The owner of this gaze was at least a Consummation Blue Robed Emperor.
Xiao Chen's heart sank, and his thoughts raced. He had a bad feeling that his actions this time had provoked some trouble. The goods that this merchant ship was carrying might not be ordinary goods.
Actually, Xiao Chen should have thought of this long ago. Even though there were many Blue Robed Emperors in the Black Sea, they should not have run into a Great Perfection Blue Robed Emperor pirate the moment they arrived. The problem still lay with this ship.
"Thank you for your help, Young Hero. I am very grateful."
I am very grateful, "the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor said with a smile as he flew over to Xiao Chen's side.
Xiao Chen's expression did not change. He said calmly, "It is within my capabilities. If I can, I will help. There is no need to be so polite."
"I have a presumptuous request. Young Hero should be going to Black Water City, right? How about we travel together?" the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor asked in anticipation.
Black Water City was located on Black Water Island. It was the largest city in the entire Black Water Sea. There were no less than one hundred million people in the city. Black Water Island was astonishingly large. Although it was an island, it was no smaller than a nation in the Sky Dome Realm.
Since Xiao Chen had arrived at the Black Water Sea, he naturally could not avoid going to this large city to broaden his horizons. However, Xiao Chen did not wish to have anything to do with this merchant group.
Xiao Chen looked at the ship. He was not in a rush to reply. Instead, he asked, "Might I know what goods your ship is carrying?"
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor's gaze paused for a moment. His expression changed unnaturally as he replied, "Nothing much. It is just some items that the Black Sea urgently lacks. Sunstone, Secret Silver, Black Gold, and the like."
When Xiao Chen saw the other party's expression, he smiled and asked, "Is that so?"
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor sighed and said, "Very well, I'll be honest. My merchant group received a large order. I do not know what it is exactly, but it is very large. There are a lot of them, and it took several large ships to barely fit them all. I didn't expect to run into trouble as soon as we entered the Black Sea. I would like to hire you as a guard for our caravan. "
Xiao Chen decisively refused, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to the goods on the ship. There should be a hidden expert on your ship whose strength is a level higher than mine!"
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor asked curiously, "A master? Why didn't I know about this? "
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor found it strange that Xiao Chen knew better than him whether there were any experts on his ship or not. Moreover, Xiao Chen was so sure about it.
"Young hero, you must be joking!" The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor said doubtfully.
Xiao Chen muttered to himself. He was very sure of his guess. If there were no experts on the ship, it would be hard to explain.
Why didn't that mysterious person from a hundred miles away personally make a move and snatch away the goods that they wanted?
There had to be someone on the ship that that mysterious person feared. That was why he did not dare to make a move. That was the only explanation.
Xiao Chen did not answer the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor's question. He glanced at the merchant ship and said in a neutral tone, "Sir, since you are on the merchant ship, why don't you show yourself and let this uncle feel at ease?"
"Hahaha! Young people really have good eyes. If I still don't show myself, I will look bad." Amid loud laughter, a white-haired old man with a healthy complexion walked out of the ship's hold.
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor said in shock, "Senior Ma?"
The middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor recognized this person. He was an old man that his employer had left behind to look after the goods. This old man was merely a Superior Grade Martial Sage, not even comparable to the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor. How could this old man be an expert?
Xiao Chen sent out his Mental Energy from his sea of consciousness. Indeed, Senior Ma was only a Superior Grade Martial Sage.
However, the instant Xiao Chen withdrew his Mental Energy, Senior Ma gave off an aura as deep as the sea. It was the Blue Robed Emperor's Consummation cultivation.
Furthermore, this was not the Blue Robed Emperor who cultivated an Earth Ranked Cultivation Technique. What he cultivated was the peak Heaven Ranked Cultivation Technique. Otherwise, his aura would not be so terrifying.
The instant Senior Ma appeared, the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor nearly fell from the sky.
Senior Ma did not look at the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor. Instead, he went straight to Xiao Chen and asked doubtfully, "Young man, which Holy Land are you from? That's not right. You use a saber. There does not seem to be any Holy Scions who use a saber. Could you be a disciple of the Northern Sea Saber Sovereign, the Inferno Saber Sovereign, or the Ice Saber Sovereign? "
At first glance, Senior Ma eliminated Xiao Chen from the list of local cultivators of the Black Sea. This was because Senior Ma had lived in the Black Sea for hundreds of years.
He knew the information of the peak experts and young outstanding talents of the various sea domains of the Black Sea like the back of his hand. None of them matched Xiao Chen's description.
In that case, Xiao Chen could only be a cultivator from the outside world. Senior Ma did not know much about the cultivators of the Heavenly Starry Ocean, so he could only make a rough guess.
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Old sir, there is no need to guess. I come from the Kunlun Continent."
"Oh, the Kunlun Continent? In that case, you must be a disciple of the powerful Saber Sovereign, Wu Xiaotian. My clan's ancestor once had a friendship with the powerful Saber Sovereign, Wu Xiaotian. "
Senior Ma suddenly understood. He immediately determined Xiao Chen's identity. He had to be the disciple of the Saber Sovereign, Wu Xiaotian.
Otherwise, how could Xiao Chen cultivate a forty-percent-comprehended saber soul at such a young age, comparable to some of the older-generation bladesmen?
"How about it? Since you are going to Black Water City as well, let's go together," Senior Ma invited.
Xiao Chen did not comment on Senior Ma's guess. He shook his head and said, "Sorry, I'm used to traveling alone. I'm afraid I cannot agree to Senior's request."
