Mortal: Fairy Song Yu has issued you a task.

Chapter 126 The Hidden Hand Gradually Emerges

Despite the internal strife, the Star Sea was ultimately human territory. Less than ten days after the Ghost-Eyed Demon Crabs massacred the second island, "White Sand Island," they were discovered by the search team of the Three Immortals Sect.

Although they desperately fled after sensing the danger, the outcome was self-evident: under the encirclement and suppression of several elite teams gathered by the Three Immortals Sect, they were all turned into top-grade demon beast materials and transported back to Kui Xing Island.

The discussions about the demon crab in the market gradually subsided, and people's attention quickly shifted to other interesting things. The matter of the destruction of the two affiliated islands seemed to have been left unresolved.

As night deepened, Jiang Hai was busy tidying up the stall outside a shop called "Lingfu Fang".

After the Jiang family on Shuiluo Island was destroyed, most of the remaining clansmen scattered and fled to make a living. But he chose to stay on Kuixing Island.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper had a past relationship with the Jiang family, and since he needed someone to help manage the shop since he needed to draw talismans himself, he took him in.

"Jiang Hai, you've worked hard today. Go back and cultivate early." An old man poked his head out from the inner room.

Jiang Hai responded, closed the doors one by one, and left the shop. He took out a flying artifact from his storage bag and flew towards the most remote corner on the north side of Kui Xing Island.

Located outside the island's spiritual veins, the area has sparse spiritual energy, making the rent cheap. It's the perfect place for low-level cultivators like Jiang Hai to stay.

The night breeze was slightly cool.

Just as Jiang Haifei left the market and flew over a quiet mountain forest—

A beam of blood-red light shot out from the shadows below without warning.

The next moment, a headless corpse fell into the forest. A hollow blade wheel whistled through the air, landing back in the hand of a man in black in the alley.

"The last member of the Jiang family who knew about the Spirit Eye Pearl is dead. Now, everything is fine." The man in black sneered inwardly.

He swiftly flew to the corpse, flicked a fireball with his finger, and reduced the remains to ashes. Confirming there were no more traces left, he then mounted a flying sword and sped away.

However, not long after the man in black left, Lin Jingchu's clone silently glided across the night sky aboard the Azure Winged Boat. He glanced at the scorched remains below, now just embers, and thought to himself, "Finally, it's here."

He didn't stop, but continued to urge the Azure Wing Boat onward, trailing far behind the receding sword light.

The man in black flew at a fast speed, and in a short while he left Kuixing Island and headed towards the vast deep sea.

Lin Jingchu's clone, following behind, frowned, pondered for a moment, and then decided to take direct action. He accelerated the flying boat beneath his feet, soaring through the air towards the man in black several miles away.

The man in black, who was engrossed in flying away on his magical artifact, suddenly felt a chill and hurriedly summoned a tortoise-shell-shaped artifact, which grew larger in the wind and completely covered himself.

The next moment, a huge golden light sword crashed down from the sky, slicing the man in black and his magical weapon into the sea.

Lin Jingchu's clone followed closely behind, plunging into the surging waves. In the dark sea, the man in black abandoned the cracked tortoise-shell artifact and frantically tried to escape.

But Lin Jingchu's clone flashed with water lilies beneath its feet, and in a few blinks, it appeared before the man in black. At the same time, its left hand was covered in white sword energy, and it suddenly grabbed at the man, who let out a shrill scream.

Taibai's Qi Transformation Hand instantly severed all the meridians in the black-clad man's body.

Lin Jingchu's clone, carrying the man with one hand, broke through the sea and landed back on the Azure Wing Boat. He reached out and tore off the mask that could block divine sense detection, revealing a familiar face with a full beard.

"Oh, it was you."

On the terrace of Guanhaixuan, the dancing silvery moonlight suddenly paused, then continued to flow.

But Song Yu had already noticed. She stopped her internal energy circulation and asked in confusion, "Junior brother, what happened?"

