Reversing the Milky Way

Han Yu's gaze was fixed on the long sword that Bai Cheng had thrown out, its trajectory heading towards the bronze spirit mirror floating above his head.

"Kid, your intentions are too obvious."

Having said that, he raised his hand to recall the Bronze Spirit Mirror. However, the next moment, Bai Cheng's figure appeared in front of Han Yu like a ghost.

At this moment, Bai Cheng's entire body shone with blue light, and golden lightning continuously swirled around his body. Upon seeing this, Han Yu, who had intended to retrieve the Bronze Spirit Mirror, immediately released the Flame Lock once more.

Countless crimson chains shot out from beneath Bai Cheng's feet, heading straight for him. Upon seeing this, Bai Cheng dodged.

"I've seen this trick of yours far too many times! Do you really expect it to work on me again?"

As lightning-attribute spiritual energy began to boil within Bai Cheng's body, his speed reached its current limit. With a flash of lightning beneath his feet, he instantly transformed into a streak of light, dodging the incoming fiery lock.

In the blink of an eye, a fist emitting blue light and covered in golden lightning, carrying boundless power, attacked his face.

In a moment of desperation, Han Yu immediately raised his long sword to defend himself. With a crisp sound of collision, a huge surge of spiritual energy, accompanied by flashes of lightning, erupted between Han Yu and Bai Cheng.

This attack by Bai Cheng was the last one he could muster with all his spiritual power. After this attack, Bai Cheng's state dissipated, and his spiritual power was exhausted. A tremendous feeling of weakness spread from Bai Cheng's feet to his whole body, causing him to kneel on one knee and gasp for breath.

As for Han Yu, after retreating dozens of steps, he shakily raised the long sword in his hand to examine it, because he had vaguely heard the sound of something breaking just now.

After examining it, he discovered that the longsword in his hand had a barely noticeable crack in the middle.

Upon seeing this, Han Yu was immediately furious. He knew that the longsword in his hand was infused with a fire crystal that matched his own spiritual power, making it far superior to other high-grade treasures.

Thinking of this, he glared angrily at Bai Cheng in front of him.

However, upon seeing Bai Cheng's exhausted state, his face immediately filled with mockery.

"Haha, kid, you're out of strength now, aren't you?"

Bai Cheng, however, was unimpressed by these words and immediately made a gesture of international goodwill towards Han Yu. Upon seeing this gesture, Han Yu felt a sudden surge of inexplicable anger welling up within him.

"Boy, I'll send you to your death right now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode towards Bai Cheng. However, the next moment, it seemed as if his foot stepped on something.

He subconsciously looked down, but what he saw sent a chill down his spine. It was the bronze spirit mirror that had been shattered into two pieces.

He looked up blankly at Bai Cheng, who was standing in front of him with a smug expression.

"Smile! Why aren't you smiling anymore?"

At the same time, Hanyu noticed a sudden flash of lightning to his right. He slowly turned his head and saw that Xiao Huang had already accumulated lightning in its mouth, aiming it at him from a distance.

Upon seeing this, Hanyu slowly turned his head.

"Bai Cheng, you son of a bitch!"

As he finished speaking, he raised the hand that held the longsword. Seeing this, Xiao Huang immediately launched an attack, unleashing a torrent of lightning from his mouth. In that instant, time seemed to slow down.

Han Yu angrily tried to throw the longsword in his hand at Bai Cheng. However, with a crisp cracking sound, the longsword in his hand suddenly broke, caused by the previously barely noticeable crack.

"This...how is this possible?!"

In the next instant, Han Yu was enveloped by a massive bolt of lightning. Unlike before, Xiao Huang's lightning attack completely pierced through Han Yu's body.

"Sure enough, the reason why the lightning failed to penetrate Han Yu was entirely due to the effect of that bronze spirit mirror."

As the lightning disappeared, the dark cave returned to silence. Han Yu's figure fell to the ground, and Bai Cheng dodged the sword hilt that flew towards him by tilting his head.

"Damn, this should be over by now."

Bai Cheng dragged his weary body to his feet and slowly walked to Han Yu. Han Yu's body was charred black, his clothes had vanished, and thick smoke wafted out, carrying with it the smell of cooked meat.

Seeing this, Bai Cheng finally felt relieved. At this moment, Xiao Huang slowly came to Bai Cheng's side.