It was clear that this ship carried extraordinary goods and had great implications. How could Xiao Chen continue to wade into such murky waters?
"That is somewhat unfortunate. I have an invitation here. If Young Master is free, you can come to our Jadeite Mountain Manor on the fifteenth of next month to attend a ceremony."
Senior Ma did not insist. He took out an invitation from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen received it and took a look. The invitation did not specify what ceremony it was, making it seem somewhat mysterious.
Xiao Chen knew a little about the Jadeite Mountain Manor. It was rather famous in the Black Water Sea, not because the current Manor Lord was very strong.
Instead, it was because the current Manor Lord's grandfather was a Sovereign Martial Emperor known as the Jadeite Sovereign.
Although the Jadeite Mountain Manor was only a Rank 8 faction, it was very popular in the Black Water Sea. Even some of the peak Nine Ranks of the Great Families had to give the Jadeite Sovereign a lot of face.
However, as far as Xiao Chen knew, this Jadeite Sovereign was not ambitious and had a rather gentle personality. The Jadeite Sovereign was not very interested in developing his faction. He spent most of his time traveling the Starry Heavens and rarely returned to the Jadeite Mountain Manor.
However, no matter how gentle the Jadeite Sovereign was, he was still a Sovereign Martial Emperor. His fame was sufficient to intimidate everyone.
As Xiao Chen watched the merchant group move further away, he entered deep thought. Then, he put away the invitation and muttered to himself, "I just made a move, and I already ran into such trouble. A faction that even dares to offend the Jadeite Mountain Manor definitely has an extraordinary background."
As for the middle-aged Blue Robed Emperor on the merchant ship, he felt so much regret that his intestines turned green. In a moment of greed, he ended up getting involved in a conflict between a large faction.
Even if he could make it to Black Water City, he might not be able to leave the Black Sea alive.
--- Before the Heavenly Sea, Xiao Chen arrived at a small island. He prepared to rest for the night before continuing on his way. What he saw and heard on the island gave him a deeper understanding of the chaos of the Black Sea.
Along the way, Xiao Chen ran into ten-odd fights. In every fight, someone would die. Human life was as cheap as grass. This was a place where one's fist did the talking. This was the undisguised law of the jungle.
Most of the fights were trivial matters. Often, the slightest disagreement would lead to a fight.
After living in the Black Sea for a long time and absorbing the mysterious substance in the air, one would become extremely irritable and find it hard to control one's heart.
During this period, Xiao Chen also ran into some trouble. After he decisively killed a Superior Grade Martial Sage, the problem lessened significantly.
After arriving in the city, Xiao Chen found an inn to stay in. After taking a hot bath, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the bed and prepared to cultivate.
The instant Xiao Chen closed his eyes, all sorts of mockery entered his ears.
There was the sound of people fighting over the loot, men and women moaning in the same room, and miserable screams on the streets. It was very noisy, making it hard for him to calm down.
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Chen treated this as a test to temper his mental state. Then, he circulated his energy and continued cultivating.
Xiao Chen's cultivation of the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation's seventh layer was almost complete. He only needed to break through five more meridians and undergo a lightning tribulation before he could advance to the eighth layer.
For the entire night, Xiao Chen carefully tried to see if he could break through one of the bottlenecks.
When the sky brightened, Xiao Chen immediately paid his bill and left, continuing his journey unhurriedly. Naturally, his destination was the largest city in the Black Water Sea, Black Water City.
After leaving the island, Xiao Chen flew seventy or eighty kilometers close to the surface of the sea, cautiously scanning the surroundings with his Spiritual Sense. Finally, he stopped and landed on a protruding reef in the sea.
Xiao Chen focused his Spiritual Sense into a line and looked carefully at the target he discovered. After a while, he withdrew his Spiritual Sense, and his expression turned strange.
Unexpectedly, he met someone familiar here. Furthermore, it was someone he had not expected.
Fifty kilometers away, Yue Bingyun and a man strolled on the surface of the sea.
This man was called Xia Luo, a descendant of a legendary Martial Emperor of the Black Sea, the Thunder Fire Sovereign. He possessed startling cultivation and was a rather famous outstanding young talent.
Historically, the Thunder Fire Sovereign had once unified the Black Sea. Unfortunately, he only managed to do so for less than a hundred years before his death.
As a result, the Xia Clan's strength plummeted. Now, it could only be considered one of the Ninth Ranks of the Great Families that was pretty strong, far from being a Holy Land.
Xiao Chen's Spiritual Sense caught Xia Luo repeatedly trying to curry favor with Yue Bingyun, trying to find an opportunity to say such words.
Unfortunately, Yue Bingyun maintained a distance, preventing him from doing so.
"Bingyun, what is your purpose?"
Ever since Xia Luo accidentally met Yue Bingyun on the sea, he had been shocked and immediately latched onto her, intending to use his charm to subdue this Holy Daughter from the Heavenly Starry Ocean.
Unfortunately, it did not seem to have any effect. Yue Bingyun said very politely, "Young Master Xia, I've said it before. It would be better to address me by my full name. My current destination is Black Water City."
"What a coincidence! My destination is also Black Water City. It looks like we can travel together," Xia Luo immediately said. Actually, his destination was not Black Water City but a Remnant at the bottom of the sea.
Yue Bingyun smiled helplessly. Naturally, she knew where the coincidence came from. However, it did not matter. If the other party wanted to follow, then let him. There would always be a way to shake him off.
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