I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

As for the thick demon blood permeating the seawater, it will soon be completely diluted and purified by the ocean currents, leaving no trace.

After handling everything, Zhou Yuan recalled his avatar Zhou Tian, ​​and the two went their separate ways.

The avatar continued to cultivate in seclusion on the outer deserted island, while Zhou Yuan discerned the direction and quietly returned towards Kui Xing Island.

Two nights later, Zhou Yuan returned to his cave at Jade Peak without a sound. The restrictions opened and closed as usual.

The next morning, he went to Yuhuan Residence on Tiandu Street as usual.

"Brother Zhou, what brings you here today?"

When Ouyang Gong saw Zhou Yuan, a smile appeared on his face, but there seemed to be a trace of worry hidden between his brows.

"Let's check on your progress in recruiting pseudo-Core Formation cultivators. Is it going smoothly?"

Zhou Yuan asked casually.

"It went fairly smoothly."

Ouyang Gong perked up. "Third Sister has made quite a bit of progress. She has successfully persuaded Fellow Daoist Mao, the high disciple of the island master of Tail Star Island, to join her. Yesterday, she set off for Golden Turtle Island to invite Fellow Daoist Qing Suanzi, a pseudo-core cultivator who lives in seclusion there. It is said that she has a good chance of success."

He paused, then continued, "As for me, I met a new fellow Daoist a few days ago, surnamed Li. He has solid cultivation and is also at the Pseudo-Core stage. Although he didn't agree on the spot, I feel he is quite interested in this matter and will most likely come."

"Fellow Daoist Li?" Zhou Yuan's heart stirred, and he pressed on, "What's his full name?"

"Li Feiyu," Ouyang Gong replied.

"Li Feiyu"

Zhou Yuan remained outwardly calm, but he already understood the situation in his heart.

Only Han Li would use the alias Li Feiyu.

This junior brother Han actually stayed submerged in the waters around Kui Xing Island for twenty years, just like in the original story!

He must have been quite surprised when he heard the name "Master Zhou" at Yuhuan Residence.

"Twenty years have passed, Junior Brother Han. You must be quite surprised to learn that I've been on Kui Xing Island all this time, right?"

A faint ripple stirred in Zhou Yuan's heart—the subtle emotion of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. He decided to stay at Yu Huan Residence for the next few days to see if he could wait for Han Li to arrive.

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Two days later.

Feng San Niang returned travel-worn, her face showing signs of fatigue, but her eyes were bright.

"I have successfully completed my mission. Fellow Daoist Qing Suanzi has agreed to help and will come to Kui Xing Island to meet us in ten days."

She spoke to Ouyang Gong and Zhou Yuan in the secret room.

The three were drinking tea and discussing their next steps when suddenly, a cultivator from the Sixth Hall rushed into the quiet room and handed over a communication talisman.

Feng San Niang took the communication talisman, scanned it with her divine sense, and her expression changed drastically in an instant!

Upon seeing this, Ouyang Gong quickly asked, "Third Sister, what is it?"

Feng Sanniang activated the message talisman with her magic, and a message filled with anxious thoughts entered Ouyang Gong and Zhou Yuan's minds:

According to an urgent report from the two deacons monitoring the area around the Infant Carp Beast: they were forcibly driven away by a strange, black-robed Core Formation cultivator, and the Infant Carp Beast's whereabouts are unknown! There appeared to be remnants of a fierce battle at the scene, but these have since been cleaned up!

"What?!"

Ouyang Gong suddenly stood up.

Upon hearing this news, his face turned deathly pale, and fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

The baby carp beast is lost!

This information was a core secret of the Kuixing Island branch, known only to a few managers, Feng Sanniang, Zhou Yuan, and others.

Now that the monster has disappeared, headquarters must be furious. Their first reaction will be that someone inside leaked the information and sold it to someone else!

Those few will be the first to be held accountable and punished severely!

"What are we going to do! Headquarters will definitely suspect that one of us leaked the information!"

Ouyang Gong was extremely anxious.

Feng Sanniang forced herself to calm down, frowning as she analyzed, "Manager Ouyang, please don't be agitated. Perhaps it wasn't a leak. Although the waters around Nylon Island where the Infant Carp Beast was located are remote, they are not a dead end. Could it be that another Core Formation cultivator happened to be passing by, discovered the Infant Carp Beast by chance, and, seeing its potential, hunted it down?"

She paused, then remembered something and added, "When I went to Tailstar Island a few days ago to recruit Fellow Daoist Mao, he mentioned something. He said that several years ago, two Core Formation celestial phenomena appeared in the waters near Tailstar Island, only a few days apart. His master, Island Master Tantai, went to investigate and vaguely sensed that in one of the places, a senior at the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm was secretly protecting the Core Formation cultivator, so he didn't dare to go any further and retreated."

Zhou Yuan chuckled inwardly; Feng San Niang's analysis had inadvertently done him a great favor.

He chimed in at the opportune moment, guiding the conversation: "What Third Sister says is quite possible. If it really was a passing senior, the fake infant, who discovered the Infant Carp Beast, it wouldn't be difficult for him to quickly kill a level six demon beast and clean up the traces with his supernatural powers. In that case, it might not be our fault for leaking the secret."

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