Chapter 98 - I dont know... (1/2)
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[18/5/1996]
[Q: ”Question”]
A month passed since they began their journey on their feet, and now they are just outside the Blue Wind Empire, but there was something strange about the Navy Tide Nation…
”This…” Cang Yue placed an hand on her mouth to cover her surprise. Jean and Fen Juechen were also surprised from what they were seeing, it was understandable…
Jean looked behind him, and he saw a green land full of grown up trees, the land was covered in tall grass, and there were some squirrels that were carrying food to feed themselves, the sky was blue, he could also see some clouds carrying water for the rain…
Then he turned his gaze at what was in front of him…
Nothing.
There was nothing except for dried up earth…
He could see some dried up trees that were on verge of turning in dust, while others already did so. Corpses of animals, people and vermins littered the floor for more than a dozen of kilometers of distance…
Jean raised his head, and saw that there wasn't even the light necessary to give the sky the color blue, so if one looked up, one could see a starry sky, it was as if it was night, however it is strange looking at the black sky with the normal blue sky standing right beside it…
Everything was dead, even the light.
”What the fuċk happened here?”
Jean voiced the thoughts of the ”four” of them. Even Jasmine didn't understand what happened, she only saw this type of sight only once, and it was when Jean rampaged around with the Almighty back at the second trial of the Dragon God's Trial, where he absorbed even grass just to find more creatures that could help his growth.
Meanwhile, Jean had something more relatable in his memory. It came from his second life, when he wandered the Azure Cloud Continent as Yun Che after he unleashed the power of the Sky Poison Pearl, the Heaven Wounding Thought Severing Poison.
It was as if there was an apocalypse of zombies, but the real threat was just him.
This is what the current sight was making him remember, his second life…
Jean slowly walked forward, while looking around. This isn't what he expected when he wanted to make a journey.
He thought that he would visit many places, know many people, find many treasures…
Not… This. This was the opposite of what Jean wished for.
Fen Juechen and Cang Yue followed Jean in the dead land, they could just go on and find out about what happened.
So they will find a village or town and investigate from there, whatever this was, it couldn't be done from a normal enemy.
It could be one of the Four Sacred Grounds, or it could be a treasure like the Sky Poison Pearl… Well, if he stays there he will never find out. ”So… What do you think about looking for the cause of this?”
Fen Juechen raised an eyebrow and replied. ”You're joking? We will get killed!”
”Are you sure this is safe…?” Cang Yue asked with some insecurity to Jean, who chuckled.
”Of course not, you think that finding out what reduced this piece of land in nothing could be safe? If you are still afraid of this then why did you even begin to cultivate?”
Cang Yue and Fen Juechen froze on their spots at that question, due to Jean's schrift, the Question, they will be forced to answer anyway. Fen Juechen answered first.
”To bring glory to my clan, the Burning Heaven Sect! It would be idiotic if I let my older brothers surpass me! Also, my elder brother Fen Juecheng is currently crippled to the very soul and I beaten once Fen Juebi, by second brother, in future I will take the place of my father as the new Master of the Burning Heaven Clan!”
Jean nodded and turned towards Cang Yue, who also answered his question. ”I wanted to protect my father and my mother when I was small, so I started to cultivate… However at 14 years, my mother died, so I started to take it more seriously. If I was strong then no one will look down at the Blue Wind Profound Palace and at my father…”
”Great! See? This is what gave you the push to start to cultivate, now don't chicken out just because we see a dead wasteland.This is as much dangerous as your paths to get stronger is.”