Chapter 099: Blue Moonlight (Twenty-Eight)
The morning sun shone on the sea, the tide surged, rolling up waves with golden edges, gently hitting the huge shell bed half-submerged in the water.
The light penetrated Chen Yunli's thin eyelids. His tightly closed eyelashes moved. He turned his head away and buried himself in the shadows. He squinted for a while before slowly opening his eyes.
He smoothed the hair from his forehead and made a move to stand up, but the arms around his waist instinctively tightened following their owner's wishes, holding him in place and making him unable to move.
Chen Yunli looked down at the porcelain-white forearm that crossed his abdomen, and memories of last night came flooding back.
……Depend on.
Is it really okay to mess with a piece of data in the system like this?
Chen Yunli covered his face with his hands, wondering whether he should call the system out to chat about it, when the hand on his waist moved.
The next second, a hoarse and sticky voice sounded in my ears: "Yun Li... woke up"
"...Yeah." Chen Yunli supported him, his eyes quickly sweeping over the ambiguous marks on his body. He coughed lightly, "How are you feeling? Are you, are you okay?"
Chen Wenjian hung on his shoulder with sleepy eyes. It took her a moment of confusion to understand what he meant, and she smiled softly at him.
"It's okay." His slender fingers stroked the corner of Chen Yunli's mouth, and he lowered his already hoarse voice: "Even when things were at their worst, you were still very gentle... mmm!"
Chen Yunli covered his mouth and said seriously, "Stop talking. Let me be quiet."
The two of them stayed in the shell bed for a long time before they tangled with each other to put on their clothes.
Chen Wenjian waved his hand to sink the shell to the bottom of the sea, cast a spell to get some clean water for Chen Yunli to wash, and after everything was ready, they flew to the coast together.
Chen Yunli had only been away for a few years, and the scene in the South China Sea had not had time to change. The people were still the same people, the villages were still the same villages, and the snack stalls he and Luo Qifang had tasted together were still there, and the taste was not much different from before.
Chen Wenjian, unused to the new reality of walking on his own two legs, straightened the hem of his gown. Looking up, he saw him gazing intently at the nearby fishing village. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Is there anything there that interests you?"
"No." Chen Yunli shook his head in denial, "Do you want to stay in the South China Sea for a few more days, or leave now?"
Chen Wenjian smiled and said, "I've been sealed here for countless years. I can't say whether I like the South China Sea or not, but my spiritual sense has seen almost every grain of sand here. No one can surpass me in my understanding of this place. Apart from you, what else is there worth my stay?"
Chen Yunli squinted at him, "Just say you don't want to stay. Didn't you say enough about your feelings last night?"
"It's just a normal way of saying it." Chen Wenjian hooked his fingers around his. "You'll have to get used to it in the future."
Chen Yunli couldn't help laughing.
Neither of them wanted to stay in the South China Sea, but they tacitly agreed not to use magic to speed up their journey. They held hands and walked along the coastline, taking in more of the unique scenery of the seaside.
The fishing boats that Chen Yunli saw last night all set sail out to sea, and one of them happened to meet them passing by when it was weighing anchor.
The boat owner stepped on the low deck railing and whistled at the two men, his tone slightly frivolous and not offensive. "Hey, guys, we're going fishing in the shallows today. It only costs a few copper coins, and you can go out with us and experience the sea firsthand. Want to join us?"
Chen Yunli looked up at the sound and saw a few fair-skinned young men and women standing next to the boat owner. They were obviously not the ones who made a living under the wind and sun. Suddenly he realized that this was a business genius whose main job was fishing and who also did sea tourism business part-time.
"No, we just came back from the open sea and are about to leave the South China Sea." He waved his hand with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness, and I wish you a happy journey..."
Chen Yunli paused and changed "tailwind" to "safe and sound".
"Well, I wish you all safety too." The boat owner narrowed his eyes, and the look in his eyes suddenly became somewhat ambiguous as he looked at him. "It's windy at the seaside, so tighten your collar."
"Um?"
