When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 107 : An Outing on New Year's Night

107: An Outing on New Year's Night

"Yuyin, you don't mind if we stay here for a few days, do you?" Dai Jingni said in a charming voice. "Your place is quite large."

"Of course not. You're all welcome to stay as long as you like. I have so many rooms here," Yuyin said with a smile.

The girls sat on the sofa, drinking tea and chatting.

"Let's not worry about choosing rooms just yet. I heard it's popular for people in Lingdu to go out on New Year's night, and I'd love to experience it," Hua Qianyuan said. She had come from a cultivation family from out of town. She had mentioned before that this year, her grandfather and their clan were celebrating the New Year at their Lingdu residence.

A residence, in Lingdu, wasn't just a house; a residence meant they were definitely not an ordinary family.

"Sounds good. So, where should we go?" Yuyin, who didn't have much of a nightlife, asked.

"Yuyin, you have camping gear, right?" Dai Jingni asked.

"Yes, I do."

"I'm a bit tired of the usual spots in Lingdu. How about we go camping in the suburbs tonight?" Dai Jingni suggested.

"Great, great! That sounds exciting. Is it an adventure?" Hua Qianyuan's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"It sounds interesting, but... hasn't the news been warning people to be cautious about going to the suburbs recently? So many accidents have happened," Yingluo said, still a bit worried.

"That's a warning for ordinary people. Yuyin and I are Source Martial Practitioners, and Yuyin is a master. Besides, Sister Dai is from the underworld. What do we have to be afraid of?" Hua Qianyuan seemed to really want to go camping in the rain.

"Hehehe, Hua Qianyuan, you're so cute. I'm with the Underground Alliance, not the underworld," Sister Dai said with a helpless smile.

"Then, Yuyin, what do you think?" Yingluo looked at Yuyin.

There had indeed been some accidents outside, but overall, Lingdu was operating normally. Yuyin wasn't without concern, but this small bit of insecurity was nothing to her. So many other people in the Lingdu suburbs were still going about their business.

"It's fine. We'll just be a little careful," Yuyin nodded.

"Okay, then why don't we change clothes and set off? The time is just right," Dai Jingni said, getting up and looking at the cheongsam that wrapped her mature, alluring figure. It was fine for them to drive over in the middle of winter, but going camping in cheongsams would be too much.

The girls had all brought luggage, having come prepared. After changing, Yuyin also took out the tent she had used during her last breakthrough.

"Yuyin, aren't you cold in a short skirt?" Yingluo asked, her heart fluttering slightly.

"Of course not." In the Late-Stage of Spirit-Seeking Realm, she wouldn't be afraid of this bit of cold even in a swimsuit in winter.

The girls went down to the underground garage.

"Let's take my car," Sister Dai said. "There are a lot of us and a lot of stuff. The back seat of your sports car is really uncomfortable."

Sister Dai's car was a black Mercedes G550, a standard, rugged off-road vehicle.

"Sister Dai..." Yuyin thought about how a gentle, Lingdu married woman like Sister Dai could drive such a formidable vehicle.

"Hehe, Yuyin, you can drive," Sister Dai said instead.

"Me?" Although Yuyin had never driven an off-road vehicle, she was a bit curious. As for her driving skills, with Yuyin's reaction time, she could handle the Dakar Rally without any problem.

They all got in the car. Sister Dai sat in the passenger seat, and by lowering her gaze slightly, she could see Yuyin's long, beautiful legs beneath her short skirt.

The eight-cylinder engine rumbled to life. The big G drove onto the streets of Lingdu in the early morning hours. It was very quiet, with the occasional sound of firecrackers.

"Where are we going?" Yuyin asked as she drove.

"Dianshan Mountain would have been a good spot, but there was an accident there earlier. Let's avoid it," Sister Dai said, patting Yuyin's thigh.

"How about we go around Dianshan Mountain and see what's outside the Lingdu Special Zone?" Hua Qianyuan's eyes sparkled with excitement. The Lingdu Special Zone wasn't large. It would only take about an hour to drive to a neighboring province.

"Leave the Special Zone?" Yuyin had never driven outside the Lingdu Special Zone before.

"There are few mountains in Lingdu. Yuyin, aren't you always saying the Primordial Energy here isn't abundant enough? Once we leave the Special Zone, the neighboring provinces immediately have more mountains. Let's look for a place that's sparsely populated, rich in Primordial Energy, and suitable for camping. Wouldn't that be even better? We could cultivate there too," Hua Qianyuan said.

Yuyin liked the sound of that, so she decided to let Hua Qianyuan navigate with her phone and drive towards the border of two western provinces. After all, even for a G550 that cost nearly two million, the navigation system was not as convenient as a phone.

About an hour later.

The highway ahead was closed.

"What should we do?" Yuyin was a bit lost. They had come all this way, only to find the road suddenly closed without any prior notice.

"Why don't we take the road below? We have map navigation. If we get off here and turn right, there's a road that leads out of the province," Hua Qianyuan said, looking at her phone's map.

So Yuyin drove off the highway and onto a rainy, misty road in the middle of the night. It was New Year's, so there were very few trucks and hardly any other cars on the road. They would only see one every few minutes.

"Yuyin, pay attention to the road conditions," Sister Dai reminded her.

"Mmm." There was no need to worry about Yuyin's driving skills.

As they continued along this road, Yuyin cracked the window open slightly. "Hua Qianyuan, do you feel that the Primordial Energy ahead seems to be denser than in a normal place?"

Hua Qianyuan also rolled down her window, squinting slightly in the slanting rain. "Now that you mention it, Yuyin, it does seem so."

Ahead, they came to a T-junction with a road lined with towering trees.

Yuyin stopped the car and sensed that to the right of this road, the Primordial Energy was clearly deeper and more majestic.

"The source of this dense energy seems to be in that direction," Yuyin said. After a slight incline, she turned right onto this road and drove on. There wasn't a single other car on the road.

Gradually, they drove into a forest. The trees here were tall and dense, and they couldn't see to either side. The forest seemed immense.

"Where exactly are we now?" Yingluo asked, looking outside with some concern.

Hua Qianyuan opened her phone's navigation. "Strange, there's no signal here."

"No signal?" Yuyin and Sister Dai also opened their phones. Sure enough, none of them had any signal.

"What is this place? In the Lingdu Special Zone, even in the far suburbs, how could there possibly be no signal coverage?" Yingluo was puzzled.

"But the Primordial Energy here is getting more and more abundant," Yuyin said, one hand on the thick, black steering wheel, her chest rising and falling.

The Primordial Energy here had already surpassed the best spot on the peak of Yushan Mountain. And the further they drove, the more abundant the Primordial Energy became.

This strengthened Yuyin's resolve to press on. They might discover a place perfect for cultivation. Here, with no one around, she could absorb as much Primordial Energy as she wanted without anyone interfering, right?

The road was straight, with no forks or turns, and no streetlights. After driving for another twenty minutes or so, the headlights reflected off what seemed to be a roadblock and flashing red lights a hundred meters ahead.

Yuyin gradually slowed the car down. Sure enough, there were yellow and black reflective roadblocks ahead. In front of and behind the roadblocks, several soldiers in heavy camouflage gear were standing guard with rifles.

"Vehicle ahead, stop immediately!" a soldier shouted into a megaphone in a characteristically high-pitched, firm voice.