155: Chapter 155: Half a Marriage Contract, an Old Case Resurfaces!

Su Yuxi's Face gradually turned pale.

She stared at the patterns within the spring's eye, fine sweat slowly seeping from her brow, as if memories deep within her Sea of Consciousness were being hooked by something.

A black sea.

A ruined boat.

A decaying wind.

A path leading to an island paved with white bones.

Her breathing skipped a beat, and she raised her hand to press against her temple.

Lin Yi stood up and was by her side in an instant, one hand grasping her wrist as he gently channeled Grandmist Chaos Qi into her.

"Don't force it."

Su Yuxi closed her eyes, took a few breaths to steady herself, and then reopened them.

In those eyes that were always cold, there was now an even deeper layer of chill.

"This path... I have walked it before."

Shen Qingyue turned to look at her, her expression becoming agitated.

"Where?"

Su Yuxi stared at the outline of the cliff in the spring water and slowly uttered three words.

"Burial Emperor Island."

The hall suddenly fell silent.

The peach pit in Xu Chen's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

"That place again?"

"So that grandson Xu Tian spent all day putting on a show of deep-seated affection and forcing a marriage, but at his core, he wasn't looking at a person at all."

"Instead, he's after that gate, that path, and the Opportunity within that forbidden zone!"

Lin Yi was lost in thought, the chill in the depths of his eyes deepening.

At this point, the thread had been completely pulled out.

The Shen Family's old pact.

The Heaven and Earth Gate's unusual movements.

The strand of sickness inside the Holy Mother of Yaochi.

And the memory fragments pulled from Su Yuxi's Sea of Consciousness.

All pointed to the same place.

Burial Emperor Island!

Shen Qingyue looked at the patterns in the spring's eye, her voice very soft.

"If it really is Burial Emperor Island, then what the Shen Family protected back then was likely that gate on the island."

"The Taichu Key, the Tai Su Key."

"Those people from the Heaven and Earth Gate want to use me to open the gate."

Chu Wanqing spoke up with a cold Face.

"That Xu Tian really knows how to dream."

"On one hand, he uses the marriage contract as a banner, while on the other, he's eyeing Sister Qingyue's family inheritance!"

"His abacus beads are practically flying into people's Faces."

Lin Yi raised his hand and tucked the half-scroll of the marriage contract back into his sleeve.

"So, Xu Tian cannot die too quickly."

Chu Wanqing was startled.

Xu Chen also jerked his head up.

Lin Yi stood under the lamp, his expression calmly cold.

"The Heaven and Earth Gate's mess, the Shen Family's old case, and the entrance to Burial Emperor Island."

"These things—Xu Tian and the group behind him must cough them all up themselves."

"Punching him to death now would be satisfying, but the trail would go cold."

Shen Qingyue looked at him, her eyes flickering slightly.

The doubts and blood debts she had suppressed for so many years were all addressed perfectly by Lin Yi's single sentence.

He wasn't just focused on venting her anger.

He was paving the entire path for her.

Xu Chen's mind whirled rapidly, and he suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Big Brother, I get it."

"Those old fogies aren't here to snatch a person at all."

"They're here to find the key to open the gate!"

Chu Wanqing immediately added a jab.

"Wow! Xu Chen, your reaction is so amazing!"

"There wasn't any delay at all..."

Xu Chen was unconvinced.

"What's wrong with a little delay? The point is, I understand."

"And I even understand the next step."

He shuffled forward two steps while holding the ancient desolate hall, lowering his voice with a serious look.

"Big Brother, they must be very anxious right now."

"They didn't take the person, and they lost Face everywhere."

"They'll likely go to the Wang Family's group to huddle for warmth."

"When that nest of old foxes is all crouched together, we'll head over and flip the table. That scene would be so exciting!"

Lin Yi glanced at him, the corner of his lips curling into a slight arc.

"Your brain worked reasonably well this time."

Xu Chen immediately became energized.

"Of course."

"I am the wisdom representative of our team."

Chu Wanqing sneered.

"At most, you're the atmosphere representative."

"Don't touch the word 'wisdom' for now; it's too obscure and bad for your brain development!"

