Chapter 238 Heading to White Fish Island
In the vast forests, two groups of people are fighting.
One side had a group of forty or fifty people, surrounding seven or eight male and female cultivators in the middle.
Among the male and female cultivators, a lithe woman was carrying a girl in yellow on her back, wielding a long whip and lashing it at the enemy.
Each time it was pulled out, it left a deep welt.
Clearly, this agile woman is the most central figure among those surrounded.
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Tang Zhifeng carried Zheng Xiaomei on her back, dodging and weaving with incredible speed, her feet barely touching the ground.
Zheng Xiaomei, wielding a short halberd, kept slashing and hacking away whenever she could catch someone off guard.
The followers were equally agile, wielding weapons to fight back while constantly throwing out talismans.
The talismans were very powerful, and they all emitted terrifying explosive sounds.
The cultivators surrounding them also used various methods to quickly resolve the danger brought by the explosion, and continued to approach Tang Zhifeng and the others.
One or two more followers died at the hands of the attackers.
Tang Zhifeng and the others moved even closer, and the circle shrank even further.
The situation is extremely precarious.
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Tang Zhifeng was unlucky; she was just traveling with friends when she happened to encounter a group of burly men who surrounded and killed a highly skilled cultivator.
Many of those cultivators were at a higher level than them.
Very dangerous!
Tang Zhifeng naturally tried to avoid them as if she hadn't noticed, but the group of cultivators surrounded her, seemingly with ill intentions.
Left with no other choice, Tang Zhifeng revealed her identity.
However, at this moment, the group of cultivators' killing intent surged, and they immediately attacked!
Tang Zhifeng immediately realized something was wrong.
This situation is probably because the person killed by this group of cultivators is very special, and there may even be some sinister plan involved, so they are determined to silence her!
At that moment, Tang Zhifeng shouted, urging everyone to flee quickly.
Fortunately, Tang Zhifeng still had some means of resistance, which she used one after another. However, Zheng Xiaomei injured her leg while helping her, and Tang Zhifeng did not have time to take out medicine to heal her. Not wanting to abandon Zheng Xiaomei, she carried her away.
Of the more than twenty skilled fighters she led, more than ten had been killed or injured in the pursuit by the group of cultivators.
However, misfortunes never come singly.
As Tang Zhifeng and the others fled, they were blocked by barbarian wolves.
When they killed the savage wolves, they were also surrounded by that group of cultivators.
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Blood was everywhere.
Tang Zhifeng gritted her teeth and persevered.
Zheng Xiaomei clung tightly to her, without uttering a sound.
Beside the two, two of their strongest followers stood guard.
Just then, one of the pursuers suddenly shouted, "There's someone over there! Send a few to kill him!"
Tang Zhifeng subconsciously looked over.
At that moment, a young man emerged from the woods to the side, backlit, making it impossible to see his face clearly.
Seven or eight cultivators rushed forward and blocked the young man's path, their weapons clashing as they fiercely attacked!
The young man seemed to be caressing something in his hands. Without even looking up, his figure suddenly disappeared.
As if a gust of wind had passed, the young man's figure reappeared, having already passed through these obstacles.
At the same moment, the seven or eight cultivators who had blocked the way fell to the ground.
Their heads were all ripped off and rolled away.
Tang Zhifeng's pupils suddenly contracted!
The young man was walking forward at a leisurely pace, as if he had only kicked away a few insignificant pebbles, seemingly oblivious to everything that was happening.
Among the attackers, someone shouted a curse, and several even more ruthless figures rushed forward, chasing after the young man!
Most of the remaining dozens of attackers flew out and followed closely, intending to surround the young man.
The pressure on Tang Zhifeng's side decreased sharply, with only a dozen or so people still surrounding and killing them. However, at this moment, Tang Zhifeng only had three people left by her side, and they still could not find an opening to escape and could only protect themselves.
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The attackers had caught up with the young man.
They were very good at encirclement and killing, and the three strongest among them even formed a battle formation, determined to take the young man's life!
However, the young man's figure flickered again.
Like a fleeting shadow, it vanished again in an instant.
Then, all the cultivators who had chased after them fell down.
