Soon, Li Mu and his companion appeared in the sea area marked by Zhang Ze. Li Mu scanned with his spiritual sense and found clues.
What Zhang Ze remembered was indeed correct. Qixia Island was nearby, but it was hidden by an illusion array.
"My lord, is this Zhang Ze playing tricks on us?" Wang Jian said with a bad face while looking at the endless sea.
Li Mu smiled slightly, and a stream of spiritual energy shot out to the sea in front of him. The sea surface instantly became like a mirror and broke directly. A small island appeared on the sea surface, but the broken mirror surface soon began to recover slowly.
Wang Jian was stunned. Li Mu said calmly: "It's just an illusion!"
Then he rushed into the island, and Wang Jian followed. Wang Jian's cultivation had improved, but because he had been in the underground palace for many years, he still lacked many experiences. Even though he had reached the level of tribulation-crossing, he could not even see through an illusion array.
"Haha, it's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar! Come over and have a chat, fellow Taoist!" A sonorous and powerful voice rang out on the island, startling a group of seabirds.
Following the sound, Li Mu and his companion came to a thatched hut on the island, where they saw a shirtless man waving a hammer in his hand, hitting the table again and again. Sparks flew when the hammer collided with the sword blank on the table.
The man saw Li Mu and the other man coming and stopped what he was doing. He said to Li Mu and the other man, "What are you doing here?"
"Are you Jiang You?" Li Mu asked.
"Haha, that's right, but I prefer the name that old Xuanyuan gave me, Chiyou!" Jiang You said with a smile.
Li Mu burst out laughing and gave Wang Jian a look.
"Senior Jiang You, I am Wang Jian, a follower of His Majesty the First Emperor. I heard that His Majesty the First Emperor once practiced here. I wonder if you can contact him?" Wang Jian asked. Although Jiang You said that he liked the name Chi You, Wang Jian would not call him Chi You. After all, "Chi You" was a derogatory name given to Jiang You by the Great Sage Xuanyuan.
"Wang Jian, I heard from that kid Gao Zheng about you. You are a good kid." Jiang You said after thinking for a moment.
"Thank you for the compliment, senior!" said Wang Jian.
"Who is this Taoist friend?" Jiang You did not answer Wang Jian's question, but looked at Li Mu.
"This is Senior Li Mu!" Wang Jian introduced.
"You are very strong, so strong that it makes me a little nervous!" Jiang You said to Li Mu.
"I have no ill will towards you and Ting Zheng, I just want to talk to Ting Zheng about something!" Li Mu said lightly.
Jiang You examined Li Mu for a while, and finally sighed and said: "That kid, Wei Zheng, can be considered my disciple. When he was thrown to this Qixia Island by Wei Wenming, we disliked each other for more than 100 years. Later, we gradually had some exchanges. Unexpectedly, he became more and more to my liking, and I found that he was extremely talented. In the next nearly two thousand years, I passed all my skills to him. You can say that he is my successor! Later, when he was released, I wanted him to stay on the island and not get involved in the so-called saints' affairs, but in the end he resolutely left me!"
"Has he come back in these years?" Li Mu asked.
Jiang You shook his head and said, "No. Alas, I have been with that kid for so many years, and I know that he is not a person who is content with peace. He will definitely stir up trouble outside. If possible, I hope that you can save his life in the future when he is in danger!"
Li Mu nodded and waited for Jiang You's next words.
After Jiang You finished speaking, he turned back to the thatched hut, pushed aside a pile of weapons, and found a wooden box at the back. He took out the wooden box, placed it on the wooden table beside him, and carefully took out an antique dagger from the box.
"This dagger flew from outer space ten years ago!" Jiang You handed the dagger to Li Mu.
Li Mu took the dagger and looked at it carefully. There was a line of words engraved on the dagger: "The divine weapon in the world cannot be used."
"It looks like the handwriting of His Majesty the First Emperor." Wang Jian frowned.
"That's right. This is what I told Zheng before he left." Jiang You nodded.
"Could it be sent by His Majesty the First Emperor?" Wang Jian asked.
"If Gao Zheng sent this dagger here, he would definitely not do it casually. What do you think?" Li Mu asked Jiang You.
"Although I have not left this island for thousands of years, I still know some information about the outside world. The forging technology of this dagger comes from the Ancient Sword Sect!" Jiang You said.
"I see. Thanks for the reminder." Li Mu said.
"Fellow Daoist, there is one thing I don't understand. What realm are you in?" Jiang You asked.
"This body now is a Golden Immortal!" Li Mu said.
"Golden...Golden Immortal!" Jiang You's lips trembled slightly.
"Then we'll take our leave!" Li Mu said, and with a step forward, he was already a hundred miles away.
"Fellow Daoist, remember your words. No matter what, save Gao Zheng's life!" Jiang You shouted after he reacted.
"Yes!" Li Mu's voice rang in Jiang You's ears, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why Jiang You could tell Li Mu everything he knew so unreservedly was because he knew that with Li Mu's cultivation level, it was only a matter of time before he found Ting Zheng. What Ting Zheng did would certainly cause dissatisfaction among some people, and at that time, only Li Mu would be able to save Ting Zheng. Instead of letting the situation develop naturally, it would be better to give Ting Zheng a glimmer of hope.
"My lord, aren't you afraid that Jiang You is also a foreigner?" Wang Jian asked in confusion.
"Have you seen the sword forged by Jiang You? That sword has been forged for at least three thousand years, and it has never stopped being forged until now. If Jiang You is really an alien, why did he go to great lengths to sneak in here? What is the point of a person staying in this place for three thousand years? Aliens have never been interested in things like weapons. They believe that flesh and blood contaminated by weapons is impure. They don't have the patience to spend three thousand years to forge a sword. Besides, Wei Zheng has followed him for two thousand years. If he is an alien, do you think the things in the underground palace can still exist safely for so long?" Li Mu said.
Wang Jian nodded thoughtfully.
Next, Li Mu used secret techniques to change his and Wang Jian's appearances, and then hid their cultivations, preparing to go to the Ancient Sword Gate to find out. Since Wei Zheng tried his best to hide his whereabouts, he must have his reasons. If he went to find Wei Zheng in a high-profile manner, it would certainly cause Wei Zheng unnecessary trouble. After all, Li Mu couldn't see through the current small fairy world. The chess game between the person behind Wei Zheng and the mysterious person, even he was a chess piece in it, but at least from now on, the person behind Wei Zheng was on the same front as him. The aliens were in the dark, and he had been in the light. It was very likely that the aliens had noticed him a long time ago. If he continued to act in a high-profile manner, he would inevitably fall into a passive position.
I don't know why, but Li Mu always feels that the person behind Zheng has a great connection with him.
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