Yan Zhaoge kept the sword before settling down Ying Yuzhen within the Ocean Scorching Spring along with Xu Fei before leaving.
Xu Fei went to rendezvous with those of Changli Mountain and the Blood Dragon Sect while Yan Zhaoge found Bai Jingkang, saying, "My senior apprentice-aunt Fu is currently in secluded cultivation recovering from her injuries. Do not disturb her for now. After she has left seclusion, invite her over to the Ocean Scorching Spring."
Bai Jingkang nodded in agreement, as Yan Zhaoge continued, "Can you give me a detailed introduction of the situation in the Star Shifting Sea?"
"I'll find someone for you," Bai Jingkang said. Then, he found a Changli Mountain martial practitioner who was relatively familiar with the Star Shifting Sea.
After earnestly listening to the other party's explanation of the situation, Yan Zhaoge expressed his thanks and took his leave.
The Star Shifting Sea was located to the east of the Vast Ocean World, its territory densely covered with Starlight Springs numbering in the tens of thousands.
The Starlight Spring was a special landscape. The spring was located at the bottom of the sea, and a large amount of light similar to starlight would occasionally gather, spurting out like a fountain.
When it was large enough, it rushed out of the sea and lit up the sky.
However, this kind of light flow was not beneficial to humans. Because there were too many Starstream Light Springs in the Stellar Shifting Sea, they erupted one after another. Hence, the Stellar Shifting Sea was enveloped by the light flow all year round.
In the Star Shifting Sea, it was very difficult for human martial artists to cultivate. Hence, to most martial artists, this place was a forbidden land.
However, there were also a large number of special products and treasures that attracted people to enter temporarily to search for treasures.
Previously, Shi Jun left his mountain and came here. On one hand, he wanted to train himself. On the other hand, he wanted to try and find a way to treat his mother, Ying Yuzhen.
After entering the Star Shifting Sea, the area enveloped by the light would greatly affect a cultivator's perception. At the same time, communication would be inconvenient.
According to what the Blood Dragon Sect had said, Chief Shen Shicheng's daughter, Shen Ying, had also entered the Star Shifting Sea to temper herself. Who knew that something had happened to her?
Shi Jun and Shen Ying had leapt into the oceanic whirlpool together. The Blood Dragon Sect martial practitioners had gone down to search for them, only to discover that the oceanic whirlpool just so happened to lead to the vein of a Starlight Spring. No one knew which spring the two had left from, thus their tracks had been lost, making it hard to track them down.
"If it really leads to a Starlight Spring, Shi Jun and the others might really be able to shake off the pursuing forces of the Blood Dragon Sect."
Having arrived at the Star Shifting Sea, after having inspected the unique characteristics of a Starlight Spring, Yan Zhaoge pondered, "But afterwards, where did they go?"
If Shi Jun had indeed not fallen into the hands of those of the Blood Dragon Sect and was instead safe and sound, the Blood Dragon Sect's judgement would indeed be correct. Whether or not Shi Jun was in the right, he would definitely first think of a way to return to Changli Mountain in the Directionless Sea, looking for his Master Xu Fei and Changli Mountain to think of a solution together.
At the very least, he should contact Xue Fei and explain the situation to him.
Now that there was no news of him, it seemed that the current situation did not allow him to do so.
Yan Zhaoge pondered, gazing straight at the great sea before him that seemed to be enveloped by a dense fog of light, striding within.
As he traveled through it, he would occasionally see starlight shining from the surface of the sea nearby.
It was as if the bottom of the sea was the starry sky of the universe. Intermittently, a meteor streaked past, and then the starlight broke through the surface of the water and rushed up to the sky, bringing with it an expanse of light and monstrous waves.
The entire Star Shifting Sea was in such an environment all year round, regardless of day or night.
As Yan Zhaoge traversed the Star Shifting Sea, even as he made sure to conceal his tracks, he was also unceasingly observing the surrounding situation.
Within the Star Shifting Sea, other martial practitioners could still be seen from time to time. There were solitary martial practitioners who had come to try their luck, as well as disciples of the various major sects of Good and Evil.
