Mortal: Fairy Song Yu has issued you a task.

Chapter 130 Leaving Kuixing Island Without Saying Goodbye

A streak of blue light pierced the sky and landed on a deserted island.

Concealing her aura, Song Yu sensed that the person who had arrived was Lin Jingchu, and immediately darted out of the hidden forest. She carefully examined him from head to toe, and then touched him, finding him to be radiant and without any injuries, before she was relieved.

"Junior brother, how did it go? Did you succeed?"

"With your husband on the case, even a Core Formation cultivator would be no problem," Lin Jingchu said with a smile, holding her soft hand. "Besides, that cultivator surnamed Kong has already been executed."

That guy surnamed Kong's wind escape technique is indeed remarkable.

After changing his appearance, Lin Jingchu pretended to be a passing cultivator and approached him. The other party immediately became alert and used a spell to escape—his whole body was wrapped in a bluish spiritual wind, and he flew towards the horizon.

Its speed was so great that even Lin Jingchu, at full power, couldn't catch up with the Azure Wing Boat for a while. To avoid any unforeseen complications, Lin Jingchu simply used Thousand Waves Chasing the Waves again to intercept and kill it.

Looking at the calm and peaceful island scenery, Lin Jingchu had an idea: "Senior sister, now that both the problems and the people who created them have been dealt with, let's take stock of our spoils."

As he spoke, he took out all of his storage bags at once.

Aside from briefly rummaging through the bag of the Core Formation elder because Lin Jingchu was preoccupied with the Spirit Eye Pearl, he hadn't yet checked the storage bags of He Tianlong and the others.

Song Yu also took out all the storage bags he had obtained in the battle.

The two of them probed into it with their divine senses to record and count the details.

The total number of spirit stones was a staggering twenty thousand.

Lin Jingchu, accustomed to spending lavishly on top-tier magical artifacts and spiritual plants and demon cores, remained relatively calm in the face of this sum. However, Song Yu's face beamed with excitement, and even her beautiful eyes brightened.

Besides spirit stones, there were two magical treasures—a treasure bottle and a cyan flying knife. There were also several top-tier magical artifacts, as well as scattered cultivation manuals, talismans, pills, and so on.

"Huh, what kind of pills are these? Why are He Tianlong and the others each carrying a bottle?" Lin Jingchu looked at the three identical small yellow jade bottles in his hand.

He opened one of the jade bottles, poured the contents into his palm a few times, and a yellow pill about the size of a thumb rolled out of the bottle.

"Dust-Clearing Pill!" Song Yu recognized the fragrant elixir at a glance and exclaimed with delight, "Junior Brother, with this pill, your chances of forming your core will increase even further."

Lin Jingchu only realized upon hearing the name of the pill that it was the famous Dust-Subduing Pill.

Because the system can access Song Yu's Heavenly Spiritual Root, the threshold for Core Formation is practically nonexistent for Lin Jingchu, so he has never paid attention to such spiritual pills and items that can help with Core Formation.

Lin Jingchu put the three bottles of pills back into his storage bag: "Junior Brother, please accept these Dust-Reducing Pills."

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Song Yu nodded, muttering to himself, "With this Dust-Clearing Pill, and some spiritual items to aid in Core Formation, such as Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, if we seclude ourselves for decades, Junior Brother will definitely be able to form his Core—"

As Song Yu muttered to himself, the two finished counting their spoils. Fortunately, the Core Formation elder's storage bag was large enough to hold all the loot.

"Junior brother, what should we do with those four people?"

"Anyway, we're not going back to Kui Xing Island, so there's no point in keeping them around. Let them go on their way. As for what exactly happened, let the Three Immortals Sect guess." Lin Jingchu lifted his foot and walked towards the forest.

A moment later, a streak of azure light carried the two into the air and sped towards the center of the Chaotic Star Sea, completely leaving the waters around Kui Xing Island.

Kuixing Island, Tianzhu Peak.

Lu Fengzhi slowly flew towards the mountainside on his flying sword. Half a month ago, he suddenly had a whim and immediately went into seclusion, but unfortunately, he still failed to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

"Junior Brother Lu."

"Senior Brother Xu."

Lu Fengzhi entered the Chengxuan Hall, greeted his fellow disciples, and went to his workstation. He picked up the jade slip on the desk, probed it with his divine sense, and prepared to see what tasks were available during this period.

The next moment, his face was full of question marks.

"Wanted poster? A duo of killers?"

"Former guests of the Hundred Arts, Lin Jingchu and Song Yu, colluded with the Giant Whale Gang of Shattered Gorge Island to attack inner disciple Kong Yifeng and guest Xue Ning."

"Elder Yu and inner disciple Kong Yifeng have gone missing."

"Wanted: He Tianlong and two other leaders of the Giant Whale Gang."

"Initiated by the Ghost-Eyed Crab-type Giant Whale Gang, which slaughtered the two islands."

Lu Fengzhi quickly asked Senior Brother Xu, who was standing next to him, what was going on.

Senior Brother Xu sighed: "On the fifth day of your seclusion, Junior Brother, the sect arranged for three guest elders, including Lin Jingchu, to go to Shuiluo Island and Hongshan Island to rearrange the grand formation. However, a few days later, Senior Brother Kong suddenly appeared in Zhaoming Hall and said that Lin Jingchu had attacked him in collusion with the Giant Whale Gang. Then he and Elder Yu left the island together and disappeared. Later, news came from Wenchen Island that both of their soul lamps had been extinguished."

