Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 786 - 37 Enchantress and Worthless Girl Are Family_2
Chen Lingyun and Zhao Yuanzhen took the opportunity to leave the ruins, activated their Invisibility Technique, and made their way toward the underground river.
Arriving at the riverbank, Zhao Yuanzhen summoned the Red Lotus Bowl, enlarging it enough to accommodate the two girls, then dropped it into the river water—it floated up steadily, reassuring them both.
Having boarded the bowl boat, Yin Rou folded two papermen with oars to act as boatmen and began rowing.
Not long after, Yin Rou suddenly said,
"Master, the river water here is heavily imbued with Yin Qi, turbid and thick. Rowing is rather difficult, and our sailing speed may be slower than expected."
Zhao Yuanzhen immediately grew worried. If they couldn’t quickly distance themselves from the shore, wouldn’t they be at risk of being discovered by the Sorcerers at any moment? They were in the midst of a chaotic battle, not blind, and the Invisibility Technique couldn’t conceal the Red Lotus Bowl, so if anyone glanced their way, they would be exposed within minutes! There was nowhere to hide on the river, nor space for swift maneuvers!
However, Chen Lingyun remained composed and ordered,
"Continue."
Zhao Yuanzhen looked down to see the water a ghastly green, heavy with Yin Qi. The papermen boatmen seemed to be rowing through paste, indeed slow and unavoidable.
Finally, someone noticed the floating bowl boat on the distant river and started shouting loudly.
Scattered attacks came their way, but they landed near the bowl in the water, none requiring the two to respond.
"If only Yun Jin were here," Zhao Yuanzhen sighed, "she has the River Origin Purifying Bottle with her. If she could just siphon and gulp the river water and then spout it out, we wouldn’t have to row at such a snail’s pace."
Chen Lingyun seemed unconcerned, merely staring quietly downward. It was a pity they couldn’t see the riverbed, for the river was extremely deep.
As the shouts spread, more and more Sorcerers finally realized that while they were battling by the shore, someone had secretly taken a boat towards the center of the river.
You ignore so many souls on the bank and insist on running to the depths of the river? There must be treasures in there!
So, without needing to communicate, they all turned their focus toward the river, pouring all sorts of Spells, Curse Techniques, and Yin Ghosts in that direction.
"What do we do!" Zhao Yuanzhen yelled.
She excelled at offense, not defense. The Yin Wind Sword, White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, and the Puppet Ami were not suitable as shields. The Red Lotus Bowl could summon Red Lotus, but it was limited to the interior of the bowl and couldn’t fly out to block attacks...
"The bowl needs to grow larger," Chen Lingyun said indifferently.
Zhao Yuanzhen quickly activated the Magic Treasure, and the bowl grew larger and larger, with its walls raising to form a high wall nearly four to five meters tall, blocking all incoming attacks.
Eh?
The Demonic Sect Enchantress was somewhat dumbfounded, realizing she had forgotten the Red Lotus Bowl was not only a shield when summoning Red Lotus—it was in itself a Magic Treasure with incredibly strong defense.
The Sorcerers on the shore grew even more furious, for a time even setting aside their mutual hostility, bombarding with attacks so fierce, as if they intended to sink the bowl immediately.
Yin Ghosts approached, only to be captured by Chen Lingyun’s wave of the Prison Banner; Spells and Curse Techniques were fired, and Zhao Yuanzhen withstood them with the Red Lotus Bowl. Outside the bowl walls, countless impacts resounded with thuds, yet the Magic Treasure showed no signs of faltering. In fact, Yin Rou timely reminded the two that the bowl, propelled by the many attacks, was now moving faster.
Perfect! Zhao Yuanzhen was ecstatic—they could just keep attacking, her boat wasn’t fast enough yet!
A few minutes later, some Sorcerers realized something was amiss. Not only was there no sign of the bowl breaking, but it was also getting farther and farther away.
So you want us to help push your boat!
Immediately, some began to shout, "Stop attacking," but for one thing, the Sorcerers of the Southern Border were from various countries and did not all speak the same language, and for another, they were all willful and unruly—why should they listen to you? As a result, some even intensified their attacks.
Not until the Red Lotus Bowl was pushed to the center of the river, beyond the reach even of the curse masters with the longest range, did the Sorcerers all come to a sudden realization.
They had been tricked!
"It can shrink back now," Chen Lingyun instructed.