"Little Huang, we're counting on you this time."

After saying that, Bai Cheng patted Xiao Huang's collar. Xiao Huang seemed to understand, and flapped its wings twice.

Bai Cheng looked around. The dark cave was almost completely devoid of light, with only the flowing waterfall emitting a faint glow, and the smell of burning permeating the entire cave.

"Sigh, what a pity, I'm afraid less than ten percent of the spiritual herbs in this cave will remain. But how did that bastard even find this place?"

Immediately afterward, Bai Cheng began to search the charred corpse in front of him. After searching for a while, Bai Cheng was surprised to find a perfectly intact small bag among the charred remains of clothing.

Bai Cheng's eyes lit up when he saw this, because he had seen countless times cultivators take out items from storage bags, and he was certain that the bag in front of him was a storage bag.

While pleased, Bai Cheng also marveled at the quality of the storage bags.

"I never expected that this storage bag would remain intact after being attacked by Xiao Huang, and it feels as smooth as silk. But what's even more surprising is that such a small bag weighs more than 30 kilograms."

Bai Cheng quickly opened the storage bag, wanting to see what the workings were. However, when he opened the bag, he found that the opening was as black as a black hole. Although the bag was small, he could not see any items inside.

After arriving at the bright spot under the waterfall, Bai Cheng looked inside again.

However, the storage bag remained pitch black, like a bottomless abyss. Bai Cheng tried to reach inside, but found that no matter how he groped, he couldn't touch the bottom of the bag. After several more attempts, Bai Cheng gave up.

'Could it be that I really need to lock onto this storage bag with my divine sense before I can retrieve the items using spiritual power? Never mind, the present matter is more important.'

Bai Cheng arrived at his box. Because he had placed it in a hidden corner, it hadn't been affected by the battle. His clothes were completely destroyed, and the only thing he could wear now was the outfit he had before he transmigrated.

After changing his clothes, Bai Cheng looked around again. To his surprise, he found that the Rain Spirit Array on the rock wall at the top of the cave was still in operation. The bluebirds inside were constantly moving around the rock wall, and he could even faintly hear a few chirps.

Having depleted too much of his spiritual energy, Bai Cheng began to calm his mind and cultivate the Qi Condensation Technique. After completing one cycle of the Small Heavenly Circuit, he noticed changes in the cave. Because more than 70% of the spiritual plants had been destroyed, the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave had dropped sharply.

The concentration of spiritual energy had already dropped to about three times that of the outside, but now it was comparable to that of ordinary places outside. There was no need to stay here any longer. Thinking of this, Bai Cheng sighed softly and looked straight up at the top of the waterfall.

"I wonder what my senior left me? I can only come back and find out when I learn to fly on a sword."

Bai Cheng then turned his head to the side and looked at Xiao Huang.

'I wonder how long it will take for this Golden-Winged Thunderbird to molt? I wish it could fly now.'

Thinking of this, Bai Cheng slowly got up, shouldered his bag and went to the exit of the pool. At this time, Xiao Huang followed him happily.

He glanced back; the earth was scorched black, and the air still smelled of burning. Bai Cheng sighed regretfully, then took out the Spirit Storage Pearl and left the mysterious cave.

When he stepped out of the cave under the White Moon Tree, he discovered that the cave entrance had been damaged. After pondering for a moment, Bai Cheng did not linger but walked straight out of Mirror Moon Lake.

After going ashore, he left his belongings with Xiao Huang and returned to Mirror Moon Lake alone. He found countless rocks of all sizes at the bottom of the lake and then sealed the cave entrance.

“Good, then it won’t be noticeable. At least no one should be able to investigate underwater.”

After decorating with water plants, Bai Cheng returned to the shore.

He took out his previous calendar and glanced at the current date. The calendar showed that it was March 1, 5684. According to Bai Cheng's calculations, the enrollment period for the White Palace Academy should be in April. There was still about a month to go. Although it was a bit early, Bai Cheng still decided to head to White Maple City now.

After putting away the calendar, he looked at Little Yellow beside him. Little Yellow was still covered in purple fur, and he was now much taller than Bai Cheng.

'Should I bring Little Yellow along? After all, it's a Golden-Winged Thunderbird. If it gets recognized, I'm not strong enough to protect it right now.'

