Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

As time passed, the warm water in the bucket cooled down.

Yet they could not suppress the restless beating of their hearts.

Under the influence of the Heartless Fruit, both of them were controlled by desire.

She underestimated her own pain curse, as well as the negative effects of the rainbow piercing the sun.

The combination of these two things put too much stress and burden on her body.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but when she wearily opened her eyes, it was already dawn outside the cave.

She was wrapped in a warm sleeping bag.

If it weren't for the lingering soreness in her body, she would have thought last night was just a vivid dream.

She had subtly teased Li Yelai more than once, urging him to cling to her.

After all, as a senior, he should be promoted faster than him. Juniors should obediently cling to their seniors' coattails.

But when Li Yelai actually clung to her leg, she felt that she had been too arrogant.
She had suffered a severe injury, and despite the healing potion, her left arm and legs were truly weak. However, she was gradually recovering and could move around to some extent.

Last night, she used this as an excuse to get Li Ye to help her clean up.

But now, she feels that her legs are really weak.

'Wouldn't you say that this way, the lie was covered up?'

As she was thinking this, she shifted her gaze and saw a figure sitting a few steps away.

Li Yelai sat by the rock wall to the side.

After he came to his senses, he sat down here.

He was instinctively alert to potential dangers, but his expression was somewhat dazed.

Countless voices echoed in my mind.

Or perhaps it's the pleasure of 'you were meant to have her'.

Or perhaps it's regret that 'I shouldn't have given her the Mirror of Reversal'?

Or perhaps it's an attempt to shift the blame, saying, "She seduced you..."

Or perhaps guilt for 'you let her down'

Finally, with a complex sigh, all sound fell silent.

Li Yelai exhaled softly, his expression complex.

Then, he heard a noise and his gaze shifted.

Staring at the newly awakened cheese.

For a moment, both of them fell into a daze and silence.

The two seemed to have something to say or explain, but in the end, they both fell silent.

"Are you alright?" After a long while, Li Yelai asked in a low voice.

"It hurts a little," Cheese said in a hoarse voice, "but this time, it should be clean."

This put Li Yelai in a somewhat awkward position.

Cheese struggled to sit up in her sleeping bag; the contractions made her movements stiff. Even sitting up was uncomfortable.

As she moved, the sleeping bag slipped off, revealing her fair skin and the alluring marks on it.

Li Yelai silently stepped forward and draped clothes over her body, covering the marks and exposed skin.

His arm trembled slightly, but eventually regained its balance.

With Li Yelai's help, Cheese got dressed.

She didn't mention what had happened between them, but whispered, "Let's go find the Mirror of Reversal. I hope I haven't lost it too far."

"it is good."

The Mirror of Reversal is a forbidden object with extremely powerful effects.

If so, ignore the cost of changing gender. Its effect is significant.

It can swap the user's physical strength and psionic strength. For example, a psionicist on the True Martial path has a powerful physique, the strongest among those of the same level. However, in terms of psionic strength, they are inferior to psionicists on other paths of the same level.

Therefore, the strong on the True Martial Path are more enthusiastic about close combat.

Even if they have ranged attack methods, they rarely use them. They're not cost-effective, and might not even be able to neutralize the enemy's psionic barrier.

This is a limitation on the path.

The Mirror of Reversal, on the other hand, can break this limitation under certain special circumstances.

Psionicists following the True Martial Path can use this forbidden item to maximize their psionic power, thus gaining access to more tactical options.

This forbidden item cannot be discarded so easily.

Li Yelai, carrying Zhishi who was unable to move easily due to his injury, activated the psionic barrier, pushed through the lake water, and walked into the bottom of the lake.

It took more than half an hour to find the Reversed Mirror in a corner at the bottom of the lake.

How carefree they were when they lost it, how pathetic they are now when they have to search for it.

After retrieving the Mirror of Reversal, the two returned to the shore. They planned to leave some marks along the way and reunite with their companions.

At this moment, Li Yelai noticed the fleet of ships sailing in the distance.

Qinghu Lake covers a large area and is connected to several rivers on the second level.

The city-states on the second level were all built along the river.

As a result, their boats could navigate on Qinghu Lake.

The entire Qinghu Lake is the territory of these extraordinary creatures, led by the Jiaolong.

Sailing here is extremely dangerous, unless there is the mark of the city-state's guardian deity as a deterrent.

Either prepare enough flesh and blood sacrifices as tolls.

Otherwise, we'll just have to wait for the ship to sink and everyone to die.

Now, what appears in the distance is a fleet of ships belonging to a city-state.

Although it was a wooden boat, it was loaded with a large amount of cargo, and two dragons appeared from time to time on both sides of the boat, seemingly to escort it.

They were a dragon with four and five senses respectively, and they posed no threat to Li Yelai.

“They must have gone to repair the passage,” Cheese explained. “We accidentally opened the passage from the first to the second level. Some city-states and nobles on the second level also began to consider leaving. Later, as you know, the Bliss faction, which discovered the Heartless Fruit and destroyed the passage, wanted to repair the passage and then spread all the Heartless Fruit from the second level.”

Whether it's He Lan, the Overlord, or the Chosen One of Bliss, it doesn't matter.

The Heartless Fruit is the most dangerous thing here.

Once it spreads outside, it becomes uncontrollable.

Even though Li Yelai had already relayed the intelligence to the Giant City authorities through the Ark, the Heartless Fruit was still difficult to deal with.

Currently, these parasites, including Li Yelai, are trapped on the second level.

The outside world is safe for the time being.

However, the passage is being repaired, and it cannot be ruled out that there are other passages leading to the outside world on the second floor.

All the authorities can do is seal off the entire Wanlong Lake area.

They also need to use a Class B forbidden item, the Hunyuan Banner, to seal off the entire Wanlong Lake space.

All the parasitized creatures are trapped and killed in one place, left to fend for themselves. The channel through which they kill their hosts is cut off.

This is currently the only way to deal with the heartless fruit.

Ruthless, yet effective.

If this outcome is to be avoided, Li Yelai's plan is imperative.

"We still need to go to Paradise," Li Ye said. "I don't know."

"Do they have anything good in their treasure vault?"

(First, my two thousand brothers, the plot has hit a snag. The original outline was for Cheese to come first. But when writing the Celestial Palace plot, I was afraid of being criticized for being a Yang Wei (a character known for his melodramatic and sometimes cynical) writer, so I changed it. There are some minor logical issues, which I'll revise.) (End of Chapter)