The female cultivator surnamed Yuan felt that if she did not take action herself, the old woman surnamed He would not be able to deal with Chong Yangzi alone, and she herself might die at the hands of the other party.
As for the dozen or so Nascent Souls from the "Blood Lamp Sect" and "Seven Tigers Alliance" on the first floor, they can be killed by the old woman surnamed He. There is no way for them to survive unless they abandon their boat and escape.
But that would be much easier, as they wouldn't have to waste any mana, and the "Bone-Eroding Wind" would easily take their lives.
So she said with a smile to the old woman named He in front of her.
"I will study the spell again, and then I will use all my strength to control the flight of the giant boat to see if we can reach the destination in the early morning of tomorrow. We need to move faster.
When we get there, we will immediately take away the 'Big Fruitless' tree. We still have to remember the principle of the long night brings many dreams. Once the 'Chun Yang Hall' finds out, we will be dead without a burial place.
Therefore, I still need to trouble Daoist He to go over and clean up those small fish and shrimps below. Thank you for your hard work, Daoist He."
Her voice was soft, and her snow-white skin was faintly undulating under the black veil. If a male cultivator was here, he would feel his blood rushing, his mouth dry, and he would probably agree without hesitation.
The old woman surnamed He glanced at the other person and felt displeased.
The other party took control of the ring that controlled the giant boat and Chong Yangzi, but continued to ask him to do some errands.
Of course, they could send a message to have the disciples of their two factions take action, but the other side also had an equal number of cultivators. Although their overall strength was not as good as theirs, their two families would definitely lose disciples.
This is exactly what the female cultivator surnamed Yuan and the old woman surnamed He do not want to see. The disciples they brought with them this time are mostly in the late Nascent Soul stage, and this was also a plan that had been made long ago.
They were just in case, and were afraid that if something went wrong when dealing with Chong Yangzi and the other three, the fight above might attract attention from below, and they would have no choice but to order the disciples below to take action together.
By then, it is necessary to quickly deal with the cultivators of the "Blood Lamp Sect" and the "Seven Tigers Alliance" below, and then come up to assist early. No matter how strong Chong Yangzi and the other three Jindan cultivators are, they will die on the spot.
Such a result is a measure that will only be taken as a last resort.
Therefore, those Nascent Soul cultivators from "Tianshan Garden" and "Fuling Villa" had no idea about the sect's defection. They all thought that it was just like in previous years, and they came to snatch "Da Wuguo" fairly.
Although the old woman surnamed He was unhappy that the other party was ordering her around like this, it was indeed the other party who captured Chong Yangzi.
Her cultivation level was not as good as that of the female cultivator named Yuan, not to mention that the other party also had a magic plant, which was a fifth-level "Bi Luo Magic Vine" that was equally stronger than her own.
After a pause, she slowly nodded, without saying anything, turned around and slowly walked towards the door.
After her back disappeared at the door, the female cultivator surnamed Yuan gently waved her hand, and the door quietly closed. She immediately separated a ray of consciousness and probed for the ring-like magic weapon in her hand...
On the first floor of the giant boat, Li Yan opened his eyes in the room.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the eighth day. Why are they gathering now? Have they arrived at the Big Fruitless Tree area ahead of time?"
Although he thought so in his heart, since he had been notified by his superiors, he had to go out.
However, when Li Yan stood up, he still frowned.
"Why is it not the voice of Chun Yang Tang who is giving orders to Chong Yangzi, but a woman's voice..."
Since the female cultivator surnamed Yuan had never said a single word in front of Li Yan and the others, Li Yan was not familiar with her voice.
However, after several teams gathered together, he saw the situation from head to toe, and it was the Taoist priest from "Chun Yang Tang" who was giving orders to each family.
This sudden change of command made Li Yan, who was always cautious, feel a little strange.
Although he felt a little surprised, he slowly walked towards the door, lifted the ban, and pushed the door open to go out.
When Li Yan walked out of the room, he saw that there were already many people on the deck.
