The atmosphere now is clearly wrong.
There were still traces of lip balm on the index finger that Wen Yun extended. Ye Shubai lowered his head to look at the pink spot, hesitated for a moment, then freed his hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe it clean for her. Then he put the handkerchief away without making a sound and remained motionless.
Before he could retract his raised hand, Wen Yun, who had been sitting in his arms, suddenly moved and grabbed his hand.
Ye Shubai's whole body was stiff. His heartbeat was even louder than the noise in the casino, making his eardrums vibrate.
"you… "
"Hush."
Before Ye Shubai could say anything, Wen Yun squeezed his hand tightly, signaling him not to speak.
She was slender and had small hands. Ye Shubai lowered his eyes and looked at the two people's overlapping hands, then held Wen Yun's hand with his hand.
The atmosphere should have been a little off at this moment, but Wen Yun was a cold-hearted woman who would get too involved in serious matters and would not leave any thoughts behind. Ye Shubai knew her character better than anyone else, so of course he would not misunderstand anything this time.
As expected, Wen Yun just took a glance, secretly said that he was sensible, and then covered Ye Shubai with his soul.
The two people over there had just ordered a lot of food and drinks, and even made some greasy jokes to the waitress who served the wine. Now they were lazily sitting on the chair, talking incoherently.
Of course, they also knew that there were all kinds of people in this kind of gambling house, so they secretly used their energy to block out the sound. Others could only see their lips moving up and down, but could not hear a single word.
Unfortunately, Wen Yun was not an ordinary person. Her spirit was too strong. She had already led Ye Shubai to quietly bypass this barrier. All the sounds were now clearly heard by the two of them.
"It's really infuriating. Qingran and the others' life plates have long been shattered and there's no trace of them left, but Elder Zhang still insisted that we go and search. There are countless people in the Yunhai Realm, so where can we find them? Isn't this deliberately making things difficult for us? We thought we would be appreciated for following Master Shang this time, but in the end, no one even looked at us. We've been scolded all day long. Pah!"
He narrowed his eyes, picked up some meat with chopsticks, and drank a large glass of wine. Only then did he feel better. He patted Yi Mei's shoulder and comforted him, "Who made us the lowest in status? If you use your toes to think, Elder Zhang and the others would never do such a troublesome thing."
It would have been better if he hadn't said it. As soon as he said this, Yi Zi Mei became even more angry: "He is just fine. He said something like Master Shang is going to Yunhai Tower to practice. Does that mean we don't need to practice anymore? What? Master Shang is the only disciple of Dongxuan Sect. So we are not worthy?"
He narrowed his eyes and smiled, handing him a glass of wine: "Alright, alright, you can complain in front of me, but don't say it outside. Now that we are in Yunhai City, let's enjoy ourselves. Look at the good wine and meat, and these foreign beauties. They will all be gone when we return to Dongxuan. Why don't you cherish them now?"
Yi Zimei took the wine and drank it in one gulp. Seeing a beautiful maid walking by, he reached out and pinched her waist. The latter had obviously experienced this kind of thing many times and realized that these two people were not easy to offend. She could only endure the grievance and keep silent when she was taken advantage of.
Yi Zi Mei felt much more comfortable, and smiled and said to Mi Yan: "You are right, but we are having fun here now, what about Qing Ran and the others when we go back?"
“Isn’t that easy?” Squinting was obviously much more slick than his fellow disciples, and he smiled complacently: “Master Shang said before he came that Qing Ran didn’t even have time to ask for help, which shows that the opponent is much stronger than them, so he can kill with one strike, so the opponent is very likely to be a powerful person in the fairyland!”
"But..." Yi Zimei hesitated for a moment: "But Master Shang can also kill a cultivator of the same realm with one sword."
"Idiot, that's Master Shang, a genius unparalleled in the world. Is there anyone in this world who can be as good as him?"
Hearing this, Wen Yun couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, revealing a sly and complacent smile.
I’m sorry, Shang Wuyang from your Dongxuan sect is not a genius unparalleled in the world. There are a pair of people here who are far better than him.
