Chapter 17 - Newly Wedded Couple Celebrated Honeymoon By Parachuting From Space Without a Parachute. No, They Were Not From Florida.
With the help of Jin Yanxiong, the cloud mass traveled across the sea, heading northeast. From inside the mysterious dimension, Jin Yanxiong, his aide, and Fu Tong found the changes in the scenery below.
The view reflected the real world, showing an endless sea. However, sea creatures began appearing, staring at the clouds and the group.
Fu Tong didn't flinch at the sight. He knew that they were Jin Yanxiong's pets, which he had abducted from the outside world to breed them here. They also served as the city's emergency food. But due to Jin Yanxiong's eccentricity and his laziness, he rarely visited here, allowing the local lifeform to populate and occupy half of the sea.
While the clouds traveled at the speed of sound, Fu Tong thought of the city. He wondered if the civilians and the buildings would be affected. He asked the aide.
"Senior, sir. Will the city be alright with this speed? Won't the buildings crumble?"
Huli Jiubai laughed. "It's fine. We have a windshield array installed at the edge. As long as we have maintained the energy cores in the formation arrays, the city will be fine."
At that moment, Jin Yanxiong sweated profusely.
"…"
Fu Tong and Huli Jiubai stared at Jin Yanxiong. They asked in sync.
"Did you mess with the arrays?"
"No?"
"Question mark?"
"…"
Huli Jiubai sighed. He pulled out a jade slip and talked to it.
"Huli Qishi. How dost the city fare?"
A second later, the voice returned. "A disaster. Good thing we art prepared. Buildings hath been salvaged and repaired. Arrays hath been fixed and reactivated with the karma coins. Also, Lady Jin is furious. She demandest Great General Jin's presence ere noon."
Both Fu Tong and the aide stared at Jin Yanxiong. The latter averted his eyes, feeling guilty.
Huli Jiubai sent another message. "Lord Jin shalt compensate his people with his coins and shalt be brought to the lady soon."
The call ended. The aide's expression turned dark. He took off his mask, transforming his head into a fox head. His nine tails flared, ready to punish his master.
"Cometh with me, my lord. Thou hath two choices, guillotine or the lady."
"…"
Just like that, the aide dragged Jin Yanxiong with him. He also threw a key toward Fu Tong, who caught it.
Huli Jiubai explained. "Use the key to leave this place. Inject your Qi into it, and it will show you the path to the exit."
"…Thank you, sir."
The aide introduced himself and politely nodded. "I'm Huli Jiubai. Just call me by my name. Let's have a drink sometimes."
"Y-Yes, sir."
The duo left the dimension, leaving Fu Tong alone with the orb.
Curious, Fu Tong touched it, wondering if the functions were the same as the game. When he touched it, a map emerged in his mind.
In the sea of his consciousness, he could see the entire Celestial Fox City from a bird's-eye view. Voices of every fox in the city echoed in his head. Some were cursing their former lord, while many complained that they had to repair their collapsed houses.
Among the troubled people, Jin Yu crossed her arms, standing in front of the storehouse's entrance. A few seconds later, Jin Yanxiong and Huli Jiubai exited the storehouse. They both knelt and raised their arms, surrendering to the enraged fox girl. They got scolded as a result.
Fu Tong laughed at them. He turned to the orb and tried to control it with his thoughts.
The cloud decelerated and cruised at the speed of 100 km per hour. The shaking and the wind pressure eased, allowing the local foxes to repair their town and the arrays.
But Fu Tong didn't stop there. He focused on their current location, checking the world map function.
The floating cloud island was 2,000 kilometers away from the mainland, but a few small islands were close by. Among the mountainous islands, one of which featured a temple on its peak.
As Fu Tong had a business with a Buddhist Temple, he steered the cloud's flight course, heading to the place. It took him only an hour to arrive. After parking the cloud, he fetched the key, which automatically pointed toward the exit.
"…Ah."
As Fu Tong looked around, he recalled that he lacked the internal energy to fly, and he was floating in mid-air because of Jin Yanxiong's spell. He closed his eyes and sighed, recalling the techniques that he had learned from the library dream.
He created a gold coin. Instead of using his Qi, he held the karma coin between his thumb and index finger as he drew energy from the item.
The karma coin emitted pure energy, but it didn't enter Fu Tong's body. It enveloped him and dispelled Jin Yanxiong's bubble spell, allowing him to fly with the coin's power.
Fu Tong let out a long sigh. Commanding the coin with his thought, he floated toward the exit.
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The afternoon was hectic. Jin Yu forced Fu Tong to generate more gold coins so that they could compensate their population. As for Jin Yanxiong, Jin Yu sent him to repair the city walls and the collapsed houses.
At night, Fu Tong was freed. He told Jin Yu that he would leave the city for a bit, which she agreed with a condition—She would tag along with him to play.
Fu Tong had no issue with that. Together, they left the city and leaped off the cloud plateau, descending to the mortal world.
Jin Yu was a real immortal, so she could fly. As for Fu Tong, he held a coin in his hand and dove down like a skydiver.
A 15 square kilometer mountainous island was below them. Greeneries came into view, and high sea with tall waves clashed against tall stone cliffs. Looking from above, this place seemed isolated from civilization, except the top of the mountain.
There was a Buddhist temple, and several buildings were still in a good condition. Surrounding the temple was a weak concealment array. This caught the attention of Jin Yu.
Jin Yu landed in the temple's courtyard first and shattered the concealment array. She looked around, scouting the area with her Qi, but she found nobody threatening except a dead body of a woman and a basket, containing her infant baby.
Fu Tong reached the ground later as he couldn't accelerate his dive speed. Using the coin's energy to decelerate the fall, he softly descended and landed on the ground as though he stepped on a cushion. Standing on the ground once again, Fu Tong deeply inhaled the fresh air and picked his ears, adjusting to the new elevation pressure level.
He gazed at the main temple. Inside the building contained a gold Buddha statue, sitting in a lotus position and watching over the hall.
Fu Tong found what he was looking for. But as he was about to enter the hall, Jin Yu tugged his clothes and pointed at the side building, where her senses had picked up a life signature of a mortal infant.
"Husband, there's something in there."