The ice-cold lake water struck his face like countless sharp knives.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Changsheng finally awoke. He tried to open his eyes, but the oncoming lake water made it impossible for him to feel pain, so he could only close them again. He did not know what his current situation was, he only knew that he was moving forward at an unimaginable speed through the lake water. Moreover, from the feeling in his hands, he confirmed that the Yellow Paper Umbrella had saved his life.
The Yellow Paper Umbrella was an inanimate object, so how could it act on its own? To him, this was a question that was extremely difficult to understand. The sword intent that was faintly transmitted from somewhere in front of him made him vaguely guess at something, but he still could not connect the sword intent with the Yellow Paper Umbrella — the sword intent should have belonged to the legendary Sword Pool, which had already disappeared from the Garden of Zhou for several hundred years. As for the Yellow Paper Umbrella, it was a new object that the Junior Martial Uncle of Mount Li, Su Li, had requested the Wenshui Tangs to create. There was a time difference between the two, so logically, there should not have been any connection.
After another period of time, he became more clear-headed. With great difficulty, he adjusted his posture and squinted his eyes. Only when he saw the pair of wings of light not far behind him did he know that the danger was not far away. At the same time, the invisible injuries in his body began to clearly transmit pain into his sea of consciousness, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.
The Yellow Paper Umbrella in front of him constantly rotated at high speed, just like the propellers that the people of the Great Western Province used to make large ships. It carried him forward at high speed. The dark and ice-cold lake water constantly battered against his body, bringing him even more pain. Just how long would he have to run? Where was the Yellow Paper Umbrella taking him?
Suddenly, he realized that the lake water had disappeared, and at the same time, many sounds entered his ears.
Those were the sounds of the lake water breaking apart, and the cries of insects in the grass by the lake. That clear and childish yet somewhat violent cry should have come from very far away, but why did it seem like it was right next to his ears?
Was the dark curtain in front of him the true bottom of the lake? No, it was the night sky. The reason why it was so dark was because there were no stars in the Garden of Zhou.
This was a small lake over ten li in front of Sunset Valley.
Tonight, this small lake had seen the bloody and fiery battle on the mountain peak, heard the cry of the phoenix, was illuminated by the wings of fire, and now heard the cry of the sparrow. It had just tried to calm down, but it was broken once more.
The Yellow Paper Umbrella spun, bringing Chen Changsheng out of the lake!
The lake water dripped down from the umbrella and his body, sprinkling in all directions, forming a curtain of water.
Chen Changsheng awoke and knew that he had finally left the sinister and frightening waters of the lake. He had returned to the world above the lake, but he did not know whether he was in the Garden of Zhou or on the other side of the cold pool.
The next moment, he found himself in the night sky. The small lake beneath his feet had turned into a mirror. It was at least a hundred feet above the ground.
Anyone would be startled and absent-minded to suddenly go from the depths of the lake to the night sky.
Right at this moment, the lake water split open once again. The pair of light wings transformed into a stream of light and caught up to him. The wing tips closed and turned into a sharp thorn, heavily striking his chest and abdomen!
A muffled sound!
Chen Chang Sheng's blood boiled and he almost spat out blood. He forcefully swallowed it, but it didn't mean he wasn't injured.
He, who was already heavily injured, could no longer hold on after suffering another heavy blow.
Holding the Yellow Paper Umbrella, he was like a kite with its string cut, dispiritedly flying higher into the night sky.
When he flew to the highest point and fell back to the ground, would it be the time of his death?
As he thought of these things, he fainted once again. In the last moment before he fainted, he suddenly felt that the night sky had become somewhat brighter.
It was not an illusion of death, but the night sky had truly been illuminated.
What illuminated the night sky was a pair of wings of fire.
They were not the wings of light behind the two women who had chased after him, but … a pair of wings of fire.
The pair of wings of fire unfurled in the night sky. They were very large and emitted a warm and holy flame.
As a result, the girl within the pair of wings of fire seemed rather petite.
… …
… …
The wings of fire broke through the night sky. Just as Chen Changsheng was about to fall to his death, they grabbed him and then continued to fly into the distance.
The two women who had chased after Chen Changsheng all the way here felt an indescribable and intense fear. They quickly flapped their wings of light and retreated backwards. Afterwards, they thought of the cry of the sparrow they had heard in the lake and the fear in their hearts grew even stronger. Without even thinking, they used a method that seemed to be burning their lives and flew at an unimaginable speed towards the source of the cry.
Nanke jumped down from the edge of the cliff, moving faster and faster like a rock. The whistling wind blew at her hair, but it could not blow away the indifference between her brows. As for the ground and death that was getting closer and closer, it was meaningless to her. This was because she could see very clearly that her two maids had already arrived at the bottom of the cliff in front of Sunset Valley Peak and were waiting.
Without a sound, the two women caught Nanke's petite body. Then, in the blink of an eye, they turned into a ball of light and merged into the wings of light. They were like a cloud that had merged into the blue sky. The pair of bright wings of light that had previously chased after Chen Changsheng suddenly became coloured. The edges of the wings of light were painted with a strange green, as if they had turned from a spiritual body to a physical body.
The green wings slowly flapped behind Nanke's back. She looked indifferently into the distance in the night sky. After confirming the position of the wings of fire that had already become specks of light, she flapped her wings without the slightest hesitation and chased in that direction. The green wings that were several meters long created two gales in front of the cliff. A terrifying whistling sound rang out in the night, and then she disappeared.
… …
… …
The innate bloodline of humans or demons seemed similar to the transformation of demi-humans, but in reality, there was a huge difference. The awakening of the innate bloodline was usually divided into four stages. The initial awakening was in the bloodline itself, and the second awakening was the awakening of the soul. In simpler terms, after this awakening, the cultivator and her innate bloodline would fuse into one. There would no longer be any distinction between them, and they would truly understand what they were.
After two consecutive days and two nights without sleep or rest, she was finally defeated by the combined forces of Nanke and the zither-playing old man. She calmly walked into the abyss of despair. Before the great fear of death, Xu Yourong successfully completed the second awakening. Just like that, the phoenix soul in the deepest part of her body awakened. Her bloodline and her body fused and gave birth to each other. With a single thought of her soul, there would be wings of fire that unfurled in the night sky.
However, this did not mean that she suddenly possessed the power to incinerate the entire world. At the moment, she was still heavily injured, and Nanke's poisonous blood was still wreaking havoc in her body. This caused her vision to become somewhat blurry, so she did not fly back to the top of the cliff to fight to the death with Nanke. Instead, she flew into the distance in the night sky. What she needed the most right now was treatment and combing her feathers.
However, she did not think that not long after she left Sunset Valley, she would actually encounter another battle in that seemingly calm little lake over ten kilometers away. With just a glance, she knew that the two women who broke out of the lake, their bodies connected, and had wings of light on their backs, were the infamous Nanke's Two Wings. Then who were they chasing?
… …
… …
(The next chapter, before eight thirty.)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