A rare burst of laughter echoed in the hall.

Even the layer of long-accumulated coldness between Shen Qingyue's brows faded a little.

Su Yuxi withdrew her gaze, her palm lightly resting on the edge of the spring's eye.

"The patterns in the strand of sickness are not yet complete."

"But the direction won't be wrong."

"Moreover, I have a feeling that Burial Emperor Island is about to emerge!"

Lin Yi gave an 'en' of agreement.

"Then let them keep jumping."

"I'll take note of whoever jumps the highest."

He looked up at the deep night outside the window, killing intent fully revealed in his eyes.

"Xu Tian wants to use the marriage contract to take people."

"The Heaven and Earth Gate wants to use the Taichu to open the gate."

"The Wang Family wants to use this situation to make a comeback."

"Since none of them can be peaceful, I'll take them all out together!"

Shen Qingyue looked at Lin Yi and spoke softly.

"Lin Yi."

Lin Yi turned his head.

Shen Qingyue's gaze was calm, but it held a new touch of determination.

"This time, no matter how dangerous it is, I will go!"

Lin Yi looked at her and didn't reply immediately.

After a moment, he raised his hand and rubbed the top of Shen Qingyue's head with a very gentle motion.

"I never planned on leaving you behind."

Chu Wanqing sat to the side, her ears feeling hot and a bit sour.

But as soon as that sourness surfaced, she suppressed it herself.

Now was not the time to fight over this.

She took a deep breath and patted the imperial zither.

"Fine."

"Then we'll all go together."

"Whoever dares to stop us will have to see if this Young Miss agrees first!"

Su Yuxi also stood up and walked to Lin Yi's side.

"I want to go too."

"That place, Burial Emperor Island, has a great Karma with me."

Xu Chen hugged the ancient desolate hall tightly and raised his hand with a serious Face.

"And me."

"Big Brother, wherever you strike, I'll smash!"

"This time, if anyone dares to bring up the marriage contract again, I'll open a skylight directly in their forehead!"

Lin Yi looked at the few people before him and said nothing more.

At this stage, some things no longer needed to be said.

The night wind blew through the hall doors.

The strand of sickness in the spring's eye had completely dissipated, leaving only a blurred, cold outline of a broken island floating quietly on the water's surface.

The words 'Burial Emperor Island' were like a nail driven deep into their hearts.

Lin Yi tucked the half-scroll of the marriage contract into his sleeve, his voice firm.

"The gate they want to open."

"I am also very interested in it."

"However, once the gate is open, who gets to enter is hard to say!"

...

On the other side.

Deep within the Wang Family's ancestral lands, the doors to the ancestral hall slowly closed.

Green lamps flickered inside the hall.

Wang Shuo leaned crookedly against the armrest of his stone seat, his chest heaving heavily.

His Face still bore the cracks left from the last great battle.

Dark red scabs crawled all the way to his neck, and his entire being exuded an uncontrollable ferocity.

Dozens of gazes from below the hall rose in unison.

They first fell upon the half-scroll of the marriage contract in Xu Tian's hand, then onto Xu Tian's Face.

Xu Tian's Face was still swollen.

The humiliation at Yaochi had nearly driven him mad with rage.

Xu Tian lifted his chin, suppressing the throbbing pain in his Face, and said in a dark voice:

"Have you seen enough?"

The expressions of several Elder Wangs in the hall tightened; none of them responded to his words.

Wang Shuo lifted his cracked eyelids, stared at the half-scroll of the marriage contract for a few moments, and squeezed out a series of raspy, low chuckles from his throat.

"The marriage contract is still here."

"It seems the Heaven and Earth Gate's trip wasn't in vain."

Hearing this, Xu Tian's fingers suddenly clenched.

The scene at Yaochi flashed through his mind again.

Luo Qinghan's sword.

Zhou Qing's decree.

And Lin Yi's Face, which made his teeth ache with hatred.

His chest swelled, and he almost spat out blood again.

But thinking that he was at the Wang Family, he couldn't lose Face.

He gritted his teeth and forced the foul blood back down.