Chaotic World Book-Chapter 275 - 270: Supporting Each Other Through Adversity

The Chaotic World Book flashed, and several people spat blood.

Situ Xiao had just escorted people back to Yanmen Pass and cursed furiously, looking at the sky, "Damn it, no wonder they asked me to send people back—they wanted to show off themselves! I’m not part of the Hero Camp, why should I do their missions?"

Yuan Yong accepted the heads of the Qiao Family young master and Qiao Er with a smile, and ordered those beside him, "Spread the word, Brother Situ is our Deputy Commander."

Situ Xiao jumped with rage, "Now I know why you all are family."

Yuan Yong looked up at the final remarks, quite helpless, "Being a family is not easy... Back in the bandit camp, I knew, could Yuan Yang ever beat Yue Hongling at home in the future?"

"?" Situ Xiao asked hastily, "Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe started so early? Tell me the details!"

"Come to our Hero Camp, we’ll drink and talk."

"Alright, alright."

"At that time, Yue Hongling reached down and..."

Worried about her sister’s family rank, Yuan Yang herself hadn’t thought much about it. She was at home, propping her chin up and looking at the sky, murmuring, "The Sixth Hidden Dragon, I knew, three years on the Human List is nothing for Brother Zhao."

In front of her, Wen Jing was sternly asking, "Recite the sword technique I just taught you again?"

"Ah?" Yuan Yang forced a smile, "The wind...the wind was too loud; I...I didn’t hear clearly."

"You used to be diligent. After a trip to Langya, you come back with flushed cheeks every day and even peek at erotic paintings!" Wen Jing stood up in anger, grabbing a feather duster and making to whip, "If this goes on, who can you beat, Yue Hongling or Tang Wanzhuang? How could I have such an unmotivated daughter, I’ll whip you to death!"

Yuan Yang ran away quickly.

Wen Jing grabbed the back of her collar, lowering his voice, "Go to the ancestral hall. The Qinghe Sword has been making faint sounds recently, suspecting that the Sword Spirit has returned. See if you have a chance to make it recognize you as its master."

"Ah? Shouldn’t this be something for brother to do?"

"Both of you, do you think I’m only counting on you?" Wen Jing scolded, frustrated, "Think about it; do you even deserve it?"

Yuan Yang: "..."

Main Temple of the Four Symbols Sect.

Chichi Xia was sitting cross-legged on the altar, opening her eyes during cultivation and tilting her head to look at the sky.

A protector bowed and said, "Holy Daughter, your rank has been taken..."

Chichi Xia tugged the corner of her mouth.

A group of people clamored, "We cannot tolerate this, Holy Daughter. This Zhao Changhe, we don’t kill him out of magnanimity, and now he’s surpassed you!"

That’s not bad...

Chichi Xia expressionless, "The Chaotic World Book specifically provokes trouble. Only an idiot like Yuan Yong would rush to challenge others just because he was squeezed out of his position. If someone is manipulating the Chaotic World Book, they must be laughing inside."

The crowd looked at each other, not understanding her discontent, "It sounds nice, but why do you look upset? You seem just about ready to grind your teeth."

Chichi Xia read and reread the last remarks until the golden light faded, then gritted her teeth, "That simpleton at the Seventh Layer of the Mystical Gate, what’s so great about him. I’ve already broken through to the Eighth Layer and am now challenging the Ninth Layer. Once I break through, I’ll be directly on the Human List. Why should I fight over a position with a bunch of kids? Is it for the sake of fighting or for fruit? The Sixth Hidden Dragon is of no use; if he has the ability, let him stay at the top forever!"

People could only say, "The Holy Daughter has lofty aspirations."

Chichi Xia suddenly asked, "Tell me, when a river reflects the sunset, is it the river embracing the twilight, or the twilight entering the river?"

People: "?"

What are you talking about...

No matter how much Situ Xiao, Yuan Yong, Wen Jing, and Chichi Xia were internally cursing and furious, the person who was truly the most frustrated was someone else.

Far away in Jiangnan, within the influence of the Maitreya Sect, a white-clothed assassin looked bewilderedly at the sky, and suddenly, in a fit of rage, exclaimed, "Sha Qi, you said he went south, what is this?"

...

Regardless of the tumult outside, the lovers weren’t worried, knowing only that the barbarian troops had sealed off the mountain, and Chi Li and others had already entered to search.

Luckily, it was night, and it was not so easy to find someone in the mountains.

The two slipped away quietly, sprinting halfway up the mountain.

This was part of a vast mountain range that stretched far and wide, including the previously mentioned Rocky Mountain, which was just a small part of it. Yue Hongling did not know why Zhao Changhe chose this place to enter the mountain. It seemed even worse than the other peaks, smaller without the size of other mountains, and the mountain itself was bare, at best with some rugged rocks providing scant cover, unsuitable for hiding and recuperating.

They would probably be found at the break of dawn...

They say there’s a Secret Realm, but it’s completely invisible.

He wondered how anyone would know about this secret realm in the first place. He himself had wandered around for three months, piecing together considerable information and his own findings before having a vague inkling. And this man had just arrived... Who gave him that map? Could someone have pulled the wool over his eyes?

