After an hour of absence, Caiyi returned with a flashy entrance, nearly kicking her door down due to the excitement.
"SHUYI!" she cried out, her voice filled with anticipation. "Let's head out to the Dragon's Peak at this moment!"
Startled by her grand and explosive entrance, Tian Yi had nearly fallen off his chair. "Dragon's Peak?"
"Yes! There have been rumors of His Highness appearing over there going around for the past two hours!" Caiyi's eyes were sparkling at this point, her hands grabbed whatever she needed, stuffing it into her storage pouch.
Storage pouches are magical items with their own dimension inside, allowing the user to put things way larger than the pouch itself inside.
"Uhhh…" Tian Yi was baffled by the news. He was seen at Dragon's Peak?
"Why are you still sitting there?! Didn't you say that you wanted to travel the world? This is also traveling!" Caiyi pulled him up from his seat and dragged him outside, and Meng Xiang silently followed them.
Upon leaving the house, Caiyi threw a toy-sized wooden boat into the air that grew in sizes instantly, quickly becoming a life-sized boat.
"W-Wow…" Meng Xiang was amazed at what she had just witnessed.
"This is a Spirit Vessel; it allows cultivators to fly at an even greater speed," Caiyi explained as she jumped on the wooden boat. "Hurry up if you don't want to be left behind!"
Tian Yi smiled bitterly and carried Meng Xiang onto the boat, giving her a mini heart attack. It was her first time being so far off the ground, after all.
The moment Tian Yi touched the boat with his toes, the boat soared forward faster than the speed of light, nearly scaring the soul out of Meng Xiang's limped body. If it weren't for the barrier surrounding the Spirit Vessel, preventing the wind from pushing them off the boat, Meng Xiang would've been screaming by now.
"It will be fine; you won't fall off even if you jumped around," said Caiyi.
Meng Xiang nodded, but her arms were tightly wrapped around Tian Yi's waist like a koala hugging a tree.
Caiyi smiled at her actions. "The two of you just met and you're already like a pair of siblings," she said.
Tian Yi smiled at her words, casually patting Meng Xiang to calm her down. "Speaking of the Dragon's Peak, what is this place like?"
"You have never heard of Dragon's Peak? It's one of the most famous locations around here, the Qing Shan Continent."
He shook his head, seemingly bitter about knowing nothing about the world.
"It's one of the more famous places where Sects from all over the Qing Shan Continent go and take turns to do their Sect Entrance Exams," she explained.
"Sects?" Tian Yi's eyes shone with curiosity. "Does it mean that I can become a disciple of a Sect if I go there?" he asked.
"If you pass their entrance exam, of course." Caiyi looked at him weirdly. "You are not in a Sect?" she asked him.
Tian Yi shook his head and said, "I have never been to a Sect."
"....."
She did not know why, but that didn't shock her as much as she thought it would.
"Then where did you learn to cultivate?"
"My parents had taught me."
"I see…"
Caiyi pitied this young man. Having cultivators as parents could be a blessing at times and a curse at other times.
"Shuyi, how old are you, again?" she asked him.
"I recently turned 18," he said.
"Oh? Just like His Highness?" Caiyi was surprised at the coincidence.
Tian Yi broke out in cold sweat when he heard her words. "H-His Highness is also 18 years old?" he asked as a cover-up.
"Yes, and he's already given such a large responsibility at such a young age…" Caiyi's mood suddenly turned solemn.
Tian Yi lifted an eyebrow at her words. "What do you mean by that, Sister Caiyi?"
"You didn't hear? Oh, right… You didn't even know of his existence until today." Caiyi sighed. "His Highness was supposed to be crowned the next Celestial Emperor seven days ago, but…"
She sighed once more. "His Highness disappeared right before he was crowned, and now everybody is looking for him…"
Tian Yi broke out even more cold sweat hearing that. "E-Everybody?" he asked her with a shaky voice.
"Yes, nearly everybody under the Nine Heavens is looking for him at this moment. His Majesty had put a bounty on him, after all."
Tian Yi's jaw dropped. His father had put a bounty on him?! That would make him look like a criminal on the run! How outrageous!
"T-Then the reason we are going to this Dragon's Peak is…" Tian Yi had felt that something was wrong in the beginning, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Now, after hearing about his bounty, however, he understood why Caiyi was so eager to go there— she wanted to find him!
Caiyi smiled brightly, but in the eyes of Tian Yi, it was like a grin. "To find His Highness before everyone else and obtain that bounty, of course!"
"Eh?!?!" Tian Yi wanted to jump off the Spirit Vessel and begin running at that moment, but alas, he could not do it.
"Although we will be a few hours late, I haven't heard anything about His Highness being found just yet, which means we still have a chance!" Caiyi was full of enthusiasm. If she was lucky enough to encounter Tian Yi and successfully bring him back to the Celestial Palace, then she will be able to have her wish granted by His Majesty, the Celestial Emperor!
Tian Yi's eyes were wide open with shock, but he was kind of relieved inwardly. 'Nobody knows that I am here as 'Shuyi', so it should be fine even if I go over there where people supposedly saw me…' he thought.