Lin Jingchu, on the other side, simply stopped his attack, the moonlight scattering into specks of silver light: "Not long ago, my clone discovered that someone had killed that member of the Jiang family on the island. When that person fled to the deep sea, I captured him, not expecting him to be a member of the Giant Whale Gang."

"The Giant Whale Gang?" Song Yu asked calmly, though she only had a general idea of ​​what the gang was.

Lin Jingchu continued, with a hint of amusement in his voice: "And I also learned something interesting. Someone actually spent a lot of money to hire someone to kill me."

Upon hearing this, Song Yu's expression instantly turned serious: "Who is it?"

Lin Jingchu shook his head: "That guy doesn't know either."

"What should we do then? The location of the Giant Whale Gang shouldn't be a secret. Why don't we just storm their door?" Song Yu's cold face was filled with murderous intent.

Lin Jingchu remained calm: "No rush. Doing so might alert them. Since they've hired the giant whale to help, their cultivation level must be just so-so. We've been cultivating in seclusion at Guanhai Pavilion and rarely leave Kuixing Island. If they want to kill me, they'll have to find a way to lure me off the island. Then we'll know who it is."

He actually had someone in mind—that monk surnamed Kong.

Hmm, it's hard to say for sure. Tomorrow I'll ask Lu Fengzhi where that Kong fellow's cave is located.

"Senior sister, there's no need to be distracted by those clowns. Continue your cultivation."

The moonlight re-condensed.

Several days later, in the icy stone chamber of Guanhai Pavilion, cold white mist drifted everywhere.

Three six-winged frost centipedes were hovering side by side in front of Lin Jingchu, their bodies arched. Although he had spent more than a year in the spirit beast pouch in the Netherworld, the food in the Chaotic Star Sea was much better than in Tiannan.

Southern spiritual herbs are hard to find, and even fewer demonic beasts are available, while the Chaotic Star Sea has a large number of sea creatures and demonic beasts, and the flesh and blood of first and second-level demonic beasts are very cheap.

These three little guys have grown quite a bit in the past few months. Although they are currently only at the upper level of the first stage, with their powerful bloodlines, they can easily fight against ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lin Jingchu took out a blood-red pill and threw it out, calling out, "Xiao Shuang."

The six-winged centipede on the far left sprang up and swallowed it whole.

Just as Lin Jingchu was training the three six-winged frost centipedes in the mansion, the jade pendant of the guest minister at his waist suddenly flashed with white light.

"Hmm? Work's here?" He pondered for a moment, then tossed out the remaining spirit pills. After the six-winged frost centipedes had finished eating them, he put them all back into his spirit beast pouch. He then turned around and retrieved all the Heavenly Crystal Ants before stepping out of the cave.

When Lin Jingchu arrived at the main hall, he found that Song Yu was also there.

"Junior brother, the Three Immortals Sect has also summoned me." Song Yu shook the jade pendant at his waist, which was also flashing white light.

The two exchanged a glance, said nothing, and rode their magical artifacts, transforming into two streaks of light as they headed towards Tianzhu Peak.

The Chengxuan Hall was much quieter than last time. The beautiful young woman, Xue Ning, happened to be there. Seeing the two enter side-by-side, she greeted them, "Fellow Daoist Lin, Fellow Daoist Song!"

Lin Jingchu and the other person returned the greeting. Lin Jingchu looked up and glanced around, but didn't see Lu Fengzhi. It seemed that he might be off today.

A Sanxian Sect steward, who was replacing Lu Fengzhi, stepped forward and said to the three, "The ownership of Shuiluo Island has just been decided within the sect. The sect's weapon refiners have also gone there, and now we are just waiting for Guest Elder Song and Guest Elder Xue."

The steward of the Three Immortals Sect then spoke privately to Lin Jingchu, saying, "Guest Elder Lin, since you are skilled in both weapon crafting and array formation, we will have to trouble you with matters concerning White Sand Island."

After saying that, he took out a bulging storage bag and handed it over.

Lin Jingchu took the storage bag and nodded: "I will do my best in my duty."

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