Chapter 154
In the Pulao Kingdom, the status of the immortal sects was clear and they were always high and mighty. The prestige of the immortal sects was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even among the imperial family and the nobles of the Pulao Kingdom.
The Puppet Hall could destroy the entire Liu clan in the name of offending their Master-Uncle.
However, the Three Great Immortal Sects did not have such a position in the Eastern Ocean Islands. It was fine if the elders in the sect befriended rogue cultivators, but there were even some who found their cultivation partners in the rogue cultivators.
Some rogue cultivators could even freely enter and exit the island sects of the Three Great Immortal Sects of the Eastern Ocean.
Both Jiang Lin and Chen Jingzhai found it unbelievable. However, the contents of the jade slip told the two of them that this was the truth. Perhaps this was also the fundamental reason why no external forces had entered the Eastern Ocean Islands.
Rogue cultivators and sects formed a barrier between each other, naturally avoiding many risks. However, if this continued, the future would not be optimistic.
“No wonder Senior Brother Qing Mu told me not to stay here for too long.” Chen Jingzhai shook his head and said, “There are no rules and regulations. The dignity of the immortal sect has been lost. As expected, they are not on the same path as us.”
He was the Little Master-Uncle of the Luo Sheng Sword School, so he naturally had a sense of belonging to the sect. He was as pessimistic as Jiang Lin about the Three Great Immortal Sects of the Eastern Ocean.
“The jade slip also specifically states that we can’t simply attack,” Jiang Lin said with a hint of sarcasm. “The disciples of the sect are not to be trifled with. They’re afraid of hurting the friendship between the two sects. Rogue cultivators can’t be touched either. They’re afraid that they’ll attract a group of people and might even provoke cultivators of the Golden Core Plane, Nascent Plane, or the sects behind them.”
“The Three Great Immortal Sects are playing a big game of chess, but we don’t know if they can control it,” Chen Jingzhai said calmly. “This has nothing to do with us. We’re not afraid of trouble.”
“That’s right.” Jiang nodded. “Business comes first. The rest are simply minor details.”
The disciples of the immortal sect were domineering.
It was probably because the disciples of the immortal sects on land were unlike the disciples of the Three Great Immortal Sects of the Eastern Ocean. They were not so amiable, scholarly, or easy-going.
For the next two days, Chen Jingzhai and Jiang Lin went out one after another. They used the sect’s secret communication technique, but there was no result.
The Sky Black Cranes that Chen Jingzhai had released did not find any clues either.
On the third day, the two of them retreated from the courtyard and prepared to leave the East Pole Spirit Turtle Island.
When they passed by the seaside market, they happened to hear that there were sightings of a giant whale in Crescent Moon Bay. The two of them immediately changed their minds and prepared to head to Crescent Moon Bay. After all, it was most likely that Chu Jingsong was here for the giant whale.
However, not long after the two of them left the East Pole Spirit Turtle Island, they were targeted. The two of them remained silent. After flying away from the East Pole Spirit Turtle Island, they split up and fled.
Chen Jingzhai released the Detection Puppet Worm and easily discovered the two Foundational Cultivators following behind him. He frowned slightly and emerged from the sea, stopping directly on the surface.
“At least you know what’s good for you. Obediently hand over your storage bag!” the person on the left shouted.
“Killing is prohibited on the East Pole Spirit Turtle Island. Do the two of you want to break the rules?” Chen Jingzhai asked.
“This isn’t the island,” the man on the left called out with a chuckle. “Cut the crap, land-bound cultivator. You’re dawdling. Hand it over!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed Chen Jingzhai’s storage bag.
Chen Jingzhai’s expression turned slightly cold as he stood motionless. The next moment, an obscure fluctuation approached Chen Jingzhai and Hei Ji appeared beside him. She scattered a spell with a punch, tapped her foot on the waves, and disappeared.
“Sh*t!” the man on the right cursed, and instantly a golden light glowed.
The two cultivators who had followed them were wrapped in golden light that was extremely blinding. Hei Ji punched the back of the person on the left, but she was blocked by the golden light. Faint ripples made the golden light ripple and shimmer.
“Golden Light Protection Talisman!” Chen Jingzhai said indifferently, his eyes cold.
The talismans from the Mystic Sound Pavilion were Grade 3 and were not cheap.
“D*mn it, how dare you waste a Grade 3 talisman on us!” The man on the left was heartbroken. “I wanted to seek money, not pay for my life. You can’t leave today. You must die.”
He shouted and raised his hand. 18 flying daggers formed a dagger formation.
The formation instantly formed, and the flying daggers spiraled towards Hei Ji. Sparks flew as the blades collided with Hei Ji’s puppet master. The Golden Light Protection Talisman also disappeared the moment the men attacked.
