"This place should do, right? It's barren and deserted. Whatever we do here, word won't get out!" Just as the group reached the sky above a valley, Ye Haicheng suddenly spoke.
His words came utterly out of the blue.
At first, the cultivator surnamed Zou thought Ma Xuanwen had spoken, so he nodded in response.
But he soon sensed something was wrong.
The one who had spoken was actually the "fat sheep" in their eyes!
When Ye Haicheng and the other three saw the Zou cultivator's reaction, they instantly realized something was amiss.
They had already noticed that this journey seemed aimless, a far cry from what they had been told in Soul-Repelling City.
Now they had even reached a deserted place.
There was no surge of spiritual energy here. Clearly, there could be no treasure.
All four fled almost simultaneously.
Ye Haicheng was the fastest. The cultivation method he practiced was the Heavenly Puppet Mystic Heart Scripture, second only to an Immortal Scripture in grade.
Against Spirit Transformation cultivators from Body Integration Factions, he might not have much of an advantage.
But against these rogue Spirit Transformation cultivators, he was practically striking from a higher dimension.
Had he not deliberately held back his speed, they would never have caught him.
This was different from the last time Ye Zhijian had boarded the treasure vessel. Back then, he had boarded the Ancient Wilderness Ark by chance on the Wildlands Continent, and meeting Ma Jun had been a coincidence.
This time was different. If someone deliberately investigated his encounter with Ma Xuanwen, they would certainly uncover something suspicious.
In particular, if they searched Ma Xuanwen's soul, the truth would be even more likely to come out.
That was why Ye Haicheng could not possibly let these people leave this time.
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