Chapter 209: Back to Qinghai

　　Heng Yuan’s expression became strangely blank, and then it gradually changed. Suddenly, a smile brushed his lips, seeming bizarre and cold, startling Yunxiao and Duan Yue.

　　“Ha, haha!” All of a sudden, he threw his head back and laughed. “Haha, hahaha!”

　　After laughing for a few minutes, he quieted down. With a bizarre look in his eyes, he glanced at Yunxiao and Duan Yue as he gave a cold snort and said in a hoarse voice, “A sealed Martial Emperor? A fourth-tier alchemist? Har, two ants!”

　　Yunxiao and Duan Yue’s expressions changed drastically, and both of them raised their vigilance to the highest level. But, a look of contempt appeared in Heng Yuan’s eyes, and then he turned into a beam of red light and pierced through the rainbow fog into the distance. Wherever he passed, the pink crystal dust retreated and made way for him.

　　“What…What’s going on?” Duan Yue was dumbfounded, and his heart raced. Heng Yuan gave him too much pressure just now, and the glance alone nearly made him collapse.

　　Looking in the direction where Heng Yuan had disappeared, Yunxiao’s face turned unusually serious as he said, “He was possessed by someone!”

　　“What? Possession!” Duan Yue was taken aback as he cried out in horror, “Is there really such an evil method in the world? I always thought it was a fabrication!”

　　Yunxiao was silent for a moment, and then he said, “The person who possessed Heng Yuan’s body clearly has a very strong soul power. Look at how the pink crystal dust is pushed a dozen meters from him wherever he goes. Even I can’t do that.”

　　Duan Yue was shocked. Yunxiao’s soul power had definitely reached the level of a fourth-tier alchemist, and that meant the person’s soul power was at least at the level of a fifth-tier alchemist. He swallowed and said with great difficulty, “Could… could that person be an alchemist?”

　　Yunxiao nodded and said, “It’s highly likely. In general, only alchemists will practice this technique, because their souls are strong enough to leave their bodies and exist independently.” Then, he remembered that he, too, had reincarnated in Tianshui after his death in the Tiandang Mountains. But, that should be due to the Great Expansion Divine Technique.

　　The Heavenly Martial Realm was vast, and no one could guarantee that there were no other cultivation techniques more magical than the Great Expansion Divine Technique. That person gave Yunxiao a very strong sense of threat. Luckily, he was too disdained to attack both of them. Otherwise, they would not be able to return to Qinghai.

　　Yunxiao sighed and said, “That person should have been living in this pink crystal dust in the form of a soul until he entered Heng Yuan’s body and took possession of it. The world is so large that everything strange is possible. We are too ignorant!”

　　The more Duan Yue listened, the more shocked he became. “Will…Will there be other souls living in the pink dust?”

　　‘Fu*k if I know!’ Yunxiao cursed in his heart as he sped forward and said, “Never mind that, just don’t touch the dust. Let’s quickly find that flood dragon’s body. That’s a great treasure!”

　　Duan Yue got a fright when he saw Yunxiao move away, and he hurriedly flew after him. All the way, he was in a state of terror, for he felt as if wandering souls were staring at him everywhere.

　　Not far away, Yunxiao found the flood dragon. Its head was completely blown off, leaving only its body, which was already turning pink. He dared not touch it with his hand, so he threw out a few incantation seals and put it into his storage ring.

　　Carefully, they made their way through the rainbow fog. Nothing happened after that, and they soon emerged from the fog to see a great blue sea.

　　Duan Yue took a deep breath and roared with joy, “Haha! I’m back! I’m finally back!”

　　His voice spread with force and shook the sea, setting off huge waves that rolled into the distance.

　　“Who is making so much noise here? You have disturbed the Infinity Sect’s hunting!”

　　A sonorous voice rang out, and then seven or eight Bluewolf chariots gradually emerged over the sea, on top of which stood many warriors with angry faces.

　　“The Infinity Sect? Haha! This is indeed Qinghai! I’m finally back!” Duan Yue was even happier, and he laughed wildly.

　　“I can’t believe you’re still laughing!” A man said angrily. “Do you have any idea how much time we spent preparing to kill this Golden Ox? Just the preparations alone had taken us three months, not to mention the countless materials and secret techniques involved! But, your roar has ruined everything! How do you want to compensate us?”

　　“Compensate?” Duan Yue’s eyes grew cold, and a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

　　Another man was taken aback. He could not sense Duan Yue’s cultivation base, which only meant that this stranger’s strength was far greater than his. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. He went up and pulled the first man back as he gave him a wink and said warily, “Senior, a magnanimous man like you will not be bothered by what he said. We had indeed spent great effort in preparation to hunt this Golden Ox, and we do feel pain seeing all the hard work get ruined. However, it has nothing to do with Senior. We’re just unlucky.”

　　“Hmph!” The first man seemed unconvinced as he said angrily, “We bought tens of thousands of invisible talismans just to hide these ten chariots!”

