RPAGF Chapter 76 Trials 4
Chapter 76 Trials 4
Holding the two incessantly crying bear cubs, Wen Sishu felt a pang of panic for the first time: "Do you think I shouldn't have tried to persuade the black bear? Maybe it's better for them to stay with their mother if they keep crying like this!"
Wen Sishu was somewhat unsure whether her actions of being kind to them were truly for the good of the two little ones.
"..." The people present were also at a loss, exchanging glances, wondering how to answer. They had no experience either, as they had only recently left the sect.
Forcing cubs away from their mothers is enough to make anyone in the world feel guilty.
"Then why don't we send them back?" Seeing that Wen Sishu was about to be overwhelmed by guilt and was squatting on the ground waiting for the quails, Gong Yu suggested, "There's nothing we can do about them crying like this."
Wen Sishu perked up at his words: "Although the black bear has left, I remember her lair."
They were crying so heartbreakingly that they felt too embarrassed to actually forcefully take the two children back to Yuanzong.
Just then, the bushes rustled, and a black bear emerged from them. It hadn't left at all; it seemed to have overheard their discussion earlier, and immediately took off running forward at top speed.
"Black Bear, Black Bear, your cubs don't want to leave you!" Wen Sishu chased after them, carrying two cubs in her arms. They were clearly quite heavy, but Wen Sishu still held them steadily.
But the black bear was faster, and the monster disappeared in no time.
The baby in his arms cried for a while, then actually closed his mouth, his four eyes filled with tears, about to fall but not quite, looking extremely pitiful.
The people behind caught up with the figure of the man and the bear. Yingyue watched the black bear run away and sighed, "Junior Brother Wen, don't chase after it. That black bear is clearly determined to let its cubs leave with you."
"So, are we going to return to the Yuan Sect with you now and then enter the secret realm for further training?" Liu Shaoyuan asked, looking at the bear cub, before asking about their next move.
Hearing this, Wen Sishu hesitated. They had clearly agreed to go to the secret realm for training after he finished his tribulation. Two years had passed since they agreed to enter the secret realm. Did they have to keep delaying it?
"It's alright, we'll have Jin Yuan take them both back to Yuanzong later," Gong Cheng said.
"Doesn't it follow you?" Liu Shaoyuan asked curiously.
“Master only had it bring us here. If Jin Yuan stayed with us, what difference would it make from Master taking us on our training? Of course, it left after bringing us on our training,” Gong Yu said.
The two bear cubs seemed to understand their mother's thoughts. Although tears were streaming down their faces, they didn't fuss like before and became so well-behaved that it was heartbreaking.
Jin Yuan jumped down from the top of the palace and growled at the bear cubs with some disdain. The two cubs were so frightened that they stopped crying.
Jin Yuan roughly yet gently tossed the two cubs onto his back, nodded to Gong Cheng and Gong Yu, and then soared into the air, carrying the two cubs towards Guiyuan Sect.
"Actually, I was just about to say that, that lion was really beautiful!" Liu Shaoyuan exclaimed as he watched the blue-eyed, golden-maned lion disappear into the distance.
"Of course, otherwise my master wouldn't have contracted it." Gongcheng nodded, always admiring his master's taste.
"Your master has excellent taste!" Liu Shaoyuan affirmed.
"Alright, enough with the flattery. Let's discuss what to do after entering the secret realm. We don't know if the teleportation is fixed or random." Yingyue interrupted the two, sounding slightly troubled about exploring the secret realm.
"Yes!" Cheng Jiu gave Wen Sishu, Liu Shaoyuan and Nan Yanzhe a jade token: "This is the third-generation improved version that my master and I jointly refined. It can be used to chat on a communication platform."
To prevent the communication jade token from malfunctioning after entering the secret realm, I made a second modification. The communication can now be transmitted not only through the Heavenly Dao but also through the Ghost Realm. If the entry into the secret realm is a random teleportation, then...
"Everyone can report their location via the communication system. Those who live nearby can gather early."
Yingyue's eyes lit up. She thought playing cards was fun enough, but she didn't expect that the messaging system had also made such a big change. Communicating in a group would save so much effort!
"Junior Sister, you're simply a genius!"
Not to mention Nan Yanzhe, Liu Shaoyuan and Wen Sishu also loved playing with this jade pendant.
"If it really has these uses as you say, Junior Sister, then Medicine King Valley will definitely purchase from you. How much? We'll try to get one for each person!" Liu Shaoyuan said.
"100 top-grade spirit stones each!" Cheng Jiu quoted an inflated price, thinking the other party was joking.
"So cheap! I'll start with 10!" Liu Shaoyuan said with a hint of surprise.
"Let's talk about it after Senior Brother Liu finishes his training," Yingyue interrupted Liu Shaoyuan's spellcasting.
"Alright!" Liu Shaoyuan put away the jade pendant.
Cheng Jiu took out the core of the secret realm, and the seven of them poured their magic power into it together, and gradually a cave entrance took shape.
After all, most of the seven people were only at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages. The cave entrance was not large and its existence was relatively short. As soon as the entrance opened, they quickly entered the cave.
Cheng Jiu felt a sudden dizziness and lightheadedness, and the next moment she crashed heavily into the water. She struggled and coughed a few times, but fortunately, she was a cultivator. Although she couldn't swim in her previous life, she managed to struggle to the surface of the sea.