Chen Yunli reflexively lowered his head and saw that his collar was blown open a little by the wind, revealing half of his neck. There were a few red marks from below his Adam's apple to near his collarbone. They were not obvious at first, but because of his fair skin and the bright sunlight, they were particularly eye-catching.
He was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but before he could say anything, the boatman walked away from the fence with a big laugh, and shouted to the other fishermen to set sail and sail away.
Chen Yunli looked at Chen Wenjian, who looked innocent: "You bit me too, do you want to verify it?"
"...Shut up, let's get out of here quickly."
If he didn't leave now, a magnificent palace would rise from under his toes.
After a while, the two flew out of the South China Sea area. Chen Wenjian saw that Chen Yunli's face had returned to normal, and asked him with a smile if there was anywhere he wanted to go.
Chen Yunli thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, do you have any recommendations for places to go? A place with delicious food is first, and a place with beautiful scenery is second."
Chen Wenjian chuckled. "Before that, why don't we go to the Hidden Heaven Pond in Dongshan first? There's a Dao weapon embryo there that was conceived in ancient times, perfect for forging a new weapon for you. Since you're practicing archery, let's make a bow."
"Dao weapon embryo?" Chen Yunli was shocked and confused. "No... I'm only in the second stage of the Three Tribulations Realm. I don't have any use for such a valuable thing. Why don't you keep it for yourself?"
The so-called Dao embryo is essentially the same as those spiritual objects that grow naturally. It is equivalent to the crude embryo cast by the weapon refiner. It contains the power of the laws of heaven and is the best material for cultivators to refine their own magic weapons.
There are very few Dao embryos, and they only live in places with beautiful natural conditions. They have intelligence and powerful strength. Unless they are recognized by you or you subdue them with absolute force, it is impossible to use them for your own purposes.
Chen Yunli didn't think that his "protagonist halo" was strong enough to make the Great Dao Qibina bow down to him, but Chen Wenjian did have the force to defeat it by force.
There is no problem in getting the embryo, but it would be a bit of a waste to use it to make a bow for yourself.
"I don't need weapons. I myself am the most powerful weapon in the world." Chen Wenjian's calm tone concealed a hint of arrogance that looked down on everything.
He reached out and gently pinched Chen Yunli's earlobe: "It's just a Dao Instrument Embryo. You are not unworthy of it. I just think it's not good enough and not worthy of you."
Chen Yunli held his hand and said, "Tell me the truth, are you particularly concerned about Luo Qifang giving me a bow?"
"Heh." Chen Wenjian sneered, "The bow he gave me was just an ordinary thing. I threw it away, and you picked it up again. Why do you treasure it so much?"
Chen Yunli laughed: "Who treasures it? I want to return the bow to Luo Qifang. After all, it is someone's family heirloom."
"Then will you accept my gift?" Chen Wenjian stared at him, his deep blue pupils turned vertical for a moment, and a strong sense of ferocity and oppression came over him.
"Take it." Chen Yunli rubbed his hair helplessly, using the same method as petting a cat to comfort him. "Then our first stop will be Yintian Lake. If we pass by Yuman River on the way, we can return the bow to the Luo family."
Chen Wenjian then laughed: "Okay."
However, he agreed. In the end, he did not let Chen Yunli go to the Luo family in person. Instead, he used the illusion technique to create a dummy and sent the bow to the current head of the Luo family. He did not even give anyone a chance to ask questions, and helped Chen Yunli to break up cleanly.
"Let's go to Dongshan."
After returning the bow, Chen Wenjian's eyes were full of smiles. He took Chen Yunli in his arms and rode through the clouds, moving away from Yuman River at a faster speed than when they came.
Chen Yunli pulled his hair in an angry and amused manner: "Childish."
Chen Wenjian did not refute or explain, but accepted the evaluation frankly.
The two of them embraced each other and flew across the sky, crossing a distance of thousands of miles at lightning speed, making every passerby cultivator in the sky who was forced to eat exhaust gas and dog food couldn't help but curse inwardly, "You bastard."
