Chapter 52
A few months later.
The cold wind of early winter did not reach Haijinyunjian Island, and the island was still as warm as spring.
At this moment, in the center of the secluded island, the place where the sturgeon shark tribe inherited the tradition suddenly rumbled, and the stone door trembled open, and a disheveled woman walked out.
Jitang saw the light of day again, took a deep breath of the fresh air in the forest, and stretched hard.
Shark reminded her in her sea of consciousness: "Don't take it lightly."
Jitang felt like he was alive again, and replied happily, "I understand."
Before her smile faded, she heard hurried footsteps in the woods.
"You really don't give me a chance to breathe." Ji Tang's expression was cold as he drew out a sharp sword from his waist - this was a sword taken out from the place of inheritance, but here it could only be used as a cold weapon.
The footsteps came closer and closer, and Jitang soon saw the grass closest to her shaking.
She raised her sword, intending to take the initiative.
The wild grass that had grown wildly to half a person's height was suddenly divided into two clumps, and a person emerged from between them.
Ji Tang looked at him coldly.
The man was drenched in mud, even his hair was stained with damp dirt. The pattern and color of his clothing were indistinct; all that could be seen was a murky yellow mess of mud, speckled with bark and grass. His face was even more stained, a mixture of yellow and black, with faint traces of blood.
Ji Tang hesitated: "...savage?"
Sharky: "You mean yourself?"
When the man saw Jitang, he not only did not stop, but ran even faster. His goal was clear, and it seemed that he was coming for Jitang.
Ji Tang frowned and pointed the tip of the sword at him, but before he could hold it for a moment, he put the sword back into the scabbard.
Sharky: "Why are you putting away your sword? Hey you!"
Amidst Shaqi's puzzled cries, Jitang ran over eagerly like that man.
The two men quickly approached each other, and the tall savage hugged the short savage in his arms.
Shark was shocked: "..."
Ji Tang hugged the man in front of him tightly around the neck, almost screaming with joy: "Senior Brother! Senior Brother!"
Su Jinzhou did not respond to her immediately, and Ji Tang could only hear his rapid breathing.
Jitang touched the man from head to toe in this position, and when he was about to touch the waist, his hand was grabbed by the man.
She took a step back and began to look at his face again.
"You don't seem to have any injuries on your body, but what's wrong with your face?" She was cleaner than Su Jinzhou. There were water jars prepared by Senior Wang Shou at the inheritance site, and she had been relying on them to survive for the past few months.
She could use sea water to wash, but she had been tortured so badly by the lightning that the salt water would be very painful on her wounds and would not be conducive to their recovery.
Su Jinzhou looked at Jitang and saw that she seemed unharmed and in good spirits. He finally put his heart at ease. Without saying anything more, he grabbed Jitang and ran: "Someone is here."
The joy of reunion was diluted by these words. Ji Tangxia gestured to look back, then grabbed Zhu Jinzhou's hand and said, "Let's go to the place of inheritance!"
The stone door that had just closed opened again.
The two entered the inheritance site, and Ji Tang said, "Brother, it's very safe here. I've been staying here all these days."
She spoke briefly.
Su Jinzhou listened quietly, his heart beginning to lift again. "Lightning struck you? Are you injured?"
To reassure him, Jitang lifted up his sleeve to show him, "Not much! Look, I'm intact."
Shark: "If it weren't for those elixirs from you, you would have been completely destroyed."
Jitang pretended not to hear.
Su Jinzhou didn't believe it was as easy as she said. Knowing that Jitang was trying to reassure him, he agreed with her and said, "That's good. You just reached the Spiritual Silence Stage, and your cultivation is not stable yet. Don't show off."
Jitang smiled and nodded: "I know."
Seeing that she was well-behaved, Su Jinzhou's eyes softened and he pulled down her sleeves.
Su Jinzhou also exchanged information succinctly. "Elder Qiu Runfang rebelled against Wei Hai Palace, burned down the library, killed many Wei Hai Palace disciples, and stole the palace's treasure, the Xuanming Sea Pearl. His whereabouts are now unknown."
He was still confused about why Qiu Runfang betrayed him, but after hearing what Jitang said, he got the answer.
