After traveling quite a distance, we finally saw a few scattered people, who were probably looking for something useful. After all, not everyone had the same goal as them.
These people saw Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian and whispered among themselves, "Ah, aren't those two idiots who were digging for coral outside from the beginning?"
"Haha, that's true. Why aren't you digging anymore? Maybe you've finally figured it out."
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were speechless. They hadn't expected that digging up some coral would attract so much attention...
The danger within the city itself is not significant; the main danger comes from the spiritual cultivators. Since this island rose from the seabed and is now exposed on land, the sea monsters are naturally at a disadvantage. They even left during the time the island was afloat.
Many people had different goals than Qi Zhiheng and his group, but quite a few others shared the same goal. They would stop temporarily when they encountered certain things along the way. At this moment, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were also traveling at a fast pace, and soon they encountered many people with the same goal as them.
They haven't found anything particularly tempting yet, so no one is going to attack them.
The two reached the foot of the mountain without any trouble, taking less than three days. If their flying artifacts were still usable, they could have gone even faster, but the island seemed to have some kind of suction force, rendering their flying artifacts unusable.
Starting from the foot of the mountain, some houses appeared, covered with seaweed and moss. Some were even covered with shellfish clinging to their walls in dense rows. If someone with trypophobia saw this, they would probably get goosebumps.
Yang Yitian, seeing the shellfish, said, "These seafood items look delicious! Should we pry some off and eat them? How about we put some in our spatial sea to keep them? I'm tired of eating the monsters we encounter on the road all the time."
Qi Zhiheng secretly thought to himself, Yang Yitian ate very quickly, but he didn't seem to be tired of eating at all!
Seeing the somewhat expectant look in Yang Yitian's eyes, Qi Zhiheng gave in: "Then let's dig some out."
Upon hearing the promise, Yang Yitian happily began prying open the shellfish clinging to the wall! Each one was at least twenty or thirty centimeters long, and just looking at these live shellfish made Yang Yitian's mouth water.
Yang Yitian quickly tore off hundreds of these shellfish and handed them to Qi Zhiheng.
Then they started walking online. The mountains are not easy to walk in, and even if there were roads here thousands of years ago, they should have disappeared after so many years.
Fortunately, he still had cultivation. Although he couldn't use flying artifacts, he had spiritual energy and was a bit more agile, so going up was a very simple matter.
After they finished shoveling the large shellfish off the mobile homes, they moved on to the next one. Along the way, they were spotted by another group of people.
"Aren't these the ones who were digging for coral over there? Why did they come here to catch shellfish after digging for coral? These shellfish aren't worth anything, why are they catching them?"
"I guess it's a job for that aristocratic family. You can tell just by looking at their clothes. They're just spoiled young masters who don't know the hardships of life!"
Holding a large clam in his hands, Yang Yitian was somewhat dissatisfied with these people: "What's wrong with these people? Aren't they meddling too much?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "Don't pay any attention to them. They're just unhappy with their own lives and want to find a sense of existence in others." He could detect a hint of sourness in their words. Perhaps they were just some scattered spiritual cultivators who couldn't get good resources and could only be jealous of others.
Yang Yitian didn't intend to care about these things. He gave the clams in his hand to Qi Zhiheng again, telling him to find a place to raise them, and they could be eaten after they spit out the sand.
The two collected shellfish as they went uphill, which took them half a day.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Three days have passed now. If this island sinks in five days, we need to hurry."
It was for this reason that Yang Yitian finally let go of Yilian's hand. The two quickened their pace, and after another half hour, they reached the top of the mountain.
The fact that there are people with the same goals as them means that there are people at this position.
When Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian came up, they did see the people on it.
There is a palace-like residence on the mountaintop, but it is covered with moss and coral because it is submerged in water all year round.
At this moment, a group of people were gathered at the entrance of the palace.
"What's going on here?" Yang Yitian looked at the hundreds or thousands of people on the platform, somewhat puzzled.
Qi Zhiheng was not entirely clear about the situation, so he said, "Let's ask someone." He looked around and saw a group of two people. The two people did not look like treacherous people, so Qi Zhiheng decided to ask them for a question.
Qi Zhiheng led Yang Yitian forward, cupped his hands and said, "Brothers, I am Qi Zhiheng from Yuansheng Academy. May I ask you some questions?" They did not get too close to the two men, but kept a safe distance from them, so as not to make them think that they had ill intentions.
