Heaven Official's Blessing Chapter 121-130
Ch.121: Combined Spirit; Coffin Boat Enters the Demon Sea 2
Just as the words left his lips, the two suddenly felt weightless once more and their
positions changed from lying to upright – that coffin boat abruptly rose up and swiftly
plunged, forcefully flipping upside down!
Hua Cheng had his arms tight around Xie Lian’s waist, his other hand shielding his
head, and he exclaimed, “Hold on tight to me!”
If this was the outside, all the spinning can be three times more violent and Xie Lian
would be able to deal with it, yet the problem was they were trapped inside a narrow,
tight space, their limbs unable to stretch out, and they were left ignorant of what was
happening outside. Tense and anxious. Xie Lian wondered, “What if the coffin boat
breaks?”
“Don’t worry. Even if it breaks, I’m here, you won’t sink.” Hua Cheng said.
At this moment, they were both pressed against each other firmly, and Hua Cheng’s
words were uttered through the brush of his lips over Xie Lian’s hair, and Xie Lian could
almost feel the slight trembling of his adam’s apple, his mind going astray. Then, his
attention was stolen away by another wave of violent rolling. It was like this boat had
become a toy being jostled about by a toddler, shaking and swinging it unceasingly.
Without any other choice, Xie Lian embraced Hua Cheng tightly with one hand, and the
other held on to the edge of the coffin.
Amidst that chaos, the two dipped and dropped, flipped and flopped into who knows
how many different positions, banging heavily into all sorts of different parts of each
other, thoroughly rubbing against one another. Even though Hua Cheng had the
appearance of a young man, it was only having been tumbled about like this did Xie
Lian realize that Hua Cheng was solid and hard from top to bottom. Xie Lian was going
starry-eyed from this torment and when the feeling finally faded for a moment, he found
that Hua Cheng was now on top of him, pressing down heavily, suffocating him.
With great difficulties, Xie Lian raised a hand and grabbed onto the arm Hua Cheng had
supporting himself up next to his body and softly groaned, his head spinning, “Is it over
yet...”
For some reason, Hua Cheng didn’t respond. Yet before Xie Lian finished his sentence,
his breathing suddenly hitched. Because, he suddenly noticed that a certain body part
of his was experiencing an unthinkable shift.
“...................”
In an instant, Xie Lian was feeling more incredulous than if he was to see a steel tree
blossom. At least, if he saw a steel tree blossom, his mind wouldn’t be as blank.
A horrifying embarrassment and awkwardness battered him more violently than the
tempest was battering the coffin outside. Xie Lian hastily closed his knees. However,
closing his knees didn’t seem to be the right move and he seemed to have touched
something he shouldn’t have because Hua Cheng grunted brusquely, “Don’t move!”
That grunt was deep and sharp, and Xie Lian quickly flattened his legs again. But if he
didn’t close his knees, he was scared Hua Cheng might notice his body’s reaction, in
which case he might as well just smash his own head against the coffin and die. This
could’ve been explained away by ‘unavoidable natural reaction’, but the awkward thing
was, there was already that incident on that island. Once or twice he could say it was
unintentional, but after third or fourth times, how could he possibly explain himself?
Under such a dire situation, Xie Lian blurted, “No! San Lang... don’t, don’t touch me!”
After a brief moment of silence, Hua Cheng said with a dark voice, “Very well. Let’s
break out of here.”
It was like he was absolved and he cried, “GO!”
Suddenly, another vicious weightlessness attacked, and the the coffin that contained the
two was thrusted into the air!
At the same time, Hua Cheng and Xie Lian both smacked their palm on either side of
the coffin and instantly it cracked into pieces. The two broke out of the boat and the pair
leapt out under the moonlight. Xie Lian looked back and saw a giant water dragon
dangle broken pieces of that coffin in its mouth, roaring in the pouring rain, baring its
sharp teeth, as if raging at the empty casket it thought was full of food. It must’ve been
that water dragon just then that was throwing the coffin boat about in its mouth,
snapping here and twisting there.
