Chapter 604: Milk Tea or Cigarette

Chapter 604: Milk Tea or Cigarette

After withdrawing from school, Gao Yang returned to his home. At three o’clock in the afternoon, Vermilion Bird came to take over Six Rime in preparation for the trip to the abyss at night.

Vermilion Bird bought Gao Yang milk tea and a pack of cigarettes, letting Gao Yang choose between the two.

Gao Yang picked the milk tea. Vermilion Bird smirked with some disappointment. “Ah, I shouldn’t have stopped you from smoking back then. It feels like I’ve lost my only chance.”

Gao Yang said, “Smoking is bad for health. You should quit too.”

“Sure.” Vermilion Bird took out a cigarette. “I’ll quit after this one.”

She crossed her legs and lit the cigarette, taking a graceful drag with her eyes fixed on Gao Yang. “The abyss is going to be dangerous, Seven Shadow. You don’t have to push yourself if you don’t wanna go. We’ll come up with another way.”

“I know, but I have to go. Not just for the Rune Circuit.”

“Then what for?”

“I have a feeling that something’s waiting for me,” Gao Yang said. “It’s a hunch.”

“The Divine Scion’s hunch?” Vermilion Bird asked with a smile.

Gao Yang lowered his head to take a sip of his milk tea. “Perhaps.” Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.comilion Bird fell into thought.

In their shared moment of silence, Vermilion Bird finished her cigarette, and Gao Yang finished half of his milk tea.

Vermilion Bird dropped the cigarette butt into a disposable paper cup. “You may find this comment unwanted, Seven Shadow, but I still want to tell you that I like the old you better.”

Gao Yang put away his cup of milk tea and didn’t meet her eyes. “And I like you when you haven’t picked up smoking again.”

“Is there no going back?” Vermilion Bird asked ruefully.

“There’s no going back,” Gao Yang responded in an even tone. “Life pushes us along. The only things we have a say in are trivial choices like the one between drinking milk tea or smoking.”

“So be it then.” Vermilion Bird twisted her lips into a thin smile. Then she took out another cigarette and lit it, taking a deep inhale. “Good luck.”

Gao Yang stayed silent for ten seconds before looking up. “Xia Li...”

“Shut up,” Vermilion Bird cut him off coldly. “Don’t try to tempt someone much older than you, brat. I bite.”

“Alright.”

At this time, Gao Yang could no longer see anything in the abyss. He didn’t know how far he had descended, only that the black fog around him had become thicker and thicker.

Suddenly, Gao Yang felt himself plunge. He was falling!

Outside the abyss, Surnamed Li started and shouted at Heavenly Dog. “Something’s wrong!”

Caught by surprise, Heavenly Dog quickly pulled the rope and soared into the sky. In the next two seconds, though, the rope in his grip fell uncontrollably, and despite Heavenly Dog’s best effort to hold onto it, the rope ended up cutting his palm and shooting down like a cold, vicious snake, compelled by an irresistible force.

Thud. War Tiger sprang into action, jumping toward the hovering Heavenly Dog, grabbing him with one hand and the rope with the other hand. He brought them to the other side of the abyss in two seconds.

There was a gust, and then Azure Dragon was already there, holding onto the rope along with War Tiger.

Ring.

The bell rang. Although the two of them had steadied the rope, the force pulling the rope down on the other end disappeared after a few seconds.

War Tiger quickly pulled the rope up in surprise, moving so quickly that his hands blurred like a rotating fan.

It only took him a few seconds to reel in the rope running over a hundred meters long. His face darkened when he saw the end of it.

The rope was cut.

Vermilion Bird was holding a tablet, and the screen showed that the signal was dead, too. She turned to Qilin with anxiety she couldn’t mask. “Guildmaster, the tracking device on Gao Yang was dead.”

Qilin didn’t seem surprised. He said calmly, “We wait.”

Vermilion Bird swallowed her words and let out a sigh.

Palms covered in red gashes, Heavenly Dog said in regret, “I’m sorry...”

“You’re not to blame. The abyss is hella strange.” War Tiger patted him on the back. “Don’t worry. Seven Shadow’s quite hard to kill, to the point of being unreasonable.”

Azure Dragon laughed wryly. “You’re right about that, Brother Tiger.”

Seven Shadow only awakened half a year ago, yet he had helped collect a large part of the Rune Circuits and discovered the existence of pride monsters, life monsters, the Divine Scion, and the Malediction. What he had learned about the Mist World almost surpassed their collective knowledge.

Azure Dragon had fancied his Talent as overpowered, but his ability paled in comparison to Seven Shadow’s. Limitless Evolution granted him an observable and tangible aura, in a manner of speaking, while Seven Shadow’s luck could be considered a special destiny, not to be explained with reasons.

The Divine Scion, the son of God.

So God played favorites, too.