Chapter 68
"Are we there yet?" Asked Le with a bored expression on her face. The group was on horseback riding to where Ss said the weak point of the formation would be.
"*Yawn*, Not yet." Answered Ss with a yawn as he rubbed his tired eyes from under his sses.
"How much longer uncle Ss? I''m bored." Groaned Le as she stretched her arms before copsing on the horse with a tired thud.
"We are almost there." He simply replied.
"Hmph, you know you''ve been telling me that for days now." Answered Le with a harrumph. Ss merely smiled in reply.
The group has been traveling for a week on horseback, traversing the dangerous mountainous roads. The journey would have been much faster and easier had they used their cultivation powers however using them came at the cost of alerting their enemies and that was something they could not afford to do.
The mood of the group was tense, Addi refused to say a single word to Ss as he remained quiet the entire journey with his eyes closed as he sat down on his horse.
Omis on the other hand did not know what to do to defuse the tense atmosphere, so he simply ignored the duo and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the mountains, yet even that quickly became boring to him.
Le seemed unaffected by the mood as she constantlyined about how ufortable the entire ride was and how dirty she was feeling.
On the morning of the eight-day, the group finally came to a stop at the foot of a particr mountain, it was a little bit different than the ones that surrounded it observed Omis as he nced about in curiosity.
"Whoa~! This ce is really pretty!" Shouted Le as she swiftly jumped down from her mount.
"It truly is." Remarked Omis.
The entire mountain was more colorful than the ones the in ones that surrounded it. Countless beautiful and exotic flowers existed all over it giving it a strange celestial feel.
"This is where the weak point of the array stands?" Asked Omis as he bowed down to pluck a shiny blue flower.
"Indeed, this mountain is hard to find due to its remote location and the various monsters that call this mountain range home." Ss answered with a nod of confirmation.
Unmounting from his steed, he added.
"Let the horses go. We won''t be needing them any longer." He said before removing the reins from his mount, he then gave the horse a p causing him to go running back the way they came from.
Omis and Le nodded as they did the same before Addi followed suit with an expressionless face.
"*Yawn*. Come, we still have some way to go." Said, Ss as he stretched his limbs before heading to the side of the mountain.
"Hmm? We are not climbing?" Asked Le in curiosity.
"No, the formation is not on top of the mountain." Replied Ss before he came to a stop in front of a small crack that looked big enough for one person to go through at a time.
"But rather inside of it." He continued before squeezing himself through the small opening.
Addi soon followed behind him, and soon was Omis''s turn. As he was about to enter, a small hand grabbed the hem of his robe causing him to pause and turn around.
"What''s wrong Le?" He asked.
"I''m...I" She mumbled something under her breath.
"What was that?" Omis asked again as he failed to hear her.
"I''m...." She mumbled again.
"Le speak up I can''t understand what you are trying to say when you are being so quiet." He said while shaking his head.
"I said I''m afraid of closed spaces!" She shouted with an embarrassed expression on her face as her eyes nervously nced about.
Omis was surprised as he looked at the small girl in front of him. He had never seen her act so vulnerable before.
''Afraid of closed spaces? Is she ustrophobic? Can an Immortal even have ustrophobia?'' He asked himself yet he seemed to have his confirmation when he nced at the nervous expression of Le.
Holding his hand out to her, Omis gave her his best reassuring smile before speaking.
"Just grab my hand and close your eyes, I''ll go first and guide you through."
Le peeked at his stretched hand before looking up at his smiling face.
*p*
With a determined expression on her face and two red handprints on her cheeks, Le proceeded to grab his hand and give a solemn nod.
Omis nodded back as he turned towards the small entrance, he could feel Le''s trembling hand holding his, so he gently willed some of his Qi to her body causing her to visibly calm down as the warm feeling overtook her.
The passage was not long and soon enough the duo found their way out and into a giant cave with a ceiling that seemed to stretch the entirety of the mountain. Ss and Addi were waiting for them, as soon as Ss saw them appear he asked.
"There you are! What took you so long."
"Ah, Ley*Hmm*?" Before Omis could continue speaking, Le''s hands covered his mouth as she replied.
"N-Nothing~! Let''s go!" She said with a bashful smile causing Addi and Ss to look at the two with a strange expression before shrugging their shoulders.
"Okay then, we are almost there so let''s go." Ss said as he proceeded deeper inside the dimly lit cave.
Omis nced around in curiosity at the walls where the same shining bluish herb he found outside of the mountain was growing effectively bing the only sort of lighting inside the dark cave.
The group continued down their journey with noplications before they reached an area where the cave seemed to grow evenrger into some sort of giant hall.
In the middle of the said hall was some sort of old drawings coating the floor, some parts were covered with dust that seemed to umte over time.
"Is that a teleportation array?" Asked Omis in curiosity.
"It is." Answered Ss with a nod.
"Uncle Ss, what''s that over there?" Asked Le causing the trio to turn around and follow her hand to the corner of the hall.
Ss''s eyes widened, while Addi''s expression turned grim, Omis simply let out a tired sigh before muttering to himself.
"Ah, shit! I knew things were going too smoothly..."