C537 The Oneeyed Old Man
Celestial Isle.
Lee Yuchan had purchased several trinkets from the artifact hall and entrusted them to Lee Yu. These items were meant to aid in Lee Yu's cultivation. As they prepared to leave, Yuchan caught sight of Chou Jihai once more. Her demeanor chilled as she provocatively announced, "We're leaving the island now."
Departing the island signified the loss of the Chamber of Commerce's protection. From that moment on, one's fate was in their own hands.
Chou Jihai, who had been fixated on Yuchan and had previously suffered a backlash from his Lunar Spirit, scowled deeply upon hearing her declaration. He sensed a change...
The once incapacitated female general, who had been taken to the Chamber's private residence by Lee Yu, had reemerged transformed. The persistent soul injury that had plagued her was now completely healed.
Yuchan, now standing before him, had clearly lost her resolve to deliver a death blow. "You've pushed so hard for so long. Are you scared now?" she taunted with a frosty gaze, leading Lee Yu to an exit designed for peaceful departures from the island.
Chou Jihai's expression fluctuated as he trailed behind them.
Shortly thereafter, at the exit, Yuchan retrieved a black-caped boat from her Bracelet of Holding and descended with Lee Yu. The boat glided slowly across the sea. Yuchan stood at the helm, eyes narrowed, coldly anticipating Chou Jihai's next move.
Suddenly, Chou Jihai's face twisted into a sinister smile, causing Yuchan's expression to darken. "It's not just him!"
In an instant, Lee Yu also detected several hostile auras targeting them. "I didn't expect you to be so naive," Chou Jihai sneered. "You knew I was aware of your recovery, yet you still thought I was oblivious? Did it never cross your mind that others besides me want you dead? Those who have been pursuing you and your uncle have been conspicuously absent. Haven't you wondered why?"
No sooner had he spoken than the sea beneath the black-caped boat erupted into a frenzy. Arrows of water, sharp and relentless, soared towards them, aiming directly for their vessel.
Chou Jihai's long sword, along with his silhouette, transformed into a streak of light, thrusting towards the boat shrouded in black.
Lee Yuchan extended her remnant soul and immediately detected three individuals beneath the sea. Like Chou Jihai and herself, they were all at the Lunar Spirit Realm and were all acquaintances.
These were the same three who had repeatedly attempted to assassinate her and Lee Yu, never succeeding.
Now, with Chou Jihai joining their ranks, four Lunar Spirits of equal or greater strength than hers were launching a deadly assault. How could they possibly defend themselves?
Whoosh!
Out of nowhere, a tiny fist imprint plummeted from the heavens, targeting Chou Jihai.
As the fist imprint emerged, the surrounding space instantly contracted, becoming incredibly constricted.
It seemed as though the entire world couldn't accommodate the minuscule fist imprint!
Within the fist print, a domineering and explosive vitality blanketed the sky, obliterating all in its path.
Boom!
Chou Jihai, who had been soaring on his sword, was struck squarely by the fist imprint. In a mere moment, he was reduced to a mist of blood!
His physical form, Lunar Spirit, heaven soul, and dominant soul were all obliterated within the burst of blood mist.
Three more tiny fist imprints darted into the sea below, and instantly, three colossal reverse waterfalls erupted from the ocean's surface!
The other three Lunar Spirits, who had coordinated their attack with Chou Jihai, were wiped out on the spot!
Inside the black-caped boat, Lee Yuchan and Lee Yu stood in stunned silence.
On Celestial Isle, as well as on the boats nearby, the deacons of the merchant guilds and those who had come to gawk all dramatically altered their expressions, hastily making way.
A diminutive figure, exuding an aura of formidable vitality, arrived abruptly.
Donning a ghastly mask, she stood suspended in the void, glanced at Lee Yuchan and Lee Yu, and commanded, "Come with me."
As her words fell, the black-caped boat soared into the sky, drawn by her power, and flew off with her.
On the island, Jiang Yurong, a deacon of the merchant guild, materialized out of thin air. She gazed at Shen Feiqing and the now airborne black-caped boat, exclaiming, "Shen Feiqing!"
"Commander of the Sunblessed Empire's Blackfang Legion!"
"My goodness! How could it be her? Wasn't she supposed to be secluded in the Godsblight Marsh?"
"She seems to have achieved the Solar Spirit!"
The crowd was astounded.
It was beyond anyone's expectations that Shen Feiqing, once cast out by the Forgeroses and living incognito within the Sunblessed Empire, having founded the Blackfang Legion and then betraying the Empire, would reappear so suddenly in the Sundering Isles.
Moreover, she had rescued both Lee Yuchan and Lee Yu!
"After she and the Silvermoon Queen conspired against the Forgotten Ruins and failed, she fled back to the Godsblight Marsh under the protection of the Untamed," Jiang Yurong reflected with a sense of awe. "The queen wasn't as fortunate; she ended up imprisoned by Zhou Cangmin and Yu Zhu. Could Shen Feiqing's sudden appearance be driven by a desire for vengeance against Yu Yuan?"
...
A radiant red light and the image of a three-legged furnace materialized within the hall.
This light signified the "Silver Rainbow Shuttle," corresponding to Tong Laoqian, Zhu Peining, and Gao Qin.
Yu Yuan, who was using the essence of the Sunsorrow to modify his Profound Gate acupoints, would occasionally experience a swelling in his body, accompanied by a constant crackling from within his acupoints and organs.
He awoke abruptly.
The furnace itself held no extraordinary magic; the light was merely a manifestation of a rune circle concealed within the hall, revealed through the furnace.
"What's happening?"
Yu Yuan felt a jolt as he refined the Sunsorrow, his expression one of bewilderment.
He should have entered this hall unnoticed.
Why had the Dark Herald, Zhu Peining, Gao Qin, and Mo Yan all arrived?
"Outside the island, three Solar Spirits are present in the sea. They have either arrived with artifacts, scattered, or come in person," the cauldron spirit's thoughts suddenly echoed.
"Something seems amiss on another island."
At the section of the furnace adorned with the Kylin and alien beast, a flame sparked to life.
A vision that sent shivers down Yu Yuan's spine flashed before him.
Not far from here, on another island with ties to the Taintborn Sect, numerous rogue cultivators were now converging.
Many of these cultivators should have been on this island, but they were compelled to leave after the appearance of the Dark Herald, Zhu Peining, and others, seeking refuge on the neighboring isle.
Rogue cultivators didn't intimidate him in the slightest. What truly unsettled and frightened him was an elderly man with a single eye. This old man's one eye glowed a deep crimson, while the other appeared as if it had been gouged out. He blended in among the rogue cultivators, cheaply introducing himself as Ming Kun, engaging in conversation and inquiring about the many secrets of the Sundering Isles, as well as the background of Yu Yuan.
This elder was the one who sent chills down Yu Yuan's spine every time he came to mind. Ming Kun was none other than the Abyssal Leviathan! While refining the Sunsorrow in a secret chamber deep beneath the island, Yu Yuan was suddenly confronted with the image of the Cosmic Giant Beast. Smiling and chatting just as it had in the depths of the Embers Sea, the sight threw him into utter disarray.
"Why? Why is he still alright? Wasn't he supposed to have been devoured by Hei Xun and the rest of the Devil Palace?"
