studiobondurri Chapter 516: White Sand Fort
Chapter 516: White Sand Fort
Chapter 516: White Sand Fort
A moment of silence later, Ye Qing asked suddenly, “What would happen if someone who’s completely alone enters Longevity Village?”
Wen Shu looked surprised for a moment before lighting up. “That’s a bold idea. If you have no friends or family, then the curse can’t take place, but you will still enjoy an extended lifespan. You’d be killing two birds with one stone! You know, I almost feel like this Longevity Village is made for me.”
Wen Shu was saying this because he was an orphan.
Ye Qing smiled but didn’t give him a response. Personally, he didn’t think that things would be so simple. If he could come up with the idea, why not others? New novels updates at novelhall.com
Ye Qing pulled the conversation back on track. “So, how did Reverend Yi Pin get involved with the Longevity Village?”
Wen Shu slapped his head as if he couldn’t believe he almost forgot about his original objective. “I’m not too sure about the details myself, but three days ago, a group sought out the Reverend and said he wishes to visit the Longevity Village or something. Everyone here in Bei You knows that Longevity Village is not a place you want to get anywhere near to, and the Reverend was no exception. But for some reason, he changed his mind later on and agreed to guide them.”
“Before he left, he secretly spoke to the old man and asked him to call for help from a friend named Ye if he doesn’t return in three days. He was probably talking about you.”
Ye Qing thought for a moment before shooting another question, “What about Yi Pin’s disciple, Li Longxiang? Where is he, and how is he doing?”
“Longxiang?” Wen Shu scratched his head a little. “Now that you mentioned it, I haven’t seen the dunce in a long time. Where is he? Oh! I get it! They must have captured the dunce and used him to force the Reverend into submission! No wonder he changed his mind later on!”
Wen Shu might be young, but he was without a doubt a shrewd boy. He figured out the truth as soon as the words had passed his mouth.
“That is definitely one possibility,” Ye Qing echoed in agreement.
“Hmph! Those shameless bastards! One day, I will cut them all with my sword and cleanse this jianghu of their filth!” Wen Shu unsheathed his wooden sword and swung it a couple of times in anger. “Let’s go, bud! I’ll take you to Longevity Mountain and rescue the Reverend and his dunce!”
“Wait. Give me a moment.” Ye Qing caught Wen Shu before the young man could do anything rash and stepped toward the Temple of Divination.
“Where are you going?” Confused, Wen Shu tried to follow only for Ye Qing to shut the door in his face.
“Hmph! What’s he trying to hide?” Wen Shu sat his butt on the stairs and poked some unfortunate ants who happened to catch his eyes with his wooden sword. “Whatever. It’s not like I care about it.”
“Wait! You’re not bringing me with you?” Wen Shu blurted in a hurry when he realized that Ye Qing was going to leave without him.
“Why would I?” Ye Qing turned back and shot him a smirk.
“Are you looking down on me?!” Wen Shu glared at him.
“What do you think?” Ye Qing snorted. You’re a Vessel Augmentor, for heavens sake.
Wen Shu pointed his wooden sword at Ye Qing and declared loudly, “Hmph! How dare you look down on the greatest swordsman in the world! Come! We shall exchange three hundred blows with each other!”
“You can challenge me after you’ve actually become the greatest swordsman in the world.” Ye Qing gave him one last head pat before leaving for real.
Wen Shu tried to give chase, but the distance between them kept growing by leaps and bounds. In just a few steps, the young man had lost track of Ye Qing completely. Left with no choice, he could only shout his displeasure, “Hmph! Just you wait! I will defeat you one day!”
A second later, he added, “You better come back, you bastard! I’ll be waiting for you!”
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“So this is the White Desert. It definitely looks impressive.”
Astonished, Ye Qing took a moment to admire the borderless white desert before his eyes. Pure and white, it almost felt like he was staring at a blank piece of paper. Even the sky was dyed white to the point where he could barely tell where the ends met. It made for one hell of a sight for sure.
Ye Qing grabbed a handful of sand and let it fall through his fingers. They were fine, soft, and felt no different from normal sand. The only thing that differentiated it from normal sand was its color.
After he was done admiring the view, Ye Qing took his first step into the desert. To say that he stood out like a sore thumb would be an understatement. Like a drop of ink dripping onto a blank piece of canvas, it was impossible to miss him even from dozens of kilometers away.
He had just taken a few steps when suddenly, a pair of white silhouettes burst out of the sand and swung their blades at his legs. In response, Ye Qing stared straight ahead and lightly stomped his foot.
The footprint on the sand looked shallow and, frankly, pathetic. A child could probably had left a deeper footprint than him. However, the attackers’ blades abruptly shattered into pieces, and they themselves abruptly collapsed on the floor, unable to move even a muscle. Both men were looking up at Ye Qing in shock.
The white silhouettes were human. To be specific, they were desert bandits. The reason they looked indistinguishable from their surroundings until just now was because they wore white outfits, their skin was pale, and even their hair, eyebrows and pupils were white-colored.