Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 177 - Back To Thousand Emo Valley

“The great sects are going to act soon and I want no part of it. The existences that are after him are beyond our imagination, so don’t worry about it and focus on the Shidashi Linghun and Savage Taitan. They are the hope of our Nether Immolation War Temple.”

The chief elder executed a sorry excuse for a bow before he responded. “As you wish, Temple Lord.”

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“It’s because of you that we took that wrong turn at the third battle temple!”

“Why are you so high-strung? We got out of there, didn’t we?”

Both Yaomu Shou and I were finally leaving Nether Immolation War Temple behind. Yaomu Shou was berating me for getting lost while we were there.

She acted like she never got us lost before.

Thankfully, Lord Whiskers remembered the way and brought us out of there safely, but not before we picked up Zi Yu, who was now curled up in the sleeping position behind Yaomu Shou.

Lord Whiskers was truly large and, as a result, there was a lot of space on his back for everyone. This is how MCs should travel by the way. Pebbles would like this if he was here.

“I never knew that one day I could ride on the back of a Shidashi Mao. It’s really comfortable up here!” Yaomu Shou let out a yell of excitement as she felt the wind rushing through her hair.

“I’m sorry. Am I not doing anything here?” I said to her with a raised brow.

“Fine, thank you, brother Long Di,” she smiled.

If you’re wondering why she is thanking me it’s because I constructed a crude qi shield of sorts to ensure we aren’t blown off into the distance by the wind.

“Hey Long Di, the cultivation technique you’re practising now, did you create it?” Yaomu Shou decided to ask.

I looked back at her. It dawned on me that I never revealed this to her. Not that I had a reason to.

“You figured that out, huh? Yeah, I did. What, do you want one?”

A look of shock appeared on her face. I guess she wasn’t as prepared for the answer as she thought.

“I-I… really, you’re just…”

“What?” I knew that creating a cultivation technique was something that wasn’t easy from the cultivation novels I read in my old world, but Yaomu Shou’s reaction was a bit… weird.

“Don’t tell anyone you can create cultivation techniques. Especially one on the level that you’re practising right now, okay?”

I stared at her for a while before responding. “I’ll listen to you, but can I ask why?”

“Yes.”

“That’s fair. Why?”

“Because the only ones able to do what you do so nonchalantly are the wise sages of time immemorial,” explained Yaomu Shou. “And even then, most cultivation techniques that are even remotely decent now were being constantly revised and altered to reach an acceptable level. The mere fact that you’re able to do it within one part of a very short lifetime is nothing short of freaky and a more than basic miracle.”

“You don’t sound like you’re experiencing a miracle,” I pointed out. She was taking it about as well as I did, which I was slowly beginning to understand wasn’t normal.

“Meh, to be honest, I’m getting used to being surprised around you. I may be shocked in the beginning, but that’ll be just about it. If I don’t adapt, I don’t think my heart could take it. In any case, don’t go around declaring it, please. You’ll draw attention to yourself and you’re already being—”

Yaomu Shou suddenly shut her mouth and went silent. I didn’t turn around upon hearing the abrupt silence and Yaomu Shou let out a sigh of relief, probably thinking I didn’t notice.

“So, are we heading back to Emo Valley?” she finally asked after a while.

“Yep. After we finish up there, we’re heading for that Earth Flame. It’ll be easier since he knows where it is,” I answered.

“W-Wait, who knows where what is?” Yaomu Shou asked with a bit of surprise.

“Lord Whiskers, he told me where it is,” I said matter-of-factly.

“What!? When!? How!? Why!?” Yaomu Shou began firing off questions one after the other as this was news to her.

“He told me earlier when I agitated Feng Yu. He said he wishes I would suffer a burning hell like the one he suffered at the hands of that asshole-ish Earth Flame. It was the reason he was rocketing through the sky like a missile back then.”

“What!? Why didn’t you tell me!?” Yaomu Shou was over the moon about being able to find an actual Earth Flame!

“You didn’t ask me and that was like, I dunno, thirty minutes ago or something. So I forgot.”

“You forgot!? How could you forget!?” Yaomu Shou felt like her head was gonna explode. “How could you forget to mention something as important as the Earth Flame!? How does your brain work!?”

“Why is it bothering you so much? You’re not the one who’s going to be taking it, right?” I asked with a raised brow.

“I know you want it and all, but do you know how hard it is for someone to take in an Earth Flame?” Yaomu Shou questioned.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.” I already have an idea of how to make this work.

“Sighs…”

“I hope you know what you’re doing, Long Di,” Yaomu Shou relented and decided to go along with the ride and see where this goes.

Before long, the outline of Thousand Emo Valley came into view. The twin towering peaks of the mountains pierced the sky, partly contributing to the darkness that perennially enveloped the valley.

“We got here fast!” Yaomu Shou was still surprised at the speed of Lord Whiskers. He was leagues above the Super Donkeys that we left back at Nether Immolation War Temple.

Shing!

A gentle light enveloped Yaomu Shou the minute we stepped foot in the valley.

I saw this and had an idea of what she was doing. “Protecting yourself from the aura?”

She blushed in embarrassment as soon as I said this and rushed to explain herself. “I-I travel a lot and sometimes the peculiar properties of some places escape me.”

“Can you do the same for Zi Yu, who’s sleeping back there? I don’t wanna deal with an edgy cranky teen who just woke up. The only thing that’s worse is an edgy teen who found their spirit animal.”

Yaomu Shou didn’t refuse and touched the sleeping Zi Yu’s forehead and it didn’t take long until the same gentle lightly encased her as well.

“It seems Commander Da Jun isn’t back yet, it seems,” Yaomu Shou made a passing remark upon seeing the unsettled men the minute we made our way into the Valley.

“I think he’s already back, but he’s just in his barracks doing something barracksy,” I said to her.

“I-I don’t think that’s a word,” Yaomu Shou replied.

“Weird… I wonder how I said it then.”*

“You jus—”

“Hold that thought forever. We’re here,” I stopped Lord Whiskers outside the entrance of the shop we came to before.

“Everyone’s here?” Yaomu Shou asked in a puzzled tone.

“Apparently.”

Honestly, I was a bit confused myself since I thought I’d need to go to Emo cave to help Shen Ling and the others get the Shadow Silk.

“Amazing! To think you could get so much!”

Before I even went inside, Yaomu Shou and I heard the excited voice of the shopkeeper.

Opening the door to the shop, we were greeted by the entirety of everyone else, an over-excited and trembling shopkeeper, and a mountain of smoking darkness.

Useless my ass, they took care of an entire arc by themselves.