The two were initially a little nervous when they saw them approaching, but they relaxed a bit when they heard Genseiin's name. Seeing that the two were still polite and kept their distance, their attitude softened considerably.
The tall man stepped forward and said, "I am Xu Honghao from the Thousand Swords Sect, and this is my junior brother Bai Hongming."
Qi Zhiheng also introduced Yang Yitian, and after obtaining permission, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian moved closer to them.
“We are here, naturally, to wait for this door to open,” Xu Honghao explained.
"Do you know when this door will open?" Yang Yitian asked.
Xu Honghao nodded and said, "I heard from the seniors who went out before that this door will open two days before the island sinks. We don't know when the island will sink, but it will be in the next few days." Everyone here knew this information, so Xu Honghao didn't hide it.
Qi Zhiheng recalled the information; the information sold by the shopkeeper did not contain any details, so this information must have been obtained recently.
As expected, Xu Honghao said, "The door here was discovered by the last group of people who went back. Because they couldn't find any particularly precious spiritual items before, everyone suspected that the real treasure should be in this palace."
Qi Zhiheng felt that this was quite possible, so he gave his two fellow disciples a bottle of pills as payment for the information. The value of this payment was considerable, certainly not comparable to fifty low-grade spirit stones.
Upon receiving the news, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian also joined the waiting group.
At this moment, Yang Yitian suggested that Qi Zhiheng take out the shellfish he had caught at the beginning and grill some to eat: "Since we're just waiting anyway, why not eat while we wait?" He rubbed his stomach, having been busy for several days without eating anything.
Qi Zhiheng was dispensable, so he set up the frame and began processing the shellfish.
There are several kinds of shellfish. Qi Zhiheng processed them one by one, washed them clean, and then started preparing some seasonings and ingredients.
While processing the shellfish, Qi Zhiheng also found a few pearls inside. These pearls were not very big and were not valuable, so he casually tossed them into his spatial storage.
The shellfish were quickly seasoned and placed on a grill.
With Qi Zhiheng's culinary skills, the taste is simply amazing.
Yang Yitian watched with his mouth watering. These seafoods didn't need to be grilled for too long, as they would easily become tough. Once they were almost done, Yang Yitian immediately picked one up and started eating. These shellfish were quite large, and Qi Zhiheng had cleaned out all the dirt inside, leaving only the fresh aroma of seafood.
Bai Hongming, smelling the aroma and watching Yang Yitian eat, secretly swallowed. Even his senior brother could hear the noise.
Qi Zhiheng's soul power was so strong that he naturally heard it, so he invited the two of them to try their barbecue.
The two were a little embarrassed, but they simply couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food! They shamelessly came over to eat with them!
As he ate with gusto, many eyes turned to him.
"In such a tense atmosphere, is it really appropriate for us to eat and drink so much here?" Bai Hongming felt uneasy as he ate, looking at the resentful gazes directed at him from all around.
Yang Yitian took another bite of the clam meat. He mumbled, "How could that be? We eat while we wait, that's called not wasting time. Besides, why should we care about other people's opinions when we're enjoying life? Don't be fooled by those people glaring at you, it's because you have food while they don't, they're just jealous. The more unhappy they are, the more we should enjoy our food."
“That’s true. Actually, it’s not a big deal for us to have barbecue here. I heard that a few days ago there were two idiots digging for coral on the edge of the island. Did you see them?” Bai Hongming said after thinking for a moment.
Foolish Qi Zhiheng: "..."
Foolish Yang Yitian: "..."
Yang Yitian lied without batting an eye, saying, "I didn't see it. We came from another direction."
Bai Hongming thought for a moment and asked in confusion, "Something's not right. If you came from another direction, why are you at this entrance? There are four entrances here. If you came from another direction, you should be at one of the other entrances."
Yang Yitian was speechless. Who knew that this godforsaken place actually had more than one door!
Qi Zhiheng explained, "We took a long detour and came in from here."
"Is that even possible? Why are you taking such a long detour? Don't you think it's a waste of time?"
Qi Zhiheng lied and said, "We saw our enemy on that road, so we changed direction."
Suddenly realizing: "So that's how it is!"
There are countless spiritual cultivators on the Xuanling Continent. Where there is spiritual cultivation, there will be strife, and where there is strife, there will be death. It is perfectly normal to encounter enemies casually. They firmly believe in this saying.
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