Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
For some reason—maybe the movement at the Mystic Divine Mountain, Jiang Yi’s hiding place proved to be quite good. Half a month flew by quickly, and Jiang Yi did not locate even one Demigod anywhere close to him.
Half a month later, Jiang Yi discovered that the aura at the back of his head was nearly gone. However, he did not dare to be too careless. He remained inside the Thearch Palace. Every two hours, he still released his divine senses to look around.
For this period of time, he really enjoyed life. The two girls really acted as though they were Jiang Yi’s servants, no matter how hard Jiang Yi tried to convince them otherwise. They kept thinking of different ways to please him and make him feel more comfortable. Jiang Yi guessed that they would even remove their robes and use their bodies to please him if he had just given them the word.
Of course, Jiang Yi had no time for such things. He did not dare to let his guard down each day. He did not even relax during the night. Instead, he kept searching the surroundings so that even his spirit was close to breaking down. What’s more, he did not dare to take the two girls in. It would already be dangerous enough for him to try to ascend the Mystic Divine Mountain. Now that he has angered the Zhan Clan as well, Jiang Yi was worried that he might not even be able to try ascending the Mystic Divine Mountain at all.
Jiang Yi decided that after three days—if he had still not been discovered, he would continue on his journey. He already wasted so much time hanging around. If he continued to delay the journey any longer, the restrictions around the Mystic Divine Mountain would be completely gone. By that time, there would be no point in him going down at all.
He turned to address Tang Xue and Tang Yan, saying, “We will go out of this palace later on. I’ll ask the people of the Chen Clan to take you in. Then, they will send you back to Sin Island. It’s safest over there. Go there and wait for me to come and get you. It’ll be dangerous if you follow me.”
“No! We will not leave!”
Tang Xue and Tang Yan panicked on hearing Jiang Yi’s instructions. Tang Xue gritted her teeth and said, “Chief Jiang, our lives are worth nothing. We’re used to living in fear, not knowing when the end might come. We feel the safest when we are with you. Even if we die… we want to die with you. That’s why we don’t want to go anywhere else. If Chief Jiang insists on sending us away, we’d rather die.”
“No way!”
Jiang Yi’s tone was extremely firm. His expression darkened as he said, “There will be no discussion about this. If you still want to follow me in the future, you must listen to me! How about this… don’t go back to Sin Island. Go to the Divine Sonar Valley and live there for a while. The Sonar Thearch will treat you well. Wait for me to finish what I have to, then I will come back for you.”
Jiang Yi was very close to losing his temper. The two girls’ eyes were welling up once again, but they did not dare to go against his word any longer. Jiang Yi retrieved a green pearl after exiting the Thearch Palace and focused his essence force on it. There, in the pit, he waited.
Two hours later, a black figure ran over, holding a string of green pearls in his hand. Jiang Yi activated his divine senses to scan the man and then shouted in a low voice, “Come down and talk!”
Tsk! Tsk!
The man descended immediately. Jiang Yi searched the surroundings before keeping the Thearch Palace. At the same time, he transported Tang Xue and Tang Yan out of it. With a flash, Jiang Yi turned into Yi San once again.
Bang!
There was an explosion above the pit. The black figure landed in front of them and got down on one knee. “Young Master Yi, we have finally found you.”
“What’s the situation outside?” Jiang Yi wasted no time and cut right to the chase. “Did the people from the Zhan Clan come searching for me?”
“Yes!”
The man in the black robe nodded. “The Zhan Clan sent two Demigods here. They spent thirty days searching the north part of Yin Long Region, but they left when they realized that you were not here. Young Master, you are very skilled indeed. You managed to escape being found despite the Blood Debt Seal they had on you. We did not even think that you would be hiding somewhere nearby.”
Jiang Yi nodded. “Please bring these two girls back to the Divine Sonar Valley secretly. You must take good care of them. After a while, I will come back and fetch them. Also, tell your Family Head that I have something to attend to and must go. If anything comes up, I will contact you. That’s right… tell your Family Head also that I am going to the Mystic Thearch City.”
“Alright!”
The man in the black robe was quite highly skilled. His ring flashed white, and then two black robes appeared in his hands. He handed one each to Tang Xue and Tang Yan. “Ladies, please cover yourselves. Once we arrive at the nearest city, I will get a disguising elixir for you.”
Jiang Yi nodded satisfactorily. Tang Xue and Tang Yan put on their black robes immediately before turning to Jiang Yi with tears in their eyes once again. “Chief, you must come back and fetch us.”