Ye Shubai had no idea what Wen Yun was thinking, but he could only look at her helplessly.
The two people over there were still discussing how to make up an excuse, from "Qingran and the other four were robbed by bandits" to "they fell to their deaths under the sea of clouds". Finally, when they got drunk, they narrowed their eyes and slammed the table, deciding on the final story -
"I've thought of it. Aren't there cloud beasts in the Cloud Sea Realm? Let's say that the four of them were eaten by the cloud beasts! That's why their bodies can't be found!"
After the two of them decided on this reason, they happily ordered a bunch of wine and meat, and even called a fox beauty to drink with them. The Dongxuan Sect has always had strict rules, not to mention the fox beauty, even wine is rare. Every day, they practice swordsmanship. This time, they finally came to Yunhai City, a beautiful and gentle place, so they wanted to seize the opportunity to enjoy it.
Seeing that the atmosphere over there was becoming more and more heated, Ye Shubai, with his narrowed eyes and straight brows, was attracted by the fox beauty and couldn't take his eyes off her. He grabbed Wen Yun tightly, left a handful of source crystals on the table, and quickly took her away from the tavern.
Because of Wen Yun's source power as a cover, and the fact that the two men did not pay attention to this corner, they were able to escape successfully this time.
The two did not dare to stay here for too long, and hurried out of the city in tacit understanding. Fortunately, they did not encounter any accidents this time, and they flew out of the city smoothly.
Wen Yun turned around and looked at the outline of Yunhai City which was getting farther and farther away. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said what he had been holding back for a long time: "They are quite cooperative with us."
I was worried that the Dongxuan Sect would conduct a massive investigation into the murderer, but they didn't even investigate and just made up a story that "the man was eaten by a cloud beast"...
The cooperation offered by this wave of enemies made Wen Yun exclaim "Wow!"
Wen Yun was still praising the enemy, but Ye Shubai was a little distracted. The wind blew on his cheeks with moisture from the clouds, and his whole face was cool, except for the place that Wen Yun had just touched, which was still hot. In a trance, there was still a soft touch lingering there. No matter how cold the wind from the clouds was, it could not blow away that warmth.
Ye Shubai quietly raised his hand to touch it, but just as his fingers touched there, Wen Yun happened to turn around and look at him.
Their eyes met, and both of them opened their mouths, but neither could utter a suitable word.
"just… "
"Just now… "
They both spoke at the same time.
Wen Yun closed his mouth and quickly gave way: "You speak first."
Ye Shubai pursed his lips, his thick black eyelashes drooped slightly, hiding the emotions in his eyes. He tried his best to pretend to be indifferent, brushed away a strand of hair that blew on the side of his cheek, and said, "I was rude in a hurry just now. I'm sorry."
Wen Yun was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he was probably talking about the incident of pulling him into his arms just now. In fact, this was not a big deal. After all, cultivators were different from ordinary people. They were not so feudal and old-fashioned when it came to getting along between men and women, and few people mentioned the saying that men and women should not touch each other.
But Ye Shubai had always been upright and self-restrained. Even though the two of them were together day and night, he still paid great attention to etiquette and never did anything offensive. He was rude just now, but he apologized three times.
She thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "You don't have to keep worrying about it. We have always been innocent, so I know without you having to tell me that you must have done it unintentionally."
Ye Shubai's lips moved, and he said something that seemed to be inexplicably conspiring: "What if I have the heart?"
"ah?"
Wen Yun opened her eyes wide and looked at the man in front of her. She was now walking side by side with Ye Shubai, who was riding a sword, on the dragon bone staff. Because they were used to riding the same sword, the two of them were very close to each other at this moment. The wind blew their clothes together, and even their long hair was tangled together, making them look extremely unclean.
As soon as Ye Shubai opened his mouth, he knew he had spoken out of turn. He did not dare to look at Wen Yun's expression. He could only look forward and continue to fly forward. After a while, he spoke with difficulty: "Sorry, I..."
“Stop apologizing all the time.”
