Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 403 The Erosion Incident Ends

However, no one would allow this to happen, so in the following journey, the disciples of Yun Kui, represented by Ju Fufu, took the lead and cleared the way.

Finally, following the traces left by the enemy, the group arrived at a plaza. They saw a large number of purple liquid spheres formed by the accumulation of foul energy floating around the edge of the plaza. At the deepest part of the plaza, they also met Bishop Meroraco, whom Dr. Lor had mentioned. Of the Yun Kui disciples who had followed them there, only Ju Fufu, Pan Yinhu, Ye Shiyuan, and Ling remained.

The bishop was dressed in a white robe and wore a golden mask to completely conceal his true appearance. He also had a pair of blood-red wings on his back.

She turned to the crowd behind her and said, "You've come at just the right time. The ceremony... has just begun."

Then the filthy mass behind her fell and sank to the ground, then turned into a stream that came to Merorak's feet and wrapped around her, dragging her into the air.

Then the foul aura enveloping Merorak dispersed in the air. At this moment, Merorak inside also took off his slightly bulky bishop's robe, picked up a longsword in his right hand, and immediately launched an attack on the crowd.

Seeing this, Yi Xuan hurriedly ordered Ju Fufu and the others to retreat and protect Ling, while she rushed forward and urged the Qingming Bird to engage in a fierce battle with Mei Ruola.

One wielded a sword, the other controlled a beast; the two quickly engaged in battle, and for a time it was difficult to determine who was superior.

Unfortunately, some of Merorak's combat skills ultimately rely on the memories stored in the Filth Breath. Even if the memories in the Filth Breath can be read and reproduced, they are ultimately not his own.

Moreover, this sword-wielding technique was acquired by reading Yi Xuan's memories. Even if it could catch people off guard at first, it would inevitably reveal some flaws over time.

Therefore, after being repelled by Yi Xuan, an enraged Merola flew back into the air and began to gather her energy to control the filthy breath.

"Yun Kui Mountain... still so stubborn, then let it end here!"

With this roar, Merola manipulated the Filthy Breath Group to attack the people behind Yi Xuan.

Seeing this, Yi Xuan hurriedly returned to the group and used talismans to defend against the attack from the foul breath. The strong foul breath began to surround the group, gradually forming a semi-circular encirclement. At this moment, Yi Xuan, who was in close contact with the foul breath, heard her sister Yi Jiang's voice within the foul breath.

"Yi Xuan...you and I...are different from everyone else..."

"Shut up! ...Don't talk to me in her tone!"

Yi Xuan gave a low shout, trying to interrupt the sound coming from the foul air.

However, the foul breath did not stop because of this statement.

"Your talent will become a weapon to protect everyone! You can go further than us..."

"You... are merely a figment of your imagination!"

Despite saying that, Yi Xuan couldn't help but recall Yi Jiang's figure in his mind. At that moment, everyone's heads were completely covered by foul air, while Yi Xuan's consciousness arrived in a pure white space, with ink flowing beneath his feet.

Just as Yi Xuan was looking around, Yi Jiang's voice came from behind her.

"stranger……"

Yi Xuan turned around abruptly, only to see a huge Qingming bird spreading its wings.

"Is this... a fantasy?"

Yi Xuan murmured. There was no doubt that Yi Jiang's voice had come from this Qingming bird. However, Yi Jiang's words continued to be transmitted by the Qingming bird.

Please tell my sister…

"Or...memories?"

At this point, Yi Xuan could no longer distinguish whether this place was her imagination or her memory.

"Her sister...is not selfless...nor great...If...I don't end this disaster tonight...my Yixuan...will be shattered along with Elli..."

"elder sister…"

At this moment, as Yi Xuan looked at the Azure Sea Bird in front of her, memories of the fall of the old capital flashed through her mind. Her older sister had overused the power of the Azure Sea Sword during that disaster, resulting in the loss of her five senses and memories, and thus she did not even recognize her younger sister.

After the two met, Yi Xuan vaguely remembered that Yi Jiang had said something to her, but she could no longer recall those words.

But perhaps what Qingming Bird said next could answer her question.

"I do all this... not for the sake of all living beings... not for the sake of all living beings... but only for her..."

Then the Qingming Bird turned its head slightly, and Yi Xuan completely overlapped the image of the Qingming Bird with the image of her sister's last turn of her head in her memory.

"For my Yixuan... live well... This is... our promise..."

