Mecha Star Wars

When Chen Xiuyuan arrived, he saw Mu Jingjing standing by the river, with one leg dangling in the water, wondering if he had run in the wrong direction.

"Junior Sister Mu!" he shouted, trying to stop Mu Jingjing, who obviously couldn't swim, "Didn't Junior Brother Yu meet you?"

Mu Jingjing turned around, her face full of annoyance: "He went down to explore the way! If I had known, I would have learned to swim like a duck! Oh no!"

Monks are not proficient in everything. Especially for those who have just entered the industry and have low cultivation, they do not have much time to accumulate themselves.

Mu Jingjing is a physical practitioner. Normally, he only focuses on strengthening his muscles and bones, and has the strength to move mountains. He never thinks about using his strength in water.

Masters will not force their disciples to learn how to swim or to learn certain techniques or skills.

There are thousands of things in the world, and masters are only responsible for imparting knowledge and teachings, so they don’t have the time to care about so many trivial matters.

Experience is used to make up for these deficiencies. Let the disciples know where they are lacking and where they need to work hard.

Including the handling of personal incidents, such as in Jintong's case, Chengkong had no intention of intervening. He threw the person out immediately and let Lin Fan and the others figure it out on their own.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Mu Jingjing, a foundation-building cultivator, cannot swim. It's just because she has never encountered such a situation before, so naturally she wouldn't suddenly have such an idea.

Changtianmen is a major sect for cultivating immortals, and the separation between men and women is not as strict as in the secular world. But the necessary taboos still exist.

Mu Jingjing's master, Kuishan, is a male who practices physical cultivation and is not a meticulous person by nature. It is impossible for him to teach his female disciple how to swim for no reason.

This simple life skill is no big deal in the eyes of the big guys. It's just like climbing a tree. You will naturally learn it when the need arises. Why does it need special attention like magic?

It doesn’t mean that you can’t go in the water if you don’t know how to swim. You don't have to be afraid if you practice the water-avoiding technique, hold the water-avoiding beads, or have other underwater magical tools to protect your body. Of course, it would be best to be able to cultivate to the golden elixir. It is said that at that time, the spiritual power can form a stable shield outside the body, allowing one to walk in water for a short period of time...

But Shen Xiuyuan and Mu Jingjing don't have any of these things.

Not only Mu Jingjing, but Chen Xiuyuan also can't swim.

He was born into a noble family, and after entering Changtian Sect, he has been following Jingchen and concentrating on refining pills. He does not have the fire spiritual root. Although wood can produce fire, it is still inferior to the fire spiritual root. Such differences caused Shen Xiuyuan to always focus on alchemy and was almost not good at the trivial matters in life.

Logically speaking, isn't it true that alchemists are treated as honored guests wherever they go? Why do you need to go into the water yourself?

Shen Xiuyuan had never encountered it anyway.

His previous experiences outings had gone smoothly and in good order. Why do I always encounter unexpected and difficult situations this time?

Shen Xiuyuan also felt regretful in his heart, but he couldn't show it in front of Mu Jingjing.

"Don't be anxious, Junior Sister." He calmed his thoughts and asked again. "Did you find anything else unusual along the way? I seem to have gone in the wrong direction. I should have reunited with Junior Brother Du."

"You're not mistaken." Mu Jingjing replied, "This is the direction Senior Brother Du came from. Senior Brother Yu and I went over there and found that the vortex was in the wrong direction, so we came this way."

"Oh~" Shen Xiuyuan felt relieved when he knew he had found the right place, and his eyes searched the river surface. "Have you seen Junior Brother Du?"

"No!" Mu Jingjing was very impatient. "It was like this when we came here. Senior Brother Yu said that Senior Brother Du couldn't have gone astray, so he should go down first, or..."

Or maybe he was just like Lin Fan, encountering some force majeure situation.

Chen Xiuyuan didn't know how long it would take to arrive, and Mu Jingjing was extremely anxious. In order to comfort her, Yu Sinian said that he would go down and explore the way first.

Mu Jingjing's head was burning at the time, and she only remembered asking Yu Sinian to go down quickly to see what was going on so that he could save people. After he really went down, he remembered that if there was really a situation down there, wouldn't Yu Sinian also go down there to deliver food?

