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As everyone heard this, they quickly got up, packed their things, and left the place immediately. However, Yiziman did not take any of the wild fruits or leaves with her.
While they were running at a fast pace, Yiziman lagged behind because she hadn’t eaten anything. Her master noticed this and quietly approached her, offering her the flatbread he had saved for her.
Seeing the flatbread, Yiziman was very happy and hurriedly asked, "Master, where did this come from?"
"Just eat it; why so many questions?"
After a slight smile, Yiziman leaned closer to her master's ear and said, "Master, you didn’t get this from the Sect Leader, did you?"
"Don't think so poorly of your master. The Sect Leader gave me one earlier; I ate one and saved one for you. Honestly, even with food, you still can't keep your mouth shut. Hurry up and eat!"
After saying this, the Third Elder ran ahead, no longer paying attention to his precious disciple.
They ran all night long, and when dawn broke the next day, they finally stopped to rest at the top of a large mountain. However, this time Yiziman did not go to pick any wild fruits or leaves.
After eating some dried food and drinking some water at the mountaintop, a massive Black Sphere made up of thousands of ants appeared in their line of sight.
So everyone quickly packed their things and continued to run.
Yiziman looked at the pursuing Black Sphere and couldn’t help but exclaim, "Those annoying ants! At this rate, when will it end?"
Hearing his precious disciple's complaint, the Third Elder coldly replied, "They're coming for you; are you just going to sit there waiting for them?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Bingbing said to everyone, "When ants encounter a fire, they gather around the queen and eggs to form a ball and roll away from the flames. Although many ants on the outer layer may get burned to death, it gives those inside a chance to survive. When they encounter a river, they also gather around the queen and eggs in circles to form a sphere that floats downstream. Even though many on the surface drown or are swept away by waves, the main group continues forward tightly bound together towards land. As long as they preserve the strongest queen and eggs in the center, they can reach shore and thrive again. Therefore, they are among the strongest and most difficult insects I have ever encountered."
"My goodness! They aren't afraid of fire or water; what should we do?" Yiziman immediately asked.
With a slight smile, Luo Bingbing replied, "Ordinary fire won't solve them, but Hellfire might."
Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up momentarily but then dimmed like frostbitten eggplants.
The reason was simple: they knew that Hellfire was in hell while they were in the mortal realm; they had no idea where to find Hellfire in this world.
Suddenly, An Ruo Ran and Shadowless both thought of the phoenix that was still in the Silver Moon Kingdom Palace. They couldn't help but say in unison, "Master, are you talking about the phoenix?"
Hearing their words, Luo Bingbing couldn't help but smile slightly and said calmly, "Correct answer, ten points for each of you."
While these three were excitedly discussing this, the Ghost Gate Elder and his precious disciple were still unaware of what was going on.
Although they had heard about the phoenix, they had never heard of it breathing fire at any time, so both master and disciple looked at Luo Bingbing with puzzled expressions.
Sensing their gaze, Luo Bingbing said to them, "In due time, you will naturally know."
Upon hearing this, Yiziman and his disciple realized there was no hope for them and obediently followed along.
Before Luo Bingbing stopped to rest earlier, she had secretly communicated with the Snow Spirit Fox using her Ability, instructing it to notify the phoenix to hurry to Ghost Valley as she had something for it to do.
The Snow Spirit Fox was playing with the phoenix in their exclusive courtyard when it suddenly heard Luo Bingbing's voice. It then relayed her message to the phoenix.
After hearing this, the phoenix took the Snow Spirit Fox and flew towards Ghost Valley.
Luo Bingbing left a note for Dongfang Hao, simply stating that she needed to go to the secret door to handle some matters and would return in two or three days.
Seeing that it was only a matter of two or three days, Dongfang Hao didn't think much of it. However, as soon as the phoenix and Snow Spirit Fox left, he immediately received news.
