Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 8 – Bridge over the Cloud Sea

Although Qiu Shuijing had gone far away, his voice still rang clearly in Su Yun's ears, resounding like thunder.

"When you reach the seventh level of cultivation in the first volume of Honglu Shanbian Yangqi, you can dissolve the imprint in your eyes and heal them. But if you want to succeed and make a name for yourself, you must leave the village and go to the city!"

"Fifty-three miles from here is the Tian Shi Yuan post station. You can enter the city from there after healing your eyes. Remember, you must heal your eyes before going to the post station! After entering the city, remember to find me..."

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After a long time, Su Yun finally turned back.

He could feel Qiu Shuijing's sincere encouragement, and he was deeply moved.

He worked even harder in his cultivation, but although he had learned the first volume of Honglu Shanbian Yangqi, his progress was slow, and the chaos in his eyes continued to absorb his vitality.

His cultivation had not improved during this period, but had regressed significantly.

What was even more terrifying was that his appetite had increased dramatically, and he felt hungry shortly after eating.

Fortunately, Hua Hu and the other three little foxes often brought him some chicken, duck, fish, and fruit to satisfy his hunger.

Hua Hu and the other three little foxes were also hungry, but their cultivation progressed rapidly. Hua Hu had already reached the second level of Honglu Shanbian Yangqi and asked Su Yun for guidance on the second volume.

Although Su Yun had not yet cultivated the first volume of Honglu Shanbian Yangqi, he had a high level of comprehension. Qiu Shuijing had only given a rough explanation of the second volume, but Su Yun had already understood it thoroughly.

The first volume was for learning, and the second volume was for application.

The beginning of the second volume was the crocodile dragon's roar, which stimulated the vitality of the chest and emitted the sound of the crocodile dragon's thunder.

The crocodile dragon's roar shook the blood, fascia, and strengthened the body, increasing strength.

Hua Hu had not been practicing for long, but the sound of the crocodile dragon's thunder kept ringing in his body, which was amazing.

"Hua Er Ge has excellent aptitude." Su Yun smiled and felt genuinely happy for Hua Hu.

He couldn't practice the crocodile dragon's roar.

To practice the crocodile dragon's roar, one had to observe a real crocodile dragon, watch how it breathed and how it roared, and visualize it in one's mind.

Although Su Yun had understood the trick of the crocodile dragon's roar, he couldn't practice it because he couldn't observe a real crocodile dragon due to his blindness.

One day, when the sun rose, Su Yun suddenly felt that the chaos in his eyes was no longer absorbing his vitality, and he was overjoyed.

With the chaos no longer absorbing his vitality, the qi in his body became hot and intense, like a small furnace burning in his dantian!

He felt that the yin and yang qi in his body had turned into charcoal, and his organs, bones, and muscles had turned into copper pillars and furnaces. His blood seemed to have turned into molten copper!

This was the transformation of the body by the power of nature, which strengthened the qi!

Finally, he had successfully cultivated the first volume of Honglu Shanbian Yangqi!His vitality was surging inside his body, and Su Yun felt joyful: "If Water Mirror was here, it would be great. Unfortunately, I'm more than ten days late..."

As he was thinking about this, a sudden change occurred before his eyes!

The patterns of various divine and exotic beasts on the surface of the Eight-Faced Heavenly Palace seemed to come alive and flew out of the palace, filling Su Yun's mind with the roars, cries, and songs of various divine and exotic beasts, deafening him!

The divine and exotic beasts flew and charged towards the Heavenly Gate!

These exotic beasts clung to the Heavenly Gate and became a part of it. Suddenly, a violent wave came!

Buzz...

Light radiated from all corners of the Heavenly Gate, filling every portal, eventually forming a mirror-like screen in the center.

And behind that screen was the world of the immortal realm, where Emperor Yuanshuo and countless powerful beings were intoxicated, but Su Yun did not know any of this.

The screen trembled slightly, and Su Yun suddenly felt himself being pulled by an inexplicable force, flying uncontrollably through the mirror and arriving in the world beyond the screen!

To the fox demons like Hua Hu, Su Yun was still sitting there, motionless.

But in Su Yun's eyes, he had left the Heavenly Gate and suddenly entered another world.

In this world, he was no longer blind. On the contrary, he could see colors dozens of times more than an ordinary person!

This was a magnificent world. He stood in a sea of clouds, and in the distance, various fairy mountains floated in the air. The mountains had been cut into terraces, and each terrace emitted a different, dazzling light.

The sea of clouds was illuminated by these lights, making it look like it had colors of its own.

In the sky, the sun was like amber, not dazzling at all.

Behind Su Yun was a huge five-fold Heavenly Gate, and various divine and exotic beasts clung to it, slowly wandering around.

