freenovelworld Chapter 549 Set off again
Chapter 549 Set off again
one year later.
On a clear, bright day, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the surface of the deep sea in the Tianling Domain.
A giant turtle swam out of a shuttle that had landed on the seabed.
Yun Yici, Shen Huaichuan, and Di Zhao jumped off the spirit shuttle and onto the back of the giant turtle.
After everyone disembarked from the spirit shuttle, Rong Xuan, who was at the back, put away the spirit shuttle at the bottom of the sea.
"Rin-tama, thank you."
Yun Yici did not forget to thank the giant turtle beneath him.
Just as the giant turtle opened its mouth to speak, a string of bubbles appeared around its mouth.
He shut his mouth and transmitted his voice to Yun Yici: "It's nothing, it's my duty."
A year has passed since Shen Huaichuan successfully overcame his tribulation.
After Shen Huaichuan consolidated his cultivation, they set off again, intending to first explore the Heavenly Spirit Domain.
Yun Yici didn't plan to bring too many people this time.
But everyone was worried that she was in great danger and insisted on going with her.
Even Rongxuan expressed the same opinion.
Yun Yici knew that there were three spirit boats. If Rong Xuan agreed to all of them, they would be following along anyway, so it was better to plan ahead.
So they continued traveling together.
However, she left the others in the Yellow Spirit Domain, which is closest to the Heavenly Spirit Domain, to avoid alerting them.
Yun Yici originally planned to come with Shen Huaichuan, and also bring Rong Xuan, the weapon cultivator.
After all, if the Spirit Shuttle malfunctions, she will need a trustworthy repairman.
Then there's Rinyu. Although he's not a traditional medical practitioner, he at least has some first-aid skills.
If they don't want to appear out of nowhere and alarm the people of the Heavenly Spirit Realm, it would be best if they came ashore from the uninhabited seabed, where Lin Yu's talent could be of great use.
When the emperor saw that Lin Yu had been selected, Yun Yici deliberately didn't mention his name, and he looked like he was about to get annoyed.
Fortunately, Yun Yici still took him with her in the end.
There's no other reason than that he's a master at destroying evidence.
The Rin-Yu original form has a wide back armor, with plenty of room even for four people to sit on.
The dark, almost black seabed exuded an ominous aura, with terrifying monsters occasionally roaming in the distance, but they would quickly flee upon sensing the oppressive aura emanating from Lin Yu.
Rong Xuan remarked with a sigh, "We've gone deep enough here."
The emperor gave a soft "hmm": "The monsters in this place are at least level eight or nine."
"The plants that can transform into human form do not grow in water; they cannot transform into human form unless they have a great adventure."
The giant turtle moved slickly through the water, its enormous body moving with incredible speed. Suddenly, it stopped.
Apart from Rong Xuan, everyone else on the giant turtle was looking in the same direction.
Yun Yici: "The water is rippling in that direction; someone is fighting with a sea monster."
Rong Xuan hesitated and asked, "Should we go over and help?"
The emperor decreed: "I fear they are enemies, not friends."
"It's good to go and take a look. If they don't know what's good for them, we can torture them and kill them directly. If they die in the deep sea, no one can find any evidence."
Shen Huaichuan, worried that he might ruin things, stopped him, saying, "Disciples of cultivation families will send back the last scenes of their lives to their families after they die."
"A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan; you mustn't do something drastic."
They took a long detour to land from the seabed precisely to avoid alerting the enemy.
Yun Yici said, "But if he weren't from one of the five great families, he might be able to help us infiltrate the human realm."
She sensed the ripples in the water gradually subsiding from their initial agitation.
The two forces were locked in a fierce struggle, and it was clear which demonic power had the upper hand.
"You all wait in the shadows, I'll go check it out."
Yun Yici made a quick decision and took out a black robe from her storage bag and put it on.
In a flash, she transformed herself, cutting through the water and rushing straight to the center of the fight.
A demonic eel with poisonous spines on its back was seen fighting a young man in blue.
The young man was clearly exhausted; his lower body was entangled by the demon eel's tail, while the sword in his hand plunged fiercely into the demon eel's body.
The seawater changed color; it was unclear whether it was the blood of the young man or the blood of the demon eel.
Yun Yici deduced from the young man's gradually weakening movements that he had suffered a physical injury and unfortunately been infected by the venom of the demon eel.
Without daring to delay any longer, Yun Yici raised his sword and slashed it down. In the blink of an eye, the sword flashed and the demon eel was cut in two.
The young man broke free from the demon eel's restraints, and blood seeped from his wounds, drifting into the cold seawater.
Ignoring his injuries, he looked on in surprise at the black-robed man who had suddenly appeared and come to his rescue.
"Junior thanks Guanxuan, and many thanks to senior for saving me!"
Upon hearing the name, Yun Yici's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't this the person Xie Qianjue had mentioned who had a blood feud with the Xie family?
What is your relationship with the Xie family?
Xie Guanxuan was filled with trepidation. The ninth-tier demon eel he had been fighting for so long could not withstand a single blow from the person in front of him.
