The Black-Faced Monster and the Spiritual Sword
Only now did Ye Zichen understand that he'd boarded a pirate ship. From the crafty look on Chi Mei's face, it was clear she'd known all along. She hadn't told him before because she'd wanted him to join them.
Ye Zichen gazed bitterly at the boundless lake. He wanted to cry, but no tears would come.
At this point, he wasn't the type to find fault with others. Since he'd already encountered good fortune, he'd already been stained with karma. All he could say was that this was fate.
He hurriedly held his breath and focused on comprehending the power of the five elements. Although his understanding of the five elements would only increase slightly, at least he wouldn't feel like he'd lost out too much.
Chi Mei watched from the side. She found it funny, but she forced herself not to laugh. After all this, she found this pill refiner rather cute.
However, when he was greedy, he was truly annoying.
"Weren't there three people in the painting? It's just the two of us now. Are we going to stay here forever? Although the power of the five elements here is pretty good, I feel like staying here for too long is a waste of time. "
"You don't need to worry about that. The master of the last painting arrived a long time ago."
With that, Chi Mei pointed at the mountain in the distance. Ye Zichen looked in the direction of her finger and noticed a small black dot on the surface of the lake. The black dot seemed to blend in with the mountain and the lake. If he didn't look closely, he wouldn't notice it at all.
"You should be glad that I'm the one who found you this time. We found this place more than ten years ago, but the master of the third painting never showed up. We agreed that each year, one of us would go to the seventy-two districts to search for the master of the last painting. Coincidentally, it was my turn this year. That guy's an arrogant loner. If he finds you, he definitely won't treat you well. "
Chi Mei looked as if she'd let him find you, but Ye Zichen didn't think that way.
He thought about how she'd stuck to him like glue for the past few days, and how she'd pretended to be cute and cuddly with him. These were definitely not good memories …..
They were nightmares!
Ye Zichen laughed dryly at Chi Mei. She could tell what he was thinking. His smug expression faded, and he no longer treated her kindly. He walked up to the black dot.
When he got closer, Ye Zichen finally saw clearly that the person sitting on the lake was a young man. He was wearing a coarse cloth robe, and from head to toe, there was no trace of a treasure.
Sitting cross-legged on the surface of the lake, he was barefooted, with a rusty longsword resting on his legs.
Even when Ye Zichen and the others arrived by his side, he didn't open his eyes. Only when Chi Mei called out …..
"Hey, Black-faced Monster."
The man on the lake instantly opened his eyes. In an instant, an invincible sharpness burst forth from his eyes. His entire person was like an unsheathed sword, filled with killing intent.
"Hiss …"
Ye Zichen sucked in a breath of cold air. Even he was shocked by the sharpness. What's more, when he opened his eyes, the rusted sword on his leg seemed to have changed.
"I repeat, I am your brother!"
The man on the lake said indifferently. His sword-like eyebrows were slightly furrowed. He didn't like the way Chi Mei addressed him. Only then did he notice Ye Zichen by Chi Mei's side.
"So he's the third person? You're too late. I've been waiting for you for a full fifteen years."
It was no wonder that Chi Mei said he had a dark face. From the beginning to the end, his face had always been dark, as if he was very impatient with this world. He looked at Ye Zichen with an especially unfriendly gaze, as if he were blaming Ye Zichen for taking so long to appear and wasting so much of his time.
At first, Ye Zichen was astonished. So this Black-faced Monster was Chi Mei's older brother? Be it in terms of appearance or personality, they didn't seem like siblings in the slightest.
But later, he started complaining about Ye Zichen. Ye Zichen said that if he let go of his old temper, he'd slap him without a second thought.
Who was he supposed to be with the two of them?
However, he hadn't fully grasped the world of the painting yet, so he hadn't stayed as long as this Black-faced Monster. Secondly, for Chi Mei's sake, he didn't want to bicker with him.
Of course, at the end of the day, Ye Zichen was worried about that rusted sword …..
The body of the sword was already covered in rust, and the rusty blade did not seem to be very sharp. In terms of appearance alone, this rusted sword couldn't even compare to an ordinary iron sword.
Even so, Ye Zichen couldn't help but take a few glances at the rusted blade. He vaguely didn't want to provoke it.
"I'll spare your life."
Ye Zichen muttered to himself, but he didn't want to bicker with him.
"How can you speak to me like that? I'm telling you, be more polite when you speak to me, got it?"
Chi Mei put her hands on her hips and stepped forward. Black-faced Monster seemed shocked that Chi Mei would refute him on Ye Zichen's behalf.
His gaze swept back and forth between her and Ye Zichen. At that moment, the iron sword in his hand trembled slightly.
His eyes flashed with what looked like surprise, then he forced a smile and reached out to Ye Zichen. However, his smile wasn't as comfortable as his dark expression.
"Wu Yi!"
Ye Zichen was surprised by Black-faced Monster's sudden change in attitude. Earlier, this brat seemed to dislike him. Could it be that he was afraid of Chi Mei's words?
Ye Zichen didn't understand, but he still reached out.
"Ye Zichen."
"You've earned my little sister's and my sword's approval. Not bad."
Although Black-faced Monster seemed to have put down his arrogance, his tone was still as lofty as ever.
But that wasn't the main point. The main point was his sword!
He said his sword approved of Ye Zichen. That meant the sword had a spirit.
Ye Zichen's heart skipped a beat. No wonder he'd felt so dangerous. It was actually a divine artifact with a spirit.
"Alright, since we're all here, let's hurry up and get started. I've already wasted too much time here. I don't have much time left."
With that, he flipped his hand and produced a painting of mountains and rivers. Chi Mei stuck her tongue out at him, then flipped her hand and produced two paintings of mountains and rivers.
Ye Zichen was stunned once more. They clearly weren't in the world of the painting, so why had the paintings appeared again?
"Hahaha, you don't understand, do you?"
Chi Mei laughed mischievously. After spending the past few days with her, and considering how she'd acted when they'd first met, Ye Zichen was starting to wonder just which personality was the real her.
"If you want me to be your dao partner, I'll tell you."
Black-faced Monster's body stiffened. His eyes brimmed with disbelief, but what followed was even more unbelievable …..
"Can you scram?"
Ye Zichen pushed Chi Mei away in disgust. When he looked at her, he discovered that his little sister wasn't angry at all. Instead, she acted like a spoiled child and tried to throw herself at him?
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