Chapter 168: Lord Qi
“What a terrifying aura, could it be that he already sensed me just now?”
After Chen Wenwu left this sea area, Li Weiyi dared not underestimate his sensory abilities. He did not surface, but remained hidden more than ten meters below the sea level, letting his body sink naturally.
Beings of this level would surely be able to sense any unusual movement underwater.
Cannot act rashly!
Li Weiyi had no confidence in using the Disguise Art to deceive Chen Wenwu, as he was too familiar with Huo Qiankun and possessed top-tier cultivation.
Before long, Chen Wenwu indeed returned.
“Boom!”
He raised his arm, his skin glowing with dazzling light, and struck the sea surface with a palm.
Magic energy condensed into a Great Hand Seal several zhang long, pressing the sea surface down like a bowl, causing the seawater to bulge into a circle and spread out madly. Simultaneously, layers of palm force and impact energy surged towards the seabed.
Li Weiyi dared not release his Magic Energy and could only resist with his Physical Body. Fortunately, he had already sunk more than twenty meters below the sea level, so the impact was not significant.
Chen Xun and Sheng Qingyan followed in their ship.
Chen Wenwu, with a solemn expression, leaped onto the ship.
Sheng Qingyan looked at the still turbulent sea surface, marveling at Chen Wenwu’s terrifying cultivation and skill. She asked, “Is that guy hiding in this sea?”
Chen Wenwu shook his head slightly. “It’s hard to say! This person is extremely cunning. Although I had a faint sense earlier, I’m not sure if he was deliberately setting a trap to keep me here.”
Chen Xun said, “All five top experts from Tian Yi Sect and Night City died on the ship, and Huo Qiankun and Yuwen Chao’s whereabouts are unknown. I fear the worst.”
“He’s truly an arrogant fellow, daring to provoke us.” Sheng Qingyan sneered.
Chen Wenwu said, “Arrogant? I think this person has an extraordinary mind. It was definitely deliberate. This is an interesting opponent.”
“What do we do now, stall here? What if it’s really a trap he laid, and he’s already left? That would make us look very foolish,” Chen Xun said.
“He’s just a cunning rat from the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm. He left traces when he killed the Martial Cultivators of Tian Yi Sect and Night City from the Five Seas Realm. Next time we meet, we’ll naturally know who he is. Jiang Ning is the top priority. Let’s hurry there too. If we can contribute, we can atone for our past mistakes.”
The ship departed, heading towards a certain direction on the sea.
An hour later, Li Weiyi surfaced more than ten li away. He took out his small boat from the Evil Camel Bell and chased in the direction Chen Wenwu and the others had left.
“This Chen Wenwu might even be cultivating the Seventh Sea. His Magic Energy is so profound that compared to him, a Martial Cultivator like Yuwen Chao from the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm is like a firefly compared to the bright moon.”
Thinking this, Li Weiyi took out the Golden Spring and took a drink.
While moving forward, he tempered the bones within his body.
The setting sun slanted downwards, filling the sea sky with red clouds.
Soon, the night sky adorned with twinkling stars arrived.
The small boat floated as if in the starry sky, creating ripples.
“What a strong fluctuation of Magic Energy.”
Li Weiyi stood up and looked towards the front left. In the distance, beams of Magic Energy intertwined, and Wind Force spread out. It was definitely a Magic Battle between top experts of the Five Seas Realm.
In the sky in another direction, a Sword Light slashed from the sea surface towards the sky, parting the clouds.
Huge waves surged on the calm sea surface.
Li Weiyi smelled blood and saw a corpse floating towards him with the waves in the distance. He shot a wisp of Magic Energy from his fingertips, which transformed into a misty rope and coiled around the corpse, pulling it onto the boat.
It was a young woman wearing red soft armor. The soft armor was undamaged and was of Mid-grade Magic Tool quality. However, her internal body was a bloody mess, her internal organs were shattered, and more than ten bones were broken.
Li Weiyi gestured with his palm over her chest, judging that she had died from a palm strike to her chest and abdomen.
“Cultivation of the Fourth Realm of the Five Seas Realm, killed with one palm strike, even the armor couldn’t protect her. This is… a Waist Token from the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse…”
Li Weiyi pulled off the Waist Token, clenched it tightly in his hand, and looked again at the Magic Energy fluctuations at the edge of the sea horizon. “Is Zuo Qiu Ting really this bold, deciding to go to war and actually starting one?”
