Chapter 210: Chapter 141: Fish Transformation Disease; Lotus Seed Soup_3

She looked up at the sky; tonight, the stars and moon were dim.

The distant mountains were hazy, like clouds, or like floating pavilions in the sky. In the pavilions lived immortals, with a flickering orange-red glow...

"Saintess, did you come to find me this late just to release sky lanterns?"

You Su stood by the rocks, and in his pitch-black vision, he could see a bright spot of orange-red.

The candle flame inside the sky lantern shone brightly, casting a rosy glow on Yudie’s exquisitely beautiful face, making her look like a goddess stepping out of the candlelight.

"What’s wrong? Is it not allowed?" Yudie playfully retorted.

You Su replied in silence, perhaps because he had been under the oppressive atmosphere of this piece of heaven and earth for too long, and the saintess was far more lively and charming than he had imagined, even to the point of being somewhat mischievous.

You Su rarely refused the saintess’s requests. He always had a feeling that this young girl in her prime was not long for this world. Her beauty seemed to have a magical quality that made people reluctant to see her wither away with regrets.

"I read in a book that there’s a custom of releasing sky lanterns in the mortal realm. Every year during the festivals, people in towns and cities release sky lanterns, writing their wishes and hopes on them, letting the lanterns reach the sky, and the Heavenly Dao may grant their wishes. Mr. You, have you ever released a sky lantern?"

"I am a cultivator; I don’t believe in these things."

"What’s wrong with being a cultivator?" Yudie spoke to You Su with less formality than at the beginning, scoffing, "It’s precisely because we’re cultivators that we should revere the Heavenly Dao even more, right?"

"The saintess is right." You Su did not wish to argue.

"I made this sky lantern according to what I learned from the book, but I don’t know if it will really fly."

Since lighting the candle, Yudie had been subtly holding down the sky lantern; she didn’t dare to find out the answer too quickly.

"If this one doesn’t fly, just make another. One of them will eventually take flight," You Su comforted.

Yudie glanced at him with some melancholy, "But for it, this is its only chance to take off, right? Even if another one flies later, it wouldn’t be the same sky lantern."

You Su listened without replying.

This girl was very naive, yet she often made some mature remarks that always implied her own fate—like the white dragon carp that couldn’t swim out of the Jade Ring Pool, or a wishing lantern that couldn’t fly into the sky.

"Mr. You, I’m going to the cliff ahead to release the sky lantern. Thank you, if it weren’t for your company, I wouldn’t have been allowed to come here."

"Saintess, you actually don’t need to come to such a high place to release it. If you release it in the Small Pool Palace, it will still fly if it can."

"Mr. You, don’t be such a killjoy, will you?" Yudie put her hands on her hips, pouting.

You Su softly hmmed, and Yudie smiled brightly, her lips curving into a perfect crescent like the moon. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

She was barefoot, and she tiptoed step by step toward the edge of the cliff. Her naturally perfect dancer’s legs were straight and slender, like two pieces of jade chopsticks.

The cliff wind howled, bringing the sound of leaves rustling in the mountains and forests.

Below the cliff, the carved buildings and Jade Ring Pool lay enveloped in the tranquil night.

Since You Su was standing right behind her, she boldly stepped directly to the edge of the precipice.

Gravel by her feet fell and made a faint sound as it hit the cliff side. Yudie’s face turned a rosy crimson, not from shyness, but from the excitement within her heart.

She rarely had the opportunity to stand in such a dangerous place; at this moment, looking at the trivialities below the mountain, she even felt a mounting urge to soar herself.

Yudie clasped the sky lantern, wider than herself, with both hands, then smiled at the sky and said:

"Mr. You, in my world, it’s either bloom gloriously or wither away. So, it either crashes to the ground and shatters into pieces, or it ascends straight to the heavens. Now, do you understand why I must release it here?"

"It will take to the sky."

"I think so too."

