Chapter 3 The Bandit's Husband

The heavy, ancient city gate closed in front of Ye Kemeng.

The image is frozen in time.

Also frozen in time were seventy-one other water mirrors.

The Water Mirrors are formed from the waters of the Jade Pool, and there are seventy-two in total, each corresponding to one of the seventy-two cities in the mortal realm. The immortals can use the Water Mirrors to examine the state of affairs in these seventy-two cities.

"Your Majesty, this is the current situation of the seventy-two cities in the Nine Provinces. What do you think..."

"Your Majesty, of the seventy-two cities in the mortal realm, only nineteen have opened their gates to provide relief to the disaster victims. The rest have driven all the refugees out of the cities. When the Black Tide invades, there will surely be corpses everywhere and countless lives lost!"

"Your Majesty, let alone the fact that no one survives the Black Tide's passage, just consider the refugees and civilians at the city gates. If the Black Tide swallows them up, it will likely grow stronger again and break through the city gates, causing even greater casualties!"

"Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty!"

The twelve immortals were chanting endlessly, but the one they called 'Emperor' was still resting on the paulownia tree.

The twelve old men looked at each other, none of them daring to step forward and wake the master.

But the situation is urgent now, and apart from this person, no one has the ability to stop the black tide from invading the human world!

Just as they finally mustered the courage to take a step forward, the man lying on the sycamore tree suddenly got up. His indigo sleeves fell down with his movement, revealing a blood-stained bandage and a thin, protruding wrist bone beneath it.

All the immortals stopped in their tracks, and even their voices abruptly ceased.

The man didn't even glance at them, raised his hand to summon his sword, and then vanished.

Along with his figure, the girl's clear eyes in the water mirror also vanished.

Half an hour later, the twelve highest-ranking immortals in the celestial realm finally dared to make a move.

"Emperor Cangyao's injuries...haven't healed yet?"

"In that battle sixteen years ago, the Emperor almost perished to save countless people in the mortal realm. Now we have interrupted his seclusion, so this injury... will definitely be difficult to heal."

After saying that, Fu Xian turned and left.

The twelve immortals looked embarrassed and dared not utter a single word of complaint.

The leader of the immortals spoke first: "What are you standing there for? Come and reinforce the water mirror and refine the defensive formation for the seventy-two city gates!"

"yes!"

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Meanwhile, inside the city of Linlang, in the council hall of the city lord's mansion.

The guards reported, "My lord, we have searched the entire inner city but have not found Miss Ye. We asked the gatekeepers, and it seems that Miss Ye... has left the city."

"Leave the city?" City Lord Bai slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "With the Black Tide raging, how dare she, a mere girl who has never cultivated, leave the city alone, risking her life!"

"Immediately dispatch more men to search for Miss Ye outside the city..."

Before the guard could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a trusted minister of the White City Lord: "Your Majesty, you must not! Linlang City is a commercial city, and its defenses are not as strong as those of other cities. Patrols and guards within the city require a large number of people. Sending people out of the city at this time is already inappropriate, not to mention that it is the demon 'Black Tide'. Once it leaves the city, it will never return! Isn't that just sending people to their deaths for nothing!"

"Yes, please reconsider, my lord!"

One after another, ministers petitioned for his services. Lord Bai slowly sat down, sighing with regret, "So I'm just going to watch Brother Ye's orphan die..."

"Please accept my condolences, my lord!"

"My condolences, Lord City Lord!"

"Very well, everyone patrol according to the original plan, and make sure to ensure the safety of the people in my Linlang City!" Lord Bai gave the order with his eyes closed.

"Yes, sir!"

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The Kuroshio Current has arrived.

The vibrant twilight, which had been like a tapestry, was instantly replaced by deep blackness. Ye Kemeng felt as if the world had suddenly brightened for a moment before she was plunged into pitch blackness where she couldn't see her own hand in front of her face.

Fear spread through the crowd.

The people fled in all directions, wailing. Ye Kemeng dodged left and right, but still couldn't avoid being trampled three times.

666 wanted to comfort her, but in the face of life and death, the power of words became extremely limited.

It had just checked the situation on City Lord Bai's side, thinking that the city lord would save the kitten out of respect for Sect Master Ye. However, the man was extremely hypocritical and put on a righteous act, which made the system feel disgusted.

From now on, the kitten will have to rely on itself!

Ye Kemeng ran as fast as she could in the direction with fewer people.

But it was dark and the surroundings were full of loose rocks. If you weren't careful, you would fall and be stepped on by the people behind you!

In desperation, 666 no longer hesitated and once again bypassed his level, using his highest authority to exchange the kitten's eyes from when she was a cat!

Kitten, you must survive!

Just as he thought of this, 666 fell into a deep sleep due to the huge energy consumption caused by continuously leaping through levels.

Ye Kemeng felt that the sky had brightened in an instant, and even her field of vision had become wider.

She didn't have time to think about what had happened; she quickly leaped away to avoid the huge rock in front of her.

