Chapter Eleven: Xiao Hei Returns

  Red Blood Ridge, Red Blood Cave Mansion inside.

  "Hey, San Mo can't sit still after all, and he's even willing to bring out his treasured 'Thunder Hammer'. " Chago, wearing a red long gown, had a smile on his face, obviously in a good mood. Chago had been waiting for this day for a long time.

  The silver-armored guardian who conveyed the message bowed slightly and said, "Deputy Cave Master, this Thunder Hammer is a top-grade spiritual artifact, and the target of the pursuit is just a cultivator who hasn't even reached the Yuanying stage. It's really too easy. There are many powerful experts in the Red Blood Realm who have reached the Yuanying stage, I estimate that most of the Yuanying stage experts will set out."

  "You're wrong, this task isn't simple." Chago stood up, his chin slightly raised, and smiled proudly. "I ask you, the target of this pursuit is just a cultivator who hasn't even reached the Yuan Ying stage, why has San Mo been unable to catch him for so long?"

  The silver-armored guardian also became suspicious: "Right, a cultivator who hasn't even reached the Yuan Ying stage, what is he relying on?"

  Chāgē's expression was calm and collected as he continued, "I'll remind you again, that Sāng Mò also invited thirty members of the Qīng Yǎn Fish Tribe."

  " Azure-eyed fish tribe member?" The silver-armored guardian was slightly startled, the northernmost ten million li water domain was too far from this Crimson Blood Territory, with hundreds of millions of li of rumors. Sang Mo's methods of pursuing and killing Qin Yu were generally unknown to ordinary people.

  Chago was also discovered through the intelligence of Sekkekutsu-jō.

  "The Qingyan fish tribe's secret to controlling the fish is quite formidable, and since cultivators don't have any demonic energy, it should be easy to detect. If they're detected, combined with Sang Mo's strength, catching that cultivator should be a piece of cake." Silver Armor Protector deduced.

  But thinking of the outcome, Silver Armor Guardian couldn't help but feel puzzled that for such a long time, Sang Mo had not caught any cultivators.

  "Why can't I catch him? Does this cultivator have some secret technique?" The Silver Armor Guardian muttered to himself, unable to understand.

  Chago smiled confidently as he looked at the Silver Armor Guardian, "That's right, why indeed? I think there are only two possible answers. One is that the cultivator has a secret technique to hide his aura, making it impossible for Sang Mo to track him down. The other is that the cultivator's sword speed is extremely fast, so fast that even Sang Mo can't catch up."

  The silver-armored guardian nodded thoughtfully.

  "Hiding one's breath in front of Sang Mo is something that even a cultivator who has not yet reached the Connecting Yuan Infant stage would find difficult to do." said Yin Jia Hu Fa after some thought.

  Chago nodded and said, "Right, so it's very likely that this cultivator is too fast, and Sang Mo can't catch up. Moreover, according to the information I've obtained, Sang Mo has repeatedly tried to kill that cultivator, even when they were within dozens of miles of each other, but was still escaped by that cultivator."

  "Goodness, what speed! Deputy Cave Master, that Sanmo's true form is an octopus. His speed is fully unleashed now, and even I can't catch up. How could a cultivator who hasn't reached the Yuan Ying period possibly shake off Sanmo?"

  Chāo's face lit up with a bright smile, and his lips lightly uttered two words: "Flying Sword!"

  Yin Jia Hu Fa was taken aback for a moment, but his eyes soon blazed with fervor.

  His cultivation base was not high, but his flying sword speed was fast. It's likely that the flying sword is a high-grade treasure, of course, it's also possible that he has a special flying sword technique. But in Zhang Wuji's heart, he believed that the cultivator's flying sword grade was high.

  "Judging from the information I've obtained, this cultivator's flying sword is at least a high-grade spiritual artifact." But in fact, Zhang Ke wanted to say "top-grade spiritual artifact", after all, he knew how abnormal Sang Mo's speed was.

  But can a cultivator who hasn't even reached the Nascent Soul stage possess an 'extreme-grade spiritual artifact'?

  After all, it's a luxury for even a master of the Void Spirit Realm to possess an extreme-grade spiritual artifact. In the overseas Spiritual Cultivation world, I estimate that no sect would be willing to give an extreme-grade spiritual artifact to a cultivator who hasn't even reached the Yuan Infant stage yet.

  Even if it were a top-grade spiritual artifact, it would still be unbelievable.

  "Perhaps it was that cultivator who had some kind of encounter and accidentally obtained a top-grade spiritual artifact." Chago thought to himself.

  Suddenly——

  "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

  The sound of clapping came from behind, and a man who looked very similar to Chago walked out. Similarly, just looking at the man's face made people think of a venomous snake. This man was another vice-cave master, 'Chaper'.

