Joining the Joyful Union Sect, My Life in the Grip of My Senior Sister

Chapter 556: Mysterious Enemies

Three days later, at One Line Sky Canyon in the Junyan Empire.

This place marked the border between the north and south of Junyan. Airships from all corners of the land passed through here, making it a natural chokepoint.

The towering canyon walls seemed to pierce the heavens, leaving only a glimpse of the sky. A majestic river flowed through the canyon, and a bustling city had been built at its entrance…

All of this left the disciples of Heavenly Grace King Hall, who had rarely seen the world beyond their sect, utterly awestruck.

The airship, bearing the flag of the Junyan Imperial Hall, sailed smoothly without hindrance, slowly exiting the last stretch of the canyon and continuing through the final section of the One Line Sky Canyon.

Chen Qingyan gazed at the magnificent scenery around her, her eyes filled with wonder as she took in the colossal stone statues that stood like sentinels on either side of the canyon entrance.

She couldn’t help but marvel at the vastness of the world, the ingenuity of those who came before her, her own insignificance in comparison, and her longing for even greater horizons.

And this was only the Junyan Empire. What about the Northern Abyss? What about the entire Tianyuan continent?

Many of the disciples shared her thoughts as well. Noticing the change in their expressions, Nangong Xiu smiled with satisfaction.

This was exactly why they had brought these disciples to Junyan by airship.

“Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles,” as the saying went. Only then could one establish ambitions that would last a millennium and achievements that would endure for ages.

But soon her eyes fell on an incongruous figure standing on the observation deck, and she couldn’t help but feel a bit exasperated.

Lin Fengmian looked at the familiar scenery, his expression tinged with nostalgia as he recalled the events from a thousand years ago.

It felt like just yesterday that he had slain the so-called “Little Sword Maniac”, Xie Bi’an, and others here. However, a thousand years had already passed.

A thousand years later, who would still remember these names aside from himself?

Indeed, time was merciless, washing away even the most legendary figures of the past.

Only the living geniuses could become legends; the dead were worth nothing.

Nangong Xiu approached Lin Fengmian and said with a hint of annoyance, “You finally decided to show yourself, brat?”

Since others already knew of her relationship with Lin Fengmian, she saw no need to hide it anymore.

Lin Fengmian looked at Nangong Xiu and teased, “Auntie, are you so eager to be beaten up by me?”

“Get lost!”

Nangong Xiu rolled her eyes at him. “You’ve been hiding in your room all this time. People might think you are giving birth in there!”

She had been preparing to deal with this kid, but he had holed up in his room, never stepping out, leaving her on edge for nothing.

Lin Fengmian helplessly replied, “Can’t I be in there making a baby instead?”

Nangong Xiu’s gaze immediately shifted to You Yao. Had her senior sister been drugged by this kid?

You Yao’s face darkened. Although her eyes were hidden behind the blindfold, the way she bit her lip showed her irritation.

Truly, bad company corrupts good character. How had her junior sister, Nangong Xiu, also been led astray?

Nangong Xiu waved her hands quickly. “Senior sister, that’s not what I meant!”

She shot a glare at Lin Fengmian, directing her frustration at him.

“What kind of mischief have you been up to, hiding away all this time?”

Lin Fengmian replied honestly, “Cultivation. Because I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen on this trip.”

Nangong Xiu waved her hand dismissively. “Stop being so paranoid. With our line-up, who could possibly touch you?”

In her eyes, the ship’s crew, including You Yao and the others, boasted one Void Realm expert, three Unity Realm experts, and ten Soul Severing Realm experts. They were as solid as a rock.

Lin Fengmian sighed. “Auntie, caution is the mother of safety!”

Nangong Xiu chuckled. “Don’t worry. With me here, no one can harm you.”

But as if to deliberately prove her wrong, a streak of light suddenly descended from the sky and slammed into the airship.

The ship shook violently, and the defensive arrays flickered, barely able to prevent the attack from piercing through.

At the same time, fireballs, ice arrows, and wind blades rained down from both sides of the canyon, bombarding the airship.

The ship’s arrays were on the verge of collapse, and the ship swayed unsteadily, forced to a complete stop.

The disciples on board were thrown into disarray by the sudden attack, some of them panicking.

“What’s going on?”

“I don’t know! What’s happening?”

Lin Fengmian’s expression changed drastically, and he cursed under his breath.

“I knew something like this would happen!”

Could it be that Jun Chengye had awakened and used a teleportation array to block their path?

But he quickly dismissed that possibility.

After all, if Jun Chengye wanted to find him, he wouldn’t go to such lengths, nor would he be so brazen.

Was this Jun Qingcheng’s doing?

Or had Jun Yunzheng really become so insane that he dared to attack the Junyan Imperial Hall?

At that moment, a thick white mist rose from the river, and a colossal figure over one hundred and thirty zhang in height, resembling an ancient deity, emerged from the mist.

Seeing this figure, Lin Fengmian was stunned.

A Dharma Idol over a hundred zhang tall?

What kind of monster was that?

However, there was no time to think. With a whistling sound, a massive claw covered in red fur shot out from the mist.

The claw carried an overwhelming aura, stirring the surrounding fog as it seemed intent on smashing the airship into the river.

“Not good! It’s a Revered One!”

Zhou Yuanhua exclaimed, transforming into a streak of light as he flew out. A shield materialized around him, rapidly expanding to block the incoming attack.

Nangong Xiu and Xu Zhichang also rushed to intercept the attack, while Qin Yan and the other eight overseers focused on maintaining the ship’s arrays.

Everyone heard a deafening boom, and even Lin Fengmian felt his ears ringing. Many of the disciples started bleeding from their noses and ears.

Zhou Yuanhua was sent flying back by the force of the claw, staggering several steps before regaining his footing.

He released a barrier to protect the airship and shouted angrily, “Who dares to attack the Junyan Imperial Hall?

The figure in the mist did not react. Only a pair of golden eyes gleamed faintly in the mist, cold and cruel.

Suddenly, five streaks of light shot up from the river and quickly took up positions around the airship.

These individuals wore different ghost-faced masks, but their auras were unmistakably powerful-all of them were at the Unity Realm.

With a Void Realm Revered One in the mist and five Unity Realm cultivators surrounding them, Zhou Yuanhua and the others couldn’t help but pale.

“Who are you people? Why are you attacking the Junyan Imperial Hall?” Zhou Yuanhua demanded again.

The leader of the five swept his gaze across the ship, and when his eyes landed on Lin Fengmian, they lit up with recognition.

He gave a cold, genderless laugh and said, “The Junyan Imperial Hall? We’re here to kill you. None of you will escape today.”

“Activate the array!”

The five of them began chanting in unison, and light began to flow beneath their feet. Five columns of light shot up from the river, linking together to form a massive array.

The array quickly closed in, threatening to trap the airship completely, like a turtle in a jar.

At the same time, the five unleashed a barrage of spells, relentlessly bombarding the ship.

The figure in the mist roared, and fierce winds whipped across the surface of the river. Fiery meteors began to rain down from the sky.

Zhou Yuanhua, who had already secretly sent out a distress signal, frowned. These attackers were leaving them no room to breathe.

“Elder Nangong, Elder Xu, hold them off! Buy us some time!”

He was the first to summon his Heavenly Manifestation – a hundred-zhang-tall Dharma Idol resembling Gonggong, the Water Ancestral Shaman, with a snake’s head, a human body, black scales, a black dragon beneath its feet, and a green snake coiled around its arm.

But compared to the oppressive hundred-zhang-tall Dharma Idol in the mist, it still seemed somewhat diminutive.