Bai Ya and Jun Aoyan waited on the shore for less than a quarter of an hour. They were relatively peaceful, and they gave Qi Huan enough face where he couldn't see him, and they didn't make any noise. The sky was slightly brighter, and there was a faint light on the eastern horizon, but it was not enough to illuminate the entire sky.
Qi Huan went down and didn't respond for a long time. For a quarter of an hour, it stands to reason that it has already exceeded the limit of human breath-holding action.
"Did something happen to him?"
Jun Aoyan was exploring the seaside. This place is different from the place where they rested before, it is closer to the village. What Bai Ya could recall with his meager memory was probably in this area. It's dangerous both on shore and under the sea.
"It's okay. If he is eaten by Yasha, there will be blood bubbles coming up." Bai Ya kicked Qi Huan's shirt with the toe of his shoe and pointed to a random location on the sea, "Probably in that area."
"Can't you just hope for something better?"
"There's nothing to look forward to. We agreed that if he doesn't come up in two-quarters of an hour, we'll treat him as drowned and leave. As for whether to kill everyone in this village and rob them all, or risk crossing that area and risk our lives." Let’s see who among us can beat the other in the forest.”
Of course they could divide their forces into two groups, which to Bai Ya would be equivalent to disregarding Ao Yan's life and death. Can he actually do it? It's hard to say, Qi Huan bets that he won't, otherwise he wouldn't care about Aoyan's injury at the beginning. If Qi Huan really has any shortcomings, they should unite. In this environment, trying to survive alone in the Nine Heavens Kingdom is nothing more than a dream.
They waited for a while longer, and dawn came quickly. But at this time, there was some noise on the coastline, which made the two of them alert at the same time. Bai Ya hooked up Qi Huan's clothes with one foot and grabbed it in his hand. He held the scimitar tightly in his other hand and stared at the source of the sound warily.
"Let's go quickly." Jun Aoyan grabbed his arm, "Maybe Yaksha reported to the villagers and came to arrest us."
"Why are you panicking? Come and chop one, come two and chop a pair."
"Didn't I say not to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"
"Innocent? Where are they innocent?"
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, let's go!"
Jun Aoyan pulled him hard, and he almost staggered, and was dragged away while cursing. The ground in this area was wet rock instead of sand, which hid their movements well. The two men hid further from the shore. It's not safe here, and it's only a matter of time before you're discovered. In comparison, they were more worried that Qi Huan would bubble up from the water and catch them.
"We have to go back to where we were before." Bai Ya said suddenly.
"Why? There's still some way there. If Yasha really reports the news, they will definitely go there."
Jun Aoyan exposed half of her head from a high place and looked at the menacing villagers. Many people came, mostly young people. They all had rakes and harpoons in their hands and looked unkind. But these tools cannot compete with their swords. Just start fighting here, if you don't master the strength well, someone will be injured or killed. When the time comes, this will become another bloody case that the God Envoy uses to brainwash them, which is really troublesome.
"Our things are all there, move them out quickly. They are moving forward while looking for people, we are faster."
"……good."
The two of them bent over dejectedly and ran away like thieves through the stone ditch on the side. It didn't take long for them to return to their previous camp, which was not yet guarded by Yasha. This is very strange. There are so many yakshas. One side goes to notify the villagers, and the other side goes ashore to pursue them, forming an outflank. There are still people to deal with the aftermath. Isn't it perfect? But Yasha has not appeared for a long time, and I don’t know why.
When Jun Aoyan came to pick up the things, she was still worried about whether a trap had been set and whether there were ambushes around her. She stretched out her Mo Dao and waved it around the pile of bundles, then walked over at Bai Ya's urging. While packing things, Jun Aoyan raised this doubt.
"As you have seen, it is not that they cannot be killed, they are just difficult to kill. Moreover, they are very resilient and we cannot carry out fatal attacks on them in a short period of time. But at the same time, our offense will hinder them - we also It’s not easy to deal with. If I were an envoy pretending to be a god, it would be embarrassing for the believers to see me in such a mess.”
"...You may be right." Jun Aoyan still hesitated, "But I think there might be other reasons?"
"Don't think about it. Move your things quickly. Take them to the nearest woodland."
Just as he was talking, another figure suddenly appeared on the beach. Bai Ya reflexively threw the knife out, and saw the shadow immediately bending back, the white scimitar spinning in circles against him, then turning back and returning to Bai Ya's hand. The man barely stood still, waving his arms vigorously to maintain balance, and then stood firm.
"What are you doing! Killing!"
"Oh, you're still alive." Bai Ya glanced at the large amount of water plants wrapped around Qi Huan's body. "We thought you were drowning and were preparing to pack up and run away."
"Who are you!" Qi Huan walked towards them, pulling on the greengill grass on his body, "Hiccup... hold the clothes for me first. Oh, it's true, no one has ever told me that this seaweed is so tough. I gave it - burp! I tied it into rice dumplings for them. If they didn't eat grass to get air, I'm afraid they would have been drowned, burped, and died. Hey, I worked so hard to get it, why are you running away... belch--"
"Move your position first, the villagers are chasing us."
