[ BOOK 2 ] LMW [191 - 390]

355 : Each w Their Own Ulterior Motives

Chapter 355

Each with Their Own Ulterior Motives
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebel Scanlations

By the time You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao arrived, the guards at the spring had been mostly wiped out by XiaoHei and the others. The remaining rather hardy ones were easily destroyed by Ling Xiao. The spring wasn’t very large, only a third of the size of the lake in You XiaoMo’s dimension. The bank was immediately visible, and several corpses floated within. After a while, the corpses sunk into the spring.

“I interrogated a guard. He said Azure Sea Dragon used to often go down, but not to bathe in the hot springs, but to dive into the sea blue lake water, often only coming out after twenty something hours. Every time, he’d seem very excited about something,” XiaoHei reported methodically. You XiaoMo felt the corner of his lips twitching. Humph, try talking to Ling Xiao with that expression if you dare. Don’t bully weaker people.

XiaoHei then said, “Master, are you doing down there with the boss?”

Ling Xiao said, “Yeah, we’ll go down and look first. You guys can wait nearby for us or go and meet up with SheQiu. It’s your choice. If anything is wrong, leave the island immediately. I don’t want to have to rescue you later.” You XiaoMo had thought Ling Xiao would want to go down by himself, having been about to speak up.

XiaoHei took out a pearl and handed it to them. “We found this Waterproofing Pearl on the guards. A Waterproofing Pearl lasts for four hours, but we only found one.” One was a good haul already. You XiaoMo took it at once. He wasn’t very good with water. After sending XiaoHei and the others off, he and Ling Xiao dived into the lake together.

After entering the lake, it felt like they were much closer to the place where the two kinds of water overlapped, but as the fat old man said, it was rather deep. They only entered the ocean blue water after swimming down for about 500 meters. Here, they could see what was happening down there. You XiaoMo immediately took out the Waterproofing Pearl. The Waterproofing Pearl was a white, marble-like object. When used, it would create a sphere around a meter in diameter, keeping the water out. However, after four hours, the effects would disappear.

At the same time, the others were arriving at the island one by one. However, some did fall for Azure Sea Dragon’s trick, thinking that the Elemental Essence was at Blaze Island, locked in an intense battle with the people at Blaze Island. When Fairy Fu Rong and the other two arrived, Azure Island’s hidden sentries had already left and Azure Island itself was wrecked. Azure Sea Dragon and Hei Tian had disappeared somewhere to fight. The three managed to get to their destination without hindrance.

“Fairy Fu Rong, are you sure it’s in the spring?” They hadn’t seen anyone on their way over, but there were many corpses, so Fei Xie couldn’t help but voice his doubt.

Azure Sea Dragon was extremely careful; would he really leave Azure Island without worry?

Fairy Fu Rong said, “I’m certain. One of the guards of the spring is the lover of one of my disciples. Azure Sea Dragon values the spring immensely, so there’s a high chance it’s the entrance to the ley line.”

“We’ll know if it’s the spring or not once we get there,” HeiYun Elder said in a low tone. Fei Xie knew, too, that it was the only way to confirm it and the three rushed towards it without pause. Though they had the source of this info, it was hard to be certain if anyone else knew about this, so they had to strike while the iron was hot. However, when they arrived at the spring, all they saw were fallen guards scattered everywhere. It was obvious that this wasn’t natural.

Fairy Fu Rong found her disciple’s lover among these guards, but unfortunately, he had been dead for a while now. No wonder she couldn’t contact him before. Seeing this, Fairy Fu Rong’s pupils shrunk slightly, forgetting her composure and yelling, “Could there be someone who got here before us?”