Chapter 154: Flipping the Table
Under the restraint of Nuwa, Shao Zifeng ultimately saved his life.
With Xiucheng Shi brandishing his stone ax like a mad dog in his direction, Shao Zifeng still felt some lingering fear.
Luckily, it seemed this fool truly had no brains, as he quickly forgot about Shao Zifeng and turned to seek out trouble with the old dragon again. The poor old dragon, over three meters tall, was pitifully hiding behind Nuwa, who was only about one meter twenty, like a bullied little wife.
Bang!
Nuwa's chubby tail whipped the ground: "Xiucheng Shi, be good for me."
"Oh."
After shrinking, Xiucheng Shi was slightly shorter than the old dragon, still around two meters eighty, and even sitting cross-legged, he was not much shorter than Shao Zifeng, especially with that wild-looking stone ax in his hand, which appeared exceedingly formidable.
Seeing Xiucheng Shi finally settled down, Nuwa nodded her small head in satisfaction, then turned to Shao Zifeng and said, "Unworthy descendant, tell us about what happened yesterday."
Shao Zifeng nodded and briefly described how the Li Family of Goryeo had summoned the Source Messenger.
"What, those of the Donghuang lineage actually conspired with the Source... those guys!"
"Where is the Source Messenger, I want to blow their heads off!"
The old dragon and Xiucheng Shi both reacted fiercely, but their points of focus were distinctly different. Shao Zifeng looked at the old dragon, then at Xiucheng Shi, and helplessly pointed towards the thin line in the sky.
The old dragon looked up, a glint flickering in his eyes: "I was wondering why I felt uncomfortable today, it turns out there's trouble here. It seems I need to quickly find the comrades that are sealed, otherwise..."
"Xiucheng Shi, what are you doing!"
Seeing the old dragon suddenly bristle, Shao Zifeng followed his gaze and saw Xiucheng Shi arching his body, his chest eye ablaze with rage, and high-temperature white smoke began to rise from his body again.
He gripped his stone ax, the fiery patterns on his body growing brighter: "I'm going to kill my way there, and smash their skulls!"
As he spoke, he slightly bent his knees and, with a roar, shot up into the sky.
Before he could fly even a few meters, a thick tail harshly struck his bald neck, and Xiucheng Shi sprawled on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Nuwa glared, her small face cold: "Xiucheng Shi, if you keep being reckless, I will really get angry."
Xiucheng Shi climbed up from the ground, the eye on his chest looking somewhat evasive: "Great Nuwa, I admit my mistake."
After sitting back down, the old dragon spoke with some concern: "Great Nuwa, although I don't know how many comrades are still sealed, they definitely can't compare to the heyday of my Donghuang. If... I mean, if it all comes to naught in the end..."
The old dragon didn't continue, but the meaning behind his words was quite clear.
Nuwa sat on her own tail: "I have been pondering this matter all these days, and now I have understood. If it comes to the point where it is beyond redemption, then I shall expel them once more."
"Expulsion?" The old dragon's expression was slightly startled, as he didn't quite grasp her meaning.
Curious, Shao Zifeng asked, "Great Nuwa, what do you mean by expulsion?"
Nuwa hesitated before nodding: "Although I was sealed very early and do not know exactly what happened back then, I have come to a realization these past days."
The gazes of the old dragon and Xiucheng Shi converged on Nuwa; having been among the first to be sealed those years ago, they naturally wanted to know what had transpired after their sealing.
Nuwa continued: "In those days, we were successively ambushed and sealed. By the later stages, our combat power certainly couldn't compare to those guys. I've been wondering what it was that made them leave this world, and what caused the elemental forces of this world to deplete but the essence to remain undispersed, even slowly recovering after thousands of years."
Shi Xing anxiously asked, "Right, what's the reason?"
Swish, swish, swish!
Several angry glares landed on him, causing Shi Xing's DNA to stir, and he glared back viciously: "What are you looking at, want to start a fight or what?"
"Shut up!"
After giving it some thought, Shi Xing indeed dared not provoke the Empress Wa and then sat to one side, hugging his arms, his thick forearms conveniently blocking his nipples.
The Empress Wa rubbed her temple and continued, "Where were we... ah, Recovery, so I believe that after we were sealed, Di Yi, in collaboration with the other ancestral spirits, used their lives and all the elements in this world as a sacrifice to expel those beings and seal them in a special space, which also explains the elemental exhaustion."
Old Dragon felt a touch of sorrow upon hearing this. If what Empress Wa said was true, Di Yi and the others must have truly perished, leaving no possibility of seeing them again.
Shao Zifeng didn't feel as heavily impacted, and he pondered before speaking, "So you're saying that in the end, our side just flipped the table and stopped playing, preferring to sacrifice the power of the elements to preserve some hope?"
"To your place now, ready to flip it again?"
The Empress Wa nodded her tiny head and sighed, "That should be right... It's only that Di Yi, that fellow..."
She mumbled something quietly afterwards, and Shao Zifeng didn't catch what she said.
After a moment of silence, Old Dragon rose to his feet first: "Empress Wa, in that case, our priority should be to find the Sealing Lands of our other companions. I'm somewhat struggling in this area, but it should be easier for you."
The mention of this irritated the Empress Wa. She had just managed to recover a little strength during her slumber, which she had wasted on disciplining that idiot earlier. Now, she was not capable of sensing the Sealing Land at all.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she looked at Shao Zifeng and slowly said, "Unworthy descendant, if I remember correctly, that deer of yours seems to possess very strong spiritual power."
Shao Zifeng was taken aback and hesitantly said, "The little deer does have strong spiritual power, it's just that it seems not to be in full control of it..."
"Don't worry, don't worry." The Empress Wa patted her small chest reassuringly, "I can help control it. I absolutely won't let anything go wrong."
After pondering for a moment, Shao Zifeng nodded: "Alright then."
In the end, for the sake of convenience, they split up: Shao Zifeng with the Empress Wa, and Old Dragon with Shi Xing went their separate ways. They decided to divide the group this way because they were worried about the unreliable Shi Xing picking fights along the way, and with Old Dragon present, it was a bit safer.
After repeated admonishments and warnings from the Empress Wa, Shi Xing promised not to mess around, and Old Dragon finally agreed to accompany him.
After they left, Shao Zifeng summoned the little deer.
"Yeu?"
The little deer lowered its head to nuzzle Shao Zifeng's cheek, the tiny white flowers fluttering on its antlers wafting a sweet fragrance.
After Shao Zifeng conveyed the intentions of the Empress Wa to it, the little deer initially resisted. In the end, unknown what the Empress Wa said, the little deer hesitantly agreed.
After Shao Zifeng conveyed the intentions of the Empress Wa to it, the little deer initially resisted. In the end, unknown what the Empress Wa said, the little deer hesitantly agreed.
After Shao Zifeng conveyed the intentions of the Empress Wa to it, the little deer initially resisted. In the end, unknown what the Empress Wa said, the little deer hesitantly agreed.
After Shao Zifeng conveyed the intentions of the Empress Wa to it, the little deer initially resisted. In the end, unknown what the Empress Wa said, the little deer hesitantly agreed.
On the little deer,