The person on the right attacked at the same time. A small fishbone flute appeared in his hand.
Before he could play, a voice entered Chen Jingzhai’s ears. He felt a sharp pain in his eardrums, and a psychedelic feeling invaded his mind.
In Chen Jingzhai’s upper core, the divine stone trembled slightly. In the next instant, all the psychedelic feelings he experienced disappeared. Even the piercing sound did not affect him.
Chen Jingzhai snorted and waved his sleeve. A fire dragon roared and rushed out. The fire dragon was only as thick as a human body, but it was thirty feet long. Its body burned and steamed with seawater.
The person on the right narrowed his eyes and was about to attack when he felt a pain in his head.
It was Hei Ji’s wrist that she had flung out of her puppet body. Though she was surrounded by the dagger formation, her detached left hand went straight through the head of the person on the right.
“Big Brother!” When the person on the left saw this, he screamed miserably and attacked angrily.
The dagger formation was instantly activated to the limit, and violent dagger energy was about to erupt. However, the fire dragon pounced on him and swung its tail gently. A flame landed on the person on the left.
The cultivator on the left flashed with spiritual light. His spiritual item blocked the flames, but it did not block Hei Ji’s left hand. Her left hand which was detached from her wrist transformed into a sword with her fingers. She took the opportunity to pierce his throat.
“You…” The man’s eyes bulged. Words failed him.
The fire dragon spiraled and dissipated. Chen Jingzhai instantly put the two Foundational Cultivators into the Grotto-heavens. Then, he used the water escape spell to escape with Hei Ji.
About half an hour later, two people suddenly appeared on the battlefield. The two of them flew around and even dived into the water. They found nothing and finally left helplessly.
[Splat!]
The aqua blade severed a head.
Jiang Lin’s gaze was indifferent. He shook the wine gourd and took a sip of spirit wine.
The Foundational Cultivator opposite gritted his teeth and turned to escape, but he was blocked by a water spear that shot out of the sea. The spear pierced through the Foundational Cultivator’s throat, and his spirit weapon could not stop it in time.
Chen Jingzhai escaped from the sea and collected the corpse. He grabbed Jiang Lin and disappeared with him.
After half an hour, two more Foundational Cultivators appeared. Not discovering any movement, they angrily bombarded the sea with spells.
Eventually, the sea waves tossed and turned, but nothing happened.
Chen Jingzhai saw all of this with the help of the Detection Puppet Worms that he left behind. He took Jiang Lin into the sea and temporarily rested on the ship.
Four storage bags were taken out. Chen Jingzhai cracked all of them and poured out the items.
“Looks like they’ve been targeting us since we set foot in the Treasure Pavilion.” Chen Jingzhai held a small compass. “They collected our aura and used the compass to locate us. This isn’t their first time doing this.”
“The Profound Finger Compass.” Jiang Lin snorted. “It looks like they’re professional looters and are deliberately targeting sect disciples from the mainland. I wonder where they got their courage and confidence from.”
“Perhaps it’s a sect?” Chen Jingzhai picked out a talisman and a spiritual item.
There were four storage bags, a total of three Grade 3 talismans. Some were for escaping, some were for attacking, and some were for defense.
There were many spirit weapons. In addition to the 18 Flying Daggers, there was also a fishbone flute, a spiritual item-grade robe, spiritual boots, and a spiritual fish scale shield. There were a total of 12 items.
On average, each of them had three sets of spiritual items. It was rare to see such a wealthy Eastern Ocea rogue cultivator.
Apart from these, there were also some spirit pearls and spirit shells, as well as some spiritual ingredients.
The spirit shell was the shell that birthed the spirit pearl. These spirit shells were considered a unified currency in the Eastern Ocean Islands. One spirit pearl could be exchanged for three spirit shells.
The four Foundational Cultivators who had intercepted them had a lot of spirit shells and spirit pearls on them.
Chen Jingzhai divided these things equally.
Jiang Lin asked for the 18 Flying Daggers. This could be further refined and stored in his wine gourd. After feeding it with the blood of a Grade 4 sea beast, it might even give birth to some spirituality.
As for the other spirit weapons, he did not fancy them at all. Chen Jingzhai gave him all the spirit pearls and spirit shells while he accepted all the spirit weapons.
This was a considerable fortune. It was indeed befitting that he had obtained these gains from those who harbored ill intentions toward him.
However, Chen Jingzhai did not care about these gains. He was a little dissatisfied.
It had always been the disciples of immortal sects bullying rogue cultivators. Since when could rogue cultivators kill sect disciples?
It was his first time in the Eastern Ocean Islands, and he had just landed on his first island when something like this happened.
How annoying! He was so annoyed that he wanted to kill someone!