Knowing that the phoenix and Snow Spirit Fox had been happily playing in the palace and would not leave without reason unless called away by that Little One, he deduced that something must have happened to her and that she was definitely hiding something from him.
After a brief moment of thought, Dongfang Hao instructed Miyazawa to disguise herself as him and stay in the palace to handle some trivial matters while he quietly left the palace with Ye Feng to find Luo Bingbing.
Although he didn't know where Luo Bingbing was at that moment, he knew that as long as he followed the direction in which the phoenix flew, he would surely find Little One.
Dongfang Hao instructed those in the Demon Palace and Asura Gate to keep an eye out for the phoenix's whereabouts. After receiving their information, he set off in pursuit of the path taken by the phoenix.
He chased quickly, but the speed of the phoenix was not something a mere mortal could match. Therefore, before long, he found himself falling further behind.
Although the distance was quite far, Dongfang Hao did not give up and continued to search for the traces of the phoenix.
At noon, Luo Bingbing and the others rested under a large tree and had something to eat.
However, due to the addition of two people, the supplies they brought were running low and were not enough to fill everyone's stomachs.
Nevertheless, Luo Bingbing noticed that there were leaves of Snow Lotus Fruit under the tree they were resting by.
She then ran over to check those Snow Lotus Fruit leaves. After examining them several times, she confirmed that the Snow Lotus Fruit had not mutated and was safe to eat, just like the ones outside.
So, she pulled out the Snow Lotus Fruit growing underground.
At first, everyone did not know what she was doing until she pulled out the Snow Lotus Fruit and told them it was edible. Only then did they realize she was looking for food.
Yiziman saw that her master was searching for food, so she looked around and indeed spotted a nearby vine with several small yellow fruits hanging from it.
She then walked over to pick those fruits.
When Luo Bingbing saw her go there, she followed Yiziman's gaze and spotted the small yellow fruits on the vine. Immediately, Luo Bingbing ordered her to come back.
Upon hearing Luo Bingbing's command, Yiziman quickly returned. However, after coming back, she directly asked Luo Bingbing, "Master, there are clearly fruits on that vine. Why can't I pick them?"
"Those fruits are inedible; they are poisonous."
"Then what you are holding isn't poisonous?"
As soon as she finished speaking, An Ruo Ran immediately said, "The ones the master is looking for must be non-toxic..."
Interrupting An Ruo Ran's words with a wave of her hand, Luo Bingbing explained to everyone that in this place, the smaller and more beautiful things were often the ones that should not be touched. She also informed them that she was looking for Snow Lotus Fruit, which generally grew underground and was usually non-toxic. Furthermore, she had already checked and confirmed that this Snow Lotus Fruit was indeed safe to eat.
They then ate some of the Snow Lotus Fruit. However, before they could finish eating, an Ant Ball appeared in their line of sight.
Thus, they had no choice but to eat while running away.
Soon, they ran up a cliff, where there was a suspension bridge connecting their cliff to the opposite one.
Before long, they crossed the suspension bridge.
As soon as they reached the other side, Luo Bingbing instructed Shadowless and An Ruo Ran to cut the bridge to prevent the ants from crossing.
However, the bridge was made of Dark Iron and was very sturdy; they had been chopping for a long time without completely severing it.
Seeing this, Yiziman and his apprentice stepped in to help. Yet, the result was still the same; they could not cut it all at once.
After a while, they were still chopping, but there was little Dark Iron left.
At that moment, a Black Sphere composed of thousands of ants appeared on the opposite cliff, and they were about to cross the bridge.
Seeing that they were coming, Luo Bingbing quickly asked them, "How's it going? Have you cut it yet?"
"Almost there, just a little more," Yiziman immediately replied.
Originally intending to let them step aside and use her Ability to sever the bridge herself, Luo Bingbing remained silent after hearing their words.
Although only a small portion of the Dark Iron remained uncut, the black Ant Ball had already begun crossing the bridge.
The bridge was over a hundred meters long, yet the Ant Ball had already crossed halfway, making Luo Bingbing anxious as she watched from the side.
