Chapter 561: Chapter 504: Not Making Trouble Is Helping Enough
It’s no longer safe to casually go on the sea.
Han Yu was afraid that if he showed his face, he might directly end up face-to-face with those three old guys, making things a lot more interesting.
Moreover, the effect of the mist might not last long. He feared that if the mist was suddenly withdrawn by Ping, exposing him defenselessly in the void, getting caught again might not be so lucky.
"Maybe find a place to hide for now?"
The Artifact Spirit muttered.
The problem is, where can you find a hiding spot in this godforsaken place? An island? Don’t kid yourself; landing on one might just get you right into trouble.
He’s been back and forth, and hasn’t found any uninhabited islands.
"Actually, there is."
The Artifact Spirit’s expression was peculiar. If he remembered correctly, he buried a soul fragment on a deserted island a few days ago. Who knows what miraculous events might occur in the Spiritual Treasure’s earthly body?
Han Yu’s expression was equally odd. If the Artifact Spirit thought of it, naturally, he did too. It’s not easy to find a safe haven in such a vast sea domain.
The place with the soul fragment is quite suitable, and most importantly, there’s a discarded avatar that could be dug up and used as a beacon.
The more he thought about it, the more sense it made. Han Yu took out his Compass, started locating, and after aligning the direction, used the Water Series Escape Technique to hurry along.
On the other side, upon hearing Liu Zongyuan was rescued, the eleven members of the Celestial Dao Sect couldn’t hide their joy.
The soul fragment on this side couldn’t help but remind them, "As agreed, two avatars in exchange for Liu Zongyuan’s life."
Actually, what he really wanted was a deal where one Liu Zongyuan could swap out three avatars.
But obviously, it’s not practical. The old Daoist agreed because two of the avatars were crippled by Han Yu himself.
To put it bluntly, they’re less than useless.
Otherwise, the old Daoist wouldn’t even agree to swap two for one.
Moreover, if the old Daoist willingly agreed to three for one, the soul fragment might hesitate to strike the deal.
None of them were fools; agreeing to such a losing deal was either foolish or deceitful.
"Fine, when the time comes, you can choose which two you want to release."
The old Daoist was uncharacteristically generous.
For him, the soul fragment as an intelligence breakthrough point, its cultivation was not important to them, even if the soul fragment finally presented one complete avatar and one waste.
"What about Han Yu?"
Since Liu Zongyuan didn’t die, the old Daoist couldn’t help but be curious about Han Yu’s whereabouts.
After hearing this, the soul fragment’s tone was extremely strange, because from the shared memories, Han Yu was never seen captured, suggesting that the rascal had been on the run all along.
This was bizarre.
You could cause enough havoc among the Yama Hall men, but you couldn’t have escaped from under Xin Zui’s hands as well, could you?
If they encountered Han Yu again, wouldn’t they just have to turn tail and run?
Just as the soul fragment thought of this, he immediately realized that, well... he already had to turn tail if he bumped into him now...
And then there’s Gu Feng, who made an even more disgraceful escape on drugs.
The old Daoist and others couldn’t believe that Han Yu was still on the run.
Had Xin Zui failed, meaning they couldn’t capture him due to lack of practice over the years, or had their cultivation regressed?
Or was their Celestial Dao Sect just too weak?
But it was imaginable that Xin Zui and the others must have had an absolutely incredible expression, managing to be bested by a child. Just thinking about it made the old Daoist want to laugh.
...
Xin Zui and the others certainly weren’t laughing. It was as if Han Yu had vanished from the world, with no trace left to find.
Xin Yin had the Star Plucking Hand that could overturn the skies, causing chaos in the vast sea, yet couldn’t stir anything up.
And in this situation, Wuyin was equally clueless, as without a target, his Sound Domain was useless; he couldn’t just blindly flail at the air.
"Help search! What are you standing around for?!"
The three poured their anger onto the two unlucky ones watching the spectacle, the doctor and Gu Feng, who had barely seen any action before being cursed.
Especially the doctor, in this Endless Sea, this needle-in-a-haystack task automatically put pressure on him.
The same was true now.
Xin Zui and the others glared angrily at the doctor, "Send your puppet creations to search and bring him out."
The doctor’s face suddenly turned bitter!
On the road in Central Continent, he was ambushed once, losing thirty giant puppet creatures.
Afterwards, he exchanged half his fortune to take down the Celestial Dao Sect’s stronghold, suffering a significant loss.
Now, he’s like a phoenix fallen from grace, unable to even compare to a chicken. Asking him to find someone under such circumstances was truly demanding.
But Xin Zui and the others’ unquestionable tone evidently made it clear he had to accomplish the task.
He was immediately filled with regret, wishing he hadn’t come along like the soul fragment; look at how clever that was, avoiding all this nonsense by not coming.
Xin Zui and the others naturally disregarded the plight of their subordinates, for them, letting Han Yu slip away was nothing short of a humiliating disgrace.
They were determined to recapture him immediately.
"If only you guys hadn’t interfered, Han Yu couldn’t have gotten out of my Sound Domain."
At that moment, Wuyin was the first to lash out.
"What sound domain crap? When I caught him, it was you who broke my Star Plucking Hand to snatch him, letting him escape."
Xin Yin wouldn’t tolerate him. Honestly, Han Yu was already in his grasp, if not for this old fox adding unnecessary trouble, the ensuing mess wouldn’t have happened.
"You wouldn’t have managed even if you had the chance."
Everyone had witnessed Han Yu breaking through the Sound Domain, making it difficult for Wuyin to argue.
So when Xin Yin berated him, Wuyin’s face turned red as he struggled to refute.
Wuyin couldn’t counter, but Xin Zui could.
From the outset, being locked by his Light Fixing Skill was the most reliable, but Xin Yin had to meddle with his Star Plucking Hand, interrupting repeatedly.
"If you hadn’t taken the kid from the Light Fixing Skill, he couldn’t have flown away," Xin Zui snarled through clenched teeth.
His words were factual.
Xin Zui’s greatest strength is Void Locking Enemy, but Xin Yin spoiled it; otherwise, Xin Zui alone could suppress Han Yu.
Ultimately, all three were strong, yet they hindered each other, giving Han Yu the chance to escape.
"Although each of us has our own hall backing us, our interests are ultimately aligned; can we stop the infighting?"
Xin Zui oddly felt exhausted, worried that if this wasn’t clearly addressed, should Han Yu escape again, they’d be utterly humiliated.
"I have no objections, either you go or I go, but this guy’s sound domain is the least suited for catching anyone, just as long as he doesn’t mess up."
Xin Yin stroked his beard, puffing with wide eyes.
Wuyin wanted to retort, but Xin Zui directly interrupted him, "You don’t interfere this time, and if things work out, we can consider you contributing."
Xin Yin’s words might be harsh, but they were true, Wuyin’s techniques truly weren’t helpful in capturing people.
"Fine then, next time I’ll just watch."
Wuyin glowered, as if deeply insulted.
What was with saying "Just don’t intervene, and we’ll consider you as helping."
Wasn’t that basically saying if he didn’t mess up, it would be help?
Simply outrageous...