At this moment, Merora outside made a grasping motion towards the Filthy Breath that surrounded everyone. However, the Filthy Breath did not collapse and crush the people inside as she had imagined. Instead, she felt a slight resistance.

Just then, a golden light burst forth from the filthy aura, followed by two, then three, and so on. A large amount of golden light converged into a ball that swirled around the filthy aura, eventually turning the entire filthy aura gold and breaking it apart completely.

"How can it be?!"

Merola, who was knocked back a few steps by the impact, looked ahead in shock. She never expected that Yi Xuan would unleash such amazing power at this moment.

The golden light, accompanied by talismans formed from Yi Xuan's power, fluttered in the wind and transformed into a golden Qingming Bird. After completing its mission of protecting everyone, it quickly flew back behind Yi Xuan and turned into pure energy.

A powerful aura of battle energy, radiating golden light, surrounded Yi Xuan.

"Sister, I never imagined I would understand you in this way... become you... I am Yun Kui Shan, the thirteenth sect leader—Yi Xuan! The evil of the world... I will eradicate it!"

With that piercing gaze, the energy around Yi Xuan began to gather behind her, then transformed into a pair of dark golden wings that unfurled in the wind.

"Well said, Xiao Yixuan!"

The voice of the Herald of Knowledge resounded through the surrounding air at this moment. Merora looked around in a panic but could not find the Herald of Knowledge for a long time.

Then she felt an immense, unmatched force coming from above her head, and she was knocked to the ground, embedded in the earth, and could not be dug out.

Meanwhile, the Herrscher of Knowledge appeared beside her at some point, made a punching motion, and then withdrew the smoking fist and apologized to Yi Xuan. However, judging from her expression, it didn't seem like she was apologizing.

"But I'm sorry, no matter what, Wei Feidi is still my territory. Did you get my permission to run wild on my turf?"

As he spoke, the Herald of Knowledge looked at Merora, who was lying on the ground, and then reached out and grabbed the other's collar and lifted it up gently.

As some pebbles fell, Merako was lifted up by the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"I think you're tired of living. Tell me! What is the purpose of your praise for the coming to Wefland?"

"hehe…"

Merolac was in very bad shape at this moment. Although the Herrscher of Knowledge's attack hadn't killed her outright, it was close.

At this point, she was barely breathing. If her body hadn't already been strengthened by the foul energy, that punch might have already obliterated her.

“We originally chose to hold the ceremony today as soon as possible because we were betting that you wouldn’t come back so quickly, but we didn’t expect it to be dragged on until you returned… cough cough… it seems I’m just unlucky… may the Lord forge me…”

After speaking, Merorak transformed into etheric energy and completely dissipated. The Herrscher of Consciousness glanced at the etheric energy that Merorak had transformed into, and finally clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Forget it, this isn't the place to talk. I'll purify this place before I return to Suibian Temple or my Fuyun Temple. Wherever you are, tell me properly what's going on here!"

Then the Herrscher of Consciousness activated her magic and completely purified these foul energies in the blink of an eye. Of course, this series of actions was just a memory that the Herrscher of Consciousness had etched into everyone's minds using her power.

In reality, the Lawbringer simply used the Taixu Sword Qi to concentrate all these foul energies into his own hand and then absorbed them.

Thanks to their current status as Herrschers and their elevation to special envoys, coupled with Kiana's prior presence in this world, absorbing etheric energy is as simple for the Herrschers of Consciousness as absorbing Honkai energy.

After dealing with the matter here, the group arrived at Fuyun Temple. They originally planned to go directly to Suibian Temple, since it was closer.

However, Yi Xuan had just experienced an intense battle and needed to find a suitable place to recuperate.

Suibian Temple is located in a noisy urban area and is not suitable for quiet recuperation. In addition, Taixu Mountain, where Fuyun Temple is located, has a pleasant environment due to the formation and is far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, so it is naturally the best choice.

Actually, Yunkui Mountain headquarters wasn't a bad option, but it was farther away than Fuyun Temple, so after thinking about it for a while, I decided to go to Fuyun Temple instead.

It would also be a good opportunity to help Ling complete the tradition of hiking up the mountain to worship at Fuyun Temple. Previously, due to various things, there had been no time. Now that we were going to Fuyun Temple, we could help Ling and Zhe complete this tradition together. So, after meeting up with Zhe at the entrance of the temple, the group began their hike up the mountain in a grand manner.