After an hour of absence, Caiyi returned with a flashy entrance, nearly kicking her door down due to the excitement.
"SHUYI!" she cried out, her voice filled with anticipation. "Let's head out to the Dragon's Peak at this moment!"
Startled by her grand and explosive entrance, Tian Yi had nearly fallen off his chair. "Dragon's Peak?"
"Yes! There have been rumors of His Highness appearing over there going around for the past two hours!" Caiyi's eyes were sparkling at this point, her hands grabbed whatever she needed, stuffing it into her storage pouch.
Storage pouches are magical items with their own dimension inside, allowing the user to put things way larger than the pouch itself inside.
"Uhhh…" Tian Yi was baffled by the news. He was seen at Dragon's Peak?
"Why are you still sitting there?! Didn't you say that you wanted to travel the world? This is also traveling!" Caiyi pulled him up from his seat and dragged him outside, and Meng Xiang silently followed them.
Upon leaving the house, Caiyi threw a toy-sized wooden boat into the air that grew in sizes instantly, quickly becoming a life-sized boat.
"W-Wow…" Meng Xiang was amazed at what she had just witnessed.
"This is a Spirit Vessel; it allows cultivators to fly at an even greater speed," Caiyi explained as she jumped on the wooden boat. "Hurry up if you don't want to be left behind!"
Tian Yi smiled bitterly and carried Meng Xiang onto the boat, giving her a mini heart attack. It was her first time being so far off the ground, after all.
The moment Tian Yi touched the boat with his toes, the boat soared forward faster than the speed of light, nearly scaring the soul out of Meng Xiang's limped body. If it weren't for the barrier surrounding the Spirit Vessel, preventing the wind from pushing them off the boat, Meng Xiang would've been screaming by now.
"It will be fine; you won't fall off even if you jumped around," said Caiyi.
Meng Xiang nodded, but her arms were tightly wrapped around Tian Yi's waist like a koala hugging a tree.
Caiyi smiled at her actions. "The two of you just met and you're already like a pair of siblings," she said.
Tian Yi smiled at her words, casually patting Meng Xiang to calm her down. "Speaking of the Dragon's Peak, what is this place like?"
"You have never heard of Dragon's Peak? It's one of the most famous locations around here, the Qing Shan Continent."
He shook his head, seemingly bitter about knowing nothing about the world.
"It's one of the more famous places where Sects from all over the Qing Shan Continent go and take turns to do their Sect Entrance Exams," she explained.
"Sects?" Tian Yi's eyes shone with curiosity. "Does it mean that I can become a disciple of a Sect if I go there?" he asked.
"If you pass their entrance exam, of course." Caiyi looked at him weirdly. "You are not in a Sect?" she asked him.
Tian Yi shook his head and said, "I have never been to a Sect."
"....."
She did not know why, but that didn't shock her as much as she thought it would.
"Then where did you learn to cultivate?"
"My parents had taught me."
"I see…"
Caiyi pitied this young man. Having cultivators as parents could be a blessing at times and a curse at other times.
"Shuyi, how old are you, again?" she asked him.
"I recently turned 18," he said.
"Oh? Just like His Highness?" Caiyi was surprised at the coincidence.
Tian Yi broke out in cold sweat when he heard her words. "H-His Highness is also 18 years old?" he asked as a cover-up.
"Yes, and he's already given such a large responsibility at such a young age…" Caiyi's mood suddenly turned solemn.
Tian Yi lifted an eyebrow at her words. "What do you mean by that, Sister Caiyi?"
"You didn't hear? Oh, right… You didn't even know of his existence until today." Caiyi sighed. "His Highness was supposed to be crowned the next Celestial Emperor seven days ago, but…"
She sighed once more. "His Highness disappeared right before he was crowned, and now everybody is looking for him…"
Tian Yi broke out even more cold sweat hearing that. "E-Everybody?" he asked her with a shaky voice.
"Yes, nearly everybody under the Nine Heavens is looking for him at this moment. His Majesty had put a bounty on him, after all."
Tian Yi's jaw dropped. His father had put a bounty on him?! That would make him look like a criminal on the run! How outrageous!
"T-Then the reason we are going to this Dragon's Peak is…" Tian Yi had felt that something was wrong in the beginning, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Now, after hearing about his bounty, however, he understood why Caiyi was so eager to go there— she wanted to find him!
Caiyi smiled brightly, but in the eyes of Tian Yi, it was like a grin. "To find His Highness before everyone else and obtain that bounty, of course!"
"Eh?!?!" Tian Yi wanted to jump off the Spirit Vessel and begin running at that moment, but alas, he could not do it.
"Although we will be a few hours late, I haven't heard anything about His Highness being found just yet, which means we still have a chance!" Caiyi was full of enthusiasm. If she was lucky enough to encounter Tian Yi and successfully bring him back to the Celestial Palace, then she will be able to have her wish granted by His Majesty, the Celestial Emperor!
Tian Yi's eyes were wide open with shock, but he was kind of relieved inwardly. 'Nobody knows that I am here as 'Shuyi', so it should be fine even if I go over there where people supposedly saw me…' he thought.