At this moment, Yue Hongling was barely able to hold on, leaning weakly against Zhao Changhe, she whispered, "Should we find a cave or something to hold out for a bit? If we don’t tend to our injuries soon, we’ll be powerless if we’re found."

Zhao Changhe’s own wounds were also intensely painful; galloping on horseback for so long, the quick fixes he had applied earlier had already split open. The True Qi of a Human List powerhouse raged within his body, refusing to dissipate and causing great discomfort. Now everyone’s combat strength was far less than it had been right after the injury; the longer they dragged this out, the worse their situation became.

But given the circumstances, they had to persist.

He bent down to indicate his intent, whispering, "I’ll carry you."

Yue Hongling shook her head: "You’re not much better off than me."

"I have more strength than you do." Zhao Changhe didn’t say another word, drawing closer to lift her onto his back: "Let’s go."

Yue Hongling had no strength to struggle and lay limply on his back, watching his staggering steps, unsure of her own feelings.

Zhao Changhe climbed upward with difficulty, convinced in his heart that this place must conceal a secret realm. According to the map in his hand, the shape of the mountain range was very distinct, and the entrance to the summit was clearly marked, easy to find, and certainly not a random doodle.

He unfolded the map once more to take a look; there was a small note: "There is a pile of stones on the mountainside that seems disorderly and without pattern, but in fact among them, seven can form the perfectly standard shape of the Big Dipper. They are just mixed with other stones and not noticeable."

"If under the stars and moon, standing in the Tianshu position, one might faintly perceive an unusual aura emanating from the stone formation, suspected to hide an Otherworldly Space. Details on how to open it have not been explored clearly, as I had to leave for other matters. If fate allows, I’ll return for further investigation, hence this mark."

"The shape of the Tianshu stone is as follows..."

Then came a scribble that looked neither like stones nor anything well-defined, completely irregular.

This was a mark left by Master Yuan Xing for himself, mainly to remember the shape of the mountain to enter and which stone shape was crucial.

Otherwise, with mountains looking so similar and one of the stones in a pile nearly indistinguishable, after many years returning for further exploration, he would have forgotten everything.

Now this mark had truly benefited Zhao Changhe; carrying Yue Hongling, he stumbled to the mountainside where he found a chaotic pile of stones looking disorderly and common, a very typical scene on such a stone mountain.

The stones were unremarkable, seeming like a random assortment of ordinary rocks, with an irregular arrangement and messy shapes, simply a natural pile that could be seen everywhere.

In the nondescript middle of the mountain, the stone pile was unassumingly present, and no one would have thought that this was the mouth of a secret realm. No wonder it had never been found before—likely, everyone who passed by had simply overlooked it.

How could one discover among a pile of random stones the seven that could form the shape of the Big Dipper? Even if they could form it, that would seem only natural.

Zhao Changhe couldn’t understand it and didn’t think further. Following the stone shape on the drawing, he looked around the stone pile and actually found the stone that matched the drawing. He tried standing on this stone and closed his eyes to perceive it but didn’t notice the unusual aura Yuan Xing had spoken of.

Just as he was feeling perplexed, Yue Hongling, on his back, suddenly whispered, "This place is indeed extraordinary."

Zhao Changhe quickly put her down, seating her on the stone: "How so?"

Yue Hongling closed her eyes to sense the area for a moment: "It feels like a communion between heaven and man... This is something only those who have touched the Secret Treasure can perceive; it’s normal for you not to notice."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

Yue Hongling said, "This is a highly hidden Star Map Array, and we should be at the array’s core. The person who gave you the information didn’t deceive you."

"How do we break the array?" asked Zhao Changhe, suddenly overwhelmed by a very strange feeling.

It reminded him of the time when he and Chichi sought to break the Star Map Array behind the waters, and he consulted with Yue Hongling.

Yue Hongling, who had wide experience in the Worldly Society and had studied these matters deeply, would know how to break it even if she was aware of the array’s core—something he wouldn’t know on his own.

Yue Hongling struggled to stand, and circling the position of the Big Dipper, she whispered faintly, "It’s good that there are two of us..."

Zhao Changhe: "Hmm?"

"In this Big Dipper-shaped formation, the position of the Yaoguang has a very slight displacement. One person needs to stand still at Tianshu to hold the array’s core, while the other adjusts Yaoguang. With head and tail corresponding, the true face will be revealed."

Yue Hongling said and stood beside a certain stone, pushing it ever so slightly with all her might.

"Click!"

The sound of the rolling stone suddenly turned into a crisp "click" sound, followed by the brightening of the Big Dipper in the sky, and a vortex shape faintly appeared amidst the stones.

Zhao Changhe was delighted, hopping off the stone: "Let’s go."

Yue Hongling did not respond.

He turned to look, only to find she had already passed out on the ground.

Zhao Changhe picked her up swiftly and jumped directly into the "vortex," disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Just as he leaped down, the shifted stone rolled slightly away on its own, the vortex disappeared, the stars went into hiding, and everything returned to normal, with no evidence that anything had ever been there.

Moments later, Chi Li flew over, did not even glance at the pile of stones here, and went straight up the mountain.

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