Before leaving, Wen Yun cautiously met with Shen Xinghai and told him all the methods of activating various protective formations on the island.
"It's not hard to remember, actually. After all, time is tight, and I only set up 130 protective formations on Cloud Island."
After seeing the book that was thicker than a brick, Shen Xinghai was silent for a while.
It's OK to let the sword practitioner practice swordsmanship, but it's not OK to let him memorize. To be honest... he doesn't want to do this.
He declined, "Junior Sister Wen, I don't know much about formations, so I'm afraid I can't take on this important task. How about entrusting this matter to Senior Brother Zhu or Master Qinghong?"
Wen Yun insisted: "No, you have to do this important thing of guarding the house."
Shen Xinghai was puzzled: "Why?"
Wen Yun said sternly: "A man can fight the enemy and defend his home. Senior Brother Shen is a first-class man. This task belongs to you!"
Shen Xinghai blushed slightly. On the one hand, he was happy about Wen Yun's optimism, but on the other hand, he was ashamed of himself for avoiding endorsement. From then on, he stopped making excuses and solemnly accepted the formation activation instructions.
He promised word for word: "I will not let Junior Sister Wen down. As long as I am on the island, I will be there!"
Wen Yun left with satisfaction.
Of course, she would not say that in order to ensure that the three people who stayed on the island could activate the protective formation, so everyone went there. Even the little fire dragon who was forced to stay on the island was no exception. After Wen Yun's brainwashing operation, he was completely convinced and started to read the book obediently.
Now those three people and the dragon all feel that they are the hope of the entire island.
"Finally I can go down there with peace of mind. This batch of teammates is no good. Their survival consciousness is not strong enough."
Wen Yun walked side by side with Ye Shubai and sighed in a deep tone.
Ye Shubai was helpless. Sword cultivators had always been one of the cultivators with the highest mortality rate because most of them were competitive and aggressive. To be precise, this generation of sword cultivators already valued their lives very much.
But he naturally would not refute Wen Yun's words, but just avoided the topic as if nothing had happened: "Then let's go down and solve the problem as soon as possible."
Wen Yunshen nodded in agreement and looked up at the clouds that had been floating above his head: "Would you lead the way and take us down, or should I ride you down?"
The cloud beasts spread out with light steps on their four claws, and in the blink of an eye, they turned from a cloud into a dozen small beasts. They floated around Wen Yun and Ye Shubai, rubbing their bodies with their heads and bleating in an urging tone.
Wen Yun could barely discern their intentions from the bleating sounds: "Let us get closer?"
The little cloud beast nodded.
Wen Yun looked at Ye Shubai, who was originally walking side by side with him, and leaned towards him, with their arms tightly pressed together.
"Is this okay?"
The cloud beasts flew around the two of them in a circle, but still shook their heads, urging them to get closer.
Want to get closer? Then I can only... hug you.
Wen Yun had no choice but to look at Ye Shubai, wondering if he would say something like "inappropriate" if he suddenly went up to hug Ye Shubai.
As she was hesitating, the man next to her stretched out a hand and took her into his arms before Wen Yun could react. At that moment, the cool fragrance of white plum blossoms almost invaded her lungs. She felt dizzy and could only vaguely hear the man above her head whispering, "Excuse me."
This time the cloud beasts were finally satisfied. They gathered around and completely wrapped the two of them together. Wen Yun felt as if he had fallen into a soft cloud, and then flew up lightly and fell down at a terrifying speed.
The most terrifying thing in the depths of the sea of clouds is the strong winds hidden at the bottom of the sea. Even those who have lived in the sea of clouds for a long time are extremely careful when riding on flying magic weapons or controlling the wind themselves, for fear of falling down accidentally. If it really comes to that, even the cultivators in the ascension stage will probably be torn apart by the strong winds.
Wen Yun had tried several times before, wanting to fly to the bottom of the sea of clouds to hunt down Shang Wuyang, but the deeper he went, the stronger the wind became, and there was a vast expanse of white under the sea of clouds, making it impossible to see. He would soon lose his way, let alone find someone.
She also didn't expect that the cloud beast that Shen Xinghai had leashed with a rope would come in handy this day.
At this moment, Wen Yun was wrapped in the soft cloud beast. Not to mention the strong wind, he didn't even feel the slightest bit of cool air. Wen Yun was squeezed by the cloud beast so hard that he could only put his head on Ye Shubai's chest. The "thump thump" sounds coming from his ears... were of course his heartbeats.
The posture and atmosphere were a little awkward at the moment. In order to ease the awkwardness, Wen Yun laughed dryly and said, "You are in good health."
Wen Yun originally just wanted to say that his heartbeat was strong and he was very energetic, but it was obvious that Ye Shubai misunderstood her meaning.