Some people had stayed on the deck before, while others, because their rooms were closer to the center of the deck, quickly gathered together after going out.
Just as Li Yan was about to go out, there were two doors opening nearby. Li Yan turned his head and saw Dong Lin Tingyue wearing a silver mask just walking out on one side, and the unknown beautiful woman with a plump figure on the other side.
No one knew what these two were doing in the room, but they were actually a little slower than the others.
At this time, several doors nearby had been opened. The three Nascent Soul cultivators of "Blood Clan Lantern", the young man named Yunfeng and others had all quickly left the room and were almost reaching the middle of the deck.
Many of them came here for the rewards. Since they had received the notice to gather, they guessed that they would be getting off the flying boat soon, and none of them wanted to delay here any longer.
The monks from the other three teams also appeared on the deck, but many of them had puzzled looks on their faces. Most of these people had participated in the "Great Fruitless" robbery battle before.
They were wondering how they could arrive at the designated area nearly two days earlier this time.
The plump and beautiful woman standing by Li Yan's door already knew that Li Yan and Dong Lin Tingyue were familiar with each other through the previous days, so she nodded at them.
She was not a direct disciple of the "Blood Lamp Sect" and would still have to deal with Li Yan and the others later, so she would not keep them at a distance. She then walked towards the center on her own.
Dong Lin Tingyue paused slightly after seeing Li Yan, obviously waiting for Li Yan to come over together.
Li Yan also walked towards Dong Lin Tingyue with a smile on his face.
Soon, the two walked side by side and headed towards the center of the deck.
"Oh, by the way, this is only the eighth day. Have we reached the secret 'Big Fruitless' tree area?"
Li Yan asked softly.
"This... I'm not too sure about this. This kind of thing is not a big deal, so before we came, the family elders didn't tell us, they just said it would take about ten days to get here!"
After hearing Li Yan's question, Dong Lin Tingyue's eyes flashed with confusion. She also didn't know about this, but she felt that it was nothing.
As the two walked forward, their eyes naturally fell on the growing crowd in the center of the deck in front of them.
As Li Yan was walking, he heard some discussions from the crowd. His spiritual sense was strong, and even if he didn't eavesdrop, at this distance, those voices would enter his mind. Several people were whispering, speculating on why they arrived early. Some said that it was because the flying speed of the magic weapon had increased, and some said that it might be because the route had been changed, which led to the early arrival.
Li Yan just listened to this. He would be getting off the flying boat soon anyway. And how he could get one in the next scramble for the "Big Fruitless" was the plan he had to think about most.
As Li Yan and Dong Lin Tingyue moved forward, they were getting closer and closer to the center of the deck. There were already dozens of cultivators crowded in front of them.
At this moment, Li Yan's eyes moved, because among these discussions, he heard the whispers of several other people.
"How come the voice that just transmitted to the first floor was the Great Elder's voice!"
"Yes, before arriving at the 'Great Fruitless' area, all matters here should have been managed by the 'Chun Yang Hall'..."
"Did we hear it wrong? Is there any change in the 'Chun Yang Hall' this time? There is also a female senior cultivator on board..."
"You are talking nonsense. Senior Chong Yangzi took this flying boat directly out of his storage bag..."
Li Yan immediately looked over there, and saw several young female cultivators, some of them pretty and some of them gorgeous, whispering to each other. Li Yan recognized them as several female disciples in the late Nascent Soul stage from Tianshan Garden.
After hearing these words, Li Yan's heart skipped a beat for no reason. After escaping death time and again, the words said by these "Tianshan Garden" disciples actually made him feel uneasy.
"It turned out that the masked female cultivator from 'Tianshan Garden' gave the order. Where is Chong Yangzi?"
In an instant, his powerful spiritual sense swept in one direction. Since his spiritual sense had already reached the level of transformation, no one here noticed it when he released his spiritual sense.
Even Dong Lin Tingyue who was beside him was looking at the crowd in front of him with a level gaze, and also did not sense any fluctuations in Li Yan's spiritual consciousness.
