"Young Master Han, after all that, what are your plans?"
Han San suddenly took Han Shiyi's hand in his: "I want to protect my mother and sister."
Stone's face instantly darkened, and he was also completely speechless. "Hey, don't talk about such innocent things in such a gentle, ambiguous tone, okay?!"
"I want to leave here." Huo Xiaoxiao nodded, she already understood Han San's thoughts: "I want to go and find the legendary Eastern Residence."
Han San was taken aback, clearly not expecting Huo Xiaoxiao to say that: "The former residence of the East? But even Princess Irene from back then couldn't find it!"
"Just because Princess Irene hasn't been found doesn't mean we can't find her either," Huo Xiaoxiao said confidently. "One month."
Han San lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up at Huo Xiaoxiao with great certainty: "Okay, then see you in a month!"
After seeing Han San and Han Shiyi off in a daze, Shi Tou said her mind was starting to go blank again: "Xiao Xiao, what does he mean?"
Huo Xiaoxiao felt too lazy to even roll her eyes at Shi Tou: "What he means is that he'll come and elope with you in a month!"
Elopement?! Stone burst into tears instantly!!!
A month passed quickly. During this month, Huo Xiaoxiao prepared a lot of things, most of which were spatial equipment.
"Are you ready?" Huo Xiaoxiao looked Shi Tou up and down. "You really don't want the spatial equipment?"
Stone subconsciously touched the ring on his hand: "I have one. By the way, which way do we get there?"
Huo Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at her: "Just follow me, no need to ask, anyway you wouldn't know."
Was I being looked down upon again?
Everything Shi Tou brought was in her ring's spatial storage, but she didn't tell Huo Xiaoxiao that besides supplies, her ring's spatial storage also contained... people!
Um, is human trafficking illegal here?
After leaving Ironforge with Huo Xiaoxiao, Ironforge appeared perfectly normal at first glance. In fact, apart from Steward Hua and his adopted son, everyone else in Ironforge remained the same.
"Teleportation array!" Shi Tou had considered what means of transportation to use to leave the capital. Like a carriage, riding a horse, or even a ferocious summoned beast. But she never imagined that teleportation arrays actually existed in this world.
"Hold on tight, we're about to activate the teleportation array."
"Wait! What about Shiyi and the others? Didn't you tell them..."
Huo Xiaoxiao grabbed Shi Tou's hand and activated the teleportation array: "First, Han San is a mage. Second, Han San is smarter than you!"
Does this mean she doesn't need to worry about it?
The feeling of riding the teleportation array was a bit like being squeezed flat, and her head was buzzing. Fortunately, the speed was fast, and before Stone could even feel nauseous, she had already arrived at her destination.
It was a small island.
Staring at the azure sea all around, Shi Tou was momentarily stunned. Since transmigrating to this world, she had only ever seen wide, narrow rivers, but she had never seen such a vast ocean where the sea and sky met at the same distance: "Where am I?"
The seawater was incredibly clear, and Stone's intuition told him that this place was far from the Fallen Empire.
"In the sea," Huo Xiaoxiao replied insincerely, pulling the stone out of the teleportation array as she spoke. "Wait. We'll be staying here for a whole day."
"Hua Wushuang didn't come!" Shi Tou looked around and, after confirming that it was only her and Huo Xiaoxiao, immediately exclaimed in surprise.
Huo Xiaoxiao sighed deeply: "Please, just stay here quietly!"
“But Wushuang isn’t a magician.” Stone looked at the teleportation array with a worried expression.
"His son is a space magician!!!" Huo Xiaoxiao finally exploded: "Do you think you're smarter than Steward Hua?!"
Silently bowing her head in repentance, Stone felt deeply hurt, but perhaps it was for the best. She began to wander freely on the small island.
This was clearly an isolated island, and strangely, there was no movement on it at all. There were plants, but no tall trees; instead, the ground was covered with something resembling seaweed. After squatting on the ground studying it for a long time, Stone suddenly jumped up: "Xiaoxiao!"
Just then, a bright light appeared on the teleportation array, but before the person could even stand still, they heard Stone's scream. Instantly, the person rolled out of the teleportation array like a tumbleweed.
Huo Xiaoxiao stared speechlessly at Han San, who was lying prostrate on the ground, then at Han Shiyi and another middle-aged woman on top of him, and silently wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Actually, you could scream even more pitifully."
Shi Tou bowed her head in repentance again, but she quickly became anxious again: "Xiao Xiao, I just discovered that this island is very strange! The fallen vegetation clearly shouldn't be here!"
Huo Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow.
"To put it simply, I suspect this island used to be underwater! Otherwise, there wouldn't be any seaweed or any animals on it!"
Huo Xiaoxiao didn't speak, only watching Han San slowly get up. Han San steadied himself and gave Shi Tou a huge eye roll: "You don't need to tell me, everyone knows!"
What?!
“That’s why I said we’d come a month from now. And as I just said, we’ll only be here for one day. I’ve notified everyone I needed to; whether they come or not is their business.” Huo Xiaoxiao clapped her hands leisurely. “This island was the first place our ancestors settled when they came to the Fallen Nether Empire. Every ten years, this island rises from the seabed to the surface, and each time it only lasts for one day. Of course, don’t worry, I’ve prepared a ship.”
"Don't think that just because you're stupid, you can force others to be stupid with you!" Han San was no longer polite this time, directly confronting Shi Tou: "We don't have that kind of sympathy!"
Stone turned away angrily. What kind of people are these?!
