127: Chapter 127 Void Beast

The vast sky was cloudless, and gale winds blew gently across the sea of clouds as a standard Flying Boat cruised steadily through the horizon.

Princess Duan Qingwan, Gu Yunjing, and their group were on their way back to Great Qi after completing the entrance examination of the Chuyun Immortal Sect.

They had long been aware of the turmoil that had occurred within Great Qi during this period.

Gu Yunjing's state of mind did not fluctuate much; he hailed from Qingsong Valley, and during this incident, the Qingsong Valley Sect Head had pulled back from the brink and made the right choice at the critical juncture.

Because of this, Qingsong Valley not only avoided any post-incident reckoning and suffered no losses, but would instead make a tidy profit by participating in the carving up of the Qiushan Sect.

In contrast, Princess Duan Qingwan, who was by his side, had been in low spirits ever since hearing about the changes back home, sinking into an indescribable complexity of emotions that she found difficult to let go of.

Although the imperial power she had once longed for had fallen into her hands, it had come too suddenly, and she was completely unprepared.

Her cultivation was currently only at the Peak of the Fourth Rank, and she had not even stepped across the threshold of the Spirit Realm; her immature cultivation and shallow experience weighed on her heart like a mountain.

What made it even harder for her to let go was the death of the King of Qi; the King of Qi had perished at the hands of Lin Qing.

The world always said that the imperial family was heartless, and being born into an imperial household meant that familial affection was always the most indifferent.

However, ever since Princess Duan Qingwan began her cultivation, her talent had surpassed all other princes and princesses of her generation, and she had been deeply favored by the King of Qi.

The care, indulgence, cultivation, and resources she received were all of the highest tier among the imperial children.

She had genuinely felt the King of Qi's love and expectations—not the cold morality of a monarch and subject, but genuine father-daughter warmth.

The vengeance for a father's death was irreconcilable.

But the murderer was Lin Qing.

A youth who possessed a precious status within the Chuyun Immortal Sect and whose own strength was equally unfathomable.

For a moment, a thousand emotions entangled her heart, leaving her completely unsure of what mindset she should adopt if she were to face Lin Qing in the future.

The Flying Boat also fell into a long, stifling silence, with only the soft sound of gale winds passing through the clouds.

Until that afternoon, at the edge of the sea of clouds on the horizon, a magnificent fleet of Flying Boats sailed straight towards them from afar.

The two fleets of Flying Boats were moving towards each other, gazing at each other from a great distance.

Just as everyone was filled with shock and uncertainty, a figure in white rose into the air from the deck of the leading vessel.

With a tall, upright posture and white clothes as pure as snow, he stepped on the gale winds in the air, traversing a thousand miles in a single step.

In a mere instant, the figure had already crossed the sea of clouds and landed on the deck of the Flying Boat carrying Princess Duan Qingwan and the others.

The future had arrived.

After landing, Lin Qing first scanned the surroundings briefly, then cast his gaze towards Gu Yunjing, nodding slightly in acknowledgment.

Gu Yunjing felt a shiver in his heart; he hurriedly straightened his posture and cupped his hands in a respectful bow in return.

Subsequently, Lin Qing shifted his gaze to Princess Duan Qingwan, whose eyes were dim.

Looking at the girl's dejected and lonely appearance, Lin Qing was silent for a moment before his voice, clear and gentle, slowly uttered two words:

"Sorry."

Princess Duan Qingwan's shoulders trembled slightly, and she remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, she gently shook her head, and all the grievances and unwillingness in her eyes were forcibly suppressed, turning into a numb calmness.

What could she do? What dared she do?

Not to mention that this matter was inherently the King of Qi's injustice—personally leading men to besiege Luoxia Valley was effectively courting his own destruction.

More importantly, this was a cultivation world where the weak were prey to the strong.

Today's Lin Qing could suppress the entire Great Qi by himself until they couldn't breathe, while she was only at the Peak of the Fourth Rank and hadn't even officially taken over the throne.

She was afraid that if she revealed even a hint of hatred, she would be casually wiped out by the current Lin Qing.

Of course, in reality, Lin Qing would not do that.

