Hong Xiufang let out a cold laugh. She was used to the faces of these riffraff, and with her fiery temper, she raised her voice and roared at Fortress Master Wu:
“Brother Shiyu is one of mine, so what? He’s missing too, and I want to ask if the Sea-Severing Alliance took the chance to strike!”
The two sides kept shouting, adding fuel to the fire. They were nothing but a motley crew of rogue cultivators, and after arguing for a while, the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
White Whale and Canghai were also bewildered. They only wanted to know the whereabouts of the girl who had impersonated their master. Finding her would be equivalent to finding Mr. Yun. Why were the two groups fighting among themselves?
Among them, two other factions were watching from the sidelines. After listening for a while, they roughly understood the gist of the matter—two youngsters had gone missing during the sea and sky anomaly.
No one knew exactly where the Little Yellow Hair came from, but the other one, the young East Pole Pavilion Master, was genuinely enviable. Even Penglai Island had tried to recruit them without success. It was said that that Sword Sect defector had produced no fewer than five Heaven-rank works.
You see, the Pill King of Penglai Island was only half a Heavenly Dao Alchemy Master. In hundreds of years, the number of successfully refined Heaven-Grade Spirit Medicines didn’t exceed five.
On the left, the demonic cultivators of Evil Spirit Port were dimly visible, under the banner of Soul-Seizing Banner Sect. They were the heretics among the five islands, worshipping the Sacred Fire.
On the right was the rising Cold Chant Sect. Its Sect Master had been the biggest winner of the Mirage City’s treasure hunt a hundred years ago, leaping from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Divine Transformation Stage, becoming a top-tier powerhouse in the Chaotic Sea.
“So where did the people actually go?”
On the whale’s back, Qin Xiang’s pretty face turned pale. She was extremely anxious and deeply regretted letting the Silly Girl go out wandering.
The only good news now was that among the corpses recovered by Chain Docks and Sea-Severing Alliance, there were neither “Yun Liu” nor “Ji Shiyu.”
Li Su was even praying with her hands clasped, begging heaven and earth for the safety of the Little Yellow Hair. She didn’t dare look at her teacher’s face beside her.
The Fang Family shifted all the blame to Hong Dock, desperately trying to disassociate themselves from Ji Shiyu. If Ji Shiyu were to die in the sea because of this, she would really be expelled from the sect!
Big Sister Hong also had a hot temper. Even if it meant offending Penglai Island, she was very loyal. She clenched her fists and was about to “discuss” things with Wu Lei.
At that moment, a large sea turtle emerged from the seaweed, leisurely approached the dim lighthouse of Shipwreck Bay, passed through the foam, and landed on the beach between the two sides.
“Heave-ho, we’re here!”
Qing Li stretched her neck, not understanding what that group of seabed refugees was arguing about, but then noticed that both sides were looking this way. She subconsciously shrank her neck.
“What’s going on?”
A merfolk envoy from Qiongxiao Palace, and a few… little guests?
Hong Xiufang’s eyes widened. She said in surprise:
“Brother Ji! Are you all right?”
“Eh, Mr. Yun?”
White Whale and Canghai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to themselves that this kid had appeared at just the right time, always causing everyone to be unsettled.
Qin Xiang blinked. Seeing her lover, she first felt joy, then was taken aback.
The pink-haired person beside Yun Liu looked extremely familiar. It was the little junior sister of Celestial Phenomena Peak who had been skipping class for a year. And that silver-haired, stunningly beautiful white-clad immortal…
Qin Xiang was stunned and covered her mouth. The Little Aunt Master beside her had a face as heavy as water, while the other Little Aunt Master over there was smiling sweetly.
In their seas of consciousness, there was no one else, only each other. Their divine thoughts intersected and collided fiercely.
What’s going on???
The people from Chain Docks and Sea-Severing Alliance had been arguing fiercely, but the missing persons all popped up. The entire place fell silent.
Yun Liu laughed awkwardly and shot a glance at White Whale and Canghai.
