Chapter 17: The Vast Ocean (Part 3) I will not accept you, I will defeat you...
Falling into the depths of the whirlpool, what came into view was a vast expanse of azure sea. Chi Wanyin was amazed that in this secret realm, the monks could breathe freely like swimming fish.
The feeling is completely different from taking the water-repellent pill. It seems as if I have become one with this sea area. However, the scope of this secret realm is very vast. Now that the entrance here has been opened, perhaps other cultivators will follow the trail and come here.
The four of them didn't have time to think about all this for the moment. In the center of the sea, there was an upside-down tower.
The further down you go, the deeper the seabed is.
When the four of them swam to the front of the tower, the tower door opened automatically, as if luring them forward.
Minglang was the most curious and swam inside despite Mingting's obstruction.
Ming Ting could only smile apologetically, "My sister is just like that." But she was still worried about Ming Lang, so she also swam towards the door.
Seeing this situation, Song Qingtang felt something was wrong, but since this was the only way out of the secret realm, she couldn't help but look at Chi Wanyin, "Junior Sister, let's go in too."
Chi Wanyin nodded, obviously agreeing with her suggestion.
The two of them entered the door together, and all they saw was darkness. Chi Wanyin cast a spell, and a faint flame rose up, illuminating the faces of the two.
There was no sign of Minglang and Mingting around, and it was obvious that the four of them were separated on purpose.
The tower seems to be isolated by sea water and is airtight.
The firelight could only illuminate the small area below. Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang looked at each other, then held each other's hands and moved downwards together.
Song Qingtang's hands still felt cold, but they unexpectedly made Chi Wanyin feel at ease. Perhaps it was because the tower was spacious and the slightest movement would cause an echo.
In the vast darkness, they could not sense the time. The two did not know how long they walked down layer by layer until they arrived in front of the stone gate. This should be the top of the inverted tower and the bottom of this secret realm.
Feeling that Chi Wanyin's strength was getting stronger, Song Qingtang used his other hand to stroke the back of her hand as if to comfort her, "It's okay."
The stone door was covered with intricate patterns and eroded, illegible text, but it could be pushed open easily.
Behind the door, there is a vast sea of stars, empty yet deep.
The sea water under my feet is as black as ink, and there is only a small boat on the shore.
The two of them boarded the boat. It was a bit cramped inside, but fortunately the boat was moving on its own without wind and on the water.
Chi Wanyin looked up at the twinkling starry sky above her head, her expression changing unpredictably.
The boat suddenly tilted downward. It turned out that it encountered a waterfall. The force of the falling boat inevitably caused Chi Wanyin to lean forward.
Song Qingtang raised his hand to support her, "Junior sister, be careful."
It was still her hand that was cold, but through a layer of clothes, Chi Wanyin could feel a hint of warmth.
Perhaps realizing that this action was a bit rude in a hurry, Song Qingtang withdrew his hand from supporting her under Chi Wanyin's gaze, "Excuse me."
However, when she turned her face to the side, there was a slight redness on the tip of her ear. Chi Wanyin was still looking up at the sea of stars above in thought, so naturally she did not see this scene.
I walked aimlessly like this for an unknown amount of time before a ray of light finally appeared in front of me, and then a feeling of weightlessness came over me.
The boat had disappeared, and it was obvious that everything he had experienced before was an illusion. However, another scene appeared before his eyes. He saw jade towers, golden palaces, pearl palaces on the dark stone steps, which were no less impressive than the legendary Dragon Palace under the sea.
Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang climbed the stairs, only to find a person lying on the white jade bed in the hall.
It's not quite accurate to call her a human. She has a pair of snow-white dragon horns on her forehead, her white hair hangs down like a waterfall, her body is covered with hard white scales, and at this moment, her eyes are tightly closed as if she has fallen into a deep sleep.
However, from the moment Chi Wanyin and Song Qingtang stepped into the palace, the sleeping dragon girl slowly stood up and opened her golden eyes.
She didn't open her mouth. A hollow female voice echoed in their minds, "Human, the fact that you've made it here means you've killed the guardian of this secret realm."
Her tone was very calm, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.
"The strong prey on the weak, but since you have already broken in here, you must die." The golden light in the dragon girl's eyes became brighter, and in a moment she had transformed into a huge white dragon, and the surrounding sea water turned into water columns and attacked the two.
The water column attacked with great force, but fortunately Song Qingtang had already unsheathed the sword Shishui in his hand, and the cold sword energy froze the attacking water column.
