As Bai Shengyi stepped onto the deck, a strong, briny smell filled the air.
She raised an eyebrow slightly, her mental power flowing, and saw the boundless deep blue sea in the distance.
“Qianlian Sea?” she heard Feng Wuya’s miserable voice, “Is the academy really going this big?”
Bai Shengyi didn’t know much about Qianlian Sea, only mentioning it once when Chu Tianle introduced Qianlian City, saying, “On par with Qianlian City, Youming Jue Ren Hai.”
This referred to how everyone was willing to go to Qianlian City for trials and treasure hunting, but unwilling to venture into the surrounding Youming Valley, Jueren Road, and Qianlian Sea.
However, compared to the other two places, which were famous for their danger and mystery and were taboo among cultivators, Qianlian Sea was more famous among cultivators for its barrenness and stillness.
As Bai Shengyi was pondering how the third trial would be assessed, Feng Wuya approached her.
“Fellow Daoist Bai, did you and Chu Tianle have a fight?” Feng Wuya asked, pinching his handkerchief between his index finger and thumb, seemingly making an ordinary inquiry, but his ears were already perked up.
When he went out that day, he saw Chu Tianle following Bai Shengyi not far behind, looking dejected like a big dog, and he almost burst out laughing.
He never expected that Chu the Madman would have days like this.
Recalling the torment he had suffered at Chu Tianle’s hands, Feng Wuya moved a step closer to Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi took a few steps back.
She replied indifferently, “Nothing of the sort. Fellow Daoist Feng, aren’t you with your teammates?”
She remembered that Feng Wuya had people with him at the beginning.
Feng Wuya said with a sly smile, “My two friends kicked me out. Fellow Daoist Bai, if you don’t mind, why don’t we team up? Perhaps this third trial requires two people to cooperate… Chu Tianle, what are you doing, mmm…”
Before he could finish speaking, Chu Tianle covered his mouth and dragged him aside.
“Bai Shengyi is my teammate, go find someone else!” Chu Tianle pressed Feng Wuya, his movements skilled and rough.
Before long, Feng Wuya was disheveled again, and then, as expected, they started fighting.
Bai Shengyi moved further away.
At this moment, a middle-aged cultivator walked out and said sternly, “Everyone, within ten breaths, those who have not disembarked will be eliminated! Within one hour, those who have not reached Qianlian City will be eliminated!”
The consecutive cold words of “eliminated” made everyone’s hearts clench, and they tensed their minds.
A bold cultivator asked, “Senior, are there any other requirements?”
The middle-aged cultivator glanced at him, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
“What does that mean?”
“It means there are none! Let’s go quickly. This Qianlian Sea is said to be as vast as several cities. Who knows how much time it will take to find Qianlian City!”
“But I haven’t even reached Foundation Establishment, how can I go down?”
…
The deck buzzed with chaos.
No one expected Shenqi Academy to be so cunning this year. When they boarded the ship, the distance was only about ten meters. With some effort and thought, cultivators in the Qi Refining stage had a chance to get up.
But now, the Liuxian ship was stopped more than a hundred meters from the sea.
Going down without any preparation would either leave them half-dead or half-crippled.
“… Nine, eight, seven…”
The countdown echoed. Everyone hurriedly looked for help, begged for assistance, and used their own methods to quickly disembark.
Bai Shengyi did not delay either. Seeing Princess Mingyu and Qin Zhao leave the deck, she flicked her fingertips, conjuring emerald green vines that rooted themselves onto the deck.
The vines grew slender branches. She grabbed one, and without any precautions, jumped down.
“Bang!”
As soon as she left the deck, Ming Yi, who had just sent Princess Mingyu and Qin Zhao down, returned to the ship and began ferociously attacking Bai Shengyi’s vines.
“Stop!” Chu Tianle saw this and quickly got up from Feng Wuya, swinging his saber at Ming Yi.
But Ming Yi did not dodge!
He was willing to be injured to cut off the vines.
Besides him, several other cultivators also approached with their swords.
“Fellow Daoist Chu, we are only targeting Bai Shengyi. We advise you not to interfere.” The leader said, leading his men to join the fray.
Although these people were only in the Qi Refining stage, they fought as if their lives depended on it. Chu Tianle could not deal with them for a while.
“Get lost!”
Chu Tianle’s aura surged, and he said to Feng Wuya, who was still tidying his attire, “Feng Wuya, what are you still dazing for? Hurry up and help Shengyi!”
Feng Wuya tossed his small handkerchief upwards, and it instantly transformed into a long sword. He grasped it and thrust it at Ming Yi, “Coming, coming!”
Actually, Chu Tianle had also seen Li Shiqing. But yesterday, when he chased after her, he couldn’t catch up. Later, he knocked on the door of room number 1, but the door was tightly shut. He thought Li Shiqing was doing it on purpose, so he was now awkward and didn’t know how to face her.
However, to Chu Tianle’s surprise, without him calling for help, Li Shiqing herself came to help Bai Shengyi!
“Sister Li…”
“Sister Li! Let’s not interfere. Time is running out!”
Bai Murong’s impatient voice interrupted Chu Tianle’s thoughts of asking Li Shiqing.
At this moment, the countdown had reached “four.” Bai Murong wished she could block Li Shiqing and have her send herself down first.
She hated it. Bai Shengyi had bullied her so much, why was Sister Li still helping her?
Li Shiqing ignored Bai Murong’s dissuasion. She leaped forward and engaged in combat with three cultivators.
With her joining, they quickly dealt with the cultivators who had come to cause trouble.
“Three!”
“Sister Li, I have something to tell you,” Chu Tianle said quickly.
“Two!”
Li Shiqing picked up the crying Bai Murong and sat on her flying sword, leaving the deck, and said, “We’ll talk later, time is running out!”
Chu Tianle and Feng Wuya exchanged a glance. They saw the light from the vines gradually disappear and knew that Bai Shengyi had also successfully reached the seabed. The two of them then swiftly left the immortal ship.
After they left, the middle-aged cultivator shouted, “Time’s up, start the ship!”
The Liuxian ship vanished like a streak of spiritual light.
Meanwhile, above the azure sea, Bai Shengyi stood in the air, treading on the vines, her brow furrowed tightly.
“What’s wrong?” Chu Tianle and Feng Wuya were stunned to see Bai Shengyi still in the same spot.
Feng Wuya grinned and leaned closer, “Fellow Daoist Bai, are you waiting for me specifically?” As he spoke, he gave Chu Tianle a meaningful glance.
However, Chu Tianle didn’t look at him but asked Bai Shengyi, “Shengyi, did you encounter any sea beasts?”
Although everyone said Qianlian Sea was a dead sea, who knew if any new creatures had evolved within it after so many years.
Bai Shengyi seemed to have just snapped back to reality and said slowly, “Why did you help me?”
When she came down, she didn’t see Ming Yi. Seeing Princess Mingyu and Qin Zhao glaring at her fiercely, she understood everything.
Originally, she had been prepared to reveal her Foundation Establishment cultivation. She hadn’t expected to see Chu Tianle and the others helping her through the vines.
Bai Shengyi was very confused, and this confusion had seriously affected her state of mind, so she chose to remain on the sea surface for the time being.
In her opinion, the farce of yesterday had already fully explained that Li Shiqing would only choose Bai Murong, and Chu Tianle would only choose Li Shiqing.
Most importantly, so-called teammates were not the friends she could entrust her back to, as she had initially thought.
Therefore, after she woke up, she intended to dissolve the teammate relationship with Chu Tianle.
She could manage alone just fine.