Chapter 100: Senior Sister, Junior Brother
Several more days passed. The small world had no sun or moon, but there was a distinction between light and dark, day and night.
Mingyan, Yue Qingying, Ning Feixuan, and Huang Feiyan had been searching for inheritances. They had encountered other cultivators, but they hadn’t initiated any conflict. And seeing the four of them together, no one else wanted to cause trouble.
However, they had gathered some information. It was said that Gu Hanshuang had also obtained an inheritance. Unlike them, who had shared a single inheritance, she had likely had to fight for it. No one was willing to share such opportunities. Obtaining an inheritance for oneself was a boost. If someone else obtained it, it was a boost for them. Sharing an inheritance was like not getting one at all. Although these inheritances could be learned by multiple people, no one wanted to share. They all wanted to surpass their rivals.
Not everyone had a relationship like the four of them.
For Huang Feiyan, Ning Feixuan and Yue Qingying were her close friends, and Mingyan was her savior and friend. For Ning Feixuan, Yue Qingying and Mingyan were disciples of her master’s friend, and Huang Feiyan was her close friend. And for Mingyan and Yue Qingying, it was a similar situation. There was no need for conflict between them. They were unlikely to become enemies. So, even if they found an opportunity together, they wouldn’t fight over it. They would learn it together. They weren’t just rivals; they were allies.
The little Kun Peng king, who had helped Mingyan escape, was also unharmed. He had been seen by others. Mingyan felt a tinge of regret. If he had been seriously injured by the giant python, that would have been one less competitor.
But the little Kun Peng king was a Divine Gate Realm cultivator and possessed the extreme speed of the Kun Peng clan. It would be difficult for the giant python to catch him. So, although Mingyan was disappointed, he didn’t dwell on it.
The four continued their journey and found a different region. The terrain here was unusual, a square area shrouded in mist.
Each region in the small world was square, so this square-shaped mist was quite a strange sight.
“What do you think? Should we go in?” Huang Feiyan asked.
“Why not? The terrain is strange. We might find something unexpected,” Ning Feixuan said softly.
“I agree.” Yue Qingying nodded. “But we need to stay close in the mist to avoid getting separated.”
They decided to enter the misty region. Mingyan held Yue Qingying’s hand, who held Huang Feiyan’s, who in turn held Ning Feixuan’s. They stepped into the mist together.
But as soon as they entered, something strange happened. Mingyan felt Yue Qingying’s hand slip from his. He was surprised. “Senior Sister? Senior Sister?”
He reached out but couldn’t feel her presence. It was strange.
His senior sister wouldn’t have let go on her own. They must have been affected by something in the mist.
He stood still, frowning. He called out their names, but there was no response. He wondered if the others were in the same situation.
This wasn’t good. They had been forcibly separated… He decided not to wait passively and began to explore the misty region.
The visibility was extremely low. Even with his sharp senses, he couldn’t see far. And the mist was strange. He had been holding his senior sister’s hand, but they had been separated as soon as they entered. He was wary. This misty region was likely more dangerous than it seemed.
He walked through the mist but didn’t feel any discomfort. He noticed his body was glowing faintly, as if reacting to the mist. He looked at his skin, shimmering with a faint silver light, then at his surroundings, but saw nothing unusual.
The biggest danger in the mist was losing one’s sense of direction, walking in circles. There were no landmarks. He could only rely on his gut feeling and walk forward, not looking back, hoping to find a way out.
But after walking for a long time, he stopped. He realized his efforts were in vain.
He had walked a distance far greater than the length of two regions. If he had been walking in a straight line, he would have left the misty region long ago. This region wasn’t very large, only the size of a single region. The fact that he hadn’t left meant he hadn’t been walking in a straight line, or that he had been disoriented by the mist, walking in circles.
This reminded him of the situation in the tomb of the Human Gateway Realm senior. He closed his eyes and tried to sense the airflow.
The wind would show him the right direction. He just needed to sense its flow.
He was only at the Great Brook Realm then. Now, at the Yin Tomb Realm, his mastery of the Wind Spirit Scripture was greater, and he could sense the airflow more clearly. But he quickly gave up. The airflow here was chaotic, with no discernible pattern, coming from all directions and going in all directions. The laws involved were beyond his current comprehension.
He opened his eyes and frowned. What should he do?
As he was trying to find a way out, he suddenly heard Huang Feiyan’s voice. He looked up, surprised and relieved.
“Mingyan? Mingyan? Are you there?”
He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a red figure approaching. He quickly went over. “Feiyan! I’m here.”
“Mingyan!” Huang Feiyan also saw him and rushed over, overjoyed.
He was surprised to see her but didn’t see anyone else. She must have also been separated from the others. “Did you get separated from Senior Sister and Ning Feixuan?”
“Yes. You too?” Huang Feiyan’s face was filled with joy, which quickly turned to concern. “After we entered the mist, I got separated from them. I thought you were all together…”
“At least we found each other. Let’s stick together to avoid getting separated again,” Mingyan said with a smile.
“Yes.” Huang Feiyan moved closer, sighing in relief, and followed behind him. Suddenly, a chill ran down Mingyan’s spine. His hair stood on end. He instinctively pulled away, and turning, he saw Huang Feiyan lunging at him with a feathered sword. If he hadn’t sensed the danger in time, he would have been stabbed.
He glared at her, instantly realizing this wasn’t the real Huang Feiyan. A flash of light from his Qi Sea, and the Netherworld Immortal Gold appeared in his hand. “Whoever you are, to disguise yourself as my friend, you’re quite bold…”
The fake Huang Feiyan didn’t say anything. Before he could attack, she dissolved into mist and vanished. He wanted to give chase but quickly lost her trail.
He frowned. Was this another strange aspect of the mist? It could disguise itself as someone close to you and attack. He hoped his senior sister and the others hadn’t encountered such a danger…
He held the Netherworld Immortal Gold and left a faint spiritual energy mark on the ground to track his progress. But he hadn’t gone far when he heard his senior sister’s voice. “Feiyan! Junior Brother! Ning Feixuan!”
He frowned. To dare to disguise itself as his respected senior sister, he would never forgive it. He watched as Yue Qingying’s figure emerged from the mist, his gaze cold, observing her closely.
“Junior Brother?! You’re here?!” Yue Qingying, seeing him, was clearly overjoyed and rushed over.
Worried that she might be the real Yue Qingying, Mingyan didn’t attack immediately but carefully observed her.
“Junior Brother… why are you looking at me like that?” Yue Qingying, seeing his strange expression, stopped and looked at him curiously, then frowned. “Are you also a monster made of mist?”
She raised her guard, a faint killing intent rising from her.
