Chapter 230

Chapter 230

Flying Fish (Part 1)

Mu Yu didn’t have the foggiest idea where he was off to. He was already moving as fast as he could. Still, he lost Qiao Xue’s tracks. She had the terrain advantage over him; hence, he couldn’t catch up. He reasoned she had to go up in order to get out and chose his pursuit path based on one word, up. As he went further up, there were more rocks around, adding to his challenge. Thank heavens the leaves were fragile.

“Behave or I’ll leave you on this mountain,” warned Mu Yu.

“We’re almost there. I can sense the pressure of the earth dropping off.”

“Wait, something is off. The mud around is abnormally soft. Oh, crap, water!”

Once the grass squeezed out of the mud, it landed in water.

“Hmm? Are we in Qiao Xue’s embrace?”

Mu Yu shook his head. He crawled out of the grass and jumped into the air. It was healing to stand in the warm and bright sun after spending so long in the dismal underground. The sound of running water and splashing indicated he was back at the waterfall they entered the underground via. He shouted, “Qiao Xue, where are you?”

If Qiao Xue used her water ability to travel via the water way, there was no hope of catching up.

Xiaoshuai shook the water off and grumbled, “Let’s go. I hate the stuffy and hot underground.”

“Hey, uhh,” – Mu Yu gulped, “Lightning strikes narcissists, too, so be careful not to implicate me.”

Mu Yu ended up creating a vine tent and lit up a pill flame stone to warm his hands. Xiaoshuai placed a drumstick on the pill flame stone and commented, “It’d be perfect if there was a fiend beast we could catch for dinner.”

Mu Yu, eating a crunchy biscuit, admonished, “Always food with you, isn’t it? You’re about to empty out our rations.”

“Eating is nature’s design.”

Rumble! Amongst the sound of rain falling pit pat on leaves, there were faint footsteps that didn’t escape Mu Yu. The approaching footsteps were hasty. He also heard humming coming closer. He then heard a splash of water. It was hard to see in the rain, but he spotted a human silhouette. The individual struggled to their feet and kept looking behind them as they put one leg in front of the other. He was a young man, presumably from one of the sects that they travelled with.

When Mu Yu finally made up his mind to holler, he saw a colourful fiend beast resembling a koi, except one with wings instead of fins, circling above the youth. For whatever reason, seeing another unidentifiable fiend beast reminded him of the regret of not being able to clear the air with Qiao Xue. The youth’s jade piece brought Mu Yu back to reality. The youth was vexed and exasperated, but he looked relieve when he got a grip on the jade piece.

The youth vengefully waved the jade piece at the flying fish and began to squeeze it. The flying fish flapped its wings, drawing lightning toward it. The rainfall enhanced the lightning bolt. It directed the blue lightning around it down to the massive puddle of water below, giving the youth nowhere to run to..

“What’s he waiting for?” wondered Mu Yu.

The rain around the flying fish froze just as the youth did. The flying fish cheerfully flapped its wings and chirped.

“Its tweets sound nice. Wait, wait, wait. He’s dead. How did he die? Did the flying fish kill him?” Mu Yu muttered under his breath.