Zhao Yuanzhen activated the magic treasure, shrinking the bowl back to the size of a boat for two. The two papermen rowers picked up their oars and once again began to row with effort.
The river was originally quite wide, but as they reached the downstream, it gradually narrowed and became more turbulent. The banks on either side had disappeared entirely, and the rocky ceiling above was quickly descending—they seemed to be entering the depths of a true subterranean river.
Chen Lingyun stood at the bow of the bowl-shaped boat, looking at the wandering ghosts that floated on the river’s surface. They were like floating corpses, face down in the water, revealing only the backs of their heads and parts of their spines, seeming to have lost all self-awareness.
"Hey," Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly called out, "be careful not to fall in."
"Don’t worry about me," Chen Lingyun turned back with a smile, "I’m fine."
"Don’t flatter yourself, who’s worried about you?" Zhao Yuanzhen rolled her eyes, "If you fall in, I’d still have to fish you out! Plus, you’re so tiny, one swirl from the river might sweep you away without a trace, can you have a little sense of safety?"
"Mm-hmm, I’ll pay attention," Chen Lingyun said with a smile.
"So where is this dark river going to take us?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked, disgruntled.
"I don’t know," Chen Lingyun said.
"You don’t know?" Zhao Yuanzhen said irritably, "And you still had me rowing down the river?"
"No worries, we will find out soon," Chen Lingyun cheerfully said, "Isn’t that feeling of progressively uncovering the unknown the most captivating?"
"I don’t want to uncover any unknowns," Zhao Yuanzhen retorted, "I just want to be immediately transported to the treasure vault of the mysterious realm, faced with piles of top-tier Flying Sword Magic Treasures, Jade Slips, and Elixir Medicines, taking as many as I want."
"But first, we need to explore the depths of the mysterious realm," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "Our goals align, you know."
"You don’t need to tell me these things," Zhao Yuanzhen said impatiently, "The only reason I’m willing to travel with you is because we’re members of the same team."
"Yes, yes, I shouldn’t have said that," Chen Lingyun responded with a prayerful smile, "After all, we’re one family, right?"
Zhao Yuanzhen felt that although this notion was heartwarming, there was something not quite right about it. Just as she was about to question it, suddenly the bowl they were standing on violently shook and spun!
The dark river had constricted even further downstream; the ceiling above was now completely submerged by the water, and the passage had narrowed too much for the enlarged Red Lotus Bowl to pass through!
Chen Lingyun nearly lost her balance and almost fell, but she steadied herself with the pole of the Prison Banner. Just as she was about to regain her footing, her arm was suddenly grabbed by Zhao Yuanzhen.
"Hold your breath!" she said urgently.
No sooner had she spoken than the Red Lotus Bowl was retracted.
The two plunged into the Yin Qi-filled river, feeling an unbearable bone-chilling coldness seeping in from all directions, penetrating their pores. Though cultivators were not affected by heat or cold and couldn’t drown, when faced with this kind of extreme Yin turbidity without any special protective magic treasure, it was inevitable that their meridians would be damaged and their cultivation would regress.
Zhao Yuanzhen clenched her teeth and with a flick of her hand, released a Silver Pellet that transformed into a beautiful Puppet identical to herself, which pulled them rapidly forward through an underwater swim. freёnovelkiss.com
Suddenly, a cooling sensation came from the palm of her hand—it was Chen Lingyun, who had finally regained her composure, casting a Nine Heavens Yin Demon God Seal that flew around them, repelling the invading Yin Qi.
What kind of secret technique is this... Zhao Yuanzhen resisted the urge to ask, simply focusing all her energy on propelling the Puppet Ami forward.
After an unknown amount of time, the two finally surfaced.
The Demonic Sect Enchantress quickly threw out the Red Lotus Bowl, "fishing" them out of the water, then they each began to meditate and perform breathing exercises to regulate their True Yuan.
Chen Lingyun retracted the Nine Heavens Yin Demon God Seal, stabilized her inner breath, and then opened her eyes. She saw that the underground dark river extended into the distance, ending in a huge waterfall that cascaded down.
Below was an underground lake, with mist wafting above its surface, obscuring clarity and barely allowing a judgment that the lake was extremely vast and boundless.
Even further away, a man-made majestic dome stood out from the enveloping white mist.
Chen Lingyun’s mind stirred—it was Black Impermanence within the Prison Banner, trying to establish mental contact with her:
