Chapter 40: Chapter Forty Heavenly Whale

Not to mention the remaining five people, one side farting, the other following behind Wei Yuning. At this moment Wei Yuning's mood could not be called happy,

Because, he has gone up into the sky.

When his speed exceeded his visual processing capacity, the only thing he could consider was not to hit obstacles. The spiritual Qi circulation of his new movement technique kept cycling, and he could not stop it. Streams of turbid qi were expelled from his lower abdomen, his body became increasingly light and agile, and his speed grew ever faster.

At this moment Wei Yuning was like a person who cannot ride a bicycle sitting in the cockpit of a jet fighter, and moreover, the aircraft's deceleration device had failed.

Jump, jump, jump, the only action he remembered was jumping. After he leapt over a tall mountain ridge, he suddenly realized there was no path ahead, because he had already reached the sky. Even worse, he stopped farting, and the spiritual Qi circulation that kept propelling him forward instantly stopped.

"Ah... save me!" a loud voice drifted in the air.

Wei Yuning followed a standard parabolic trajectory, gliding upward for a while, then began to fall. Fortunately, at the moment his body was plummeting rapidly, the spiritual Qi circulation automatically resumed, this time slowing his speed considerably.

Suddenly, he realized he could control the spiritual Qi circulation.

He was like a falling leaf, slowly descending through the thick clouds. But the good fortune did not last; the spiritual Qi within his body was exhausted after just a few breaths, and Wei Yuning again fell in free fall.

Just then, his nose suddenly caught the scent of spiritual Qi.

"Are there also gathering points of heavenly and earthly spiritual Qi in the sky?" Time no longer allowed further thought; he immediately closed his eyes to regulate his breath, spiritual Qi surged in from the Baihui point at the crown of his head into his body, the spiritual Qi circulation resumed, his body became light again, and his descending speed slowed once more.

Perhaps only one or two seconds, maybe three to five seconds, the external spiritual Qi disappeared again; at this moment Wei Yuning's brain had long lost the ability to think, had no leisure to notice the speed of time's passage, and could only act on instinct.

After the residual spiritual Qi lasted for a while, his internal spiritual Qi was drained once more, and he began free fall again.

Fortunately, there were always clumps of spiritual Qi of various sizes in the sky, so he did not keep plummeting straight down.

Time slowly passed, and Wei Yuning's mood was like a roller coaster, now joyful, now sorrowful.

"This isn't right, the highest Lotus Peak of Nine Clouds Peak is only over thirty thousand meters; at the maximum speed achievable in free fall, one would hit the ground in just over two minutes, and besides, the ridge I just crossed should be merely one of the ridges of the Nine Clouds Mountain Range, with a height limit of ten thousand meters; even though the stopping and starting added extra time, it shouldn't be this slow!" After a long while, Wei Yuning still hadn't landed, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

Not only the height problem baffled him; he had already left the cloud sea of the sky, yet now he had entered an endless black mist.

Moreover, after exhausting his internal spiritual Qi once again, a full ten or more seconds passed, and Wei Yuning could no longer smell any trace of spiritual Qi.

He had just been about to say "My doom is sealed," when an extremely strange golden creature darted out of the black mist and stopped right beneath him.

The strange creature resembled a miniature whale, its whole body covered in scales, gleaming with golden light, about a zhang in length, with a big mouth, a chubby body, a flexible tail, and it was quite cute.

"Plop!" When Wei Yuning spread his legs and sat on its back, the mini whale was jolted downward a short distance, then steadied itself.

"Poo poo poo!" The mini whale began to blow bubbles; each white-gold bubble floated up in the black mist, like lamps in the night, dispersing much of the surrounding darkness.

Wei Yuning's heart, which had nowhere to settle, finally calmed down.

All around was pitch-black mist; aside from the few bubbles rising higher and higher providing a bit of light, everything was pitch-black. Of course, the mini whale beneath his buttocks was also a small light source, allowing him to see things within half a meter around him.

However, one thing reassured him: the surroundings had no unpleasant odor. The black mist was colorless and odorless, causing no adverse reaction to his body.

"Whale brother, can you take me up and out of here?" Wei Yuning said to the little whale.

"Poo poo poo! Poo poo poo!" The mini whale turned its head to look at Wei Yuning and blew a few more bubbles.

"Cut the poo poo, Whale big brother; if you can understand human speech, quickly take me out, the Number Three Beast Garden at the northern foothills of Guest Arrival Peak, you know?" Wei Yuning, having no choice, complained to the little creature.

"Poo poo poo! Poo poo poo!" The mini whale still had no response, gazing at Wei Yuning as it blew out even more bubbles.

Wei Yuning suddenly froze; in the big eyes of the mini whale he saw a huge skull, and the owner of that skull seemed to be directly above him.

Wei Yuning screamed in fright, leapt off the mini whale's body, and fell toward the black mist below. Jumping down might not mean death, but staying here would surely be fatal.

"Poof!" A long tendril shot out, wrapped around his body, and flung him back onto the mini whale. Now his posture shifted from straddling to lying on his back, putting him face to face with the skull's owner.

The skull was the size of a water barrel, with deep-blue skin, resembling the mini whale but different in appearance; each cheek bore an additional set of whiskers—one long and two short, making six in total—clearly marking it as an elder of the mini whale, only the colors differed.

"Don't mess around, I am a disciple of the Hidden Cloud Sect, the closed-door disciple of Elder Taichong; if you dare to harm me, just wait to be flayed and have your tendons pulled!" Wei Yuning thought that since this was the territory of the Hidden Cloud Sect, even a powerful spirit beast would give the sect some face; as for whether the spirit beast understood his words, he could only leave it to fate.

"Hmph, you ignorant brat who doesn't know the height of heaven or depth of earth, Daomin of the Hidden Cloud Sect and I are merely peers in friendship; as a sect disciple, haven't you heard of the Heavenly Whale Hermit of the Spirit Beast Chamber?" The deep-blue whale suddenly spoke in human language.

"I know Ancestor Daomin, but I have never heard of the Heavenly Whale Hermit! I am merely a Foundation Establishment disciple who has just entered the sect for a month!"

"Ah, I see! However, you, a mere Foundation Establishment disciple, are audacious to the extreme, daring to run into the forbidden area of Secluded Valley Peak. If it weren't for running into us, would you still have any life left?" The Heavenly Whale Hermit growled lowly and rebuked him.