Chapter 932: Chapter 231: The Leisure Days Are Ruined Again [2-in-1]
Vast spiritual power surged towards the sky.
This was a reminder: the one coming was the Fire Phoenix, one of the powerful beings in this world!
The clear cry of the Fire Phoenix filled the sky: "White Tiger, I’ve spared you several times, but you absolutely shouldn’t have slaughtered my people! This debt must be settled between us!"
With a loud rumble, a pillar of fire descended from the sky, illuminating the entire world.
Meanwhile, the figures of Fang Che and two companions walking towards the lakeside became clearly visible.
At this moment, a large bird following behind the Fire Phoenix let out a long cry, folded its wings, and darted like an arrow towards Fang Che.
Just then, Fang Che and two companions, along with two youngsters, leaped into the water.
With a thunderous crash, Fang Che unleashed his water control ability without reservation, streaming upward like a silver arrow straight into the sky.
Not intending to harm the enemy.
But necessary to obscure the opponent’s vision.
Then, along with Yan Beihan and the two youngsters, he fully shifted position underwater, plunging sideways towards the deep water area.
Giving it their all.
Suddenly side-shifting a hundred feet, a hundred feet underwater.
With a boom, the originally placid water surface erupted with towering waves, as the monstrous bird dove down.
But Fang Che had already transformed this entire area into a whirlpool, not harming the powerful bird, but obscuring its vision, especially underwater, where visibility was even poorer.
Feeling the shock, Fang Che once again plunged two hundred feet deeper with Yan Beihan and two youngsters.
The monstrous bird unwillingly swam around in the water for a while, unable to find them, yet ultimately as a mere bird, it couldn’t stay underwater for long and soared back up.
Only then did Fang Che feel some relief, easily finding the underwater cliff, and decided to pause here for a while.
Listening to the rumbling above, and feeling the powerful vibrations.
Now both were much stronger than before their last dive, their power improvement was considerable; the shock of battle was now bearable.
Yet still felt their hearts racing.
And above, there were continuous flickers of huge shadows, clearly there were still monstrous birds hovering over the water surface, hoping to spot their figures.
A distant roar, the sound of the White Tiger, seemed like a farewell.
The sound of battle gradually faded away, evidently, the White Tiger couple decided to break through once ensuring this side was safe.
Two gigantic white figures soared into the air, marked with bloodstains all over, suddenly grew two pairs of wings under their ribs, desperately heading far away.
They were never the match for the Fire Phoenix, now that their offspring had been entrusted to others, with hope for the future, they had no more concerns.
This departure meant even abandoning their nest here too.
From now on, this forest would no longer be the territory of the White Tiger couple.
The Fire Phoenix obviously didn’t expect the White Tiger couple to be so resolute; it initially intended to give them a beating, if the opponents showed signs of begging for mercy, it could seize the opportunity to recruit two powerful subordinates.
But didn’t anticipate the White Tiger couple would even abandon their home.
Just stood in the air, watching the White Tiger couple fly farther away, until they vanished.
Not pursued.
Floating in the air, several bright feathers descended from the sky into the large lake.
Three or four monstrous birds circled back and forth above the lake.
Clearly resolved to keep watch.
Obviously, some had slipped into the lake water, you’re not fish, they doubt you can stay underwater forever.
Fang Che heard of the departure of the White Tiger couple, felt relieved, leading Yan Beihan and two youngsters further, diving downward all the way to the bottom.
Then, under the underwater cliff, he simply opened up a hole.
Everyone moved in.
No other function, but it allowed them not to surface without using spiritual power. Moreover, he designated this hole as an oxygen replenishment chamber.
Simply drained all the water, creating a vacuum, oxygen kept bubbling in.
That was quite pleasant.
At least Eldest Lady Yan was quite satisfied.
With the blessing of Fang Che’s water control ability, they managed to settle underwater, but this was not a long-term solution.
Yet, the dominion of monstrous birds over the sky was even more dangerous.
Fang Che ventured out to scout for three consecutive days, discovering there were still monstrous birds continuously hovering above.
Clearly the birds had not given up.
In this situation, could only quietly wait at the bottom.
But anyway, Fang Che could practice underwater, while Yan Beihan had to rely on personal resources she carried.
But there was no other way.
Eventually considering themselves somewhat settled.
Yet, previously carefree days free of danger, were utterly shattered.