This world was magnificent and gave people an extremely unreal feeling.

Su Yun heard the sound of a bell, looked up, and saw a small yellow bell hanging above his head.

At the bottom of the yellow bell, there were 360 degrees of scales that rotated continuously, and the upper part had scales on the seconds as well, with one degree added every time the scale rotated.

"Isn't this the yellow bell I imagined to keep time? How did it appear here? And what's happening to my eyes?"

Su Yun quickly realized what was happening and calmed down, greedily looking at the scenery around him. "It's so great to be able to see these colors..."

At this moment, there was a slight vibration under his feet, and the clouds surged. Su Yun felt his body rising with the clouds and immediately steadied his steps.

He was nervous, but he knew that his nervousness was useless and would only make things worse. He didn't know what was coming out of the clouds, but he knew that his feet were safe. He must not move his feet without permission.His feet were still shaking, the clouds still rolling upwards, Su Yun turned around and looked at the Heavenly Gate.

"I was pulled by a force and came through the Heavenly Gate to this place, so the Heavenly Gate must be able to take me back."

His gaze flickered, and he secretly calculated, "The Heavenly Gate is three zhang and six chi away from me. I can't jump over it. I have to use the Elixir Refining Chapter's second part of the Alligator Dragon Song's Alligator Dragon Emerging from the Abyss technique with a running start. When I jump halfway, I'll transform the Alligator Dragon Emerging from the Abyss into the Alligator Dragon Rolling. Head in front, body in back, rotating and rolling, extending the jumping distance, landing with my hands as feet, jumping into the Heavenly Gate, and leaving this place. Now I'm standing in the sea of clouds, not knowing what's ahead, and I can only adapt to the situation."

After a moment, the thing that carried him up from the clouds finally revealed its true form.

It was a long stone bridge, gradually rising from the clouds.

The mist on the stone bridge rolled like flowing water, slipping from both sides of the bridge and falling into the cloud sea below.

Su Yun's forehead broke out in a cold sweat.

It was only then that he noticed that he was standing on the edge of a broken bridge!

This stone bridge should be connected to the Heavenly Gate, but for some reason, the place that connected to the Heavenly Gate was broken. If he took one step back, he would fall off the bridge!

"Fortunately, I didn't take that step."

He breathed a sigh of relief and carefully observed his surroundings.

There were many small stone pillars on the bridge, with scales carved on them, and upon closer inspection, the stone pillars looked like the claws of some creature.

The clouds on the bridge dissipated, revealing a turtle-like pattern imprinted on the bridge, with wing patterns on both sides of the turtle's back.

This bridge was damaged in many places, as if it had been through a baptism of war. Some places even had huge claw marks, as if they had been torn by some monster in the clouds.

Su Yun cautiously surveyed his surroundings. The bridge was very long, extending into the misty clouds, and he didn't know where it ended. He thought to himself, "The distance on the bridge is enough for me to take a running start. The only problem now is that I haven't practiced the Alligator Dragon Song."

The Alligator Dragon Song requires visualizing the Alligator Dragon and using it as a basis for emitting thunder sounds.

Qiu Shuijing had also drawn a picture of the Alligator Dragon and taken them to find the Alligator Dragon, listening to the thunder sounds it emitted, making it convenient for them to observe and visualize.

Although Su Yun couldn't see the Alligator Dragon, the thunderous sound of the Alligator Dragon left a deep impression on him.

But because he couldn't see it, he didn't see the Alligator Dragon picture that Qiu Shuijing had drawn, nor did he see the Alligator Dragon with his own eyes.

He couldn't visualize the Alligator Dragon, so he couldn't practice the Alligator Dragon Song.

This was his biggest problem and the reason why Qiu Shuijing, although he appreciated him, was somewhat hesitant to teach him cultivation.

In the distance, in the clouds, there were still stone bridges emerging from the mist, winding and twisting like dragons and snakes.

Su Yun's heart moved slightly as he tried to deduce the Alligator Dragon Song based on this, but he gave up soon after.

After all, the stone bridge was just a stone bridge, not an Alligator Dragon.

The stone bridge was only three or four zhang away from the Heavenly Gate, but he couldn't jump over it."What does this stone bridge lead to?"

Su Yun looked up and saw more stone bridges emerging from the clouds, and in the distance, there were floating immortal mountains and high platforms.

"The stone bridges probably connect to those high platforms. Going to those high platforms may lead to a way out."

Just as he thought of this, a cloud dispersed and a figure appeared on the bridge, facing him. One hand held onto a small stone pillar on the bridge, while the other hand reached out towards Su Yun.

Their five fingers spread apart, their steps were wide, and their mouth was open, as if they were running hard or calling out for something.