Ocean
“So we need to find the way out now?” Ximen Buxing still casually fanned himself in their pinch.
“Yes. I know the way out, but it’s a risky path. Our elders warned us to take the path as a last resort.” Xiao Ran nodded.
“I don’t understand what the point of the monument bringing us here is. Why must we choose the nine mystics via this mean? Now we’re all stuck,” voiced Gu Yitian.
Cheng Yan expounded, “To enlighten us to the fact that any world can be toppled at any given moment regardless of how prosperous it may be. We must grasp how important our duty is as one of the nine mystic immortals, the guardians of Third Heaven. If we perish here, we are in no position to defend the world.”
“Is being abandoned here also a test?” questioned Wanwan.
“You can consider it one,” Mu Yu sarcastically alleged.
Wanwan strolled over to Mu Yu and flashed his two lovers a grin. She draped her arm around his shoulder and, in a tender voice, whispered in his ear, “How about I give you a test? I’ve missed you.”
“You two sure are close, huh?” Tian Ran viciously pinched Xiaoshuai.
“Ow! Mu Yu, stop! Get away from each other. Tian Ran is about to pull my skin off!”
Mu Yu clumsily pushed Wanwan off. “Wanwan, stop it. Getting out of here is the most pressing matter at hand!” In his head, he thought, Why do you want to see me suffer, you vixen?!
“Lead the way,” Cheng Yan demanded of Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran infused blue spirit energy into a black token, causing the token to zoom off. “Follow me.”
“Dadai’e is the real vanguard here. Good job, A-Dai!” Xiaoshuai praised from A-Dai’s head, referring to A-Dai’s presence warding off primordial beasts that would’ve hassled them otherwise upon venturing into hostile territory.
“Can A-Dai leave with you?” A-Dai queried.
“Yeah, we’re going to go smash white rodents,” answered Xiaoshuai.
“Yeah! A-Dai will go smash white rodents with Xiaoshuai.”
“A-Dai, how did you and Shifu come here?” Mu Yu asked.
“We appeared in a flash. Master is a formation caster. A-Dai admires Master.”
I’ve been hoping to reunite the four of us for years, yet I’m not sure if I should be glad or worried now that we’re together, Cheng Yan brooded to himself.
The group pulled up when the black token pulled up at a boundless body of water that seemingly reflected the entire sky. Mu Yu questioned, “This is the way out?”
Xiao Ran tucked his token away. “My guess is as good as yours. The qi in my token has led us here, so I believe we are in the right place, having said that.”
“Are we supposed to cross the ocean?” Chu Xiachi inquired.
“Qiao Xue, can you explore the ocean?” Mu Yu queried.
Qiao Xue crouched down by the water to touch it with her hand. “Strange. There’s something resisting my control.”
“Our only option is to try our luck and tackle whatever hand we’re given. Based on the danger level of Ancient Battleground, we should stick closely together,” advised Cheng Yan, garnering a nod from everyone. “Mu Yu, you and I will take the vanguard. A-Dai, you enlarge and take the centre. Qiao Xue, Tian Ran, you two go on the lookout from atop A-Dai. Everyone else, spread out around A-Dai.”
Land soon came into view as they were Apotheosis Realm cultivators. However, Mu Yu asked, “Xiaoshuai, don’t you feel we’ve seen these wave patterns before?”
“You mean the ocean east of Moyun Mountains? I doubt it. The ocean brimmed with life when we went to Archfiend Yujiang’s place. There hasn’t even been a bird in sight here, on the other hand,” Xiaoshuai answered.
“I don’t feel that the ocean is odd but this area that’s odd. It’s too peaceful for comfort given the turbulence we’ve encountered everywhere we’ve been.” Mu Yu descended down and spawned leaves, observing them scatter and sink fast.
Qiao Xue joined Mu Yu on the water surface. “What are you doing?”
“Something perturbs me. Did anything happen at the fiend race’s place before you came here?”
“The poison mist from the ruin started rampaging more than usual, accentuating the symptoms of the illness in the race.”
“Dad told me a menace resides on the other side of the ruin that can scare off even Divine Executioner. Though the archfiends voted to undo the seal, I heard the race on the other side would storm through and take over the fiends’ bodies. Ostensibly, the race has designs for Third Heaven. Did the archfiends mention this to you?”
“Something mysterious has already taken control of a number of fiends, turning them into bloodthirsty murderers. The archfiends have been forced to slay several of them. Elder Ku Mu sent Patriarch Zhuge, who arrived with Grandpa Baiyuan just prior to my departure, over to refresh the seal. Why are you suddenly bringing this up?”
“Something about this place makes me uneasy.” Mu Yu dipped his hand into the water and then ripped it apart, leaving a long trail of white.
Xiaoshuai bounced over to sit by Tian Ran. “Sister Tian Ran, what’s the matter? Why do you look unhappy?”
“Says who?” argued Tian Ran.
“Hahaha, your lips are about to fall off from your puckering. I’ve noticing you staring at Mu Yu and Qiao Xue for a while now.”
Tian Ran grabbed Xiaoshuai by the ear, quietly questioning, “Do you think Mu Yu likes Qiao Xue or me more?”
“Ehehe… You, of course.”
“Lies!”
Xiaoshuai scrunched his face. “Qiao Xue a little more, then.”
“You finally admit to it!”
“What answer do you want to hear? You should be pinching Mu Yu’s ear. I’m not the one getting in another girl’s pants.”
“You two are cut from the same cloth.”
“Mu Yu likes me the most, then, okay? Shall I call him up and lecture him?”
“Don’t, don’t, what if he really is discussing something important with Qiao Xue? I can’t interrupt their business. She’s the expert here, so she has the highest authority.”
“What if their discussion isn’t about something important?” Xiaoshuai reactively blurted.
Tian Ran pulled on Xiaoshuai’s ear again. “Then, you’re dead.”
“Why me?! I’m just an audience member!”
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