Suddenly, with a loud "bang," the iron cable snapped, and the bridge broke. The Ant Ball that had rolled to the middle instantly fell into the bottomless abyss of Raging Rapids.
Seeing that the black Ant Ball had finally fallen off the cliff, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However, before they could calm down, they saw that the black Ant Ball was rapidly rising again, and beneath it seemed to be a large water column.
Upon seeing that water column, Luo Bingbing and the others realized that it was lifting the Black Sphere back up.
The sudden appearance of such a large water column left everyone puzzled.
However, amidst their confusion, they secretly raised their Power, ready to launch an attack and push that black sphere back down.
But just as the large sphere was about twenty to thirty meters from reaching the top of the cliff, the water column suddenly disappeared.
Without the support of that water column, the Black Sphere immediately began to fall.
In the blink of an eye, it returned to the sky above the Raging Rapids, but before the Ant Ball could even touch the water's surface, a large fish leaped out of the water, opened its big mouth, and swallowed the Ant Ball whole.
Then, it quickly returned to the water, disappearing from Luo Bingbing and the others' sight.
Everyone was astonished to see such a massive fish; they had never seen one so large before.
However, Luo Bingbing had seen one before, but not in this world; it was in the ocean of the Twenty-First Century. Upon seeing that large fish, Luo Bingbing recognized it as an Orca.
As soon as that Orca appeared, Luo Bingbing felt a strange sensation in her heart, as if that fourth Spirit Orb was somehow connected to the Orca.
After feeling that sensation in her heart, the three Spirit Orbs in Luo Bingbing's arms began to heat up.
With all signs indicating that what she was looking for was related to that Orca, Luo Bingbing immediately used her Ability to detect the specific location of the Orca.
However, she encountered some kind of special force that obstructed her detection completely.
Although she couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the Orca, Luo Bingbing had a strong feeling that it was somewhere beneath the Raging Rapids.
At this moment, Yiziman and his disciple were whispering to each other: "My goodness! What kind of fish is that? It's so big, with teeth like cones."
Despite their discussions, they still didn't know what it was. The Third Elder then asked Shadowless, who also had never seen it and naturally didn't know either.
Not willing to give up, they asked An Ruo Ran, but her answer was still just "I don't know."
Upon hearing that An Ruo Ran also said she didn't know, Yiziman turned his attention to Luo Bingbing. He then asked her, "Master, what kind of fish was that just now? It was so big."
After slightly raising an eyebrow, Luo Bingbing slowly replied, "That is not a fish at all; it's an Orca."
Upon hearing what the Little One said, Yiziman immediately responded, "No way? Isn't it a fish that lives in water?"
"An Orca is a type of whale, a large toothed whale that naturally lives in deep waters. Due to its fierce temperament, it is also known as the killer whale, orca, and other names. Its body is strong and powerful, with a large, streamlined shape and smooth skin. Beneath its skin is a thick layer of blubber that helps retain body heat. It typically measures about 600 to 1000 centimeters in length and weighs between 5000 to 8000 kilograms. The coloration of its body is distinctly black and white, with a jet-black back and a saddle-shaped gray-white patch behind the fin. There are also oval white patches behind each eye, while most of its belly is snow-white. Its head is relatively round without a prominent snout, and the nostrils are located on the right side of the top of its head, equipped with flexible valves that open when it surfaces for air, releasing a misty spray that turns into a water column upon meeting the cold air above the sea surface. Its forelimbs have evolved into a pair of well-developed fins, while its hind limbs have regressed and disappeared. The powerful triangular dorsal fin rises prominently from the center of its back, serving both as a weapon for attack and as a rudder for navigation. Its mouth is large, containing 40 to 50 conical teeth in both jaws, giving it a fearsome appearance capable of swallowing an entire Sea Lion."
