Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 526 Ship Collision
To be honest, Chi Pei's face was becoming increasingly frightening: the erosion of his bone structure was becoming more and more severe, and his entire face looked like it was carved from ice, as if it would shatter at any moment; his eyelashes looked like they had been repeatedly frost-covered, forming thick frost flowers.

With such a dignified appearance, Chi Pei's smile sent a chill down Wei Xi's spine.

"Fellow Daoist Wei was truly impressed by what happened at Bone Reef Sea."

"It's better to avoid trouble. Why should we worry about these things? The evil Yihua gang may have the ability to turn the moon green, but they can't stop the Wanjian Sect's thunderous methods."

"Brother Chi is right, but I have a question: was the green moon really created by those people who shifted the flowers?"

Upon hearing this, Chi Pei lazily replied, "Otherwise what?"

Wei Xi cursed inwardly for this bastard pretending to be confused, but his face showed a troubled expression. "I have been in the Northern Frontier for many years. I wonder if Senior Brother Chi has witnessed anything similar in the Eastern Barbarians?"

"Never."

Wei Xi felt hopeless, but made one last attempt.

"It's a pity. Lian Gou told me that the green moon was very eerie. I had always thought it was caused by the Bone Reef Sea, and I felt extremely guilty. I only hope that when Elder Xiao explores the Bone Reef Sea again, the Eastern Yi will not have the green moon, otherwise I will not be able to eat or sleep in peace."

“Of course,” Wei Xi paused, “it would be even better if Elder Xiao could find some clues in the Bone Reef Sea.”

"What clue?"

Seeing that Chi Pei finally took the bait, Wei Xi feigned a bitter smile, "It's just my overthinking. I always felt that the evil spirits of Yihua didn't choose Tunhai Sect and these two towns for no reason. The crux of the matter is probably still in the Bone Reef Sea..."

"Fellow Daoist Wei should worry about his own cultivation," Chi Pei interrupted, sounding utterly exhausted. "It's hard to say whether he'll be lucky enough to escape unscathed next time."

"Fellow Daoist Chi's words seem to carry the suffix of a curse."

Wei Xi pulled back the indignant Qin Feng, bowed to Chi Pei, and prepared to leave.

"You two probably don't know this yet, but the remaining fishermen are sick and are just waiting for the right time."

Wei Xi turned to look at Chi Pei, who had resumed his polite demeanor.

"What illness? Didn't they say a few people were insane?"

“Those who are insane will not speak nonsense. The rest of them first had a high fever, then convulsions. The medicine cultivators of Dingxin Sect examined them and said that they were restless and had been infected by evil winds. They could not withstand the pills of cultivators and could only be sent to a nearby clinic for treatment.”

Wei Xi sensed the threat behind those words, and his gaze toward Chi Pei suddenly turned sinister.

“Fellow Daoist Wei,” Chi Pei said, completely unaffected, “a cultivator should prioritize cultivation and not risk their life for people and things whose background they don’t know.”

At this point, the conversation had completely lost its possibility of continuing.

Wei Xi didn't dwell on it. Anyway, the news that Xiao Pingting was going to the Bone Reef Sea had already been sent out. If Chi Pei, the undercover agent, was competent, Yi Hua would try every means to stop him.

Wei Xi was so certain because Lian Gouyu had also seen the Green Moon Tide.

Unlike Wei Xi, who transformed into "Lord Bai" and personally experienced the Green Moon Tide during the upheaval in Dongyi, Lian Gouhan experienced the Green Moon brought about by the transplanting of flowers.

This is precisely why Yihua slaughtered the mermaids and the people of the two towns—by disrupting the balance of Yin and Yang in a localized area, which led to the Green Moon Tide.

Unfortunately, the Heaven and Earth Warp and Weft had been severely damaged by predecessors such as Zuo Fei, leaving only a few lonely roots that could not amount to anything. Naturally, the Flower Transplantation could not achieve the same hegemony as Yu Xianzhou.

