Chapter 534: Chapter 231: Where Did Such an All-Rounder Come From?

BOOM!

A jet-black giant palm shattered a small hill a hundred zhang tall, revealing a man-made secret chamber beneath it.

"Hmph. Did you think you could hide in a place like this and I wouldn’t be able to find you?"

Dai Fei’ang snorted coldly and, with a backhanded strike, shattered the Tier Three Grand Array on the chamber’s ceiling.

"Damn that Golden Light Wanderer!"

Inside the secret chamber, the terrified Ghost-faced Cyan, who wore a conical hat, cursed loudly.

Because of the target’s four-million-point bounty, he had been pushed down to eleventh place on the Inner Sea’s most-wanted list.

He could have lived with that; it wasn’t exactly a list to be proud of anyway.

The problem was, he had just come to the Sea of Darkness to offload a batch of accumulated stolen goods.

As a result, he’d run right into the Yin Corpse Sect’s dragnet and been cornered here.

If it were just a simple manhunt, it wouldn’t have been a huge problem. Ghost-faced Cyan was an old fox, and this wasn’t his first time being a wanted man.

The real issue was that the Yin Corpse Sect was acting like they’d gone fucking insane, conducting a search of unprecedented intensity.

Not only were Golden Core Cultivators moving out in droves, but several Nascent Soul True Monarchs had also taken action, searching island after island.

Their posture made it clear they would dig three feet into the earth if it meant catching their target!

And unlike previous times when they would just put on a show for a couple of days before giving up, a full ten days had now passed since the incident at the relic, and the Yin Corpse Sect’s search efforts showed no signs of weakening. They were determined to turn the Sea of Darkness upside down.

’Now I’m really screwed. Not only is my reputation gone, but more importantly, I’m about to lose my life.’

’If I can just get out of the Sea of Darkness alive this time, I swear I’m never coming back.’

Ghost-faced Cyan had originally been tempted by the high prices and ease of selling stolen goods in the Outer Sea. Now, he was kicking himself for it.

With no other choice, he was forced to activate the Blood Escape Secret Technique to try and flee.

Although this Demon Sect Secret Technique consumed a full third of a cultivator’s Essence Blood with each use, leaving them severely drained of Vitality even if they managed to escape, he couldn’t worry about that now. He frantically fled, all the while cursing Xiao Chen in his heart as the main culprit behind this whole manhunt.

"Aaaargh!"

However, before he had even flown three hundred zhang, Ghost-faced Cyan screamed and fell onto the surface of the sea.

At some unknown point, a ferocious-looking Yin Spirit had appeared on his back.

To ensure he could capture Xiao Chen, Dai Fei’ang had spared no expense, once again using a Golden Talisman.

But when he grabbed the man and took a look, he roared with fury, "And what the hell are you? What are you doing hiding on this deserted island!"

He had finally tracked a clue about a cultivator’s suspicious activity to this remote part of the southeastern Sea of Darkness.

Dai Fei’ang had originally thought he’d finally found Xiao Chen’s whereabouts and had crossed tens of thousands of li in one go to get here.

In the end, he found the wrong person and had wasted a precious Golden Talisman. He was so furious his beard was practically bristling.

"True Monarch, spare me! Spare me, True Monarch!"

Ghost-faced Cyan hurriedly begged for mercy, "I am willing to..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was crushed into a pool of blood on the spot.

Objectively speaking, this could be considered ridding the world of a pest.

Of course, considering the identity of the person who did it, it could also be seen as a dog-eat-dog situation.

"Golden Light Wanderer, where in the world have you hidden?"

Dai Fei’ang still stuck to his judgment, believing that Xiao Chen must have used some kind of Escape Secret Technique to leave Celestial Star Island.

The reason he thought this was because similar accounts existed in the Ancient Texts.

Since Ancient Times, there have indeed been some chosen ones who could escape from a Nascent Soul’s grasp with only Golden Core Cultivation.

Some could even use Secret Techniques to withstand a blow from a Nascent Soul, snatch a treasure, and then flee a thousand li to successfully escape.

But under normal circumstances, the more effective the Secret Technique, the higher the price one had to pay.

Therefore, in Dai Fei’ang’s mind, Xiao Chen must be hiding somewhere in the Sea of Darkness, quietly healing his wounds.

To this end, he had first asked his Third Senior Brother for help, and then specially invited two fellow daoists to join the search at great expense.

The reason he was willing to spare no expense was not just to avenge Dai Tianrui.

It was also because of the strength Xiao Chen had displayed in the relic.

That was a Half-Step Nascent Soul!

If he allowed him to escape this time, the Dai Family would have one more Nascent Soul-level enemy in the future, a truly endless source of trouble.

This was the real reason Dai Fei’ang was putting in so much effort.

"I will definitely let you know the consequences of offending a True Monarch!"

However, another ten days passed in a flash, and there was still no progress in the manhunt.

On the contrary, under pressure from other powers, the Yin Corpse Sect finally agreed to allow some disciples with powerful backgrounds to leave the Sea of Darkness, on the condition that they were inspected by the Dai Family first.

This mainly included disciples from the Celestial Sound Sect and the Five Thunders Temple.

As well as a few Loose Cultivators who had connections within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

And as these cultivators, who had personally experienced the battles inside the relic, returned to the Inner Sea, more details about the incident on Celestial Star Island were finally revealed.

No matter how they had spread before, the stories were ultimately just rumors.

Given the exaggeration and distortion that occurs during transmission, many cultivators just listened for entertainment and didn’t really believe them.

It had basically just been disciples from various families chatting, or some related Loose Cultivators discussing it amongst themselves.

But now, with Wen Suruo and that Walking Elder from the Five Thunders Temple coming forward to testify, the credibility of the matter shot up.

It directly attracted the attention of higher-level cultivators.

「Celestial Sound Sect, Main Sect Hall.」

"Come over here and tell me in detail what you saw and heard in the relic."

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