Beginning Beyond The Horizon

Looking at the dead people on the ground carefully stepped over the dead people to avoid stepping on them. Even after Michio was expelled from the monastery for eating meat, he remained true to his faith.

After walking to the other side, he sat on the ground and began to say purification prayers for those who died on the ground.

Inside the cave, Jiāo and Kexin looked at each other and heard someone outside the cave chanting sutras for the dead. Kexin knew right away that the prayer was for the dead men who died at the hands of the vine woman.

Jiāo glanced at Kexin, only to see the young woman crying. She could see the tears overflowing from the corners of Kexin's eyes. "Hey..." Jiāo said quietly. "Don't cry..."

Kexin rolled her eyes at Jiāo and said, "They were my men."

Jiāo asked, "What happened?"

Kexin said sadly, " We were attacked by a green vine woman."

Jiāo was taken aback for a moment, "A green vine woman?"

Kexin said, "She came out from the shadows and started attacking us. Everyone fell to the ground dead one by one. I retreated to the trees and was finally caught by her." She continued to sob. "You must have seen her when she dragged me in?"

Jiāo shook her head. "I saw a vine dragging you here, but as soon as you got here, the vine went back underground. Where's your brother?"

Kexin said, "We are not very far away, but somehow, I lost him."

Jiāo asked, "What do you mean?"

Kexin explained, "I don't know, I went back to find my scabbard, and when my subordinates and I turned around to follow my brother, his subordinates and him just disappeared."

Jiāo raised her eyebrows. "It's really weird. I've never heard of anything like this before," she murmured. "Hey, by the way, why are you here or how do you know how to get here?"

Kexin said, "We follow you guy here."

Jiāo asked, "Why?"

Kexin said, "It seems that every time I see you, the white deer will appear, so my brother and I chased the seven of you to that village."

Jiāo chuckled and sighed, "Could it be that chief Saja tricked you into this forest?"

Kexin said, "My brother forced him to bring us here." She looked at Jiāo. "Do you think whoever is outside will come in and save us?"

Jiāo said, "I don't know, but I'm sure my lord will come to rescue us." She smiled and looked at the terrified Kexin. "Don't worry, my lord is very talented, he will definitely come."

Although Jiāo coaxed Kexin by promising that Baishui would find them, she also doubted her own heart. If there are many dangerous creatures lurking on this mountain, then Baishui may also be in danger. She knew that Baishui did not allow her to call Bailong for help, but if Baishui was in any danger, she would not take the risk. Jiāo sighed, clasped her hands tightly, closed her eyes, and began to cast the summoning spell.

The scale on Hajime's neck began to produce a strong force, almost pulling Hajime into the air. Yul fastened his belt and threw out the belt tightly wrapped around Hajime's ankle. The force of the scale continued to drag Yul and Hajime away together. Abrafo quickly grabbed Yul's robe.

Yul's robe starts to tear and so does Yul's belt.

Hajime shouted, "Let go!" Yul snorted, but did not let go, but grabbed the belt with both hands. "Yul, let go!"

Hajime reached into his bag and grabbed the first two things he could get his hands on. He threw the wooden figures down to the ground. Just then, Yul's belt was ripped from Hajime's ankle.

"Hajime!" Yul shouted, watching Hajime fly away.

Rising slowly from the ground, the black panther slowly appeared beside Yul. Worried in his heart, Yul quickly jumped onto the panther, leaving Abrafo and U-ri behind.

"Yul!" Abrafo shouted. "Damn you."

U-ri asked, "What should we do? What if our environment suddenly changes again?"

Abrafo took a deep breath and said, "Let's not leave now, just wait here. As soon as Abrafo finished speaking, a strong wind blew towards him and U-ri. Standing a few feet away from Abrafo and U-ri was Hajime's eagle. Abrafo and U-ri quickly ran to the eagle's side.

Lying on the ground in pain, watching his blood dripping from his body to the ground, he suddenly remembered his father's most wise words.