“Aiya, seeing everyone safe and sound puts my mind at ease. Last night, my fellow sufferer Brother Ji and I accidentally entered a turbulent whirlpool and nearly died in the belly of a sea demon. Fortunately, a fairy from the Tianyin Workshop saved us. Everyone is… what’s up?”
Ji Shiyu also nodded in agreement and said:
“Exactly, exactly. Brother Yun and I narrowly escaped death.”
The two understood each other tacitly. It seemed that this one was the real person of interest.
The Fortress Master Wu and Old Master Fang, who had been arguing until their faces were red, now looked embarrassed, like jumping clowns. They both backed down.
“It’s good that nothing happened, good that nothing happened.”
After all that fuss, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. These two unfortunate souls who fell into the sea ended up calling each other brothers?
Boring.
The eavesdropping crowd watching the excitement saw that a fight wasn’t going to happen, so they dispersed.
Hong Xiufang strode forward and gave a bear hug, almost breaking Ji Shiyu’s arm.
“Good lad, I knew you were tough! Not so easy to kick the bucket!”
Ji Shiyu’s body trembled from the pain. Such great strength. Who was this enthusiastic older sister?
“Brother, it’s better that you stayed at Qiongxiao Palace. Shipwreck Bay is no place for immortal cultivators like you. If you need any help, just come to me. Brothers, retreat!”
Big Sister Hong was warm-hearted. She didn’t forget to whisper a reminder in Ji Shiyu’s ear, then called her underlings back to the boat to repair the spirit boat.
Hong Dock still needed to make early preparations for advancing on Mirage City.
On Yun Liu’s side, he exchanged a few pleasantries with the three Fortress Masters of the Wu Family, dismissed the Sea-Severing Alliance cultivators, and then pulled Ji Shiyu to come before the whale pod, avoiding the hidden gazes of Shipwreck Bay.
“Shiyu was mischievous. I’ve troubled two seniors.”
Yun Liu pressed Ji Shiyu’s head down to apologize to everyone, most importantly to Qin Xiang.
“Safety is most important.”
“Wuwu, I’m sorry, Sister Qin.”
Qin Xiang waved her hand. Her gaze towards her beloved was full of affection, meaning “I’ll deal with you later.”
She took her foster daughter’s hand, greatly surprised, wondering why the little girl was also cross-dressing.
Shiyu’s divine soul was full, and her Qi Sea was overflowing, showing signs of an impending breakthrough. It seemed she had encountered some other opportunity?
“Little friend, you’re too kind. I should be the one apologizing. I failed to teach my disciple properly and nearly caused a great disaster.”
Canghai smiled bitterly and shook his head. He glared at his unruly disciple. If outsiders weren’t present, he would have taken out the ruler.
Every family has its own troubles.
Li Su had long been pinching her ears, cowering and lowering her head, not daring to speak.
White Whale was deep in thought, more concerned about why Yinglong had entered the great whirlpool.
His intuition told him that this matter was related to Little Friend Yun’s diving into the Divine Tree of Yingzhou. The current upheaval might all be caused by the young man.
But the sudden burst of killing intent beside them left everyone with no time to care about other things.
It was at this moment that Yun Liu noticed a person slowly walking out from beside Qin Xiang. He instantly felt his hair stand on end and was greatly shocked!
Cold and beautiful features, unparalleled grace.
Wait, how is there another Little Aunt Master?
The clinical patient who sneaked out was indeed the clone, but why wasn’t the original body on Celestial Phenomena Peak? Had she also chased after him here?
No one told me!
Not only was Yun Liu dumbfounded, but the others were also bewildered, unable to understand the situation.
“Little Aunt Master also came down the mountain with you? No, no, no, I mean… the other Little Aunt Master, why didn’t you tell me earlier!?”
Yun Liu hooked his arm around Ji Shiyu’s neck and questioned in a low voice, already sweating profusely.
“How could you overlook such an important thing? I finally shook off your icy foster mother, and the next thing I know, she appears on a desolate island fighting in blood.”
The Little Yellow Hair suddenly understood and muttered:
“I was wondering, I finally got rid of one, how did another one pop up…”
“So it’s really two people…”