Seeing this, the Dragon Girl naturally would not stop. She continued to drive the water column with her dragon claws to attack the two of them. Although most of the water columns were dissolved by Song Qingtang and Chi Wanyin, it also consumed a lot of spiritual energy for the two of them.
Now, the only way to stop this endless attack is to defeat the Dragon Girl's true form.
"Senior Sister, you come and hold back that dragon girl." Chi Wanyin said to Song Qingtang using telepathy.
After all, they had experienced life and death several times, and their tacit understanding was extraordinary. Song Qingtang just nodded and raised his sword to go towards the white dragon transformed by the dragon girl.
The white dragon was covered with white scales, which were extremely hard. Only the pair of golden eyes were not covered by scales. So Song Qingtang deliberately held the Sword of Flowing Water and stabbed at the eyes. Of course, the Dragon Girl would not let her plan succeed. She caught the edge of the Sword of Flowing Water with her claws. Such a sharp weapon only caused minor wounds on her claws.
However, her attention was all on Song Qingtang at this time, and she did not realize that the crisis was approaching quietly. Chi Wanyin hid in the sea water, and the peach wood sword in her hand pierced towards her softest pupils with a strong green light. Blood splattered and Bai Long covered his bleeding eyes.
Chi Wanyin originally thought that she had severely injured her and was about to strike while the iron was hot, but she saw the white dragon covering its eyes in front of her turned into a pool of sea water. It turned out that the white dragon was an illusion, otherwise she would not have been able to stab it so easily.
Chi Wanyin suddenly felt something was wrong, but it was too late. The white dragon's true body attacked her with a claw, and there was no way to avoid it.
Song Qingtang immediately changed her direction and stood in front of her. Bai Long's claw pierced her chest, and warm blood splashed on Chi Wanyin's face. This time she truly felt the emotion called fear.
"Senior Sister." Chi Wanyin could only feel the warm blood dripping down her face, and her vision was blurry.
Bai Long had already regained his girlish form. Seeing this, he couldn't help but sneer, "You're overestimating yourself! You're just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet you dare to think you can withstand my attack."
Chi Wanyin held Song Qingtang in one hand and ignored the Dragon Girl's ridicule. The peach wood sword in her hand shone even brighter, and the pure wood-attributed spiritual energy attacked the Dragon Girl.
The spiritual energy turned into a cage made of peach blossom branches. The dragon girl wanted to break it with her hand, but she didn't expect it to be so tough. She had just used up a lot of spiritual energy when she used illusion, so it was difficult for her to transform into a dragon form.
Chi Wanyin ran down the stone steps holding Song Qingtang. She was not sure how long the Dragon Girl could be trapped there, but she soon reached the edge of the cliff. The abyss below was deep and dark, like a monster that chose its prey.
Chi Wanyin gritted her teeth and jumped down holding the people. A moment later, the dragon girl came to the edge of the cliff and looked at the bottomless abyss. She felt bored and thought that these two humans could not survive.
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The feeling of weightlessness was not pleasant, not to mention that Chi Wanyin was still injured at this time, and Song Qingtang was pale due to excessive blood loss. Fortunately, the place where the two fell was not flat ground, but the ink-black water that they saw when they were sitting on the boat.
However, when he fell into the water, Song Qingtang's condition seemed to be getting worse.
Chi Wanyin looked at the water as thick as ink and thought that perhaps it would absorb spiritual energy.
How to save her? Chi Wanyin's hands trembled slightly, and she unconsciously took out everything in the storage bag, including the brilliant golden flower. The small flower was so eye-catching floating on the ink-like water, but Chi Wanyin didn't care about it. Her eyes fell on the wooden box next to the flower.
The fate of those infected by the same heart poison is connected.
After opening the wooden box, the mother Gu and the child Gu were still sleeping quietly in the box. Chi Wanyin tried to calm herself down and tried to recall the usage method that she and Xu Anzhi had seen in ancient books in her previous life.
She first cut a small wound on her hand. The mother insect woke up naturally when it smelled the blood, and then drilled into her body through the wound. Soon, a flower of strange color appeared on Chi Wanyin's shoulder blade.
This was a sign that the mother Gu had already parasitized, and she then followed the same method to plant the baby Gu into Song Qingtang's body.
Song Qingtang's face was no longer pale due to blood loss, and his wounds were gradually healing, but Chi Wanyin could still feel the pain.
The so-called same-heart Gu means two bodies with the same heart. The fate of the child Gu and the mother Gu is connected, so they can naturally share the pain.
Because of the pain, Chi Wanyin's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but she remembered that she couldn't fall down yet. She bit the scabbed wound again and reached out to bring the dripping blood to Song Qingtang's lips.
