I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 452: Chapter 411: Escaping by the Skin of Their Teeth (Revised)

Jiang Yuebai led Xie Jingshan, trying to avoid areas with many Merfolk, and swam quickly towards the west.

”Xie Jingshan, are you a dead fish? Swimming straight like that? Where’s your waist, wiggle it!”

Jiang Yuebai whispered a reminder ahead, Xie Jingshan held back the urge to roll his eyes, what’s a waist? He doesn’t have one!

Jiang Yuebai threatened with a glare, two young Merfolk approached while playing, making Xie Jingshan’s scalp tighten, and he hurriedly twisted his waist, immediately becoming more graceful.

”Pfft!”

Jiang Yuebai couldn’t help it, biting his lip tightly as he observed the surroundings.

Xie Jingshan was full of shame, gritting his teeth in anger.

After a series of struggles, Xie Jingshan simply let loose, twisting more and more seductively, even swimming past Jiang Yuebai while changing styles, nearly slapping Jiang Yuebai’s face with the tail he conjured.

The number of Merfolk in the Merfolk Country is not large, with sprawling underwater cities and sparse population, they carefully made their way to the west of the city, only to be blocked by a courtyard surrounded by giant sea snails, where a dozen male and female Merfolk were weaving silk.

Jiang Yuebai and Xie Jingshan paused for a moment, the area was vast, with the exit at the westernmost sea snail. If they took a detour, the Incense Fire Power in their seal would definitely be insufficient, so they had to pass through this courtyard.

”What they’re weaving must be the legendary Mermaid Silk, it doesn’t get wet in water, and once worn, one can walk easily in any aquatic environment, the thin layer contains the depth of the sea, and any spell can be swallowed by the Mermaid Silk.”

Xie Jingshan looked on with eyes full of desire.

”Even if you have money, you can’t buy this thing, and those Merfolk Pearls, Water-Controlling Divine Objects, can restore the soul, a Merfolk Pearl over a thousand years old is said to extend life by a thousand years without any Heavenly Dao restrictions or repercussions.”

Upon hearing Xie Jingshan, Jiang Yuebai’s eyes sparkled, the two of them peeked over the wall, eagerly watching the Merfolk extracting the essence of water to weave, embellishing the finished Mermaid Silk with various colors of coral shells and pearls the size of dragon eyes, those pearls being the Merfolk Pearls.

As they worked, they emitted dolphin-like short sounds, communicating with each other.

”The Incense Fire Qi in our seals is insufficient, we can’t take a detour, we must pass straight through this courtyard. Looks like we’ll have to find a way to distract them, but in doing so, we may also get discovered.” Jiang Yuebai whispered.

Xie Jingshan craned his neck to look towards the outside of the city, ”After leaving the city there’s still thirty miles, if we move quickly, we should reach the Small Boundary River before they hunt us down.”

”Then let’s take a risk!”

Jiang Yuebai’s White Vine urged out clusters of pink Sword Orchid, accumulating Sword Qi, and fiercely launched it towards a distant sea snail house.

Sword Qi like rain!

The sea snail house crumbled with a rumble under the heavy strikes, the seabed’s silt instantly stirred by the current, plunging the view into chaos.

Jiang Yuebai and Xie Jingshan quickly concealed themselves, the closest Merfolk abandoned their work to investigate, and the patrolling Merfolk guards in the distance rushed over.

”Go!”

Jiang Yuebai took advantage of the distraction, sneaking into the weaving courtyard with Xie Jingshan. As they rushed towards the city exit, they swiftly yanked a few rolls of Mermaid Silk from the racks and stuffed a dozen Merfolk Pearls into their pockets.

There was no delay, it was all in passing.

Successfully exiting the city gate, they encountered a large area of dark blue seaweed blocking their path, sensing someone, it immediately shot at them like snakes.

Jiang Yuebai pulled Xie Jingshan back and unleashed another barrage of Sword Rain.

The seaweed branches snapped, revealing an opening, and they passed through it.

”Stop right there!”

A sharp sound wave surged from behind them, crashing into their backs with overwhelming force, Jiang Yuebai struggled to maintain her protective shield, her disguise immediately dissipating, revealing her and Xie Jingshan’s true appearances.

They turned back and saw twenty Merfolk guards wielding tridents aggressively chasing them, the leader with a red nose was the one whose face Jiang Yuebai had stepped on earlier.

Jiang Yuebai’s expression turned serious, grabbing Xie Jingshan’s arm, she exerted all her strength to propel westwards using the remaining Incense Fire Power in her seal.

The Merfolk behind emitted rapid sharp sounds, sonic waves transforming into water arrows, shooting towards the two.