Now that the Xie family is in decline, it's unclear whether this person is an enemy or a friend.
After considering it for a moment, he honestly said, "My father was from a collateral branch of the Xie family, but by my generation, the Xie family no longer recognizes him."
"My partner and I live in a nearby city. To supplement our income, I accepted a mission from the city lord's mansion to capture a ninth-tier water-type demon beast."
He glanced at the massive corpse of the demon eel, which had been cut in two.
"It was my overconfidence, senior. Thank you for saving me."
"This demonic eel was killed by you, senior, so it should belong to you."
He made no mention of the energy he had expended in his previous battle with the demon eel.
Yun Yici nodded inwardly. Xie Guanxuan was not greedy and knew how to assess the situation. No wonder Xie Qianjue was willing to cooperate with him.
However, she didn't care about the eel's corpse.
"I have no use for this demon eel. Although it's not alive, you should be able to exchange it for some spirit stones."
Xie Guanxuan was surprised that this mysterious man was so easy to talk to. He exclaimed, "Senior, you..."
Yun Yici said, "This demon eel isn't given to you for nothing. I have some connection with the Xie family, but I've been in seclusion in the sea for a long time and need to find a guide to tell me about the outside world."
Xie Guanxuan's mind raced. When his father was alive, he would tell him about the powerful figures in various families, but he had never heard of anyone who was in seclusion in the sea.
However, even though his father was listed in the family genealogy at the time, he was from a collateral branch and had no access to the core of power.
The black-robed man's attack made him feel as if he had been annihilated, suggesting that he was an elder from some family even more powerful than the family head.
Xie Guanxuan bowed respectfully: "May I ask which family you belong to, senior?"
Yun Yici did not answer: "This is not something you should know."
Xie Guanxuan immediately became obedient and dared not ask another question.
"Let's get ashore first, then we'll talk at your place."
Xie Guanxuan didn't dare to play any tricks. He put away the demon eel, treated his own wounds, and went up with Yun Yici to break through the water's surface. Then they rode their swords forward.
On the way, Xie Guanxuan glanced at the spirit sword at Yun Yici's feet, thinking he had done so discreetly, but it still didn't match her identity.
The two flew through the air on their swords, while the giant sea turtle carried Shen Huaichuan and the others closely behind.
Fortunately, the giant turtle was fast enough to keep up with the spirit sword flying through the air.
Yun Yici calculated the time and found that they had flown for about three or four hours, until it was almost dark before they saw land.
Xie Guanxuan coughed lightly: "Senior, please don't take offense. My Daoist partner is a demon cultivator who cannot live without the sea, so we settled in a small fishing village outside the city."
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Upon hearing what Xie Guanxuan said, Yun Yici was taken aback.
It's not that I'm surprised by intermarriage between humans and demons.
Back in the Yellow Spirit Domain, Xue Ziyan and Sui Ge had a son named Suiyi, and Mu Yunjian was also a descendant of a human and a demon.
However, none of their endings were good.
To her surprise, Xie Guanxuan acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Suppressing her doubts, Yun Yici landed on the beach with Xie Guanxuan.
The two had just reached the village entrance when a little girl dressed in cloth and barefoot ran towards them crying, followed by men and women with indignant expressions.
"Brother Xie, my mother and Sister Yingniang were all captured by cultivators in the city this morning."
Xie Guanxuan's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Why?"
"Everything was fine when I left."
The man behind the girl looked pained: "Everyone raised some spirit stones, and I took them to the city to inquire."
"They say the young master of the Xie family will soon propose marriage to the Xue family, and they don't have enough pearls, so they've kidnapped them to get more!"
Yun Yici immediately thought of the Ling Clan from their Xuanling Domain, whose tears turned into pearls: "Are you the Ling Clan?"
Previously, the entire fishing village was focused on Xie Guanxuan, and for a moment they overlooked Yun Yici, who was hiding in the darkness and intentionally keeping her presence low.
Xie Guanxuan suppressed his grief and said, "Senior, our village is a place where some minor demons and wanderers reside. My Daoist partner is a member of the Clam Clan."
He gritted his teeth, suddenly knelt down in front of Yun Yici, and kowtowed to the ground: "This junior does not know your background, senior, but you are certainly more noble than us lowly people."
“My Daoist partner and the villagers have been captured. They will be forced to transform into their original forms and have their flesh and blood ground into pearls until they die without peace.”
"If you are willing to help me, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life, even at the cost of my life, only asking that my Daoist companion return safely."
"If this is difficult for you, senior, then just pretend I never mentioned it."
Xie Guanxuan was convinced that the man in black robes was an unparalleled elder from a powerful family, whose life could be saved by a single word from a celestial being.
The villagers, young and old, did not recognize Yun Yici's identity, yet they all knelt down in a bustling crowd.
Xie Guanxuan waited for a while, then heard the man in black robes say, "Our origins are not only filled with gratitude, but also with enmity."
"You're mistaken if you think I'm some important figure from some family."