As for the one who knew the law, he naturally wouldn't get involved, so after everyone decided to hike up the mountain, he flew back to Fuyun Temple on his sword.

After all, she still needed to call Cangxuan Zhishu to help her prepare for welcoming guests. So, after tidying up the miscellaneous things in the living room and putting them back in the warehouse, Yixuan soon arrived at the entrance of Fuyun Temple with Ling, Zhe, and Ju Fufu.

As for Pan Yinhu and Ye Shiyuan, they went to heal the Yun Kui disciples who were injured in the battle. They let out a gasp the moment Zhe and Ling stepped into Fuyun Temple.

After all, the scenery along the way was already quite ethereal, but it still lacked a certain charm compared to the interior of Fuyun Temple.

It was here that Zhe and Ling sensed a hint of immortal aura from the Herrscher of Knowledge who came out to greet them. After leading everyone to the reception room, the Book of Azure Profound poured a cup of tea for each of them.

Next, following tradition, blessings were first bestowed upon the two new disciples, Tetsu and Rin. After all that was done, we arrived at today's main event.

The man of knowledge finished his tea in one gulp, casually placed his right foot on the armchair, and said, "Tell me, what were those petty scoundrels up to on my turf while I was out on business today?"

Yi Xuan carefully recalled everything that had happened that day, while also carefully considering each word he would say next.

Finally, after a short while, Yi Xuan recounted the entire story in great detail to Shi Zhi Lü Zhe. Shi Zhi Lü Zhe was so impressed that he immediately uttered three "good"s.

He was trembling slightly, clearly angered by the actions of the Praise Society.

"I can't believe these kids have been hiding for so long without me noticing. Looks like someone's been helping them cover their tracks!"

"But... while the Praise Society isn't exactly universally hated, it's certainly disliked by everyone. It's hard to imagine any force in the entire Weifei region that would have the power to help conceal their whereabouts without knowing the Praise Society's purpose and ideology."

Yi Xuan's words made sense. After all, the Praise Society was a cult-like organization that couldn't be brought to the forefront, and no major organization would want to have too much to do with them.

Moreover, the main industries of Weifeidi are related to Hui porcelain, which have little connection with the Praise Society. Logically speaking, no power in Weifeidi should choose to cooperate with the Praise Society.

However, the one who understands the laws has a conjecture, but this conjecture still needs further verification.

"I do have an idea, but..."

"Does Senior mean to refer to Mikage Shining?"

"I can't say for sure, but if you ask me, the only one in the entire Weifei region who is capable and the most suspicious is Huijing Meike."

“But isn’t Huijing Meike a group that specializes in ceramic-related technologies?” Ling asked.

"That's true, but that doesn't mean that Huijingmeike won't be involved in human experiments."

The Herald of Knowledge spoke with a grave expression, and the others also became serious because of his words.

"That incident actually happened many years ago..."

The Herrscher of Knowledge sighed and began to slowly recount the relevant information she knew to everyone…

It turns out that Huijingmeike once had a materials research institute inside the Lemnian Void, whose main research topic was how to purify diabase porcelain, so as to obtain high-purity diabase porcelain more efficiently.

Of course, this is just a facade; in reality, it is blatant human experimentation.

Huijing Meike used various methods to obtain children and conducted all sorts of inhuman experiments on them. In the end, only one child survived because of his special ether resistance.

At the same time, her blood has the effect of efficiently purifying porcelain, even exceeding the company's purity limit, thus making her the most valuable asset of that research institute.

Unfortunately, their good fortune didn't last long. An accident caused the research institute to lose the child they called ES-07, and the institute was shut down not long after.

"So... what you mean, senior, is that Mikage Shining might choose to cooperate with the Shrine because she wants to obtain a similar individual through human experimentation?"

"It's hard to say. After all, this is arguably the biggest scandal at Huijing Meike. Their higher-ups covered it up very well. I only heard about it by chance and confirmed it after investigating."

Zhe asked, "Should we investigate in this direction?"

After pondering for a moment, Yi Xuan said, "No, let's put this matter aside for now."

Yi Xuan then stated that because they resolved and exposed this erosion incident, Huijing Meike would definitely be affected, and there would be a security inspection involving multiple parties.

To save face and to gauge the opinions of various factions, Huijing Meike will inevitably hold a banquet, and Yunkuishan, as the hero of this event, will certainly be invited.

Zhe and his team's goal was to use this as a breakthrough to infiltrate the security check team and secretly investigate the whole matter.