"Ptooey, ptooey! It's so salty, ptooey, how did I fall into the sea?" Cheng Jiu looked around, and well, he couldn't see anything, it was pitch black, and the sky was a moonless night.
Moreover, she noticed something very wrong. She was a cultivator, a Golden Core cultivator at the very least, and she had also practiced body training. Even in the dark, her vision would not be significantly impaired.
But now she can only see about one meter around her.
The constant rise and fall of the seawater gave me a very unsafe feeling.
She summoned the little cloud beast, rose from the seawater, and sat on its back: "Cloud Treasure, fly a little higher."
The little cloud beast let out two cries and flew into the sky, but there seemed to be some restrictions on flying here. After flying three or four meters above the sea, the little cloud beast said that it was very difficult to fly higher.
"It's alright, this height is already quite good." Cheng Jiu looked around. Where is this place? Why is this secret realm so dark?
A bright yellow light appeared on the surface of the sea where she had fallen in. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the eyeball of a sea monster. The sea below was surging and rolling, and a broad, unidentified back emerged from the surface of the sea. It took a long time before she was submerged in the sea again.
"Whoosh~~" A sound that seemed to come from ancient times rang out on the sea surface, sending chills down one's spine.
Coupled with the pitch-black sky and the mysterious sea creatures, it's impossible not to feel a chill in one's heart.
Cheng Jiu instructed the little cloud beast to fly forward, stop when it saw the island, and then open the communication jade slip.
Cheng Jiu: "Everyone, let's let each other know we're safe!"
A long time passed, so long that Cheng Jiu thought his little invention had failed.
Nan Yanzhe is "safe and sound".
Miyagi: "Peace"
Gong Yu: "Junior Sister, you're so lucky! My brother and I fell into the same swarm of tarantulas. He was on the east side, and I was on the west side. We met up very quickly and just escaped from the swarm. Junior Sister, how are you?"
Cheng Jiu was "drifting at sea".
Liu Shaoyuan: "Help! I'm in the desert, there's quicksand here, is anyone in the desert, please help me out!"
Locating jpg
Liu Shaoyuan: "This little sign is so useful; it can be distributed anywhere."
Nan Yanzhe: "I'm closer, I'll come to save you!"
Liu Shaoyuan: "@Nan Yanzhe, no need! Just stay where you are and see if there are any junior brothers or senior sisters nearby who can meet you. Don't get lost on your way to find me!"
Yingyue: "@Liu Shaoyuan, didn't you say you fell into quicksand? How can you still use the jade pendant?"
Liu Shaoyuan: "@Yingyue's head and upper body are outside. I dare not move at all, for fear that if I move the quicksand, it will drag me in. This damn desert even has a spirit-suppressing effect, so I can't fly out!"
Wen Sishu: "@Liu Shaoyuan, I think you're not far from where I am. I'm also in the desert, waiting for me to come and rescue you!"
Liu Shaoyuan: "@Wen Sishu, brother, you're going to be my godfather from now on! Godfather, Dad! Please hurry up! Mom! Mom! This place is terrible, there are even poisonous scorpions in the sand."
Wen Sishu: "@Liu Shaoyuan, I've already flown over on my sword!"
Yingyue: "@Nan Yanzhe, Senior Brother Nan, send us your location so we can see who's closest and come pick you up! Please don't move!"
Although Yingyue had not witnessed his outrageous behavior of getting lost firsthand, she had heard about it, and she could also glean some insight from the absurd conversation in Yaochen City.
Now that Junior Sister Cheng Jiu is adrift at sea, she needs to pay extra attention to her, since she is Senior Brother Nan Xingze's cousin.
Nan Yanzhe: "Understood!"
Locating jpg
Gongcheng: "@Nan Yanzhe, senior brother, we're closer to you. Stay there and don't move. Gong Yu and I will come find you!"
Nan Yanzhe: "Okay!"
Upon seeing the news from the palace, Nan Yanzhe fiddled with the feng shui compass to check for any danger. His master said it was necessary to take precautions!
No, he groped around and obediently sat on the rock next to him, waiting for someone to lead him.
Yingyue: "@Cheng Jiu, everyone has found a partner. Junior sister, send us your location so we can see who's closest to you and come find you."
Cheng Jiu: Locating a JPG file
Gongcheng: "@Cheng Jiu!"
Gong Yu: "Junior Sister, why are you so far away from us!"
Cheng Jiu: "Yeah, I'm flying towards the fixed point marked by Senior Brother Liu, which is relatively close to me. It's pitch black, and I can't see the direction at all. The little cloud beast has been flying for a long time but hasn't seen the island. I thought it would be right to follow the fixed point."
Yingyue: "@Cheng Jiu, is it dark? Junior Sister, it's daytime here!"
Miyagi: "Daytime."
Gong Yu: "During the day."
Nan Yanzhe: "Night."
Gong Yu: "?"
Nan Yanzhe: "".
Gong Yu: "!"
Liu Shaoyuan: "During the day."
Wen Sishu: "Daytime!"
Cheng Jiu: "!"
Looking down at the ink-black sea, a great terror seemed to be surging beneath the calm waves, ready to burst forth from the surface at any moment.
Looking at the moonless sky, I wonder if this secret realm is a place of polar day and polar night or a place where day and night are roughly equal.
Time seemed to flow slowly forward like sticky syrup, as the little cloud beast carried Cheng Jiu away into the distance.