The crack at the bottom of Huangqian Reservoir handed Shen Cong a whole set of new problems to solve.

But at the same time, a great stone lifted off his heart. Now that he knew where the mysterious object was — and knew it was buried terribly deep — there was no need to rush the excavation.

He planned to leave Huangqian Reservoir for the time being, to find people to mix explosives and design a submersible.

There was also one thing he absolutely had to do: absorb enough Vajra's blood to remake the Great Vajra from the ground up. Until the metal-steel conversion was finished, Shen Cong wouldn't have a day's peace of mind.

"Yellow Great-Immortal — are you coming with me, or standing guard here?" Shen Cong asked before setting out.

Rolling around with a peerless jin beast in tow made for quite a look.

But Yellow Great-Immortal plainly had no wish to leave. "I'm not going… staying here… I… want spice…"

"Fine. Guard this place, and whatever you do, don't let any person or beast but me come near." Using weasel-Cicada-Language, with a bit of gesturing thrown in, Shen Cong got his meaning across.

Yellow Great-Immortal clearly had a possessive streak of its own. It bared its teeth on the spot and answered: Mine… whoever comes… I bite to death.

Shen Cong didn't much like hearing that, because he'd already claimed the mysterious object in the crack as his exclusive property. But there was no point squabbling with a dumb animal — it didn't dare go into the water anyway. Once Shen Cong had the thing in hand, if Yellow Great-Immortal cared to rebel, he wouldn't mind stuffing a Mushroom tube down its belly and finishing it off.

With Yellow Great-Immortal watching over Huangqian Reservoir, Shen Cong left with his mind at ease.

The Great Vajra sped along the highways, the four-legged dragon aboard. Shen Cong needed to move fast — reach the Diamond Park sooner, finish the metal-steel conversion sooner.

The four-legged dragon was excited too.

It had been so thoroughly cowed in front of Yellow…