"What?! Aunt Hua and Aunt Li are both dead? Even Xiaoque’Er and the others..."
In the picturesque Bamboo Mountain, listening to Yun Zhen’s sorrowful recount, Xiaowu’s mouth dropped open in shock, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.
Yun Yan and Yun Yu, not quite understanding, curiously asked, "Sister Xiaowu, why are you crying?"
Yun Xing fell into silence, evidently understanding what had happened.
"How could this happen?"
Xiaowu’s tears flowed like a river, yet it was Yun Zhen who comforted her.
The two equally tall girls embraced each other; Yun Zhen was fit, Xiaowu was delicate, but Xiaowu’s curves were more pronounced, with more beautiful legs.
It was quite rare; Yun Zhen was not considered exceptionally beautiful, but her fa on the Beauty Ranking was due to her unrivaled figure.
Unexpectedly, Xiaowu’s figure was even better, just her facial features were a bit ordinary; otherwise, she would definitely be on the Beauty Ranking.
Once Yun Zhen and Xiaowu had comforted each other, Qin Gengyun spoke to Xiaowu about Yun Li’s entrusted matters. Xiaowu wiped her swollen eyes and bowed to Qin Gengyun:
"Thank you, Taoist Friend Qin, for escorting Yun Zhen for miles. I will now take you all up the mountain."
She was dressed in the distinctive attire of Cloud Bamboo Mountain, with jingling silver bells, and her robes were bright, but her deanor was like the gentle, good family ladies of the Eastern Cultivation Land.
Qin Gengyun felt curious and glanced twice at Xiaowu, but the girl seed pure-hearted, not noticing Qin Gengyun’s strange gaze. She imdiately called for those around to put away their bamboo spears.
Leading everyone towards a bamboo-covered mountain.
In truth, ever since entering the southernmost part of the Northern Wilderness, Qin Gengyun and his group had seen nothing but bamboo mountains all around for days, each mountain looking the sa, with no idea of the path ahead.
This was one of the reasons why Liu Su couldn’t find the relics of the Cyan Lotus Sect.
Soon, the group arrived at the mountainside, still surrounded by bamboo forests. Xiaowu removed a bone chain from her neck, placing it in her hands before her chest, and it emitted a soft glow.
Seeing the puzzled expressions, Xiaowu explained, "This bone chain is made from my mother’s hand bones. She was an Array Master before she passed, exceptionally good at Concealnt Arrays. Before she left, she laid a new Concealnt Array around Cloud Bamboo Mountain, which can only be activated using her bones."
Xiaowu’s face carried a trace of sadness, clutching the bone chain tightly, her eyes filled with longing.
Liu Su whispered to Niantang, "This Xiaowu is really too naive, revealing such a significant secret to strangers on our first eting."
Niantang nodded, looking even more puzzled at Xiaowu.
From the mont Xiaowu appeared, Niantang had sensed a very peculiar aura on her.
It seed like a minuscule array was suppressing sothing within her.
Clearly, this Xiaowu harbored a secret.
But throughout this journey, observing Xiaowu’s words and deeds, she seed pure and naive, or more accurately, genuinely simple-minded.
Just like now, she so easily disclosed Cloud Bamboo Mountain’s biggest secret to this group of strangers.
If they had ill intentions, wouldn’t Cloud Bamboo Mountain be finished?
According to Mo Xiaolan, Xiaowu was the daughter of the Spirit Corpse Mountain Master, originally intended to be sent into the Zhenyang Sect, to form an alliance.
Who would have thought she’d be such a simpleton; if she really entered the Zhenyang Sect, she’d be devoured whole.
Over there, Xiaowu, laden with sadness, finished revealing Cloud Bamboo Mountain’s biggest secret, then held the bone chain tightly, closing her eyes.
In an instant, the white light began to spin rapidly.
A mont later, the light flashed, then disappeared.
The bamboo forest returned to calm; everyone vanished as if nothing had ever happened.
From afar, at the top of a bamboo, Ye Xiyue, dressed in white, looked with a cold deanor at this startling scene, without a hint of surprise.
