Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian traveled stealthily by flying boat, and at last, one evening, they caught sight of an island shrouded in five-colored rosy clouds.
The island was not small. Its two flanks were broad, while the central region was somewhat narrower. At its southern end, two long, narrow peninsulas stretched outward, making it look from afar like a brilliantly colored butterfly.
The two guided their flying boat toward one of the narrow peninsulas extending from the island's southern end. Before they even arrived, they frowned in unison.
"What dense miasma. It looks quite toxic as well," Shen Luo said with a frown.
"Keep a Ten Fragrance Life-Returning Pill beneath your tongue. It can ward off most miasma and poisonous mist, so there's no need to constantly maintain your defenses." Bai Xiaotian handed over a white jade bottle and poured out a watermelon-seed-sized pill for Shen Luo.
Shen Luo pinched up the pill and tucked it beneath his tongue. A faintly bitter taste spread through his mouth, but it felt as though a burst of cool air had suddenly rushed into his head, making his whole body shudder.
The two leaped down from the flying boat. When their feet touched the ground, they felt the earth beneath them sway slightly. Looking down, they discovered that the two extended islands were actually more than a dozen interwoven, bluish-black vines.
"Leaving everything else aside, with all this miasma and this overgrown vegetation, I'd wager there's an eighty percent chance this is Colorful Cloud Island." Bai Xiaotian shook the vines floating on the water beneath his feet and smiled.
"Let's head in and take a look." With that, Shen Luo started toward the island.
The soil on the island was rather loose. Aside from the miasma permeating every corner, the surrounding vegetation