#886 - Chapter 886 Falling into the Pit

"Whish, whish," the sound of water appeared in his ears. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself on the bank of the River of Time.

A high, wide curtain of water fell from before him, reaching neither the sky above nor the bottom below.

The splashing mist diffused around him. Ye Kong reached out his hand, but no water droplets remained on his fingers.

Ye Kong looked around again and noticed a faint black shadow across from the dense water vapor.

"So, it's you who's been spying on the Immortal Cultivation World," Ye Kong shouted sternly.

"I didn't expect you to be able to chase me here," the deep voice sounded again. "I underestimated you, Ye Kong."

"To think that a mere Qi Refiner could play with me for so long. This Immortal Cultivation World is quite interesting."

Ye Kong stopped listening to the black shadow's nonsense. He stretched out his hand, and a white light flashed as the Star River Sword appeared in his hand.

Ye Kong hoisted the Star River Sword, his spiritual power erupting and continuously pouring into the Star River Sword. With a wave of his hand, he slashed towards the black shadow.

The water curtain was cut off in mid-air by the Star River Sword's sword energy, creating a brief break in the flow. Huge splashes of water turned into sharp blades, scattering in all directions.

This sword of Ye Kong's might cause time to briefly pause in some world, at some time, because the River of Time had stopped moving. Crack! ~

Ye Kong heard the sound of a sharp blade encountering resistance.

Ah ~

Immediately following was a miserable shriek, and the black shadow slowly dissipated.

"You…"

"I will return," the voice grew weaker and weaker, finally disappearing.

Ye Kong breathed a long sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground exhausted, cold sweat seeping from his forehead. The two battles just now had consumed almost all of his spiritual power.

Just a mere clone had exhausted all his spiritual power. It seemed this person was indeed very strong.

He had to establish his foundation as soon as possible to deal with this lurking mysterious person.

After Ye Ling realized that Ye Kong had disappeared, she tried to enter the River of Time to search for him, but unfortunately, her cultivation was not high enough. She traveled far along the River of Time but didn't find any trace of Ye Kong.

She had no choice but to return to the top of the original mountain peak, waiting for Ye Kong to come find her.

"Ye Kong, Ye Kong," Ye Ling hugged him, anxiously shaking his body.

Ye Kong had fainted because his spiritual power was almost exhausted and he had fallen from the sky.

Ye Ling's shaking made his bones, already aching from the fall, feel even more like they were falling apart.

"Ouch ~" Ye Kong cried out in pain, then opened his eyes and looked helplessly at Ye Ling.

"You're okay, that's great," Ye Ling said, tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Send me back to Carefree Peak," Ye Kong said with a hint of helplessness.

He only had one thought in his mind: in the current situation, he needed to recover his spiritual power as soon as possible.

By the time Ye Kong returned to Carefree Peak, the sun was already high in the sky. Afraid that his disciples would find out, he went straight back to his room.

When Little White, riding Erha, ran to the Bitter Sea and didn't find his master, he immediately started cursing in his heart.

This useless master was not only trash at cultivation, but he couldn't even wake up early. No wonder he still couldn't establish his foundation.

After waiting for a while by the Bitter Sea, "Er Gouzi, let's go take a look at Master's room."

Erha behaved very docile at this moment. It clearly knew that the renovation of Peach Mountain was entering its final stages. Once Little White was done with this task and had some free time, its happy days would be over.

Therefore, these past few days, it had been behaving much better, doing whatever Little White told it to do.

Even a dog is smarter than you, Little White continued to curse in his heart.

Arriving at his master Ye Kong's room, he found the door ajar.

Huh ~ Master doesn't close the door when he sleeps, or has he already gotten up?

Little White was about to go up and open the door when the door opened with a "creak," and Ye Kong's familiar face came into view.

Little White didn't have time to retreat. "Master… Master, you're awake."

"Oh, it's Little White. Is there something you need from Master?" Ye Kong asked indifferently.

Only then did Little White remember what had happened. "It's Peach Mountain, you should go take a look. The peach saplings that Senior Sister Yao Yao asked us to plant before have all withered."

Hearing this, Ye Kong said "Oh" as if this situation was within his expectations.

After hearing this, Little White's heart was slightly touched, but he didn't notice it.

Ye Kong followed Little White to Peach Mountain and saw that the previously planted flat peach saplings had almost lost all their leaves, and their branches were cracked.

The few remaining trees also had mostly yellow leaves and were lifeless.

The other flat peach trees, planted according to the method Ye Kong had said, were living well, growing more and more gratifyingly, with tender green leaves already covering half the tree.

Ye Kong was expressionless, only saying indifferently, "You can now fulfill the promises you made," and then turned and left.

The other disciples looked at the peach saplings on the mountain, half of which were dead, and felt the temperature of the scorching sun on their skin. They wanted to cry but had no tears.

Except for Ye Xiaoyao, who had been watering the trees early and late these days to prove that what his master said was right, he had worked hard.

Now, in less than a month, it had been proven that the planting method his master said was correct, and the other disciples could only stare blankly.

"Okay, you guys go back and rest first," Lin Yao Yao retracted her usual bossy tone. "I'll buy another batch of flat peach saplings. You guys on Carefree Peak just wait."

She said to her fellow disciples, her tone surprisingly calm, and the powerful aura she exuded made it impossible for people to refute her.

"Yes, Senior Sister," the other disciples went back to their rooms in twos and threes, after all, they had to hurry up and rest.

There were still half a mountain of peach trees to be pulled out, then holes to be dug, and replanting…

Just thinking about it made their heads hurt, as if they were about to fight a tough battle, they had to accumulate physical energy.

Lin Yao Yao leaped up, transforming into a stream of light and flying into the sky. Although she had been busy working these days.

Lin Yao Yao was flying through the clouds at high speed. After her mind stabilized, she thought back to her performance just now.

No scolding, no hitting, no forcing the other junior brothers and sisters, she had actually silently endured it.

Thinking about it, since coming to Carefree Peak, her master hadn't really taught her any cultivation techniques, or even properly imparted any Dao.

But she seemed to have been influenced in this way. As a female emperor, she had her own pride.

She didn't want to admit some things too early. In short, she would take it one step at a time.

Her best friend who betrayed her back then, after so many years, was probably already firmly in her position.

Lin Yao Yao was thinking irritably, and unknowingly had already arrived at the largest market in Xihua Ancient City.