Something Strange Aboard the Ship

Outside the Dead Sea, all the Nascent Soul Realm experts from the entire Luo Heaven Sea had gathered here, a total of twenty-five people.

The young-looking Venerable Jihai looked at the four Nascent Soul Realm Daoists from the Yaoguang Immortal Sect and said, "Fellow Daoists of the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, this is ultimately trouble caused by your Yaoguang Immortal Sect. You should find a way to resolve it, right?"

The sect leader of the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, Venerable Yaoguang, shook his head and said, "These are all old stories. We won't Yaoguang anything for the Yaoguang family. Besides, we did what we did back then for the Luo Heaven Sea. Even Fairy Yaoqiong died here. You should at least have some consideration for us."

"Alright, alright, there's no point in worrying about this now. Let's figure out a way to keep her from coming out." Tianxing said helplessly, "Why is she still so restless even though she's dead?"

"Fellow Daoist, you'd better watch your words," Venerable Yaoguang said coldly.

Tianxing smiled sheepishly and said nothing more; he dared not confront the Yaoguang Immortal Sect head-on.

Then Venerable Yaoguang scanned everyone present and asked, "How far have you progressed in your research on the Dead Sea? Share your findings."

The Tianji Pavilion Master, Venerable Tianji, looked at the Dead Sea and sighed, "We haven't figured anything out. The deathly aura of this Dead Sea seems to have appeared out of thin air. I've consulted all the ancient texts. On that day, a black mist suddenly rose from this sea area, and wherever the black mist passed, life dissipated."

"As everyone knows, that great battle was against Evil Demon. I estimate that this deathly aura originated from the remains of those Evil Demon. The strangeness of Evil Demon cannot be judged by common sense, and their origins are unknown. I, for one, cannot find a single clue."

"The Dead Sea is showing signs of decline. Ten thousand years ago, let alone entering it, just standing here might have our life force forcibly plundered. But now, we can enter the outer area without any problems."

"I suspect that the Dead Sea's gradual decline is what allowed this eerie being, neither ghost nor Fairy Yaoqiong, to break free from the Dead Sea Imprisonment."

At this moment, the Supreme Elder of the Yaoguang Immortal Sect, Daoist Tianlong, suddenly spoke up, "Fellow Daoists, do you think that once Fairy Yaoqiong is freed from the shackles of the Dead Sea, will she regain her sentience and find herself again?"

These words sent a chill down the spines of everyone present. Without a second thought, Venerable Jihai shouted, "Give up on that idea! Yaoqiong is dead, dead for tens of thousands of years. Even if she were to emerge, she would only be a monster, a menace!"

Within the Dead Sea, Fenghuo cautiously swam about, glancing occasionally at the head following him below, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Before he knew it, he was back at the wrecked ship. At first, he didn't pay attention, but when he got close, he realized what had happened and broke out in a cold sweat.

It's absurd that he only noticed such a large ship when they were about to collide.

Just as he turned to leave, a chain shrouded in black mist shot out from the ship and restrained him.

Fenghuo struggled desperately, but to no avail. As the chains gradually tightened, he was pulled onto the boat.

"Help! My life depends on you!"

Only a trembling sound drifted slowly through the air.

Soon after, all the Nascent Soul Realm experts outside appeared not far from the large ship. They looked at the ship in silence, and none of them were willing to make the first move.

"Fellow Daoists, who would like to go and test the waters first?" Venerable Jihai asked.

Those people looked at each other, and finally their gazes all fell on Venerable Yaoguang. After all, the person on the ship was an elder of their Yaoguang Immortal Sect. If they didn't make a move, who would?

Venerable Yaoguang sighed, stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Our descendants have offended us greatly today. We beg our ancestors in heaven to forgive us."

After saying that, he raised his hand and flicked his sleeve, his aura becoming fierce. As his robes fluttered, a burst of flames flew towards the large ship.

The ship, which should have been engulfed in flames, remained completely unharmed; the fire was extinguished by some unknown force the instant it touched the hull.

Venerable Yaoguang's face darkened as he said, "If we can't harm it, this will be difficult."

"Let me try." After saying that, Venerable Tianxuan raised his hand and threw out a bolt of lightning, but it was still useless. The lightning was also dissolved and could not damage the ship in the slightest.

"Sigh, it seems we can only delay." Venerable Jihai said with a dark face, then took out a bamboo stick, which quickly grew longer in the blink of an eye and pressed against the hull. He then pushed the hull backward with a sudden burst of force.

Seeing that it could be pushed, he tried hitting it again, but found that it couldn't damage the hull, so he gave up and just pushed it little by little deeper into the water.

At this moment, black mist surged on the ship, and a figure stood at the bow. She glanced at the bamboo stick propped against the hull, and with a wave of her hand, the bamboo stick instantly decayed as if it had been through ten thousand years.

Venerable Jihai hurriedly dropped the bamboo stick in his hand and stared warily at the figure on the ship. The others also became alert.

After a series of changes in expression, Venerable Yaoguang stepped forward and looked at the figure at the bow of the ship, asking, "Fairy Yaoqiong, can you understand me?"

The figure glanced at him, and then the Daoist skin rushed out of a room and covered the figure. In a short while, the figure transformed into a beautiful fairy.

His face was cold and stiff, as if the skin was just skin.

"This is... Fairy Yaoqiong?" Tianxing chuckled. "She certainly lives up to the name of a fairy; even with such a stiff face, she looks quite beautiful."

Seeing that all eyes were on him, Tianxing smiled sheepishly and didn't say anything more.

"Leave, or die!"

The sound was even worse than a duck's quack, like a rag being torn to shreds with stuffed in its mouth, and it was extremely hoarse.

But Venerable Yaoguang didn't care about these things; since she could speak, it meant she could communicate.

"Who are you?"

"Leave or die!"

It seems he's not that smart.

Venerable Yaoguang stepped back a short distance and said, "It's not that you can't leave, but the danger and uncertainty you pose are too great. If you explain what you are, we can discuss it."

Suddenly, the figure vanished, and Venerable Yaoguang felt his hair stand on end. Without thinking, he disappeared from the spot.

The Venerable Jihai, not far away, did the same; the moment the strange figure disappeared, he too turned and ran.

The others reacted a little slower, but they all had the same reaction: they all ran away, and none of them stayed to fight.

That figure just now had reduced a Law Treasure to dust. They didn't want to test that figure's abilities, especially since their lifespans were already limited. They would be devastated if they lost anything here.