682: Chapter 682 Background and Interrogation

Yin-Yang Great Island.

Stargazing Terrace.

Liu Xuan had just accompanied Jiang Xingwan to complete a round of Cultivation when he suddenly felt an urgent transmission in his Divine Soul.

"Number Four is in trouble again!"

The Divine Sense transmission came from the Three-Headed Demon Python, saying that they had encountered a Hua Shen Demon Saint interception.

Liu Xuan wanted to ask for some detailed information, but discovered that the mark representing the Three-Headed Demon Python in his Divine Soul had suddenly dimmed, and the light on the page for Number Four in the spirit treasure genealogy had also dimmed simultaneously; both had lost the ability to transmit messages.

Although they had lost the ability to transmit messages via Divine Soul, they were not dead yet. Liu Xuan could still sense their location through his Divine Soul connection.

After calculating, Liu Xuan frowned and looked toward the east. "When did this kid run to the frontline sea region?"

To be able to instantly severely injure the Three-Headed Demon Python, and with the location being in the frontline sea region, it was highly probable that a deep-sea Hua Shen Demon Saint had made the move.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan sighed helplessly. "Nowhere else to go? You just had to go to the frontline sea region. If you die, you can only blame your own bad luck!"

As the number of his offspring increased, Liu Xuan became more open-minded about their fates. He could not completely control all the actions of his children. Behind every choice, there were corresponding gains and costs. Some things he could help with, while others they had to endure themselves.

That was what he said, but a trace of worry could still not help but appear in Liu Xuan's eyes.

Number Four had been naughty, disobedient, loved showing off, and was competitive since he was a child... but he had a pure heart, was friendly to his siblings, and had never committed any major misdeeds.

From the Red Pine Sect onwards, for over seventy years, he had almost accompanied Liu Xuan through the entire process from being weak to becoming a giant in one region.

Humans are not made of wood or stone; who can be without emotions?

Liu Xuan had always liked to weigh gains and losses in his actions, but Number Four's life still carried some weight with him.

"Hmm?"

After calculating again, Liu Xuan discovered that the positions of Number Four and the Three-Headed Demon Python were moving away at an exaggerated speed, soon going deep into the Chaotic Sea Region, and then entering the distant deep sea region.

"Captured?"

"What is the Long Whale Palace Demon Saint catching them for?"

Regardless, not being dead was a good thing. Liu Xuan did not rush to save them immediately, but instead kept an eye on their location at all times. He then called for Saint Daughter Xu Zhiyin, Yin Lizhi, You Ruo, and others, ordering them to immediately investigate all of Daocheng's recent movement trajectories and everyone he had come into contact with.

Number Four had just left home and met with trouble. It could be a coincidence, or it could be that someone was plotting against him. Regardless, it had to be investigated clearly.

The person was already severely injured, and still in the hands of a Demon Saint in the depths of the East Sea. Being anxious was useless; it had to be done step by step.

...

East Sea.

Underwater Palace.

Daocheng woke up faintly, reached out to rub his still stinging and swollen head, and issued a Soul-searching question: "Where am I?"

The injury to his Divine Soul caused his memory to be like a blackout; he had forgotten the causes and consequences.

A moment later, remembering everything, he hurriedly checked himself, saying with a mix of confusion and surprise: "I'm not dead?"

Looking around, this was a crystal palace, and through the walls, one could see what appeared to be seawater outside.

"Snake Brother!"

The Three-Headed Demon Python's body was coiled into a ball, breathing steadily, with all six eyes tightly closed.

Daocheng shouted a few times, but did not see it move at all. It must be in a deep sleep to heal its injuries.

Suddenly!

A rhythmic sound of footsteps came from outside the palace. A moment later, the crown-wearing woman from before appeared at the entrance.

The crystal palace light was soft and bright, setting off the woman's light golden short hair, which shimmered, and her fair, delicate face was breathtakingly beautiful.

Even someone like Daocheng, who had no desire for women, was slightly distracted when looking at her.

