The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 421-422: Heartbeat; Holy Envoy: Fall

421: Heartbeat

The sea god sat on his throne expressionlessly as his palace became splattered with blood. His eyes remained closed but as the smell of blood built up, his heart appeared. No one noticed the beating sound it made because they were all too preoccupied with fighting.

Only the few staying out of the melee noticed. Their expressions immediately changed and they moved even farther back as those who fought kept fighting.

“Mine! This one is mine!”

“No way! I saw it first!”

“Don’t try to snatch it from me! It’s mine!”

“Hand it over or I’ll kill you!”

Badump, badump, badump. The beats soon came faster and even those blinded by treasure noticed.

“What is that sound?” Someone timidly asked.

“It sounds like a heartbeat.”

“Yes, it is a heartbeat, and it’s coming from the sea god. . . ”

“Could the sea god still be alive?!”

The guess successfully frightened a bunch of people.

“Stop guessing crazy. The sea god died thousands of years ago. If he was still alive, why would he build this kind of tomb in the human world instead of going to the heavenly realm?”

It was a reasonable argument. At least now they knew for sure the sea god wasn’t buried alive.

“But then how does a dead person have a heartbeat?!”

The beats were getting louder and stronger and perhaps it was just in their minds, but their own heartbeats felt like it was speeding up as well.

In any case, why would a dead person have a heartbeat? Only the living had heartbeats. Once dead, the heart stopped beating and became silent.

“Yeah, that’s weird. Why is that?”

They didn’t understand and because they were frightened by the heartbeats, they didn’t dare move to grab any more items off the sea god’s body. Their eyes were uneasy as they took another step back away from the throne.

“Ah! How is this happening?”

“My heart!”

“Make it stop! The throbbing hurts!”

People held their hands protectively to their chests as the heartbeats got louder. Quickly afterwards they collapsed to the ground in a cold sweat from the pain. The pain was so strong it felt like their hearts were exploding! It was like they could see death approaching.

Ming Xi and Feng Wu weren’t much better but they did manage to stay upright. All their hearts were beating abnormally fast. They would die if this kept up!

Ming Xi had the blood of gods, so although he wasn’t a god himself, it did shield him from the full impact of the sea god’s power. His face and lips were pale, but the pain was bearable.

Feng Wu was worse off. She had Xiao Chun, but Xiao Chun’s ability was purification, so he couldn’t do anything about the current situation. The sea god wasn’t using any kind of evil power so there was nothing Xiao Chun could attack and purify. All he could do, though it didn’t lessen her pain, was send out a pure white light to protect Feng Wu’s heart.

Unlike Ming Xi, Feng Wu didn’t have the protection of divine blood, so she experienced a lot more damage than he did. Too much longer and her heart would give out.

Ming Xi looked at Feng Wu with a pained expression. He knew if he didn’t do something, she and the others would all die inside the tomb.

He used his long sword for support and pulled himself up. Just as he was about to do something, two unexpected voices sounded beside him.

“Seal release!”

The familiar voices were the two siblings: Margaret and Matheson!

Ming Xi turned to look and saw both of them had markings between their brows. Margaret had a peach while Matheson had a camelia. Their appearance was completely different as well.

The corner of Margaret’s lips was curved in a charming smile. She was now wearing a white cheongsam and her hair had turned pink. A green staff engraved with exotic flowers and plants fell from above and into her hand. It was the Green Flowering staff, the physical representation of the God of Spring.

Matheson’s appearance also got an upgrade. He changed from a good-looking young man to a handsome looking young man with brown hair. He had on a long magic robe and the sword he previously carried was gone. In its place was an entirely gold staff completely engraved with gold vines. Each leaf had power representative of the God of Fall.

“Spring flowers and autumn moon!” A slight breeze blew into the hall and carried a peach blossom to the sea god as Margaret recited her chant.

The sea god opened his vacant eyes. It didn’t matter how awesomely he behaved just a moment ago, he was still dead. A dead person. . . how could there be emotions behind their eyes?

“Fall! Take these guys and get them out of here first!” Margaret frowned slightly as she spoke to Matheson without looking over her shoulder.

“Alright Scarlet. You be careful!” Matheson responded. Then with a wave of his staff everyone else in the hall disappeared.

Matheson took a small jump and was about to leave the tomb when he sensed something and changed course. He landed by a lotus pond in the garden.

Zo held the heart of water excitedly in his hands. He’d done it! He succeeded in getting the heart of water before Zi Cheng.

This time, he would make sure she would never get her hands on it. Not just the heart of water, but any of the other hearts as well. He would not let her people get them either.

422: Holy Envoy: Fall

The success gave Zo the confidence he could change the future. He was afraid he wouldn’t be able to and that his journey back would be futile, but now he knew it was possible to make a change.

The butler and his maid, Plum, were also excited for him. They knew the heart could improve a person’s constitution. In their minds, as long as he got the heart, he would be able to improve his aptitude and he wouldn’t have to see the supercilious eye rolls of the so-called geniuses of the family.