Seeing that there was no movement on the water surface, she became anxious again as she looked at the swirling water in the distance. I knew I would sink if I went into the water, but I couldn't just stand on the shore and wait. Fortunately, Senior Brother Shen is here!

Chen Xiuyuan felt bitter when he saw Junior Sister Mu's expectant look.

Look back! He must learn a way to avoid water no matter what!

At this time, there was movement on the water surface. As Yu Sinian's head rose from the water, Mu Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Du Xingyu also stuck his head out. He supported Yu Sinian, but kept muttering in disdain: "You dare to go into the water with your little ability?! I don't know who you are trying to embarrass?"

Yu Sinian didn't look very well. He must have suffered a lot underwater.

Yes, even if you swim for a long time, it is easy to get into trouble.

It just so happened that Du Xingyu ran into this, otherwise...

Chen Xiuyuan's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were all trembling, but he didn't care about anything else. He stepped into the water and helped the people.

By the time they helped the people to the shore, Mu Jingjing had already quickly built a fire. She was worried about Lin Fan for a long time, but she didn't ignore her senior brother either. If it weren't for her, Yu Sinian wouldn't have had to rush into the water earlier...

Yu Sinian and Du Xingyu sat down dripping with water all over their bodies. Mu Jingjing guiltily presented a small fireball to the two brothers, controlling it to help them ward off the cold.

"Oh, Junior Sister Mu is so thoughtful, thank you!" Du Xingyu smiled at Mu Jingjing, then frowned and threw something to Yu Sinian.

Shen Xiuyuan took a closer look and found that it was actually a small jar of wine.

Du Xingyu also opened a jar and drank it with his neck tilted back. It can be seen that he does not dislike Yu Sinian as much as he says.

Seeing this, Shen Xiuyuan simply put out the food that he had not had time to eat before. "Eat something first."

It is still quite cool at night in the north in autumn. The two men came out from underwater and were blown by the wind. How could they just drink?

Du Xingyu drank half a jar of wine and wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "Junior Sister Lin has entered the secret realm!"

Everyone else immediately looked at him.

"Are you sure?" Shen Xiuyuan asked.

"Sure." Du Xingyu took the roasted sparrow that Mu Jingjing handed to her, "I went down to take a look. I saw the hair ornament on Lin Fan's head from the highest glazed roof of the Crystal Palace. The silver one had many spikes. I joked that it was beautiful, so I got closer to take a look."

"Lin Fan must have known that we would come to find her, so he stayed there specifically to remind us." Mu Jingjing insisted.

As for how Lin Fan got up there, no one thought about it. Anyway, my junior sister has many ways to deal with it, so it’s not that difficult to send something to the roof.

"Did you take a closer look?" Chen Xiuyuan asked again, "What's it like inside? Does it look dangerous?"

"It looks like a dead city. There's nothing outside and you can't see inside." Du Xingyu added, "I followed the flow in and watched from the top of the barrier. I didn't dare to try anything because I was afraid of getting separated from you again. But it shouldn't be possible to break through the barrier."

If the barrier of the underwater secret realm was so easy to break through, it would have been filled with water long ago.

"You did the right thing." Chen Xiuyuan nodded. "Among us, you are the only one who can move underwater, besides Junior Sister Lin. If you had gone in quietly, we would have been left staring blankly from the shore."

Du Xingyu can create breathable bubbles underwater, which act like an oxygen mask to ensure people can breathe underwater. With him around, not knowing how to swim is no longer a problem.

"If it's a dead city, she probably can't find the exit since she hasn't come out for such a long time." Yu Sinian said, "We have to go in. Otherwise, no matter if there is danger or not, she will be trapped and die in there."

Mu Jingjing immediately looked at Shen Xiuyuan and Du Xingyu, clenched her fists, and dared not speak.

"I have explored the area below," Du Xingyu frowned, "The empty door should be inside the vortex. But the airflow is so intense that the head shield may not be able to withstand it and break..."

The reason they can breathe freely underwater is because of the shield created by their wind-based abilities. If it breaks at the bottom of the river, Du Xingyu can still survive with his own abilities, but the other three have nothing to do with water or wind, so the danger is self-evident...

“I’ll go!” Mu Jingjing was the first to speak up. “I promised my master that I would protect Junior Sister Lin! I’m not afraid…”

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Du Xingyu smiled and waved his hand, asking her to relax. "I'm your senior brother here, so I can't let you go alone! Don't worry, I have a solution!"