Lighting Lanterns in the Mountains and Seas

The island where Huang Yingying and the others were located wasn't much better, with waves crashing against the shore directly attacking the mountain. Standing at the top and surveying the sea felt like being inside a basin of water shaken around.

After seeing the response from Wu Jinliang's Mother-child Talisman, Huang Yingying breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the people beside her, saying: "Something just happened, but now everything's fine."

Wu Hong, Chen Wuji, Fang Zicheng, and Hao Ji, who were with her, did not know him, as Shi Chun had yet to reveal Old Huang's true identity to them.

Among those who truly knew Old Huang, only Chu Jingtang and his group from their time at Dazhi City, but Chu Jingtang and the others had been instructed not to reveal it for now.

Sprinting in the air, Shi Chun suddenly received a message from Mulan Jin: Quick, Feng Yin is severely injured and unable to fly fast; he is at his last gasp. Quickly have your people pursue northeast of the island!

Shi Chun was already feeling heavy-hearted, worrying about the safety of Mingshan Sect, when this bewildering message arrived, leaving him perplexed. Feng Yin? The top fighter of the West Ox Team?

He immediately messaged back to ask: What's going on?

Mulan Jin knew he was asking because he was not at the scene, replying: No time to explain, your people know what's happening, quickly have them pursue, handle this first, they know what to do.

Confounded, Shi Chun tried again to contact Wu Jinliang, relaying Mulan Jin's message.

The message Wu Jinliang returned seemed to let Shi Chun hear Wu Jinliang's strange shout: His belongings must be worth a lot.

Wu Jinliang indeed was shouting strangely, immediately yelling: "Sect Master, An, Master has said Feng Yin is badly injured, flying very slowly; now is our chance to get rich, let's go rob from the rich!"

Zhu Xiangxin needn't be called upon, as he is seriously injured and needs healing.

The three immediately leaped up from the island still being battered by waves and hurried northeast, searching all the way.

In front of the Mirror Image, Niu Qian, the Western Bull Commander, seeing this scene, felt his heart leap to his throat, realizing his worst fears had come true, he angrily shouted to his subordinates: "Why haven't we contacted Feng Yin yet?"

His subordinates reported in a worried tone: "Commander, we can't reach him, the Qiankun Bag with his Token might have been knocked away."

"..." Niu Qian's breath tightened, then he shouted again: "Keep trying!"

His subordinates naturally carried out the order.

For the West Ox Team, there was a silver lining; Feng Yin was not foolish. Even without receiving warnings, he knew flying slowly was unwise, as a proud colored phoenix, he plunged into the sea to escape.

This scene was visible in the Heavenly Court Team's Heavenly Mirror Mirror Image, and Manxi immediately shouted to the Mountain River Map operator: "Quick, track his exact position."

The operator said: "Sir, Feng Yin's Centurion Token hasn't moved from its spot; his belongings seem to have been knocked away."

Manxi urgently said again: "Determine his general diving position."

After getting results, he had Mulan Jin contact Shi Chun, to relay the information to Wu Jinliang and the others.

At this time, Mulan Jin was having a detailed conversation with Shi Chun.

Having confirmed from Shi Chun that the person who acted was Li Hongjiu, Mulan Jin was deeply moved, realizing the rumors weren't unfounded when the heard events materialized before him. Li Hongjiu indeed lived up to and exceeded the tales.

Upon learning the events from him, Shi Chun was also greatly relieved, thinking, right, his Right Eye Superpower had seen through Li Hongjiu's tricks at sea, which is why he placed everyone at sea. With Li Hongjiu overseeing the sea, how could everyone be wiped out?

Yet Zhu Xiangxin's displayed strength both delighted and puzzled him.

He wanted to ask that woman if she was playing humble with him? When asked about her strength previously, she said she was no good, claiming her cultivation technique was only suitable for Alchemy.

Even Thunder Sound Sect's elite disciple isn't your match, yet you say it's suitable only for Alchemy?

The key issue was that when having Tong Mingshan and An Wuzhi assess Zhu Xiangxin's strength, those two also acted as though they couldn't say much, implying it wasn't anything special, which he simply understood. Now, thinking back, what are these people up to?

It appears there have been changes in twenty years of absence; he needs to take some time to fully understand everyone's capabilities again.

At sea, when Wu Jinliang and the others reached the spot where Feng Yin had disappeared and dived into the sea searching, they could not find any trace of Feng Yin; it was unknown where Feng Yin had fled.

The result left Manxi lamenting as he stomped his feet, pounding his fist against his palm several times, and he complained to Mulan Jin: "Such a group of cautious cowards, cost me dearly! Pity Shi Chun wasn't on site; with Shi Chun's decisiveness in retrieving Li Hongjiu from the tiger's den, he would surely investigate timely, making Feng Yin's survival impossible. Letting the tiger return to its mountain, sigh!"

Complaining aside, the task needed completion, so he quickly adjusted his emotions: "Feng Yin commands over ten thousand troops; his pocket must contain at least hundreds of Tokens, likely dropped together with his Token around that island, being knocked off by Shi Chun's men, and rightly so, it should be theirs. Quickly have them return to find it, don't miss it again."