The girl's eyes turned emerald green at that moment. She caught the direction of the wind, shook off the crowd, and ran wildly again.

Suddenly, Ye Kemeng's hair stood on end. She sprang to her feet using all four limbs, twisted her body in mid-air, and turned to the side at an unbelievable angle.

Two pools of pitch-black water fell from the sky, landing precisely where Ye Kemeng had just stood and where she was about to land before turning around.

Immediately, the two pools of water seemed to come alive, rushing towards them as if drawn by the scent of living things!

Only when she got closer did Ye Kemeng realize that it wasn't water at all!

Instead, it resembled mist, billowing and rushing towards her!

The kitten's heart pounded, and it turned and ran away.

The surrounding roar was accompanied by screams, and one life after another was quickly swallowed up by the black tide.

The black tide that had devoured human flesh and blood was clearly much stronger than before!

After the black tide had finished swallowing up the people near the city gate, all the scattered individuals began to merge rapidly until they formed a surging black torrent!

This torrent rose from the sky, winding and swirling like an invincible black dragon, carrying an aura of killing anyone who stood in its way, and crashed straight into the center of the city gate of Linlang City!

The immortal inscriptions on the city gate collided with the black tide, producing a piercing metallic clang!

The weaker soldiers guarding the city were struck by the sound, bleeding from all seven orifices and collapsing unconscious; those with slightly higher cultivation were still struggling to stand, but their heads were buzzing and they had almost lost their ability to fight.

Even though Ye Kemeng was far away, the sound still made her ears ring and her vision blur.

When Ye Kemeng regained her hearing, the first thing she heard was no longer the clanging of battle, but... the helpless cries of the people.

The Black Tide was chasing after her, and she dared not look back at the situation in Linlang City, but she could still hear the gist of it:

"The city gate, inscribed with the magic seals of immortals, was breached, breached in an instant..."

"Over 90% of the defending soldiers have been killed or wounded!"

Ye Kemeng took off running, but she still felt the danger behind her getting closer and closer.

Moreover, as she ran further away, the other scattered specks of black tide on the ground were also attracted by her aura and joined the army that followed her.

Ye Kemeng glanced at the dark mass out of the corner of her eye, and her hair stood on end in fright!

There was no other way out but to run.

When it rains, it pours.

A colossal abyss lay across the landscape, blocking Ye Kemeng's escape route.

If you advance, you'll fall to your death; if you retreat, you'll be swallowed up and die.

At the same time, in the sky above the Nine Provinces, a huge phoenix phantom spread outwards in an explosive trend, and wherever it passed, the 'Black Tide' was burned inch by inch.

A deep, eerie voice, filled with resentment, resounded throughout heaven and earth: "Cang Yao! Cang Yao! Are you willing to undergo a rebirth just to hinder my progress?! In less than three years, I will surely return! Then, what can you do to me?"

A strong wind raged, forcing Ye Kemeng to close her eyes. Just as she was about to close her mouth, she felt something slightly hot fall into it.

Before she could even react, she swallowed it physiologically.

He then lost consciousness amidst the endless feeling of falling.

-

Ye Kemeng was woken up by 666.

It's understandable that 666 was making a fuss; any system waking up from hibernation and seeing its host transformed into a cat would be quite surprised.

The kitten had been sleeping there for who knows how long. It was so hungry that it was dizzy and its limbs were weak. It took several attempts to finally stand up.

She blinked her emerald green eyes and looked down at herself.

"Meow~" Have I returned to Earth?

"No, this is the Nine Provinces Continent." 666 asked softly, "How did you turn into a kitten?"

"Meow~" Oh, I don't know, but I'm so happy 666.

Ye Kemeng licked her paws. It's so much better to be a cat. Walking on four legs is so light and agile.

She jumped down from where she had woken up, only to find that there was another person under the spot where she had been lying.

She wrinkled her nose and sniffed; the person smelled strongly of blood.

The man's robes were mostly torn, his right hand hung limply, and the bandage on his wrist had come undone, revealing a deep wound that exposed bone, from which blood was clearly flowing.

But Ye Kemeng knew that this wound was not the main source of the bloody smell; he must have had even greater injuries.

"Meow meow~" Ye Kemeng's body is very small, only the size of a palm, but her tail is long and fluffy, and her eyes are emerald green, making her very beautiful.

【What are you doing?】666 was so cute it was trembling. If it had a liver.

"Meow~ woo~" I'm checking if he's dead yet.

The kitten spoke the scariest words in the softest tone.

Why?

"Meow~" If he dies, I can eat him.

Although kittens don't usually eat animals that big, it seems like there's nothing else to eat besides him right now.

666 had completely lost interest in the kitten's cuteness. It forced a question: "What if...what if he hadn't died?"

The kitten stopped nudging its head, stretched out its paws, and showed off its claws: "Meow meow meow~"

If he's not dead, I'll kill him first, then eat him.

A note from the author:

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Your kittens are so fierce!