The waterway was deep, and it grew wider and wider. Bian Chunchou drifted through it, nearly forgetting the way he had come. He simply kept moving forward, forward, but it was like an underwater maze. There seemed to be no path upward; only through constant trial and error did he stand a chance of finding the right way out.
He even heard movement from other cultivators within the waterway. At first, Bian Chunchou had worried that someone might discover him, but he soon realized that worry was entirely unnecessary. Just as he was like a headless fly, those cultivators seemed to be as well. He guessed they were likely cultivators who had come down from the well to investigate, or perhaps... people who had simply gone into the sea in search of the estuary.
After wandering dazedly through the waterway for a long while, Bian Chunchou came to his senses and found that he had somehow returned to the entrance. He saw Wen Xu-Xu make a hand gesture, so he immediately slipped out of the waterway. Once the shell had covered it again, Wen Xu-Xu practically dragged him to the surface.
"Are you all right? Was it very dangerous inside?"
Bian Chunchou waved a hand, then placed the Shadow Recording Stone he had recorded on the ground. "You two watch it. I'm going to rest." He had not thought himself particularly tired before, but now that he sat at the bow with the sea breeze brushing over him, drowsiness came crashing down. He was so exhausted that he could barely keep his eyes open.
*The years are peaceful before my eyes, sea and sky blending into one. Why do people always like pulling these sneaky little tricks? They have the ability to set up such a huge scheme, so why