Elder Li and Cultivator Yan did not linger. Their figures swayed as they transformed into streaks of black light, shooting toward the depths of the Blackwater domain.
"Hahaha, aren't these Fellow Daoist Li and Fellow Daoist Yan? I never expected the two of you to return after only four or five years. Judging by this trip to the Human Realm, your harvest must have been quite abundant."
From within the Divine Machine Mansion, Qin Fengming remained fully aware of everything happening outside.
Three days after Elder Li and Cultivator Yan flew away, waves of immense Yin Qi suddenly churned. A group of cultivators shot out from the Yin mist and blocked their path. At the front, a gloomy-faced old man with flashing brilliance in his eyes laughed without the slightest hint of joy.
"So it was Lord Chi. Your subordinate pays his respects, my lord. The two of us were attacked by sea beasts here and forced to separate from the fellow Daoists traveling with us. We have only returned to this interface to replenish some necessities. After just a few short years, there is hardly any harvest worth mentioning."
Elder Li recognized the dozen or so cultivators ahead, and his expression darkened. He and Cultivator Yan bowed and spoke thus, but the strange glint that flashed through his eyes was filled with wariness.
"Hahaha, I, Chi, am merely responsible for searching this place for shapeshifted sea cultivators attempting to enter our Ghost Realm. As for the two of you fellow cultivators, I naturally have no authority to interfere. However, the passage is not peaceful at present. Quite a few sea cultivators have already secretly entered our people's interface. Even King Qi was wounded by a Great Cultivator among the sea cultivators. To ensure the safety of you two fellow