760: My little fish, you're dead.

"Tiancheng... why are you so heartless..."

Inside the palace, the sturdy-built woman half-reclining on the couch had a complexion that shifted between ferocious and slightly despondent, her expression constantly changing.

Behind the tall woman, a fair-skinned young man called Little Fish was gently kneading her arm, his face showing a hint of resentment.

"Young Miss, that Yin Tiancheng does not know what is good for him, wasting your good intentions..."

"He is not worth Young Miss worrying so much."

After hesitating for a moment, the fair-skinned young man called Little Fish finally could not help but speak up to persuade her.

That Yin Tiancheng was merely slightly better looking, yet he had firmly occupied Young Miss's heart and mind before.

He had repeatedly squeezed out his own position in Young Miss's heart.

He had long been dissatisfied, but he had never dared to say it out loud.

Now, that Yin Tiancheng was courting his own death, and he was extremely happy about it.

As soon as these words were spoken.

The unpredictable expression on the face of the half-reclining Hua Qianshuang faded away.

"Is that so?"

Hua Qianshuang did not turn her head, her voice becoming calm, making it impossible to know her specific thoughts.

"Young Miss, Yin Tiancheng has long had..."

Behind her, the fair-skinned young man called Little Fish replied hastily, as if he still wanted to say something more.

However, he did not notice at all that the other clean-looking young man being held in Hua Qianshuang's arms had stiffened slightly.

"Yin Tiancheng..."

"Uh... Young... Miss..."

The fair-skinned young man called Little Fish was prattling on, but in the next instant, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly froze.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had instantly gripped the fair-skinned young man's neck. The fair-skinned young man struggled endlessly, his face turning bright red, his expression clearly stunned.

"Young..."

The fair-skinned young man wanted to say something.

Only a 'crack' sound was heard, as if it were the sound of a spine breaking.

The fair-skinned young man, who had been lifted into the air, fell slowly, no longer showing any signs of life.

"Little Fish, you crossed the line."

Hua Qianshuang's expression was calm.

"Give him a proper burial."

"Yes, Young Miss."

The other clean-looking young man in her arms had a stiff body and tense mind. Upon hearing this, he quickly got up from her arms, bowed, and then took the corpse of the breathless Little Fish and headed out of the palace.

"My Little Fish, you are dead..."

Inside the palace, only Hua Qianshuang remained, a hint of sorrow seemingly in her eyes.

...

At this moment. Ju Ling City, Inner City, Chen Family residence.

Zhou Huiyang held a palm-sized green tortoise shell in his palm, following closely behind that Elder of the Ju Ling Merchant Guild, walking step by step toward the place where Zhou Tailai was temporarily residing.

A moment later. From afar, Zhou Huiyang had already seen that high pavilion.

Only then did Zhou Huiyang finally heave a sigh of relief.

He was too weak. Although he was accompanied by an Elder of the Ju Ling Merchant Guild, if someone wanted to target him, he certainly would not be able to protect this treasure.

"Many thanks, Elder."

Zhou Huiyang bowed in greeting, then quickly stepped into the high pavilion. He saw Zhou Tailai sitting cross-legged, waiting there.

"Ancestor Lai, is this the item?"

Zhou Huiyang held the palm-sized green tortoise shell with both hands and handed it toward Zhou Tailai.

"The Luo Shu... it actually formed on the shell of a green tortoise..."

Zhou Tailai raised his eyebrows. Although he had calculated that the Luo Shu existed here, and that it could only be retrieved at a specific time by a specific person.

But clearly, even he did not know the specific form of this Luo Shu.

Until this moment, when this tortoise shell appeared before his eyes.

"It is indeed." Zhou Tailai nodded and smiled.

This made Zhou Huiyang's mind instantly relax. Fortunately, he hadn't chosen wrong.

Zhou Tailai reached out and took this green tortoise shell into his hand.

In the next instant, within his eyes, it seemed as if streams of galaxies manifested and transformed into a picture scroll.

On the picture scroll, stars were scattered everywhere. At this moment, these arcane picture scrolls that had appeared out of thin air were uncontrollably circling around the tortoise shell in Zhou Tailai's hand.

In front of and behind Zhou Tailai, Zhou Huiyang, Chao Muxi, and the four others subconsciously looked toward the green tortoise shell.

Hum~ A flash of green light blinded their eyes.

Zhou Huiyang and the others uncontrollably closed their eyes.

Under the green light, on the tortoise shell, seemingly stimulated by these phantom images of the scrolls, patterns resembling characters appeared and disappeared.

The light in Zhou Tailai's eyes flickered continuously as he looked toward these flickering character patterns.

He only felt that a profound Dao, different from the He Tu but originating from the same source as the He Tu, was revealed from these flickering characters.

"Luo Shu..."

A moment later. The stars in Zhou Tailai's eyes faded, and the green light on the tortoise shell dimmed.

Wanting to fully comprehend this Luo Shu was not a task of a single moment.

When the green light dissipated, Zhou Huiyang and the four others slowly opened their eyes. They looked at the green tortoise shell with some curiosity, but they could not see any profound mystery.

"We will stay for another two and a half months, then we will set off to return to the clan." Zhou Tailai was in quite a good mood and gave instructions to the few of them. Then he put away the green tortoise shell.

A few days later. In the Outer City of Ju Ling City, inside Jin Yu Pavilion, there was pleasant music of strings and woodwinds, and curtains were lightly drawn.

"Zhiyuan, in a little over two months, I will return to the Chaotic Sea."

Two young figures sat opposite each other. A chessboard was placed in front of them.

Zhou Huiyang swayed his body lightly, placed a piece unhurriedly, and said to the Chen family disciple, Chen Zhiyuan, who was opposite him.

"So soon... It is a pity that I cannot return with Huiyang..."

Opposite him, the young Cultivator named Chen Zhiyuan was taken aback upon hearing this.

Lord of Jubao Pavilion was succeeding to the position of the next Guild Master, so those of them who had followed from the Treasure Gathering Tower in the Chaotic Sea would naturally rise in status and would not go back.

"It is difficult to meet and hard to part, the east wind is weak and the flowers have withered." "Seize the day." "Indeed..."

The sound of strings and woodwinds filled the Jin Yu Pavilion.

Far away above the clouds, ten thousand miles away, inside the palace. Hua Qianshuang's complexion was not good.

"Young Miss, an order has come from the peak, telling us to return to the Dao Court immediately."

Hua Qianshuang's face turned livid. Below, a female Cultivator who looked to be about thirty years old spoke slowly.

"Hmph." "A mere Qingyang Zhou Clan, and the peak would actually send down such an order?"

Hua Qianshuang was somewhat incredulous. She had originally wanted Hongdao Peak to send someone to take action and teach that Qingyang Zhou Clan a lesson. Who knew that after waiting for several days, she would wait for such a result.

"My, Hua Qianshuang's, reputation cannot just be lost like this..." "Since the peak is unwilling to send anyone, then I can only take action myself to retrieve my reputation."

With a 'clatter', Hua Qianshuang stood up.

"Young Miss..." Upon hearing this, the female Cultivator below who looked to be about thirty years old had a hesitant expression.

"That group from the Qingyang Zhou Clan, the one with the highest cultivation is only that Zhou Tailai, who is at the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, and the others are just juniors."

"This Young Miss will take action personally once to finish them off and send them down to accompany Tiancheng and Little Fish in death."

Hua Qianshuang's voice was cold and unquestionable.

Although she was also at the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, she was a descendant of a Heavenly Venerate. Her Legacy was powerful. There were few Cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm whom she held in high regard.