164: Chapter 164 Search

The Old Turtle's body settled back down, once again forming a desolate island spanning ten thousand li across the vast ocean.

Meanwhile, a flash of spiritual light enveloped Lin Qing, and he reappeared on the deck of the Flying Boat.

The three, who had been anxiously gazing out from the deck, hurried over upon seeing Lin Qing appear.

"Lin Qing, are you alright?"

"Lin Qing, what happened?"

Looking at the three young women whose expressions were tense, Lin Qing nodded at them.

"Rest assured, it's nothing."

"A Senior asked me for a favor, and the matter has already been resolved."

Upon hearing this, the three women finally relaxed. On one hand, they were genuinely worried about Lin Qing; on the other, if not for Lin Qing, the probability of them making it out of this sea area was extremely low.

In this sea area, the chance of encountering a Divine-Grade Yao Beast was similar to the chance of encountering a Level 5 Yao Beast when Lin Qing first left the Xia Kingdom. Given their strength and means, encountering a Divine-Grade Yao Beast would almost certainly result in death.

After briefly reassuring the three women, Lin Qing raised his right hand and activated the Divine Thought mark that Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had left on his ring. This was what Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had left on him to guard against emergencies after Jue Chenzi's Divine Thought mark had disappeared.

The Primordial Spirit projection of Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao appeared on the deck. Just like Jue Chenzi before, she appeared with a guarded expression, her Divine Thought constantly scanning the surroundings.

After realizing that Lin Qing was not in any danger, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao first glanced at the three women, then turned to face Lin Qing, asking with a slight smile and a touch of teasing:

"Lin Qing, what happened that required you to summon my Divine Thought?"

Clearly, even Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao, as a tenth-tier expert, had not been able to sense the Old Turtle half a million li away.

As the Primordial Spirit projection of Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao appeared, the three women hurriedly bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Senior Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao."

Lin Qing also cupped his hands and said:

"Grand-Masters Aunt, can you sense my current location?"

On the vast ocean, there were almost no reference points. The locations of the Disciples that the Old Turtle had just given him were marked with the Old Turtle's position as the center. Therefore, it was necessary for Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao to be able to sense their current location for those coordinates to be meaningful.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao nodded.

"I can."

"I previously encountered a Senior with profound strength and asked it to investigate the surrounding sea area, where it found information on many Disciples. I will transmit this information to you."

With that, Lin Qing enveloped the information with his Divine Thought and transmitted it to Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao.

Previously, when Lin Qing and the others were in the storm, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had helped them resist it, but those ordinary Disciples did not have that ability and could only be swept away by the storm. Therefore, most of those Disciples, like Xue Ling, had been blown near this area.

Feeling the information on over thirty locations transmitted by Lin Qing, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's expression couldn't help but brighten; this was a huge help to her.

Lin Qing had asked the Old Turtle to investigate the locations of people wearing the same attire as the Flying Boat's Disciples, and Xue Ling had already arrived on the Flying Boat by then. Therefore, the Old Turtle had not only investigated the locations of the Chuyun Immortal Sect members but also investigated the locations of some Duchuan Sword Sect Disciples and gave them to Lin Qing.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao was initially happy, but suddenly remembered that Lin Qing said this location information was investigated by someone else's Divine Thought. Sensing the range of this Divine Thought which spanned hundreds of millions of li, her expression suddenly became solemn as she looked at Lin Qing.

Lin Qing knew what Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao was worried about and transmitted a voice message to her:

"Grand-Masters Aunt, there is no danger for now. That Senior is extremely powerful and has a special status; it is best not to pry too deeply!"

Lin Qing did not tell Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao the specific details about the Old Turtle. On one hand, he was afraid that if she knew about the Old Turtle, she might rashly go to make contact and anger it.

On the other hand, the Old Turtle had been besieged by humans five hundred thousand years ago, which had clearly left it deeply traumatized, and Lin Qing did not want outsiders to disturb it.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao already knew how terrifying the strength of the Senior Lin Qing mentioned was, and now that Lin Qing had given such a cryptic warning, she ceased her questioning and said:

"Wait for me in place; I am coming to find you now."

The speed of the ninth-tier Flying Boat that Lin Qing and the others were riding in naturally could not compare to that of the tenth-tier Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao. Previously, she had let Lin Qing leave first because she didn't know how long it would be delayed. Now that they had location information, it was better to act together.

The group began to wait in place, and Lin Qing opened his System panel to check the information on the Wills he had mastered.

First was the extremely unique Burning Bridges, which had no progress bar. The remaining Five Elements Will and Will of Wind both required a proficiency of 1000. The progress of the Five Elements Will had reached 289, and the progress of the Will of Wind was already at 237.

Previously in the storm, the main improvement was in the Will of Wind; the improvement in the Five Elements Will was only incidental, which is why the increase in the Will of Wind was so exaggerated.

And the progress of 237 did not mean that the storm could only boost Lin Qing by that much, but rather that the storm had dissipated. If the storm had continued to exist, this improvement would have continued.

The speed of a tenth-tier expert was indeed exaggerated. In just three days, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had caught up with Lin Qing and the others, who had been flying for a month.

After Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao boarded the Flying Boat, everyone on board, including Lin Qing, couldn't help but relax. Although Lin Qing had many means to deal with emergencies, a genuine tenth-tier expert was more reassuring.

Lin Qing handed control of the Flying Boat back to Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao. Over the next half month, Disciple after Disciple was rescued. Most of the Disciples were seriously injured; only a very small number had special Magic Treasures for protection and had only suffered minor injuries. There were also a few Disciples who had unfortunately perished.

During the process of traveling to the various coordinates, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao did not interrupt her Primordial Spirit investigation. As a result, Disciples of the Qingyuan Sect and Xuanye Demon Court that were not originally marked were also found by Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao.

The Qingyuan Sect Disciples were rescued in passing, while the Xuanye Demon Court Disciples were killed by Lin Qing.

Half a month passed, and the number of Disciples from the three Sects on the Flying Boat had reached around forty. Excluding the four people personally brought by Yun Feng and Fei Luo, there were nearly ten people who had not been found.

There was nothing to be done about that; Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had done her best, and those Disciples would have to leave it to fate.

The Disciples were no longer as cheerful as they had been when they first embarked on the journey. No one was looking at the scenery on the deck of the Flying Boat; everyone was staying in their own rooms, either healing their injuries or going into secluded cultivation.

The half-month search ended, and the team set off once again, with Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao steering the Flying Boat all the way north.

After doing auxiliary work for half a month, Lin Qing was finally free. He returned to his room and began a new round of secluded cultivation.