"As for how they knew the Giant Whale Gang was responsible for the Ghost Eye Demon Crab incident, it's because the sect razed Shattered Gorge Island and found witnesses and evidence. Unfortunately, they couldn't capture He Tianlong and the others, so they can't find out who was behind it all."

Lu Fengzhi stood there, speechless for a long time. How could so many things have happened just because he went into seclusion?

Compared to Lu Fengzhi's shock, some people were furious.

Above Broken Gorge Island, two Core Formation cultivators, their entire bodies shrouded in black robes, stood in mid-air, exuding an icy aura, looking down at the village below that occupied nearly half the island and had been razed to the ground.

The tall, black-robed cultivator's voice was hoarse: "Damn it, these idiots. Instead of doing their proper business, they attracted the Three Immortals Sect and exposed things prematurely. What a waste of those three Dust-Clearing Pills."

The short, black-robed cultivator said, "Since things have come to this, we can only begin the second step of the plan as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the tall, black-robed cultivator sighed, "If we could wait until the real beast tide or the internal strife in the Star Sea begins before taking action, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

"It's all the same. We still have to travel to thousands of islands one by one to collect resentment and remnant souls before that thing can take shape. Let's go, there's no point in lingering here." As soon as the short, black-robed cultivator finished speaking, the two of them used their escape lights and disappeared without a trace.

High in the sky, a green boat more than ten feet long is moving forward rapidly.

Lin Jingchu would occasionally glance up at the blazing sun overhead to confirm he was on the right track. In the unchanging middle of the sea, one could only rely on the sun and stars to orient oneself and avoid getting lost.

"Junior brother, according to the schedule, it will still be half a month's journey to Huixing Island." Song Yu placed the jade slip in his hand against his forehead and probed into his divine sense to confirm the sea map.

Huixing Island is one of the twelve star islands in the Chaotic Star Sea that is closest to Kuixing Island.

Throughout their journey, Lin Jingchu and Song Yu maintained their ability to change their appearance using the Thousand Appearances Technique. Except for occasional brief stops to rest on passing islands, they continued their flight. After flying for several days, the green boat suddenly stopped in mid-air.

At the mouth of a river on a lush, verdant deserted island ahead, five Foundation Establishment cultivators were besieging and killing a strange fish-beast with four legs.

The fish-beast was five zhang long, its body covered with gray-green scales. When it opened its mouth, it spewed out a dense barrage of water arrows, forcing the five cultivators to scatter and dodge.

Seeing that the path ahead had been cleared, the fish-beast was about to rush into the sea, but two of the cultivators stepped forward to intercept it again.

"Although it's a level five demonic beast, the Frog-Algae-Seabream, it's not something that two mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators or three early-Foundation Establishment cultivators can stop." Lin Jingchu glanced at it a few times, shook his head, and prepared to leave.

However, just before the green boat set sail again, a cultivator on the island shouted loudly: "Fellow Daoist passing by, please wait!"

We are willing to offer fifty percent of the proceeds from this Demon-Demon Pill as our gratitude!

The green boat froze in mid-air; even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

Lin Jingchu decisively said to Song Yu, "Senior Sister, you temporarily trap this fiend, and I will kill it." With that, he steered the flying boat to approach quickly.

When the distance closed to several dozen feet, Song Yu raised her slender hand, and the Star-Weaving Silver Bracelet on her wrist flashed, sending out eighteen silver threads that instantly trapped the frog-algae-bream.

Lin Jingchu's Dragon Scale Sword rang out with a clang, and amidst the radiant golden light, a five-zhang-long phantom giant sword instantly took shape.

Feeling the power wasn't enough, he merged the five shimmering sword shadows that had split off into it, solidifying the illusory giant sword. Then, a gentle white-silver glow shone from the sword's tip.

The Dragon Scale Sword was already incredibly sharp, and the Greatsword Technique and Flowing Light Sword Shadow had already amplified its power four or five times. With the sharpness of the Cold Moonlight further amplifying it, its power soared to the heavens.

"cut!"

With a flick of his sword, Lin Jingchu unleashed a massive sword, its condensed power reaching its zenith, which slashed down from the sky!

Sensing the threat of death, the frog-algae-bream let out a silent roar, its gray-green scales turning even paler, and a water shield instantly formed.

However, all of this was in vain. A golden greatsword cleaved through the water shield with unstoppable force, then severed the entire fish head.

The massive body of the frog-sea snapper suddenly froze, its four short legs flailing futilely twice before it crashed to the ground, splashing water everywhere. Red blood gushed from its severed head, staining the entire estuary crimson.

The five cultivators stared in disbelief, and it took them a long time to recover.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator who had spoken earlier quickly stepped forward and said respectfully to Lin Jingchu and Song Yu in mid-air, "Fellow Daoists, you are truly awe-inspiring! We are willing to give this demon core to you both, only asking that you leave the demon's body behind."

Upon hearing this, the cultivator hurriedly took out a bag of spirit stones and offered them: "Thank you, fellow Daoist! My surname is Sun, and we both reside on the nearby Fire Dragon Island. May I ask how you two are addressed?"

"Bai Haozhi."

"Meng Yao".

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