Mist.
Several figures hovered above the rolling sea, gazing into the distant void as if waiting for something.
"Why haven't Qiye and the others come out yet?"
Cao Yuan stood before Master Chen's carriage, glanced at the time, and could not help asking.
"...I don't know. It's been nearly half an hour already. Could something have happened?" Jiang Er's voice came from the speaker at An Qingyu's waist, filled with worry.
"Could it have something to do with that faint piano music from earlier?" Baili Pangpang thought for a moment before speaking. "Look, this place is completely deserted. How could anyone possibly be playing the piano here? Maybe that music came from Asgard... I'm guessing something must have happened inside."
"Should we go in and take a look?"
"But..." Baili Pangpang scratched his head and turned to look behind him.
An Qingyu stared silently into the distance without saying a word, as if he were wrestling with a decision.
"I'll go take a look." A voice suddenly came from above their heads.
Yang Jian, clad in silver armor, frowned tightly, determination flickering in his eyes.
He looked at Queen Mother of the West. "Queen Mother, give me the Sacred Rainbow Sword. That monkey and my brother have been in there for so long without coming out. They must have run into something... I have to go take a look."
"I'll go too." Zhou Ping, carrying a sword case on his back, suddenly spoke.
Queen Mother of the West pondered for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, she seemed to sense something and turned toward the distant void.
A streak of golden sword light pierced out of the void, tearing open a gap in the hazy mist. Surging golden divine might poured forth like a tsunami as a