Before long, another corpse floated over, and Li Weiyi salvaged it onto the boat.
This corpse wore a monk’s robe, its head was shattered, and prayer beads were worn on its wrist. Clearly, it was a Five Seas Realm expert from Coffin Mountain.
Li Weiyi dared not continue forward, fearing he would stumble into the battlefield of top experts and end up like these two, killed with a single palm strike.
He steered the small boat away, and the Magic Energy fluctuations from the sea area behind him grew weaker and weaker.
The sea surface calmed down.
Far from the battlefield, Li Weiyi had just let out a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt the small boat sink slightly before rising again. His heart sank. Without even turning around, he knew someone had boarded his ship.
What was even more alarming was that before the other party boarded, he hadn’t sensed any Magic Energy fluctuations or air movement, nor had he heard any sound.
This was enough to indicate that the opponent’s cultivation far surpassed his own.
Li Weiyi calmed himself down, turned around, and saw a scene that filled him with extreme terror.
He saw Zhuang Yue, dressed in a blue long skirt, half-lying at the bow of the boat, propping up her face with her jade hand, her back leaning against the side of the boat, her eyes closed as if resting. Her feet were placed almost side-by-side near Li Weiyi’s shoes.
Li Weiyi knew who she was immediately.
A chill shot straight to the crown of his head. Li Weiyi tightly gripped his silver spear, desperately thinking whether Huo Qiankun had met Qi Jin.
If he had met her, what would his reaction be? If he hadn’t, what would his reaction be?
“You are very nervous!”
Zhuang Yue did not open her eyes and spoke as if murmuring.
Li Weiyi tried to calm himself and chuckled, “A great beauty, like a fairy descended from heaven, suddenly appearing on my ship, anyone would be nervous. Tian Yi Sect, Huo Qiankun, greetings Lord Qi!”
52 “You’ve seen me?” Zhuang Yue said.
“I have seen Jiang Ning and Zhuang Yue…”
Li Weiyi added, “When we were in Zangxian Town.”
“Heh heh, Tian Yi Sect, I have some impression. You’re a follower of Chen Wenwu, right?” Zhuang Yue kept her eyes closed.
Li Weiyi’s tone turned serious, “I am the number one expert of the younger generation in Tian Yi Sect. I do not follow anyone. My relationship with San Chen Palace is merely one of cooperation. If I were to follow… I would only follow strong practitioners like Young Esteemed One and Lord Qi. The Far West Ash Region is the only place worthy of our Tian Yi Sect’s submission.”
Zhuang Yue sneered and said nothing. After a moment, she said, “I’ve been looking for Jiang Ning for two days, and I’m too tired. I’ll borrow your ship to rest for a while.”
Her every breath was exceptionally long, constantly drawing in the magic energy between heaven and earth.
A cold light flashed in the depths of Li Weiyi’s pupils as he secretly considered the feasibility of pulling Qi Jin into the Blood Mud Space. Or perhaps, he could invite Zen Sea Observing Mist out?
But if he mobilized the spiritual light flames to activate the Buddha’s Sarira, it would surely alert her.
The two were close at hand, and with her cultivation, the attack would surely arrive in an instant.
Either he dies, or Qi Jin dies.
Victory and death, almost fifty-fifty.
In the end, Li Weiyi gave up on the adventure. His own life was far more precious than hers!
Time flowed by, and as midnight approached, the air grew increasingly cold.
The sky rained down swirling snowflakes, each one shaped like paper money, scattering on the sea surface and landing on the small boat.
Li Weiyi reached out and caught a piece, feeling quite shocked in his heart, knowing that another formidable figure had arrived.
Zhuang Yue, who had been resting, her eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes, smiling, “They’re finally here!”
Amidst a sky full of paper money and flying snow, a mass of black Yin Nether Qi, dozens of feet in diameter, rolled forward from the sea.
Inside the Yin Nether Qi, it enveloped a giant figure with double wings on its back, two horns on its head, and fiery red hair.
He walked to the small boat as if on level ground, his body rapidly shrinking to become a human two meters tall, with his upper body bare. His skin was indistinguishable from cast bronze, a special Pure Immortal Body.