The next mont, a peculiar smile appeared on her cold face:
"Hehehe, Ye Xiyue, Xia Qinglian must think you can’t even find the path into Cloud Bamboo Mountain, not knowing that the Spirit Corpse Mountain Master, to appease Zhenyang Sect, had long revealed another path inside to Master! Let’s go in and give Xia Qinglian a surprise!"
"Wait."
"What’s the matter? Is the poison in your body not fully cleared yet? Hehehe, wonderful, this ti it’s my turn; I surely will make you feel delightful!"
"The poison was cleared yesterday... I cannot see through that Xiaowu."
"What are you afraid of? Cloud Bamboo Mountain wants to curry favor with Zhenyang Sect; they will have to give face to you, the Senior Sister. They might even voluntarily help you capture Xia Qinglian!"
Ye Xiyue turned back and saw vast spans of bamboo forests quivering dozens of miles away, then continually collapsing as if being cut down en mass.
She knew those were the people from Spirit Corpse Mountain.
Such audacity and recklessness.
Ye Xiyue’s eyebrows slightly furrowed: "The Spirit Corpse Mountain Master handing territories to such a fool is incredibly stupid."
"Hehehe, Ye Xiyue, is Spirit Corpse Mountain targeting Yun Wu? That so-called number one beauty in the world, ahead of us, I’d really like to see how beautiful she truly is."
"We are here only to capture Xia Qinglian; avoid inviting unnecessary trouble."
"Ye Xiyue, you are the Senior Sister of Xiyue Peak, an elder of the Orthodox Sect; can you just watch Spirit Corpse Mountain slaughter Cloud Bamboo Mountain? Your Immortal Body, how different is it from my Demon Embryo? Hehehe!"
"Shut up!"
...
"Wow! So beautiful!!"
At this mont, Qin Gengyun and others found themselves on a mountaintop with breathtaking scenery.
On Cloud Bamboo Mountain, there truly were a hundred thousand bamboos, lush and beautiful.
Most astonishingly, these hundred thousand cloud bamboos weren’t on the ground but in the sky!
Now, above their heads, in the blue sky, a magnificent bamboo forest floated like white clouds in the air.
Such a scene felt like a dream, fantastical.
Fang Xue and Liu Su gazed upwards at the white cloud bamboo forest in the sky, exclaiming in awe.
The more composed Mo Xiaolan and Si Minglan also craned their necks, their eyes filled with astonishnt, evidently moved by the magical beauty before them.
Niantang looked up at the bamboo forest that appeared like white clouds, murmuring:
"The saying ’A hundred thousand cloud bamboos can’t compare to one dance’ must refer to these bamboos growing in the clouds, right?"
"That’s correct, sister," Xiaowu bead as she introduced:
"Cloud bamboo doesn’t need soil, only the nourishnt of clouds and rain in the sky, hence it grows within the clouds, which is why our Cloud Bamboo Mountain is nad so."
After speaking, as if recalling sothing, she hurriedly added:
"My mother said that every ti we enter and exit Cloud Bamboo Mountain, upon seeing the cloud bamboo in the sky, you may close your eyes and make a wish. The more frequently you wish, the more likely your wish is to co true!"
After finishing, she clasped her hands over her chest, closing her eyes to make a wish.
Seeing her piety, everyone couldn’t help but imitate her, starting to make wishes themselves.
"Oh, by the way!"
Xiaowu opened her eyes, adding:
"You mustn’t tell anyone your wish, or it won’t co true."
After finishing, she closed her eyes again to continue wishing.
Si Minglan chuckled softly: "If wishing worked, there wouldn’t be any more conflicts or bloodshed in the world."
A mont later, she still closed her eyes, silently wishing: Please grant ten more years of life, so I can destroy the Western Emperor Palace!
Not far off, Yun Zhen also closed her eyes, saying in her heart: "Last ti here, I wished for my mother to stop forcing to practice, but this ti, I wish to make any sacrifice to rapidly increase my cultivation and avenge Cloud Pattern Mountain!"
Fang Xue clasped her hands together as well, silently wishing: "May my father and mother have long lives, lasting until the day I ascend to immortality!"
Mo Xiaolan glanced at Qin Gengyun and silently closed her eyes:
"May Taoist Friend Qiu put down the shackles in her heart, grow old with Qin Gengyun, and enjoy everlasting happiness."
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