170: Save Ye Xin

Chapter 169: Saving Ye Xin

The two returned to the stone pillar platform. Tang Ruyi sat on the edge of the platform, looking down at the entire island.

She had returned to her poker face, devoid of any expression.

In the largest thatched hut, Xu Jingzhe found the chant for the Ritual Arts in an ancient book; it was only a few simple sentences.

Committing it firmly to memory, Xu Jingzhe walked out of the hut and came up behind Tang Ruyi. "Let's go," he said.

"I want to blow up this eerie island," she said.

Xu Jingzhe: "..."

"You don't know the power and evil of the Burial God Evil Thought, though I don't understand why Yi's evil thought is so weak."

"But as long as he doesn't die, he will definitely follow you."

Xu Jingzhe sighed helplessly; to kill Yi's evil thought, the prerequisite was that you had to find him.

Although this place wasn't large, it was his home turf, and it probably wouldn't be easy to find him.

In the Lost World, isolated from the outside, one couldn't feel the passage of time, and it was unknown how long had passed.

The Adam City and Eve City teams were relentlessly hunting down people from the other two cities. The Han Family Team had been defeated, and the Ye Family Team had also been defeated... He was now very worried about Ye Zi and the Qin Family team.

"I need to go to Tark City; there's no time to waste," Xu Jingzhe said.

Returning the way they came, the two walked past the marble stairs, and the statues scattered on both sides seemed to be staring at them in silence.

Xu Jingzhe only just realized that these damaged statues corresponded one-to-one with the myriad gods and Buddhas in the Ritual Arts.

"Splash!"

Tang Ruyi stood at the water's edge, looked back at the cyan sky and the flowing ribbon-like clouds, then dove into the water, disappearing like a deep-sea fish.

Xu Jingzhe didn't want to overthink it; he took a deep breath, filled his lungs with air, and followed her into the water.

Not long after the two jumped into the water, a gray shadow appeared on the beach, laughing coldly in a very creepy way.

When he entered the water, his 'body' actually merged with the water surface and disappeared completely.

After Yi's evil thought disappeared, the speed of the black mist flowing within the cracks on the surface of the stone pillars suddenly accelerated, detaching from the cracks and adhering to the surface of the stone pillars.

Gradually, gray figures condensed in the air: Chenxiang, the Altar Cleansing Envoy, the monkey with the thunder god face...

Their eyes were cold, devoid of any emotion, and they all turned into streaks of gray light, submerging into the water.

"Crack, crack!"

The cracks on the surface of the stone pillars grew larger and more numerous.

Finally... they collapsed with a roar!

"Splash~" "Splash~"

Two small heads broke the surface of the water, greedily gasping for fresh air.

Ye Ran, who was eating hot pot at the bow of the boat, was startled. He didn't even care about the piece of succulent beef still held in his chopsticks and immediately stood up.

Seeing that it was Xu Jingzhe and the other, he felt relieved.

The two boarded the boat and wiped themselves off briefly. Tang Ruyi took out a small bottle of pale green liquid and tossed it to Xu Jingzhe, saying, "Here, your body is still injured; this can heal it quickly. The effect is no worse than Moon Soil Evolution Fluid Pure Liquid."

Xu Jingzhe took it and looked at it, saying, "Is this a new potion developed by your Tang Family?"

Tang Ruyi also took out a bottle for herself, opened the soft stopper, drank it in one gulp, shook her head, and said, "Leftovers from the past."

Ye Ran looked at Tang Ruyi and asked suspiciously, "Tang Family?"

"What's wrong? Haven't you heard of the Tang Family?" Xu Jingzhe looked at Ye Ran with equal confusion.

Ye Ran's eyes flickered, and he nodded. There were many people with the surname Tang in the Four Main Cities, but there had never been a Tang Family that had amounted to anything.