Although it was said to be a full day, Huo Xiaoxiao actually took out the boat as the sun was setting. In her words, even though she knew the island would fall silent the next morning, she didn't have the mental fortitude to wait for it to slowly fall silent. What if she overslept tomorrow?
Startled by Huo Xiaoxiao's terrifying statement, Shi Tou jumped onto the boat without saying a word, and also released everyone from her ring space.
Linda was willing to go with her. She still maintained that as long as she followed Stone, she would definitely find her brother and father. Stone expressed her helplessness regarding this.
After asking her father, Luo Pipi decided to take Liu Liu with her. The Luo Ming Empire no longer had any Light Priests; perhaps there were some overseas!
And those enslaved children bought in Kodak, they were also willing to come along. The mark of slavery would stay with them for life. But who knows, maybe the concept of slavery doesn't even exist overseas!
Staring at the huge mass of people that had suddenly appeared out of thin air from the stone, Huo Xiaoxiao was stunned for a long time. Fortunately, she still had a conscience and arranged rooms for them.
The agreement was to wait a day, so Huo Xiaoxiao didn't order the boat to set sail but patiently waited until dawn the next day. Actually, everyone who was supposed to come had arrived: Hua Wushuang with his adopted son, the Han family of three, Huo Xiaoxiao with her trusted subordinates, and a little girl from the Shui family.
That was the child of Huo Xiaoxiao's biological mother's close cousin. The little girl was named Shuiling, and she was very cute, only three or four years old. Sadly, both her parents had passed away. Given her status, staying in the Shui family would only be a tool for future marriage alliances. After asking for her opinion, Shuiling firmly remembered her mother's dying words, which told her to stay with her older sister Xiaoxiao. So, she came along too.
The next morning, Stone was awakened by a series of screams. She rolled onto the deck like a gourd, only to find that the deck was full of people. It turned out she wasn't the only one who heard the screams; everyone else had come out.
But if that's the case, then who made the screams?
Following everyone's gaze towards the sea, Stone was shocked to discover two people floating on the surface... and a package.
"What's going on?" Stone rushed to the ship's railing: "Help!"
The island from yesterday has disappeared; the two floating on the surface are clearly new arrivals from today. It's estimated the island sank recently, which is why the two weren't directly transported to the seabed.
"Tsk tsk, you call Yi Siyue a big idiot? I'll drag you up here!" Huo Xiaoxiao is a fire mage, but Han San is a wind mage. Han San floated onto the sea and teased the two of them.
“Yi Siyue is a big idiot! He’s a bastard, he’s stupid in every way, and he’s heartless in every way!” One of the people who fell into the water spoke without hesitation. Because they were a bit far away, Shi Tou couldn’t see clearly, but the voice sounded like that of a young girl.
"Ishiyu!!!" another person shouted angrily.
Han San kept his promise and rolled up the girl who had spoken, but the girl suddenly shouted, "Don't sink that! It's a person!"
In an instant, Han San was stunned. His magic wasn't very sophisticated, and in his moment of hesitation, he actually dropped the girl and instead picked up another object floating on the sea. Gently cradling it in his arms, Han San returned to the ship: "It's a baby."
Indeed, it was a well-wrapped baby, perhaps because it had been held by Isamu the whole time and had not been frightened.
"You bunch of bastards!"
Hearing the sound, Han San finally came to his senses and swept both of them onto the deck, but it was definitely a throw: "Who is this?"
"The only legitimate heir left in the Chu family." The two drenched chickens shook themselves violently. These two were none other than Yi Siyue and Yi Siyu: "It's a boy, just a month old."
Shi Tou silently wiped his sweat: "You'll breastfeed?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Shiyue nearly fell into the sea again. However, putting aside the breastfeeding incident, the escape plan went smoothly this time, although the two lumps from the Yi family were not well received.
"I didn't want to seize the throne, I just wanted to break through to the ninth-star Dou Qi Master level." Yi Siyue told everyone sincerely, but all she got in return were eye rolls.
“That idiot means that maybe once we find the Eastern Former Residence, someone will be able to fight him!” Yi Siyu said bluntly, “He’s just a fool, you don’t need to pay any attention to him.”
If even her own sister has said so, what other people could possibly have objections?
The ship, carrying a full load of people and a fool, has finally set sail in search of the Eastern homeland. Although we don't know what tomorrow will bring, at least for now, everything is wonderful.
Apart from……
"Yi Siyue, you idiot! Don't bother me again!"
Stone rested his chin on his hand, indicating that Huo Xiaoxiao looked so adorable!
"Stone Sister!" Han San skipped over to Stone: "Long time no see!"
Damn it! You've been on this ship all day, why don't you try not seeing me for a while and see what happens?!
Turning to leave, Stone decided to find Luo Pipi and have a good chat. Ahem, she introduced everyone to the people she brought, but forgot to mention Luo Pipi's gender. Well, he's a real man!
"Pipi~! Darling~!" Shi Tou threw herself into Pipi's arms, and seeing Han San's dark face, she felt completely relieved.
After a year of this hustle and bustle, and after everyone had gotten used to the same scenery every day, they actually saw the coastline.
Wow! Look what that is?!
The stone rushed out quickly; something that could make Huo Xiaoxiao scream in surprise must be very interesting...
"Whoa! What is this?! Control, control, control sword technique?! ...
"Gaga! Congratulations, Master, on finally finding your homeland! Wahahahaha~~! Show-off Master, Little Bun is here! Can you turn me back to normal now?!"