Chances are that things always happens in ways far from what Yin Luo would hope for. The more she wants for this gourd to fly, then this gourd just won"t comply with her no mather how she repeats the incantations, not even a slight movement. Aish! Her improficent skills!
Sitting down on the ground in the peach forest, it seems she can only wait. Two hours, it"s not really long. She"ll wait! Swinging her feet while sitting on the edge, the dark abyss happens to be just below.
A separation of just a thousand feet and it"s completely two different worlds. Up here is abundant with flowers like a cotton blanket and below is silent depth.
The Jade Pool Xian Mountain in the Xian realm also holds quite a name for the peach blossoms that bloom year long on this mountain. These Peach trees have always just bloom flowers and never producing fruits, for ten thousands of years have always been this way. As for the reason, no one knows.
Being in this kind of Peach Forest, with peach blossom showers always in sight, and nose filled with it"s fragrance, also brings a different feeling. Unconciously reaching out to catch a few petals, a light red peach color, carrying a scent of warmth. Underneath the eyes is yet again, a screen of pink, and suddenly in front of her eyes appears that figure again.
Bai Zhu! So seldom to be able to see a person that is this pleasing to the eyes, just thinking isn"t overboard right? It"s only a simple and scholarly name, but why is it that looking through her eyes, everything in her sight is pink? Shaking her head, she pushes away those bubbles emerging from her heart. She"s Yin Luo, Yin Luo from the Divine Mountain! So whatever kind of thoughts she may have, will still have to bury it at the bottom of the heart, better yet add on many tens of layers upon it, then trample over it a few times to make sure it never comes up.
Habitually reaching into the bag at her side and withdrawing from it a piece of preserved honey, she popped it into her mouth and started chewing noisily. Flower spirits say that only preserved honeys are truly sweet, when you have it in your mouth all bitterness can be forgotten.
The surrounding suddenly quiets down, significantly different from the bustling activities ahead. The air is hazy with a strange atmosphere. Yin Luo didn"t mind it in the start, since she was taking a small pa.s.sageway that only few knew of, so quietness was expected. That was until a strange smell started coming along with the fragance of peach blossoms. Yin Luo abruptly sensed that something was not right.
Listening carefully, the surrounding was quiet to a fearsome state. Bits and pieces of Xian music that was previously still there had disappeared without a trace. Standing up, wanting to clarify the strange smell in the air, enhaling a deep breath, the face instantly becomes pale.
This is....the smell of blood.
On the Jade Pool, why would there be bloodshed? Could it be, something has happened ahead? Out of time to think any more in detail, she turned back into the pa.s.sway. The closer in that direction, the thicker the scent of blood. Quickening pace, wanting to go investigate, in a slip, her foot had stepped into some sticky substance. Looking down, only see underneath her foot is a suspicious ma.s.s of red. Close by, blood comes flowing out. In that direction exactly, is the Jade Pool Party.
An unprovoked wave of nausea stirred up from her heart. Covering her mouth and taking a few steps backwards, the heart has already become a mess. What exactly had happened over there? From here to the party site, is still a distance, yet the blood is able to flow all the way here. A fierce battle must have taken place.
Moving away from the flowing blood stream under her feet and moving along while that eerie stench of blood continues to spread overwhelmingly. After making a few turns, figures begin to come into view one by one. She was about to go out there and ask, but just as she took a step out, what she saw was an even more fearsome sight.
Blood! Splattered all over the peach forest, the ground was covered with broken limbs and shreds of b.l.o.o.d.y flesh. In one glance, there"s not even a sight of a complete body, only broken limbs in b.l.o.o.d.y puddles, and even what seems like crushed strands of intestines layed exposed on the red tainted ground. A gentle breeze pa.s.sed by. Those rolling things on the ground turns out to be eye b.a.l.l.s. What kind of battlefield is this? No wonder the blood would flow out that far, the corpses here could probably exceed a hundred. By looking at the clothes on those broken corpses one could tell that they are definitely the disciples from the different sects.
Yin Luo can no longer hold herself from turning around in an urge to dry vomit!
"Who there?" A shocked figure turned around to face this direction.
Yin Luo quickly turned and hid herself under a big boulder. Although she"s incompetent, but that person making his way over here, that negative energy on him, she can still sense it. These people aren"t from the Xian realm.