Yan Beihan sat hugging her knees, suddenly sighing: "Fang Che, tell me, have we offended something?"
Fang Che was puzzled: "Why?"
"Look, we were doing just fine, and suddenly got attacked by the Snake Clan, right? Then after the Snake Clan, the Centipede Clan came out in full force... leaving us with no escape route."
"After much difficulty, we finally got rid of the Snake and Chong Clans, only to stumble straight into a tiger’s den."
"After painstaking efforts, we finally turned enemies into allies with the tigers... but... how long did the good days last?"
Yan Beihan’s pretty face twisted somewhat as she spread her hands: "With a crash, it was shattered, and the tiger ally was gone, but the Snake and Centipede Clans were still there, and now there’s the Flying Beast Clan..."
"What’s more ridiculous is that the tiger ally was driven away by the Flying Beast Clan!"
"And the Flying Beast Clan seems even harder to deal with..."
"Look at our luck, isn’t it basically cursed? Could it be we’ve offended a god?"
Yan Beihan sighed: "We clearly did nothing, yet suddenly, we find ourselves with all enemies."
Yan Beihan’s small face was crestfallen, a picture of melancholy.
Fang Che almost laughed out loud, pretended to be unperturbed, and said: "Then it must be you who offended the gods, after all, I am the Guardian, filled with righteousness. How could any god be mad at me?"
"Heh heh..."
Yan Beihan forced a laugh: "You’re really humorous."
"Whether humorous or not, what’s this compared to that?"
Fang Che consoled: "We’ve only offended three clans, right? I refuse to believe, in such a big world, there are only three clans? From what you call all enemies, we’re still a far distance away."
Fang Che seriously said: "You and I still need to work hard, strive to truly achieve all enemies!"
Yan Beihan stared blankly at him, then smiled bitterly: "Someone once said, there are things where men and women are different, and I used to be indifferent about it. But today, I’ve understood, there’s indeed a difference. At least I don’t have your carefree attitude."
"What can be done?"
Fang Che spread his hands: "We’ve already come this far. Just the Snake Clan, we can’t provoke; adding the Centipede Clan is just adding insult to injury. Adding the Flying Beast Clan, at worst, is like having too many lice, it’s not itchy anymore."
"Because all three clans can easily find us, right?"
Yan Beihan sighed, feeling utterly exhausted: "You make so much sense, I have nothing to say against it."
She patted the head of the Little White Tiger, smiling: "At least we have an extra helper, right?"
A helper?
This milk-drinking Little Tiger?
Fang Che admired, giving a thumbs up.
He didn’t expect this girl to learn how to enjoy life amidst hardships so soon.
Enjoying life amidst hardships is truly a helpless situation, but isn’t it also a life attitude, an open-minded spirit in the face of desperation?
And as Jianghu people say, those who can enjoy life amidst hardships in dire situations are the ones who truly have the potential to walk out of it!
If you’re scared to death directly, then... there’s no hope, even if given hope, you can’t seize it.
Every five or six hours, Fang Che went out to scout once.
After ten days, the patrolling of strange birds in the air noticeably decreased.
But there were still some.
During this time, Fang Che and Yan Beihan discovered something strange: Little Bear was like a fish in water at the bottom, showing no discomfort at all.
On the contrary, Little White Tiger showed signs of drowsiness.
It was clearly not adapting to the underwater environment.
In the first seven or eight days, it was okay.
But as time passed, even when Fang Che saturated the spiritual energy at the bottom to the point of explosion, the little tiger remained lethargic.
"The tiger is actually inferior to the bear!"
Yan Beihan was shocked.
"I guess Little Bear’s roots are much stronger than Little White Tiger’s."
Fang Che speculated.
Yan Beihan thought the same.
The origins of Little Bear were full of mystery, completely unknown. But Little White Tiger’s origins were very clear.
On the fifteenth day, seeing that Little White Tiger couldn’t hold on any longer, Fang Che had no choice but to take the little one to a lush water grass area, secretly letting the little tiger poke out its nose and half its mouth for a few breaths.
Fortunately, they weren’t discovered, but Fang Che also knew that such a thing couldn’t happen twice.
Twenty days passed.
Fang Che even broke through to first grade cultivation underwater, reaching Fifth Grade Martial Marquis.
While Yan Beihan remained stuck at Second Grade Martial King.
It was too frustrating.
Eldest Lady Yan was so furious she almost fainted.
"Being chased again, being chased again, being chased again!"
