187: The Li family reappears

Below the clouds, atop the spirit boat.

Lin Shiming suddenly stood up, looking forward, and behind the thick clouds, a small, disc-shaped mountain was faintly visible.

His Divine Sense gave no warning, just like that time at Cloud Mirror Mountain, without any premonition.

Neither Lin Shiming nor Lin Gang had noticed anything until Chen Yunlai's spirit boat reached the Formation.

And it was the same this time; even Xie An hadn't noticed.

One could imagine how clever Chen Yunlai's concealment methods were.

But what puzzled him most was how Chen Yunlai had managed to get ahead of them.

One must know, they had a third-tier top-grade spirit boat, plus a third-tier wind escape talisman.

But doubts aside, this was not the time to dwell on them.

Lin Shiming performed a hand seal, and then the spirit boat suddenly flew to the left, directly bypassing Mount Xiaotai.

He didn't even know what kind of Formation lay ahead, so he naturally dared not charge straight in.

This sudden acceleration and change of direction made Xie An and Lin Xianzhi both emerge from their rooms on the spirit boat, looking at Lin Shiming with puzzled expressions.

However, upon seeing Lin Shiming's extremely serious expression, everyone was startled, and then they all released their Divine Sense.

Especially Xie An, whose Divine Sense almost searched the entire thousand-li radius around them.

However, he immediately became puzzled; under his Divine Sense, he was confident that no rustle of leaves could escape him, unless it was a Purple Mansion Cultivator.

And a Purple Mansion Cultivator wouldn't need to ambush them; he could just fly over and kill at will.

Lin Xianzhi, looking around, had a similar expression.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, Senior Brother Xie, my Spirit Beast on Mount Xiaotai sensed fear; there might be an exotic beast!" Lin Shiming explained, then released the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis.

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis at this moment was resplendent with golden light, clearly extraordinary, and its body was already as large as a calf. After devouring Dragon Lizard meat and Dragon Blood Grass, its golden scythe-like forelegs were even sharper, making anyone who looked at them feel as if a blade was at their back, unable to meet its gaze directly.

Especially its six-winged wings, which were incredibly slender, far more vibrant than the compound wings of an ordinary mantis.

"Is this a mutated Six-Winged Sky Mantis?" Xie An had naturally heard of the Spirit Beast Sect's Heaven and Earth Spirit Insect Ranking.

But at this moment, the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis's performance was far more impressive than the Six-Winged Sky Mantis on that list.

And as far as he knew, Lin Shiming also had a Red-haired Demon Monkey with an exotic fire.

For a moment, Xie An even felt a little envious of Lin Shiming.

"That's right, Shiming's mantis has a strong sense of danger!" Lin Xianzhi instantly nodded from the side. Lin Shiming had mentioned the mantis's abilities several times before, so he naturally believed him.

Now that Lin Shiming said this, he could understand why Lin Shiming had changed course.

And he turned to explain to Xie An.

"The Lin Family truly deserves its former status as a Purple Mansion Family; its heritage is profound!" Xie An couldn't help but exclaim.

Of course, no one responded to this; Qi Refining Cultivators couldn't interject, and Lin Xianzhi wouldn't speak.

Otherwise, if Xie An knew that Lin Shiming had only bought the insect egg for ten Spirit Stones, who knows what Xie An would think.

Mount Xiaotai was very large and also the closest place to Nine Leaf City on the border of White Leaf Continent. This detour would add several thousand li to their journey.

What made everyone disbelieving was that as Lin Shiming detoured, a huge ship suddenly rose from Mount Xiaotai.

Only then did everyone realize that what was on Mount Xiaotai was not some exotic beast, but clearly Heavenly Demon Sect Cultivators blocking their path.

And what made all their expressions change drastically was that the hundred-zhang-long spirit boat was clearly a war treasure ship.

At this moment, they also understood why Old Devil Chen and the others had arrived so much earlier, waiting for them on Mount Xiaotai.

A fourth-tier war treasure ship was simply incomparable to a third-tier top-grade spirit boat; the difference was like heaven and earth.

And the speed at which it caught up also far exceeded everyone's expectations, closing the distance in the blink of an eye.

Everyone's hearts instantly turned to ash. A fourth-tier treasure ship was not only extremely fast, but the Formation it carried was also incredibly powerful.

Not to mention, where there was a treasure ship, there would generally be a Purple Mansion Cultivator present.

How could a Foundation Establishment Cultivator have such a grand display?

"Let's split up and escape!" Lin Xianzhi's mood also plummeted at this moment. He had thought they had escaped to safety, but he hadn't expected to be ambushed at Mount Xiaotai.

"Wait, they don't have a Purple Mansion Cultivator, it's Old Devil Chen!" Lin Shiming suddenly said.

At this moment, Xie An also extended his Divine Sense and indeed only found Old Devil Chen, Chen Yunlai, and only three Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

There were also only three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivators, but quite a few Qi Refining Cultivators.

However, with so few Foundation Establishment Cultivators, even controlling the treasure ship would be difficult, let alone using the treasure ship's Formation for attack!

"It's Li Chengxian from the Li Family!" Lin Xianzhi also spoke at this moment.

However, the person he saw shocked the entire Lin Family.

This Li Chengxian was none other than the once unparalleled Li Chengxian of the Li Family in Yunzhou.

Li Chengxian was known as the successor of the Li Family, barely a hundred years old, yet already in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, a Purple Mansion seed for the Li Family. However, later the Li Family rebelled against the Qingxuan Sect, and Li Chuanhuan died in the Qingyun Mountain Range.

Without a Purple Mansion Cultivator, even if the Li Family sought refuge with the Heavenly Demon Sect, their days would likely not be easy.

And this finally made sense; this war treasure ship was clearly the treasure ship purchased by the Purple Mansion Family, the Li Family, back then.

After Li Chuanhuan's death, this treasure ship naturally fell into Li Chengxian's hands.

Old Devil Chen bringing Li Chengxian and so few Foundation Establishment Disciples made him suspect that Old Devil Chen had his eyes on Li Chengxian's treasure ship.

The treasure ship arrived extremely quickly, giving them no time to react.

In the sky, a huge black millstone suddenly appeared, emitting an infinite ghostly light.

It covered towards their top-grade spirit boat.

"Houyuan, you take the rest of the clansmen and retreat a bit. We three will handle this!" Lin Xianzhi also shouted loudly.

Then he took out the Azure Lotus Sword and fiercely slashed towards the black millstone.

The huge Azure Lotus Sword light transformed into a green lotus, continuously resisting the millstone Magical Artifact, and countless sparks, like a waterfall, poured down.

And Old Devil Chen at this moment took out a demonic banner.

The demonic banner instantly grew to thirty zhang in size, like a gate to Hell, and more than ten Devil Heads rushed out from within.

The lowest cultivation of these Devil Heads was actually Late Stage three-tier, and there were even two Peak three-tier Devil Heads, equivalent to Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

Those two Devil Heads were two infant Devil Heads, but with green faces and fangs, they were hideous and terrifying, exuding an oppressive Evil Qi.

A burst of Yin flames blew out, like the fires of Hell, chilling and terrifying, heading towards Lin Shiming and the others.

Xie An at this moment also took out his top-grade magical sword, and streaks of sword light slashed out, dispersing the Yin flames.

However, those Yin winds were like boneless maggots, clinging to the spirit sword and slowly corroding the sword light.

"You have the Yin Yang Demon Child!" Xie An suddenly exclaimed at this moment, his face full of disbelief.

This Old Devil Chen had hidden his strength back at the Tianhe City battlefield!!!