Although the attempt to move the flowers was unsuccessful, it did demonstrate that the flowers knew more or less about the upheaval in the Eastern Barbarian lands.

Now that the Bone Reef Sea is unguarded and Wei Xi has destroyed the core formation of Dead Water City, the danger level of the Abyss for Xiao Pingting has been greatly reduced. Even if Xiao Pingting may not be able to trigger the matching mechanism in the Abyss, there's no guarantee she won't figure out some tricks.

Judging from Chi Pei's reaction, Yi Hua is indeed quite concerned about the Bone Reef Sea.

Chi Pei even disregarded his undercover identity and threatened Wei Xi to mind his own business.

"Xiao west, you don't actually believe his nonsense, do you?"

As soon as they left the crowd, Qin Feng immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with Chi Pei, the undercover agent. "He has a mutated ice root bone, and there is a lot of evidence to prove that he is an undercover agent of Yihua. This is the first time I have seen an undercover agent so audacious as to threaten others! If you ask me, I would say to just hand him over to the Wanjian Sect. Maybe we can get clues about that beast You Lanjing from him!"

Lian Gou, who had caught up, was still catching his breath when he heard this and hurriedly asked, "Does Chi Pei dare to threaten the two of you? Is he just an undercover agent?"

Wei Xi sighed and asked in return, "If we're going to sue him, what evidence do we have?"

But didn't you say...?

"The bone structure matches, the reaction after coming out matches, the timing matches, and then what? In the end, there is no irrefutable physical evidence or witness testimony."

Lian Gouhan and Qin Feng exchanged a glance, both seeing the resentment in each other's eyes.

"At worst, I'll just say that the voice I heard was exactly the same as Chi Pei's!"

Wei Xi glanced at Lian Gouyan with sympathy. "You know we're talking about cultivators, right?"

"Although not everyone can use [a thousand faces], there is more than one way to change one's appearance. Furthermore, any accusations we make now could be used as evidence to frame others. In the end, we might end up losing more than we gain."

"What's wrong with that? We can't just disregard Lian Gou's testimony because he's the only survivor! Does the Ten Thousand Swords Sect intend to favor the Linchuan Pavilion?"

Wei Xi, having caught a gust of cold wind, had calmed down considerably. He shook his head and said, "It's not that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is biased, but that the Linchuan Pavilion won't sit idly by and let its reputation be ruined."

"Once Lian Gou Lang goes to testify, Linchuan Pavilion's first reaction won't be to clean house, but rather to try to make everyone think that Lian Gou Lang has gone mad. Chi Pei will become the target of persecution, and the two sects will become enemies. Is this a good thing?"

Wei Xi's words made a lot of sense. Although the remaining two were somewhat angry, they eventually gave up the idea of ​​filing a lawsuit.

"He got off too easy!" Qin Feng said bitterly, "He got rid of me for nothing."

"Now is not the time. I just hope he can get the message to Yihua and stop Xiao Pingting."

Qin Feng didn't react to this, but Lian Gouyi looked at Wei Xi with a worried expression.

In general, perhaps due to their exposure to each other, Qin Feng is good at analyzing the political situation, while Lian Gouhan is better at dealing with everyday matters.

To avoid implicating the two, Wei Xi concealed much crucial information.

It was expected that Qin Feng, who trusted him completely, could be fooled, but Lian Gou could sense that something was amiss.

Wei Xi strained to look away, hoping that Lian Gouyi would understand his good intentions and not delve into what had happened in the Abyss.

Just then, the cloud boat suddenly jolted violently, and Wei Xi and the other two almost fell over.

Fortunately, Wei Xi reacted quickly enough to stop the effect of [Enemy Wind], otherwise his master's ship would have inevitably been torn open as well.

"The cloud boat has crashed! There's something in the sea of ​​clouds!"