Chapter 104 The Return to Dragon Meridian Mountains (2/2)

Luo Shangyan smiled slightly. ”Never... never mind.” She thought for a moment and said, ”I am still at Lv 8 Qi Refining Realm. I cannot fly on a sword.”

”Alright.” Xiao Chen nodded and took out the Unsullied Sword from the Divine Vessel. He magnified it two times. The body of the sword trembled as Xiao Chen strenuously tried to control it. Was it because he hadn't travelled on it for so long?

”Chen... Are you, are you alright?” Luo Shangyan asked, gazing at his continually swaying Immortal's Sword.

”I'm alright. We can probably travel for nearly 20 kilometers.” Xiao Chen said this and pulled her up the sword. When they stepped on the sword, however, the sword sank with a loud clang. It could no longer ascend to soar.

”What happened? I could still fly on it in the Human World!” Xiao Chen was quite startled. He could travel on his sword without the help of Mountain Gate Formation in the Human World. The Spiritual Qi in Violet Manor was even more plentiful. How come he couldn't fly on it now? Could the requirements for sword flying here be higher?

Luo Shangyan looked somewhat embarrassed. ”Let's wait until tomorrow to decide... ”

”Very well. We have no other choice.”

Two of them searched out a small cave. They were afraid to be discovered by their pursuers and did not start a fire.

It seemed to be the seventh or eighth month in Violet Manor. The Dragon Meridian Mountains was unusually cold. Xiao Chen sat at the mouth of the cave, staring fixedly at the lone moon in the sky. Cold gales kept blowing over from the mountains.

Without noticing it, he had been in Violet Manor for over a month. Were Father and the others doing well in the Human World?

Xiao Chen sighed quietly. After an eventful month, he had gradually realized that the present cultivators were no longer as good as the past. They could no longer execute many skills like the Divine Sense. The Immortal's Practice was really declining. As a man from the past with ancient cultivation methods, should he feel blessed or sorrowful?

He smiled lightly. Suddenly, someone draped a perfumed, gauze shawl over his shoulders. He turned and smiled. ”Senior Sister Luo, aren't you asleep? Don't worry, I will keep guard.”

Luo Shangyan did not say anything. She sat gently by his side.

”By the way, Senior Sister Luo, tell me in detail what happened over the last months.” Formerly, he lacked a chance to ask her this. Now, Luo Shangyan could take the opportunity and relate slowly.

Luo Shangyan nodded. She started to relate the happenings over the last months. They talked until dawn, as if they could go on forever.

Xiao Chen clenched his fists. Skygale Sect nearly destroyed the entire Xiao family... although Tiangu Zi was dead, the Skygale Sect in Violet Manor was still standing...

Luo Shangyan saw a brutal, terrifying expression in his eyes. She said quietly, ”Junior Brother Xiao, you are getting tired. Go in and have a rest.”

Xiao Chen nodded and left a Divine Sense outside near the cave opening. He helped her in. The two of them slept in each other's arms. Early the next day, Luo Shangyan woke before he did. She went outside the cave to fetch some clean water.

After a wash-up, they went to the cave opening. Xiao Chen gazed into the distance and surveyed the scene. He saw meandering mountains looming endlessly. Where they disappeared into must be the depths of the Dragon Meridian Mountains.

He heard that there was an Archean ruin there. He began to associate it with the Immortal Century Continent where he had resided. After several millennia, the lay of the land had changed. Mountains had disappeared into rivers, seas had turned into solid land. He wondered if he could still find the former lands where he had lived. Or the ruins of Mystic Cyan Sect.

He wanted to go into the depths of the mountains badly. Yet, right now, he could not. He could not risk Luo Shangyan. The two of them relied on their memory and made their way out of the Dragon Meridian Mountains. They encountered a few intercepting demonic beasts along the way and Xiao Chen took the opportunity to slay them. He took their Internal Elixirs. Finally, at dusk, they ended up at a Qing State border town.

Dense crowds had congregated in the town and it was teeming with people. It was quite different from what a border town should be. Something big must have occurred here recently.