Near dusk, two rays of light fell into the soft green mist of Dongshan Mountain. Water vapor was rising and the grass and trees were fragrant. The moment the dust cloud touched the ground, dewdrops covered the clothes and hair.
Looking around, you can only see endless mountains and trees as dense as the sea. The wind is clear and the sky is vast. The branches and leaves rub against each other to form slowly rolling waves. The sound of the tide rises and falls, vast and quiet.
Dongshan is the place with the most spiritual energy in the world, but it is rarely visited by people and almost no cultivators come here to practice.
Firstly, the spiritual energy here is too vast and pure, making it difficult for practitioners with insufficient strength to digest this quality of power, and absorbing too much could even risk exploding. As for the tiny number of powerful individuals who are capable of absorbing it, they have their own caves and don't need to come here for a period of hardship.
Secondly, although Dongshan appears peaceful on the surface, it is home to countless powerful spirit beasts. They have divided Dongshan into different areas and outsiders who enter rashly will only be killed and eaten. Forget about practicing, it would be a blessing to be able to keep your life.
Chen Yunli's cultivation level of the second level of the Three Movements is considered upper-middle level in the human world, but in the depths of Dongshan, he might just be a bite from those spirit beasts.
Thinking of this, he grabbed Chen Wenjian's sleeve and said half-jokingly: "Yintian Pond is in the central area of Dongshan. I can't defeat the spirit beasts there. You must protect me."
"Yeah, don't worry."
Chen Wenjian smiled at him, then turned back. The smile on his face faded, replaced by a cold indifference to everything. Everything in the world seemed to be nothing but ants and straw dogs under his gaze. Then rose a huge and sharp momentum, like a tsunami caused by a storm, surging in all directions with him as the center.
Chen Yunli stood beside Chen Wenjian and was protected by this aura, so he could only feel its almost endless power, but did not have the fear of facing the blade directly.
However, even so, the fear of the ancient top predator in his genes was still awakened, and it continued to intensify as Chen Wenjian's aura rose. Unconsciously, cold sweat seeped out of his back.
He was like this, let alone Dongshan, which was completely enveloped by Chen Wenjian's aura, and the spiritual beasts and creatures living there.
Those who are slightly weaker have already fallen to the ground and trembled, and the strong ones are not much better than them. Moreover, the stronger the spiritual beast, the more intense the impact it feels. Anyone who has the slightest desire to resist will be targeted by this momentum until the rebel gives up resistance and surrenders willingly.
In a sense, this process is very similar to the fight between wild beasts in the natural jungle. It is brutal, domineering, and the strong are respected. There is no reason at all.
Chen Yunli endured the overwhelming feeling of oppression and turned his head to observe Chen Wenjian's condition.
In this world, he is a demon of the same generation as Tiandao. He is powerful and violent, and has no respect for the law. Therefore, he does not think there is anything wrong in suppressing those spiritual beasts that have not yet offended him.
Chen Yunli now understood why Heaven had sealed him. This uncontrollable, undefeatable, and earth-destroying beast, if he were Heaven, would not dare to let him move freely unless he was tied with a rope to restrain his violent nature.
"Alright." Chen Yunli smoothed the silky hair on his back. "Don't kill them all. Just scare them a little so they don't dare to cause trouble or block the road."
"Um."
Chen Wenjian retracted his aura, and the power that almost compressed and collapsed the air quickly dissipated, and the slightly dim light in Dongshan became much brighter.
It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, with only the faint sound of the wind echoing among the branches.
"It should also know we are coming." Chen Wenjian extended his hand to Chen Yunli, "Let's go, I will take you to get the Dao Instrument Embryo."
Chen Yunli smiled and put his hand on it: "Okay."
…
Deep within the Yintian Pond, a ball of strangely shaped light stretched out what should be a limb, uttered a sigh-like hum in a rather human-like manner, and then pulled a handful of dark green waterweed from the side to cover... what could be called its head.
Its doom has come.
Destroy it, I'm tired.
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