Since people like Princess Duan Qingwan had already been surpassed by him, there was no possibility of them ever catching up to him from now on.

It was the same old saying: if he were truly caught up to and caused trouble, it could only be considered that Lin Qing himself was trash.

After a brief silence, the two fleets gradually approached and then passed each other.

Lin Qing looked at the silent Princess Duan Qingwan and, without saying another word, turned and flew back to his own Flying Boat.

In the end, it was merely an acquaintance.

Past events dispersed like the wind.

From here on, their paths diverged, and there would be no more entanglements.

The journey from the territory of Great Qi to the core territory of the Chuyun Immortal Sect in East Xuanqing Province was more than thousands of miles.

To save time, Lin Qing did not choose the established, winding routes but instead headed in a straight line towards Chuyun City.

Along the way, they crossed several primitive ancient forests comparable to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, traveled through boundless, barren deserts, and traversed vast, misty bodies of water.

Along the way, they also frequently encountered harassment from Seventh Rank and Eighth Rank Yao Beasts.

These Yao Beasts that occupied the uninhabited, savage lands were wildly savage and fierce, often overturning the sea of clouds and shattering the sky.

An Eighth Rank Yao Beast was already a hegemon suppressing a region outside the Chuyun Immortal Sect, but in front of Lin Qing, it could not stir up even the slightest ripple.

To eliminate all sudden dangers, Lin Qing kept his Divine Thought fully expanded throughout the journey.

His vast Divine Thought enveloped the five Flying Boats, covering every inch of the cabins and every storage room; the movement of every spirit and object on the boats was under his control.

But just on one day, Lin Qing noticed something unusual.

In the storage room of one of the Flying Boats, some spirit Materials had inexplicably disappeared into thin air.

There was no fluctuation of spiritual power; they just vanished silently into thin air.

Lin Qing frowned slightly, repeatedly verifying his Divine Thought perception, but he could never capture the source of the anomaly.

The strange thefts did not happen just once.

Over the next few days, the supplies on the Flying Boat continued to decrease.

But no matter how Lin Qing tightened his Divine Thought and screened layer by layer, he could never find out what was causing the mischief.

In desperation, Lin Qing had no choice but to transmit his voice to Jue Chenzi:

"Revered Master, this Disciple has encountered a strange matter."

"For days, the supplies in my Flying Boat's storage room have frequently disappeared for no reason. My Divine Thought has covered the interior and exterior of the Flying Boat the entire time, yet I cannot detect a single trace. I do not know what kind of strange existence is causing this."

As the words fell, Jue Chenzi's clear and gentle voice was transmitted back directly. His tone was not heavy or doubtful, but instead revealed a hint of unconcealable joy:

"Haha! It is a good thing; do not panic."

"It should be a Void Beast causing the mischief."

"I will send you a list of Materials. Once you have prepared them, awaken my Divine Thought mark, and I will personally take action to help you capture it alive!"

Upon hearing the three words "Void Beast," Lin Qing's mind was suddenly shaken.

During his six months of hard cultivation in the Chuyun Immortal Sect, he had once seen sporadic records about the Void Beast in the Sect's ancient books and secret records.

It was just that this beast was too precious, and for a moment, he had not associated it with this object.

Now, guided by his Revered Master, he instantly understood.

The Void Beast was hailed as the most precious Yao Beast on the Canglan Continent, without exception; its value was more than a thousand times that of a Yao Beast of the same rank.

And its greatest use was that it could be used to refine storage equipment.

Its fur could be made into a Storage Pouch, and its bones could be crafted into a Storage Ring, storage bracelets, and so on.

If a high-rank Artifact Refiner took action, they could also integrate its flesh and blood into these storage pieces to expand the storage space and stabilize the spatial barrier.

On the Canglan Continent, even God Realm powerhouses did not possess the ability to create or cut space, and since storage equipment was so useful, the value of the Void Beast was self-evident.

He had not expected that such a legendary exotic beast would be hiding silently on his own Flying Boat, secretly eating spirit Materials!

A glimmer of brightness instantly flashed across Lin Qing's eyes.

At this moment, the fleet was not far from the capital of the Beichen Empire, so he could take this opportunity to land, rest, and purchase the Materials.