Both cases involved the head being separated from the body, with the skull falling out.
The scene was terrifying.
The three who used the battle formation were no exception.
They died before they could even unleash the full power of their combined technique.
They didn't even save their heads.
A strong, pungent smell of blood filled the air.
As the mountain wind blew, the blood-like aura almost formed a pale red mist, which then dispersed in all directions.
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At this moment, the young man continued to walk forward quietly, still stroking something in his hand.
The young man's every move... was strange, revealing a kind of eeriness.
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The blood mist drifted over to Tang Zhifeng and the others, where they were immediately spotted.
The remaining dozen or so attackers sensed something was wrong and immediately caught sight of the terrifying scene that terrified them.
Their captains and brothers were killed so tragically that they didn't even have time to scream!
At this moment, the attackers slowed down their movements.
Tang Zhifeng gritted her teeth, seized the opportunity, and shouted in a low voice, "Break through!"
The two attendants immediately protected them and headed to the right. Tang Zhifeng also carried Zheng Xiaomei tightly on her back and used her fastest movement technique.
The direction they were heading was precisely where the young man was.
Zheng Xiaomei said in a low voice, "That person has too much murderous aura!"
Tang Zhifeng also lowered her voice: "As long as we don't block his way..."
Zheng Xiaomei knew that there was no better way at the moment, and this was the only thing she could try.
If you don't follow the past, you'll die; if you do... you might survive.
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Sure enough, the dozen or so remaining attackers were still chasing after Tang Zhifeng, but when they discovered that Tang Zhifeng and the others were following the young man, they hesitated.
The two groups ahead were clearly targets they wanted to eliminate, but their companions died too quickly.
For a moment, they dared not go forward again.
More importantly... even the captain is dead, so what's the point of them going with him?
In the end, these people looked at each other and gave up.
They collected the corpses and heads on the ground into mustard seed bags and fled.
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Tang Zhifeng and the others breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the attackers had completely left.
At this moment, they were only a few feet away from the young man.
Tang Zhifeng immediately stopped her entourage and refused to follow.
The one in front was also a dangerous person. They've already escaped a life-or-death crisis, so they shouldn't go looking for death.
So Tang Zhifeng and the others remained motionless and waited quietly.
The young man maintained his previous pace, and his figure gradually disappeared from their sight.
Tang Zhifeng gritted her teeth and said, "When we get back, we must find out who those people are! How dare they try to kill me!"
Zheng Xiaomei then said, "I'll also ask my dad to investigate and exchange information with Uncle Tang."
Tang Zhifeng nodded and whispered, "Go and collect their bodies and bury them in the back mountain of my Tang family."
The two remaining attendants looked somewhat grave and left quickly.
Only Tang Zhifeng and Zheng Xiaomei remained, talking in hushed tones.
Tang Zhifeng: "Did you see clearly the way that person used that technique just now?"
Zheng Xiaomei pondered, "Although it was only for a moment, I saw the bow."
Tang Zhifeng was taken aback: "Bow?"
Zheng Xiaomei solemnly replied, "I was on your back, so I could catch a glimpse of what was happening. That senior used a bowstring to sever their necks... it was incredibly fast."
Tang Zhifeng pondered and guessed, "Could it be that we just happened to run into someone on the Sky Ranking?"
Zheng Xiaomei said, "Perhaps. We've only heard that those listed on the Sky Ranking are geniuses among geniuses, and probably only such people can possess such abilities."
At this point, both of them gave a wry smile.
Tang Zhifeng said, "I would very much like to make friends with such a person."
Zheng Xiaomei sighed: "I really can't figure out your temperament, otherwise I would have liked to take advantage of the life-saving grace to strike up a conversation with you, but I don't dare to now."
Tang Zhifeng: "I wouldn't dare either."
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Both of them were now quite certain that the young man from before was indeed the chosen one on the Sky Ranking.
The Sky Ranking only accepts cultivators at levels five to eight, with only one hundred at each level.
At the beginning of each month, the Sky Ranking is released into the sky on time, and cultivators at each level can only see the ranking for their corresponding level.