Jiang Yuebai led Xie Jingshan in dodging left and right, the sonic wave water arrows grew increasingly dense, the Merfolk closing in fast, they couldn’t outrun them at the seabed.

Another sonic wave water arrow attacked, Jiang Yuebai had no time to block, Xie Jingshan directly shielded her with his body, pierced through the defense by the water arrow.

A chain of blue fluorescence scattered into the sea from Xie Jingshan’s body, his soul wrenching with pain, his face scrunching up.

”I’m fine!” Xie Jingshan gritted through his teeth.

”Hang in there a bit more!”

Jiang Yuebai’s brow furrowed, the Incense Fire Power in the seal was nearly exhausted, thankfully, she finally saw the trench!

With their final reserves of strength, the two finally reached above the endlessly deep black trench, where a silent whirlpool swirled, drawing nearby currents.

A massive cluster of sonic wave water arrows attacked again, Jiang Yuebai kicked Xie Jingshan, sending him into the whirlpool.

”You go first!”

Having said that, Jiang Yuebai spread the last of the Incense Fire Power in her seal into a barrier, blocking all the sonic wave water arrows.

If they didn’t block these sonic wave water arrows, they would be riddled with holes before reaching the Boundary River, and their souls would suffer significant damage upon return.

Xie Jingshan, caught by the current, reached out for Jiang Yuebai but only grasped a piece of fabric before being swept away by the whirlpool’s immense pull, disappearing quickly.

Once she was done blocking, Jiang Yuebai turned to leave, but a trident suddenly broke through the flow, edging towards her throat.

In an instant, Jiang Yuebai was surrounded by over twenty tridents, immobilized in the center.

The red-nosed Merfolk leader glanced at the whirlpool below, spoke with another Merfolk beside him, then looked at Jiang Yuebai, and said in Human Clan language, ”No problem, that person shouldn’t have stayed here anyway, but you, you are already dead, you must follow the Netherworld’s rules to reincarnate, or completely perish.”

The tridents pressed forward, Jiang Yuebai raised her head and evaded, ”What if I don’t want to reincarnate, nor do I want to die?”

The red-nosed Merfolk gave Jiang Yuebai a deep look, ”Fill this trench!”

Jiang Yuebai’s heart tightened, watching helplessly as the surrounding Merfolk took deep breaths, their bellies puffed up, unleashing sharp and piercing sonic waves at the trench below.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai grabbed the trident in front and rushed down regardless.

Supreme Elder, if you don’t hurry, I’m really going to die here!

”Kill her!”

Over twenty tridents fiercely stabbed towards Jiang Yuebai’s back, she dodged with all her might to buy more time.

At the critical moment, a golden light erupted from Jiang Yuebai’s forehead, just like when she ascended the Ascension Stairs at the Heavenly Interence Sect’s mountain gate in the past.

The golden light forcibly repelled the numerous tridents, and Jiang Yuebai sighed inwardly, as expected, Lu Xingyun was still protecting her!

The trench collapsed inwards, the whirlpool dissipating shakily.

A water stream transformed into a rope, suddenly wrapping around Jiang Yuebai’s arm, forcibly restraining her.

”Today you won’t escape!”

Jiang Yuebai turned back and glared angrily, it was still the red-nosed Merfolk, should have stomped him harder earlier!

With no more Incense Fire Power in her seal, her protective shield couldn’t sustain and was quickly fading, the corrosive sea water eroding her, blue fluorescence started to disperse from her body.

Am I really going to fall here?

Rumble!

The trench continued to collapse, the water rope tightening even further, Jiang Yuebai watched as the escape path through the Small Boundary River was about to disappear.

At this moment, a slender hand suddenly extended from the Small Boundary River, gripping Jiang Yuebai’s ankle.

Supreme Elder!

Jiang Yuebai was almost teary-eyed, sensing the surge of Spiritual Energy breaking like a river, the water rope on her arm snapping instantly, and under the astonished gaze of all the Merfolk, she was forcibly dragged into the Small Boundary River by that hand.

Boom!

The trench completely collapsed, the Small Boundary River disappearing into the depths of the sea.

The suffocating sensation accompanied by dizziness persisted for a long while, like a drowning person suddenly surfacing, Jiang Yuebai gasped for air to come back to life.

Upon opening her eyes, she saw the Supreme Elder Wenn Miao glaring at her from the sea surface, eyes blazing with fury, looking as if she wanted to devour someone.

Xie Jingshan shrank back, hands tucked in, not daring to move an inch like a quail.

”Ancestral Master~ I missed you so much~~”

Jiang Yuebai grinned sheepishly, acting cute to curry favor.