After careful consideration, Bai Cheng decided to release Xiao Huang back into the Cloudfall Forest first, and then led Xiao Huang deeper into the forest.

As evening approached, the orange-red hues on the distant horizon gradually faded, replaced by a deep blue-purple. Bai Cheng, with Xiao Huang, arrived at the lake deep in the forest, where the sky was slowly being enveloped by darkness.

Bai Cheng looked around and found that there were still some rare and exotic animals living around the lake at night.

"Little Huang, you can stay here from now on. If you want to go back to the Cloudfall Mountains, you can go back, but if you do, don't come out and hurt anyone."

As he spoke, Bai Cheng stroked the purple fur on Xiao Huang's body. Xiao Huang seemed to understand the meaning behind Bai Cheng's words. His eyes widened as he looked at Bai Cheng in front of him, and he made gurgling sounds as if he wanted to say something.

"You shouldn't lack food here, but remember, if you encounter other humans, try to avoid them if possible, and don't attack them. As long as you don't show yourself, you can avoid most of the trouble. I'll come to see you often if I have time."

After saying that, Bai Cheng stared at Xiao Huang for a moment before turning and leaving.

As Xiao Huang watched Bai Cheng's retreating figure, tears welled up in her round eyes.

When Bai Cheng arrived in Wuling Town at night, it was already 9 PM. He found an inn to stay in and went to bed early.

The next day, Bai Cheng arrived at the Supervisory Office early. His main purpose in coming was to redeem his reward from the Wuling Town competition. Since he had wanted to exchange the reward for money, Liu Yuntian gave him a voucher to redeem the six hundred silver coins.

When he entered the hall of the Supervisory Office, he saw a familiar figure. It was the woman he had seen when he returned to Yu Family Village.

Surrounding her was a group of personnel from the Inspectorate, including Liu Yuntian, and the woman's attitude was as if she were reprimanding her subordinates.

'This woman is indeed a high-ranking official.'

Thinking of this, Bai Cheng immediately went to the front desk and took out his token. The staff at the front desk couldn't help but feel puzzled when they saw the token.

"Young man, what is this?"

"Huh? Isn't this the reward we received at the Wuling Town Grand Competition?"

The man was even more puzzled after hearing Bai Cheng's words.

"Rewards? I don't recall there being any such sign as a reward for the Wuling Town competition?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng began to explain.

“I exchanged the previous reward for money, and this token is the certificate that the former inspector Liu Yuntian gave me. I can use this certificate to withdraw six hundred silver coins.”

Upon hearing this, the man immediately took the token and approached the woman surrounded by the crowd. After carefully examining the token, the woman blurted out, "Vice Envoy Liu, was this your idea?"

Liu Yuntian turned to look at Bai Cheng.

"That's right, this young man is Bai Cheng. He was indeed the second place winner in the previous Wuling Town competition. Since he wanted to exchange his reward for money, I gave him this token as proof."

Upon hearing this, a man standing next to Liu Yuntian suddenly stepped forward. This man was none other than Zuo Qiu, the newly appointed inspector of Wuling Town.

“Vice Envoy Liu, the rewards for each Wuling Town Grand Competition are fixed, and these rewards are all funded by the royal family. Although you were previously the chief inspector, it is rather inappropriate for you to privately exchange these rewards for money.”

The reason Zuoqiu spoke out was mainly because when he took over as inspector, he pocketed all the kickbacks from the accounts. As for Bai Cheng's second-place reward, he had already arranged for someone to sell the second-grade spirit beast mount and the mid-grade treasure weapon. He had also already cleared out a large amount of money from the accounts in Wuling Town.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuntian fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, Zuoqiu gave that person a look, and that person understood and came to Bai Cheng's side.

"Oh, young man, I'm really sorry, the Wuling Town competition has been over for more than three months, and your token is now invalid here."

Bai Cheng was furious upon hearing this.

"What? Your Inspector Liu clearly promised me that I could exchange the reward for money, so why is he going back on his word now?"

Upon hearing this, the inspector also avoided eye contact and spoke ambiguously.

"Ah, well, since Inspector Liu has already resigned from his previous post, and now Lord Zuoqiu is in charge of everything in the Inspectorate, the conditions that Inspector Liu promised you before are naturally no longer valid."