“Huh. So the heart of water was actually in a place like this.” A soft voice came from behind the group.

Someone was here?! The three turned their heads sharply and saw a handsome man holding a staff as he stared at the heart of water in Zo’s hands. His eyes were full of surprise but were devoid of greed.

“Who are you and what do you want?!”

The butler and Plum stared at the intruder as if facing an enemy. They didn’t dare underestimate him. He had somehow appeared behind them without either of them sensing a thing.

It was strange though. Someone that strong should have been conspicuous, so why hadn’t they noticed him earlier? They couldn’t figure it out and they didn’t dare relax their guards.

“Holy Envoy of Fall!” Zo breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of the newcomer.

Zo certainly didn’t know the man in front of him now, but he would know him a hundred years in the future. The man was one of four season successors and a holy envoy of Star Marshall hall: Fall.

He controlled Falling Scepter, a divine item from the upper realm. Legend had it that the Holy Envoy of Fall was an orphan who came from an ancient country in the east. He was twelve and living in a temple when the Divine Seal of Fall resonated with him. It descended to the lower realm and came to him.

Just like that, a regular orphan boy became a successor of the divine seal and one of the four holy envoys of Star Marshall hall.

At twenty-three, Fall was the oldest of the four seasons and was already operating in full capacity as an envoy.

In the previous life, he had died after turning himself into energy to mend the cracks, effectively buying humanity more time to figure out what to do about the world ending.

Had Fall not made the sacrifice, it was probably the world would have been destroyed before Zo would have had the chance to go the past.

Naturally, Zo admired Fall greatly.

“You know me?” Fall had only taken over the position two years ago, so he didn’t expect anyone to recognize him. Plus he was the only seal holder of his generation on active duty.

He’d been on several missions and resolved a few issues, but there shouldn’t have been that many people who could recognize him on sight. So, how did this young man know him?

Of course, Zo couldn’t answer the question truthfully. It was impossible for him to say he was from the future; the less people who knew, the better.

Luckily for him, the situation was urgent, and Fall didn’t have time for minor details.

“Forget it. Just leave the place with me first.” With a wave of his staff, all three instantly found themselves in a peculiar dimensional space. There were several villages and lots of camellia flowers.

Many people were under a big tree, rubbing their chests, as though their hearts were really hurt. Zo’s own heart restricted for a moment and he rushed to find Caesar, Eliza and the others in the crowd.

Outside, Jier felt two pure and holy auras pierce the sky before plunging into the sea to the sea god’s tomb. His eyes widened in surprise. “This aura. . .  could this be. . . ?”

Soon after a beautiful man with brown hair broke through the surface of the water. He flew out and easily landed on Jier’s boat.

“Who are you?!”

“Who gave you permission to land here?!”

Leo and Ink were wide eyed as they looked at the newcomer nervously. This guy looked really strong. Please, please, don’t let him be here to make trouble! They cried in their hearts.

As soon as the other boats saw someone come out of the water, they all turned to stare at the water, hoping the people they were waiting for would also come out. But wait as they might, no one else came up.

“How did you get here?” Jier had been speculating if the two guys would show up, but he didn’t actually expect them to really do so.

“Wait a moment.” Fall smiled and waved his staff and suddenly a large group of people appeared on Jier’s boat like a stack of falling dominos.

Jier’s boat wasn’t that big, and now there were more than two hundred extra people, so it was no wonder they were all tumbled on top of each other. Feng Wu and Ming Xi were lucky to not be on the bottom.

“Senior Ming Xi!” Leo cried out excitedly. He’d been exhausted recently because of the love triangle between Oleen, Yanran and Milty. He was so happy to see the guy in charge back!

If the occasion hadn’t been so inappropriate, the normally serious and earnest Leo would have done a lap dance. He was so happy! He was finally out of the abyss of suffering the three jerks were putting everyone in.

“Oh my god! Whoever is on top of me better, just get off already!”

“Argh! Whose butt is in my face?!”

“Stop pushing!”

“Get up already!” josei

A bunch of yells sounded out at the same time. The guys on deck had pulled Feng Wu and Ming Xi of the pile of people as soon as they appeared, so they weren’t stuck in the jumble with everyone else.

The one boat next to them immediate reached out to take their people.

Gradually, everyone was picked up by their respective parties and taken off the boat. They all thanked Fall for saving them. If he and another girl hadn’t saved them, they would have been out of luck and dead at the bottom of the ocean.

It wasn’t likely anyone would return to the tomb a second time.

Jier finally had a chance to talk to Fall after everyone returned to their ships.

“Come on. Why are you here?” Jier rudely poked Fall on the chest as he spoke. As one of the future envoys himself, of course Jier would know who Fall was.

Fall smiled helplessly. Jier was still as impatient as ever.

Leo and the others had a lot of questions they wanted to ask, but it was obvious Jier and the mysterious person had a lot to talk about, so they left to give the two some privacy.

Yanran really wanted to stay and listen to their conversation but since everyone else left, she couldn’t be the only person to stay. She reluctantly left as well.