Tang Zhifeng and Zheng Xiaomei are both only at the Palace Opening stage, which is already quite strong among their generation. When using some profound artifacts and secret techniques, they can barely exert the strength of the Enlightened stage.
Among the attendants were several guards responsible for protection, and their combat abilities were also quite formidable.
Tang Zhifeng and the others only planned to play around near each other's homes. In theory, there should be no danger, and such a group of people would be enough.
But who knew that he would almost be killed?
According to the reminder from the followers of the Suspended Illumination Realm, there were at least seven or eight people in the group chasing them, and the three leaders were even a whole realm stronger than them. Could this be a Fusion Realm expert?
The young man's strength couldn't have exceeded that of a Fusion Realm expert, otherwise those people wouldn't have dared to follow him to silence him. But he must have been an extremely powerful Fusion Realm expert, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to so easily kill those Fusion Realm experts in just a few breaths—so effortlessly, without even having to exert any effort, as if it were child's play.
In their view, only the strongest on the Sky Ranking could possess such terrifying strength.
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Tang Zhifeng carried Zheng Xiaomei back to Xufeng City in no time.
The two are direct descendants of the Tang and Zheng families, respectively. Although their parents are not the heads of their families, their respective lineages are still very capable.
After both families informed their parents that they were being hunted, both sets of parents mobilized some family resources to conduct a search.
During this time, Tang Zhifeng sent medicine to Zheng Xiaomei and stayed with her.
A few days later, Tang Zhifeng and Zheng Xiaomei's parents called them over.
Tang Zhifeng looked up and saw that the expressions of these elders were all somewhat complicated.
Tang's father, Tang Zhanxian, spoke first: "The matter is now clear."
Tang's mother—Wen Dai said softly, "They've all been resolved."
Zheng's parents were helpless, but they both nodded in agreement.
Tang Zhifeng and Zheng Xiaomei were both a little confused, but soon, their parents pieced together an explanation.
"That group of people are mountain bandits from Qingfeng Village. They grew in strength and became arrogant because a Spirit Transformation cultivator emerged from them."
"The person they were besieging was an elder disciple of an eighth-level power. Because the other party revealed some very valuable resources, it attracted the covetousness of Qingfeng Village, who finally found an opportunity to kill him. After you saw it, in order to avoid being discovered by the elder of that eighth-level power, they naturally wanted to silence you."
"The same logic applies to wanting to kill another person."
"It is said that after the news reached Qingfeng Village, the young master was stopped by the people of Qingfeng Village, who wanted to take revenge on him. But the real reason should be that the young master was highly skilled in combat, and it is speculated that his family was also wealthy, so they wanted to make another killing."
"However, that young master..."
Tang Zhifeng was puzzled. After a brief interruption, she took the initiative to ask, "Qingfeng Village can't afford to offend an eighth-level power, so how can they afford to offend the top geniuses on the Sky Ranking? How dare they?"
Tang Zhan said, "That's because they had people look at the Sky Ranking, and among the fifth level, there is no one who can match that young master."
Zheng Xiaomei recalled for a moment and nodded, saying, "Indeed, there is no one on the Sky Level 5 Ranking who is as handsome as him."
Tang Zhifeng, who hadn't seen clearly before, couldn't help but ask, "Just how handsome is he?"
Zheng Xiaomei said, "Extremely handsome, unlike anything I've ever seen before."
However, the fact that even such powerful individuals failed to make it onto the Sky Ranking was quite surprising to both of them.
The elders, feeling helpless, continued to recount the story.
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The powerful figures of Qingfeng Village had given that young master a high opinion of him. To avoid any accidents, they sent several people who had reached the Palace Building stage, and even the Spirit Transformation stage person was there to oversee things. Originally, everything should have been foolproof.
That young master is only at the Fusion Realm. No matter how strong he is, it is difficult for him to fight against opponents of higher levels. And even if he could fight against opponents of higher levels, it would be impossible for him to fight against multiple opponents.
Unexpectedly, the young master was riding a blue sixth-order Peng bird, and with the Peng bird's extreme speed, he weaved through the attacks of the many Palace-Building cultivators, leaving them unable to make a move.
At the same time, the young master also released an eighth-level puppet!
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At this moment, Wen Dai took out a recording stone and projected the image onto it.
