"We are about to enter the first Illusion Array set by the Array Sect. Remember that it's an illusion. All you need to do is to keep that in mind!"

Li Ming could hear people shouting and giving suggestions as well as orders as she sat inside one of the cabins of the ship.

There were a total of seven cabins on the ship, but they could barely occupy a single king-size bed in them.

One hour had already passed since they set off and they were finally about to enter the traps that were set by the Academy to hinder their mission of reaching the Guixian Island.

Out of twenty-four hours, only twenty hours and seventeen minutes were left.

"Maybe you should go out and take a look at the array. It will give you some idea about how the arrays of the array sect work." Snowy said as he appeared on her lap.

"I'm already planning to do that. But what about you? Are you skipping your training again?" Li Ming asked as she looked at her familiar with raised eyebrows.

"Of course, not! We just received a little break and I decided to take a look around. Even though you have still to officially declare me as the Supervisor of all your businesses, that does not mean that I will lack in my job. Nope! I will still do my best even though you never praise me." Snowy replied with a scoff.

"That's good. This gives me a reason to tolerate you for a few more years. Now scram!" Li Ming replied sarcastically as she pushed the little furball off her lap.

"Devil!" Snowy murmured as he gave a glare to his master before once again disappearing into the magical mansion.

Li Ming let out a deep sigh as she walked out of the cabin. As her eyes landed on the scene in front of her eyes, she could barely see anything.

A dense fog had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and currently their ship was surrounded by that fog.

Just as Li Ming was about to cast a spell to form a bubble around her, a loud sound of the splash was heard, and then started the screamings.

"Help! Help!"

"Somebody fell into the water!"

"It's the Fifth Young Miss from Prime Minister Feng's Manor!"

Li Ming found her way towards the area where the shouts were coming from.

But it was completely impossible to see anything. It did not take her much time in casting one of her spells.

However, this ne was to make it possible for her eyes to see through the dense fog that was present around her.

Just as her vision became sharp and pierced through the fog, her eyes landed on the small crowd that was looking down at something...more like someone, as they all stood against the railing.

"Give me that rope!"

She heard someone shouting and watched as a boy hurriedly picked up a rope and handed it to the Young Master Chong.

It barely took them five minutes to pull the Fifth Young Miss of the Prime Minister Feng's Manor, out of the chilled water of the deep sea.

"Take her inside." Young Master Chong ordered the two girls who had been following the Fifth Young Miss from the very starting.

The two girls immediately nodded their heads as they disappeared downstairs in one of the cabins along with the Fifth Young Miss who was about to faint at any moment.

Li Ming's gaze once again returned to look at the crowd of the teenagers who were standing in a closed-form group when her eyes once again met with the black orbs of the Young Master Chong.

He too was looking straight at her and it took her a few moments to realize that had had also used some kind of spell to sharpen his vision.

And if she realized this then it was perfectly normal that he also realized the same fact about her too.

She was expecting him to once again ignore her. However, the next second she found him walking straight towards her.

To say that she was not left baffled for even a few seconds, would be a lie.

However, Li Ming was totally outstanding when it comes to look indifferent no matter what she really was feeling inside.

Young Master Chong stopped right in front of her and after a second of silence, he asked, "What's your opinion about this fog?"

She kept looking at the Young Master Chong for a few seconds, trying to see if she could find something, anything through his eyes or expressions.

However, the Young Master of the Chong Ming Clan was just as good at keeping his true emotions in check as she was.

His black eyes were just as expressionless as one could be and since he was almost about to break through into the Great Master Cultivator level, it was not easy for her to read his mind.

Moreover, she had never used her mind-reading power too much. For some reason, she did not like to invade the privacy of others, except when the situations were dire or if that person held vicious intentions.

She sighed as she looked around the ship for a second and then once again returned her gaze towards the Young Master as she replied.

"The fog is trying to harm the ship."

It was clear by the shocked expression of the Young Master that he was not expecting her to say that.

"What?" The Young Master Chong asked out loud as he looked at her with puzzled eyes.

Li Ming pointed at the mast with her eyes. If one could focus there then they would find that the rope which was binding the mast with the sail, was slowly coming undone.

"That's not the only one. If you will pay attention to different parts of the ship you will find that the fog is trying to destroy other things too." She said while pointing at the wooden planks on the floor of the deck and the barrels that were standing in one of the corners of the deck.

Before she could even finish pointing out all those things, she found a bunch of spiritual rays coming out of his hand and fighting off the fog that was trying to destroy the ship.

She watched as the rope which was about to come undone, once again looked exactly the same as before. The holes that had appeared on the floor of the deck also disappeared.

However, even though the Young Master Chong's sudden spiritual qi attack was successful in dispersing the fog and stopping it from destroying the ship, but it did nothing to pull them out of the sea of the fog.

"If this continues then we will soon lose our way to the main island!" One of the boys shouted in frustration.

"Young Master Chong, what are we going to do now?" A girl in her mid-teens asked as she looked at the handsome boy like he was a God in human form.

However, the said Young Master was once again looking at Li Ming as he asked, "What are we supposed to do now?"

"Why are you asking me? Are not you the one who is leading this group? I'm just a passerby. Don't rely on me too much." Li Ming hurriedly said with a scoff.

"I'm not leading them. I'm here on this ship for the exact same reason as yours. And I know that you have a plan that can help us get out of this situation. We led them here. Now we can't leave them alone when they needed us." Young Master Chong said in a serious tone.

"What the heck do you mean by that we led them here? I never did anything. It was their idea of building a boat and I just helped them by creating a ship. That's it!" Li Ming said as she defended herself.

"But if you have not built the ship then they would never have ended up here in the middle of the sea surrounded by this fog." Young Master Chong said as he grabbed her arms a little more tightly than needed.

"What the-? Are you trying to put the blame on me? Am I becoming a villain for helping you guys? Can't believe this!" Li Ming shouted in angry whispers as she jerked her arms out of his hold.

"No! I'm not blaming you. I'm just trying to pursue you to help them." Chong Luo Ying said as he looked at her with serious eyes.

"Your pursuing skill sucks. Moreover, if you want to help them this much then do it on your own. I'm not interested." Li Ming said as she glared at the young man.

"I would have if I could. Sadly, I'm not that smart nor powerful. But I have a feeling that you can get us out of this fog. That's why I'm asking for your help." Luo Ying said as his dark eyes looked at her with hope in them.