Closely pressed against the boulder, tightly clenching the jade pendant on her chest, she held her breath!
A black figure came by, cautiously took a look around.
"Strange, I obviously heard a noise? How could there be no one?"
"I think you"re just too nerve-wrecked! On this Jade Pool apart from those that are already spell caged, what other survivors could there be?" Someone closeby replied.
"You"re right! I didn"t expect Su Shian to actually have some use, to think up such a plan. With matters in this state, the Xian realm will definitely suffer internally. The day for our Lord to consolidate the 6 realms is getting closer."
"This Tian Ling Zhen is really quite powerful for an array spell , only a short moment of effort and could already wipe out half of their people. But that Dan Yun and Tian Xiao are definitely deserving to be High Xian. To still be able to keep up their barriars within the Tian Ling Zhen, I"m afraid that it"s only a matter of time before they will get out!" *A Zhen is a magically battle array, it could be a cage a boundary, just anything that a.s.sistance in a battle.*
"Afraid of what? Just give it another half of an hour and even if they can manage to escape, it"ll be no use!"
"That"s right! Who can escape the Endless Abyss?"
"Go go go, we should quickly retreat too, or else it"ll be too late."
The sounds of footsteps gradually disappeared in the distance, only then did Yin Luo come out from behind the boulder, panting deeply for her long forgotten breaths. Finally, somewhat able to get a vague understanding. Has the rivalry between the Xian realm and the realms of the Yao and Mo already gotten to the stage of "you die and I live"?
But, she"s from the realm of the G.o.d, these don"t have relation to her right? If she were to put a feet into this, probably when she goes back, she"ll have go go through Uncle Fu"s scolding.
Rather than adding a case, less a case case is better. she had always preferred being discreet. Today, pretending to not see anything would be wiser.
Turned around and starting to walk towards that small pa.s.sway again, intentionally trying not to look at the b.l.o.o.d.y red on the ground, she forced down that nauseous feeling inside of her heart. It"s nothing, nothing. This has nothing to do with her, she"ll just quietly leave, should quietly leave. As if she hadn"t come before, never came. Even if blood is flowing into a river over there, or that lives are slipping away.
"It"s alright, since we"ve meet, than it"s affinity. In the future I"ll watch over you!"
Within her mind, suddenly surfaces his self-righteous face. Her feet slows midstep, teeth clenching and brows bunched together.
Gu Chian Fan is fine right? Did he find his teacher yet? He"s very chatty, really very chatty, and likes to be nosy.
But....is this nosyness also contagious? Pulling out the jade gourd at her side, holding it in her hand tightly.
"Your honor, I"ll only be nosy this one time, just this once! Hopefully you will not be too angry!"She bows her head down and starts to quietly recite a incantation, she doesn"t know how to do anything, the only thing she can do is to send a message to Bai Mo. Hoping it could still be in time.
After reciting the incantation for what felt like half a day, that gourd still doesn"t even have a little reaction. She never thought that 2 hours could be this long. She already flies slow, even though she doesn"t know what those two person meant by half an hour, but she understands that she doesn"t have time to wait and see.
"Gourd, oh gourd, why can"t you just listen for once?" Yin Luo held the jade gourd while turning circles as she recited her incantation, but this gourd still won"t even give a partial reaction.
Even if she recited the incantation over a hundred times, it"d be useless. Suddenly a tremor from under her feet, the entire Jade Pool is as if alive. A few rounds of crashing noises, it sounds like something is falling down. It came from below her feet!
Yin Luo lowered herself down to the edge to take a look, eyes quickly enlarged. The Jade Pool is going down!
They want to make the Jade Pool sink!
No wonder they were so sure when they said that it wouldn"t even be half an hour!
Yin Luo clenched her jaw, no time left, she can"t wait for this gourd to recover. If she still doesn"t leave, let"s not talk about going to seek help, she herself would fall in there too. She can only make a gamble.No more wavering, Yin Luo brought out two fingers from her right hand to make a form, quietly recited a incantation that suddenly brought forth a white light. Without hesitation, she dragged it over her left hand. A b.l.o.o.d.y wound immediately formed on her left hand.
