From a distance, Chen Yu saw a black-robed man standing at the edge of the boat.
"He's wearing black robes. He should be a Soul Sect disciple."
Beside him, Ren Shaohua spoke in a low voice.
Chen Yu carefully sensed the man's aura and found that the spiritual power within him surged fiercely, even rivaling his own. Clearly, he was also at the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
Strange.
The other sects' disciples were mostly at the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Refining. Why would the Soul Sect send a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining disciple?
Both their numbers and their cultivation differed greatly from those of the other sects.
While Chen Yu frowned in puzzlement, the five Jade Void Disciples resting aboard their boat emerged. Clearly, they had also heard the approaching vessel. The two sides then began talking.
"What are they saying?" Lü Yanyan asked curiously.
"I can't hear them clearly."
Senior Brother Wu shook his head.
Chen Yu frowned. As a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining cultivator, he could make out some of their voices. The five Jade Void Disciples were greeting the Soul Sect disciple. Neither friendly nor hostile, their exchange was entirely ordinary.
It seemed the Soul Sect wasn't cooperating with the Jade Void Sect and the Evergreen Sect. Only the Evergreen Sect and the Jade Void Sect were deliberately targeting the Dao Sect.
That was what Chen Yu thought.
Then, a moment later, the Soul Sect disciple standing at the edge of the boat produced a black banner from somewhere. Forming a hand seal, he injected a stream of spiritual power into it.
In an instant, the banner blazed with light!
An extremely uncanny fluctuation of spiritual power emerged...
About ten seconds later, five translucent figures slowly took shape on the shore, eventually