"The one ahead is the Drunken Flower Pavilion."
"To reach the Drunken Flower Pavilion, you'll have to rely on your own abilities. If you aren't capable enough, you won't make it there."
Yun Qiyue smiled softly, then stepped onto the water and walked toward the distant Drunken Flower Pavilion one step at a time.
Ye Lin did not start walking immediately. Instead, he continuously scanned his surroundings.
He saw cultivators one after another treading across the water toward the distance, yet every step they took seemed incomparably heavy.
Then he looked at Yun Qiyue. She seemed entirely unaffected, her footsteps light and floating, as though she felt not the slightest pressure.
Seeing this, Ye Lin roughly formed a few guesses in his heart. He then lifted his foot and stepped onto the lake's surface.
Ripples spread across the water beneath his feet as Ye Lin walked toward the Drunken Flower Pavilion step by step.
At first, it was incredibly easy. But the farther he went, the more it felt as though something beneath the lake was sucking at his feet, making his steps increasingly heavy.
With every step, the weight increased by another measure.
By the end, even Ye Lin's footsteps had grown heavy.
The slightest lapse would send him plunging straight into the water.
After all, three cultivators had already fallen into the lake.
Falling into the lake in full public view was an exceedingly embarrassing thing.
Looking again at Yun Qiyue, she had already arrived beneath the pavilion. With her hands behind her back, she smiled as she watched Ye Lin.
Sensing Yun Qiyue's half-smiling gaze, Ye Lin gritted his teeth and exerted force with both feet, taking several quick steps before arriving in front of her.
There was something to it, though not much.
"Let's go."
Yun