Yin Luo tightened her brows to contain the pain. She hadn"t learned her xian powers well, so couldn"t control the strength well. This time she had cut a little too deep, almost able to see bone. Blood slid down along her arm, then something strange happened. Blood dripped onto the gra.s.s on the ground, just one drip, and within a moment, within a feet, all around the ground is blooming with red lotus, proud and alluring like blood.
She"s actually is a G.o.d! Yin Luo sighed. The jade gourd in her palm catches a drop of blood, and the gourd that was naturally a purple jade turned red by the blood, releasing a dazzling red light.An effortful toss forward, this time she doesn"t even need to use an incantation, with only a thought within her heart and the gourd has enlarged, but still blood red in color.
Yin Luo climbed on top of the gourd, driving the gourd forward. Like a streak of light shot out, even the speed has become many times faster than before. Turning around to take a glance at the distancing Jade Pool, what was once a xian mountain surrounded with the glow of rays, is now enveloped by a blanklet of hallow darkness, slowly descending.
Faster, faster, must try to get there soon. She knows that this gourd cannot withstand for long. Glancing at the cut on her left hand that has started to close up, she formed it again and made another cut. Drips of fresh red dripped onto the gourd, the red light florishing, and the speed has accelerated to that of an arrow, going stright towards the east. Bai Mu is in the east.
With the increased brightening of the red glow, comes the small cracking sound from the gourd below her, gentle crunching sound like something is breaking. Yin Luo ignores those sounds. In her heart, is a continuous repeating of quickly, quickly, just bear for a little more and everything would be fine.
But, she"s not quite fated with good luck. Following the sound of a loud sound of something breaking, Yin Luo"s heart sank. She knows she won"t make it now. She lost the gamble, and before a split moment she will fall down.
"Yin Luo?" Sounding uncertain, a voice like that of running spring water came to her ears. She quickly lifted her head, just in front of her is a white robe that"s still untainted with any dust, eyes like the moonlight. "Aren"t you......suppose to be at the Jade Pool, how....."
Like finding a gleam of light in hopelessness, Yin Luo suddenly becomes ecstatic, nose becomes slightly acidic. Without thinking, without noticing his startledness in regaining his balance, but the contrary, reaches out to clench onto his robe tightly.
"Bai Zhu! Quick, quickly take me to Bai Mu....Jade Pool....Jade Pool! Hurry, go save the people!"
"Jade Pool?" His expression becomes stern, "What happened to the Jade Pool?"
"Tian.... Tian Ling Zhen....Jade Pool.......already sunk!" Yin Luo have never been as fl.u.s.tered as this moment, words coming out completely making no sense.
His brows tightened, even thought it"s just a few simple words, but he was able to get her meaning."Is it the Mo realm?"
Yin Luo keep nodding her head. Bai Zhu"s brows furrowed more, but without thinking too long, turned around to the right. In that direction, there was a lone xian crane circling around, "White Crane, hurry back, have Shi Xiong tell the different sects that the Jade Pool has been attacked!" *His senior at his school.*
The xian crane gave a long cry, like it understood his words, made a circle and soared towards the east.
"Yin Luo, can you take me there? Then tell me the what occurred from beginning to end." Bai Zhu turned around and said.
Yin Luo nodded her head, suddenly seem to have thought of something, her heart raised again, "I....I have to go to Bai Mu to tell...."
"I am a Bai Mu disciple!" Bai Zhu unhurriedly replied.
So he is a Bai Mu disciple also, Yin Luo let out a breath. Without another word, turned around and hopped over, standing on the cloud besides him, "I....fly slow!" Turning around to take a look at him, seeing that he doesn"t intend to reject, she takes back her gourd, holding it tightly in her hand.
Bai Zhu took a look at her tightly clenched palm, something seem to have flashed on his face. He waved his hand, with only a visible flash of white light, a sword that was pure white appeared in front of the eyes, white like snow, save for a red string tied around the sword"s hilt.
"Since time is pressing, I think we better go on sword." Even though he said it like that, he didn"t seem to be looking for her permission, pulled her along and is already stepping onto the sword. "Hold tightly!"
"Ah!" Yin Luo didn"t even get to react, and her body is already souring out with him. On natural reflex, grabbing onto the robe of the person in front of her, only now realizing that the speed of his sword flying is frighteningly fast, she"s not even sure what those things flashing past her were.
So he does know how to fly on sword!