  "Third Brother, you're so eloquent. Would you mind if I join you in capturing that cultivator?" Chaper said with a smile.

  Chago's face changed slightly, but in his heart he was secretly scolding.

  "Damn it, Chapo! You already have a top-grade spiritual artifact yourself. I've been waiting for the arrival of the Thunder Hammer for ages, and now that I finally got the news, I deduced that the cultivator has at least one top-grade spiritual artifact too. What a wonderful coincidence! But now you're coming to compete with me? And we're even brothers!"

  Chago was extremely angry in his heart, although he controlled it, his face still looked very unsightly.

  "Second brother, it seems that the top-grade spiritual artifact that big brother obtained last time was given to you, but I didn't get anything." Chago said indignantly, he didn't say anything else, just bringing up what happened back then.

  Chapu immediately understood, and it was clear that his third brother still thought he had come to compete with him for the spiritual instrument. He burst out laughing and said: "Third brother is being too petty. You should know what kind of person your second brother is. I already have a top-grade spiritual instrument, why would I be greedy for others? I just felt bored in the cave and wanted to go out and take a stroll with you."

  "Really?" Chago said with some disbelief.

  "Third brother, I swear to heaven that if I were to covet that treasure, a thunderbolt from the sky would strike me dead! Dammit, we're brothers, you think I'm the kind of person who'd covet my own brother's treasure?"

  Chago thought for a moment and then believed, he was still very clear about his second brother's personality, and just now it was just concern that made him confused. He immediately laughed and said: "Second brother, don't be angry, okay, we'll leave now."

  "Ahahahaha! That's right! Alright, I'll send a message to Nasanmu and have him bring thirty of his Blue-Eyed Fish Tribe members to help keep watch. If anything happens, they'll notify us."

  "Great. Let's go!" Chago also burst out laughing, and then the two deputy owners of the Red Blood Cave left the Red Blood Cave Mansion together. The true bodies of these two brothers, Chago and Chapo, were actually "Red Blood Water Pythons", which were top-notch even among pythons.

  In terms of strength, even Chago, who is also in the early stages of Yuan Ying, is stronger than Sang Mo. Not to mention Chaper, who is already in the middle stage of Yuan Ying.

  A green underwater mountain range stretched for thousands of miles, and in a cave on the waist of one of its peaks, someone was sitting cross-legged in meditation. A bewildering cloud of fog swirled around his body, while three golden elixirs floated around him.

  After a long time, the mysterious fog completely dissipated and merged into the figure. At this moment, the figure's face became clear. It was Qin Yu. Compared to half a year ago, there was an additional hint of coldness between his eyebrows.

  Qin Yu's eyes opened in the tomb, and a cold, clear gaze shot out.

  "After refining so many golden elixirs, he still hasn't reached the level of a late-stage Star Cloud. Qin Yu's face showed a hint of helplessness."

  The refined Golden Elixir, most of the impurities and unrefined energy were burned away by the Starlight True Fire, leaving only about one-tenth of the essence to be absorbed. Qin Yu had killed thirty-two members of the Sangmo tribe in the past half year, but among these thirty-two people, most were in the early stage of Golden Elixir, a small portion was in the middle stage, and there were only three in the late stage.

  According to Qin Yu's estimation, it would take refining ten Golden Elixirs of the later stage to reach the level of a Star Cloud Elixir of the later stage.

  Within half a year, he had refined thirty-two golden elixirs, but the total amount was still less than ten late-stage golden elixirs. The difference wasn't too great, and with Qin Yu's daily cultivation, he felt that the day when he would reach the late stage of the Star Cloud Realm was approaching soon.

  "Now it's almost at the peak of the Star Cloud Middle Stage, and in terms of speed, it's even a bit faster than Sang Mo." Qin Yu had a hint of a smile on his face.

  For the past six months, Qin Yu had not always been hiding in the northernmost ten million li area. Qin Yu was very clear that there were the most people searching for him in that region, so even if he was escaping, he would still be heading south.

  Either westward, or eastward, or southward on the road, but Qin Yu never looked back northward.

  Half a year, Qin Yu either cultivated or chased and killed. Sometimes he would rush south with all his might, and had actually advanced over 100 million miles. Qin Yu had killed those people of the Sangmo clan, and had also used the Soulsearching Technique before; Qin Yu finally understood why he was always being discovered.

  "The Azure Eyed Fish Tribe's people." Qin Yu's heart was filled with helplessness.

  The fish controlled by the Azure Eyed tribe and ordinary fish were indistinguishable, at least Qin Yu couldn't find any difference. Moreover, in the boundless ocean, the most numerous creatures were fish, making it difficult for Qin Yu to avoid those fish that were spying on him in the school of fish.

  So Qin Yu could only try his best to walk around the fish school, but he might still be discovered. However, since he was aware of the fish school, the number of times Qin Yu was discovered had decreased significantly.

