Chapter111:TheBigBigWorld

"Boom!"Thebigship,“WhiteLotus”,rippedthroughonecloudafteranother,flyinghigherintothesky.Soonafterwards,“WhiteLotus”hadflownintotheskyandwasovertenthousandmetersawayfromtheground.Theboysandgirlsontheshipwereveryexcitedbecausetheywereseeingthecloudsundertheirfeetforthefirsttimeintheirlives.

Evenherorankedcreaturesweren’tlikelytohavetheabilitytoflytothisheight.Onlytheship,"WhiteLotus",the"gemofwisdom"thatwasbeyondmortals’limit,couldleapoveradistance,flyingtothisforbiddenzone.

Thefloatingship,"WhiteLotus",lookedlikeahugewhitelotusinlaidonafloatingship.Everylotuspetalwasengravedwithcomplicatedpatternsthatmadeitformasinglemagicalcircle.Whenlinkedtogether,thesesinglemagicalcirclesformedacolossal,compoundedmagicalcircle.

Thethreethousandlotuspetalswereenoughtoblockanyherorankedcreature’sattack.ThestrongestattackunitinthewholeWhiteLotusSwordDomainwasn’tthemasteroftheWhiteLotusGod’sDomain,butthefloatingship.Afterspendingoverahundredyearstobuildthefloatingship,theairlinefromtheswordhandleareatotheswordtipareahadn’tevenhadasingleaccident.

TheSwordPalace’snewdiscipleswerelucky.Severalhundredyearsago,theirpredecessorshadtowalkacrossthelongswordbladeareatoreachthelegendaryholyland,theSwordPalace.Eventhoughtheirteamleaderwasanexperiencedherorankedteacher,theycouldn’tavoidallaccidents.Once,oneoftheworstaccidentshadkilledabouthalfofthenewdisciplesatthattime.Afterthattragicaccident,theSwordPalacepaidafewdecadesoftheirfinancialbudgettobuildtheship“WhiteLotus”alongwiththeHeaven’sRoadPalace.

Atthecenterofthelotus,wasthecoreofthefloatingship.Thetwinwitcheswerestayingthere.Now,RedLotuswastalkingaboutswordskillswithHuaHuo.Usually,HuaHuowasveryinterestedindiscussingswordskillswithRedLotus.However,shelookedalittledistractednow.Sheoftenturnedbackandgazedatthegirlsonthedeck.

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"What’sup?Whydoyoucareaboutthemsomuch?Thesegirlsarenotbad,buttheycan’tcomparetoyou.Youarethemostspecialone."RedLotussaid.SherealizedthatHuaHuowasabsentminded,thenalsolookedatthedeckwithadoubtfullook.

"Ihaveaforeboding."HuaHuosaid.ShestaredattheseveralgirlsaroundYunXi-especiallyherelderfemalecousin,HuaYue.

HowcanyouoccupytheclosestplacebesideYunXisoeasily?Thatshouldbemyplace!Eventhoughyou’remyelderfemalecousin,Iwon’tgiveLittleXitoyou!

HuaYuefeltHuaHuo’sscorchinggaze.Sheraisedherhead,wavingherhandsatHuaHuowithapleasantlook.

"Look!HuaHuoislookingatus."

"Oh,HuaHuomustfeelworried."YunXiletoutasighofrelief.Hewasn’tusedtoHuaYue’spassion.

Shouldn’tanaristocraticmissbeveryreserved?Whywasshesoproactive?Didshefindsomethingwrong?Mydisguiseshouldbeflawless.

"Comehere,Mei.Ifoundagoodplace!"TakingtheopportunitywhenHuaYuewasdistractedbyHuaHuo,XiaoCaoheldYunXi’shandandleftthecrowd.

XiaoCao’sMortal’sSwordtalentwasagreathelp.Shecouldalwaysfindaninterestingplacewhichordinarypeoplewouldn’tdiscover.Now,theywereattheforefrontoftheship,wherealotus-shapedfigureheadwasplaced.

ItwassaidthattheshipsintheWesternGod’sDomainoftenusedmermaid-shapedfigureheads,buttheshipsinEasternGod’sDomaindidn’thavethisspecificrequirement.DifferentsworddomainsintheEasternGod’sDomainuseddifferentfigureheads.

WhiteLotus’sfigureheadwasabeautifullotusthrone.Itwascoveredinwarmwhitelights,whichprotecteditfromanypotentialstormsandmoisture.

"Isn’tthisaforbiddenzone?"YunXihadnoticedthelotusthroneawhileago,butwhenhetriedtocomehere,hehadfeltthataninvisibleforcestoppinghim.Theforcewasusedtotellthemthatnoonewasallowedtoenterthisplace.

"Itdoesn’tmatter.Ihavefoundamethodtoenterhere."XiaoCaosaidwithanonchalantexpression.

ShecasuallysatbesideYunXi,thentookoffhershoes.Herfeetwerewhiteandtender.Thesizeofhersoleswasperfectandhertoeswereasroundaspearls.

"WhenIwasverysmall,Ioftenimaginedwhattheworldoutsidetownlookedlike.TheunclesandauntsinthevillagetoldmethatifIdidn’tleavethetown,Iwouldmissmanygoodthings.Astheysaid,afterIleftthetown,ImetmanypeopleandlearnedmanythingsIcouldn’tlearninthetown.Intheoutsideworld,therearegoodpeopleandbadpeople,therearepeoplewhoareweakerthanmeandtherearepeoplewhoarestrongerthanme.IfIdidn’tleavethetown,Iwouldn’thaveknownthattheworldwassobig.Look,Mei!Thisisthesky!"XiaoCaoheldYunXi’shandandlethimsitbesideher.

"Andweareflying!Weareflyinginthevery,very,highsky!"

XiaoCaostartedsinging.Hervoicewasclearandmelodious,andhersongwasnaive,butcontainedguilelesssincerity.WhenYunXiheardthesong,hefeltthattherewasaninvisiblehandstrokinghim,makinghisheartfeelrelaxedandpeaceful.Hequietlywatchedthebluesky,thecloudswhichconstantlydisappearedandappearedunderhisfeet,andthebigbrightsun.

Everythingwassorefreshingandbracing.Unlikewhenhelookedattheskyfromtheground,whenhereallystoodabovetheclouds,hereallyfelthisinsignificanceandtheboundlessnessoftheworld.Underthebluesky,eventheshipWhiteLotus,whichwasthreekilometerslong,alsolookedlikealeafintheboundlesssea.

"Hey!"XiaoCaowassuddenlyinterested.Shebaredherfeetandjumpedaround,lookingatYunXiwithabrightsmile.

"Mei!Comeseemorebeautifulsceneswithme!It’savery,verywonderfulfeelingtobebesideyou!"XiaoCaosaid.Sheopenedherhandswideandshoutedattheendlesssky,"XiaoCaoandMeiwillbebestfriendsforever!"

Herhandsweresmall,butinYunXi’seyes,shehadhuggedtheentireskyinherarms.Shebaskedinthegoldensunshine,asglamorousasagoldenfairy.Oh,XiaoCaowassocute.