Chapter 881: Chapter 877: An Unexplainable Stirring
The situation made the staff at the bow break down instantly, standing up and shouting angrily towards Xiang Yiting at the stern: "Why the hell are you still standing there? Don’t you know this could split the boat in half?!"
Xiang Yiting was momentarily stunned by the ferocious expression and fiery voice, her mind seemed to stop, her footsteps became even more immobile, while the spring water was seeping more and more, growing ever higher.
As for Xiao Tian, located between the two, he was currently holding a jade water cup priced at ten thousand with his left hand, casually taking another cup from the drawer with his right hand, alternately filling the cups with water and pouring it into Confucian Spring, busily enjoying himself.
However, just as he bent down to repeat the action multiple times, he heard a piercing scream in his ear, followed by a splash, like something heavy had fallen into the spring.
Looking up, Xiao Tian immediately discovered the source of the sound; the originally stern-positioned Xiang Yiting had vanished...
Watching Xiang Yiting struggle in the water, splashing waves as tall as a person, Xiao Tian gazed murderously at the staff standing at Xiang Yiting’s original position.
Shocked by Xiao Tian’s cold gaze, the staff quickly said, "What are you looking at? If I didn’t do this, both you and I would die."
As soon as the words fell, Xiang Yiting, struggling on the water’s surface, suddenly began to sink, leaving only an orange life jacket floating while she disappeared.
"Aren’t you gonna help?!"
After a brief panic, the staff dashed to the bow, furiously paddling while signaling Xiao Tian to get the accumulated water out of the boat.
At that moment, Xiao Tian only felt an uncontrollable rage, and he had no intention to keep it suppressed anymore.
With a decision made, Xiao Tian suddenly spread his legs, maintaining a straddle stance, right above the deepening crack threatening to split the boat.
The next moment, Xiao Tian abruptly raised his right foot, and a surge of restrained True Qi rapidly released, heard before his right foot touched the ground, with an even louder sound following.
"Damn it!"
The staff shouted furiously, eyes glaring, "Are you out of your mind?!"
"Crack!"
Following a loud crack, the wooden boat suddenly split into two independent pieces, with Xiao Tian and the panic-stricken staff, unsurprisingly, falling into the water one after another.
At the moment of falling into the water, a light suddenly emerged from Xiao Tian’s fingers, as his True Qi silently aimed at the murderous staff during the crisis.
Xiao Tian’s shot of True Qi carried subtle force, first silently cutting the life jacket’s strap before hitting the staff directly.
The staff felt a sudden piercing pain in his abdomen, followed by a total loss of strength, as every movement in the water bore immense resistance, like his limbs were filled with lead.
As for Xiao Tian, after releasing that shot of True Qi, he loosened his own life jacket and resolutely dove underwater, swimming towards Xiang Yiting’s blurred figure.
Nearing Xiang Yiting, Xiao Tian swiftly moved his right hand, encircling her waist, while his left hand vigorously pushed upwards, gradually moving towards the surface.
Finally, after bringing Xiang Yiting’s mouth and nose out of the water, Xiao Tian forcefully swam towards the half-floating wooden hull.
A while later, Xiao Tian lifted Xiang Yiting onto the half boat and pressed her neck to confirm she only choked on water and temporarily lost consciousness, relieved to find no further issues.
At this moment, the calm water revealed nothing else besides two floating life jackets and the remaining wreckage of the boat.
In fact, Xiao Tian was very curious, seeing clearly that the distant rescue boat wasn’t too far away, with so many visible and hidden surveillance cameras around.
Logically, someone should have noticed, yet the rescue team hasn’t arrived timely, defying common sense.
On second thought, considering the workers’ idleness and laziness here, it’s likely the dedication to their duties is nonexistent, probably rushing to eat now, leaving no one on duty to notice such a commotion.
No matter what, these things aren’t meaningful for Xiao Tian, placing survival hope on others has never been and must never be his thought.
But then, from another angle, wouldn’t ordinary people in danger first put their trust in rescue teams?
This negligent management and disregard for human life made Xiao Tian sigh, it’s still better domestically!
Of course, a sigh is just a sigh, Xiao Tian really won’t attempt to change such a trend, nor does he believe he has the ability or obligation.
Guessing it’s time from when he retrieved water to now, Xiao Tian prepared to take out the spring water from his pocket, to check the miraculous effects.
However, just as he reached into his pocket, he felt the water current underneath suddenly agitating, more intensely, like some huge underwater creature approached.
Noticing the anomaly, Xiao Tian set aside his actions for a moment, but before he could use Perception Power to observe, he suddenly felt someone grab his ankle, pulling him downward.
It’s not that the pull is too strong for Xiao Tian to resist, in fact, as long as Xiao Tian exerted some effort, it would be enough to counter the force.
However, firstly, the surrounding cameras are numerous, True Qi usage might be noticed and not worth the risk, secondly, Xiao Tian wanted to see exactly what’s pulling him.
Is it possible there’s a water goblin or water monster in Confucian Spring?!
As this thought arose, Xiao Tian was pulled underwater, looking downward, a jump of surprise in his heart...
It proved he guessed wrong; the one grabbing his ankle and trying to pull him down wasn’t the imagined underwater monster or water goblin, but the staff who earlier pushed Xiang Yiting into the water to survive.
The sinister smile seemed to clearly say to Xiao Tian: Even in death, I’ll drag you along!
Sighing inwardly, Xiao Tian prepared to end this pointless tug-of-war, yet as he readied to use True Qi to float to the surface, a thrilling sensation suddenly stirred his heart.
That thrill felt like encountering a rare treasure, constantly tugging at his feelings, unable to regain inner peace...
