Chapter 24 Penglai (Part 3) The Sea Moon Festival is coming to an end, and it belongs to Penglai...
The Sea Moon Festival is drawing to a close, and this carnival for the people of Penglai is about to end.
After Chi Wanyin and Ye Tinghe met up, they sat in front of the wonton stall, waiting for the Sea Moon Festival to end.
The stall owner brought the cooked wontons, and the two of them ate the food in their bowls seriously without being distracted.
After finishing eating, Ye Tinghe wiped his mouth and then whispered to her, "How is it?"
Chi Wanyin shook her head, and Ye Tinghe's expression was more solemn than ever before. If the thief could not be found and the suspicion of her and Chi Wanyin could not be cleared, the day when the two of them could return to Yantian Sect would probably be a long time.
"Elder Ye, I always feel that something is strange. Why was the Penglai treasure stolen as soon as we arrived here? The attitude of the Penglai Island Lord also revealed a bit strange. Although she did not doubt us, she still wanted to keep us here." Chi Wanyin conveyed the message to Ye Tinghe.
Ye Tinghe pondered for a moment after hearing this. "Tan Yinxiao is a scheming person. Perhaps she didn't keep us here solely because of the stolen treasure. I have a feeling she might be hiding something else from us."
"I wonder where the Penglai library is? Why don't we go there and look it up?"
"That's fine. It's almost dawn and there's nothing to do here anyway."
Penglai's library was also built on top of the sacred tree, but it was much closer than the top where the island owner lived.
Perhaps because of the Sea Moon Festival, there is not even a single guard here, let alone people from Penglai who come here to borrow books.
Chi Wanyin still had doubts in her heart, so she specifically picked out the files that recorded the major events in Penglai over the years.
It turns out that the natural disaster a hundred years ago was not the first disaster that Penglai suffered. The first disaster occurred a thousand years ago and had the power to destroy the world.
The leader of Penglai at that time stepped forward to save Penglai, but his life was exhausted in this battle. He was later succeeded by Tan Yinxiao. Strangely, Chi Wanyin found that there were very few records of this leader of Penglai, and even his name was not left behind.
This is really weird. He was the one who saved Penglai from disaster, but there are only a few words recorded about him?
Unless someone deliberately erased this record, but not many people can do that.
Considering Tan Yinxiao's previous strange behavior, Chi Wanyin naturally thought of her.
She glanced at Ye Tinghe, who was also buried in ancient books, and asked, "Elder Ye, have you heard anything about the previous leader of Penglai?"
Ye Tinghe's expression was complicated. "Why are you asking about this? After all, it happened a thousand years ago and I know very little about it. Senior Sister Huaiyu only mentioned that the previous head of Penglai was Tan Yinxiao's senior sister."
Chi Wanyin already had a guess in her mind, but the clues were not clear enough at the moment. "Elder Ye, we can go back now. I have found the answer I was looking for, but I need more clues to confirm my guess."
"You mean, all this is related to Tan Yinxiao's deceased senior sister?" Ye Tinghe naturally thought of this.
Chi Wanyin shook her head. "I'm not sure what her purpose is, but I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Elder Ye to try to hold the Penglai Island Master back tonight. I'll find a way to sneak into the top of the sacred tree."
Upon hearing this, Ye Tinghe said, "That's easy. Let's just say we've found the thief who stole the Penglai treasure. However, he's extremely skilled in escaping techniques, so Tan Yinxiao and I need to work together to capture him."
Chi Wanyin smiled slightly, "That's perfectly fine."
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Tan Huiyan stood beside Tan Yinxiao with a solemn expression and reported, "Island Master, we still haven't found any trace of Chenghua."
Abbot Island Master Tan Miaoxin is still in seclusion. Tan Yinxiao cannot take action at this moment or it will attract attention. Naturally, Tan Huiyan is unable to track him down alone.
Tan Yinxiao rubbed his brows when he heard this. "The barrier of Penglai is still there. No one can leave the island now. Even if that person is good at hiding his tracks, he will reveal his tracks sooner or later."
As the two were talking, a paper crane imbued with spiritual power landed in Tan Yinxiao's hands. Looking at the writing on it, Tan Yinxiao frowned and said, "If that's the case, this is quite interesting."
"I'm going out for a while. Huiyan, you stay here and guard it." Tan Yinxiao instructed.
Tan Huiyan nodded, and Tan Yinxiao jumped out of the window without using any magic weapon. Tan Yinxiao flew in the air and strolled leisurely.
Ye Tinghe was also standing above the sea belonging to Penglai. Seeing her coming, Ye Tinghe said, "Oh, I thought you didn't care about your Penglai treasure." It was a joking tone that was unique to her.
Tan Yinxiao ignored him and said, "Tell me, where is the person?"
Ye Tinghe pointed to a cave near the sea and said, "He hid inside. This person is very cunning. Although he is only a Jindan cultivator, he is good at disguise and escape. It is not that easy to catch him."
Tan Yinxiao just raised his eyelids and said, "You'd better tell the truth."
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Tan Huiyan naturally did not dare to slack off after receiving Tan Yinxiao's order, and was extremely vigilant to see if anyone broke into the top floor. However, not long after, a disciple from Yingzhou came to report, "Island Master, something seems to have happened in Liquan."
Tan Huiyan couldn't help but frown. Although the island master ordered her to guard here, the matter of Liquan was equally important. After all, Liquan was closely related to the people of Penglai. In an emergency, Tan Huiyan didn't care about much else. She set up a barrier here and went to check Liquan with her disciples.