After listening to Luo Bingbing's detailed explanation, everyone understood more about the Orca. However, Yiziman had just heard Luo Bingbing mention "Sea Lion," so she quickly asked, "Master, what exactly is this Sea Lion you just mentioned?"
Luo Bingbing knew that there were likely many live ants still in the ant ball; once they entered the Orca's stomach, they would surely start biting at its insides.
Thus, she realized that as long as she patiently waited above, once the Orca could no longer endure the bites from the ant swarm, it would inevitably surface on its own. At that point, she could take action without haste.
Therefore, she answered Yiziman's continuous questions with great patience.
She calmly said, "The Sea Lion is a carnivorous beast of the ocean. Its roar resembles that of a lion, and some species have manes on their necks that make them resemble lions; hence they are called 'the king of the sea.' Their four limbs resemble fins and are well-suited for swimming. The hind legs can bend forward, allowing them to walk agilely on land and squat like dogs. They have robust bodies and large appetites; they can dive up to 270 meters deep. Not only do Sea Lions have large appetites, but they are also quite bold. They dare to weave in and out of fishing nets to snatch fishermen's catches before tearing apart the nets to escape. As a result, Sea Lions have become like rats in the eyes of fishermen—everyone wants to get rid of them."
"Oh, Master really knows so much!" After hearing Luo Bingbing's detailed explanation, everyone exclaimed.
The Black Sphere formed by millions of ants had already been dealt with by the Orca, so there was no trouble chasing after them anymore. Moreover, Luo Bingbing had found what she was looking for; therefore, she felt that those two outsiders should also leave.
"Alright then, since the Black Sphere has been handled by the Orca, you two can go back now!"
As soon as Luo Bingbing finished speaking, Yiziman immediately replied, "Master, I won't go back; I want to follow you."
"Yiziman, have you forgotten the fifth commandment of Ghost Gate? Do you need me to repeat it?"
"I dare not forget; please forgive me for my offense," Yiziman quickly knelt down after Luo Bingbing spoke.
Raising an eyebrow slightly, Luo Bingbing said to the Third Elder, "Third Elder, take her away immediately; she should return where she belongs. Do you understand?"
"I understand; I will take her away right now." With that said, the Third Elder promptly led his disciple away from the cliff.
Although Yiziman was very reluctant to leave, she did not dare disobey the Little One's command; moreover, she did not want to implicate her master. So she obediently left.
It was only after they had departed that An Ruo Ran and Shadowless finally came back to their senses.
After all, they all knew that Ghost Gate was the foremost sect in the martial world of A Century Ago, and it had disappeared during that time. But now it had suddenly reappeared, and their master was the leader of Ghost Gate, so it was no wonder they were so shocked.
After Yiziman and his apprentice left that place, they headed straight back to the headquarters of Ghost Gate.
However, as they were nearing the headquarters, they heard a sharp bird call echoing in the sky. It was so loud that both of them curiously looked up.
To their astonishment, they saw a large red bird flying rapidly in the high sky.
At first, they thought it was just a big bird, but after watching for a while, they quickly realized it might be their master's phoenix.
Knowing it was the phoenix made Yiziman even more eager to return, but unfortunately, Luo Bingbing had issued strict orders, so she had the desire but lacked the courage.
Luo Bingbing and An Ruo Ran were still quietly waiting on the cliff for the Orca to emerge on its own.
Suddenly, a water column appeared on the surface. Upon seeing it, Luo Bingbing knew that the Orca had shown up.
She immediately instructed An Ruo Ran and Shadowless to follow her down. However, they used ropes that had been prepared beforehand, while Luo Bingbing directly used her Ability.
Naturally, Luo Bingbing reached the river surface first. As soon as she landed, she saw the Orca rolling and roaring in the water.
Then, Luo Bingbing seized an opportunity and swiftly moved onto its back. However, as soon as she got close, the Orca sensed her presence and began to attack her.
At this moment, An Ruo Ran and Shadowless had also descended using their ropes. Seeing the Orca attacking their master, they immediately used the momentum from their ropes along with their own Power to charge at the Orca.
