Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 833 - 417: When the Sky Falls, Old Ascender Holds It Up (Part 2)

Two pairs of hairy big hands grabbed three people from left and right, holding them in their arms.

It was the two Red Apes obsessed with figurines.

They were carrying all their belongings, sitting on the back of the rented Red Palm Clearing Frog to avoid disaster, rescuing these three just happened along the way.

"Why save us?" Erlang, having survived the catastrophe, wiped the water off his face and asked.

The brothers of the two Red Apes gave him a thumbs-up, speaking in a muffled voice, "Those who like beautiful girl figurines aren't bad guys."

"Be careful, it might shake... oh damn," the frog nearly bit its tongue as a huge rock scraped by its handsome face, smashing towards the ground.

Due to the expanding range of the anomaly, nearby Floating Mountains were also activated, thrusting in and out of the ground like sky pillars.

The escape route suddenly became dangerous, not only needing to shake off the gravity behind but also watching out for falling rocks overhead.

Their speed slowed down, while the curtain of rain and whirlpool behind drew closer.

Just when things were about to go bad, the Beast Taming Ring Erlang bought cheaply from the bootleg king started to malfunction.

Whether it was due to reaching its lifespan or poor quality, it couldn't withstand the extreme weather, and with a series of crackling sounds, the restriction upon it was thoroughly destroyed.

But something miraculous happened; only one Spirit Beast jumped out while others stayed obediently inside the Beast Taming Ring.

They felt that compared to the natural disaster, it was safer in there.

It's quite funny; even though the intention wasn't good, their actions saved these Spirit Beasts instead.

The Spirit Beast that jumped out wasn't an ordinary beast but Brother Monkey's Curved-necked Heaven-facing Dove, which pretended to be a furry pebble to avoid capture when Brother Monkey and Li were arrested.

It originally planned to wait until its buddies escaped to reunite but didn't expect things to take this turn.

As it was fleeing, it accidentally bumped into Erlang's Beast Taming Ring.

Once the little dove came out, it started singing a tune that it and Li recently learned, warning the frog of the overhead danger.

"He said in the wind and rain~ what's a little pain~ wipe away your tears don't fear at least we have dreams~"

The team can't do without a bard.

Amid the dove's song, the Curved-necked Heaven-facing Dove and Red Palm Clearing Frog integrated, transforming into a booming low-frequency speaker. Falling rocks and Floating Mountains no longer posed a threat but rather aided them, and the strange escape team regained its speed.

However, Miaomiao hadn't relaxed; cautiously shifting, it looked back from the sister Red Ape's shoulder and saw the whirlpool was still expanding.

It looked like it was ready to engulf the entire Chang State.

"If the whirlpool keeps expanding, where can we escape, Miaow?" Miaomiao asked.

The question was sharp, causing even the little dove's song to soften.

At this time, no one in this strange team could answer because they themselves didn't know where to run to.

But fortunately, the Four Continents are different from other places; they have one advantage—Old Ascender is there to hold up the sky if it falls.

As the atmosphere in the team grew more silent due to Miaomiao's question, a gentle breeze suddenly blew, making them close their eyes; reopening them, they found the surroundings had quieted down.

No reverse rain, no overbearing blood moon, everything seemed peaceful as if all just happened was merely a dream.

Miaomiao licked its paw, still wet, proving it wasn't fake.

Looking back, the reverse rain curtain and whirlpool still existed but were blocked by some force.

Amid the chaotic rain curtain, a dragon's shadow flickered from time to time.

"It's really fortunate that you were able to escape."

Miaomiao suddenly raised its head, noticing a middle-aged man with slightly dark skin had appeared at some point, bending over and looking at it.

After watching for a while, Qin Lang, the Valley Master of Medicine King Valley, extended his finger, instantly dissipating the ominous aura affected by the blood moon from them.

"Go to the seaside, find the blue mushroom, it's safer there." Qin Lang said.

"Caw caw caw! My buddies and those two new friends are still inside." Just as Qin Lang was about to leave, the little dove chirped out.

"Friends... hmm, I know, leave it to me."

With that, Qin Lang paid no more attention to them, stepping forward in the air.

The Shennong Cauldron was summoned by him, thrown into the sky.

Nearly endless vitality poured out from the cauldron, soothing and repairing the earth damaged by uncontrolled gravity and reverse rain.

Yet it was futile; the scorched earth ravaged by whirlpool and reverse rain seemed to have lost all vitality.

