Open Marsh Shore (Part 1)
Long Xingyun spent his time keeping tabs on Mu Yu and Qiao Xue instead of cultivating; getting more and more worked up could also have gone on his list of activities.
Mu Yu opened his eyes approximately an hour before the routes changed. “Qiao Xue, I reckon I’ll reach Body Synthesis Realm in no time thanks to you helping me expedite my cultivation last time.”
“Really?!” Qiao Xue lowered her head after realising her overreaction.
Unaware Mu Yu wasn’t trying to rib him, Long Xingyun conveyed, “Qiao Xue, you are our princess. How can you and h-”
“It’s none of your business,” Qiao Xue interjected.
“It is my business! I promised Grandpa that I’d take care of you.”
“I can take care of myself. I came to the island on my own,” grouched Qiao Xue.
Mu Yu got up and dusted himself. “Time to go pay Ocean Archfiend a visit.”
“You better mind yourself. If you harbour any ill will toward His Majesty, you’ll have it coming,” Long Xingyun stood up and threatened.
Mu Yu discharged a tidal wave of energy, pushing Long Xingyun back, telling the latter there existed a big gap between them despite both of them being equal in terms of cultivation.
I must still be recovering from the injuries that cursed dragon gave me. There’s no way he could push me back, otherwise, Long Xingyun denied in his mind. In reality, Long Yeli already healed him.
“Xingyun, you need to keep your paranoia in check. Mu Yu has no intention of harming Ocean Archfiend,” asserted Qiao Xue, brows locked.
“He’s human!”
“And he saved Uncle White Ape!”
Long Xingyun stopped arguing since he didn’t want to end up on Qiao Xue’s bad side.
Mu Yu signalled for Qiao Xue to follow him through the exit once it was time to cross to the floor of white clouds.
“This is where Ocean Archfiend His Majesty is sealed? Where is he?” questioned Long Xingyun, sweeping his eyes over the visible mountain peaks and balls of varying sizes hovering in mid-air.
“Maybe in these structures?” proposed Long Yeli, checking out a series of pillars of varying heights and circumferences that seemed to lack any logical order to them.
The duo tried approaching the closest pillar; however, it moved away from the two in a randomised direction.
“What the?” commented Long Xingyun, futilely trying again.
“Mu Yu, the pillars seem to be avoiding us. What do you think?” inquired Qiao Xue.
“Mm… A formation called Open Lake Shore Formation, a protective formation, has been cast on the pillars and rocks, and you’re seeing it in action. The pillars and rocks will always maintain a fixed distance from each other.”
“Why didn’t you say so sooner?” complained Long Xingyun.
“I’m amazed the fiend race sent a joke to release Ocean Archfiend. Read more if you’re ugly, or you won’t have anything going for you in life. If you don’t know, ask instead of blindly poking things, dimwit.”
“You want to go?!”
“Keep yapping and I’ll put your head on a platter.”
“Xingyun, when will you ever learn to show others respect?” admonished Qiao Xue. “Mu Yu, how do we overcome it?”
“The caster’s cultivation surpasses mine, so I need to look around for an unorthodox solution. By the way, Elder Lu and Dragon Tortoise should already be here, yet I don’t see them.”
“Let’s take a look; the pillars might be covering them,” suggested Qiao Xue.
“If Ocean Archfiend His Majesty is sealed in a pillar or rock, how do we verify where he’s sealed?” inquired Long Yeli.
“No idea,” answered Mu Yu.
With the group splitting off, Mu Yu asked, “Xiaoshuai, Dragon Vine, have you two noticed anything odd about these pillars?”
“Such as?” queried the dragon vine.
“Such as Ocean Archfiend’s aura and some being different to others.”
“You know better than anyone that’s impossible. Formations are designed to hide things hide – even their aura,” stated Xiaoshuai.
“I don’t notice anything,” shared the dragon vine.
“Guess we’re doing this the amateur way. Let’s try defusing one pillar first,” opined Mu Yu.
“Which one shall we start with?”
“That one. That one looks good,” recommended Xiaoshuai, pointing to a bowl-sized pillar.
“Uh… We aren’t searching for a carrot. You think a fiend king would fit in there, Rodent?”
“What if there’s a spatial formation inside? What do you know?”
“He should be in the thickest pillar to fit his power. You’re slighting human rights.”
“Neither you nor him are humans.”
“Reverend Xuan Jizi is, though.”
Mu Yu approximated the fiend king’s height based on the fight he saw between the latter and Reverend Xuan Jizi and chose a pillar a tad taller than the fiend king. The more spacious the interior of a pillar was, the stronger the formation would be.
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