Li Yan's spiritual consciousness instantly reached the corner at the bow of the boat. A little further inside there was the staircase leading to the second floor.
There, there was a white light curtain blocking the stairs, making it impossible for people's spiritual sense to detect upwards.
After a moment's hesitation, Li Yan still sent his spiritual consciousness directly into the white light curtain. The uneasiness in his heart made him want to find the root cause of the uneasiness.
In an instant, his consciousness seemed to have entered an endless sea of clouds. In the white light curtain, there was no east, west, south or north.
After the spiritual consciousness entered it, the clouds and mist surged more violently, and the spiritual consciousness became dazed and made people lose their direction in an instant.
But at this moment, a breeze suddenly blew above the clouds. Although it was just a gentle breeze, it swept away the clouds in front of you in an instant.
Then, Li Yan saw a skinny and old hand pushing away the clouds and mist. The scene behind suddenly appeared, revealing a long staircase and a figure parting the clouds and mist.
At the moment when the other party's clouds and mist were pushed away, although Li Yan's consciousness was blurry in a hurry, he could still distinguish that it was an old woman who was half-lowering her head, as if thinking about something.
She stretched out one hand towards the white light curtain in front of her, with magic power surging in her hand, and with the other hand she was holding the handrail of the stairs, slowly walking down the stairs.
She had already reached the bottom few steps of the stairs, and the white mist behind her had dissipated...
Li Yan's consciousness only took a quick glance and then immediately withdrew.
On the deck, Li Yan, who was walking, immediately stopped and his pupils shrank suddenly.
"No! Why is Chong Yangzi still not here? Where are the people from Chun Yang Tang?"
When Li Yan suddenly stopped, the voice of the female disciple from "Tianshan Garden" rang in his mind again.
"Yes, before arriving at the 'Great Fruitless' area, everything here was managed by the 'Chun Yang Hall'..."
Li Yan's abnormality made Dong Lin Tingyue, who was walking side by side with him, stop. She turned her head and faced Li Yan with half of the mask, and a look of doubt appeared in her beautiful pupils.
"Friend Li, what are you doing..."
But before she could finish, Li Yan's voice immediately rang in her mind.
"Something is wrong, I'll tell you later!"
What shocked Dong Lin Tingyue even more was that while Li Yan was speaking, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, and a great force came immediately.
Dong Lin Tingyue never thought that Li Yan, who was standing beside her, would actually start fighting as soon as he said so.
Before she could finish her words, she felt a big hand grabbing her wrist. She suddenly felt the blood in her body freeze. As her words stopped, the confusion in her beautiful eyes turned into shock.
She would never have dreamed that in broad daylight, Li Yan, whom she always thought was modest and polite, like a gentleman, would... suddenly grab her hand without any intention of avoiding suspicion.
Just when Dong Lin Tingyue was stunned, a huge force directly dragged her diagonally and flew up!
Before this, she had never thought that she, a Nascent Soul cultivator, would not even have the ability to resist.
Subconsciously, he opened and closed his mouth, wanting to scream.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan seemed to know what would happen next. While lifting Dong Lin Tingyue's body diagonally, he rotated his other hand into a palm and scooped it upwards.
A strong wind suddenly blew in his face, immediately suppressing Dong Lin Tingyue's exclamation.
A breath of air was suddenly poured back into his chest, and this time, Dong Lin Tingyue almost suffered internal injuries. He felt as if all his internal organs were blocked.
At the spot, Li Yan and Dong Lin Tingyue disappeared in an instant. Only a strong wind rose up quietly and reached the back in the blink of an eye and entered the nearest room, but the door was not closed, but opened like the other rooms on the side.
It all happened so fast that most people on the deck were talking to their own team members or simply looking at the corner of the bow stairs, so no one noticed what happened next.
At the bow of the boat, at the corner of the stairs, an old woman named He was walking down the stairs when she suddenly paused and a look of suspicion appeared on her face.
"Huh?"
She couldn't help but let out a light exclamation.