The halo she had hurled into the sea let out a bubble, looking utterly aggrieved, then flipped over and abruptly slipped onto Ye Buyu's head.
Ye Buyu tried to pull the thing off, only to discover that the halo seemed to have become linked to her. No matter how far she threw it, it would return to the top of her head.
Just like the Headband Tightening Spell on Sun Wukong's head.
Ye Buyu sat cross-legged on the surface of the sea and began to think.
"I think... I've been set up."
Seabirds soared high, waves rolled, and the sweeping sea breeze carried a salty, fishy scent that lingered around her nose.
There was a sense of peace to it.
Ye Buyu went through the powers within her body and found a soft ball of light deep within her soul.
But however she poked or tugged at it, the thing was like a roly-poly toy, remaining unchanged throughout.
She could not get rid of it, yet it was terribly irritating to look at.
Ye Buyu simply wrapped it in the power of Cause and Effect, bundled it up, and tossed it into a corner.
"Since I'm here, I might as well settle in. Let's head ashore."
Her light figure skimmed low over the sea. In the space of a few blinks, she went from an unvisited stretch of ocean to the shore.
Ye Buyu found a high cliff and gazed into the distance.
To her pleasant surprise, there seemed to be signs of living beings here, and not merely a primitive civilization.
On a broad plain of gently sloping terrain, a huge city came into view. It stood beside mountains and water, with wide roads and buildings everywhere.
A tall building full of fantastical charm stood in the center of