"I will not offend the Xie family for your sake."
Disappointment showed in Xie Guanxuan's eyes, but he still maintained his manners and thanked Yun Yici for saving his life.
"I understand now. Thank you for saving my life, senior. I was just too hasty and reckless, which put you in a difficult position."
Yun Yici scoffed lightly: "So you're just giving up like this?"
Xie Guanxuan lowered his head: "The Xie family's power is overwhelming, and we cannot shake it."
Suddenly, someone, young or old, kneeling on the ground, cried out, and then the cries rose and fell in waves.
The lives of their mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters are not worth as much as a single pearl adorning the hair, skirt, and shoes of the imperial daughter.
“Senior, I have not yet finished dealing with matters at home, so it is inappropriate to invite you to my home. This is all the wealth I have to repay your life-saving grace.”
Yun Yici accepted the storage bag handed to her by Xie Guanxuan.
The material of this storage bag must be of poor quality; it has a fishy smell from the sea.
The embroidery on it looks a bit worn, so it must have been used for a long time.
After pondering for a while, Yun Yici decided to go and meet up with Lin Yu and the others.
Her figure vanished in an instant like a ghost, leaving behind only the grieving villagers.
Xie Guanxuan stood there blankly, the sea breeze blowing by, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Lin Yu had already come ashore and was hiding under a large reef with Shen Huaichuan and the others.
Seeing Yun Yici turn around, Lin Yu said indignantly, "Are we really not going to do anything about it? The Xie family is too evil. They actually want to capture a demon cultivator to take the pearl."
Yun Yici opened Xie Guanxuan's storage bag, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and found two pieces of demon eel and less than a hundred spirit stones. That was all his wealth.
Yun Yici said, "If people don't save themselves, even Heaven can't save them. Just you wait and see."
Xie Qianjue once said that Xie Guanxuan and the Xie family had a blood feud.
She guessed that the blood feud Xie Qianjue mentioned must be this one.
In the normal causal chain, she did not appear; Xie Guanxuan fought the demon eel and survived, but must have been seriously injured and escaped.
By the time we got back, it was too late.
However, thanks to her intervention, Xie Guanxuan returned in time.
He clung to a sliver of hope, naively hoping that she would come to his rescue, rather than the Xie Guanxuan that Xie Qianjue had encountered—the one who had lost everything to the Xie family and was determined to perish with them.
Nevertheless, Yun Yici was still glad that they had arrived at the right time.
She did not want Xie Guanxuan's Daoist partner to die.
She would never allow an innocent woman to die just to create a man who could help them.
Yun Yici waited behind the reef until late at night, and sure enough, she saw a figure carrying a sword leave in the darkness.
It was Xie Guanxuan.
He changed into black clothes and hid in the darkness.
There was no need for Yun Yici to say more; everyone followed along tacitly.
Yun Yici used the wind to conceal their presence, and Xie Guanxuan, focused on saving his wife, did not notice their existence.
Soon, everyone saw the bustling, vibrant city that never sleeps, filled with singing and dancing in the darkness.
Since the small fishing village was inhabited by both humans and demons, everyone realized that the environment of the Heavenly Spirit Realm was different from other spirit realms.
Unexpectedly, the city is inhabited by humans, demons, and monsters.
They had never seen such a harmonious scene even after traveling throughout the Three Realms.
Fortunately, the clothing of the Heavenly Spirit Realm was similar to that of their Profound Spirit Realm, saving them the trouble of changing clothes.
The group waited until Xie Guanxuan entered the city before entering themselves, each receiving ten spirit stones.
Just to be on the safe side, Yun Yici used the spirit stones given to her by Xie Guanxuan to pay the entrance fee to the city.
But as soon as they entered the city, the handsome men were surrounded by lecherous men.
The emperor's face darkened, and he used his body to block the lecherous man who was staring at Yun Yici.
"What are you looking at? Do you want to die?"
When a beautiful woman is angered, her beauty surpasses that of spring flowers, making people even more eager to see the Emperor's beauty.
Yun Yici couldn't help but pull him behind her: "They're looking at you."
The emperor decreed that everyone he met was a rival in love: "No, they are looking at you."
And... Senior Shen.
Yun Yici watched as a slender hand tossed a peach blossom hairpin to Shen Huaichuan from the pavilion in front of them.
Then... Shen Huaichuan dodged him without any mercy.
The peach blossoms fell into the dust and were accidentally trampled by onlookers.
"Oh dear, it's an invitation from the Peach Blossom Beauty!!" someone sighed in regret. "If only I were the one to receive the invitation."
"You look like a pig, yet you want to attract peach blossoms? Even if you spend millions of spirit stones, Taoqin won't even see you once."
"This person really doesn't understand romance; it must be his first time visiting Forget-Worry City."
Yun Yici thought to herself that she should have worn masks since then; these men were too conspicuous.
However, since both men and women in the cultivation world are exceptionally good-looking, she was somewhat confused about the attitudes of the people in the city.
"Let's go change our clothes and disguises first."