Seeing her leave, Chi Wanyin immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Although Tan Huiyan's cultivation was not as good as Tan Yinxiao's, he was still a very difficult existence. If she really had to face Tan Huiyan, she might not be able to escape unscathed.
As for the barrier set up by Tan Huiyan, it was easy to break. She just touched it slightly and found the flaw in the barrier. She concealed her aura and easily entered the barrier.
The layout of Tan Yinxiao's residence was very simple, and Chi Wanyin found her study very easily. However, the formation set up here was even more sophisticated than the one set up by Tan Huiyan just now. It was obviously the work of Tan Yinxiao.
Chi Wanyin suddenly felt a headache. Tan Yinxiao's barrier was naturally different from the one just now. Moreover, if she rushed in rashly, it would probably alert Tan Yinxiao.
Chi Wanyin unconsciously touched the flower-shaped magic weapon on her head. She was not good at hiding her body, but Xu Anzhi in her previous life seemed to be quite interested in it, so she also tried to get in touch with it.
Chi Wanyin thought about it and realized that there was no way to slowly dismantle the formation. She took off the magic weapon on her head and injected spiritual power into it. Liquan was nourished by the Penglai magic, and perhaps the spiritual energy in her body was now also mixed with the Penglai magic.
After the magic weapon absorbed the spiritual power, it shone brightly. Although it was only for a moment, it should be enough to deceive the formation. Sure enough, Chi Wanyin entered the formation with the magic weapon in hand.
It was an ordinary study room, with all the four treasures of the study on the table. However, Chi Wanyin's mind was not on those furnishings. She just released her spiritual energy to sense whether there was any secret compartment hidden inside.
Fortunately, after a while, she finally found that there was an unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy in a certain place. Chi Wanyin followed that direction and found a night pearl placed on the shelf.
Chi Wanyin reached out and touched the pearl. In a moment, the bricks and stones under her feet loosened, revealing the entrance to a deep and dark secret passage.
The secret passage is not long. After walking through it, the white jade bed in the cave comes into view, as well as the woman lying on it with her eyes closed.
The moment she looked at her, Chi Wanyin's guess became clearer, but she had to leave.
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In the cave, a sharp green blade was placed across Ye Tinghe's neck. Tan Yinxiao simply looked at her calmly, "Capturing the thief is just a pretext. The real purpose is to lure me out so that the young man can sneak in, right?"
Ye Tinghe shrugged, "You even used the Blue Bird to kill me and silence me."
Bluebird is the name of Tan Yinxiao's sword, but she rarely unsheathes it on ordinary days.
"I won't kill you. What you and that young friend did won't change anything anyway." Tan Yinxiao took back the blue bird.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Ye Tinghe couldn't help but ask, "Since you know I'm lying to you, do you know who stole the treasure?"
Tan Yinxiao smiled and said, "Yes, but I gave the flower to her personally."
"You..." Ye Tinghe couldn't help but feel angry when she heard that. Could it be that Tan Yinxiao kept them here just to delay time?
She put away the blue bird, took out the immortal chain from her storage bag, and tied Ye Tinghe tightly. "It's only for Huaiyu's sake that I'm sparing you two's lives."
Seeing Tan Yinxiao emerge from the cave, Tan Huiyan immediately stepped forward and said hesitantly, "Island Master."
Tan Yinxiao waved his hand and said, "Lock him up." He handed Ye Tinghe, who was bound by the Immortal Binding Chain, to Tan Huiyan.
"Where is that young friend from Yantian Sect?" Tan Yinxiao asked Chi Wanyin before Tan Huiyan left.
Tan Huiyan saw that her expression was the same as usual, so he said, "She escaped, but she was seriously injured. Our people are already doing their best to search for her."
Tan Yinxiao just smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, she can't change anything." His tone seemed particularly firm.
Returning to the top of the sacred tree, Tan Yinxiao caught a glimpse of the mess in the study. She knew that Chi Wanyin must have seen the person at the end of the secret passage, but what could a mere Foundation Establishment disciple change?
She entered the secret passage as usual. At the end, the woman on the white jade bed had a peaceful face, as if she was sleeping soundly. Tan Yinxiao gently stroked her face, "Senior Sister, I have waited for this day for too long."
*
Chi Wanyin covered her bleeding wound and walked through the alleys of Penglai.
The people who were trying to capture her were chasing her relentlessly. Except for the time before her death in her previous life, Chi Wanyin had not been in such a desperate situation for a long time.
Looking at the pursuers not far away, she took out a talisman from her storage bag and pushed her spiritual power to the extreme.
After a while, she was no longer in the alleys, and there were only grass and trees all around her. However, the talisman that turned into ashes also indicated that Chi Wanyin could not leave here for the time being.
She saw a female cultivator wearing a veiled hat under a tree not far away, waving at her, "Fellow Daoist Chi."
It turned out to be Luo Yin, a disciple of the He Huan Sect whom he had met before. Seeing that she seemed to be seriously injured, Luo Yin stepped forward and cast a spell to heal her while wondering, "Fellow Daoist Chi, what's going on?"
The healing technique gradually stopped the bleeding from the wounds on his body. Chi Wanyin then said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, you are a good person. You shouldn't be involved in this matter. Once your wounds are healed, you can leave."
Luo Yin smiled bitterly upon hearing this and said, "I was originally going to leave Penglai as soon as the Sea Moon Festival was over, but now Penglai has set up a barrier that prevents entry or exit. How can I leave?"
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