He was silent for a moment, then replied uncomfortably, "Thank you."
Although Ye Shubai answered normally, his soul was connected to Wen Yun, so at that moment, several strange voices flashed through Wen Yun's mind. She didn't have time to investigate carefully, because Ye Shubai had already gathered his mind and stopped her from investigating.
Even so, Wen Yun still managed to hear words like "abdominal muscles" and "chest muscles"...
Wen Yun gave Ye Shubai face and forced himself to hold back his laughter.
It turns out that this person could also have wrong thoughts and actually mistakenly thought that I was complimenting him on his good figure!
It was unknown how long they held each other. When Wen Yun was dizzy and about to fall asleep, the cloud beasts suddenly scattered and released Wen Yun and Ye Shubai.
Having been enveloped by the cloud beast and unable to see anything, the blue light that suddenly lit up in front of him was extremely dazzling. Ye Shubai narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and used his sleeve to block the light in front of Wen Yun's eyes, and then whispered, "We have reached the bottom of the cloud sea."
With the sleeves as a cushion, Wen Yun indeed felt much better.
She looked around and widened her eyes slightly.
Wen Yun originally thought that the bottom of the sea of clouds was like the bottom of the abyss, with only a desolate and dark land, or perhaps terrible magma, but he never expected that the bottom of the sea of clouds was actually a piece of blue and clear water like the sky. The slender water plants growing on the bottom of the water emitted a blue glow, and the sea of clouds above his head seemed layered and gentle when he looked up from below.
Of course, the most beautiful scenery is right below your feet.
At this moment, Wen Yun and Ye Shubai were standing on a small island, but the material of this island was special, it was made of cloud crystals. At this moment, under the shining blue light, the island also glowed with an extremely dazzling luster. If Cui Yu and the other winged people were here, they would probably be so excited that they would hug the island and refuse to let go.
The cloud crystals from this small island alone are estimated to be enough to make hundreds of cloud crystal swords. As for the Nebula Shuttle, as long as Cui Yu doesn’t get tired of it, he can use the cloud crystals to make magic weapons for the next hundred years!
The cloud beasts were quite generous. They knew that this thing was a treasure to cultivators, so they pushed Wen Yun and asked her to collect all the cloud crystals.
He was floating on the water, calling his companions in a long voice.
Perhaps because he had learned dragon language, Wen Yun could barely understand the language of the cloud beasts.
According to the little cloud beast, this is the hometown of the cloud beasts. They all live here for a long time. Every few decades, they go to the upper layer of the cloud sea to find food, and then come down after they are full. Generally speaking, they will never stay in the upper layer for a long time.
As for the little cloud beast himself... it was obvious that he was a little kid who ran away from home because he was too playful, and was kidnapped and forced to work as a child laborer.
After the two put away the cloud crystals, they hovered above the water and flew forward following the footprints of the little cloud beasts. This place was quiet and beautiful, and the cheerful bleating of these cloud beasts should have made people feel relaxed, but Ye Shubai's brows were getting tighter and tighter.
Wen Yun asked softly, "Did you notice something was wrong?"
"There is a very strong force of the law of death under the sea of clouds." Ye Shubai's voice was low, and his tone gradually became serious: "I don't know if this place is like this from the beginning, or if it was caused by human factors."
The strength of the laws of heaven and earth is indeed different in different environments. For example, the laws of fire are particularly obvious in environments such as volcanoes, while the laws of water are even more powerful in places with abundant water.
Compared with these common laws of power, supreme laws such as life and death, and space are difficult for ordinary people to perceive. Only those with high cultivation or certain special abilities can discover them.
The law that Ye Shubai practiced was life and death, so he was naturally very sensitive to the taste of death.
Wen Yun waved her dragon bone staff and cast a speed-up spell to catch up with the little cloud beast in front of her. She thought about what Ye Shubai said and couldn't help but become serious: "Have you ever sensed the law of death in a cloud beast?"
“No.”
As soon as Ye Shubai's answer came out, Wen Yun's heart sank, and he almost immediately thought of the biggest possibility.
"Shang Wuyang!"
Wen Yun's heart tightened when he thought of that cruel and inhuman madman.
She wanted to call back the little cloud beasts, but at this moment the cloud beasts in front seemed to have seen some surprising scene, and their cries became more excited, and they rushed towards the water in front like the wind.
The little cloud beast in the front dived into the water and swam forward happily.
Wen Yun looked in that direction and found countless white clouds floating on the clear water, drifting leisurely with the ripples of the water. Upon closer inspection, he found that they were all cloud beasts.
But the closer they flew, the sadder the smile on Wen Yun's face became. In the end, she could no longer maintain her composure and had to grit her teeth to barely keep herself from cursing out loud.
