Wait a minute, where is my master?

"Yaoyao!?"

Dressed in green armor and having a voluptuous figure, the Shui Clan Elder was momentarily stunned, her face full of astonishment.

But the next second, her expression darkened fiercely, a heavy green lance emerged from her hand and thrust toward Yu Yao'er outside the lotus leaves.

"Pfft!"

The spear, filled with sharp force, hit the target square in the chest.

Yu Yao'er's large eyes stared at the lance embedded in her chest, an immediate look of pitiful sorrow appeared in them, and a mist seemed to form in the corners of her eyes.

Wearing a look of confusion, her lips parted slightly, she sent her voice transmission again into the ears of the Shui Clan Elder.

"Grandmother you..."

However, before she could finish her transmission, the Elder gave the lance a shake, and a surge of rich spiritual power poured out, blasting the image of Yu Yao'er before her into a pool of revolting black mud.

"Hmph, you dare to use my granddaughter's image to deceive me."

The Shui Clan Elder snorted coldly, retracting the green sinking lance back into the luminous shield radiated by the lotus leaves.

Previously, when she clashed with the Elder Pavilion Master from White Emperor Pavilion, she sensed that she couldn't stop the opponent, so in the final moments, she planned to send a message to Little Fish Demon who had already arrived at the sea, telling her to flee quickly.

But before she could finish, the Mad Woman from White Emperor Pavilion shattered the storage bracelet she used for keeping miscellaneous items.

In the urgency of the situation, the Elder had to send out the half-spoken message, with no knowledge whether Yu Yao'er received it or followed her instructions.

Thus, the Elder couldn't help but worry, which led to the vile creature seizing the opportunity to enter and attempt to deceive her by using Yu Yao'er's image.

"Those filthy things in the Nine Provinces Sea Eye are now using illusion techniques to deceive people.

"It seems they have developed some spiritual intelligence.

"Ha, but clearly their intelligence isn't high. Sensing my concern for Yaoyao's safety, they actually transformed directly into Yaoyao and appeared before me.

"Not to mention that with Yaoyao's strength at the Nascent Soul Realm, there's no way she could have reached here to rescue me!

"Even if you create an illusion of her facing danger not far away, if I were to impulsively rush out to save her in a moment of hurry, there might be a slight chance I'd fall for it."

The Shui Clan Elder in green armor scoffed to herself.

Suddenly, a voice transmission entered her ears again.

"Grandmother, save me!!!"

She looked up in surprise and saw not too far away, a battered Yu Yao'er with blood on her lips being brutally attacked by a creature created by the vile substance's illusion.

The Elder felt a ridiculous sense of absurdity rise within her.

"Damn it, this filthy thing's learning ability is quite strong."

She cursed inwardly, then suddenly noticed that the Yu Yao'er outside had transformed into a large whale in an instant.

"..."

The Elder adjusted her mindset and turned to whisper to the lady cultivator dressed in a pink chiffon skirt sitting cross-legged.

"Be careful, the filthy beings from the Nine Provinces Sea Eye seem to be able to peek into our thoughts. Even the lotus leaves from your Heart Cleansing Golden Lotus seem unable to block them. If you see any strange visions, do not act rashly."

The female cultivator had appeared suddenly after the storage artifact used by the Elder of the Shui Clan for miscellaneous items was shattered.

This person was powerful, her cultivation was not low. Her treasures and magic were of high quality, subtly hinting at the techniques of the Confucian Practitioners from Qingmu Academy, yet evidently far superior.

However, she was somewhat impulsive in temperament, with a tinge of arrogance in her words. Although kind-hearted, she inevitably possessed a trace of naivety, like a disciple from a great sect who had not ventured out into the world and had yet to be harshly schooled by the realities of life.

Therefore, the Elder specially took a moment to caution her.

"Understood, I have very firm Dao heart, don't worry about it," the female cultivator responded.

The lady in the pink gauzy dress rolled her eyes instinctively upon hearing the reminder, then responded in a low voice.

Si Yinyin was feeling very aggrieved at this moment.

She had taken the opportunity to sneak away while her father was out, hoping to see what kind of abilities the person who had caused such an uproar in the Immortal Court without having ascended had.

Yet, upon descending to the Lower Realm, she unluckily encountered chaotic magic laws, causing her cultivation to be temporarily reduced to the Mahayana Realm.

When she finally emerged from the spatial rift, not knowing where she had arrived.

She also encountered a Mad Woman who controlled some disgustingly dirty object that lunged at her.

And this wasn't even the most infuriating thing.

The most, most, most infuriating thing was that Si Yinyin, who had been a Cultivator of the Human Immortal Realm, had now temporarily fallen to the Mahayana Realm and couldn't defeat that crazy woman.

The dirty object controlled by the opponent was extremely disgusting, able to get into any opening, and withstood most attacks.

Even her two beloved magical artifacts, the Five-Colored Glass Cup and the Hao Ran Golden Jade Scroll, had been invaded and rendered unusable.

Had it not been for the person beside her who pulled her into the Nine Provinces Sea Eye filled with filthy objects at a critical moment, she, a Cultivator of the Human Immortal Realm, might've been killed by that Mad Woman just after descending to the Lower Realm.

"Once this young lady restores her cultivation and escapes from this hellish place, hmph, I will definitely avenge today's grudge!"

Si Yinyin silently swore in her heart, then tried hard to activate the Zanqing Lotus Leaf below her.

The Shui Clan Elder standing beside her nodded slightly upon hearing the other's response.

In his mind, he recalled the scene when Si Yinyin first appeared.

...

She appeared suddenly and, because of her looks, was immediately included in the Mad Woman's strike range from the White Emperor Pavilion.

Seeing an unknown Mahayana Cultivator appear, who seemed to be a decent person, the Great Elder's heart filled with the thought of seeing if they could escape to spread the word.

But after Si Yinyin was attacked by the Mad Woman, she retaliated with her hands while spouting all sorts of insults about appearance and age from her mouth, which made the Elder Pavilion Master of the White Emperor Pavilion shift the focus of her attack.

For a moment, the Great Elder, who seemed about to be defeated, was suddenly much more relaxed...

It wasn't until later that Si Yinyin, realizing that she might not be able to defeat her opponent with all her efforts, temporarily stopped her verbal assault.

Then... the two of them had a covert discussion and decided to retreat together into this Nine Provinces Sea Eye.

...

"If that girl had been a bit more restrained with her words, perhaps she could have escaped. A Mahayana Cultivator who could have successfully sent the message would certainly be much stronger than the Shui Clan brothers under my command who don't know if they've escaped successfully.

"Alas, I wonder if Yaoer received my message, and if that old coot Tianxing knows that his old flame is about to drag the Nine Provinces down with her!"

The Shui Clan Elder silently sighed a few times in his heart and looked up again to the outside.

He discovered that the scenery now included Tianxing Taoist with a cow's nose, a giant whale, and an injured Yu Yaoer.

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East of the East Sea, in the sky above the ocean.

A golden streak of light approached rapidly from a distance.

Finally stopped above a severed break that looked like the gaping maw of a sea beast.

"Little Yu, is this the place?"

Jin Xu stared at the break, which was already showing many black filths resembling octopus tentacles popping out, and turned to ask.

"Mhm mhm!"

"Good, let's go get them back."