Wen Yun interrupted him, turned his head, and stared at him with bright eyes: "I just thought about it seriously. If someone wants to take advantage of me, I will probably take out the dragon bone staff and smash his dog head."
"But if that person is you..." Although Wen Yun always thought he was thick-skinned, he felt shy for some reason now: "If it's you, then it's okay."
She found many reasons for herself in her heart.
After all, Ye Shubai is his sword spirit, and the two of them have a very close relationship. Moreover, he is also very handsome. If it were him, it would be hard to say who would take advantage of whom.
Wen Yun mustered up the courage to reach out to the side: "Here, I'll give you another chance to take advantage, do you want it?"
She regretted it the moment she extended her hand. If he dared to say something like "I dare not offend you" or "this is not serious enough" at this time, wouldn't she be very embarrassed
Fortunately, Ye Shubai never let her down, just as she never let him down.
A pair of gentle and broad hands covered Wen Yun's hands, and then gradually closed, holding the small hand tightly in the palm of its hand.
Although both of them were hundreds of years old, they were still very thin-skinned. The moment they landed on Cloud Island, they tacitly withdrew their hands and pretended to be innocent.
At this moment, Master Su Yuan was leading Zhu Erchong to build walls and houses on the island. There were various building materials piled up like small mountains on the side. The two men were barefoot with their sleeves rolled up, and their faces and bodies were covered with half-dried mud. They did not have the cool and elegant demeanor of a sword cultivator at all, but rather looked like ordinary country men doing hard labor.
Seeing Wen Yun and the others, Master Su Yuan happily wiped his face with his sleeves, and pointed to the two completed rows of houses over there with great satisfaction: "Look, I worked all night to build these last night. I specially went to Yunhai City to learn the skills of a bricklayer for two days. I didn't expect that I was quite talented."
Zhu Erchong smiled and took credit: "This is all my contribution. I learned a lot of carpentry when I rebuilt the First Peak. Now I can carve doors and windows quickly and well with my sword."
Wen Yun was stunned. She had heard Master Su Yuan say that he wanted to build a city on Yun Island, and she also saw the planned vacant land under the sect's mountain gate. However, she never expected that Master Su Yuan was not just talking, he actually started to do it!
"Where did you get this?" She looked at the wood and stone materials in shock. She could tell that these were all good stuff. They must have cost hundreds of thousands of source crystals!
"Why do you think I only have over 300,000 source crystals buried in my yard? And why do you think I couldn't even scrape together a few hundred yuan to pay for a room in the inn?" Master Su Yuan touched the wood, and even his beard was curled with pride. "I didn't spend a penny of it. I used it all to buy these treasures. When I build this city, we will buy a high-level magic weapon to bring the people from the entire cultivation world here, and then rent the houses in this city to them. Of course, people from the Yunhai Realm can rent the houses, but there will be no friendship price. They will have to pay three times the rent..."
Zhu Erchong listened with great interest. He had learned many ways to make money from the ancestors of the Wan family before, so he talked freely now: "It must be rented, not sold. If we have to sell, we can only sell the house, not the land. Every inch of land on Yun Island is very precious, and we must firmly control it in our hands."
"Yes, this way our sect will have basic funds. In this way, we can also recruit disciples from all realms, and continue to develop in a cycle. After thousands or tens of thousands of years, we will not have to worry about being defeated by the Dongxuan Sect!"
Obviously, these two people had planned the sect's development path early on, and even set the goals for thousands or tens of thousands of years later.
Wen Yun remained silent: "You think long-term."
Seeing Master Su Yuan and Zhu Erchong working hard, with the sun shining on them, it was obvious that they had a bright future.
However, Wen Yun heard the sound of rain. She turned her head curiously and saw a big pit not far away with a thick layer of clouds hanging above it. Standing at the bottom of the pit was... Shen Xinghai!
Could the cloud beast actually hold a grudge to such an extent? Not only did it not let Shen Xinghai go even after the rain had been falling for so long, but it had only watered his yard before, and now it was just following him
Shen Xinghai looked up at Wen Yun, then lowered his head to continue enduring the rain, and said, "Senior Su Yuan said he wanted to build a landscape pond here, but none of us know water magic, so we had no choice but to resort to this last resort."
