446 Ewan (1/2)

Ula started to charge her own Purple Tribulation Lightning and was about to strike the mountain. It was not that she understood the truth, but because she thought that whoever it was, it was definitely inside the mountain—a simple misunderstanding. So she decided to simply... blast it away.

But just as she was about to do so, Ula and Ao heard a Divine Sense message.

”What do you want?”

The discharge was immediately canceled, and under their own feet, the mountain started to shrink at a frightening speed. Before Ula and Ao's eyes, a naked girl appeared beside an Earth Beaver.

Be it Ula or Ao, both of them have the Elemental Meridians, so their cultivation speed during this entire time wasn't slow. Ula was in the 2nd Stage of the Soul Forging Realm while Ao was in the 3rd. However, compared to the Blackhole Divine Soul and Heavenly Fragment combo, they were still not a match. Especially since she can use the entire extent of her mountain body to absorb Spiritual Energy. Simply put, they would be hard-pressed against Lia's 8th Stage of the Soul Forging Realm.

”The entire mountain was your body?!”

Sure enough, both Ao and Ula couldn't believe what they saw.

Lia was also surprised since she thought that they had identified her. But it was a misunderstanding of both parties.

”So you didn't know I was the mountain... Anyway, you said that I have some familiar smell and came to check, what is it?”

Ula could see that Lia's cultivation was a lot higher, but not to the point where she and Ao would be helpless, so she wasn't afraid.

”That's correct, you have a familiar smell. For some reason, you remind me a friend who left this Universe several years ago.”

Ula had heard from Ao everything about Krune, Feifei, and their Heavenly Fragments. For some reason, although Lia's scent was different, it reminded her about them.

”Left this Universe?”

Ula then approached and introduced herself.

”I'm Ula, a member of the Divine Path Sect of the western protectorate. This guy beside me is my husband, Ao Sulian.”

Ao nodded at her.

”Nice to meet you. We definitely didn't have any bad intentions against you or your friend. Ula just thought that the thing she had been following for several planets was inside the mountain. She wouldn't have tried to attack your body if she knew that you were a sentient being. Please understand that we really had never heard about a mountain gaining sentience before.”

Lia dropped her guard a little after hearing that. After traveling for so long, she understood that cases, where unanimated objects gained sentience, are extremely rare. There are even more ordinary Major Divine Souls than beings like herself. Their misunderstanding was totally understandable.

Trata patted Lia's head and smiled at her.

He came forward and gave Ao a handshake.

”I'm Trata, and the mountain girl is called Lia. You are quite far away from the western protectorate, arent you?”

Ao smiled and nodded.

”Indeed. We are traveling to temper our skills. We had been to the north and south as well, and we stayed quite a few years out. This place was supposed to be our last stop before returning to the Divine Path Sect.”

Ao then looked at Lia for a second and then looked away.

”Cough, cough. Would your female friend mind put some clothes?”

Ao was the only human between the four, so the others really didn't mind Lia's naked body. Still, she also understood that humans don't like to see other human bodies naked, so she put some plain clothes on. Ula also returned to her human form, putting her clothes on too.

”There is no need for us to keep floating like this, let's go down to talk.”

Ao had taken Krune's taste for food, so although he wasn't as good of a cooker, he still knew how to prepare his own share. Ula, obviously, loved that too. He made some simple and fast thing and shared with Trata and Lia.

Lia could see Ula's eyes glued on her and her nose twitching now and then. It finally reached a point where she couldn't hold her curiosity anymore.

”Is my scent really that similar to your friends?”