Chapter 120 - Underwater Palace (1/2)
On Goldie’s back, Lin Luoran and Wen Guanjing arrive soon at the opposite bank. They successfully meet Li Xi’er and others.
There is not much time left. Lin Luoran thought that Wen Guanjing would take all of them directly to the exit. However, Wen Guanjing draws Lin Luoran aside and whispers to her.
“Tell them to wait at the exit?” Lin Luoran frowns. People say that there will be lucky chances in the secret land. Lin Luoran believes that meeting the White Fairy is already the luckiest thing that happened to her. The loss may outweigh the gain if she takes the risk of accompanying Wen Guanjing to the place he is talking about.
Wen Guanjing understands that his request is a little bit too much, but among all the Huaxia cultivators here, no one but Lin Luoran is able to accompany him to go to the place. As a result, Wen Guanjing’s only option is to have the cheek to ask her.
Lin Luoran will probably just refuse if someone else asks her. However, as she has not yet been free from the mortal world and she still has to face people in authority after leaving the secret land, she reconsiders his request. Wen Guanjing is an important figure in the special department of Huaxia. It seems that…the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages if she helps him.
After a few minutes of weighing, Lin Luoran tells Li Xi’er to leave first and wait at the exit. Having gone through the past few days, Li Xi’er is no longer the little girl who knew nothing about the world. She understands that Lin Luoran and Wen Guanjing have something to do privately. Why not just go to the exit together with these brothers and stop being a follower of the two? Being well protected will take away all the fun of coming to secret land.
Wen Guanjing thought it would take a lot of effort to persuade his brothers, however, he doesn’t know that they are young and adventurous. With Wen Guanjing around, they are certainly safe, but they have also lost a lot of fun. They all desire to be separated from “supervision” for a while and enjoy a good exploration of the secret land!
Lin Luoran watches the joy of them and shakes her head a little bit. They are indeed well protected. If they come across what she has encountered in the bat cave, maybe they can become more sensible.
But… Isn’t that one of the purposes of coming into the secret land? To give these young cultivators a chance to grow up quickly?
Thinking about this, Lin Luoran is still afraid that Li Xi’er may come to grief. She waits until these young people who have exaggerated opinions of their own abilities have gone far and asks Goldie to follow them. Goldie will be their secret bodyguard until it meets Lin Luoran again.
Wen Guanjing says nothing while watching everything. His impression of Lin Luoran is always changing after they become familiar little by little. It seems that every time he meets her, he can find something very different from her appearance, something very interesting… Wen Guanjing does not know if this is good or bad, but he just laughs in his heart and leaves this indecisiveness behind.
“Brother Wen, is the place you talk about under the river?” Lin Luoran can’t help asking, as she recalls what he said earlier.
Wen Guanjing nods his head, “It’s at the bottom of the river, but not here”, and he takes out the parchment. Lin Luoran realizes that this must be the thing all countries are contending for. However, it doesn’t look like anything strange, just a roll of shabby parchment.
It seems that Wen Guanjing is measuring the surrounding terrain. After a while, he packs up the parchment and leads Lin Luoran to the downstream of the river.
Lin Luoran follows him in silence. If Wen Guanjing’s destination is the bottom of the River, he can escape from the chasers even if she did not show up. What she is not sure is whether he had the thought of leaving all the younger cultivators on the bank, pretending to jump into the river but actually looking for the treasure at the bottom of the river on his own.
It is a little awkward that both of them are thinking about something and walking in silence. Fortunately, less than an hour later, Wen Guanjing seems to have found the location. He points at the river segment in front of them and says: “Right down here.”
Lin Luoran does not hesitate. For a cultivator in the later stage of Training Qi with water Taoist root, the “Water-dividing Spell” is very easy, but the size of the effect depends on the cultivator’s personal ability.
Lin Luoran makes the whole set of hand gestures and shouts, “Open!” The torrential water starts divide from the bankside, revealing a one-person-wide pa.s.sage. Even they are near the bank, the river is dozens of meters deep. Besides, the river is torrential and mixed with sand, so there is very strong resistance. Lin Luoran frowns slightly and infuses more Reiki. Finally, after a moment, they see several stone steps beneath pa.s.sage.