Ji and Huang Jing searched for Meng Shisan both underwater and on the shore, staying only within the area around the wooden bridge and not straying too far.

Meng Shisan had already swum away from the vicinity of the wooden bridge, and it was she who was searching for the fish demon underwater that unconsciously swam further and further away.

Ma Ji and Huang Jing were unaware of this fact, but after failing to find Meng Shisan both on and underwater, the two met up to discuss the matter and subsequently expanded the search area for Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan did not expect that Ma Ji and Huang Jing, each walking along the riverbank and searching for clues, would return to the vicinity of the wooden bridge so quickly.

As Ma Ji and Huang Jing expanded their search for her, she was already swimming deeper and deeper into the river's deepest pit.

Until it hits bottom.

She saw a statue placed diagonally in the muddy bottom of a spacious riverbed, about the size of a room.

Meng Shisan swam closer to take a look, her soles gently touching the bottom. She stood on the riverbed, and the water was no longer as clear as it was above the deep pit, but she could still make out the appearance of the statue—a human head and a fish body.

He was a young man, probably in his early twenties, with a resolute face. He wasn't exactly handsome, but he possessed a reassuring masculine aura.

This masculine energy added a lot of charm to him.

He was wearing a dark blue robe, the hem of which did not reach the fish tail. The fish tail was stuck in the river mud, looking precariously unstable. She reached out and touched it, and found that the statue was actually standing very steadily.

This should be the statue of the immortal in the cave that the two old men mentioned.

That is, the appearance of an immortal.

Could it be that when the immortals faced the villagers at the foot of the mountain, they also had this human head and fish body appearance?

That's unlikely.

Ordinary people are not so accepting of demons and evil spirits.

Why is the statue depicted as a half-human, half-fish creature?

Meng Shisan had too many questions on her mind, but this was not a place she could stay for long. She had to swim to the surface of the river first.

Without further ado, she gathered her demonic energy in her hands and forcefully pulled the statue out of the river mud. She then carried the statue upstream.

As the old saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang.

If she can't figure out the problem, she can think about it with Ma Ji and Huang Jing, and maybe they can come up with some clues.

Today's swim yielded another bountiful catch.

She didn't see the fish demon, but she found a statue that resembled an immortal.

It was really good luck.

(End of this chapter)