　　Duan Yue’s expression changed. A powerful aura rushed out of him, covering the whole sea surface and enveloping all these people of the Infinity Sect.

　　That startled and panicked everyone. Duan Yue’s aura was stronger than they had expected. The man who spoke was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly while drawing his sword and unsealing it in a flash.

　　The rest of the people did not stand by idly. They fled at full speed toward the chariots, intending to join their forces to increase their chances of winning. To hunt the Golden Ox, they had practiced a concerted technique countless times. As long as they could return to their chariots, they would be able to keep their lives.

　　Suddenly, a beam of white light pierced through the air and overtook all of them in an instant before landing gently on a chariot. With his back facing the crowd, Duan Yue lifted a hand. A mass of white flame gradually emerged in his palm and slowly stretched longer into his Heavenly Halberd while exuding a scary aura.

　　One of the men gasped and said in horror, “Not good! He’s going to destroy our chariots!”

　　With a dark face, another man said furiously, “Senior, we don’t know you, so why do you want to kill us?”

　　Duan Yue turned a deaf ear to them and pushed his right hand down. Immediately, the Heavenly Halberd turned into a beam of golden light and shot straight down, exploding on the surface of the sea and then blooming like a golden lotus flower in the seawater, opening up a vacuum tunnel that went straight to the bottom of the sea.

　　The Infinity Sect’s disciples widened their eyes in horror and stared at Duan Yue with fear. No one knew what he was doing.

　　“Moo!”

　　The sound of a sea beast rang out from the bottom of the sea, accompanied by a large amount of demonic energy and painful cries.

　　“Hmph! This is a tough one. White Scorching Ghost Flame, explode!”

　　Duan Yue’s eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent as he performed an incantation gesture with one hand. Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed out from the bottom of the sea. The seawater seemed to have boiled at this moment, as plumes of white smoke rose from it.

　　The disciples of Infinity Sect were in a panic. They could not believe that Duan Yue’s strength was so horrifying. They had been foolishly trying to join forces against him, but they had fortunately not been able to do so, or they would have gone up in smoke now.

　　The plumes of white smoke were mixed with wisps of blood. EvenMeanwhile, a gust of sea breeze scattered the smoke, revealing a huge Golden Ox floating in the sea. There was a large gash in its chest, from where blood kept flowing out. The sea beast was dead.

　　“He killed the Golden Ox hiding at the bottom of the sea with only one strike!”

　　“What exactly is this senior’s cultivation base? In his capacity as a senior expert, he should not make things difficult for us, should he?”

　　“It’s hard to say. Some experts are psychopaths and like to torture people.”

　　“Shut your fu*king mouth! If you provoke him, I’ll be the first to kill you!”

　　The people of Infinity Sect became nervous as they waited to be judged by Duan Yue.

　　“Take this Golden Ox. Is this enough to compensate you?” Duan Yue grinned as he pointed at the sea beast and said.

　　“What!” A disciple froze, and then he hurriedly waved his hand and said, “You must be joking, Senior! You’ve killed the Golden Ox all by yourself. We can’t take it. You just have to let us go.”

　　Duan Yue frowned and said angrily, “I, Duan Yue, am not a bully. Take it when I say so. Now, put away all your things and get the hell out of here!”

　　“Duan…You are Senior Duan Yue!” Taken aback, the disciples said dubiously, “Didn’t you die at sea?”

　　“What! What nonsense are you talking about?” Duan Yue growled.

　　“No-nothing…” The disciple hastily covered his mouth. In his heart, he scolded himself for shooting his mouth off, and thought he deserved it if he were killed here today.

　　In the distance, Yunxiao’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Stepping on waves, he drifted over and asked in a soft voice, “Be clear with what you say. What’s going on?”

　　The disciple gave Duan Yue a nervous look. “Speak!” Duan Yue said in a deep voice.

　　That frightened him, and he said bitterly, “A few days ago, a piece of news was circulating in Qinghai about Senior Duan Yue and a few other Senior Martial Grandmasters, saying that you were all killed while hunting a Purple Nine Neonate Flood Dragon together. This caused quite a stir in Qinghai. The Flying Sword Sect, the Tiger Slayer Sect, and the Foursquare Library even sent experts to search for Senior Ma Wendi, Senior Yan Feiyue, and Senior Shi Hongcai, but they found nothing.”

　　“Damnit, it must be…” Duan Yue cursed, but Yunxiao raised a hand and interrupted him.

　　“What is the source of the news?” Yunxiao stared at the disciple and asked calmly.

　　The disciple was extremely shocked. Duan Yue was a well-known Martial Grandmaster while this teenager was just a one-star Martial Lord and even younger than him. However, Duan Yue seemed to follow his lead. Could he be a disciple of some superpower?

　　The disciple believed what was on his mind, so he said quickly and respectfully, “It was an expert from the Constellation Sect. It is said that the person watched the whole battle from a distance, and he was fortunately far away from it, so he survived.”