151: Chapter 150 Fortunately

East Sea.

Turbulent Reef Sea Area.

On the surface of the sea, countless ships remained anchored, and countless Cultivators were still craning their necks to look at the Ink-Blue Palace Gate that had slept for thousands of years.

Suddenly—

A crack appeared out of thin air in the Void Realm!

Five figures tumbled out from the crack, crashing into the sea and splashing water several meters high!

It was Jiang Hanzhou and the other four.

The moment they hit the water, they mobilized their True Qi to stabilize themselves and stood upon the waves.

Liu Yan's face was deathly pale; the wound on his back, carved out by sword light, was deep enough to see the bone, and fresh blood dyed the surrounding seawater red.

Bai Su supported him, hurriedly sprinkling medicinal powder onto his wound.

Meng Xinghe gasped for breath, his face still pale, lingering terror in his eyes.

Teng Yuzhi stood at the very front, gazing at the Ink-Blue Palace Gate that still stood quietly in the sea, looking at the deep red vortex at the center of the gate—

The vortex was still slowly rotating, waiting for new entrants.

She closed her eyes, then opened them.

"Aunt."

Her voice was not loud, yet it clearly spread across this expanse of sea.

The next moment—

A cyan figure soared into the air from the hundred-zhang giant ship of the Dragon Abyss Palace!

Yuheng.

In an instant, she crossed a distance of several hundred zhang and landed in front of Teng Yuzhi.

Her gaze swept over the five of them, passed over the hideous wound on Liu Yan's back, and finally landed on Teng Yuzhi's face.

"What happened?"

Her voice was still calm, but those eyes that usually carried a teasing smile were now filled with gravity.

Teng Yuzhi took a deep breath.

"Aunt."

Her voice trembled slightly, but every word was incomparably clear:

"The Dragon Slaying True Person wants to resurrect."

"That Immortal Cave—"

"Is a trap."

"What?!"

Yuheng was shocked upon hearing this; her Divine Sense was like invisible water, gently probing the hideous wound on Liu Yan's back.

The wound was deep to the bone, and the edges were surrounded by a very faint five-colored halo.

Gold for sharpness, cyan for endurance, blue for depth, red for intensity, and yellow for heaviness.

The five-colored light intertwined, slowly moving through the flesh like a living thing, preventing the wound from healing.

Yuheng's expression changed in an instant.

"Five Elements True Intent..."

She muttered in a low voice, so soft that almost only she could hear it.

But those eyes that usually carried a teasing smile were now filled with shock and disbelief.

"It really is his method!"

Her voice suddenly rose, clearly spreading across this expanse of sea!

Within a radius of a hundred zhang, countless gazes were cast over simultaneously.

On the giant ship of the Dragon Abyss Palace, dozens of Inner Sect and Outer Sect Disciples looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

On the Ink-Jade towering ship of the Black Jade Mansion, that slender figure dressed in profound cyan robes suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through hundreds of zhang of sea surface and landing directly on Yuheng.

On the profound iron warship of the Great Qi Sea Quelling Department, a burly general clad in crimson copper armor also raised his head, brilliant light flashing in those tiger eyes.

The next moment—

Two figures soared into the air simultaneously!

Elder of the Black Jade Mansion, Shi Chen.

Great General of the Town Sea, Li Xuanying.

In an instant, the two crossed hundreds of zhang of sea and landed beside Yuheng.

Shi Chen had a slender face with three strands of long beard fluttering on his chest; at this moment, his gaunt face was furrowed with brows locked, his gaze falling on the wound on Liu Yan's back, his pupils slightly constricting.

"Five Elements True Intent..." he said in a low voice, his voice hoarse, "Dragon Slaying True Person?"

Li Xuanying did not speak.

He just stared at that wound, staring at the trajectory of the five-colored light slowly flowing, his aura like a volcano about to erupt, oppressively suffocating.

Yuheng took a deep breath and slowly straightened up.

Her gaze swept over Jiang Hanzhou, Teng Yuzhi, Meng Xinghe, and Bai Su before her, and finally landed on Liu Yan, who was deathly pale and struggling to stand.

"Tell me everything you experienced inside, exactly as it happened."

Her voice was not loud, but it carried unquestionable majesty.

Teng Yuzhi took a step forward.

She did not hide anything, nor did she exaggerate; she used the most concise and clear language to recount everything she saw and heard after entering the Dragon Slaying Cave Mansion.

The Dragon Slaying True Person, formed from fragments of memory, was either weak or strong, distributed throughout the Small World.

Those Cultivators killed by the memory fragments would turn into points of light after death, becoming nourishment to nurture the fragments.

Those Cultivators who absorbed the memory fragments would have a certain mark imprinted on their foreheads.

In that final palace, a five-colored pillar of light shot into the sky, and an aura climbed from the Primal Elephant Realm to the Late Stage of the Dragon Fetus—

And that five-colored sword light that slashed across thirty miles.

"If not for the Talisman Treasure Aunt gave us, none of the five of us would have been able to come out alive." Teng Yuzhi said at the end, her voice cold and clear, yet revealing a hint of relief at having survived.

Shi Chen's expression changed.

Li Xuanying's expression also changed.

The expressions of the Dragon Abyss Palace, Black Jade Mansion, and Sea Quelling Department Cultivators who had gathered around, as well as the countless Loose Cultivators on the sea who had pricked up their ears, all changed in unison.

On the sea, after a brief silence, a noisy wave of sound erupted!

"A trap?! The Dragon Slaying True Person's Immortal Cave is a trap?!"

"How is that possible! That is an Immortal Master of the ancient Innate One Qi Sect! An expert of the Nirvana Realm!"

"The people inside... those who went in..."

"It's over, it's all over..."

Some people's faces were pale, some were distraught, some were patting their chests in relief, while others were staring fixedly at the Ink-Blue Palace Gate that still stood quietly in the sea, their eyes full of lingering fear and terror.

Among the crowd, a young figure dressed in profound cyan robes stood quietly on the Ink-Jade towering ship of the Black Jade Mansion.

Zhao Yuanchen.

His expression was very complex.

On that cold, jade-like face, annoyance, relief, lingering fear, disbelief... all sorts of emotions intertwined, eventually turning into a very light sigh.

Annoyance?

Of course he was annoyed.

He was at the Peak of the Dragon Fetus Realm, only one step away from the Dragon-Tiger Union.

The legacy of the Dragon Slaying True Person was originally his hope for that sliver of Opportunity to break through.

When that consciousness announced "Only those who have not obtained Spiritual Opportunity may enter," the disappointment and unwillingness in his heart almost overflowed.

But at this moment—

He only felt relief.

Relief that he was already at the Dragon Fetus Realm.

Relief that he had "obtained Spiritual Opportunity".

Relief that the door had been closed to him.

If he had stepped through that door, he would likely have become nourishment for the Dragon Slaying True Person's resurrection by now, turning into those points of light drifting in that Small World.

He raised his head, looking at that Ink-Blue Palace Gate, looking at the deep red vortex at the center of the gate.

The vortex was still slowly rotating, waiting for new entrants.

Every breath, someone was stepping into it.

Every breath, someone was turning into nourishment.

And they were completely unaware.

Zhao Yuanchen closed his eyes, then opened them.

In those cold eyes, only deep chill remained now.

"What a Dragon Slaying True Person." He muttered in a low voice, "What a... Nirvana expert."