Chapter 1836: Blackwater River beneath Longshe Shan, beneath the Blackwater River lies the Dragon Palace

"You… you…" Xiao Li Yu's defenses broke; she pointed at Heishanyang for a long time, unable to utter a word.

She had never been this angry, nor this… furious, but she truly could not say a single word that wasn't true, because what Heishanyang said was true, and precisely because it was true, it hurt the most.

It directly pierced her heart and lungs, leaving her speechless and making her feel awful.

Clenching her fists, stamping her feet repeatedly, she tried several times to retort, opened her mouth, but found she had no words to counter even a single sentence, unable to say anything.

Heishanyang smugly said: "Isn't that so? Xiao Li Yu, your cultivation is too weak; you can't help Chen Chuyang, kid."

"Following him will only make you his burden; you can't help or do anything. You'd be better off… staying behind, letting me stay by his side—I'll take care of him, and at critical moments I can even bring him along to escape."

His goal achieved, Heishanyang saw victory approaching; Xiao Li Yu, having her defenses broken by his words, stood frozen in place.

Seeing them about to leave and abandoning Xiao Li Yu here, Xiao Li Yu… reacted, caught up, then glared at Heishanyang: "Heishanyang, you're going too far; even if I'm not as strong as you, I'm not a burden—you're only a bit stronger than me, not much stronger. If even the master can't solve it, do you think you can?"

"I was almost fooled by you, you liar, you just know how to deceive me; perhaps I used to be fooled by you, but this time I won't be deceived."

Xiao Li Yu spoke, filled with righteous indignation; she was truly angry, Heishanyang actually deceived her youthful ignorance—clearly everyone is the same, unable to help Chen Chuyang, becoming a burden by his side—so why can Heishanyang stay by his side while I have to stay behind?

Since they're all burdens with the same function, why dwell on this? Chen Chuyang can't solve it, Heishanyang can't solve it, and neither can she—so what's there to break her defenses over?

Besides, she's still useful—far more useful than Heishanyang.

"My usefulness far exceeds yours; I can bring luck to the master, while you—aside from escorting the master to flee—what else can you do? If it ever comes to that, the master doesn't need you to drag him away; he can run on his own."

"Besides, taking me along won't lead to this situation; on the contrary, you, following the master, will only drag him into danger—that's your fault. I advise you to stay behind and not bring trouble to the master."

Xiao Li Yu reacted, using the same words against Heishanyang; one sentence left Heishanyang astonished—but Heishanyang is Heishanyang, unmoved by a single remark, neither breaking his defenses nor staying behind.

"Your usefulness remains; since that's the case, I'll allow you to follow me." Heishanyang spoke magnanimously, his demeanor as if bestowing a gift upon Xiao Li Yu.

Chen Chuyang laughed helplessly; Heishanyang's skin is thick, and a single remark won't break his defenses.

To it, these words mean nothing.

What mainly concerns Heishanyang is Xiao Li Yu's luck; this thing seems useless, but in danger it becomes most precious and important—luck often lets them escape danger without dying.

Heishanyang is like this precisely because his luck is bad.

If his luck had been a bit better back then, he wouldn't have ended up like this; Xiao Li Yu's luck is genuinely good.

"……" Xiao Li Yu was angered again; this Heishanyang is truly shameless, and truly… despicable.

"Heishanyang, can you be any more shameless?"

"Heh heh, I'm just shameless—what can you do about it?" Heishanyang showed no concern, grinning with a showing of teeth.

"You…" Xiao Li Yu couldn't speak; compared to Heishanyang, she's far inferior, too inexperienced.

"Hmph." Finally, Xiao Li Yu let out a cold snort, only able to be angry on her own.

Chen Chuyang saw that enough had passed, saying: "Let's go together; stop arguing, we're hungry—time is limited, hurry up and set out; I don't want to waste time."

His time is limited; the amount he can stay in Tianwai is just this much—continuing to stay outside would actually be bad for himself.

This time we came out too hastily, nothing was settled; moreover, the enemy is imminent, we need to act quickly, only after dealing with the Blackwater Dragon Palace can we relax—the Kunpeng Guardian could arrive at any moment, posing a huge threat to everyone on Longshe Shan.

Chen Chuyang clearly understands that if unresolved, we cannot guarantee safety here; as long as the Blackwater Dragon Palace doesn't exist, the Kunpeng Guardian won't find it and won't fixate on this place—he'll search elsewhere, thus eliminating the danger to Longshe Shan.

One person leading Xiao Li Yu and Heishanyang began to go underground, seeping directly from beneath Longshe Shan—just an earth-escape technique; Chen Chuyang is very skilled at it, needing no effort, while Heishanyang walked ahead to lead the way, and soon they arrived before the Blackwater Dragon Palace.

Condensed into a cave the size of a stone, hidden beneath Longshe Shan, wrapped by formations and the surrounding earth's power, completely concealing aura and form so outsiders can't perceive it; plus Longshe Shan's variations, a grand formation shields this place, preventing any aura from leaking, resulting in the Blackwater Dragon Palace remaining undiscovered.

Otherwise, the existence of the Blackwater Dragon Palace might have been discovered long ago.

Heishanyang said: "Kid, do you see that? That's the main body of the Blackwater Dragon Palace; inside that stone is a cave. The one who opened this cave is no weakling—you'd better be careful. Inside lives that black water flood dragon with second-tribulation strength, quite fearsome."

"This is merely the outer guard; the real danger lies inside the Blackwater Dragon Palace—if we go in later, we must be careful."

"The Blackwater Dragon Palace is very dangerous; based on our earlier intel, inside there are at least two true dragons—one true dragon may have died, that one could be a decoy meant to mislead us, and there is also a pure-blood true dragon hidden deep within the Blackwater Dragon Palace."

"That is the true master of the Blackwater Dragon Palace and the most dangerous existence; likely wounded, it hides inside to heal. If we encounter it, we must be extremely cautious—never assume that because it's wounded it's easy to bully."

Generally, a dying strong one is the most dangerous.

This thing could self-destruct at any moment; since it's about to die, it might take everyone down with it—it can do anything, and by that point, even if they wanted to flee, they might not have time.

A pure-blood true dragon is too dangerous; it also feels dangerous to people.

Heishanyang must remind Chen Chuyang, lest he become overconfident and put himself in danger.