Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Five – Cloud Crystal Mist Flow (2/2)

When he looked at Wei Sheng, he found that the other’s gaze was clear without any maliciousness and his actions were honest. It was possible to see that the killing intent of the sword had not influenced his mind. He couldn’t help but praise, “Such a determined and strong-minded man!”

His gaze moved to Zuo Mo.

He made a sound of surprise and his expression became bewildered. “Strange, there’s something strange!”

He said to himself, “He clearly is not in the stage of jindan, so how was he able to reach this place? His hand technique is also very strange, I cannot understand it.”

He kept on shaking his head.

When his gaze turned to Lil’ Pagoda, his eyes lit up but then he said regretfully, “It is a pity.”

The three disciples were confused by his words.

Ding Zhen did not explain and just said, “These three are of extraordinary origins. We need to be extremely careful in our journey this time and not get in conflict with them.”

Seeing the unconcerned faces of the three disciples, Ding Zhen’s brow furrowed. But when he thought about how they would have him, a yuanying, supporting them, he couldn’t help but laugh. He was too cautious.

He did not continue to persuade them and said with a smile, “You may want to harvest some more. It would be difficult to encounter such pure cloud essence in the future. It is a very good gift to give to your shixiong and shidi when you return to your sect.”

This time, even Ming Zhu took out a jade bottle and started harvesting.

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Of the three, Zong Ru was the first to finish. The bottle became even more defined. It had grown longer and there was a blood red lotus on the surface of the bottle that flickered. The bottle was shrouded in cloud mist as it slowly faded into the golden body.

Zong Ru’s palms came together as he stood up and bowed towards the cloud river.

Zuo Mo had also formed hundreds of cloud beads. He had used up all of the ling power inside his body. He stopped, threw a few ling dan into his mouth and sat down cross-legged to recover his ling power.

Lil’ Pagoda seemed to be over stuffed as he swayed back into A Gui’s arms and laid down with its tummy facing up.

The black sword’s absorption of the cloud mist had not decreased.

Wei Sheng stared attentively at the black sword and found to his surprise that the shape of the black sword was slowly changing.

The body of the sword became even narrower, and caused the sword to look longer in comparison. Compared to its previous vicious appearance, it seemed nimbler and more spirited. Despite appearances its length was actually shortening. The long sword which had been the length of a person was now about the same length to Wei Sheng’s ribs. The ruler-straight sword was still simple and unadorned, it had a deep black luster that did not give off any light.

The present black sword was still a size larger than normal flying swords but was much more delicate in appearance than in the past. It was as though an ancient wild beast had hidden away its thick claws and teeth to silently settle down.

There wasn’t any aura of viciousness or fiendish energy, no killing intent, but for some unknown reason, Wei Sheng’s heart was full of a faint joy.

It took two whole hours before the black sword stopped absorbing cloud essence.

The black sword suddenly disappeared and then reappeared in Wei Sheng’s hand.

Wei Sheng gripped the hilt of the sword which was the perfect thickness and length for his hand. A smile blossomed on his face.

Kang De had finished before Zong Ru did. He had not expected to encounter the Cloud Crystal Mist Flow and had not prepared. However, he was not greedy and was very satisfied with the surprise.

“Daren, after crossing this cloud river and walking for two more days, we will enter the grounds of harvesting water cloud embryos … …”

Before Kang De finished speaking, his voice suddenly choked off. Almost at the same time, Zuo Mo and the others looked at the cloud river.

A blue light suddenly flew out of the cloud river, covered in layers of ice crystals, and struck a xiuzhe. The xiuzhe hit was instantly frozen into a statue of ice. He didn’t even had the time to scream before he dropped into the cloud river and disappeared!

“Ice Breath Beast!” Kang De’s face turned ashen and his voice trembled.

The xiuzhe who were harvesting by the river shore instantly started to panic. Each of them had ashen faces as they turned and tried to escape.

Dozens of blue energies flew out of the river. The xiuzhe that were struck instantly turned to ice sculptures. Even the expressions of their faces were preserved as though they were alive.

This time, even Zuo Mo’s group changed expression!

These dozens of xiuzhe were all jindan but were able to withstand one blow of this blue light!

What was even harder to believe was that the ones that were hit were the xiuzhe who had turned in order to escape!

Zuo Mo’s heart shook. Such high intelligence!

Suddenly, someone exclaimed in shock, “Heavens! The cloud river is growing!”

As he had said, the layers of ice crystals were growing upwards. They quickly reached the same level as the rivers of the shore and they were still rising!

At this time, several bolts of blue light suddenly shot at Zuo Mo’s group!

Face ashen, Kang De’s soul almost left his body!

Translator Ramblings: The course to the water embryo is never a smooth one.