Volume 1 Chapter 28 (1/2)
Cheng Qian and Li Yun scurried to the deck As soon as Cheng Qian exited the cabin, his nostrils were assaulted by a terrible stench and, as he raised his head, he saw an unusual scene above hiinally clear sky had been blotted out by dark clouds They stretched across as far as his eyes could discern, engulfing his vision and shutting out the last ray of sunlight
All shi+ps on the sea had co flamboyantly now landed on the shi+p's deck, their countenance signifying that they had encountered a for people , but they were stupefied the moment they all looked up at the sky
Li Yun fidgeted, pacing back and forth as he quietly asked Cheng Qian, ”Is that him? What does he want?”
Cheng Qian suddenly thought of Tang Zhen as he answered, ”Probably to collect cultivators' souls; the Celestial Market gathers many cultivators from all around the continent”
Li Yun turned around, looking at him in horror
”If he really wanted to capture people, his targets would be those flying seniors and not you Stop worrying,” Cheng Qian said, looking around ”Where is Master?”
Suddenly, an eagle's cry resounded fro in the air Men and wohs blended into a creepy har louder and sharper—eventually to the point of rese hoarse and exhausted cries It was the epito like wolves”
Li Yun staggered backwards, covering his ears with his hands, ”What is this?”
They were surrounded by scenes of chaos At thatQian by the shoulder, suffocating hirance of orchids
”What are you two doing here? Get inside the cabin!” snapped Yan Zheng
Cheng Qian looked around for Muchun Zhenren, but he was nowhere to be seen Panicking, he pulled on Yan Zheng's sleeve and asked, ”First Senior Brother, where's Master?”
”I don't know I''s face looked sullen like deep water ”Don't be a hindrance here, get inside…”
His voice was soon drowned out by the bloodcurdling laughs Yan Zhenghtly
Li Yun was good at avoiding danger and entered the cabin as he was told, but Cheng Qian wasn't so didn’t have ti Qian into the cabin
The windproof and shockproof lanterns lit up and Han Yuan was hiding there, anxious and frightened
Cheng Qian's heart sank upon seeing Puddle in Han Yuan's arms
The tracking charm they made had been tied with a coloured silk around Puddle's waist by Li Yun Unfortunately, they had never thought that their master would leave Puddle behind
Yan Zheng arrived at last His face was exhausted and deathly pale He panted and puffed, leaning against the door with one hand covering hishard to hold back the vomit
After a while, he said, ”I've identified this stench: it's exactly what a Soul-Consu”
Li Yun, as sat by the , muttered under his breath, ”Shh! Look at the sky”
Looking up, Cheng Qian saw a dense cluster of shadows in the dark sky
There were tens of thousands of them, all shabbily dressed with blurred faces They floated about in the air, causing the East Sea to look like the entrance to the Bridge of Helplessness1
These ghost shadoere there so many?
Hoerful was this de, exactly?
The dark clouds roiled as the currents surged and fell Witnessing this scene, those overbearing cultivators suddenly beca Qian could see their cowardice and fright, despite all of the in full combat readiness
A bolt of lightning, accompanied by a peal of thunder, divided the world in two, followed by a billow of black air that streaked across the sky like a dragon diving into the sea After careful observation, people noticed ain the dark clouds
He earing a grey robe, with his eyelids hanging low on his ashen and sallow face as though he had an incurable disease His appearance host as he cast his disdainful gaze over all living beings beneath the clouds
Cheng Qian peeped at Yan Zheng out
At first sight of the de Qian'swith first senior brother's ears Did Master really call such a person ”Senior Brother”?
Cheng Qian's iination failed him; he could hardly believe that such a person was once a member of the Fuyao Sect
What kind of master could have produced these two apprentices?
Those i Qian could have iainst the devil, who e the buck2to each other, there was finally someone who took up the responsibility to break the impasse
An old man with a white beard stood out from the crowd He knocked the deck with his cane, and after conte to the Azure Dragon Island for the decennial Celestial Market What's your intention of stopping us here, fellow Taoist Jiang?”
His politeness was verging on flattery, but the devil didn't seem to buy it
”The decennial Celestial Market has brought so ether How brilliant…” the phthisic-like Jiang Peng spoke froentle voice Every first and last syllable was connected, causing people to be worried that he would show his fangs in the next second
Jiang Peng s for the ride and to see if there were any e your aptitude, there's no need to be nervous”
This was Cheng Qian's first tiave him a completely different impression froulfed his heart
For such a host, even if he had superhuman skills, ould have respect for him?
Who'd care about hi with him? Who'd take him seriously?
Being verbally stabbed, the old ather up the courage to talk back
Both sides came to a deadlock—as the other party was alone, it would be fairly aard even to just keep silent on this occasion
Cheng Qian couldn't help but put his hand on the hilt of his sword, thinking, ”If I had their swords and abilities, I'd have hiht away”
Although Cheng Qian had this ith to get first senior brother's hand off his shoulder right now, let alone have a fight with that devil
Eventually, so bellow broke the silence, ”Get lost, you evil heretic!”
This sentence drew everyone's attention Cheng Qian took advantage of this rip off his shoulder Then he stuck his entire upper body out of theto find out who the speaker was
It was a young woman in her twenties or thirties, but her ostensible youth didn'tin a cultivator's case