The two people who had been bickering simultaneously pricked up their ears to listen to the commotion outside. They exchanged glances and saw the tension in each other's eyes. Neither spoke again, afraid of causing some mishap. Yet amid their nervousness, they were also somewhat bewildered... Had they really reached Endless Black Cliff so smoothly?
According to Shen You, the Nether River was much like the land above: powerful factions carved it up everywhere, dangers littered the long journey, and accidents could happen at any time. The two had prepared themselves for every eventuality. Yet what puzzled them was that they had arrived at Endless Black Cliff without a single mishap. One of them had even slept all the way here. Compared with Shen You's account, it felt rather unbelievable.
In truth, not just the two of them—even Shen You himself found it inexplicable. Since when had such a vast stretch of the Nether River become so peaceful? Where had all those fellows who blocked roads, robbed, killed, bullied the weak, and committed every evil under the sun gone?
Naturally, everything had its cause and effect. Their smooth arrival here was, in fact, partly due to Shen You's caution—or rather, his timidity—and his familiarity with this route. Most importantly, because the Silver Armor Thousand Armies, the Nether Emperor's personal guard, had intervened, their friends' forces in the Nether River could not have been weak. These powerful forces had secretly watched over their group all along. Once those harboring ill intent discovered this, they abandoned their crooked thoughts, indirectly providing them protection. That was the true internal reason.
Yue Qianchou and Cang Yunxin held their breath as they listened to the sounds outside. It would have been a lie to say they did not want to go out and take a