Zhuang Yue said, “You’re too slow; I’ve been waiting for almost two days.”
“So many of you ganged up to attack one Luan Tai Angel, and yet she escaped. You haven’t found her after two days. Is she too powerful, or are you too incompetent?” Ming Nian Sheng said very impolitely.
Zhuang Yue stood up, all her previous laziness gone, like a drawn sword: “Quickly release the Yin Soul Water Ghost, capture Jiang Ning, the human skin belongs to me, and the flesh and blood belongs to you.”
“I advise you to first offer her to the Young Esteemed One.”
Ming Nian Sheng took out a huge black boundary bag and activated it with magic energy, causing the bag to immediately swell.
The bag opening was accompanied by a gust of yin wind, and countless spirit tablet cards flew out from inside.
A moment later, the entire sea surface was filled with floating spirit tablets.
From each Spirit Tablet, a Departed Spirit Ghostly Shadow flew out, with disheveled long hair, pale faces, numbering in the thousands, densely standing with their arms hanging and eyes open on the Sea Surface, extremely eerie.
Ming Nian Sheng chanted a spell.
Thousands of Yin Soul Water Ghosts flew towards the seabed.
Zhuang Yue said, “She has been locked down and is hiding within a radius of tens of miles. The seawater depth is over forty zhang. How long will it take to search it all?”
“One hour is enough to force her out.”
Ming Nian Sheng glanced at her: “You underestimate the perception and wisdom of the Luan Tai Angel. For so long, she hasn’t appeared to see you, which shows she has seen through you. What do you still need this human skin for?”
“It’s beautiful!”
Zhuang Yue, adorned in flowers, made a circuit on the small boat and looked at Li Weiyi, “Do I look good?”
“Lord Qi is as beautiful as a celestial maiden, her inner beauty surpassing her outer beauty,” said Li Weiyi.
Zhuang Yue smiled, her face lighting up, “Hehe, Jiang Ning’s human skin is even more beautiful. The beauty of Yu Xianzi makes this servant’s heart flutter just thinking about it.”
Ming Nian Sheng’s eyes were piercing, and snowflakes in the form of paper money constantly fell from above his head. He glanced at Li Weiyi, “Where did you find someone like this who only flatters you?”
Li Weiyi had a certain flair. He cupped his hands and said, “Tian Yi Sect, Huo Qiankun! I absolutely do not flatter; every word comes from the heart.”
“Boom!”
The sea surface suddenly exploded.
A Magic Tool Jade Boat rushed out from underwater, enveloped by Hundred Character Scripture and magic energy mist, emitting a scorching brilliance and rapidly heading towards the sky.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
Zhuang Yue and Ming Nian Sheng both had powerful magic energy explode from them, chasing the magic tool jade boat.
Zhuang Yue flew over the sea surface, her figure like a series of afterimages, capable of crossing a mile in an instant.
Ming Nian Sheng’s double wings on his back spread, his body grew several times larger, double horns and ten-foot-long red hair grew on his head, and he flew behind the Magic Tool Jade Boat in pursuit.
Li Weiyi piloted the ship at full speed in pursuit, while simultaneously communicating with Zen Sea Observing Mist in the Blood Mud Space.
“I can help you, but hiding within Li Ling’s body, the combat power I can exert is limited; her physical body cannot withstand too much power. Furthermore, Li Ling’s strength is too great, and it will certainly attract the attention of those with ulterior motives, leading to unpredictable consequences. Think clearly first, is it worth paying such a heavy price to save Jiang Ning and Yin Ten? I have always believed that one should only reveal secrets concerning their own life and death when they are in mortal peril,” Zen Sea Observing Mist said.
Li Weiyi chased for half an hour, completely losing sight of Zhuang Yue and Ming Nian Sheng. On the sea surface, only residual auras remained.
“No… this direction isn’t towards Juze City, but towards the sea area where that group of Five Seas Realm Experts were fighting.”
Li Weiyi immediately turned back towards that sea area. If Jiang Ning and Yin Shisan were to flee, they would surely escape separately, not rush headlong towards the battlefield like this.
After thinking, Li Weiyi changed direction again.
He believed that if someone was hiding below that sea area just now, they would definitely not be there now and would surely be heading towards Juze City. This was because hiding underwater was not as good as hiding in a crowd of people.