The woman walked slowly to the throne above the palace and sat down, looking down at Daocheng and asking: "What is your name?"

"Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng!"

"Which Sect Disciple are you?"

"Uh..." Daocheng hesitated for a moment and replied: "I suppose the Joyous Union Sect!"

"What do you mean by 'suppose'?" The woman frowned slightly, and the atmosphere instantly became oppressive.

Daocheng hurriedly explained: "I was a Disciple of a Sect subordinate to the Azure Profound Sect, then joined the Beast Taming Sect, and recently joined the Joyous Union Sect. Since this is the East Sea, I should be considered a Disciple of the Joyous Union Sect."

The woman nodded slightly, not pursuing this question further, and then asked the next question.

"How did you make it voluntarily conclude a natal spirit beast contract with you? It called you Young Master Four before. Who is the master it spoke of?"

"My dad let it be a Spirit Beast. The master is my dad!"

"Who is your dad?"

"My dad is Liu Xuan."

Daocheng's tone carried a hint of pride. Fearing that the woman had not heard of this name, he added:

"My dad is Liu Xuan, Master of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect, Sect Master of the East Sea Joyous Union Sect, and Dao Companion of the Daoist Yin-Yang!"

The woman was startled. She had not heard of the Master of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect, but she had long heard of the Sect Master of the East Sea Joyous Union Sect. However, hadn't this person been missing for a long time? Could it be that he had returned?

The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect was already a Late-stage Spirit Transformation Cultivator before he went missing. If this person was his son, it was barely plausible.

But it was only barely plausible. The Three-Headed Demon Python was a High Grade Tier 5 Yao Race Bloodline. Even if it were a contract beast for the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect himself, it would be qualified. Why would it be wasted on a son who was only at the Golden Core Realm?

'What is his purpose in doing this?'

The woman fell into deep thought. The more she thought, the more it didn't feel right. A High Grade Tier 5 Bloodline as a natal spirit beast for a Golden Core Cultivator didn't make sense, and today's event made even less sense!

The woman was the Queen of the deep-sea Mermaid Race, named Yuan Hua. She lived in the deep sea and rarely came into contact with the Human Race. She had only started to understand the situation in the outside world recently due to the disturbances in the East Sea.

A few days ago, a Yao Race member from the Long Whale Palace had suddenly sent her a secret letter, informing her that a Tier 5 Bloodline Yao Beast would appear in the battlefield sea region soon, and ordered her to go and check.

'The order for this matter came from a confidant of one of the Great Saints of the Long Whale Clan, and it clearly stated a Low Grade Tier 5 Bloodline...'

A Nascent Soul Yao Race member with a Tier 5 Bloodline could not be ignored even by the Long Whale Clan. Why did they specifically ask her to check?

It clearly said Low Grade Tier 5 Bloodline, so why did it become a High Grade Tier 5 mutated Bloodline?

The matter involved a Great Saint of the Long Whale Clan and a long-missing Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect. Yuan Hua suddenly felt as if she had been invisibly drawn into a vortex.

'Is that Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect trying to use my hand to contact those two? Is this High Grade Tier 5 Bloodline Yao Beast his sincerity?'

There were six Great Saints in the Long Whale Palace, four from the Long Whale Clan and two from other clans.

The Mermaid Race, where Yuan Hua was, had a close relationship with one of the Great Saints from the other clans.

"Since your dad is the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect, why did he send you to the frontline battlefield?" Yuan Hua continued to ask.

"He didn't send me here; I decided to come myself."

"Why?"

"To temper my Heart-Nature and refine my Dao of the sword."

"When you left, did your dad instruct you to do anything?"

"No!"

"I came secretly; he didn't even know."

...

Yuan Hua interrogated Daocheng for a long time, but there was almost no useful information.

In the end, she decided to stick to her guns. Anyway, she had the person, and if the other party really had any purpose, there would definitely be follow-up actions. It was better to just wait.