The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 197 - 130: Revealing Oneself

Chapter 197: Chapter 130: Revealing Oneself

Wen Liangyu was not in a good state at that moment. Ever since he saw the man before him, he felt like his chest was being pounded by hammers and his ears roared, an overwhelming and invisible authority assailing him, trying to press him down to the ground. Where was this place? Who was this person? Numerous doubts flashed through his mind, but after struggling for a while, blood trickled from his nose, and his knees gradually bent and knelt down.

Ning Xiaoxian, seeing Wen Liangyu slowly kneel to the ground, was so angry that she glared at Changtian. This guy really holds petty grudges—nobody had offended him!

Changtian, however, looked at Wen Liangyu with a touch of surprise in his heart. Ning Xiaoxian risked danger alone to save this man; how could he not vent the irritation in his heart? But this Half-Demon seemed a bit odd.

He suppressed the questions in his heart and turned to Ning Xiaoxian: "Aren’t you leaving quickly? Are you waiting for others to come down?"

Life is so tough for a sister! Both of the big men before her were so leisurely, only she, a woman, had to be busy escaping for her life. Was this fair?! She sighed and turned to leave the God Demon Prison.

A small half of this cavern was submerged in water. The turbulent underground water flow reached here and formed a small pond on the side of the cavern, where the current was much calmer and deeper.

She stood on the edge of the pond, looking out, and realized that, although the water was clear, the torches on the stone walls were not very helpful, barely illuminating six or seven meters ahead; any further, and the pond was pitch-black. Her eyesight was better than that of ordinary people, and she could faintly see a cave-like structure under the water.

She had no doubts that this Waterway could lead to the outside world. Since Master Fan had mentioned that this secret passage was an escape route built by the former Master, it would certainly not be a dead end. Thus, she took a deep breath, gripped something in her left hand, and stepped into the water.

The fear of water is innate for Humans. Especially a pond so dark and eerie, which satisfies people’s imagination of fear itself.

Ning Xiaoxian was actually quite good at swimming, and her Guiding Technique had nearly reached Great Success, allowing her to hold her breath underwater for two hours without a problem. However, she hadn’t planned to swim across. As she moved forward, the water ahead silently parted!

She walked forward quickly for a few steps and found that the water would follow her lead—advancing and retreating with her. If she moved forward, the water parted more swiftly; if she retreated, the separated water closed back up. It was indeed useful! Her eyes widened with amazement.

What she was clutching in her hand was the Water Repelling Pearl! She had acquired it from a merchant team, from a large Bivalve Spirit hidden within a thick, gray shell; it was a grayish bead with a rough appearance, like an enlarged fish eye. However, once submerged, the effect was extremely practical.

Upon testing, she found that the Water Repelling Pearl seemed to form a small elliptical water barrier around her, impenetrable to any droplet. When she reached out her hand toward the exterior, she could not touch the water either—the water barrier extended, protecting her hand as well.

So much fun! She chuckled twice with a "heh heh."

Changtian said helplessly, "There’s pursuers behind, can’t you move a bit faster, girl?"

Right, she had to hurry up and leave, or neither Master Fan nor those demons would let her off the hook. Ning Xiaoxian stuck her tongue out and quickened her pace.

She was indeed "walking"—the downside of the Water Repelling Pearl was that the water beneath her feet also parted, so she actually sank to the riverbed and was walking thereon. Walking at the bottom of the river wasn’t very pleasant; the relentless currents had polished the pebbles exceptionally smooth. If it wasn’t for her martial prowess, she wouldn’t have known how many times she might have tumbled in various positions at the riverbed.

The feeling of being immersed in water was really dreadful, especially when she moved beyond the illumination range of the torches in the cave and was submerged in pitch darkness, with extreme silence all around! She was encased in her own small world within the water, completely disconnected from the outside.

Thankfully, she came prepared. She pulled out another object from her bosom, and suddenly a brilliant light shone, illuminating all around.

It was glow grass, a little item she had obtained from the mutual market. It resembled a fern-like plant; it was inedible, unsuitable for alchemy, but it had an excellent use—so long as it absorbed sunlight during the day, it could emit a milky white glow in darkness, pure and soft. Many disciples of the Immortal Sect liked to use it for nighttime illumination: eco-friendly, low carbon, energy-saving, and most importantly, cheap. While their masters used Luminous Pearls for lighting, how could the hard-striving disciples afford such luxury?