After hearing this, Qi Huan hurriedly followed them. He was burping while running all the way, and the two of them really suspected that he was eating this thing.
Jun Aoyan roughly hid the luggage in a shallow hole under a tree, and pulled some branches and leaves to cover it. Qi Huan asked Bai Ya to cut off the gill-like parts with a machete and divide them equally between the two people, while he took less. He had worn out a long greengill and now it was bare. Qi Huan circled the seaweed with his wrist in the middle and said to them:
"Catch them head and tail, so they won't be easily scattered in the sea."
"Then what?" Bai Ya looked at him as if he were a fool, "One of them sinks to the bottom, and the other two are on his back?"
"Don't you have a knife? Cut it!"
Speaking of this, the two of them suddenly looked at the Mo Dao in Jun Aoyan's hand. This is indeed a bit difficult to handle. It is very heavy. I don’t know if I can come up after it goes down.
"I will not part with my knife," she said.
"Okay. If it's too heavy, I won't show mercy."
Bai Ya held one end of the main stem of seaweed and waved it in front of her eyes, wrapping his hand around it a few times.
There is no way to go further. But they circled back to the village, and it was indeed sparsely populated. It seems that in order to capture the three of them, this village really mobilized its troops. Without any preparation, Bai Ya plunged into the water, and the two people at the top were pulled down by the seaweed in his hands before they could react. The sweet and fishy smell of seaweed still stuck to my teeth, and my stomach was rumbling with gas. Strings of small bubbles overflowed from the nasal cavity, and the slightly bloated stomach became uncomfortable as the water pressure gradually increased. But there is no way, everyone is the same, they can only endure it.
Bai Ya kept waving the knife tentatively in front, as if he was trying to find out something. The three people who took off their coats and soft armor were all lined with white, floating and swaying in the water. From a distance, they looked like three jellyfish in the same straight line. Jun Aoyan can't swim, but as long as there are greengills around, he can move around in the water without dying.
They kept swimming and swimming through a gorgeous coral forest. It's daybreak, the light can shine on this place, and the breathtaking scenery comes into view. Bai Ya couldn't see clearly before, but now he doesn't have time to appreciate it. He continued to lead the three-man team forward. The light is getting dimmer, and the sea floor stretches deeper. Sometimes, there are obvious cliffs, and sometimes the terrain picks up. But overall, it's still going down. A large area of long and dense seagrass appeared in front, which was the limit of what light could reach. The warm light had become cooler at this time, perhaps because the sea water had filtered the temperature.
Everything around was dark, gloomy, and cold. The pressure made their eardrums ache, and a low and continuous sound could be heard coming from unknown directions. Is this the view those two people saw? Jun Aoyan felt very uncomfortable. If she had been there once, she would definitely not want to come there a second time. It had nothing to do with whether she could swim or not. But they finally chose to come down for her, which made her feel an indescribable feeling in her heart.
At this time, something strange came from the wound. She looked down at the scratches. They had become very clean. Those dark things had been dissolved in the water at some point, and no new mucus emerged. Although it didn't sting or itch, she always felt as if the muscles deeper in the wound didn't belong to her. They trembled regularly, but did not match the frequency of the heartbeat. She reached out and touched it, and some tiny bubbles seeped out from the wound. She didn't know where they came from.
This is the limit of what a person can dive, maybe a little deeper, barely within the maximum endurance range of these three martial arts practitioners. Bai Ya pointed at the seabed with his knife. The gray-white seabed was already far away from them. Qi Huan leaned over to take a look, but saw nothing. Maybe it was too dark. The knife was also black and could hardly be seen. So he shook his head, meaning he couldn't see.
But Bai Ya also shook his head. Then, he pointed the knife farther out to sea.
Qi Huan gestured.
Your knife isn't here?
Originally here.
Was that taken away by Yaksha?
yes. further afield.
Qi Huan frowned, not knowing what to do for a moment. He wanted to ask how far away it was and how long it would take, but he couldn't fully convey what he meant in the water - they hadn't reached this level of understanding yet. And it was difficult for Bai Ya to answer everything with gestures, and he might not even understand what Qi Huan was saying. This was good, as it fulfilled their wish to find Yasha's undersea lair. If the black scimitar is brought to their home, give them a pot of it.
They have to tell Aoyan about the situation. The two of them turned around slowly in the water and were about to give Aoyan a sign, but they were stunned at the same time.
This is indeed a shocking scene - the wound on Jun Aoyan's side seems to have expanded and deepened. They were visibly opening and closing, and large and small bubbles were constantly emerging from the wounds. Some black liquid still existed, but it quickly melted into the water. They still don't know what it was. However, those black parts stained the bubbles, making them appear muddy in color.
Meanwhile, another feeling of discomfort deepened. All three of them could feel that from a certain moment on, they were being stared at by other eyes. Other fish and shrimps will just avoid them, and no creature will keep their eyes on them. Maybe it started with the seagrass, maybe later. But the feeling of being watched all the time was obvious, so obvious that they firmly believed it was not an illusion. However, the owner of those eyes never took action.
Looking at the shocked two people, Jun Aoyan finally realized a terrible fact.
——She hasn’t breathed out through her nose for a long time.
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