Chapter 4695 — I Can't See It Either
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Yet even so, Huo Yudie stubbornly insisted on staying in the lead. But after they had walked on a while longer, the light around them grew dimmer and dimmer, until even the blood moon hanging in midair flickered in and out of sight, and gradually vanished into the thick layers of cloud.
A moment more, and there was no light left around them at all. This was the darkness before dawn.
"You..." Huo Yudie truly could not hold out any longer, and said in a weak voice, "Can we rest a while before going on? I feel a little tired."
As she spoke, she had unconsciously fallen behind Wei Zhao. With pitch darkness all around and not a glimmer of light, she truly lacked the courage to keep walking in front and clearing the way; even following behind Wei Zhao now made her feel a little afraid.
With no light at all, unless she constantly employed her spiritual sense the way Wei Zhao did, she had no way of pinpointing his position—even though he was less than a zhang in front of her.
Unfortunately, she was not Wei Zhao. She had no endless supply of spiritual energy, and the strength of her spiritual sense was nowhere near as resilient and powerful as his. If she had to constantly employ her spiritual sense even for ordinary travel like this, then never mind whether they could find the Lei Xuan Vine—she would have her primordial spirit collapse halfway there.
Fortunately, compared with ordinary cultivators, Huo Yudie had one special gift: she could follow Wei Zhao by his scent. It was only that this method could determine a rough direction, not lock on with the precision of spiritual sense, so she could not help feeling somewhat tense.
"Tired?" Wei Zhao, walking ahead, was startled at the words. He did not turn around, but simply examined Huo Yudie with his spiritual sense. Seeing her trembling slightly, he understood at once, and could not help finding it rather amusing. "So you're scared?"
"You're the one who's scared! I've been through all sorts of trials before, plenty of them more dangerous than this—what's this supposed to be!" Huo Yudie stiffened her neck and protested stubbornly.
"Oh, then let's rest a while." Wei Zhao found it funny inside, but did not insist. Since Huo Yudie was afraid, they would stop and rest a bit; the darkness before dawn would not last long anyway—sunrise was imminent.
"Mm..." Only then did Huo Yudie breathe a sigh of relief, and she promptly sat down on the ground, hugging her knees. She was one of the Twin Beauties of Chenjiao, but not some pampered young miss; sitting on the ground in the wild was something she had long been accustomed to.
After a moment of silence, sensing that Wei Zhao was still standing beside her, looming over her, Huo Yudie frowned at once, pouted, and huffed, "What are you standing in front of me for? Trying to sneak a peek down my collar?"
"Pfft!" Wei Zhao nearly choked on his breath again. He did not know why, but after spending more time with this girl, she always managed to come out with the most unexpected remark at the strangest moments, leaving him torn between laughing and crying. "With the moon dark and the wind high like this, what could you possibly see?"
He could not even make out the figure right in front of him clearly—and she thought he could sneak a peek at her collar in this? What sort of bizarre logic was that?
"Hmph, others can't see, but maybe you can!" Huo Yudie retorted with a curl of her lip.
"Uh, you overestimate me far too much. My eyes haven't been specially trained like your nose. Rest easy—what you can't see, I can't see either." Wei Zhao spread his hands helplessly.
"That's just your word for it. I wouldn't dare trust it. What if you're only saying that and actually mean to stand there and peek without any scruples? I wouldn't even be able to notice—far too unsafe." Huo Yudie remained adamant. (To be continued..) I752