Commotion

Heavy metal armour dropped onto the ground, crushing wood and gusting up dirt. Xiaoshuai crawled his way out of the armour and went to clean himself. Getting one's hands on a fiend spirit was worth celebrating, yet Mu Yu looked sour. Mu Yu had procured dark herb as well as nine qi soul purifying flower. There were only four days left until it was the date for departure. Sadly, he still hadn't bumped into anyone. All the fiend spirits in the world wasn't going to get him home.

"Here, you can have the fiend spirit for a snack. Let's get moving."

Xiaoshuai didn't care about being stuck in Second Heaven until he was told he would never get to have roast duck and chicken drumsticks again if he couldn't return to Third Heaven. As Xiaoshuai relished his snack, he queried, "How come we haven't found anyone in days when dozens of people came here?"

"Maybe they're all cultivating somewhere or something."

"If we could pull off something big, we might be able to draw people toward us."

"Such as?"

"Such as an explosion."

Boom!The timing of the explosion in the desolate east was so perfect one would mistake Xiaoshuai willed it. The earth split and disturbed the fiend beasts in the cool areas. A rainbow painted the sky in the east. The air stimulated the qi in the atmosphere. Consequently, the qi ripped through fiend beasts that were within the area of effect, taking vegetation along with them. Mu Yu and Xiaoshuai weren't hurt since they were so far from the pillar of light. Even so, they were blown off balance. Mu Yu stabbed his sword into the ground to provide an anchor point.

"Xiaoshuai, did you just command the explosion?"

"I-I don't think I did."

The two companions turned to each other in synchrony and exclaimed, "Let's go!"

"Slow down, or you'll step in dog poop."

Mu Yu lifted his foot up and glared at Xiaoshuai. "Thanks for jinxing it. I'm putting you on mute."

The two raced off in hopes of finding someone who could help them get home.

***

Standing at the broken cliff they just blew up, Gui Xuanyue coldly looked on at the light. His appearance was different to his last appearance at Moyun Mountains. Behind him were three guys and a female accomplice. He muttered, "Has he finally revived?"

"We miscalculated. I don't think it'll be long before other sects' disciples come here," Gui Hongyu, Primordial Infant Realm Seventh Layer cultivator, said.

Responding to his junior sister second only to him, he scoffed, "They're side characters. The fiends are our main concern. Proceed as planned."

"As you command."

Three Ghost Gate disciples left the spot.

***

In the centre of a magnificent and clear lake was a tall mountain. The light enhanced the beauty of the water. Perhaps ethereal would be the best adjective for the scene. Mu Yu's attempt to fly over it was stopped due to an invisible barrier. As he circled around it, he used his hand to see if there was a way in.

Someone began to play a musical instrument. The rich melody should've been easing, yet each musical note fired lethal blasts Mu Yu's way. He stepped off their trajectory and remarked, "Rou Anna?"

Rou Anna vengefully plucked the strings on her instrument with her left hand and said, "I warned you I'd take your left hand the next time we met."

"You said right hand last time," Xiaoshuai stated.

"Is that right? Can't expect me to remember when I've never done it before, right?" Mu Yu innocently said.

"I'll just take your life, instead!"

"Pause! Pause! Pause!" cried Mu Yu, dodging Rou Anna's attacks.

"I'll stop once I take your left hand."

"Right hand, you mean," rectified Xiaoshuai.

"Shut up, man. I said you're on mute!" scolded Mu Yu. "Stop now, or you'll catch my left and right hands."

"I invite you to try!" challenged Rou Anna, not pausing for a moment.

Mu Yu was going to implement his apprehension strategy, but Meng Xin arrived on the scene and stopped Rou Anna. "Stop, Anna. Don't be rude."

Meng Xin gave Mu Yu an apologetic nod and smile. "You must be Pill Cauldron Sect's famous Mu Yu. This one is Jade Sect's Meng Xin."

Lie Shang and Meng Xin's grudge was their issue, not Mu Yu's. Mu Yu, therefore, responded, "I don't know about the famous part, but I am Mu Yu, indeed."

"I heard you are Elder Eternally Youthful Ku Mu's direct disciple and completed a rank seven pill nobody has been able to in the last century. It is an honour to meet you," genuinely expressed Meng Xin.

"You flatter me, Goddess Meng Xin. It was merely a fluke."

"Haha, you're too modest, Brother Mu Yu. That could not have possibly been a fluke." The young speaker in green descended on a rock. Accompanying him was a three-eyed green condor, a level four fiend beast that was notorious for being challenging to tame.

"And who are you?" Mu Yu questioned.

The young man hit his head and apologetically smiled. "Apologies. This one is Earth Sovereign Sect's Xing Gao. It is nice to meet you, Goddess Meng Xin, Goddess Rou Anna and Mu Yu."

"Xing Gao? You don't happen to be Cai Lie's elder brother, do you? The happy brothers?"

Xing Gao gave a friendly palm and fist salute. "I am. I have heard a lot about you from him."