"You remember now?" Yan Luo laughed. "It seems I still have a deep impression on you."
Li Jiang asked angrily, "What exactly did you do that night?"
Yan Luo asked calmly, "What do you think I would do to you?"
Li Jiang stared at her, her eyes as cold as a frozen pool.
Yan Luo met his gaze with a smile, neither looking away nor flinching, and watched him with great interest.
The two were facing off when suddenly a powerful force swept towards Yan Luo. She nimbly dodged it, her expression turning cold.
Shen Xun stood at the door and sneered, "It seems I've come at the wrong time and ruined your plans."
Yan Luo glanced at him coldly, ignored him, and turned to look at Li Jiang, saying, "Young Master, we have a long future ahead of us." After saying that, black energy suddenly rose around her and she disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Li Jiang was finally able to move, and immediately stood up to look at Shen Xun: "Aren't we going to chase after them?"
Shen Xun shrugged: "It's just a wisp of consciousness, there's no point in chasing it." After saying that, he looked at Li Jiang with admiration in his eyes and joked: "You really have a lot of charm, even a difficult woman like Yan Luo is captivated by you."
Li Jiang said expressionlessly, "She just treats me like a toy and makes fun of me."
Shen Xun leaned against the door frame and said lazily, "I think she's quite serious about you."
Li Jiang looked displeased, seemingly unwilling to discuss the matter further. Shen Xun, observing her expression, decided not to disturb her any longer and turned to leave.
After he left, Li Jiang resumed his cultivation, but no matter how hard he tried to concentrate, he was unable to calm his mind.
He opened his eyes, his dark pupils revealing no emotion in the dead of night. After a long while, he drew his sword and swung it fiercely, instantly shattering the table and chairs in front of him.
"Yanluo..."
...
The ship sailed a thousand miles, the wind and waves were calm.
Liu Yuntai sat alone, sipping his tea, his gaze occasionally drifting to Qinghe at the bow of the boat. He rubbed his teacup between his fingers, appearing somewhat restless.
After a long while, he stood up, came to Qinghe's side, gazed at the calm sea, and said softly in the sea breeze, "The moonlight is beautiful."
Her long hair was blown by the wind, and Tong had transformed into a red bird at some point, perched on Qinghe's shoulder, its wings slightly outstretched, its movements nimble and elegant.
Qinghe stroked the feathers gently, her lowered eyes exuding an inexplicable charm. Upon hearing this, she merely tilted her head and remained silent.
Liu Yuntai, unaware of his embarrassment, then asked, "Where is Young Master Qi? Why can't we see him?"
Qinghe: "He had something to do and went to a very far place."
Liu Yuntai nodded. "You and him, are you on good terms?"
This question touched on private matters, so Qinghe stopped what she was doing and turned to look at him.
Liu Yuntai hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to... show some concern for my friend."
"Friends?" Qinghe repeated the word, saying without any mercy, "I don't have much interaction with you, so I can't really call you friends."
Liu Yuntai was speechless for a moment. He wanted to say something more, but then he realized that what Qinghe said was indeed true.
The conversation ended abruptly, like a calm, still sea, without a ripple.
He looked at Qinghe's profile and sighed silently in his heart.
Completely unaware that Liu Yuntai was heartbroken, Qinghe was still wondering why he had stopped talking. Just as she was about to look up, a violent tremor suddenly came from the deck, almost causing her to stumble.
It looks like something hit the bottom of the boat.
At first, they thought it was a reef. When Qinghe peered out to check, he caught a glimpse of Liu Yuntai's solemn expression and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.
"It's a demon beast called Chi Mo."
Qinghe frowned: "What is that?"
Liu Yuntai didn't say it explicitly, only saying, "In short, this monster is extremely ferocious and dangerous, so be careful."
After that lurch, the massive ship became cautious and gradually slowed down, only returning to normal after drifting for quite some time.
The airship lived up to its reputation as a top-grade magical artifact, without the slightest damage. As he watched the waterline that slid out of the sea ripple out to both sides as usual, Liu Yuntai breathed a sigh of relief.
After a moment, he spoke: "The Chi Demon is born in the sea. It is huge and powerful. An adult Chi Demon standing up is as tall as a mountain." As he said this, he looked up at the night sky, as if estimating the height. "However, it does not appear often. Most of the time it is in dreams. It is said that it can travel three thousand miles in its dreams and still be in this sea area when it wakes up. A dream can last for decades or even hundreds of years."
He paused briefly, then turned to look at Qinghe. "So, as far as I can remember, I have never seen the true form of the Chi Demon. This is what my father and the family elders told me. They also instructed me that if I were to encounter it one day, I must not provoke it, otherwise, if I were to wake it up, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Qinghe nodded, understanding dawning on his mind.
The tremor startled Li Jiang and Shen Xun, and Mu Dong also broke out of his cultivation state, standing up to look at the sea.
The sea was calm, just as before, with only the cool moonlight shining on the water, creating a shimmering effect.
...
As the night deepened and the dew grew heavy, a dark shadow silently flew into the desolate mountain the instant the dewdrops, reflecting the moonlight, slid off the leaves.
At the edge of the cliff, Yan Luo slowly opened her eyes, a flash of starlight in them that disappeared in an instant.
She stood up, still dressed in black gauze and white feathers, which appeared even more alluring and mysterious against the backdrop of the night.
The moonlight shone on her, and a light shimmered in her palms.
She opened her hand, and a crystal-clear, moon-white jade pendant lay quietly in her palm. This jade pendant was clearly no ordinary object; under the moonlight, it emitted a dazzling, flowing light, and a faint spiritual energy slowly emanated from it, making it quite beautiful.
With a slight upturn of her lips, Yan Luo withdrew her hand and put the jade pendant into her bosom.
Where did you go?
A voice suddenly rang out in the silent night.
Yan Luo turned her head and looked into the darkness, where she saw Ji Chen's figure slowly appear.
She raised an eyebrow and said dismissively, "I don't need to report to you where I go."
Ji Chen clenched his fist in his sleeve and said in a gentler tone, "I have no right to interfere with you, but you said you would help me."
Yan Luo sneered, "I've helped you a lot, haven't I? It's your own incompetence that you can't even handle a few little kids."
Ji Chen revealed a sinister look in his eyes, "If it weren't for the Divine Pearl, they would have died long ago!" He looked at Yan Luo: "As long as you help me get the Divine Pearl, everything will fall into place."
He thought Yan Luo would agree, but the next moment he heard her say, "I won't help you get the Divine Pearl."
Ji Chen asked urgently, "Why?"
Yan Luo said coldly, "I told you from the beginning that I would not help you with the matter of the Divine Pearl. The battle at Fusheng Pavilion that day was my bottom line."
Ji Chen was bewildered and cried out hysterically, "Why! What special meaning does the Divine Pearl hold for you? Why won't you help me no matter how many times I beg you? You know perfectly well that if you were to intervene, those Qingyun Sect and Fusheng Pavilion would be nothing to you. Once I'm free of these obstacles, unifying the Three Realms would be a piece of cake. But you..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yan Luo's sharp and cold gaze.
Ji Chen trembled violently from his rage, and it took him a long time to calm down. "You just... treat me like a plaything in your hands, and I'm nothing more than a pet you use to pass the time."
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