Mist swirled tumultuously above the sea surface.
Huge demon beasts slowly moved their bodies through the water, dragging a massive building boat behind them.
Dressed in a blood-red vestment robe, Shen Yan sat quietly at the front of the building boat, her eyes slightly closed, sensing the direction of the Tianyuan Continent.
Through the projection of the Auspicious Celestial Monarch, she was able to constantly ascertain the precise location of the Tianyuan Continent.
This was her reliance for venturing far out to sea.
Although the Misty Sea was cunning and fierce, able to block Divine Sense, and cause creatures who entered it to lose their sense of direction,
it seemed that the Ancient Evil God was unaffected by this mist.
The Auspicious Celestial Monarch had once passed through the Misty Sea unharmed and reached the land where she was located.
Now, she too would traverse the Misty Sea along that same route, heading toward the world on the other side of the sea.
After drifting away from the coastline, the dense white fog obscured everything, becoming the sole color between heaven and earth.
Below this pale mist, in the dark, icy cold seawater, strange black shadows occasionally moved.
These were probably fish and shrimp in the sea.
However, after moving away from the coastline, the fish shadows moving beneath the sea looked bizarre and eerie, entirely unlike what people recognized as fish and shrimp.
The followers of the Blood Lotus Sect on the building boat kept a respectful distance from the black shadows in the sea, and those strange black shadows also kept an ambiguous distance from the enormous boat.
The transparent, phantom-like projection of the Auspicious Celestial Monarch appeared intermittently above the building boat.
When the bizarre black shadows in the water approached the building boat and sensed the aura of the Auspicious Celestial Monarch, they would quickly flee in fright, not daring to come close again.
Yet at this moment, the calm of the Misty Sea was shattered.
Behind Shen Yan, the deck suddenly erupted in chaos.
With her eyes slightly closed, Shen Yan, who was guiding the direction for the demon beast in front, furrowed her brows slightly but didn’t interfere.
The disturbance behind her persisted for a long while before gradually subsiding.
Then, footsteps approached one after another, and the voice of Dugu Yifang emerged behind Shen Yan.
"…We caught it. This thing has been skulking outside the cabin, secretly following us for three days, but…"
Dugu Yifang’s tone was somewhat strange, "Miss, take a look for yourself."
"This fellow is a bit different from what we anticipated."
As Dugu Yifang’s voice sounded, Shen Yan finally opened her eyes, "What’s different? Isn’t it just a spirit that has been lurking and following us on the cabin roof…"
Shen Yan spoke calmly, "Just kill it directly. It’s probably a trick of the Demon Path, possibly sent by Li Muyang or Yan Xiaoru."
"The Refinement Demon Sect is most adept at these methods of refining puppets and manipulating spirits."
She had noticed the existence of this spirit quite early on.
After entering the Misty Sea, the phantom of the Auspicious Celestial Monarch enveloped the entire building boat, and she discovered some anomalies on the outside of the boat.
But to avoid alerting the target prematurely and fearing there might be other trackers,
Shen Yan remained hidden, quietly observing, until she confirmed that there was only this one spirit following them, then she let Dugu Yifang and Aunt Mei take action to capture it.
But now that the spirit was captured, Dugu Yifang’s reaction was a bit strange.
Shen Yan turned around slightly puzzled, looking at the spirit girl bound at her feet by specially made black ropes, and asked, "What’s the problem with her?"
By the spirit girl’s side, Dugu Yifang and Aunt Mei stood on the left and right, both of their expressions were a bit odd.
Shen Yan was slightly astonished.
And the spirit girl in a simple white vestment robe, who was now carefully lifting her head,
under the pale mist, bore the same face as Shen Yan but appeared much more vivacious and cheerful. The spirit girl, Shen Miao, embarrassingly smiled at her sister and hesitated,
"Um… Sister, hello. Nice to meet you, uh…"
"My name is Shen Miao, your sister by the same father and mother."
On the building boat, a strange silence ensued.
Dugu Yifang and Ruan Mei both opened their mouths wide in astonishment, looking at the spirit girl at their feet.
They had guessed that this spirit was unusual, but they hadn’t expected…
As the person involved, Shen Yan’s mind went blank for an instant.
She stood there in a daze, staring at the ghostly girl before her, looking at the face that was identical to her own, and fell silent for several seconds.
Then, Shen Yan on the building ship murmured.
"...So I really do have a sister."
After saying this, Shen Yan lowered her head to look at the ghostly girl at her feet and said solemnly, "Did you escape from the Sifang Cauldron?"
Her tone was calm, but the ghostly girl was frightened.
Shen Miao’s eyes widened, and she jumped up in shock, "Ah? You know?"
That’s not right!
She had been watching her sister all along, so how did she not notice when her sister found out about her existence?
This matter was supposed to be an absolute secret!
Shen Miao was dumbfounded.
Shen Yan, however, looked at her shocked sister and sighed bitterly.
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"I once went through the relics left by our father, and although many notes were destroyed, the clues vaguely pointed to one fact."
"Father had invoked the power of the Sifang Cauldron using some kind of blood sacrifice ritual, and the sacrifices for such rituals required a very special bloodline."
"Mother’s and my bloodline were perfect for the sacrifice. But neither mother nor I were sacrificed, so I had my suspicions..."
Shen Yan shook her head after speaking.
She didn’t continue but instead looked at the sister before her and asked, "When did you escape from the Sifang Cauldron? Why only come to find me now?"
Shen Yan’s eyes showed some confusion.
"Why find us but not show yourself, instead sneaking around..."
Shen Yan couldn’t understand.
Facing her sister’s questioning, the ghost girl gave an awkward smile.
"Well... I actually came out a long time ago."
The ghost girl began to ramble.
But the more she spoke, the more guilty she felt.
Because Shen Yan’s gaze gradually turned icy, seemingly picking up on the loopholes in her words.
That cold gaze from her sister made the ghost girl’s heart skip a beat.
—She knew her sister all too well.
Her sister was not some delicate beauty but someone capable of leading the Blood Lotus Sect with a ruthless and decisive heart.
This is not good, I must be about to be slaughtered...
Although I am her sister, there’s absolutely no emotional bond!
If she really wants to kill me, she definitely won’t hold back.
Shen Miao became even more fearful, worried that her sister would discover she was the main contributor to destroying the Sifang Cauldron.
She knew her sister had keen insights, and ordinary lies were hard to get past her.
So after hesitating for several seconds, the girl decided to reveal some sensational information to shock her suspicious but love-starved sister.
"Well... actually, I’ve been following my brother-in-law. I haven’t gone far."
"My brother-in-law has been very caring about me and always concerned for you."
"This time, coming here was also my brother-in-law’s idea."
The ghost girl whispered, "He said that if I didn’t come with you, I might never see him again in this life."
"Encouraged by my brother-in-law, I finally decided to come along..."
Thinking about what Li Muyang had told her before departure, the girl suddenly felt more confident.
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After all, what she was saying was true.
Even if it was a selective narrative...