Cloud beasts are good at hiding and are extremely fast, so they are rarely caught. Even if they are caught by hunters, they are imprisoned and fed with cloud soil every day to make them produce cloud crystals. No one would be willing to kill these treasures.
However, the white that appeared in front of Wen Yun now had no life at all. They were like crushed clouds, floating softly on the water, so light that they couldn't even sink to the bottom of the water, because they...
All dead.
These are the corpses of cloud beasts. There are so many of them that they cover the entire surface of the water.
The little cloud beasts were also shocked by the scene before them. They swam slowly to the front of the white piece and dived into the water to try to lift the cloud beasts up. However, they found that as soon as they touched them, the white pieces shattered into pieces, like a piece of pure snowflakes dissolving in the water, and even no trace of their previous existence could be found.
"Meh..."
The little cloud beast cried out with a trembling voice, but except for the responses from its companions, the dead cloud beasts made no sound.
Wen Yun sensed something was wrong and ran forward with the little cloud beast. However, the further they went, the more miserable the little cloud beast's cries became. The corpse of a cloud beast could be found almost every few miles, with as few as three or two and as many as... piled up into an island!
Even Wen Yun couldn't bear to watch any longer, let alone the group of cloud beasts around her
The little cloud beast struggled out of her arms and swam towards its own kind.
After it cried pitifully several times, the group of cloud beasts on the water suddenly moved and even poked its head out.
There is still a cloud beast alive!
The little cloud beast was about to pounce in surprise, but before it got close, the surviving cloud beast suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit its own kind ferociously!
"careful!"
Wen Yun, who had never relaxed, reacted quickly, raised his magic wand and opened a barrier in front of the little cloud beast to block the attack.
The cloud beast was still roaring and ramming into the barrier desperately, as if it was crazy. However, this situation did not last long. After a while, it died quietly.
The little cloud beast stared at the scene blankly, with its tail drooping.
Wen Yun picked it up, touched its back and sighed.
Ye Shubai flew down and touched the corpse of the cloud beast with his hand. He said in a low voice: "Its mind was affected by the killing aura and it went crazy."
"It's him." Wen Yun took a deep breath. Even she could smell the strong smell of killing in the air. "Shang Wuyang has been here before!"
The Dongxuan Sect is a large sect in the upper realm, and Shang Wuyang's master is said to be one of the three great immortal masters of the Dongxuan Sect. I think he would definitely give this disciple a magic weapon for self-defense, so it is normal that he didn't die. I think this guy is so cruel that he started to practice with cloud beasts!
"The cloud beasts are a mysterious race, and they cannot be killed by ordinary methods." Wen Yun's mind worked quickly, and he began to calmly analyze Shang Wuyang's motives: "For Shang Laogou, who practices by killing, this is a great opportunity to practice. He will definitely not let it go. He may have realized a deeper level of power in this killing!"
"But I don't know where he is hiding now..."
Ye Shubai had already pulled out the Phoenix Wood Sword without knowing when, and said in a cold voice: "I'll come find him."
The swordsman in white put two fingers together and slashed across the sword blade. A faint golden light appeared on the tip of the sword, becoming brighter and brighter, and finally turned into a dazzling phoenix that suddenly soared into the sky!
In an unknown corner, hundreds of cloud beasts gathered on the water and turned into floating islands.
In the middle, a black figure was kneeling on it, and the thick breath of death in this world was slowly drawn into his body.
This breath made him feel extremely comfortable, and the severe injuries he had suffered previously gradually healed.
However, at this moment, another breath emerged between heaven and earth. Although it was very far away, its presence was extremely strong, vaguely echoing the law of death around him.
A long time ago, he had mistakenly thought that this aura was of the same kind, and this misidentification had cost him a terrible price.
The man suddenly opened his eyes and screamed, "He came looking for me! He wants to kill me!"
Only those who have experienced death know the fear. Whenever he recalled the pain when the sword cut off his arm, and the fear of the power of the law raging in his body, he could not control his emotions.
He quickly slapped his forehead and said, "Master, save me!"
No one responded in the dead silence. After a long time, a translucent figure appeared.
It was a ray of Master's spirit, as if it was shrouded in light, so the face could not be seen clearly, soft yet dazzling.
When he fell to the bottom of the sea of clouds, it was this beam of light that saved his life.
He was distracted as he looked down at the young man kneeling on the ground, his voice vague and ethereal.
"Wuyang, don't be afraid. He is your chance. Kill him and you will achieve your great path."
Shang Wuyang's breathing was already slightly unstable. After hearing these words, his left hand couldn't help but clench.
Not refutating, but...
For the first time, he began to doubt his master's words.