Yudie’s smile was wanton, her black hair cascaded like a waterfall, and she let go of the sky lantern with her hands.

But the next scene took her by surprise—the sky lantern showed no intention of ascending, though when she pressed it to the ground earlier, she could faintly feel a slight lift.

But unexpectedly, that lift was just an unrealistic illusion. Once freed from the ground, the gravity of the sky lantern was like a leg pulled down by fate, making it endlessly fall.

Yudie couldn’t believe the failure of the sky lantern, much like she couldn’t admit that she could never fly out of this exquisite birdcage.

Her eyes instantly became resolute, she leaned forward and reached out, trying to save that sky lantern!

However, she couldn’t save the sky lantern she had made herself and onto which she had pinned endless fantasies, just as she couldn’t save herself.

The gravel underfoot did not support her making such a move, and her figure seemed to be suspended, about to fall toward the cliff below!

Looking levelly at the earth, her rolling tears also froze in mid-air at that moment.

Let it be like this... Let it end...

A strong sense of fatigue surged up her body, making her body, as light as a willow leaf, as heavy as a stone.

In a perilous instant, a broad and powerful hand held her slender waist.

Startled, she turned to face You Su’s clear face even in the darkness of night:

"Mr. You..."

"Saintess, do you really want to die!"

You Su almost yelled out this sentence.

Yudie didn’t know why, but she just felt the hand on her abdomen gave her immense reassurance. She couldn’t discern whether she intended to save the lantern or because the young man behind her would surely save her, giving her fearless confidence.

Her brows suddenly sparkled like the stars:

"I don’t want to die now, please, Mr. You, save me."

The hand suddenly tightened, You Su furrowed his brows and squeezed out a few words coldly through his teeth:

"Don’t let it happen again!"

The violent wind filled their robes, turning the flying skirts and black hair into waves surging across a lake.

Yudie had long let go of the sky lantern, and they were descending even faster than the lantern. From her perspective, the lantern truly seemed to be flying.

She spread her arms, her pink sleeves billowing like a butterfly unfurling its colorful wings.

"Mr. You! It’s so high; we won’t die from the fall, will we?"

Yudie, excited, didn’t seem to be worried about her life or death at all.

"We will all die, but... definitely not today!"

You Su, holding onto Yudie with one arm, had already drawn his sword with the other, stabbing it into the cliff side to slow their fall. The Mo Song Sword emitted a resonant sword cry, with sparks fleetingly bursting forth in the air.

You Su wasn’t in the Feather Transformation Realm; he certainly couldn’t fly, but as a Spirit Platform Realm cultivator, he wasn’t entirely helpless, especially since he had mastered the Ruyi Wind Manipulation Skill.

All along, he had been using the Wind-Controlling Ladder Skill, and now, the Wind Manipulation Skill had finally come into play.

They kept falling, but it wasn’t like swaying aimlessly; rather, they were like leaves carried by the wind.

Yudie had never felt so happy; if possible, she would wish to fly in the sky forever.

...

"Mr. You, I’ve come in."

Yo Meng gently knocked on the screen.

"Hmm."

You Su, with his eyes closed, soaked in a warm pool, easing the fatigue from his recent ’flight’ with the saintess; every pore on his body greedily absorbed the nutrients in the pool water.

Perhaps when the saintess brought him to the cliff, she had already planned for what would happen next.

She went for a retaliatory experience of the thrills she hadn’t attempted, but it was a headache for You Su as her companion.

"Mr. You, you must have suffered playing with my lady," Yo Meng said with a chuckle while adding herbs to the water.

"The saintess considers me a friend, so it’s only right."

Wasn’t it because of a deal?

Yo Meng gave a knowing smile:

"Mr. You, this is lotus seed soup that the young lady personally made for you, which is greatly beneficial to the body. She specifically instructed me to have you drink it while it’s hot."

As she said this, she took out a steaming bowl of lotus seed soup from behind her.

The white porcelain bowl held lotus seeds that were glistening and translucent.