So why not make the best use of it and let you come here to artificially induce rainfall
Wen Yun looked at him with sympathy: "Brother Shen, are you uncomfortable with the rain? How about I help you find a way to get rid of this cloud?"
She was able to drive away the cloud beasts, as they were afraid of her, so it was not difficult for her to save Shen Xinghai from the suffering of being rained on.
"Junior Sister Wen, don't worry about me. It's normal for cultivators like me to eat wind and drink dew, let alone such clear rain water to drink."
"No, it seems to be..."
Wen Yun was about to say something but stopped himself, not wanting to tell him that this might be the saliva of the cloud beast.
Shen Xinghai wiped the water off his face and said with a smile: "If there is any trouble, it is just some trivial things, such as the yard being washed away. It is not worth mentioning."
At this moment, Shen Xinghai had been soaked like a drowned rat, his whole body wet. However, he did not feel any resentment at all. Instead, he was in high spirits, with excitement and anticipation in his eyes.
He said loudly: "Junior Sister Wen, although you see me in a state of embarrassment now, think about it, there are so many clouds in the Cloud Sea Realm, why did it rain only on me? Moreover, I can't fall asleep when I'm rained on, so I can have more time to practice. Maybe after I get through this experience, I will be able to comprehend the mysterious skills of the Cloud Sea Realm in the future?"
The few people who understood what this cloud was looked at each other in bewilderment, unable to bear the heart to expose Shen Xinghai's ambition.
Zhu Erchong, on the other hand, was filled with envy: "Junior Brother Shen's luck is truly amazing. How come I can't have such a good thing?"
Wen Yun: "... Actually, you don't have to envy him."
Several people here were busy building walls and ponds. Wen Yun and Ye Shubai watched for a while and were not idle either. They rolled up their sleeves and joined the construction workers.
Originally, they both wanted to use their proud painting skills to draw a blueprint for the city, or to paint some decorative patterns on the renovated houses...
However, just as they took out the full set of paintbrushes, the faces of the people over there changed drastically. Even Shen Xinghai at the bottom of the pit jumped up anxiously and wanted to stop them.
Wen Yun had no choice but to put away his paintbrush in disappointment, and honestly used his energy to move heavy bricks, stones and wood with Ye Shubai, doing these physical tasks.
“Alas, is it so difficult for art to be understood?”
Wen Yun looked up and sighed in disappointment.
However, the disappointment on her face only lasted for a moment, and soon turned into solemnity.
It wasn't that she suddenly came to her senses, but she was keenly aware of several strong auras flying towards this direction, two of which were particularly familiar. They were the two people she had met in the casino before!
Her heart was beating very fast. There was an extremely strong aura from the person who came, and even she couldn't figure out the other party's strength.
Master Su Yuan also noticed something was wrong and his expression turned ugly.
"Are they here to arrest me?"
"It shouldn't be." Wen Yun concentrated her mind and used all her strength to separate a strand of her soul, hiding it in the layers of clouds and mist and approaching the group of people. After listening for a while, her face became strange: "They are coming for the cloud beast."
Through his soul, Wen Yun could clearly see the scene over there.
Several people from the Dongxuan Sect were now being led forward by an old man with a gloomy expression, and finally landed on a cloud island that was only a few meters in size.
The person leading the way in front of them was waving a pair of extremely gorgeous purple wings, and his originally beautiful tail feathers were half bald. It turned out to be the owner of this Cloud Island, Yi Yu!
"My fellow Daoists from Dongxuan, now that you are here, you must have believed what I said, right? There are indeed cloud beasts roaming around here, and they are extremely arrogant. They actually fed me such a large cloud island!"
"You call this big?"
"It used to be very big! But it was eaten by the cloud beast!"
Elder Zhang ignored Yi Yu and walked around the Cloud Island on his own, observing the cloud soil on the edge. When he saw that there were indeed traces of being gnawed by wild beasts, his gloomy face looked a little better.
Seeing this, Mi Yan and Yi Zhi Mei finally felt relieved.