Ji Tang pondered for a moment, "Could it be that he couldn't wait for me to get out, and was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he simply made plans early? Or is there another reason..."
Shark: "This matter is very complicated, but she actually dared to steal the Xuanming Sea Pearl. How audacious!"
Ji Tang: "What is the Xuanming Sea Pearl?" After she finished speaking, she met Su Jinzhou's gaze, smiled and nodded, "It's Shaqi who's speaking. Brother, if you have anything to say, I'll convey it."
Shark Qi spoke first, "What can I have to say to him? It's fine if you don't want to take me as your master, but since you've practiced the Leihua Body Tempering Technique, I can at least call you your senior brother! And yet you keep calling me senior brother right in front of me. Isn't that annoying?"
Su Jinzhou: "No need to communicate. Get it out as soon as possible, and don't let anyone easily step into your sea of consciousness in the future."
Ji Tang's ears and mind were filled with voices. She was helpless and ignored their attitudes towards each other. She asked the doubts in her heart, "Brother, what happened outside? How did you get the injury on your face?"
Ji Tang then realized that Su Jinzhou would contact her several times a month, but her spiritual communication stone had no news, so Su Jinzhou turned to contact Wei Hai Palace.
The ones who responded to him were the disciples of Qiu Runfang, who all said that Jitang was concentrating on cultivation and planning to survive the spiritual thunder tribulation.
Overcoming the tribulation is no small matter. Su Jinzhou wanted to come over immediately, but was stopped by them. They said that the Wei Hai Palace was under martial law during this period, and many disciples were attacked by unknown illusions in the outer sea. Even if he came, he could not enter the Wei Hai Palace.
Su Jinzhou was worried and contacted Senior Jiang Ruiwei and Senior Jin Fengning. They confirmed this and advised him that since he hadn't recovered yet, if he came and couldn't see Jitang, he might fall into an illusion. They were too busy to take care of him.
Su Jinzhou repeatedly confirmed Jitang's safety. Jiang Ruiwei took advantage of the break to send him the picture of Jitang's practice. The picture was recorded by Jiang Ruiwei through the gap in the window. Because she was afraid of disturbing Jitang's practice, she did not dare to enter the house.
Su Jinzhou felt relieved when he saw that it was indeed her in the video.
More than a month passed like this, and Su Jinzhou contacted Qiu Runfang again. The disciple still gave the same excuse. However, he learned from Senior Jiang Ruiwei that Ji Tang had completely sealed off the room where he was in seclusion in order to calm his mind, and all the doors and windows were locked.
Su Jinzhou didn't plan to wait any longer and prepared to come over.
He came to Wei Hai Palace at the beginning of this month, wanting to see Ji Tang. As Senior Jiang Ruiwei said, the doors and windows of the room where Ji Tang was in seclusion were locked tightly, and there were also many disciples guarding outside to prevent him from getting close.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked for an opportunity to test it out, and after a few tries, he finally confirmed that Ji Tang was not in there at all.
He asked Jiang Ruiwei and Senior Jin Fengning to lead the way so that he could meet the elder.
At this critical moment, a fire broke out in Wei Hai Palace, and the fire started in the library.
Afterwards, the news that Elder Qiu Runfang had rebelled against the Wei Hai Palace spread like wildfire, and all of Qiu Runfang's disciples were killed. Just when everyone was busy dealing with the fire and the lives lost, someone reported that the palace's treasure, the Xuanming Sea Pearl, had been stolen, and none of the disciples guarding the palace survived.
Now the Wei Hai Palace was in chaos.
At this time, Shaqi also said, "The Xuanming Sea Pearl is a treasure that the Weihai Palace obtained from the elders. It has the effect of stabilizing the sea and resisting wind, thunder, rain and snow. Otherwise, the sea is changing rapidly, how could they have remained stable until now?"
Jitang told Su Jinzhou exactly what he had said.
Su Jinzhou: "Your seclusion in Weihai Palace is fake. Instead of searching everywhere like a headless fly, why not come to this small island to look for clues? I have seen several groups of people on the island. They have high cultivation levels. They are all covered in black clothes and their faces are covered. It is difficult to tell their way out."
