Mu Anqing's Disappearance
Yi Xuan, who had just returned from the Xia Kingdom, hadn't even sat down when he was summoned to the sect's main hall by a disciple sent by Cui Yan.
On the way, Yi Xuan asked the disciple what the sect leader wanted to see him about, and received news that surprised Yi Xuan: Mu Anqing had disappeared! Disappeared in the Eternal Sea in the southern part of the Southern Frontier!
Yi Xuan had been to the southern part of Southern Frontier before, during the quantum communication test.
Yi Xuan also saw the Eternal Sea in the south at that time. The black sea surface looked very calm, but strangely, black gas kept rising from the sea surface.
Anyone who saw that scene would know that the Eternal Sea was no ordinary place.
Yi Xuan thought so too at the time, and because he was in a hurry to test quantum communication, he didn't investigate further.
However, this strange sea left a deep impression on Yi Xuan, so as soon as his disciple spoke, he immediately thought of the location of the Eternal Sea.
"Sect Leader, Protector, Junior Sister Mu disappeared right after the receding tide of the Eternal Sea!"
"Disappeared?" Cui Yan looked at Yi Xuan and asked in disbelief.
"Yes, they just disappeared! Their whole being gradually faded until they vanished completely!"
Yi Xuan, after hearing his disciple's description, also looked at Xiao Anhe with the same bewilderment.
Xiao Anhe shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what was going on either.
It turns out that a few months ago, after Mu Anqing advanced to the Grain Avoidance Realm, he and several other Grain Avoidance Realm disciples of the sect took on a sect mission together.
Unlike regular sect missions, this time Mu Anqing received a long-term mission, and the mission location was also quite far away, located in the southernmost part of the Southern Frontier, in an area along the coast of the Eternal Sea.
The mission was issued by a small coastal country, which was in a state of panic due to sirens harassing it at the time.
There are many small countries like this in the Cultivation Realm.
Because of its remote location or lack of resources needed by cultivators, it did not receive the protection of any sect.
The emperor of the small country watched as the escalating sea monster infestation along the coast began to affect the operation of the nation.
So, with a heavy heart, he took out his family's only heirloom Law Artifact and went to the Azure Cloud Sect to issue a mission.
They hope that a celestial master will travel to the coastal areas of the small country to help them exterminate the sea monsters.
Mu Anqing had just broken through to the next level and needed a Law Artifact to enhance his strength.
Furthermore, the sect investigated the local situation and discovered that the sea monsters that were harassing the coast were mostly minor monsters at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment.
Although the mission might take a long time, Mu Anqing accepted it anyway for the sake of that Law Artifact.
There happened to be several disciples who were in the Grain Avoidance Realm nearby, so they all expressed their willingness to go together.
Mu Anqing had been in the Azure Cloud Sect for quite some time, so she naturally knew what kind of advantage her appearance would bring her in the sect.
If anyone else had taken on this task, these fellow disciples would definitely not have offered their help.
To put it bluntly, they're all just sycophants.
But dealing with sycophants can sometimes become very troublesome if you don't act decisively and cleanly.
Mu Anqing simply said "no need," but to those sycophants, it sounded like a coy refusal.
Therefore, everyone agreed that it was only natural for a senior brother to help his junior sister.
Mu Anqing was not good at refusing people, so seeing his senior brothers' attitude, he could only nod reluctantly and say that after obtaining the Law Artifact, he would compensate them with Spirit Stone according to Law Artifact value.
And so, the group of five set off.
Upon arriving in that small country, the group went to the royal palace to learn about the situation, and then headed directly to the coastal area to begin exterminating the sea monsters.
This crackdown lasted for more than a month, and the number of sea monsters harassing the people along the coast of the small country gradually decreased.
At the same time, the group also realized that this cleanup mission wasn't as bad as they had imagined.
During the process of eliminating the sea monsters, the group not only improved their combat experience by fighting the sea monsters, but also obtained a lot of materials from the corpses of the destroyed sea monsters, since sea monsters are also a type of Demon Beast.
Although the materials used by these sea monsters were not rare, the sheer quantity of them quickly filled the five people's Storage Bag.
However, after the entire coastline of the small country was cleared out by the group, a disagreement arose among them.
Mu Anqing's idea was that since the mission was already completed and everyone could return with a full load, they should return to the sect as soon as possible to submit the mission.
The others, however, felt that the haul from eliminating the sea monsters was quite good. The coastline of the Eternal Sea was not just limited to this small country; it stretched across the entire Southern Frontier and even included a part of the Western Regions.
Several people didn't want to give up this opportunity, which was essentially like picking up money while lying down.
Mu Anqing understood this principle, of course, but because of the incident a few years ago when she encountered Demon Beast that broke through its limits, she might have died on the spot if it weren't for the hand grenade that Yi Xuan gave her.
Therefore, from then on, Mu Anqing became increasingly cautious in his actions.
The others also noticed Mu Anqing's concerns.
So one by one they began to offer her advice.
"Junior Sister Mu, it's alright. We've already completed the mission, so turning it in a little earlier or later won't make any difference!"
"Yes, it would be a good deed if we went to the coasts of other small countries to deal with those sea monsters that were harassing the people!"
"That's right, that's right! Junior Sister Mu, we've been staying on this coast for a month now, and you've seen for yourself that there's absolutely no danger!"
What they said made some sense, and besides, they had all offered to help without expecting anything in return when they came.
This made it difficult for Mu Anqing to refuse too much, so he had no choice but to agree to stay for another month, and then leave after cleaning up the coast of another small country.
The others were overjoyed to see that Junior Sister Mu had agreed.
So the five men went to the coast of a neighboring country to continue their large-scale raid.
Unexpectedly, just over ten days ago, during the extermination of the sea monsters, the once peaceful Eternal Sea suddenly erupted with a rare tsunami.
The group of people who were searching for the sea monster on the beach suddenly felt a long black line rising on the horizon, completely parallel to the sea level, and that line was getting higher and higher.
The long line rose very quickly, and before the group could react, they realized that it wasn't a long line at all, but clearly the highest point of the tsunami!
A tsunami nearly 100 meters high roared towards the group. Under the power of nature, it seemed that cultivators and Immortal Method were rendered useless.
The group stood there, their faces ashen, when in the blink of an eye, the massive tsunami completely engulfed them.