160: Chapter 160 Separation

Ten days later, the storm finally began to subside, and Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao summoned the ninth-tier Flying Boat she had previously used in Dongxuan.

After arriving in a room on the Flying Boat, Lin Qing placed the unconscious Ling Shu and Shu Ning on the bed and cast a Healing Spell on them several times.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao scanned them with her Divine Thought, and after confirming once again that they were fine, she nodded.

"Grand-Masters Aunt, what should we do now?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao lowered her head in thought for a moment before saying, "We may need to split up. I cannot just abandon those Disciples."

This time, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had brought over a dozen Yunyin Sequence members from the Immortal Sect, and now, aside from Lin Qing and the other two, the life or death of the others was unknown.

One must know that the Yunyin Sequence were known as seeds of the God Realm, and those who chose to go to the Central Continent for training were the elite, whose spirit had not yet been extinguished.

They were top-tier Geniuses who had already undergone countless selections, and they were only a step away from the God Realm. It was no exaggeration to say that among these dozen or so people, at least five could become the future foundation of the Immortal Sect's God Realm.

Although others in the Immortal Sect would not blame Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao for this, how could she easily give up on them?

Furthermore, it was easy to imagine that they were all likely in a state of near-death from severe injuries, waiting alone for rescue somewhere, or perhaps some had already perished.

"Then I will search with you!"

"No."

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao shook her head heavily. "You must go to this Secret Realm. They were only brought along incidentally; you cannot let them disrupt your pace."

"Originally, it would have taken my Flying Boat ten months to fly to the Central Continent, and now we don't even know where we have been blown to. If you participate in the search, it is highly likely that you will not be able to arrive before the Secret Realm opens."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing nodded. Even if he participated in the search, given that Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's Divine Thought range was far greater than his, he would not be able to play a significant role. Whoever he could find, she would certainly be able to find as well.

"Give me a few eighth-tier Spiritual Artifacts, preferably in the shape of swords."

During the month that Lin Qing had spent in seclusion refining robes, he had been under Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's Divine Thought the entire time, so she knew he possessed many Spiritual Artifacts.

Although Lin Qing was puzzled, he still took out a dozen eighth-tier Flying Swords and handed them to Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao.

A few days later, Ling Shu and the other woke up, and Lin Qing successfully refined the ninth-tier Flying Boat.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao also emerged from another room, her complexion slightly pale, and she handed the eighth-tier Flying Swords back to Lin Qing.

"These Spiritual Swords contain one full-power strike from me. Use them when you need to."

Lin Qing took the Spiritual Swords and nodded. "Thank you, Grand-Masters Aunt."

Afterward, Lin Qing piloted the ninth-tier Flying Boat and left toward the north with Ling Shu and the other. He also left a low-tier Flying Boat for Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao; while it could not be used for travel, it would provide a place to rest in the vast ocean.

After Lin Qing had gone a distance away, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao took a communication token from her Storage Ring and said with a hint of grievance, "Chen-er, I have encountered an accident."

The anxious voice of Jue Chenzi immediately came from the other end of the token. "Revered Master, are you alright? Are you injured? What happened?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao recounted the incident with the storm from beginning to end. After learning that both Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao and Lin Qing were unharmed, Jue Chenzi breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is good that you are unharmed. Should I come to find you?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao curled her lips. "Forget it. I don't even know where I am myself. In such a vast place, how would you find me? I am just telling you what happened; you don't need to move for now. I will try my best to bring the others and arrive before the Secret Realm opens."

The communication token did not have a tracking function; only a Divine Thought imprint could be used to track locations. The Divine Thought imprint on Lin Qing had been consumed previously, and she did not have one on herself either.

Therefore, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had not contacted Jue Chenzi while Lin Qing was present. Firstly, it would have been useless, and secondly, she needed to maintain a strong front in front of her grand-Disciple.

Setting off with Ling Shu and the other, Lin Qing regained the caution he had possessed when he first left the Hundred Thousand Mountains, constantly keeping his Divine Thought spread out quietly to observe everything around him.

Whether encountering small storm clusters or seemingly uninhabited deserted islands, he chose to detour, preventing variables from occurring to the greatest extent possible.

A month later, Lin Qing, who had just raised his Alchemist Realm to eighth-tier Perfection, came to the deck. The two women who were meditating and cultivating nearby came to greet Lin Qing.

"Senior Brother Lin Qing."

Lin Qing nodded. Suddenly, his brows furrowed, and he immediately slowed down the speed of the Flying Boat.

The two women noticed the abnormality and hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Lin Qing, what is wrong?"

Lin Qing did not hide it. "I saw a few people from Dongxuan."

Xue Ling was not among those with the highest aptitude in the Duchuan Sword Sect. When the storm struck, she had not been pulled directly by Yun Feng, so like many other Disciples, she was scattered by the storm.

Swept away by the storm for over ten days, she finally held on until the storm dissipated, but by then she was already severely injured.

In the ocean, a high-tier Yao Beast could suddenly emerge from anywhere, so she dared not rest directly on the surface of the sea. Unfortunately, she did not have a Flying Boat of her own, so she could only continue flying across the ocean while dragging her severely injured body.

After a month of arduous travel, she found a deserted island. She hurriedly flew toward the island, intending to rest properly and nurse her injuries, but unexpectedly, she encountered two Disciples from the Xuanye Demon Court.

Apparently, the team from the Xuanye Demon Court had also encountered the same storm. The coverage of that storm was simply too vast; everyone had set out from Dongxuan, so there was no reason why Lin Qing's group would encounter the storm while the Xuanye Demon Court could avoid it.

These two Demon Court Disciples had also met by coincidence. They had found this island first and had come here to rest with the same idea as Xue Ling.

After five days of cultivation, the two had recovered most of their injuries. One of the Demon Seeds, who had already reached the eighth-tier Peak, sensed Xue Ling's approach, so the two concealed themselves on the island.

Xue Ling, completely unprepared, walked directly into danger.

Then there was the scene that Lin Qing had just probed. Xue Ling, whose cultivation was already on the lower side and who was currently suffering from unhealed severe injuries, quickly fell into a disadvantageous position against the combined efforts of the two Demon Seeds.

The speed of the tenth-tier Flying Boat slowly decreased, and Lin Qing began to control the Flying Boat, adjusting its direction to fly toward that small island a million miles away.

If it were people he did not know, he would leave it be; Lin Qing would rather avoid unnecessary trouble. However, if it were people from the Xuanye Demon Court, Lin Qing could not help but meddle.