"There are restrictions on this island, but wherever they appear, the restrictions will suddenly lose their effect. I was looking for clues while moving away from them, and it was inevitable that I would bump into them." He saw Jitang frowning and smiled to comfort him, "It was a close call."
"You call this a close call?" The blood on the wound on his face hadn't dried yet, and there were no telling how many wounds there were on his body, but he was covered in mud and soup, so Ji Tang couldn't notice them yet.
Su Jinzhou: "No problem, let's find a way to leave here first."
Ji Tang: "Yeah. Those people outside can disable the ban within a certain range, just like Qiu Runfang did before. We can't get out of the stone gate, so we can only go under the sea."
Su Jinzhou looked towards the central water, "Under the sea?"
Ji Tang called out softly, "Shaqi?"
Shark said unhappily, "You want another water-repellent bead? No!"
Ji Tang's eyebrows twitched slightly. There was at least a handful of water-repellent beads in the stone cabinet. She had seen it before.
She: "You know I have a master, is it wrong for me to call my fellow disciple brother?"
Sharky: “Not really.”
Ji Tang: "Although you are not my fellow disciple, we have shared hardships and it is good for us to call each other brothers. How about I call you Junior Brother Shaqi from now on?"
Sharky's tone brightened noticeably. "Not bad. Wait a minute..."
Jitang was the first to call out, "Junior Brother Shaqi."
Shaqi: "..." After talking for a long time, they became junior brothers.
Su Jinzhou couldn't hear what Shaqi said, but he could hear Jitang calling him "Junior Brother" all the time, which made him unhappy.
With Shaqi's tacit consent, Jitang took out a water-repellent bead from the stone cabinet.
Su Jinzhou took it and bowed three times towards the place where the treasure was placed in the inheritance land.
Sharky: "Shouldn't he worship me?"
Ji Tang: "You haven't completed the inheritance yet."
The two rested for a while and then dived into the sea.
Shaqi showed Jitang the way, and the two moved quickly, not reappearing until they swam out of the island.
The water-repellent beads can only prevent them from drowning, but cannot prevent them from getting soaked.
They climbed ashore from the reefs and lay on the beach, not wanting to move. Before their breathing had even stabilized, they saw several people flying over their heads on swords.
Su Jinzhou was the first to stand up.
The man who had fallen down took one look at Su Jinzhou, and a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, "A fisherman?"
Ji Tang then stood up and smiled at the man's gaze. He was too lazy to argue with him and replied, "Yes, yes."
Male cultivator: "Don't get in the way here. Qingxuan Lipo Mansion will be training disciples here later. You should leave immediately!"
Jitang tugged at his senior brother's sleeve and walked past the few people.
As they passed each other, the male cultivator called out to them again, "Wait." He walked up to the two of them, looked at the storage bags hanging around their waists, and said in a stern tone, "Monk? You actually lied to me! Why did you hide your identity as a monk? What is your purpose in coming to my Haijinyunjian Island?!"
Ji Tang's patience ran out. He put his hands on his hips and said unhappily, "What are you arguing about? We were resting peacefully on the beach when you suddenly came to disturb us. I haven't said anything yet, but you're already getting more aggressive! There are so many sects and palaces on Haijinyunjian Island. When did they become yours? Is it any of your business whether I'm a cultivator or not? What's our purpose? Huh?!"
The male cultivator's face turned ugly after hearing what Jitang said, "You! You..."
"What do you mean by 'I'? Get out of here!"
"Jitang."
"Yu Hong."
Su Jinzhou walked to Jitang's side.
A person also came up behind the male cultivator.
The two sides' eyes met and then they looked away, each looking at their own things.
Su Jinzhou: "Calm down, let's find an inn to rest."
The man on the other side also said: "We still have important things to do later, so don't cause trouble."
Ji Tang and the male cultivator named Yu Hong disliked each other. Ji Tang rolled his eyes and turned to leave when someone else exclaimed in surprise, "Is it... is it Brother Jin Zhou and Senior Sister Ji Tang?"
Ji Tang looked over and recognized the person immediately: "Xue Ziyuan!"
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