Painting Region

Xiangqi Town

As Wang Lin had finally finished gathering herbs for the day, he had finally returned to Xiangqi town.

Every single day, early in the morning, Wang Lin would go gather herbs in the mountains, while this was extremely dangerous, no other person from the town was willing to do this, as such, Wang Lin could get a good price for his herbs, sustaining him, his sister alongside his sick mother.

As Wang Lin prepared to set up his stall, he looked at the sky, seeing a bolt of light travel into the distance, even with his muscle refining cultivation base, he could barely see the bolt of light.

But sadly, the moment he blinked, it seemed as if the light had disappeared.

"Is there something wrong with my eyes?" mumbled Wang Lin before soon forgetting what he had just seen.

On the ship.

Standing on the edge of the ship, Ming Yun gazed at the wilderness below her, every single moment, the scene would instantly change, the fast speed of the ship not allowing her any time to admire the scenery.

"It's too boring," mumbled Ming Yun as she stopped looking outside of the ship and went inside.

As she walked inside, she turned right and gazed at Xu Yue, who was sitting cross-legged, looking at her.

"Didn't I tell you that you would see anything?" asked Xu Yue while reading a certain Taoist book.

Hearing this, Ming Yun sighed, and began walking past Xu Yue and into a room.

Just as she was in front of Xu Yue, Ming Yun inexplicably fell and tripped, her find going into Xu Yue's face at a fast speed.

Xu Yue instantly disappeared and reappeared a small distance away, still sitting crosslegged, letting Ming Yun fall head first into the floor of the ship.

"Senior sister, won't your luck be a problem?" asked Ming Yun, as she silently got up from the floor.

Ever since she exited the sect, it seemed as if the World itself was against Xu Yue, every single day, small accidents would happen, directly targeting her.

Most of the time, Ming Yun would be the only thing that could attack Xu Yue.

Sometimes she tripped, another time she almost spilled tea on Xu Yue, this was a great annoyance to Ming Yun, even more so than Xu Yue.

Every single time something like this happened, Xu Yue would be able t gracefully dodge it, leaving Ming Yun to harmed.

Of course, the word 'harm' had to be used carefully here, none of these things could cause any damage to her.

"Don't worry, my luck will not cause any problems," said Xu Yue as she began walking towards her own room.

Hearing this, Ming Yun breathed a sigh of relief, since her senior sister had said so, then things would be alright.

"Understood Senior Sister," said Ming Yun before entering her own room.

Seeing this, Xu Yue then retreated into her own room.

After entering it, Xu Yu calmly sat down crosslegged and began conducting another divination.

Before embarking on the trip, Xu Yue had already divined if her luck would have any effect on the result of this trip.

This was the reason Xu Yue even dared leave the sect when she was under the effects of a curse.

As time passed, a large amount of Qi began disappearing from Xu Yue's Dantian.

After Xu Yue used the Lesser Heaven Scrying art once again she could finally be sure that things wouldn't go horribly wrong on this travel.

Suddenly, another piece of information suddenly emerged in Xu Yue's mind, causing a smile to appear on her face.

One and a half years later

As Xu Yue was sitting crosslegged, she suddenly felt a change in her surroundings, the speed at which she could ponder on the sword also instantly decreased.

She then walked out of her room and began walking toward the edge of the ship, where Ming Yun was already standing.

"Senior sister, you should stop the ship so we can get a good view," said Ming Yun as she saw Xu Yue approach.

The moment she said that, the ship suddenly stopped in place.

Looking at the endless mountains below her, Ming Yun frowned.

"I expected it to look a little prettier," said Ming Yun as she examined the mountains below her.

This time, unlike usually, she did not get a response from Xu Yue.

Looking at the mountains before her and comparing them to the ones from the sword region, Xu Yue's eyes shone.

In the Sword Region, most mountains had sheer cliffs and sharp edges, requiring cultivator's to either be able to fly or to carve steps for easy access to them.

Comparatively, the mountains in the Painting Region seemed a lot prettier.

Xu Yue could even feel a special aura coming from the mountains, seemingly enhancing her comprehension of Painting.

As she felt it, Xu Yue suddenly realized why she felt such a big difference when she, entered the Painting Region, this was probably also why her Sword Training speed was imperceivably affected at that moment.

"It seems that the Sword Region also has this aura," thought Xu Yue before taking out a canvas from her spatial ring.

As she stopped looking at the mountains, Ming Yun then began watching Xu Yue paint with delight filling her eyes.

"Senior sister is prettier than these ugly mountain's," mumbled Ming Yun lightly under her breath, she did not dare talk louder, out of fear that she would disturb Xu Yue, sadly for her, even though she was focused on painting, Xu Yue still heard her.

Ming Yun let out a small cry of pain as a small rock hit her on the forehead.

She silently gritted her teeth as she watched a smile appear on Xu Yue's face.

"Senior sister is a bully," mumbled Ming Yun unconsciously, before letting out another cry of pain as a rock hit her forehead once again, causing Xu Yue to slightly chuckle.