Who would have thought that when they were about to take the fox beauty into the land of tenderness, Elder Zhang came and caught them! Fortunately, the two were lucky and had run into this winged man who knew the whereabouts of the cloud beast in the casino before, otherwise it would be difficult to make up an excuse in front of Elder Zhang.
"Elder Zhang, how dare we lie to you? We really went there just to find out about Qing Ran and the others. After all, that kind of place is full of good and bad people, and any news spreads the fastest..."
"Yes, yes. Look, haven't we found evidence? The cloud beast is so cruel, I think Qingran was killed by this beast."
Elder Zhang looked at the two coldly and said, "Even so, it will be difficult to explain to Qing Ran's master without evidence. You two should catch the cloud beast that harmed her!"
Upon hearing this, the two were dumbfounded.
It was obvious that Elder Zhang was too impatient to continue the investigation, but because Qingran's master held a high status in the sect, he had no choice but to pass the mess to these two unlucky guys and asked them to find a cloud beast to take the blame.
Cloud beasts are priceless items. Everyone knows that there are such things in the Cloud Sea Realm, but only a few people have seen them. Even if they do exist, they are captured by people sent by the major families themselves. The location of the cloud beasts, how to capture them, and where to buy them are all kept secret. How can others tell them
Even if it were available, they couldn't afford it.
To be honest, they are also poor swordsmen!
Hearing this, Wen Yun quickly turned his head and stared at the cloud gathering above Shen Xinghai's head with an uncertain expression.
They seemed to realize that something was wrong, and the rain stopped. They huddled together in the center of the clouds, trying their best to reduce their presence, and slowly floated to Wen Yun's side.
Shen Xinghai let out a light exclamation, then looked up in confusion, wondering why there was no rain on his head.
They were floating in the continuous clouds and mist, with extremely strong perception, far superior to that of humans. Otherwise, they would not have been able to escape so many captures in these long years. Naturally, they also knew the murderous intent coming from over there.
The little cloud beast in the lead showed half of its head, looked at Wen Yun timidly, and bleated in a very low voice. It looked extremely pitiful, as if it was begging.
This look is exactly like the look Charmander had when he begged for mercy after getting into trouble.
Wen Yun was helpless when being stared at, and was also worried that these cloud beasts would cause trouble.
Finally, she thought about it, and she patted the dragon bone staff: "Xiaohong, come out!"
"what?"
The awakened little fire dragon crawled out of the dragon bone staff in a daze, opened its mouth wide and yawned repeatedly.
Wen Yun's next sentence made it more lively: "Swallow them."
Charmander excitedly: "Swallowed? What's delicious?"
"You can't eat them, keep them in your stomach."
Charmander’s belly... Wen Yun didn’t know why it was so big. It was like there was an alternate dimension. It could hold all the treasures in the dragon cave. So it shouldn’t be a problem to hide a few cloud beasts there, right
Hearing this answer, Charmander rolled his eyes fiercely: "Please don't treat my stomach as a garbage dump."
"Keep it for one day and you will get a night-shining pearl."
"Okay!"
Driven by profit, the dragon rubbed his hands, stretched his tail straight, and took a deep breath towards the cloud beasts.
Wen Yun watched with his own eyes as the little fire dragon's already fat belly became even rounder, as if it was about to explode.
It didn't feel uncomfortable at all. After receiving the night-shining pearl from Ye Shubai, it happily thanked him: "Thank you, Dad... hiccup!"
A burp sounded, and a soft white cloud floated out of the dragon's mouth...
Charmander awkwardly stuffed it back into his stomach: "It was a mistake, please forgive me."
Wen Yun was very satisfied, and Master Su Yuan had learned a lot. Even the usually taciturn Ye Shubai nodded and praised her, "Xiao Hong is very good."
Only Shen Xinghai, who was standing in the puddle, didn't know that it was a cloud beast. At this moment, he looked at the bulging belly of the little fire dragon in dismay.
He murmured softly, asking his soul-searching questions over and over again.
"My chance was... eaten up just like that?"