The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1151

Chapter 1151: Chapter 1148: A Feast Chapter 1151: Chapter 1148: A Feast Shen Luo couldn't be bothered with the Short-bearded Old Man and started walking towards the shoreside with Wu Man'er, as the crowd that had been watching immediately made way for them.

Wu Man'er deliberately kept a straight face, putting on an indifferent expression.

But as soon as they stepped out of the crowd, she couldn't help but let out a laugh.

With a wave of his hand, Shen Luo summoned a Flying Boat amid the crowd's amazement and envy, and boarded it with Wu Man'er.

Just when they were about to set off, Wu Man'er suddenly called out, “Big Brother Shen, wait a moment.”

After saying that, she raised her white, lotus-like slim arms and gently shook her wrist, causing the silver bells tied there to immediately jingle with a pleasing sound.

Right then, a scream was heard from the shore.

Under the young man's eyelid, a grain-sized insect bit through the skin and crawled out.

“A Gu insect, it's a Gu insect…”

No one knew who shouted, but the people gathered there scattered and fled in every direction.

During the chaos, many people trampled over the fallen young man and the old servant, prompting continuous shouts from both.

However, the Gu insect seemed uninterested in others; after crawling out from under the man's eyelid, it spread its transparent wings, flew high into the sky, and soon disappeared into the air.

Shen Luo, however, watched as a nearly transparent tiny bug descended from midair and crawled into a little cloth bag at Wu Man'er's waist.

“All right, let's go,” Wu Man'er said with a sweet smile.

Shen Luo immediately urged the Flying Boat to fly forward at a low altitude, skimming the surface of the swamp.

Yunmeng Marsh covered an extremely vast area, almost indistinguishable from a sea area, with most parts submerged in either deep or shallow water. There was little dry land in the center, and most of it was soft muddy swamp.

The miasma here was also very peculiar, mostly distributed between dozens to over a hundred feet above the ground. The toxicity of most of the miasma was not particularly strong, but traveling through it over a long period was ultimately not beneficial to one's health.

Above the altitude of a hundred feet, other than the few deadly Poisonous Vortexes, the sky was clear for miles. As long as one was careful not to get caught in these vortexes, there shouldn't be any significant problems.

However, if one were to fly to such high altitudes, the layers of miasma below would block the view of the swamp's interior, which naturally was not ideal for those seeking fortunes within Yunmeng Marsh.

Therefore, most people chose to do as Shen Luo was doing now, suspending the Flying Boat at an altitude of about a dozen feet and piloting it through flight.

The Flying Boat flew steadily. Along the way, the miasma was not evident, and aside from the slightly fishy and damp smell, there was nothing unusual, making it appear no different from any other waterlogged swamp.

The Leaf Sprite perched on Wu Man'er's shoulder was moving back and forth restlessly, seemingly anxious as to why they hadn't fulfilled their promise to let her go.

“Don't worry, we're too close to the shoreside right now. Even if we let you go, you could quickly encounter other people. With your current state, it's difficult to guarantee that you won't be captured again,” Wu Man'er said, comforting her.

Hearing her words, the Leaf Sprite seemed to understand and soon calmed down.

But Wu Man'er raised a palm and held it in front of her, softly chanting.

As her ethereal voice began to sound, green light started to gather from around her, slowly converging into her palm.

In the center of her palm, which was slightly indented, the gathered green light gradually condensed into a drop of emerald liquid.

“Such rich spiritual energy,” Shen Luo commented, unable to hold back his admiration.

Wu Man'er smiled at the words, ceased her chanting, and the glow around her gradually dispersed.

“Although Leaf Sprites are born with the ability to cultivate, they still need to feast on the dawn, drink the morning dew, and bathe in the moonlight to maintain their vitality. That clerk's claim that she wouldn't live past three days wasn't entirely accurate, but if things had continued as they were, the situation indeed wouldn't be good,” she explained as she extended her palm towards the charm spirit.

Seeing this, the Leaf Sprite appeared incredulous and stood frozen in place, not moving.

“Go on and drink, you must be starving, right?” Wu Man'er said.

Hesitating for a moment, the Leaf Sprite still landed on her palm, crouching down to drink the emerald-green liquid.

As the spirit liquid in Wu Man'er's palm was consumed, a sheer green glow began to whirl around the Leaf Sprite. In no time, it transformed into specks of starlight, merging into her body.

The Leaf Sprite's body involuntarily stretched out a bit, and her translucent wings extended, twirling and fluttering up from Wu Man'er's palm–graceful and ethereal, filled with a lively charm.

Shen Luo, seeing this, waved his hand and a streak of mana hit the delicate chains around the charm spirit's ankles.

With a light “click,” the chains immediately burst open.

The Leaf Sprite, upon seeing this, paused in her ascent, looking at Shen Luo with disbelief.

She felt an innate closeness to Wu Man'er but had no such feelings for Shen Luo. In fact, she sensed in him an aura that filled her with fear and revulsion.

Thus, she had always been on her guard, but she never thought that Shen Luo would release her so effortlessly.

However, after only a moment of hesitation, the Leaf Sprite rapidly flapped her crystal wings, shooting upwards in altitude, leaving behind a trail of green light, and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Shen Luo, watching this, remained unfazed, not at all surprised.

“She hasn't fully recovered yet; walking away like this, won't it be a problem…” Wu Man'er muttered somewhat worriedly as she watched where the Leaf Sprite had disappeared.

“Charm spirits are adept at flying and hiding, and having been captured once, she should be more careful from now on. There's no need to worry too much,” Shen Luo said with a smile.

Wu Man'er nodded and said no more.

Having just entered Yunmeng Marsh, the distant lakeshore line was still visible, so there was no immediate issue with losing one's sense of direction.

So, Shen Luo steered the flying boat, heading deeper into the Big Swamp.

The waterways were wide along the way, with the occasional sandbar islands poking above the water's surface, on which egrets and ducks rested, looking no different from the lakes and marshes outside.

After traveling inland for dozens of miles, a fog began to rise from the water's surface. The humidity wasn't severe, nor was there any toxicity. Navigating through it was like being shrouded in a mist on a spring day, filled with a cool and moist feeling.

Shen Luo and Wu Man'er gradually relaxed.

The color of the water area ahead began to darken, and the waterweeds growing in it started to thicken.

Just then, Shen Luo caught sight of a clump of water grass suddenly emerging from the water's surface, revealing two round, bulging eyes that looked around warily at them.

Shen Luo merely glanced at it and then averted his gaze, paying it no further attention.

“That's a frog spirit monster; they are extremely timid and cautious,” Wu Man'er said with a chuckle.

“Man'er, I've always been a bit unclear on this–what's the difference between monster spirits and charm spirits?” Shen Luo asked.

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