The Orca, which had been relentlessly pursuing Luo Bingbing, turned around to confront Shadowless and An Ruo Ran upon sensing their attack.
Although the Orca was large and powerful, Shadowless and his companions moved swiftly from side to side, executing agile attacks that left it only able to endure blows.
After a while of fighting, seeing how formidable their enemies were on the water's surface, the Orca quickly retreated underwater to hide.
An Ruo Ran and Shadowless saw that the Orca had submerged and considered abandoning their ropes to dive in search of it. Just as they were about to untie their ropes, they heard the voice of Little One nearby.
Little One said, "Don't untie your ropes yet. Even if you dive into the water, you might not find it. It is the ruler of the water, and this is a swift current."
After hearing Little One's words, they stopped their actions and asked in confusion, "Master, what should we do now?"
After a moment of contemplation, Luo Bingbing instructed them to go ahead first.
They then returned to the cliff, and as soon as they arrived, they saw the Phoenix flying in from a distance.
In just a few blinks, the Phoenix landed on the cliff where they were.
As soon as the Phoenix landed, the Snow Spirit Fox jumped off its back and quickly pounced towards Luo Bingbing, continuously making a "woo woo woo" sound.
To An Ruo Ran and Shadowless, this sounded like a whiny voice, but Luo Bingbing knew better because she understood the little creature's words.
"Master, how could you be so ungrateful? You came out without bringing me and the Phoenix."
Upon hearing its words, Luo Bingbing secretly transmitted her voice to it, saying, "Little one, I did call for you!"
At that moment, the Phoenix also walked over slowly. After affectionately nodding at Luo Bingbing, she instructed it to circle above the river below to lure out the Orca.
After hearing this, the Snow Spirit Fox volunteered to dive into the water below to search for the Orca.
Thus, the Phoenix carried the Snow Spirit Fox down the cliff and continuously circled above the water's surface while the Snow Spirit Fox waited for an opportunity to leap into the water and dive to find the Orca that Luo Bingbing mentioned.
Seeing that the Phoenix and Snow Spirit Fox had already descended, Luo Bingbing prepared Shadowless and An Ruo Ran to be ready to support them at any moment.
Once the Snow Spirit Fox submerged underwater, it began searching for the Orca. It swam around tirelessly but was unaware that it was already within the Orca's line of sight.
As it swam ahead, the Orca quietly followed behind. Although it sensed danger approaching sharply, when it turned around to look, there was nothing there.
So it had no choice but to continue swimming forward in search of its target.
After a while, the distance between it and the Orca closed significantly. Just as the Orca opened its mouth wide and lunged at it suddenly, it accelerated and swam forward rapidly.
Immediately after, the Orca began to chase after it. The feeling of danger grew stronger behind it, confirming that its earlier instincts had been correct.
Without thinking, it knew that the one chasing it relentlessly was the Orca, the target it was searching for.
Although the Snow Spirit Fox swam forward rapidly, the Orca, being the dominant creature in the water and much larger in size, quickly caught up to the Snow Spirit Fox.
The Phoenix circled above the water and saw that the Snow Spirit Fox was about to reach the surface, preparing to lower itself to assist it.
However, just as its claws were about to grasp the Snow Spirit Fox, the Orca suddenly leaped out of the water and swallowed the Snow Spirit Fox whole.
After swallowing the Snow Spirit Fox, the Orca spotted the low-flying Phoenix and swiftly lunged towards it.
Seeing that it had eaten the Snow Spirit Fox made the Phoenix furious, and now that it saw the Orca trying to eat it as well, it retaliated directly.
But it couldn't enter the water, and with the Snow Spirit Fox inside the Orca's belly, Hellfire couldn't be unleashed. Thus, after a long struggle, it gained no advantage.
Just when it didn't know what to do, Luo Bingbing appeared with Shadowless and An Ruo Ran.
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