In the image, an extremely handsome young man in brocade robes rode on Qingpeng's back, and together they transformed into a bolt of lightning, making it impossible for the palace builders to even touch his shadow.
Apart from that, the young man in brocade robes did not react at all.
His face was expressionless, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he kept rubbing the thing in his hand...
Mirror.
From the video, Tang Zhifeng and Zheng Xiaomei finally realized that the young man in brocade robes had been holding and caressing the mirror.
Qingpeng flew at low altitude with ease, completely disregarding those palace builders.
But those who built palaces were unwilling to give up and blocked and attacked from different directions.
Finally, the young man in brocade spoke, his voice devoid of any emotion.
"So annoying."
As soon as he finished speaking, a large bow appeared on the arm of the young man in brocade robes.
A sharp gleam faintly shimmered on the bowstring.
The next instant, the young man in brocade robes drew his bow and shot an arrow!
Several golden arrows shot out, splitting into several directions, heading straight for the few Palace-Building cultivators!
While the arrow possessed immense energy, it was clearly impossible for it to easily injure a cultivator who had reached the Palace of Construction.
However, the arrows were not originally intended to wound them.
Even the cultivators who built palaces had to spare some attention to defend against the arrow attacks, and at that moment, Qingpeng suddenly rose up!
It's even faster!
It was almost as if one roc had multiplied into several, creating several sharp roc shadows.
A sharp beak, razor-sharp claws, and incredibly sharp feathers!
In a few strikes, Qingpeng had already cut and torn apart one of the Palace-Building cultivators.
Of the other few who built palaces, some had limbs severed, while others managed to escape in time.
The crimson blood fell on Qingpeng's body, but rolled down smoothly.
A considerable amount of blood stained the hem of the brocade-clad young man's robes. He remained unmoved, raising his hand to draw his bow, continuing to create opportunities for Qingpeng.
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The photographic stone clearly records the scene of Qingpeng and the brocade-clad young master working together to slaughter the palace.
If you look closely, you can see another image faintly visible in the corner of that image.
The puppet quickly stopped the bandit from the Spirit Transformation Mountain.
The bandits of Hualing Mountain wanted to escape the moment they saw the puppet, but they couldn't escape at all.
After Qingpeng had destroyed all the palaces, he carried the young master in brocade robes and steadily walked up to the bandits of Hualing Mountain.
The young man in brocade robes said, "Smash him."
The bandits of Hualing Mountain were immediately horrified and frantically attacked, trying to escape!
However, no matter which direction he went, there were puppets blocking his way.
And so, the phantom recorded everything from beginning to end... how the puppet tore the Spirit Transformation Mountain Bandit to pieces, bit by bit.
Extremely bloody.
It was also very cruel.
The young man in brocade robes still had no expression on his face.
He was still caressing the mirror, always the same spot, as if a certain line on the mirror was his most precious and beloved treasure.
In his eyes, the shattered spirit-transformation bandit was like casually tearing off a leaf, not worth his attention at all.
Is that... all there is to it?
At that moment, the young man in brocade robes turned his head slightly.
Those deep, emotionless eyes stared straight at me.
It's as if you're watching the person in front of the image.
—In fact, what he was looking at was probably the person who was recording the video.
But he didn't stop it from beginning to end.
However, when everyone present met those eyes, they felt a chill run down their spines for some reason.
This one is really strange.
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After a long silence, Tang Zhifeng murmured, "This senior deliberately had someone take a picture... as a warning to others?"
Tang's parents both nodded in agreement: "After this, no one should dare to provoke him easily."
Zheng Xiaomei sighed, "Alas, this senior possesses such strength and is protected by an eighth-level puppet; he must have an extraordinary background. How can those bandits of Qingfeng Village treat him like a fat sheep just because he's not on the Sky Ranking?"
Zheng's parents shook their heads and said, "We were just hoping for the best."
Regardless, the group decided to keep their distance from this young man in fine clothes.
The other party's appearance unexpectedly saved the lives of the two families' daughters and also eliminated the top forces of Qingfeng Village, which was a great favor to both families. However, repaying a debt of gratitude cannot be done recklessly. The other party clearly did not want to deal with anyone, so they naturally did not bother him.