Not to mention a standard first-rate family, there wasn't even a second-rate one. Moreover, Tang Ruyi had displayed an Ancient Battle Skill, a technique that few top-tier first-rate families even possessed.

Therefore, Ye Ran felt there was only one possibility: Tang Ruyi's surname was not Tang!

Tang Ruyi turned the boat around, ignoring their conversation.

Xu Jingzhe poured the potion into his mouth. A sweet taste spread across his tongue and down his throat. A few seconds later, his body felt warm, and the injuries on his body were being rapidly repaired; the effect was even better than Moon Soil Evolution Fluid Pure Liquid.

This made him very curious about Tang Ruyi's identity.

"Old Tang, we've been through life and death together, can't you tell me the truth?" Xu Jingzhe crossed his arms, leaned against the cabin door, and squinted at Tang Ruyi.

Tang Ruyi was expressionless and said, "Blue Star is so big, there are many families. In some places, current super-satellite positioning scans don't work."

"So, just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Ye Ran scratched his head awkwardly and continued eating his hot pot.

Xu Jingzhe also took a pair of chopsticks, sat opposite Ye Ran, and started eating heartily.

On that island, he couldn't feel hunger or thirst at all. Once he was out and smelled the aroma of the hot pot, his stomach rumbled, and he finally felt hungry.

"How long have we been underwater?" Xu Jingzhe asked while eating.

"A week," Ye Ran said. "It's a good thing the icebreaker has everything, otherwise I would have been too hungry to have any strength left."

Xu Jingzhe paused, feeling a bit dazed. It had only been a week?

Emerging from the Lost World, the atmosphere of the Pollution Zone rushed toward them. Xu Jingzhe held the Zhan Chun Black Gold Long Saber in his hand; it was time to go save Ye Xin.

Ye Zi was relatively young in the Ye Family; both Ye Ran and Ye Xin were her cousins.

Therefore, Xu Jingzhe had to save him.

"Where are you going next?" Tang Ruyi asked.

"To save someone."

"Save someone?"

"Ye Ran is my friend; otherwise, I wouldn't have intervened when we were at Zhongyi Hall," Xu Jingzhe said, tapping his fingers on the surface of the long saber.

"You are no match for Hall Master Yang Shuai," Tang Ruyi said indifferently. "I will go with you."

Xu Jingzhe was a bit surprised; he couldn't understand Tang Ruyi's way of doing things.

"Clang!"

Suddenly, Tang Ruyi turned and drew her blade. The cold light of the Tang saber flashed, and an ancient tree was cleaved to pieces.

Accompanied by the scattering wood chips and some mechanical metal fragments, it emitted a cold, eerie gleam in the air.

"We are being watched; it must be Hall Master Yang Shuai," Tang Ruyi said.

"Damn!"

Xu Jingzhe cursed inwardly. Hall Master Yang Shuai, that old fox, was truly cunning.

It seemed that outsmarting him wasn't an option; they could only attack head-on.

Meanwhile, in a mountain forest a hundred miles away, the tablet screen turned to static.

The face of the woman with a hot figure and revealing clothes was full of shock.

Lu Fei and... the Ye Family people were actually friends, and he was planning to rescue Ye Xin!

No, she had to go back immediately and tell Hall Master Yang Shuai this news.

"How is your body recovering?" Xu Jingzhe asked Ye Ran.

"About fifty percent. Ordinary Contaminators can't get close to me," Ye Ran said.

After all, he was an elite of the Ye Family, having undergone the baptism of Moon Soil Evolution Fluid, and combined with his own ability, dealing with a twenty-year Contaminator was not a problem.

"Although there are many people in Zhongyi Hall, there aren't many strong ones."

"Except for Hall Master Yang Shuai and his two sons, the others are not worth worrying about."

Tang Ruyi had been wandering around this area looking for clues to the Ritual Arts, so naturally, she had a clear understanding of the nearby forces.

Xu Jingzhe nodded, and the three of them headed toward Zhongyi Hall together.