newbobooks Chapter 136 Could it be a water monster?
Chapter 136 Could it be a water monster?
A sense of curiosity welled up in Yun Quan's heart, and her gaze was fixed on the woman.
The woman appeared to float slowly across the calm river, like a ghost.
"Look! She's walking ashore as if she's stepping out of the water! Could there be a monster here? Especially in the dead of night, such a beautiful woman often signifies great danger!"
Gouzi seemed to have become a chatterbox, his mouth never stopping.
Yun Quan felt as if thousands of bees were buzzing around his ears, making him feel irritable and restless.
Finally, he lost his temper and roared, "Shut your stinking mouth! If you dare utter another word, believe me, I'll throw you into the river to feed the water monster!"
Upon hearing this, Gouzi froze as if struck by lightning, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand.
He thought to himself: This woman is not someone to be trifled with; she says what she means and does what she says. If she really throws me into the water and feeds me to the water monster, I'll be completely finished.
After all, although he was just a soul without a physical body, only the woman in front of him could see and touch him.
If he lost contact with her, he would probably drift alone in this vast world forever.
Thinking of this, Gouzi couldn't help but shudder, no longer daring to easily provoke Yun Juan's bottom line.
"No, there's definitely a trap! This woman can't possibly be some kind of water monster!" Yun Juan frowned, her eyes fixed intently on the mysterious woman, and said with certainty.
She had been observing for quite some time and seemed to have noticed something unusual.
Hearing Yun Quan's confident words, Gou Zi, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but feel a little doubtful. But he still followed Yun Quan's example and began to examine it carefully.
However, after a while, Gouzi still hadn't found anything and had no choice but to ask helplessly, "How did you find it? I just looked at it carefully again, and this woman really did float up slowly from underwater!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Juan curled her lip in disdain and replied with a hint of sarcasm, "You call yourself the crystallization of human wisdom? You didn't even notice such an obvious flaw. Look, the moon is right behind us, and the moonlight is shining on her, clearly casting her shadow! What kind of water monster has a shadow?"
Upon hearing Yun Juan's explanation, Gou Zi seemed to wake from a dream and quickly shifted his gaze to the shadow on the ground.
Sure enough, just as Yun Quan had said, the shadow presented a clear human-shaped outline.
However, despite confirming this, Gouzi's doubts did not diminish in the slightest; on the contrary, they grew stronger.
"Even if we know she's not a water monster, how did she get up here? You know, if a person is in the water, how could they just surface without even getting their clothes wet? It's just too unbelievable!" Gouzi muttered to himself as he turned his gaze back to the direction the woman had come from, trying to find a clue.
Disappointingly, there was nothing to be seen except for the calm water and the moon's reflection.
Yun Juan remained focused on the calm, mirror-like surface of the water, but her thoughts raced wildly like a runaway horse.
She frowned slightly, as if trying to find the answer in the pool of clear water.
Just then, a graceful woman slowly walked forward, bathed in the soft moonlight.
For some reason, a strange sense of unease welled up inside her, making her feel as if a pair of eyes were watching her intently from behind.
As a seasoned assassin, this keen intuition has never been wrong.
Suddenly, her gentle gaze turned incredibly sharp, shooting straight at the bushes where Yun Quan and Gou Zi were hiding, like a hawk's gaze.
Yun Quan's heart tightened suddenly. The moment her eyes met the woman's, a chill ran down her spine.
She instinctively clenched her fists tightly, barely daring to breathe, for fear of attracting the woman's attention.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still, and every second felt exceptionally long.
Looking into the woman's sharp gaze, Yun Juan knew that this woman was no ordinary person.
She must be a highly experienced and ruthless killer, whose vigilance is far beyond that of ordinary people.
He was just an unlucky guy who had accidentally transmigrated here. He not only had no martial arts skills, but he also relied entirely on a few pills he carried with him to hide his aura.
Thinking of this, Yun Juan became even more nervous, and a fine layer of sweat had unknowingly seeped out from her forehead.
In the stillness of the night, even the slightest breeze could easily alert this dangerous woman.
In a corner unnoticed by others, Yun Quan's palms were already slightly sweaty from being clenched so tightly with nervousness.
"Meow..." A sudden meow shattered the silence of the night, like a sharp sword piercing the mirror-like calm.
The woman's gaze, which had been sharp as a cold star, softened instantly, as if the warm spring sun had melted away the ice and snow.
"Oh, it's just a stray cat!" The woman shook her head gently, a faint smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.
She thought to herself: Perhaps I was being too cautious? After all, this was the middle of nowhere, with no one around, and it was the dead of night. How could there possibly be anyone? But there were quite a few stray cats in this area.
After the figure gradually receded into the distance and disappeared completely, Yun Juan, who was hiding in the shadows, finally let out a long sigh of relief.
She raised her hand to wipe away the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and slumped down in the grass like a deflated balloon.
Recalling the extremely dangerous scene just now, Yun Juan still felt lingering fear.
If it weren't for the stray cat that appeared just in time and diverted the woman's attention, she would probably have been completely exposed!
Thinking of this, Yun Juan felt a wave of fear wash over her, and her body trembled involuntarily.
At this moment, she was soaked in sweat from head to toe, as if she had just been pulled out of the water.
"I'm terrified! This woman doesn't look like a pushover! Do you think we have any chance of winning against her?" Gouzi had also been holding his breath, extremely frightened!
Yun Juan looked astonished: "What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think that I, a weak and helpless woman, with your unreliable space, can't help and are more likely to cause trouble than anything else? How do you think we could possibly defeat a battle-hardened assassin?"