Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu disappeared in the South China Sea. The news quickly spread to all parts of the Great Wilderness, but many people didn't care. After all, not everyone was interested in them, but those who cared about them looked to the south, full of melancholy, not knowing when they would meet again. But now as long as they were alive, nothing else was desired.
Some people who feared them were extremely excited, such as the Southern Shang army. Without Xia Xiao, they could attack Daxia with confidence. But this war was destined to be short-lived. The ambition of a country to invade was insignificant in the face of the crisis of the entire Great Wilderness. It was just that they did not have the right time, place and people.
Many people were trying to find out the whereabouts of Xia Xiao and A Zhu, and the Adventurer's Guild took the opportunity to make a fortune, and then very tactfully withdrew within two days, as if the whole thing had never happened. But when everyone thought that Xia Xiao and A Zhu had really disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown, they woke up in another place.
This world is extremely vast, this is Xia Xiao's first feeling after he regained consciousness. But his eyes were dark, he wanted to open his eyes and look around, but he couldn't do it. In the long struggle with himself, Xia Xiao realized that he was seriously injured, but the five elements space seemed to disappear, he couldn't enter or touch it.
The feeling of having little hope made Xia Xiao anxious, but in the vast sea of spirituality, an old male voice echoed. This voice was like the roar of an animal, low and full of endless majesty, which made Xia Xiao tremble with fear. He dared not disobey and could only listen quietly and acknowledge what he said. But this voice kept getting closer to Que Dan in Xia Xiao's mind, and even though he never revealed his identity, Xia Xiao was sure of it.
"The brand on your back is just a mark. When you become strong enough, Yu Shangyan will use it to absorb you and turn you into her power, freeing her from bondage. She is now imprisoned on the moon. I cannot tell you why, but she is there. If you look up more often and at night, you will get some clues."
"Where did you take me?"
Xia Xiao felt that he was not in the deep sea, and did not use any noun to address the master with a disdainful tone. If he called Que Dan Senior, it would be too unfair to Hu Bugui and Xu Yun, but if he spoke rudely, he might die. Xia Xiao wanted to know his position, so he was cautious. But Que Dan did not answer, he just said meaningfully:
"The ancestor of the spiritual contract you believe in is starving. If you don't want to die, just stay here. When you find her, I will find you."
"So where did you take me?"
As soon as the old voice fell, Xia Xiao asked, but it was too late. The moment it completely disappeared, the world was unbearably silent. He asked the question in it, but no sound came out.
Xia Xiao had experienced the feeling of drowsiness many times, most of which were very depressing, like the Monkey King being pressed down by a mountain, staring at the outside world, unable to reach a peach that fell in front of him, and his previous elegance and magical powers became nothing but clouds. But Xia Xiao was now hanging high in the sky, and the feeling of being suspended in the air made him vaguely afraid, because he didn't know how deep it was below, nor when he would fall.
This feeling lasted for a long time, Xia Xiao had been gritting his teeth and silently enduring it. Slowly, the five elements space that had fallen into chaos left the mist one by one and regained its color. The spirit beasts in it also opened their eyes. Their calls woke Xia Xiao up quickly, but when he opened his eyes, he saw an extremely unfamiliar sky.
The sky has always been very far away, so going to heaven is the dream of generations. Even practitioners cannot ascend to this world at will and play in it. But the sky in Xia Xiao's eyes is very close, and the clouds are within reach. He feels that he is not under the sky, but in it.
This world reminded Xia Xiao of the Castle in the Sky, but does that dreamlike existence really exist in the wilderness? In fact, Xia Xiao had never seen that movie. In his previous life, he was so miserable that he had no extra time to rest. He couldn't watch movies even in the short time before going to bed. He often downloaded a movie and watched it for a week. When he watched it on the last day, he had already forgotten the original plot. Xia Xiao finally gave up, but he liked that song very much. It was pure like something that could not be defiled.
When talking about cleanliness, Xia Xiao thought of Ah Zhu's eyes. Those eyes were unlike anything in the human world, and even the clear springs in uninhabited places could not compare to them. Xia Xiao's hands could not help but reach around, and his heavy eyelids blinked as he looked around, searching for Ah Zhu's figure.
Xia Xiao sat up and made sure that he was the only one in this empty house. He was lying on a large bed with several large wardrobes beside him. It looked very ordinary, nothing special, just like an ordinary home. But the design of this house was a little strange. There was a hole on the top of his head that was bigger than the window. What should he do when it rains?
Soon, Xia Xiao realized the reason and gradually understood where this place was. Such houses were only available in one country, not because the people in that country were strange, and the roofs were not deliberately broken, but because this country could not get rained on. They were above the rain and in the sky.
Looking at the bright totems of the scorching sun, the blue sky and the colorful clouds on the door curtain, Xia Xiao didn't expect that he would be sent here. The vortex controlled by Quedan was indeed not simple.
