Law Of Creation

Day 93rd, the month of the fire, aka summer.

Seeing the almost depleted food's reserve, Mingyue decided that it was the time for them to go out of this closed place.

"Xiao Jing, Xiao Wu, stop the game. Time to get out of this place." Mingyue shouted at the pair that was moving around the room.

Yes, they were playing tag as their part of training's menu. Xiao Wu was the most pleasant since she liked this kind of games.

Hearing Mingyue's word, both of them stopped and arrived in front of her.

". . . Hey, do I need to return to that dirty puddle again?" Xiao Wu's timid voice could be heard.

"Oh silly girl, it is seawater, a pool of seawater. Not some dirty puddle. Do you think that I like to dive into dirty water?" Mingyue rolled her eyes since she didn't remember how many times Xiao Wu asked this question.

And no matter what answer Mingyue gave, Xiao Wu would ask the same question over and over until Mingyue herself didn't know what else to say.

"But. . . But. . . It was dirty!" Xiao Wu w.h.i.n.ed as if she asked to be spared from diving into the pool.

"No can do, it is our only way out. And you are our ticket." Mingyue tried to coax Xiao Wu again. And she had forgotten how many times she coaxed Xiao Wu.

But unlike the usual times, her coaxing worked.

"Humph, Yueyue is such a bully." Xiao Wu said as she was puffed her cheeks.

"Let's go, time to dive." Mingyue said to Xiao Wu as she lifted the bundle of foods. Unlike the last time, the bundle content had already thinned out, making it easier for Mingyue to lift.

Xiao Jing returned to Mingyue's body while Xiao Ming was in Mingyue's embrace.

As usual, Xiao Ming was still a little black bird that needed an infusion of Elemental. There was no other growth since he woke up. All he could do was chirping and running around.

Mingyue didn't know what kind of bird is this, but she was fine with taking care of the little bird.

Bullying the poor little bird had become her daily routine.

Already packed everything with nothing left behind, Mingyue and Xiao Wu went to the pool of water at the corner of the room.

Even after Xiao Wu arrived in front of the pool, she was still kind of unwilling.

Shaking her head a little, Mingyue said, "Okay, time to go. Or don't tell me that you don't want to leave this place?"

Mingyue covered herself in Elemental. The gathered Elemental thinned as it created a shape of a bubble. In this way, she could create air for her and Xiao Ming to breath.

If Lan Bingyue saw such feat, she would be surprised because it was the exact similar skill she had shown before. Not only that but also Mingyue's Elemental manipulation was much precise.

"I wanted to. . . But. . ." Xiao Wu hesitated.

"I have taught you the Clear Step, right? So as long as you can execute the technique, there won't be any problem inside." Mingyue just sighed since she didn't know how to convince the timid hornless deer anymore.

"I know, but. . ." Hearing Xiao Wu's another hesitation, Mingyue just kneaded her forehead softly.

"Come, come, come!" In the end, Mingyue pushed Xiao Wu from behind. Even though Mingyue didn't have enough strength to push Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu didn't dare to fight back.

And in the end, with a huge grievance, Xiao Wu entered the puddle.

"Ok, and for another repeated words, time to go!" Mingyue jumped on Xiao Wu's back while holding Xiao Ming in her embrace and the bundle of foods was tied on Xiao Wu's back.

With bad mood, Xiao Wu immediately covered her whole body with Elemental to avoid the dirty water.

Different from Mingyue's exquisite use of Elemental that created a thin layer and bubble-shaped of Elemental, Xiao Wu shrouded her whole body with Elemental. She didn't bother to create air since she didn't need it.

The basic difference between the two was the Xiao Wu's Elemental consumption was much bigger than Mingyue.

Mingyue's bubble-shaped Elemental was focused on air supplying and prevent her wet herself, while Xiao Wu's state was more like a 'ready for combat'.

Not only to protect her body from 'dirty water', but also to protect her in case of a sudden attack.

Without any understanding of the path ahead, it was better to be vigilant all the time.

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After going through the narrow hole, Mingyue and company could see a ruined place. Left and right were similar to the earlier room, wall everywhere, but it was not a closed room. The hole was made here and there.

It was an underwater ruin.

Since there was nothing worth to see, Mingyue just told Xiao Wu to continue forward.

There was nothing worth to observe since most of the things that were left in this place were too big or even useless to her.

A rusty halberd and Axe was really not up to her taste, so Mingyue would just skip them.

There was a lot of broken piece of vase and weapon. Even though there were a lot of weapons that were still intact, the quality and the durability of those weapons was questionable.

In the end, rather than bringing some burden, Mingyue decided to choose few usable items. For example, a few small daggers.

The dagger was not in good condition, but removing the rust was not a problem since the dagger was made from a similar material with steel. But that need to wait until they came out of this empty aquarium first.

There was no any life form like a fish or anything around here, making Mingyue had to be sparing with her food. Even though she wanted to explore the underwater ruin a little longer, she held back her urge.

After moving around the labyrinth-like interior, Xiao Wu became better at moving around water. Not swimming, but walking around the water.

The user, Xiao Wu, could utilize any exquisite movement as if she was moving on the land. It was one of the advantages of the Clear Step, so of course, Mingyue would definitely force Xiao Wu to learn this movement technique. With coming to this place, Mingyue could justify her reasoning to Xiao Wu.

As they were moving around in the tranquil place, Mingyue was a little disturbed by something.

"Xiao Wu, walk down over there. Be careful." Mingyue patted Xiao Wu's neck as she bent her body forward.

There was a black gaseous thing that came out from the mound-shape rubble. It was thicker than what Mingyue saw in the closed room.

"Eww, it is eerie. Yueyue, are you sure?" Xiao Wu turned her head a little.

Nodding my head, I reassured Xiao Wu while I observed the rubbles around the black gaseous thing.

[. . .Miasma.] Mingyue sighed as she was not feeling comfortable with what she found.

Miasma, a black substance in the form of mist that could corrode the host's body and consciousness, and drove them into madness.

When she heard the story about Demonic Beast that was corroded by miasma, she thought that there was some similarity between the miasma in her previous world and this place. But it turned out that they came from the same source.

The stench smell from the Green River City and from the ruins came from the exactly similar source, miasma. No wonder that Mingyue felt some similarity with the stench.

In that world, the being that was corroded by miasma would become a living dead or living corpse, the unblessed being on the earth and under the heaven. They usually would hide in the place rich of yin qi. They couldn't be called as a whole race since any race without any resistance could become a living corpse.

And in this place, even if the stench was much milder than what she remembered in her memory, it was still a big surprise. If a normal beast or Fierce Beast was corroded by miasma would become a Demonic Beast, then that would mean that a normal human could be corroded by miasma.

Then that stench at the Green River City could be explained that way. There was someone that was already corrupted, a state where someone was already corroded whether a part or the whole body.

[It was not a good sign.] Mingyue sighed.

[I just wanted to take it easy, but why did this kind of thing follow her anywhere. First was those assassins, then her family was aimed by the ruler itself, and now was this miasma.]

[Nah, just let the water flow on the river, just deal what I have to deal. No need to think that was not need to think, just deal when the problem was already in front of me.]

[Sigh. In the end, I really need strength. It is really pain in the a.s.s. . .]

[. . . I hope big sis Mei is fine.] Even though she was worried, the only thing she could do was moved forward.

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