For the sake of some treasures, there would often be conflict between them, especially between martial practitioners of Good and Evil. In such a chaotic place, it was the frontlines of conflict.
What Yan Zhaoge noticed was that the Blood Dragon Sect martial practitioners he encountered along the way were clearly more numerous than those of the other sects.
From the looks of it, they were in groups of three to five, scattered in all directions as they seemed to be in the midst of searching.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge nodded to himself, "It looks like Jun 'er has indeed not fallen into their hands yet."
Like this, Yan Zhaoge's originally worried heart was instantly put at ease.
As long as Shi Jun had not fallen into their hands, he would not have to hold back as he would be able to do many things freely.
Yan Zhaoge fiddled with the jade sword that Xue Fei had handed to him, "Then, where is Jun 'er now? He has not contacted home all this time. Is it because he is trapped somewhere? "
According to Xue Fei, Shi Jun possessed a sword as well.
When the two swords were close to each other, they would sense each other. The closer they were, the more intense the connection would be.
Wielding the jade sword, Yan Zhaoge ventured deep into the Star Shifting Sea, heading in the direction indicated by the Blood Dragon Sect to where Shi Jun and Shen Ying had first vanished.
That was a small island. After nearing it, Yan Zhaoge could clearly feel that there were more Blood Dragon Sect martial practitioners in the vicinity.
There were longtime experts of the sect as well as younger disciples with comparatively lower cultivation bases. From the inside out, they unceasingly searched for clues as to where Shi Jun and Shen Ying had vanished.
After observing for a moment, Yan Zhaoge did not discover anything.
The small island itself was not small. It was said that on the day of the incident, Shi Jun and those of the Blood Dragon Sect had both rested on this island, even having come into contact with each other.
Due to the disharmony between Changli Mountain and the Blood Dragon Sect, they had parted on bad terms, nearly coming to blows. In the end, Shen Ying had appeared and pacified the other Blood Dragon Sect disciples.
At that time, there had been people of other sects on the island who had witnessed the incident from the side, all of them praising the generous and gentle Shen Ying.
Who knew that something would happen that very night. Shi Jun had abducted Shen Ying, killing and injuring three Blood Dragon Sect disciples. Facing the encirclement of many other Blood Dragon Sect disciples, he had brought Shen Ying along as he leapt into the ocean whirlpool and fled.
As news of this spread, those of the other sects of Good were mostly rather dissatisfied with Shi Jun.
Even if the two sides were not on good terms, it would still be fine if he had challenged them to a duel, but abducting someone's wife and daughter still left most people dissatisfied.
Instead, those of the forces of Evil rejoiced in his misfortune by the side, even fanning the flames as they praised Shi Jun unceasingly.
Unable to find any clues on the small island, Yan Zhaoge found a gap and directly entered that ocean whirlpool, not resisting as he allowed the undercurrents of the ocean whirlpool to sweep him along as he sped along at the bottom of the sea.
Finally, everything before him was dazzling. Yan Zhaoge stabilised his figure within the water, knowing that it was the pulse of the Starlight Spring before him.
Yan Zhaoge took out the jade sword, lightly flicking its blade with his finger as he fell into deep thought.
After a moment, his true essence roiled on the blade of the sword before he lightly sliced his finger, a drop of blood instantly appearing on the blade.
Yan Zhaoge's finger muscles twitched, instantly stopping the bleeding as even a wound could not be seen.
That drop of blood that had roiled on the blade of the sword instantly transformed into a thread of blood, traversing every single part of the blade of the sword.
The next moment, bloodred light enveloped the entire sword. Yan Zhaoge raised his hand, the sword landing within the bright starlight before him before he too entered it.
Amidst the roiling radiance, a streak of bloodred light could be seen flashing past, following the starlight for who knows how long before it suddenly shook before flying out from the mouth of a spring.
Yan Zhaoge chased after the streak of bloodred light, also flying out from that mouth of the spring, catching hold of the jade sword once more as he scanned the surrounding region of sea, "It should be in the vicinity."
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