“I will!”
Jiang Yi waved at both of them. The man in the black robe reached out and grabbed both of their arms before flying out of the pit. Jiang Yi did not follow them out. Instead, he sat down cross-legged on the ground and released his divine senses to look around. It was not until the man arrived at the nearest city with Tang Xue and Tang Yan that Jiang Yi heaved a sigh of relief.
“Go!”
He had already been outside for over two hours. If the Zhan Clan still had people on his trail, the Demigods would have arrived by now. Jiang Yi changed his physical appearance, and his spiritual aura before getting out of the ground and heading south.
He was at the boundary between the Divine Sonar Region and the Yin Long Region. It had only been half a day, but Jiang Yi already arrived at a small city in the northern part of the Yin Long Region. He walked in proudly, easily making arrangements for a Heaven Fate Ship. By the afternoon, he was already on a Heaven Fate Ship going toward a big city nearby.
A day passed while he was on the Heaven Fate Ship without much drama. Jiang Yi finally arrived in the big city. He looked for one of the Chen Clan’s branch halls in the city and arranged for another Heaven Fate Ship out of the region. After another day, he boarded the Chen Clan’s Heaven Fate Ship. It was only then that he finally relaxed.
The Zhan Clan was the number one clan in the East Imperial Continent, but the Zhan Clan’s disciples were in no way miracle workers. Now that the Blood Debt Seal was gone, it was almost impossible for even the Demigods of the Zhan Clan to recognize Jiang Yi as he was now. There was only a chance that his identity would be revealed if the Zhan Thearch himself came after Jiang Yi.
After traveling for three days on the Heaven Fate Ship, Jiang Yi finally stopped searching his surroundings. Instead, he entered a training room and began to train. He did not retrieve the platinum command token from the Tang Clan. The Tang Clan was reliable in general as were Tang Sheng and Tang Ming. However, not every single person within the Tang Clan could be trusted.
There was still at least half a year to go before he would arrive at the Mystic Thearch City. Jiang Yi was prepared to train up his essence force during that time and try to realize more dao patterns if he could as well. He had already realized and merged at least two dao patterns that were three-star and above. He only needed one more before he could become a Demigod. Of course, he still had to form a god spirit as well.
“I forgot to ask the Sonar Thearch how to form a god spirit…”
Jiang Yi felt a pang of regret when he thought about the god spirit. However, he was already on the Chen Clan’s Heaven Fate Ship. There was no way he could return to the Divine Sonar Region. He could only hope that he would get the opportunity to ask about it in the future.
“Mm, I can think harder about the Divine Sound Heaven Skill in these six months and stabilize the second stage of the soul abductor. If I can achieve the third stage of the destruction of souls, that would be ideal. I guess that the destruction of souls alone can kill ordinary Demigods?”
Jiang Yi focused on his training. Of course, the main goal was to become a Demigod. Once he became a Demigod, his essence force would become divine power. If he had divine power, he would be able to easily activate the Nirvana Flames. That would help him easily annihilate other Demigods!
Just thinking about the Divine Sound Heaven Skill caused his heart to skip a beat. The restrictions around the secret cultivation room were extremely strong. He did not have to be worried that the sounds would travel outside the room. From inside his Ancient Divine Essence Ring, he retrieved a leaf and began to blow it. At the same time, he tried to realize more about the Divine Sound Heaven Skill from his music.
He played a song from his childhood. As he played, his eyes began to cloud over. His mind filled with images of his childhood, playing at Skyplume City. When the song ended, he felt devastated to the core.
“No way!”
Jiang Yi roared. He quickly rejected this way of blowing the leaf. He could not be using both hands to play music when he was battling with others. If he stopped playing, the enemies would snap out of their daydreams immediately. If at least one person remained unaffected by his music, he would not even have the chance to defend against any attacks.
“If you have a sword in your heart, any grass or branch can act as your sword. The Divine Sound Heaven Skill is all about sincerity and true emotions. As long as one has that, it does not matter what instrument he is using. I should try to make use of the soft sword to create sound and see if I can make music with it.”
Jiang Yi retrieved the sacred artifact, his soft sword, and began twisting it around like a poisonous snake. The sound of the sword cutting through the air soon filled the room.
“This isn’t right. It shouldn’t be this way. The rhythm and melody was wrong.”
Jiang Yi put all distractions aside and focused solely on the sound that the soft sword was making. He tried to use the soft sword to create a unique song so that all his enemies would fall into a daze upon listening to it.