No matter whose hands the Tokens fall into, as long as they end up in the Heavenly Court Team's possession, they tally as his.

Both Beiju Team Commander Lan She and East Victory Team Commander Wei Mo saw Feng Yin's weakness and coveted the items Feng Yin had lost.

Unfortunately, Feng Yin was not foolish; he sought self-preservation, dooming their schemes.

Furthermore, with Feng Yin's belongings near that island, though tempting, they dared not send Yan Zhili and Chongxing back to risk it, thus sighed regretfully.

Some people's attention soon returned to finding out who the person involved was.

Especially Lan She, suspected a master with Heavenly Immortal cultivation secretly intervened and communicated with other commanders, suggesting someone was cheating and hoping to jointly report it.

The person he communicated with was naturally Wei Mo, who had also suffered losses.

Wei Mo's Mother-child Talisman responded: Save it, there's no Heavenly Immortal master cheating, it's Li Hongjiu.

Lan She was shocked: That guy's strength is actually so terrifying?

Wei Mo smiled bitterly, laughing at himself, and replied: Otherwise, what do you think Ming Chaofeng, someone with an Artifact Refining background, relies on to become the commander of Nanshan?

Previously, he always suffered under Shi Chun's hands, feeling a bit embarrassed and angry, but this time he got hit hard, waking him up.

Lan She asked in shock: Even Demon Dew couldn't kill him, such a monster, who can stop him once he participates in the contest?

That's just the rules, Wei Mo couldn't do anything about it, you're welcome to find someone stronger to step in.

Among the Five Great Commanders, Li Hongjiu's senior brother Ming Chaofeng was actually the last to know the person who intervened was Li Hongjiu.

He didn't find out until he was scolded by the outside Royal Court.

The reason was that the reported information expressed doubt about who the person who intervened was, and he also suspected a Heavenly Immortal master intervened.

You suspect? Shouldn't you be the first to know? Nanshan Royal Court was baffled by him.

The central of Nanshan Royal Court was fairly informed; back in the battle at Juku State, they had somewhat grasped some details, knowing some moves Li Hongjiu played, so naturally, they believed Ming Chaofeng would understand the situation better.

As soon as Nanshan Royal Court heard the reported situation, they knew who intervened, but Ming Chaofeng pulled off such a move, instantly making Nanshan Royal Court feel it relied on an unreliable person, you suspect, suspect what? Naturally, he received an angry rebuke.

Ming Chaofeng was dumbfounded by the scolding; he knew his junior brother could harness the Thunder Sound Magic Skill, but didn't know he could pull off such a grand scale, nor did he know that tidal wave hit could be the power of his junior brother's shot. His junior brother recovered from the injuries so quickly?

At the very least, it proved his junior brother's Demon Dew poison was really resolved.

Not knowing was fine, but after knowing, truly became fixated on Li Hongjiu, thrilled that his junior brother had such strength!

Alas, couldn't get in touch.

After pacing back and forth, Ming Chaofeng quickly dispatched a team to the incident site, intending to find Li Hongjiu.

Of course, these are all side discussions.

At this moment, Wu Jinliang was regretting not finding Feng Yin, gaining some free time on the way back, finally able to communicate properly with Shi Chun.

After detailing the events he personally experienced, Wu Jinliang then sent a message: Chun Tian, the hiding spot has been exposed, do we need to move?

Shi Chun responded: Li Hongjiu's skills work well at sea, not sure once landed, perhaps find another sea area to hide, locate a place and inform me.

Wu Jinliang asked: Li Hongjiu said there should be plenty of Centurion Tokens found in the sea, is it alright to gather them before moving?

Estimating there are still considerable treasures, trying to replenish cultivation resources that have been lacking over the past twenty years.

Shi Chun said: Repelling those people in one go, with uncertainty in the short term, probably no one dares to act rashly again, estimate how many tokens there might be?

Wu Jinliang replied: Don't know, Li Hongjiu said there should be quite a few.

Shi Chun asked: You observed the entire battle, how many came, how many left, should roughly know how many died, right?

Some things can be estimated from peripheral numbers.

Wu Jinliang replied: Don't know, when Old Li struck, the seawater rushed to the sky, we couldn't even see a figure on the ground, only saw a white mess. I asked Old Li, and even he didn't see, he doesn't know.

Shi Chun thought for a while and said: Tokens should still be collected, Mulan Jin's side should have attention on this, I'll ask him, and let him help monitor surrounding conditions, prepare for early warnings.

Wu Jinliang replied: Got it.

Flying in the air, Shi Chun found Mulan Jin unsettlingly, was about to contact folks, received the other's message first, conveying Manxi's intention and indicating Feng Yin's dropped item location.

Upon hearing that Feng Yin's leftover items might contain over a hundred Centurion Tokens, Shi Chun promptly informed Wu Jinliang of the location.

Knowing the matter, Wu Jinliang swiftly returned to the island, finding the waves had calmed down, landed and shouted loudly: "Beard Chu, stop playing dead over a small injury. It's time for your Water Manipulation Technique to be put to use, let's go, make a fortune in the sea. Everyone who can still find things, get in the water."