A Bitter Search
Yu Ci had yet to withdraw from the Inner Void. Still transformed into a fish-dragon, he roamed the boundless night sky, surrounded by the surging sea of clouds projected within. Far away was another bright patch that stood utterly at odds with the vast backdrop.
Information from afar was selected, filtered, and continuously fed to him. Images and sounds arrived in perfect sync, so real it was as though he stood there in person, revealing the progress he had made in wielding the Divine Intent Star Glint technique.
On that mountainside, the dark and sturdy Lake and Sea Wanderer stomped his feet, looking thoroughly agitated. Yet he merely flicked his sleeve and stopped bothering with the mountain rock he had already turned into a complete mess, then turned and left. Beside him stood a female cultivator in robes red as fire, her face like peach blossoms and her beauty alluring—Chu Yan. The Core Formation cultivator Fu Long was nowhere to be seen.
Lake and Sea Wanderer appeared to be searching for something, but his efforts bore no fruit. His expression was ugly, and no matter how the female cultivator tried to soothe him, he remained the same. Finally, he simply raised a hand and released a bird.
A closer look revealed that it was no living creature, but an exquisitely crafted wooden bird. With its wings spread and head raised, it looked lifelike. The wooden bird was roughly eight feet long, with a wingspan of over twelve feet. Who knew what kind of wood it was made from? It was tough and solid, constructed with a technique resembling interlocking wedges. Its surface was covered in talismanic patterns, their strokes exceptionally delicate.
Lake and Sea Wanderer and Chu Yan sat upon the wooden bird's back. A whirlwind rose