Chapter 583: The Holy Maiden of Yao Chi Declares You the Strongest!
“…Stop fooling around, Tian Yan is just joking.”
Bai Feng shifted his gaze slightly. Honestly, he couldn’t bring himself to say that Tian Yan was improving at such a crazy speed—what with the lucky aura gathered on him and the whole dual cultivation thing, maybe that was it?
“Ah…” Yao Chi Holy Maiden sighed suddenly. But then, she snapped her gaze back to Bai Feng and Tian Yan, her eyes flickering between the two like an overexcited squirrel on caffeine. “Speaking of which—are you two possibly *that* close?”
Felt like one of them was already clutching a leg.
“You’re just noticing now?” Tian Yan said flatly, without even trying to hide her teasing.
“Wow, I can’t believe you actually managed to tame Tian Yan, that little ice cube!” Yao Chi Holy Maiden’s eyes went wide with admiration. “I, your humble Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, bow to you as the ultimate strongest!”
Bai Feng: “……”
Is this Yao Chi Holy Maiden more abstract than when I first met her? Does she spend her free time trolling forums and playing games or what?
“Anyway, focus on the main point,” Bai Feng cut in, not bothering to indulge this digression any longer. He kept his eyes on the horizon, referencing the intel from the Holy Land of Tian Yan. Ahead was the territory of the Immortal Corpse fog—the domain of the immortal zombies.
“Any discoveries?” he asked. “Seems pretty normal from where I’m standing.”
Yao Chi Holy Maiden pondered for a few seconds, then casually pulled out a lounge chair from her storage ring, plopping down with a contented sigh. “You guys discuss—it’s my turn for a catnap. Just shout if you find anything interesting.”
Bai Feng tilted his head toward Tian Yan. “How did that lazy mutt manage to break through into the Refinement Stage anyway?”
“Got pushed by the Holy Master of Yao Chi.” Tian Yan deadpanned.
“……
Even the Holy Master isn’t easy to deal with, huh?”
Bai Feng mentally sighed. Then he turned back to his surroundings and quietly activated the Yin-Yang Pattern, finally catching something unusual.
From a distance, above the Western Region, a dark cloud seemed to gather. Thin black lines dangled from it, descending into the city below.
He couldn’t quite tell what these black lines were, but they definitely weren’t good news. Fortunately, the number wasn’t large—just a few hundred in this city suggested the situation wasn’t yet critical. Or maybe the city was just down to a couple of hundred residents.
He didn’t blurt out his observations immediately, instead walking over to Chu Chu and asking, “Chu Chu, do you see anything?”
The girl’s eyes blacked out, gazing intently toward the Western Region. Her voice was grave. “I see a mass of black fog covering the sky over the Western Region. And it’s slowly thickening.”
“Just as I predicted,” Bai Feng nodded. “The longer this lasts, the worse for us.”
“Let’s head into the Western Region. Stay close to me,” he added.
“Mm-hmm.” Chu Chu nodded firmly.
“Then, let’s get moving.”
……
Outside a city in the Western Region.
“That was pretty sneaky,” Bai Feng observed the dissipated ‘cloud’ and the faint black lines. Clearly, the Immortal Corpse had noticed their intrusion early and retreated to avoid detection.
Still, it confirmed they were right—their power was pretty weak now.
He took out his communicator again. “Still no signal. Looks like the ‘cloud’ and the signal are separate issues.”
Through his ongoing observations, he’d deduced the reason for the signal loss—some method of the Immortal Corpse had isolated Yao Chi from the rest of the world.
“Senior Sister Su,” Bai Feng turned to Su Lan Qian with a grin. “Help me out here.”
“Mm.”
Su Lan Qian quickly nodded, then darted over to him, wrapping her arms around his arm affectionately.
Watching her wide-eyed, innocent look, Bai Feng fell into silence for a moment—All I did was ask for help, was it really necessary to cling so tightly? Is this some strange possessiveness? The eyes of Bai Yu Mo and the others beside him already looked a little weird.
In the end, he kept his thoughts to himself and simply told her what was next: “Let’s build a signal receiver together.”
If his guess was correct, the Western Region was truly cut off from the outside—meaning, installing a signal receiver there could at least make internal communication possible.
Su Lan Qian nodded again but didn’t loosen her grip on Bai Feng right away. When they arrived at an open space to start building the receiver, she hesitated but still unwillingly released her hold.
The process went smoothly; soon, a signal receiver was built, and their communicators flickered back to life—but only within the Western Region.
“Just like I thought.”
Bai Feng checked the signal on his communicator. He tapped the name “Ling Feng,” the Child of Destiny who disappeared after entering the Western Region.
Well, no notification popped up indicating Ling Feng was safe, but it was better to check first. Especially since Ling Feng also carried a piece of the immortal ‘remnant’—who knew, he might be the key to breaking the deadlock.
Not long after sending the message, Ling Feng replied:
Ling Feng: Young master, be careful… I’m… Please find stone… Have… ￥#@
After sending it, Ling Feng’s avatar went dark.
“Got it right again,” Bai Feng smirked at the incomplete message. He’d suspected from the start that Ling Feng’s loss of contact meant trouble, especially after learning about the Immortal Corpse’s suspicious activities.
But that’s fine—though the Immortal Corpse’s tricks were more bizarre than expected, he hadn’t initially planned to rely on Ling Feng. Now that things are happening, might as well use the opportunity. Maybe this was a way for him to turn the situation around.
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‘System, mark the direction and location of Ling Feng.’
He hadn’t forgotten—the system, an incarnation of the Tao, was specifically designed for the Child of Destiny. While he rarely used most functions, he knew them all well. Now was the perfect moment to utilize that.
【Marked.】
‘Is it here?’
Bai Feng looked at the system’s indicated direction. Over the past while, he had studied the Western Region’s situation. If he remembered correctly, that was the area with the densest magical energy—and the core territory of the Demon Path.
Yeah, that makes sense. If the immortal corpse was likely hiding anywhere, it probably would be here. After all, to find the immortal corpse, they’d first have to deal with the demonic forces surrounding them. During this period, the corpse could easily escape or heal itself using some special tricks.
“Looks like we’re about to have a showdown with the Demon Path,” Bai Feng said softly, shaking his head.
He then conveyed his message through Tian Yan to the Holy Master of Tian Yan, and soon enough, the Holy Land of Tian Yan launched their assault toward the Demon Path camp without hesitation.
Meanwhile.
Ling Feng looked at his shattered communicator, its casing cracked, unable to send signals.
But despite the loss of connection, he felt no disappointment—this meant Young Master Bai Feng was already in the Western Region. With Bai Feng’s power, this pathetic mortal ‘immortal corpse’ wasn’t a match at all. It’s a pity we can’t confirm if the message went through…
After a brief moment of frustration, he cheered himself up—no matter what, Bai Feng was clever enough to find this place. His main goal now was to delay the immortal corpse before the Young Master arrived—absolutely cannot let that thing slip away.
In the next instant, a heavy surge of demonic energy burst forth from Ling Feng, twisting and interlacing with the surrounding dark fog—more magic to buy time.