I'll repay you when I have the chance in the future.
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On the other side, at sea, inside the treasure ship.
Zhong Cai stood on the deck, gazing ahead.
Duan Xingchen stood beside him, neither too close nor too far.
Although I don't know why, this Brother Zhong agreed to take him back to White Fish Island—perhaps he also wanted to go and see it?
Regardless, he made it back safely.
Dad must be very worried.
I wonder if he was fooled by those two sluts...
Hopefully not yet.
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Duan Xingchen was actually thinking about his own affairs.
As the young master of White Fish Island, he has been pampered since birth and has never lacked money.
As he grew up, his father, because he preferred men, carefully selected a very handsome young man named Zhu Zixi from the island to become his fiancée.
If all goes well, they can become Daoist partners at the right time—the current arrangement is that they will officially marry when Duan Xingchen turns thirty-five.
But then, an unexpected incident occurred.
As she grew older and gained more experience, Zhu Zixi became far superior to Duan Xingchen in every way. Originally, she was already quite outstanding in appearance, but now she has been listed as one of the top ten beauties of the Hundred Islands!
On White Fish Island, among Duan Xingchen's relatives, there also emerged a remarkably outstanding young master, Duan Xingming.
Duan Xingming is Duan Xingchen's cousin. Because of his exceptional talent, he was taken in by the island lord for training. He is much better at martial arts than Duan Xingchen, and because he actively goes out to train, he has also gained some fame among the hundred islands.
Duan Xingchen was not particularly considerate or attentive to his fiancée, but he was still quite thoughtful, and he was especially respectful to his cousin, Duan Xingming.
In the past, the three of them would often travel together, and their deep friendship was evident to be very strong.
Therefore, Duan Xingchen could never have imagined that Duan Xingming and Zhu Zixi would be involved together and cheat on him!
If it were just that the two of them simply developed feelings for each other and couldn't extricate themselves, it wouldn't be entirely impossible to help them get together if they had a proper talk with Duan Xingchen. However, the two of them tricked Duan Xingchen into going out, knocked him out with medicinal tea, and then, as if to amuse themselves, staged a live sex show in front of him!
Then they slapped a teleportation talisman onto Duan Xingchen, teleporting him into the sea.
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Now, Duan Xingchen has no idea what excuse the two of them came up with, nor does he know what the current situation is on White Fish Island.
All he could think about was getting back as soon as possible.
Go back as soon as possible, and everything will be easier.
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The treasure ship continued its journey, and after some time, it finally arrived at White Fish Island.
The overall impression of the island is: clean.
There were white pebbles everywhere, especially on the beach, which looked quite nice scattered on the sand.
The treasure ship is moored at the shore.
Zhong Cai swayed slightly and landed on the ground.
Duan Xingchen quickly followed.
Sure enough, the next instant, Zhong Cai withdrew his Xuan power, and the treasure ship automatically returned to his hands.
If Duan Xingchen doesn't keep up, then he'll just fall down.
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After landing, Duan Xingchen looked around.
Many islanders greeted him warmly, and he recognized many of them.
This is a dock specifically for ferry landings, and many cultivators come and go here regularly.
The expressions and attitudes of these cultivators are currently no different from usual...
Duan Xingchen thought: There's a high probability that they don't know he almost got into trouble—if even the islanders don't know, then cultivators from other places are even less likely to know.
It seems that those two bastards kept this a secret from us.
They are probably planning to wait until the news of his accident is completely confirmed before making any further plans.
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Zhong Cai ignored Duan Xingchen's observations and thoughts.
He simply focused all his attention on sensing it again.
Then he was disappointed.
Very disappointed.
Old Wu... is not on White Fish Island.
The ancient city still only provides a mirror arrow, pointing to the route beyond White Fish Island, continuing forward.
Old Wu was not found within the scope of the search treasures given by the two masters.
Zhong Cai's expression was not good.
Where did Lao Wu go...? Where is the arrow pointing? When will he and Lao Wu be reunited?
Before Zhong Cai could even begin to imagine what was going on, Duan Xingchen had already invited her to his residence.
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