Qin Lang took another step, a branch of 3000-year-old Divine Wood appeared in his hand, he slightly closed his eyes, allowing flowers to bloom in his palm, guided by the vitality from the Shennong Cauldron, the Divine Wood reborn, spreading to the sides with Qin Lang at the center, like a crown, like a wreath.

A vast cyan tree ring appeared above Luoyu Mountain, tearing apart the blood moon phenomenon, entrapping Luoyu Mountain's reversed rain and whirlpool within.

At the same time, Xiaoxue stood on a ridge with her eyes closed. She took a deep breath, opened her arms, and rooted herself into the land of Chang State, borrowing the might of the Shennong Cauldron.

While attempting to communicate with the Mother Tree, golden vines burst from the ground, using brute force to drag down all the Floating Mountains that were rising and falling.

Brute strength never fails to create miracles.

In places where Xiaoxue couldn't control, Zhu Luo, manifested as a dragon, shuttled between heaven and earth, freezing and binding those Floating Mountains to the ground, coordinating with Qin Lang and the Shennong Cauldron to suppress the chaos in the area.

As for the core of Luoyu Mountain.

Old Sect Leader Li was there.

He shook the earth with one hand and firmly grasped the Luoyu Mountain that was ready to escape at any moment with the other.

With his own strength, he shook the entire Chang State.

Under the collective efforts of several elders, the Firefly Spirits' mad plan to sacrifice Chang State and fly home was temporarily halted.

"How long can you hold on?" Qin Lang's projection appeared beside Li Wenzhou and asked. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"No worries for a hundred years," Old Sect Leader Li replied.

Qin Lang: "I see. Well, you stay here, we're leaving."

Old Sect Leader Li: "?"

Before Li Wenzhou could get angry, Qin Lang's projection opened an oil-paper umbrella to shield him from the temporarily normal rain.

"Don't worry, just teasing you. But indeed, you'll need to hold on a bit longer; things are a bit complex right now," Qin Lang said.

"What do you mean? What other situations are there? Worst comes to worst, we can just smash this mountain," Old Sect Leader Li frowned and said.

When he grabbed Luoyu Mountain, he already discovered its peculiarity; the root of the chaos lies within this raindrop-shaped Luoyu Mountain.

"That won't do. The Sword Sect's big treasure, Sect Leader Lu's stone-faced disciple, several disciples from the Six Sects, and over three or four dozen disciples from small sects and loose cultivators are all in Luoyu Mountain," Qin Lang sighed.

After stabilizing the situation, Qin Lang and Zhu Luo scanned Luoyu Mountain's vicinity.

They reported the situation to the Six Sects, which confirmed that many disciples who came to explore Chang State were missing.

However, the two did not find any corpses or other survivors near Luoyu Mountain.

Xiaoxue's communication with Chang State's Mother Tree made some progress. Although the Mother Tree hasn't formed a concrete consciousness, it still responded to her inquiries.

Besides finding all the Firefly Spirits had entered Luoyu Mountain, Xiaoxue also discovered a vague image in the Mother Tree's memory.

She saw the Firefly Spirits using black stones to kidnap passersby. Combined with the sighting reports from Little Dove, although they're still uncertain about the Firefly Spirits' flight plan, the general situation had become clearer.

Qin Lang estimated that those missing people might not have died in the recent storm but were captured by the Firefly Spirits into Luoyu Mountain.

"The sealing Dharma method of this mountain is quite strange, even I can't open it without destroying the space inside."

"Currently, we're unsure of what the Firefly Spirits intend to do. At present, we can only separate Luoyu Mountain from Chang State, resolve Chang State's predicament, and then plan accordingly."

"The inside might be extremely dangerous. Until we unlock the restriction on Luoyu Mountain, we can only rely on the child herself."

Qin Lang sighed slightly.

...

Inside Luoyu Mountain, in the silver-white wasteland.

The chaos came quickly but also dissipated swiftly, with the Firefly Spirits restoring order and starting preparations for their next flight attempt.

Unaware of the happenings outside, Zhang Ze felt at "risk" but was confidently strolling along the streets with Da Tou Cai.

His demeanor was as if he were at home.

Da Tou Cai was a bit nervous, but Zhang Ze maintained a calm expression.

"Will this work?" Da Tou Cai asked, using his ahoge to convey the message.

"Trust me, I'm a pro at infiltration. When I was stirring trouble, you were still drinking milk," Zhang Ze declared confidently.

Da Tou Cai: "But I don't drink milk..."

Zhang Ze: "Then what do you drink?"

Da Tou Cai: "Apate Tea."

Zhang Ze: "?"