Chapter 317 Blue Star (1/2)
”Let me see the stone tablet one more time before we leave this place,” Yuan said to Lan Yingying when they returned to the temple.
Lan Yingying nodded her head, and they climbed the staircase, entering the temple a moment later.
Yuan approached the stone tablet. Once he was directly in front of it, he clasped his hands together and bowed to the stone tablet.
”I don't know why you called me here, and I might never find out, but thank you for showing me this place, allowing me to learn Sword Aura.” Yuan paid his respect to the stone tablet.
After Yuan lifted his head, he continued, ”Maybe I'll even see you in the upper heavens when I decide to ascend this world. At that time, I'll thank you properly.”
Sometime later, Lan Yingying led Yuan away from the temple.
As they walked, Lan Yingying suddenly asked him, ”Hey… What's the outside world like?”
”Eh? The outside world? It hasn't been long since I came to this place so I can't really tell you what's different... sorry,” he said.
”Don't mind it,” she shook her head with a somewhat gloomy feeling in her eyes.
After a moment of silence, Yuan asked her, ”Do you want to go outside?”
A profound glint appeared in Lan Yingying's eyes, and she nodded her head, ”I'd be lying if I say I am not curious about the outside world.”
”I think it's unfair…” Yuan suddenly said.
And he continued, ”How your ancestors' decision to stay in this world also affected their children and so on. If someone wants to leave this place, they should have the choice to do so— at least that's what I believe.”
A small smile appeared on Lan Yingying's pretty face after hearing Yuan's words.
”Then why don't you try to become the Master of this place and set us all free?” Lan Yingying suddenly said.
”But nobody knows how the Lord became the Master, right? Even if I want to help you, I don't know what I should be doing.”
”The Mystic Pagoda. Perhaps you'll find some clues there.”
”Where is the Mystic Pagoda?” Yuan then asked.
Lan Yingying lifted her hand and pointed to a certain direction in the sky.
”Do you see that blue star? If you follow it, it'll lead you to the Mystic Pagoda.”
Following her fingers, Yuan's eyes widened with surprise when he realized what she was talking about.
”What! How could there be stars in the sky already? The sun hasn't even begun to set yet!” Yuan exclaimed in a shocked voice.
”That star is a special star. You can see it throughout the day no matter if it's day or night.”
”I see… Thank you…”
Yuan turned to look at Lan Yingying, and he continued in a somewhat awkward voice, ”By the way, are you sure you want to continue walking around in that appearance? What if someone sees you?”
Lan Yingying looked down at her own clothes that were still torn, and she said, ”Oh, right. I nearly forgot.”
Lan Yingying suddenly stopped walking and proceeded to remove her clothes on the spot, taking Yuan by surprise.
”You could've at least warned me...” Yuan instinctively turned around to give her some privacy.
”Okay, I am done.” Lan Yingying said a moment later, sounding very calm despite just changing her clothes in front of a man, and they continued walking shortly after, acting like nothing just happened.