  "Xiao Hei is actually faster than me, and he's in the southwest direction." Qin Yu closed his eyes, and his heart sensed Xiao Hei's general direction. For a while now, Qin Yu had been feeling that Xiao Hei was not too far away from him. But Xiao Hei seemed to be being pursued, and he kept flying rapidly southward.

  Qin Yu was worried at that time. Xiao Hei didn't gather with him, but instead ran rapidly in the opposite direction, definitely having encountered some danger. Qin Yu desperately chased after him towards the south, but unfortunately, the farther he chased, the greater the distance between him and Xiao Hei became.

  At that time, Qin Yu had already made a judgment. Xiao Hei's speed was too fast, much faster than when he used 'Flash Nine Flashes' in the past, and it was even possible to be twice as fast. Qin Yu couldn't catch up no matter what, and in the end, he could only give up reluctantly.

  Xiao Hei's speed was so fast that Qin Yu guessed why Xiao Hei was so fast. He had thought that Xiao Hei had swallowed many demonic beasts and increased his power, and he had also wondered if Xiao Hei had used some special secret technique to run.

  But Qin Yu never thought that Xiao Hei, after using the 'Forbidden Technique', completely changed himself. To a certain extent, Xiao Hei really transformed and was completely different from before. However, since it's a 'Forbidden Technique', it's not so perfect after all.

  "It's been half a year since I parted with Xiao Hei."

  Qin Yu smiled slightly and then transformed into a flowing light, directly exiting the cave. He headed southwest, which was generally the direction where Xiao Hei was located, unless he encountered some demon cultivators.

  "Huh, Xiao Hei is also flying towards me."

  Qin Yu's face suddenly lit up with joy, and he immediately rushed in the direction of Xiao Hei. However, hurrying was secondary; if they encountered any unsavory characters or members of the Sangmo tribe who still wanted to capture him along the way, Qin Yu would show no mercy.

  ……

  Either on the road or in cultivation, three months have passed.

  These three months were strange, the Sang people seemed to have stopped chasing and killing, Qin Yu didn't even notice any Sang people, so he was able to hurry along much faster, covering a distance in just three months that would have taken half a year before.

  Qin Yu has flown over a hundred million miles, and having flown so far, Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh.

  Xiao Hei flew towards him, and after flying for so long, they still hadn't reunited. It's imaginable how far Xiao Hei had flown initially. Qin Yu was now about 30 million miles away from the Qian Long Continent. In these three months, Xiao Hei must have flown a distance no less than Qin Yu's.

  That is to say Xiao Hei flew at least 40-50 million miles in the first half year, or even longer.

  Although Xiao Hei didn't suffer as many pursuits as Qin Yu, in just half a year, he flew so far, it's terrifying to imagine his speed.

  With his feet on the flying sword, Qin Yu shuttled through the seabed, and his heart was filled with joy. He felt that at this moment, Xiao Hei was only tens of thousands of miles away from him, and the two brothers could reunite in less than a day. This feeling was very strange, but Qin Yu believed it firmly.

  "Xiao Hei, I'm here."

  Like a fleeting light, he traversed the endless waters, Qin Yu's speed had completely reached its limit.

  Among the coral reefs at the bottom of the sea, Chago and Chapo, two brothers, stepped on a thin sword and shuttled back and forth. For three months, the two brothers were very comfortable, heading east while visiting some Xiu Yao's mansion to eat and drink.

  "Second Brother, those Azure Eye Tribe people are really useless." Chago said with hatred.

  The Azure Eyed Fish Tribe's inquiries about Qin Yu's intelligence have become much less efficient, of course it was because Qin Yu knew they were a school of fish when he used Soul Search and often avoided them. Now the Azure Eyed Fish Tribe can only get one or two pieces of information every day or two.

  The day before yesterday, Qin Yu had just sent a message, and according to reason, he was only about 100,000 miles away from his brothers.

  "Hey, don't be in a hurry. According to the message from two days ago, judging by that cultivator's speed, I estimate that he is getting close to us and we might meet at any moment within these two days. You'd better pay attention with your spiritual awareness."

  "Don't worry, I absolutely won't let him go." Chago had a sly smile at the corner of his mouth, for a top-grade spiritual artifact, Chago had been waiting for a very long time.

  Suddenly, Zha Bo's eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Ah, a Golden Elixir late-stage Black Eagle, it's extremely rare for such a flying creature to be found at the bottom of the sea. Third Brother, you stay here first, I haven't savored the taste of flying creatures in a long time." With that, Zha Bo transformed into a flowing light and shot towards the north.

  "Second brother, wait for me! I also want to taste it!"

  Chago burst out laughing and turned into a stream of light, following Chaper as he ran past.