That coffin boat had gone to sea at first and drifted for a while, but it was dragged back
by that water dragon. The two landed and returned to the Black Water Island once
more. Back at the beach, there were two more figures and it was the Water Master Wu
Du and General Pei. Shi Wudu still had his spiritual seal out, beckoning the rain and
winds as if he was going to summon that water dragon. Pei Ming patted his shoulder,
“Water Master-xiong! Just take it easy, will you? This round is over but who knows when
the next round will come, so just save your energy for now.”
Turns out, that sudden pouring rain just now was the accompaniment to Shi Wudu’s
Heavenly Calamity. The storm was calming down and Shi Wudu threw his hand, turning
to Hua Cheng and Xie Lian, questioning, “What’s with you two?”
“...”
Pei Ming piped up too, “Yea, Your Highness. Why don’t you two explain yourselves?
What’s going on? What are you two doing in there?”
When that coffin boat exploded, the disposition of their tight embrace was open for all to
see. Xie Lian blinked and was about to speak when he suddenly realized that both he
and Hua Cheng, after having tumbled around inside that narrow coffin boat, both have
their hair mussed and their clothes disheveled, appearing as inappropriate as one could
imagine. And after having wiped away the rain off his face, his cheeks were still burning.
Hua Cheng took a step forward, shielding him. A moment later Xie Lian softly cleared
his throat, “...Nothing’s going on. Just... the coffin’s too small.”
Shi Wudu was puzzled, “I wasn’t asking about that.”
Pei Ming pointed at all the leftover wood pieces they left behind on the beach and
asked, “The coffin was made on the spot, right? Why didn’t you build a bigger one?”
“...”
The design of the coffin boat was decided by both Hua Cheng and Xie Lian, and at the
time it seemed neither of them thought of building it bigger, so Xie Lian could only laugh
awkwardly, “You’re right. Haha, haha. Did My Lords only just drift close to this island?”
“That’s right.” Pei Ming replied, “Water Master-xiong battled against the currents of this
Black Water Demon Lair and we only just made it to this island. Didn’t expect to see a
coffin drift about on the surface of the Black Water Demon Lair seas, what a curious
sight.”
Xie Lian could feel his heart dropping, and he smiled, “Really curious indeed.”
“You.” Shi Wudu said.
He turned to Hua Cheng and squinted, “On the ship, didn’t you say that only coffin wood
that has carried the deceased won’t sink in the Black Water Demon Lair?”
Pei Ming pulled out his sword and said leisurely, “Yea. There’s the coffin wood, but
where’s the deceased?”
Hua Cheng smiled too, “If you’re so concerned with who’s dead, I suggest you go kill
yourself.”
Pei Ming pointed the sword at him, “Such arrogance. As expected of Crimson Rain
Sought Flower!”
As suspected, he had already guessed. Hua Cheng burst out laughing, and seeing that
a fight was about to start, Xie Lian blocked in front of Hua Cheng, “My Lords, please
calm yourselves. There’s no need to worry, San Lang is on this journey out of
generosity.”
“San Lang?” Pei Ming wondered, “I’ve never heard of how Crimson Rain Sought Flower
ranked from whatever house. Generous? Your Highness, are you sure that’s the word to
describe him?”
Shi Wudu had to stand in the spotlight so he pushed Pei Ming aside and said sharply,
“Are you the one messing things up on this trip? What’s your intention in luring us here
to the Black Water Demon Lair? Where’s Qingxuan?”
“This is someone else’s territory, did you think I want to be here?” Hua Cheng
answered.
Xie Lian was already used to these kinds of situations and changed the subject with
practised ease, “Has the Lord Wind Master not been found yet? Didn’t General Pei go
looking for them?”
Pei Ming flipped open his arms, “They were fished up at first, but a giant wave from
Water Master-xiong came and flushed them away.”
“Don’t mislead, Pei-xiong.” Shi Wudu said, “I can’t raise waves. Those creatures in the
sea kept coming one after the other, you couldn’t find them in the first place!”
Xie Lian quickly said, “Calm down, calm down. Um... Lord Wind Master is together with
Lord Earth Master so there shouldn’t be any big troubles.”
Shi Wudu humphed, “Earth Master? What good is the Earth Master! Mediocre and
average, he’s not a martial god either, his spiritual powers aren’t even as strong as
Qingxuan’s.” Then, he