As the Universe Turns - Chapter 378
Chapter 378 Fog Illusion
The fog around her grew thicker and thicker. The things thirty to forty feet away were no longer visible. Luo Die shouted for a long time, but Xiao Chen did not respond. At this moment, it was as if she had lost herself in this white fog. A sense of fear gradually rose in her heart.
At this moment, she suddenly felt someone patting her shoulder. She was shocked and turned around to see that Xiao Chen was behind her at some unknown time.
“You … you …”
Luo Die stared at him blankly, then pointed at the fog in front of her and muttered, “Weren’t you just in front? Why are you behind me again …”
Xiao Chen frowned, “I still want to ask you, why did you leave so quickly just now?”
“What?”
Luo Die was stunned for a moment again and immediately became alert. She thought that something was wrong. He had clearly walked in front of her just now and then disappeared. How could he suddenly appear behind her? There was something strange …
“Xiao Yichen? Where are you? Xiao Yichen, can you hear me? Xiao Yichen …” another voice came from behind the white mist.
Luo Die was immediately shocked. Wasn’t this her voice? What’s going on …
A figure slowly appeared in the white mist behind her. It looked exactly like her. Luo Die was even more shocked. When she saw the other herself, she seemed to have fallen into some sort of confusion and was stunned to the point of not moving at all.
“Looks like there are barriers and fog formations outside the entire mountain. It can cause people to hallucinate. It should have been left behind by an ancient immortal. The purpose is to prevent people from intruding into the mountain.”
Xiao Chen looked around at the white mist and guessed.
Luo Die slowly regained her senses and looked at him and said, “Then just now … I clearly saw you leave first. Could it also be an illusion of mine?”
“You are originally an illusionist, how could you let yourself fall into an illusion first?” Xiao Chen glanced at her and ignored Luo Die, who appeared behind him, and said, “Let’s go.”
“Wait for me.”
This time, Luo Die followed closely behind him, lest he suddenly disappear again. The two of them walked through the fog for three days and three nights.
As twilight fell on this day, the dense fog around them still remained, causing a gloomy feeling to suddenly appear in the mountains.
“Wait …”
Xiao Chen suddenly stopped. Seeing him stop, Luo Die immediately became alert. “What’s wrong?”
In the past three days, the two of them had encountered many strange things. Both of them were caused by illusions, but at this moment, the real aura that Xiao Chen felt was getting closer and closer.
“Master Wuji has caught up. This time, it won’t be an illusion.”
“Master Wuji …”
Luo Die’s face was slightly shocked. Sure enough, before she could finish her words, the white mist behind her suddenly surged. An aura had faintly penetrated through.
“If it weren’t for the two of you leading the way, this old man wouldn’t have been able to enter the legendary mountain of poor mulberry trees. Hehe …” A sinister laugh came from the mist. “If it weren’t for the two of you leading the way, I wouldn’t have been able to enter the legendary mountain of poor mulberry trees.”
“It’s really him …”
Luo Die was shocked. Before he could react, Xiao Chen had already pulled her into the thick fog in front of him. In the white fog behind him, a figure gradually appeared. It was Lord Countless.
“This time, let’s see where else you guys want to run to …”
A strange smile suddenly appeared on Master Wuji’s face, causing his immortal temperament to vanish from the world outside.
It turned out that three days ago, when Xiao Chen and Luo Die had just arrived outside Mount Qiongsang, he had already caught up with them. However, this time, he had learned from the previous lesson and tried to conceal his aura. Seeing that the fog in the mountain gave rise to illusions, he used these illusions to silently follow behind Xiao Chen and Luo Die.
Ordinary people would need at least a month to cross this layer of fog to enter the mountain. However, Luo Die had already printed the map in his mind and was skilled in illusions. Thus, it only took him three days to enter the mountain. However, he didn’t know that Master Wuji was also following behind him. This time, he brought this person in instead.
At this moment in the mountains, the two of them were running at top speed. Luo Die’s heart was pounding. She never expected that Wuji Shangren would actually follow behind. She knew that Xiao Chen was going to Yang Valley to find something to save her, but now that she had brought Wuji Shangren in, what should she do this time?
“Hug … I’m sorry, I didn’t expect that this person would always follow behind …”
Luo Die frowned. She didn’t even dare to raise her head to look at him this time. If she had been a little more careful, she wouldn’t have let Wuji Shangren follow her.
Xiao Chen shook his head, “I don’t blame you. Even I didn’t notice that this person has been following behind …”
Luo Die’s heart finally calmed down when she saw that he didn’t blame her. She looked at him and asked with a frown, “What should we do now? If we fight him head-on, I’m afraid we won’t be able to defeat that person …”
Xiao Chen gradually knitted his eyebrows. He suddenly stopped. Luo Die saw him suddenly stop and looked at him strangely. She immediately stopped and asked in a daze, “What’s wrong?”
Xiao Chen looked towards the distant mountain surrounded by clouds and mist. He slowly opened his brows and said, “That person is coming for me. If there is a crisis, the girl can leave on her own. There is no need to worry about me.”
“But, I haven’t found Yang Valley for you yet …” Luo Die was stunned again when she heard what he said.
Xiao Chen waved his sleeve and his expression became much more serious. He looked at her and said, “If you lose your life, what’s the use of finding it?”
Seeing his fierce expression, Luo Die immediately understood that he was already in the Mountain of Poverty Mulberry. In the past, this was the Immortal Mountain, but now it was dangerous and unpredictable. Therefore, nothing was more important than his life. And he was not absolutely confident that he could deal with Wuji Shangren. He did not want to implicate himself, so he let himself do as he pleased
But …
She didn’t know why, but they had only met by chance, and the two of them had nothing to do with each other. Even though the Yin Yang restriction on her body had been lifted, she could quietly leave at any time, but why did she still stay behind to continue searching for Yang Valley for him?
Just because you promised to find it for him? When a gentleman promised, he swore that he would never regret it, but she was not a gentleman, so why did she insist on keeping this promise? Perhaps, even she didn’t know.
“Alright …”
She nodded, but her heart had already settled down. Since she had already entered Mount Qiongsang, she had to find Yang Valley no matter what. Although she did not know who the person he was trying to save was, she did not regret her promise.
“Haha … In my opinion, you two don’t have to leave anymore.”
Right at this moment, Wuji Shangren’s terrifying voice suddenly came from behind the thick fog.
Luo Die raised her head and saw that the white mist had already surged. She felt suffocated and whispered, “He’s coming …”