Looking at the many bandages on his body and the blood oozing from them, Xia Xiao felt extremely complicated. While recalling what happened after entering the vortex, he wrapped himself in simple clothes, gave up looking for his memory when putting on his shoes, and began to collect all the information about Yun Country.
There are seven great countries in the Great Wilderness, which is a well-known fact in the world, but people often say there are six countries, because the Cloud Country quietly left the ground and came to the clouds. Although it is magical, many people are curious, but they are unwilling to admit it. How can a whole country ascend to the sky? It is too absurd, maybe it is a lie, or it is possible to be a curse.
Because the exact time was unknown, there was a period of time when rumors about the Cloud Country were everywhere in the Great Wilderness. The Adventurer's Guild also investigated the matter. Although it was confirmed that they went to the sky, it was still unknown why they left the ground and why they had been in seclusion. Xia Xiao had heard of the Cloud Country in the academy, because among all the countries, only that country had no one in the academy.
In an academy where all living creatures can come in to practice, it is obviously abnormal for a country to have no one. Even if the people there are not talented, the academy will select people who work exceptionally hard.
The mother star dragon once explained to Xia Xiao that this country, which was not a big country and had no foreign relations, had its own beliefs. Although Xia Xiao did not understand and did not know what kind of gods those totems represented, any belief could change people and take a different path from ordinary people.
Xia Xiao was about to go out, but the door curtain was opened in advance. A slender man walked in, with a lot of annoyance on his thin face. He couldn't even have enough food at home, and he saved two people. It was really terrible.
Xia Xiao observed this kind of emotion, and he also felt that the man in front of him had a weak fluctuation of vitality, but this kind of attire of linen clothes really looked like a person from the Yun country who had been under blockade for many years.
Xia Xiao stared at the man for a short while, just a few seconds, and the latter was frightened. Such a sharp look was like a knife that could cut him into pieces at any time without leaving a drop of blood. When the man hurriedly dodged his gaze, Xia Xiao bowed slightly and said politely:
"Thanks for the rescue."
The man had something he wanted to say, and he had already organized his words. He saved Xia Xiao and the others without asking for anything in return. He just wanted them to leave as soon as they woke up, and not to drag him down. But now he couldn't say it. They looked like that, and he didn't know where they were from. They were also seriously injured, and he probably couldn't leave for the time being. He could only say silently:
"Come and eat."
Xia Xiao heard the sound of heartbreak and blood dripping down. It seemed that this man's family was not rich. In fact, the man's situation was even worse than Xia Xiao thought. He was extremely poor. Xia Xiao followed him out. The world outside the door curtain made him know more than before, and his eyes immediately brightened.
This is a pure world on the clouds, extremely bright, and surrounded by warm colors. If it weren't for the man's sad face, and the sparse population and extremely deserted, Xia Xiao would have really thought this was heaven. Now it seems that this is indeed the Cloud Country, but the people here don't seem to be as carefree as the world imagines.
When on land, Xia Xiao had never seen clouds so thick and numerous. It turned out that the floor of the house was not a carpet, but clouds. It was really magical. Xia Xiao looked around. The houses here were also arranged in rows, very neatly. But some houses were obviously destroyed and patched up, like the tattered cotton jackets of poor people. Some houses were directly reduced to ruins.
“How do you build houses in the clouds?”
Xia Xiao was a little curious, so he asked. The clouds here were a little different from the clouds he usually encountered when flying in the sky. The latter were extremely ethereal, and even if he was in it, it was just like being in the fog. But at this time, the clouds under his feet were extremely thick, just like the land, and the trees beside the houses were even taller and seemed to have deep roots.
Xia Xiao imagined all the possibilities, and the man replied coldly:
"The entire Cloud Country is within the barrier, and the clouds under our feet are fake."
The talisman array can recreate a world, and naturally it can also create a barrier, but Xia Xiao could not detect it at all. It can be imagined that Yunguo is not as weak as the world thinks, and it is not because of fear of invasion that it blocks itself. Xia Xiao's curiosity about Yunguo is far more than that. Quedan sent himself here, in addition to being isolated from the world, it must be to get closer to the moon.
Xia Xiao looked up and could see the moon now, but if he wanted to see it clearly, he would have to wait until late at night.
The man lifted the door curtain and invited Xia Xiao in, but he raised his head and froze for a moment. Who could imprison the ancestor of the Spiritual Contract on the moon and make him lose all his power? The ancestor of the Spiritual Contract was recognized as the strongest person in the Great Wilderness, but the thing she was facing seemed to treat him like an ant.
Xia Xiao couldn't figure it out, but there are always people who are better than you, and there must be stronger beings outside the wilderness. Ah Zhu's little narwhal from the starry sky is the best proof. When he thought of her, Ah Zhu quickly rushed out from the door curtain, clenched his little hand into a fist, and it suddenly enlarged in his field of vision and landed on his forehead.
"pain!"
Xia Xiao had tears in his eyes. He covered his forehead and looked at Ah Zhu who was shrinking. He cursed angrily:
"Murdering your husband?"
"You don't care about me or ask me how I am!"
"How do you know I didn't ask?"