240: Chapter 240 Falling into the Sea

From beginning to end, the other party seemed completely unaware.

From this point, he was already ninety percent certain that he could rule out the possibility of the Second Elder committing the crime.

Patriarch Yun Donglai did not continue to answer, only letting the Second Elder continue to follow him.

Subsequently, the two returned to the deck once more.

Seeing the two return, Yun Mingwu, who was responsible for counting the headcount, immediately came up to greet them, "Reporting to the Patriarch, the headcount is complete. Except for the three injured individuals who are unable to move, everyone else has arrived."

"Good." Patriarch Yun Donglai acknowledged, then said to the crowd, "Everyone may return to rest now."

After dismissing the crowd, Patriarch Yun Donglai stood inside the gunwale. Facing the sea breeze, a faint salty, damp scent wafted into his nostrils.

Behind him was the Yun Family's Second Elder.

The two remained silent, yet it seemed as though there were a thousand words to be said.

I do not know how much time passed, but the Yun Family's Second Elder could not hold back any longer; he was the first to break the silence, "Fourth Elder, did he really fall into the sea?"

"He did." Patriarch Yun Donglai responded indifferently.

"Patriarch, can you tell me why? I do not believe that the Fourth Elder would accidentally fall into the sea." The Yun Family's Second Elder continued to press the question.

If he did not figure out the reason, he feared he would not be able to get a good night's sleep in the future.

After all, this reason was too absurd.

"Could it be that you suspect I did it?" Patriarch Yun Donglai countered.

"I dare not." The Yun Family's Second Elder quickly lowered his head, a wisp of chill rising from within his body, his back soaked with sweat before he even realized it.

"I never said it was an accident. If you want to know the answer, you can only ask him yourself." Upon hearing this, Patriarch Yun Donglai's tone softened slightly.

He was not lying about this. Just as he said, Yun Bing must have jumped into the sea voluntarily.

If it were said that after Pei Qingyun's hint, he only suspected that Yun Bing had issues, at this moment, he was already certain. Yun Bing must have betrayed the Yun Family.

Although he did not know the reason for Yun Bing voluntarily jumping into the sea, he thought there was only one possibility. That was that Yun Bing realized that if he did not leave, he would be in mortal danger.

Whether this was intuition or because he had realized in advance that he had been exposed, regardless of the reason, it was not good news for the Yun Family.

This even gave him the impulse to turn back and search. But reason told him that he could not do so.

A Five Viscera Realm Martial Artist could already hold their breath underwater for a very long time. If it had been right after he fell into the water, there might have been a significant chance.

Now that so much time had passed, as long as Yun Bing was not stupid and did not voluntarily surface, finding Yun Bing underwater in this vast ocean was too difficult.

"Forget it, in this vast ocean, even a Five-Viscera Martial Artist would find it difficult to survive." Patriarch Yun Donglai sighed in his heart, only able to comfort himself in this way.

After receiving the answer, the Yun Family's Second Elder stood there blankly, his eyes looking somewhat vacant. Patriarch Yun Donglai's words had been too great a shock to him.

It took a long time for him to come back to his senses. Yun Bing jumped into the sea voluntarily. Countless questions swirled in his mind.

Looking at Patriarch Yun Donglai's expression, it seemed he was not prepared to explain it to him. After standing for a while longer, the Yun Family's Second Elder entered the cabin, filled with doubts.

In fact, it was not that Patriarch Yun Donglai did not want to explain. Even though he was certain that Yun Bing had betrayed the clan, he truly could not produce concrete evidence. The entire incident was based on speculation.

However, now that there was a direction, the truth was not far off. He was confident that after the day they returned, once he returned to the Yun Family, he could investigate those close to Yun Bing, and then seal the verdict.

On the other side, Pei Qingyun was still immersed in his Cultivation and had not specifically sensed the changes inside the cabin.

It was not until Patriarch Yun Donglai visited him again to personally apologize that he learned from Patriarch Yun Donglai about Yun Bing jumping into the sea. This result surprised him somewhat.

Yun Bing realized that he had attracted his attention. Pei Qingyun did not believe it, nor did he think Yun Bing had the capability.

Because from beginning to end, he had never specifically paid attention to Yun Bing. The reason he was able to detect Yun Bing's hidden strength was entirely because his perception was too strong.

With a casual glance, he could discern the Realm of a Five-Viscera Martial Artist. Yun Bing jumping into the sea was likely for other reasons.

Perhaps Yun Bing and the Lei Clan were not even on the same side; otherwise, the Lei Clan would not have failed to have Yun Bing cooperate until all their personnel had been wiped out.

"This Yun Family really has quite a lot of troublesome matters; I hope they can be a bit more settled from now on." Pei Qingyun thought to himself, not voicing his speculations.

He was not the Old Ancestor of the Yun Family, so it was impossible for him to take care of everything for the Yun Family. Being able to give Patriarch Yun Donglai a hint once was only because he saw that Patriarch Yun Donglai was sensible.

... Half an hour later. In a sea area dozens of miles away from the yunfan no. 2, Yun Bing poked his head out of the sea surface, his face looking somewhat pale.

After jumping into the sea, he had dived underwater, and only surfaced to catch his breath about once every quarter of an hour.

During this period, he had brushed past Vicious Beasts on the seabed several times and had nearly been attacked. If it had not been for his good luck, he would have died under the sea long ago.

"The Master is almost here; as long as I report Pei Qingyun's strength truthfully, I believe the Master will understand my loyalty." Yun Bing looked toward the pirate ship sailing toward him in the distance, a look of surprise and joy appearing on his face.

He had had enough of staying in this sea. Before long, the pirate ship stopped steadily in front of him, and he saw a gaunt man standing at the gunwale, looking down at him.

Upon seeing the gaunt man, Yun Bing waved his arms excitedly and shouted, "Master, Master, I am here."

The gaunt man did not respond, a flash of intense killing intent passing through his eyes. He had come here from thousands of miles away for blood food, not to save people.

A mere blood slave was only slightly better blood food in his eyes. If they no longer had value, they could only become a part of his body.

However, what gave him the biggest headache was still the person on the ship. As things stood, he could only let him come up first. Why would a mere blood slave dare to disobey his orders?

Very quickly, Yun Bing boarded the pirate ship. As soon as he boarded, a cold voice rang in his ears.

"Who gave you the audacity to disobey my orders?"

Before he could delve further into it, a bone-deep, excruciating pain struck him, as if countless ants were gnawing at his flesh, filling his entire body.

Under this intense, excruciating pain, his entire face twisted into a knot, and he kept rolling back and forth on the ground.

"Mas...ter, spare me." "Master, let... me go," "I... will not dare again..." Yun Bing wailed incessantly, his shrill voice echoing.

But the gaunt man had no intention of stopping at all, still watching everything coldly, as if what was in front of him was just livestock.

Only when Yun Bing was so hoarse that he could no longer make a sound did he quietly stop. At this moment, Yun Bing no longer looked human; his hair was disheveled, his clothes were damaged beyond repair, and his exposed skin was oozing blood, looking just like chunks of rotting meat.