Xuanxia

Chapter 324 Heavy Rain Closes the Road
Jiangnan, Mirror Lake, and Guimen Waterway.

On the shore of an unknown island, Hua Wuying and Yuan Ye, both wearing simple raincoats, looked at the surging waves ahead with melancholy.

And the boat stranded on the side...

The sky was dark, with heavy rain pouring down and strong winds howling. The raindrops as big as beans poured down on the two of them, making their raincoats crackle.

"Brother Yuan."

Hua Wuying said helplessly: "Based on your experience, how many days will it take for the rain to stop?"

"It could take two or three days at the fastest, or ten days or half a month at the longest." Yuan Ye shook his head and sighed, "We can only wait."

Hua Wuying sighed.

"We have been delayed here for nearly ten days..." He looked up at the dense layers of dark clouds in the sky and let the rain wet his face.

Previously, Yuan Ye controlled the oars and led him and Hua Xiaolan into the Ghost Gate Waterway. However, for some reason, the water flow was particularly turbulent during this period, so they had to stop and go, and almost stop to rest whenever they saw a small island.

Probably because she was not used to the bumpy ride on the water, Hua Xiaolan became very ill during this period and fell into coma from time to time. Her Miao clothes had been stained with blood for many times. Therefore, she had to hand over half of the pills she took daily to Hua Wuying so that he could treat her at any time.

In this way, Yuan Ye originally said that they would be able to reach the deepest part of the Ghost Gate Waterway in "two or three days", but they actually walked for nearly five days.

At that time, two huge islands appeared several miles ahead of the boat. The two islands were tightly pressed together, with a strip of water and sky between them. They did not look like two islands, but rather like one island that was split in half.

"That must be the Black Mountain Islands!"

At that time, Yuan Ye was so excited that he almost jumped up: "It's recorded in the old book! A line of sky, two doors open, and the Black Mountain Islands are here!"

Inside the cabin, Hua Wuying and Hua Xiaolan finally smiled.

But at this moment, the weather changed.

The sky was clear just a moment ago, but in just a short time, strong winds blew and dark clouds gathered, followed by a downpour!

Crazy huge waves stood between the small boat and the two huge islands. No matter how Yuan Ye gritted his teeth and persisted, the small boat could hardly move forward at all, and even kept moving backwards under the influence of the water.

In the struggle with the wind and rain, half of the roof of the shed was even blown off...

In addition, Hua Xiaolan fell into a coma again, so Hua Wuying had no choice but to stop the crazy Yuan Ye, turned around and returned to the nearest island.

As a result, another five days passed.

The rainstorm never stopped, and the two large islands not far away could no longer be seen in the rain, fog and smoke. The three of them had no choice but to find a small cave that could shelter them from the wind and rain. They also dismantled the damaged part of the boat shed, added some straw materials from the island, and made some raincoats to make it easier for them to go out on rainy days.

Why go out? To get food...

Fruits, fish, birds, small animals...people always need to eat.

Hua Xiaolan, on the other hand, had recovered somewhat from the rough water these days and was no longer in a coma so often.

During these days, she quietly collected a lot of herbs on the island. When Hua Wuying asked about it, she refused to tell her what they were used for.

"Brother Hua, let me go around and catch some fish."

Yuan Ye said helplessly: "You go back first...be careful of the demon...uh, be careful that Miss Hua fainted again."

After spending nearly ten days together, he was no longer so estranged from the two of them, and he probably realized that Hua Wuying was indeed a kind person. However, he was still quite afraid of Hua Xiaolan, even though she was clearly a sickly person now.

"Okay, I'll go back first." Hua Wuying nodded: "Brother Yuan, be careful."

The island is not big, and it is only a thousand feet away from one end to the other. The whole island is a small hill, but the hill is lush and green.

Hua Wuying, braving the wind and rain, soon returned to the small cave where they were temporarily staying.

As soon as he approached the cave, he smelled a strong smell of medicine - it was Hua Xiaolan making medicine.

These days, she always crushed the herbs she picked in a makeshift stone bowl, added water and boiled them, but she never drank it. She always sniffed it and then poured the potion away. No one knew what she meant.

