The Ancient Realm Goddess
Behind the Vortex
Tonight, the atmosphere felt normal as usual. However it was different from Qing Yue'er's abnormal feelings. Between nervous, curious and enthusiastic being one.
His slender figure stood under the dim light of the full moon. His hand hung tightly holding the silver hairpin.
Beside him, little Ying Jun stood up while crossing his arms. Her tiny mouth would sometimes move without a sound. No one knows what his actions mean.
"We have to start, right?"
Qing Yue'er glanced carefully at Ying Jun. It had been half an hour since he had become this ridiculous.
"Currently, why are you still asking? You've been putting it off since!" Ying Jun rolled his eyes lazily.
"What's? I postponed?"
The corner of his mouth twitched a little. The little boy should not have said it like this. Yes, even if he had delayed it.
It was true that every time he would use a spirit formation to open the vortex, he would stop it halfway. And it happened many times that made Ying Jun have to mutter with a frown.
"This is a challenge. I'm a little nervous." Qing Yue'er said shyly.
Who wouldn't be nervous when working on something as dangerous as that? Of course he felt it too, yet he would not turn away at his decision. Really not his type.
"Dumb girl, look up, back, side!" Ying Jun said flatly. His hands pointed in all directions.
Qing Yue'er turned her head to check on him. After which, he could only smile awkwardly. Some distance carjackers are there. The aray was made by Zu Tiankong for sometime if he needed to escape. Even around them there were already many protection formations provided.
"Discover! You're too slow!"
Ying Jun raised his hand asking for Qing Yue'er's hairpin. However the girl did not give it but instead grasped it tightly.
"I'll do it myself" he said with eyes shining with determination. This time he could not continue delaying or until the year whenever he would not be able to do so.
After that he floated four silver hairpins in the air. His hands formed a complicated hand seal. This seal was something he had just learned from Zu Tiankong all of a sudden. But this time there was no doubt in his eyes.
A red light shot out from his hand seal and enveloped the four silver hairpins that floated in the air. After the hand seal was completed, there was no reaction whatsoever. It made Qing Yue'er's eyebrows knit together.
"Did it not work?" muttered.
However just as he was about to touch the hairpin, a burst of red light came with a sudden shock.
Ying Jun observed the red light that spread in the empty air carefully. A small black dot the size of a pea appeared in the middle of the light. When looked at further, the point gets bigger and bigger.
"Retreat back. It's starting to open." Ying Jun said seriously, warning Qing Yue'er to retreat.
As the black hole became bigger, the vortex actually reappeared. In just a few minutes the vortex had grown bigger.
Ying Jun sharpened his senses to look further. His eyes closed as his mind tried to connect with the mysterious vortex. Don't know what's going on, but this time he really doesn't feel he should be careless.
Qing Yue'er observed Ying Jun's actions seriously. He looked at the boy who was frowning deeply. Even his face darkened a little in the next second. Could something be wrong?
"Damn it! We have to go inside!" ying Jun said with a voice of anger. He pulled Qing Yue'er to follow him behind.
"Hey, what's going on? Do you know what's behind this?" qing Yue'er asked in confusion. From what he noticed, it seemed like Ying Jun understood what had happened.
"You'll know after this."
Upon hearing that answer, Qing Yue'er felt her gaze darken. His body was carried around in circles in the empty air for several times. It really made her stomach feel nauseous.
Moments later he felt a foothold in his leg. Qing Yue'er immediately squatted down while holding her stomach. His stomach was completely spewed out. He could not even observe the environment he was in.
"Ooggh!!"
Qing Yue'er ignored Ying Jun's remark. He tries to focus on what his own eyes see. His feet rested on a stone slab. But that's not what surprised him.
Right now the air that was under his feet was completely empty. Black with nothing but a stone slab that he used for his footing. When he looked forward and far away, it turned out that there was only a pitch-black empty air without light.
Is it a dimension?
Qing Yue'er turned her head to the side to check on Ying Jun's state. The boy was in the same position.
"Ying Jun, this-"
"Sst! Look back," Ying Jun said softly.
Qing Yue'er stood up cautiously. If he falls from the stone slab, his life may not survive. No one knows what's down there anyway.
After standing up, he immediately turned around to the back. At that moment also his pupils instantly shrank. His heart was beating rapidly in horror. Behind the darkness of this empty space, it turned out that there was one big thing inhabiting it.
A head the size of a small mountain was seen hanging in the empty air. The head was not like a human head, but more like a monster beast that had long fangs. His mouth was so big that it almost filled half of his face.
Behind his head, there was nothing that his eyes could see. There was no terrifying huge body or skeleton of any kind. It was just the head alone with no body attached to its head.
"Ha ha are you the one who opened the vortex?"
The monster opened its eyes and laughed loudly. The echoes of his laughter made Qing Yue'er have to close her ears. Really care about someone's hearing.
"Muilio ..."
Qing Yue'er muttered in disbelief. Taotie was a demonic beast famous for its greed. He can eat anything he wants by himself. Even after eating so many things, he would still never feel full.
It is said that whatever Taotie has eaten will enter another dimensional space. That's because he doesn't have a whole body, just a head. This is what makes him feel hungry all the time.
"Oh, you recognize me?" Taotie's voice again rang out in this empty room.
Qing Yue'er did not reply and glanced at Ying Jun who was currently only putting on an expressionless face. After a while, the boy sighed.
"Taotie, do you recognize me?"
Ying Jun walked over to Taotie. Every step he took would create a stone slab as a foothold. Right now he really looked like an elder who was carrying out his actions.
Taotie narrowed his eyes. He observed the little boy who looked very brave to approach him. He immediately sharpened his senses to identify this creature that was in front of him.
"You ...."
He hesitated a little as he sensed the aura belonging to Ying Jun. The divine aura that he hated so much but also feared.
"How did you get here?" Taotie asked uncertainly. Supposedly a divine beast would not descend into this kind of lowly realm.
"Ah, but why has your body become so small? I think a bird like you should have a handsome or beautiful physique" she mocked Ying Jun.
Ying Jun just stared at her flatly. After a while, he just let out a mockery in return.
"So you're punished in this place? How pity. Can't feel any freedom, can't eat anything anymore, can't meet your peers. Ck, very pathetic."
As Ying Jun said about the food, Taotie immediately looked at him angrily. How could he not be angry? Ying Jun's words had truly touched the point of his pain. All this time he lived locked up like this in hunger. He could neither move nor escape.
Many years ago, he felt very happy when he could create a vortex to pull things from the outside. However after he ate whatever was sucked in the vortex, he still could not feel full.
Even more exasperated, he found several humans working together to try to close his vortex. In such a limited physique, he could not resist the power of those humans.
Finally with heartache he closed his feast by eating the humans. The humans who had made him go hungry to this extent.