Just as the four of them bent down, a unique fragrance wafted over them. The scent was like flowers, yet not quite; if one had to describe it, it was more like a floral fragrance mixed with the smell of the sea…
Wait, seawater?
Glug-glug-glug
Xu Qian didn't even have time to think about the details before he was completely swallowed up by the oncoming seawater...
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It's almost invisible here; all you see is black.
Oh wait, there was a fish, and that fish even had its own 'lantern,' which allowed Xu Qian to see his surroundings clearly at once.
He guessed it might be a sea, the deep sea.
Xu Qian glanced to the left, but couldn't turn around; he glanced to the right, but still couldn't turn around. Simply put, he couldn't control his current vessel; he could only vaguely sense his own existence. His size shouldn't be too large, otherwise he wouldn't have floated up after being slapped twice by the fish tail. However, he wasn't sure what his spiritual consciousness was attached to, and could only drift in this seawater whose temperature he couldn't discern.
After floating for a while, suddenly his 'big brother' behind him smacked him in the mouth with fish tail ash. Xu Qian was bounced high into the air and then bumped into something, making the water a shade more turbid. However, this impact caused his vessel to float several more heights, and he jumped up.
Just then, his "elder brother" appeared in front of him again, carrying a lantern.
Using this only source of light, Xu Qian finally saw what he had just bumped into—a graveyard of swords.
Xu Qian looked at the sword closest to him. The sword, with its spiritual energy so weak that it was almost negligible, seemed to have something engraved on it. Just as Xu Qian was about to see it clearly, the scene in front of him went black again, and the big brother carrying the 'lantern' ran away!
'Don't you dare run away!'—Xu Qian was internally screaming, but Brother Yu just ran away without giving him any mercy.
Xu Qian was sighing when the surroundings suddenly lit up again. Another fish appeared—no, two fish. The older fish that had just left had called its companion over.
Xu Qian's joy lasted less than two seconds before the two fish bared their incredibly sharp teeth at the swords on the sword mound. In the instant the two fish opened and closed their mouths, Xu Qian seemed to hear a 'crack' sound, which was also the sound of his heart breaking.
To be honest, Xu Qian couldn't care less about being heartbroken at this moment. He quickly looked at the sword and his heart skipped a beat—a crescent moon, it was the Hidden Moon Sect.
But... why is it the Hidden Moon Sect?
Where exactly is this place?
Xu Qian couldn't wait to go and see the next one, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge it. He could only watch helplessly as the two big fish devoured the spiritual energy of the sword until the sword, having lost its last bit of spiritual energy, gradually decayed in the seawater.
'You can eat all you want, but at least kick me once!'
"Hey guys? Hey guys, let me take a peek, just one peek and then you can eat whatever you want, okay?"
Xu Qian rambled on for a long time, his heart aching as if it were bleeding with each decaying sword—these swords were all incredibly valuable, even if they were only in the past, they had still had their glory days!
Just as he was feeling indignant, the two wasteful fish finally paid attention to him, and after finishing their meal, they flicked their tails and bounced him up again.
And so, Xu Qian 'hopped and skipped' to the second sword tomb. As soon as he landed, he was stunned for a long time—it was the Crimson Lotus, his.
Author's Note: See you tomorrow! I'll be randomly giving away ten small red envelopes to those who leave comments below this chapter~
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