"came back?"

Seeing Hua Wuying return, Hua Xiaolan asked calmly, "Are the waves smaller?"

Hua Wuying smiled bitterly and shook his head. "There's nothing we can do about it."

Hua Xiaolan did not seem anxious, and said calmly: "At least we know that the Black Mountain Islands are ahead. As long as the rain stops, we can get there."

"Little Brother Yuan is a little worried." Hua Wuying sat down beside the fire where she was boiling medicine, took off her raincoat, and warmed herself with water. She said softly, "A few days ago, I kept hearing him mumbling about the 'Mirror Lake Dragon King'. And these past two days, he didn't come back with me. He said he wanted to go take a look around."

Hua Xiaolan frowned slightly: "He was behaving strangely, didn't you go and see?"

"Of course I did."

Hua Wuying smiled slightly: "But he really just walked along the shore and caught a few fish, he didn't do anything else."

"I'm afraid he thought of customs." Hua Xiaolan shook her head and said, "When we approached the Black Mountain Islands that day, the sky was clear, but suddenly there was a storm. Coupled with the difficulties along the way, I'm afraid he thought of some strange folk customs?"

Hua Wuying was startled, then smiled and said, "Junior Sister Hua is really smart. I never thought of this."

"That's because most of us Central Plains people don't respect ghosts and gods."

Hua Xiaolan turned her pale face and smiled, "We Miao people are different. Legend has it that there are 100,000 gods in the 100,000 mountains. There are gods and ghosts hiding on every mountain. Every village has different customs. Therefore, I understand it very well."

As she spoke, the bowl of medicine in front of her suddenly began to boil.

She immediately made a gesture of magic, and the stone bowl flew down from the fire and into her hands.

She was not afraid of the heat, and there seemed to be an unknown magic between her palm and the stone bowl, so she just held the hot bowl in her hand.

As usual, Hua Xiaolan brought the stone bowl to her nose and sniffed it gently.

Hua Wuying finally couldn't help being curious and asked, "Junior Sister Hua, what on earth is this?"

Hua Xiaolan gave him a deep look.

"Do you really want to know?" she asked with a smile.

Seeing her expression, Hua Wuying felt a little uneasy: "Is it poison?"

"It's just poison." Hua Xiaolan said with a smile: "Although this island is small, there are many rare medicinal herbs on it. I'm thinking of making some strange poisons to use against Lingjing Sect."

After spending some time together, Hua Wuying had already figured out her personality to some extent. The more she said this, the more he knew she was joking. He could only smile helplessly: "If Junior Sister Hua really doesn't want to talk, I won't ask."

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore."

Hua Xiaolan said quietly, "You can notice that Yuan Ye's expression is not right. I am not stupid either. We have to be prepared. Maybe in the end, he won't accompany us to the end of this journey."

Hua Wuying was stunned.

"What I prepared is a water-repellent medicine... or you could call it a tortoise-breathing medicine."

Hua Xiaolan said calmly: "If he eventually rows the boat away, you and I will have no choice but to cross the water on our own - we have come this far, I will not turn back."

As she spoke, she shook her head and poured the bowl of Chinese medicine soup onto the ground beside her: "But I have never mixed this kind of medicine before... This bowl still won't work."

Hua Wuying nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Hua Xiaolan's worries were indeed correct.

He turned his head and looked at the wind and rain outside the cave - how could there be so much rain in the sky?

When will this rain stop?
At this moment, Hua Wuying was suddenly stunned!
He saw a figure crossing the sky in the wind and rain!
"Is there any powerful person visiting Lingjingmen?!"

Hua Wuying blurted out immediately, put on a raincoat and rushed out of the cave.

Hua Xiaolan was also stunned. She did not see the figure, but Hua Wuying certainly could not have made a mistake, so she quickly put on her raincoat and followed him out.

As soon as I came out of the cave, I heard a shrill cry from the sky!

"Lin family member, I, Huo Yaer, am here to collect my debt!"

"Why don't you show up to greet me!?"

(End of this chapter)