Vol 1 Chapter 29 (1/2)
Volume 1, Chapter 29 – The Yin Yang Sh.e.l.lfish Kings, Who Will Be the Black Pearl’s Owner? (Part 1)
Wei Empire, Dingzhou City, Wild Dragon Goose Lake.
Several days ago, Zhang Yan and Luo Xiao snuck through the ca.n.a.l along the river called Rong River. Zhang Yan had fully transformed his entire qi in his body into True Primordial Qi, which let him hold his breath for a few days and nights. They were traversing through the lake bed as to avoid the Azure Ocean Sect’s disciples, who were patrolling in the sky, and only traveled at night.
Fortunately, the area and the path they were traversing on were not the key points that were guarded by the Azure Ocean Sect’s disciples. And coupled with their cautiousness, they safely arrived at the covert waters at the edge of the Wild Dragon Goose Lake.
This watery area was surrounded on three sides by mountains, and should they walk on the ground across the area, the guarding disciples would be able to notice them.
Luo Xiao was really careful and meticulous, as she accurately found the mark she had left behind before she pulled Zhang Yan’s sleeves and went downward.
Zhang Yan looked at the funnel shaped cavern at the bottom of the lake, which formed a small whirlpool in the lake’s surface.
Luo Xiao made a hand signal for Zhang Yan to quickly follow her and head down to the funnel. Her unworldly exquisite body was even more wonderful and very graceful in the water.
Zhang Yan followed closely behind her. When his body approached the whirlpool area, he suddenly felt a strong current pull his body downward, sucked him in. He quickly relaxed his body, letting the current take his body to the bottom of the lake, which led him to the cavern’s base.
After stabilizing his footing, he found that he was in a pa.s.sageway of an unknown place, and there was not a trace of Luo Xiao as if she disappeared.
Zhang Yan put his hands on the cavern’s wall and swam deeper along the cavern’s duct. After a while, he dashed forward and relaxed his body as he then surged upward in one powerful thrust. A “splash” cras.h.i.+ng sound sounded when he shot out from the water, founding himself in a large cavern.
Luo Xiao stood near a stone platform waiting for him.
Zhang Yan leapt out from the water and arrived at her side. He slightly turned his head and looked around. He instantly found that there were some bones on the ground, and from the clothing, attire, and the other daily-use stuff, it seemed that they were the bones of a cultivator.
Zhang Yan quickly became alerted and vigilant as he spoke in a deep tone, “Could it be that someone has arrived here?”
Luo Xiao lightly laughed, shaking her head, she spoke, “No, this man was the one I killed that day.”
Luo Xiao fought the Azure Ocean Sect’s Profound Light Stage expert that day, and both of them accidentally entered this cavern. After fighting fiercely for one day and night, she was finally able to kill him in this cavern. However, when she left the cavern, she found five other Azure Ocean Sect’s disciples who were also swimming to get out of the cavern, as if they saw the entrance to the cavern due to the fight between two Profound Light Stage experts.
Luo Xiao immediately had the intention to kill those disciples and even chase them down, until she arrived at the Azurewood Mountain’s territory. That was when she ran into Ning Chongxuan, forcing her to hide in Zhang Yan’s cave mansion.
All the valuable things from this corpse had long been taken away by Luo Xiao, so Zhang Yan no longer paid attention to it. He lifted his head and looked around. He saw that there were many Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes creeping and moving on the cavern’s wall while absorbing the earth vein’s essence along the way. He could see at a glance that there were tens of thousands of Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes here.
Luo Xiao didn’t spare a glance to these Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes as she then spoke, “Fellow Daoist Zhang, the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King is about three hundred meters deeper in this cavern, please follow me.”
As they moved downward, he saw that the entire cavern was formed in spiral shapes. The more they traversed downward, the more their noses could smell a moist and dampened air. The grounds were rough and uneven, as well as slippery, and it caused both of them a lot difficulty in trying to firmly walk. Because of this, they had to stop from time to time. Soon after, the path ended and there was only a large cavern full of empty jade-colored greasy mucus.
“Hey… It’s strange. This should be the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King’s lair. How could it not be here?”
Luo Xiao swept around the cavern a few times and scrutinized the small cave the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King used to live in for several times. Sensing spiritual qi’s traces from the surrounding, this small cave was unmistakably the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King’s lair. Her eyebrows twitched, and she couldn’t help but frown, “Is this a Yang sh.e.l.l?”
Zhang Yan quickly asked, “Fellow Daoist Luo, what is this Yang sh.e.l.l?”
Luo Xiao explained, “The Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes are divided into Yin and Yang attributes. The Yin Sh.e.l.lfishes don’t like to move. Although they can shuttle back and forth and randomly move in the cavern, but if there are no strong enemies around their lairs, they will not move easily. However, the Yang Sh.e.l.lfishes are not. They seldom live in one lair for more than a year, and often migrate to another lair. And looking at the tens of thousands of Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes here, it seems that this Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King has lived in this cavern for many years.”
Zhang Yan came forward and touched the wall that was covered with semi-solid condensed resin-like objects, “Is this made from spirit dew?”
Luo Xiao’s complexion was slightly dispirited as she sighed, “It’s only false dew. But judging from these dews’ l.u.s.ter, it probably came out yesterday. This could also be used to aid in opening meridians, but it has lost much of its essence. The moment these dews are exerted is the best.”
“It’s only a day old? That means that the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King hasn’t gone that far.”
When Zhang Yan was speaking, he accidentally pushed the wall and a “puff” sound was heard. He immediately became astonished, finding out that his arm pa.s.sed through that thick membrane of grease and revealed a hole behind it.
His eyes flashed and he quickly withdrew two steps. After observing it for several times, he then tried to drill again, finding out that there were no objects blocking the hole. As he forced his way in, his body was unexpectedly swallowed by the hole.
Luo Xiao was also looking at Zhang Yan’s actions. But since he didn’t come out for a very long time, her face quickly became tense as she then called out, “Fellow Daoist Zhang?!!”
“Puff” faintly sounded. Zhang Yan then came out from the hole with his body completely covered with sticky spirit dew. He was smiling at Luo Xiao, “Fellow Daoist Luo, it looks like there is another world behind this cavern!”
When Zhang Yan and Luo Xiao went down to depths of the cavern, a flying s.h.i.+p above the Radiant Cloud Sh.e.l.lfish Field descended to the Azure Ocean Sect’s camp.
A line of more than sixty people then came down from the flying s.h.i.+p. Du You took out a plate and waved. The entire flying s.h.i.+p then shrunk into a square inch sized-s.h.i.+p and was received in his sleeve.
The two Radiant Qi Stage disciples from the Azure Ocean Sect, who were on guarding duty, immediately came over after seeing them, “Who are the people in front? Tell us your names!”
Seeing that the two men’s tone was very rude, Du You was about to rage. However, Du Bo quickly pulled him back as he then walked forward and cupped his hands, “This one is Du Bo, and this one is the Lower Court’s head disciple Du You. We have come to this place to especially to find the Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish King’s lair. Haven’t the patriarch pa.s.sed the command to the two guarding disciples?”