The Zi Gu sucked her blood, and the wounds on its body healed faster and faster.
After doing all this, Chi Wanyin gradually lost her strength and eventually fell into the water.
Song Qingtang opened his still unclear eyes and saw the brilliant golden flower floating in the sea of ink, and other things scattered on the ground, such as magic tools and spirit stones.
She glanced at Chi Wanyin beside her, wondering why this junior sister exuded a subtle fragrance. Song Qingtang considered herself not a person with a strong appetite, but this fragrance actually made her want to bite her junior sister's fragile neck, preferably with blood oozing out for her to taste.
Song Qingtang was suddenly startled at this thought. How could she have such an idea? She collected the scattered instruments and spirit stones. As for the brilliant golden flower floating above the ink sea, it was already somewhat tattered, perhaps due to the lack of spiritual energy nourishment. After thinking about it, she put the flower into her storage bag.
At this time, Chi Wanyin had also woken up. Looking at her slowly getting up, Song Qingtang's desire expanded to the extreme.
She wanted to be close to her, no matter what, and this was her deepest desire.
She stretched out her hand towards Chi Wanyin, and their foreheads touched.
"Senior sister...what are you going to do?" She asked doubtfully, but she didn't dare to act rashly. After all, her senior sister's injuries had not yet healed completely.
Song Qingtang's eyes were dull, and he said mechanically, "I just want to get closer to my junior sister."
Chi Wanyin was horrified by these words. How could they get close to each other? She suddenly had a bad premonition. Sure enough, Song Qingtang moved closer to her. She stretched out her hand and transferred a trace of spiritual power to her.
A tingling sensation spread throughout Chi Wanyin's body, making her unable to move.
"Don't do this." Chi Wanyin bit her lip to endure the strange feeling. At this moment, her senior sister was controlled by the insect and had the wrong feelings for her. If she woke up, she would probably regret it.
However, Song Qingtang seemed to be oblivious to the advice and released more spiritual power to try to touch Chi Wanyin. Chi Wanyin was afraid of hurting her, so she could only passively endure it all.
In the end, Chi Wanyin even shed two tears because she was forced to bear Song Qingtang's spiritual power, and the numbing feeling spread throughout her body along with the spiritual power.
Song Qingtang just swallowed those two tears contentedly.
The influence of the sub-Gu had only just completely dissipated. Song Qingtang opened his eyes and looked at the somewhat weak person in front of him, "Junior Sister."
Chi Wanyin responded with a weak smile, "Senior Sister, you are finally awake."
"What happened?" Song Qingtang looked puzzled. The distance between the two of them seemed a little too close.
Chi Wanyin forced a smile and said, "I planted the same-heart insect in my senior sister, and it was just that the insect broke out just now." She secretly sighed that it was a good thing that her senior sister did not make a big mistake. As for the rest, she decided to keep it a secret from her.
Song Qingtang's expression was gloomy when he heard this. "Senior Sister is useless and actually wants you to do this. You should have a good rest first."
Chi Wanyin, who had been holding on, naturally nodded in agreement. She really needed to recuperate now.
Song Qingtang stared at Chi Wanyin, who was sleeping on her knees. She lowered her eyes and lifted up her fallen hair, calling out "Shi Shui."
She was calling the sword spirit's name, and the next moment, Song Qingtang's consciousness was in the sword realm.
Song Qingtang's sword realm is extremely simple, with only endless wind and snow, and a high cliff in the center. Looking down, you can see a blue lake, which is also the only scenery here.
The sword spirit transformed from the Flowing Water Sword sat cross-legged on the cliff. It had white hair and, except for its golden eyes, there was no other color on its body except white.
Seeing her, the Spirit of the Flowing Water Sword didn't seem surprised, "You finally came back here." The last time they met was when she asked the Flowing Water Sword to recognize its master.
This sword realm was created after she recognized her master. However, perhaps because of her experience during the recognition process, Song Qingtang did not want to step into this place again.
The sword spirit had no physical form and easily climbed onto her shoulder. "You came back here, which only means one thing: you want to become stronger."
Song Qingtang remained silent. Seeing this, the Sword Spirit of Passing Water transformed into a form similar to hers. "Isn't that so? What are you afraid of? Accepting me and this power will only benefit you."
The sword realm moved with the master's will. The entity of the Flowing Water Sword had condensed in Song Qingtang's hand, and the sword spirit standing opposite her also had a Flowing Water Sword in his hand.
"I will not accept you, I will defeat you." Song Qingtang said softly, and the coldness of the Sword of Flowing Water in his hand had condensed into a solid entity.
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