Chapter 701: Chapter 36: Penglai Mountain (Part 2)
Because in this world that will never change, there shouldn’t be any other intellectual existence; interference and being interfered with shouldn’t exist.
But now, how could this be...
Looking at the white-clad figure eloquently speaking in the courtyard, the two were somewhat taken aback, and that wasn’t all; what caused them an even greater shock was the five treasures swirling and dancing around that person, like celestial bodies orbiting a star, slowly revolving around him.
"..."
"..."
The atmosphere was momentarily silent and tense.
The scene became a bit awkward.
Their expressions could not help but freeze slightly, staring blankly at that figure, their gaze instinctively fixed on him, more precisely on the five treasures revolving around him: the Fire Rat Fur, the Stone Alms Bowl Before the Buddha, the Dragon Head Jade, the Yan’s Amulet, and most importantly, the Penglai Jade Branch...
All five treasures were sparkling brightly, shining like stars in dazzling and multicolored brilliance.
This scene was extremely magnificent, but... but...
—They were just discussing such a matter!
—And both still firmly believed that no one in the world could gather these five treasures!
Eirin instinctively looked at the Princess beside her, only to see the black long-haired girl’s face in bewilderment, seemingly unable to comprehend. Noticing Eirin’s gaze, the Princess also turned and looked at her, opening her mouth, momentarily unsure of what to say.
Her thoughts were somewhat scrambled.
"Uh, who are you?!"
At this moment, a surprised voice rang out; the figure in the moonlight with wide sleeves seemed to sense something and glanced over.
With books, the road is long; without books, the road is short. In fact, everything happened in a brief moment. Even when she just saw that there were others in the courtyard, Eirin was already prepared to retreat with the Princess, only delayed slightly by the impressive display of the five treasures.
Unbeknownst to her, in that brief pause, the other had already keenly sensed their presence.
"Retreat!"
Instinctively grasping the Princess’s wrist, Eirin’s mind sparked with a warning, pulling the black long-haired girl to retreat rapidly.
However, ahead, there was a sleeve sweeping across the sky, like the might of the heavens descending, the courtyard environment around them swiftly drained of color, the void stretching endlessly in all directions, leaving only a sleeve blotting out the sun and sky, as if to enclose the vast heavens into one sleeve.
As if, in an instant, it was a whole new world.
Pot Celestial Skill!
A technique of spatial creation, accommodating the greater in the lesser; if one has profound mastery in this, indeed it could achieve the Great Universe in the Sleeve, possessing the Pot Heaven!
In an instant, the silver-haired girl, also skilled in this technique, recognized the spell with shock. She unhesitatingly pulled out a longbow, drew all the arrows from the quiver at her waist, and, while hurling the entire quiver, also set each arrow onto the string.
The bow was like thunder, the arrows like lightning, sweeping like a star river!
Divine light fiercely ripped through the infinite expanse, slicing through the void with each strike, directly targeting the shade of heavens above cast by the descending sleeve!
The sleeve blotting out sun and sky was torn open by the whistling Star River Arrow, like slicing open the dimension, spreading black cracks, tearing apart everything reliant on the severed space, revealing behind it the bizarre and seemingly meaningless chaos.
Though it did not immediately break through the Pot Skill, it bought time and exposed flaws in the technique itself, and this fleeting opportunity was accurately grasped by the silver-haired girl.
It wasn’t even a case of grasping but rather a calculation made before acting; the launched quiver rotated in mid-air, its mouth like a rotating black hole, this singularity formed by the extreme curvature of space-time, pulling everything into a vortex towards the void, disappearing completely.
—"The Great Galaxy in the Pot!!"
Calmly creating a black hole, the silver-haired girl uttered lightly, intending to break the opponent’s formation with the same technique.
Compared to the opponent’s impromptu sweeping sleeve, the quiver and medicine pot were tools she had used for years, with the scale within broader than that of heaven and earth, but still only within the pot. She merely lost the initiative; it didn’t mean she would be easily subdued by the opponent here.
"Eh?!"
Apparently not the Demon Cherry Blossom? A misjudgment?
If the opponent could consciously use such a high level of technique, they wouldn’t have just instinctively counterattacked so crudely... But if not the Demon Cherry Blossom, then was it some passerby drawn by the commotion, almost getting caught up by mistake?
Gu Mo was slightly fazed, instinctively toned down his strength, gently withdrawing his extended palm. Instantly, his Pot Skill had thoroughly shattered, Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeve bearing several slashes, while his hand clutched a few arrows.
The arrow feathers were still slightly trembling.
On the other side, it was as if the entire space, including the horizon, shattered completely, the void twisting, atmosphere surging, everything disintegrating; seizing this chance, the silver-haired girl and black long-haired girl calmly extracted themselves from the perilous situation.
Like a receding world reappearing.
Or as if the surroundings were recolored.
They returned to the courtyard and escaped from the dimension of forever and moment, without being pursued by the young Taoist opposite, who glanced at the arrows in his hand, then looked up confusedly at the two: "You... who are you?"
"Who are you?"
The silver braided-haired girl frowned at him: "Why suddenly attack us?"
"Uh, well, ahahaha..." Gu Mo was suddenly a bit embarrassed, awkwardly scratching his cheek, "Misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding. You were all mysterious, I thought it was this Demon Tree’s consciousness I caught..."
The silver-haired girl frowned deeper, glancing at the five treasures swirling around him, hesitated a moment, then asked:
"Wait, how did you come by the Penglai Jade Branch?"
"Ah? This..."
Glancing at the Penglai Jade Branch before him, Gu Mo wondered how they recognized it, but casually replied: "Uh, it grew at my home, I live in Penglai Mountain."