"Do you think by walking with mortals, you are equal to the mortals?" Bailong's voice echoed inside Baishui's mind. "Mortals are the most cunning creatures walking this earth. They will use you for their own ends. If you are no longer useful to them, they will not hesitate to stab you in the back."

Baishui had an epiphany. If he had listened to his father and practiced spiritual skills, these vines would not be his opponent at all, but when he broke one thorn vine with his spiritual power, two thorn vines emerged from the ground and took over the destroyed vine's place.

Baishui lowered his head, pillowed on the ground, tears flowed down his eyes slowly, sobbing sadly in the night.

Just when he thought all his hopes were lost, he saw a spark in the darkness from afar. He jerked his head up again and roared loudly.

Although Lixin and the others were far enough away from the trapped white dragon, his whimpers and roars could still reach their ears. Some of Lixin's subordinates slowed down their pace, looking back at the lonely dragon from time to time, feeling a little guilty in their hearts, but they could only continue to lift their feet, and followed their master who was walking in front refused to look back at their savior.

Lixin said, "Do not look back or feel sorry, once you feel this way, you are dead."

Hajime finally stopped in front of the trapped white dragon. Hajime finally met a real dragon face to face, and his heartbeat wildly. The white dragon stretched out his head towards Hajime sobbing softly. Hajime carefully placed his hand on the dragon's nose.

Hajime gasped in fright, "You ask for help?" Hajime walked around and checked the dragon. "Let me see how I can free you." Then he stepped on something. He bent down and grabbed the sword from the ground. He looked carefully. "This is... this is...Yul's sword." Hajime quickly turned around and searched for Baishui in the darkness. "BAISHUI!" Hajime's scream echoed in the darkness.

Flying above, U-ri heard Hajime's screaming Baishui's name. He said, "Abrafo down there," he said, pointing to the ground in front of them.

Abrafo patted the eagle's body lightly and said, "Let's go down to find your master."

The eagle descends to the ground.

After Yul heard Hajime's scream, many thoughts rushed into Yul's mind at once. Worried about Hajime's safety, he charged the black panther forward, jump being over a bush and rushed past Lixin and his subordinates, heading straight to Hajime.

Lixin and the others quickly turned their heads to look at the black shadow, fearing that it was a shadow swordsman, but they saw a person's head riding on something, heading towards the white dragon.

"Who could that be?" one man asked.

"My lord, should we go back and have a look?" Another asked.

"What if that person knows lady Kexin's whereabouts?"

Lixin sighed, although he didn't want to go back to the dragon, but he had no other way, because since entering this land, apart from the dragon, the back of the person was by far the only two things that still make sense.

Lixin said, "Then let's go back." He began leading his men back.

Before the panther had come to a complete stop, Yul had already jumped off its back and quickly rushed to Hajime's side and quickly checked Hajime. "Are you hurt?" he asked.

Hajime shook his head and said, "No, I'm not hurt?"

Yul frantically asked, "Then why are you screaming?"

Hajime said, "I thought Baishui was nearby?"

Yul said angrily, "How are you sure?"

Hajime shoved Yul's sword to Yul's chest. "Because of this," he says, turning to look at the trapped dragon. "Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"

Yul looked at the sword in his hand. "This is my sword," he said in surprise. "Why is my sword here?"

Hajime said, "Although it is not certain that Baishui took your sword, but the scale on my neck dragged me to help this dragon, so I'm going to free him."

Abrafo jumped off the eagle and said, "And how exactly are you going to free this dragon? A dragon should be the most advanced creature. If he can't free himself, how are you going to free him?

Yul asked, "How did you get here?"

Abrafo said, "After you cruelly left us to fend for ourselves, our hero appeared and flew us here." Abrafo pointed to the eagle a few meters away from the opposite side of the dragon.

Yul draws his sword and cuts the thorn vine. As soon as the thorn vine slipped down, two other thorn vines shot out from the ground, wrapping tightly around the white dragon. The white dragon roared in pain.

Yul said, " Then we can't cut it down one by one. We need to destroy it all at once." He turned to look at Hajime and Abrafo.

Abrafo looked at Hajime and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Hajime looked at the white dragon and said, "I will find a way to free you, somehow."