Chapter 206 - Stealing a Girl (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

On top of the Cloud Sea.

“Hey, that fellow immortal in there… Are you alright?” Ying Zhi’s face was a mask of worry. That Lady Shen looked like an Earth Immortal, but for some reason, all of these people were extremely confident in sending her into the Crystal Palace. Ying Zhi knew the Cloud Beast the best – he was understandably worried that something would go wrong in there.

“Don’t worry, Celestial Emperor. Shen Ying knows what to do,” Lonemoon responded. He thought for awhile and added, “I think?” He just hoped that she would not cause trouble.

“…” What does he mean by he thinks? Now, Ying Zhi was even more worried than before!

“The eddy on the sea is gone!” Someone shouted.

All of them paused and turned to look. Indeed, a few metres from them, the eddy which was protected by the golden array had disappeared. Instead, there was calm. Even the waves had stopped.

Now that the eddy was gone, the hole that was probably opened by the Cloud Beast had closed as well. Ying Zhi was elated. Indeed, an immortal came up to report awhile later that the Cloud Sea was no longer leaking. Ying Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. It looked like the Cloud Beast had been persuaded.

The few of them waited for awhile longer. Faintly, they saw a huge bubble rising from the seabed. It cut through the sea and flew toward the crowd. Inside the bubble stood two figures – a tall one and a short one. The taller one was Shen Ying, but the one next to her looked like a child, and must have been the Cloud Beast.

“Ying Zhi…” Before they reached them, the Cloud Beast suddenly charged out of the bubble and fell into Ying Zhi’s arms. It started to wail like a baby. “Wah! I will never despise you again! I will never threaten to leave the Cloud Sea again!” The Big Sister out there is super scary!

Ying Zhi stared blankly at the Cloud Beast, who suddenly had a complete change in attitude. It was even more affectionate than it had been before it realised Ying Zhi’s true gender. Ying Zhi did not know how to react. He patted the patting Cloud Beast awkwardly and sighed, “It’s good that you’ve figured things out.”

“How did you do that?” Lonemoon whispered to Shen Ying, who was now sitting atop Yi Qing’s sword. Everyone heard how much the Cloud Beast despised Ying Zhi before. How did she manage to get them to reconcile after just five minutes? Was she that good at the art of persuasion?

“I didn’t do anything. I just went in to talk some sense into it,” Shen Ying calmly answered.

“Oh.” Lonemoon nodded. Then, he jumped.

Wait a moment!

Shen Ying’s reasoning techniques were just…

He turned and pursed his lips. The Cloud Beast’s face was indeed still swollen. That freak must have been responsible for it!

“Thank you, Fellow Immortals. You helped my Cloud Sea avert a great danger,” Ying Zhi thanked them sincerely. He looked at Shen Ying gratefully and said, “It must have been tough on you, Fellow Immortal. If you ever need help from the Cloud Sea in the future, Ying Zhi will definitely do what he can.”

“It’s alright. Everybody’s household has children in need of disciplining,” Shen Ying replied.

The child in Ying Zhi’s arms trembled and buried its head deeper into Ying Zhi’s embrace. It did not even dare to look back at Shen Ying.

“Since that’s the case, we will not hold you up any longer,” Lonemoon announced. He stepped forward and cupped his fists, bidding his farewell. He was going to take the chance while Ying Zhi had not realised something was wrong to escape.

“Friends… You’re leaving so soon?” Ying Zhi looked longingly at Lan Hua, obviously not wanting him to leave.

Lan Hua shivered. He rubbed the goosebumps on his hands and chucked Radish into Lonemoon’s hands, saying, “Let’s hurry. Didn’t we want to look for Xin Han?” Lan Hua turned and flew out.

“Ah Hua…” Ying Zhi tried to stop him, but he was stopped by the Cloud Beast and was not fast enough.

The few of them followed closely behind Lan Hua and flew out of the heavenly gates in a flash.

“Where are we going now?” Lan Hua asked.

“The Bo Sea, in the Void Land,” Lonemoon replied.

“Celestial Emperor Lan Hua, although people have said that the Celestial Emperor of the Bo Sea had already scanned the place,” Chen Ge began explaining, “But the Bo Sea is not far from here. It would not be too much trouble for us to go there and take a quick look around.”

“I know, but…” Lan Hua pursed his lips and turned back to face Lan Yu. “Why are you following us? Do these things even concern you?”

“Why does it matter to you where I go?” Lan Yu rebutted, glaring at Lan Hua. “Hmph, we’ll settle the scores between us in the future! Don’t think that I’m going to let you off.” Lan Yu turned and stared at Shen Ying instead. Now, his gaze was much more gentle and affectionate. He smiled extremely widely and said, “Lady Shen, the road to the Void Land is extremely dangerous. Why don’t you let Lan Yu follow you so that I can protect you?”

“Er…” Shen Ying paused. Do I know you very well?

“Don’t worry – I’m a Celestial Emperor, and a talismans one at that. I know all there is to know about dharmic talismans. I have all kinds of talismans with me – just tell what you want?” He stepped forward and pulled a long list of talismans out of his bag. The list was as thick as a dictionary. Lan Yu stuffed it in Shen Ying’s hand.