twojebook Chapter 1192 614:
Chapter 1192 614:
However, after this "battle," the clarity returned to their eyes, serene like a Sage's.
They should have taken a break.
But considering their ordeal, they knew they couldn't afford to rest.
They needed to go up and have a look.
If even experts like them couldn't resist earlier, let alone those above.
Moreover, the fire Duan Yun started earlier was big, possibly causing it to spread; they needed to check the fire.
After that, the two of them started running upwards.
While running, Duan Yun involuntarily held Ziyu's hand.
Ziyu's cheeks were flushed, like apples, and her heart was as sweet as if she'd tasted honey.
She was well aware that this guy couldn't belong to her alone.
But at least, at this moment, he belonged solely to her.
With a whoosh, Duan Yun and Ziyu lifted the curtain and stepped into the world above ground.
As soon as they reached the alley, Ziyu let out a "Huh!" of astonishment.
With her sharp eyes, she quickly noticed a group of earthworms had already emerged from the soil, intertwining furiously.
No need to look—they knew what the earthworms were doing.
If the earthworms couldn't help themselves, what about people?
Soon after, they saw a duck riding on an owl "at work."
Afterwards, there were a few toads sprawled on a fallen white goose, a sow twisting with a monkey in a tree...
In short, the entire city was engulfed in this surreal entanglement.
The aroma produced when the Tai Sui Meat burned was clearly an extremely potent aphrodisiac.
This potion could even make toads look like attractive mates in the eyes of swans, let alone others.
The sky was falling with gray specks, larger than ever before, making the entire small city and the surrounding mountains turn gray-white, like an apocalypse.
Indeed, even a heavy snowfall of goose feathers couldn't compare to this scene.
Duan Yun even had the illusion that a volcanic eruption was imminent, and lava would destroy everything.
He and Ziyu didn't linger and headed straight for the top of the mountain city.
They wanted to stand higher to see more clearly and be able to respond to any situation.
Their movement techniques were swift, and they reached the mountaintop in the blink of an eye.
Surrounding them was still the stark white ash, making it impossible to "stand tall and see far."
However, what gave them some reassurance was that until now, they hadn't seen a hint of fire.
Which meant the fire hadn't started.
At least not yet.
Standing on the mountaintop, they couldn't clearly see into the distance, but they could vaguely sense the density of the ash.
It was obvious that the further north, the more ash there was.
That meant it was likely the source was in that direction.
Then, Duan Yun used his Breaking Body Sword Energy to break through the ashes, moving against the current.
After traveling for about the time it takes to burn two sticks of incense, considering their pace, they had covered seven or eight miles when they stopped.
They had arrived beside a mountain body.
The surroundings of that mountain were lush with vegetation, even covered in ash, it was still recognizable, only here was peculiarly gray and bald.
When they approached, they found many small openings on the mountain's surface.
These openings were dense, looking like a beehive, triggering trypophobia.
And the ashes were continuously spewing out from here.
Ziyu, with a good sense of direction, said, "This is quite similar in direction to where we were underground."
Which meant they had likely reached the area above the underground cave they had been at earlier.
Duan Yun unleashed a Cloud Clearing Palm, and the already perforated mountain surface was blasted open to form a large opening.
He attempted to stand there and look inside, but unfortunately, all that greeted him were more ashes.
Having found the source, they stayed there and didn't leave.
Thus, they stood amidst the dense ash for over an hour.
During this hour, the peculiar scent was inhaled once again.
But compared to the previous time when it was hard to resist, this time, freshly done, they seemed to have developed some resistance, not immediately succumbing.
But while resisting, the two of them stopped wanting to.
Because watching and waiting here was actually quite boring.
People fear nothing more than being idle.
Duan Yun had already observed this world, filled with death and insanity, yet still sustaining so many people because they were prolific.
Why were they abundant?
Mainly because, in ancient times, even the wealthy had limited nighttime entertainment; and even if there were, they were still about vices. The poor couldn't gamble or smoke, nor could they afford brothel visits.
So they could only play with their wives.
With nothing to do at night, they played and played, and over time, they multiplied.
Now Duan Yun and Ziyu were also driven by boredom and the "forcing" of these scents and started playing around.
In the flying "snow."
But unlike ordinary people, Ziyu at least could expel it using Inner Strength.
As the two were just finishing their play, with Ziyu still wiping sweat,
suddenly, with her sharp eyes, she noticed something below and said, "Fire."
"The fire below is coming."
Seeing this, Duan Yun, having just ended one battle, immediately launched into a new one.
They came here precisely out of fear of the fire spreading.
When the firelight started to rise through the holes, the ash actually decreased.
Duan Yun, already armed with sword and saber, decided to first withstand the blaze, then use Sword and Saber Energy to cut through the forest, forming a firewall.
But he stood there, hesitating to act.
Because as the fire was about to burst forth, it gradually subsided.
Inside this mountain body, apart from the combustible material, it was basically stone.
That combustible material was likely the dead Tai Sui Meat.
It can be said that the Tai Sui Meat was originally covering the mountain stones, some fused entirely.
Now the Tai Sui Meat had mostly burned away, leaving just stone.
Seeing the fire and ash both diminishing, Duan Yun took the opportunity to leap down.
At this moment, the mountain was hollow inside, like a decayed tooth with a wormhole.
Inside was originally a not-so-small hollow cavern, now with the piled Tai Sui Meat inside incinerated, it appeared even more spacious.
...
By afternoon, the blaze had completely died down, with no chance of resurgence.
Coughing, Duan Yun climbed up from below and said, "There shouldn't be any more problems."
Ziyu dusted off the ash from her body and said, "Indeed, it won't ignite."
Their feet, with powerful suction, clung to the steep mountainside, both nearly vertically aligned with the mountain wall.
By now, as the ash dispersed, they could finally "stand tall and see far."
From there, they could see the surrounding forest all covered in a layer of gray-white ashes.
If not for the slight gray hue of the ashes, it would truly feel like "a thousand pear trees in bloom" in winter.
Afterwards, they decided to return to the Little Mountain City to check the situation.
On the way there, ash had obstructed their vision, slowing their advance, but the return journey was noticeably lighter.
The two even played at "gliding" in the forest.
When they returned to Little Mountain City, it was already afternoon, not far from dusk.
The entire mountain city was covered in ash, but some people had already come out to sweep it away.
The two male inn attendants, dusting off the ash, who usually enjoyed working and talking, ignored each other, their eyes exhibiting caution.
At times, when their gazes accidentally met, they would quickly avert their eyes as if shocked.
Duan Yun couldn't help but secretly comment, "Those two have something going on, just not bold enough."
Just goes to show that a hero truly is a hero. He and Ziyu behaved quite openly.
Obviously, as the scent disappeared, everything here gradually returned to normal.
Only everyone still seemed very tired.
The two male inn attendants, dusting off the ash, who usually enjoyed working and talking, ignored each other, their eyes exhibiting caution.
At times, when their gazes accidentally met, they would quickly avert their eyes as if shocked.
Duan Yun couldn't help but secretly comment, "Those two have something going on, just not bold enough."
Just goes to show that a hero truly is a hero. He and Ziyu behaved quite openly.
Obviously, as the scent disappeared, everything here gradually returned to normal.
Only everyone still seemed very tired.
Saying this, he and Green Jade walked out.