This time, the black-clad arhat did not show any mercy. With the support of the scripture, the arhat did not show any mercy.
With the support of the scriptures, not only did he recover from his injuries, but his combat prowess also increased by more than twenty percent. Auntie Bai and the others were injured by the Holy Son Ming Xuan in the first place.
Their combat prowess had dropped significantly. Furthermore, they were already a match for the black-clad arhat in the first place.
This time, the four were not as lucky as before. They could not escape and all died at the hands of the black-clad arhat.
Their deaths were extremely miserable, all inflicted by the Iron Arhat Fist. Their bodies split apart, and they died without a complete corpse.
The Holy Son Ming Xuan chanted scriptures and prayed for the souls of these people. Then, he used pure beneficence to cleanse his physical body, making his aura gentler and more solemn, like a living Buddha.
"Fifty-ninth Arhat greets the Holy Son."
The black-clad arhat performed a cupped-fist salute and bowed, not daring to slack off.
The seventy-two arhats were ranked by strength. Fifty-ninth Arhat was the fifty-ninth of the seventy-two arhats.
This was not just their title but also their honor and strength.
The Holy Son Ming Xuan nodded slightly and said calmly, "Do you have any news of the person Master is looking for? Tell me everything you know."
"Yes!"
After a while, the Holy Son Ming Xuan gained a better understanding of what happened. He could not help feeling that it was a pity.
He clearly could have captured Xiao Chen. How could this Fifty-ninth Arhat be too arrogant and overestimate his own strength?
Not only did he fail to capture Xiao Chen, but he even ended up losing himself, nearly being sold as a slave.
"Holy Son, please punish me!"
The black-clad arhat lowered his head and admitted his guilt, knowing that he was wrong in letting Xiao Chen go.
Ming Xuan showed a calm expression, not showing any signs of anger. He said calmly, "Let's make up for our mistakes. Now that we know his whereabouts, there is no need to search for a needle in a haystack."
The seventy-two arhats and the four Protectors were scattered throughout the vast Grave Sea Cluster. Searching for one person was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.
Now that they knew Xiao Chen's whereabouts, they could gather their people. Then, finding Xiao Chen would not be difficult.
Bringing the black-clad arhat with him, the Holy Son Ming Xuan went to the Wanxiang Pagoda in Purple Sun City. That was the place where the wise gathered the most in the entire Great Thousand Realms.
The Wanxiang Pagoda was the most convenient way to find out about a person in Purple Sun City.
After paying a sufficient price, the Holy Son Ming Xuan and the black-clad arhat found where Senior Liu was hiding.
Xiao Chen must have run away. The only thing he could do now was to find out where Xiao Chen had gone.
It would take a lot of time to ask the pagoda about such a secret matter, so asking Elder Liu, someone who had a close relationship with Xiao Chen, was the most direct and effective method.
In a rather remote courtyard in the west of the city.
The Holy Son Ming Xuan knocked on the door and waited.
Since a guest came to visit, Senior Liu did not overthink it. There were not many people in Purple Sun City that he feared.
The instant Xiao Chen opened the door, he saw the Holy Son Ming Xuan dressed in white monk robes.
"You are?"
"Black Lotus Church's Holy Son, Ming Xuan."
Elder Liu's expression changed slightly. He turned around and retreated without any hesitation.
However, it was already too late. The black-clad arhat was faster than him.
The Holy Son Ming Xuan waited quietly. The sounds of intense fighting came from the courtyard for a long time before it slowly quieted down.
Four hours later, the black-clad arhat walked out of the courtyard, carrying a sword. He said, "He went to the Grave Sea. As for where exactly, this old man is not sure."
"Grave Sea? The area is already small enough. Inform the other arhats and the four Protectors to gather at the Grave Sea. "
The two turned around and quickly left this place.
Inside the dilapidated courtyard, Senior Liu lay on the ground. His eyes appeared confused and unfocused. Clearly, Senior Liu had fallen for some Buddhist sect secret technique that lured him into revealing Xiao Chen's whereabouts.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed. Relying on the speed of a 3-Star pirate ship, Xiao Chen's group arrived at the Grave Sea much earlier than expected.
As the name suggested, the starry sea was the sea formed by the melting of a star at the end of its lifespan.
However, in reality, it was not that simple. There would be a starry sea in the center of every astral zone.
The thousands of great realms in the astral zone would revolve around the starry sea, using it as the core.
Even now, the existence and origins of the starry sea remained an unsolved mystery. There were many different theories. The most popular theory was that the star's lifespan ended and melted into a sea.
A star was the center of an astral zone. The peak sects of the entire astral zone gathered here. The places where Spiritual Energy gathered were five to ten times that of the outside world.
Most of the Spirit Jade veins also gathered in the Grave Sea. Everything was logical, as if the heavens had arranged it.
The starry sea was the center, the core of an astral zone.
To pirates, the starry sea was where they should go. Pirates who had not explored the starry sea before could not be considered true pirates.
The sea was the true home of pirates. Of course, aside from emotions, the greater truth was that plundering the starry sea was the greatest harvest.
In two months, Xiao Chen finished refining the Heavenly Yang Pill. Then, he continuously used the Baleful Yin Energy and Baleful Yang Energy to temper his Veritable Essence Energy.
Be it Baleful Yin Energy or Baleful Yang Energy, these two external objects existed to temper his Veritable Essence Energy. He could not put the cart before the horse.
Xiao Chen's comprehension ability was extremely high. Furthermore, he had comprehended the Taiji Dao himself. Hence, he was very proficient in this cultivation realm.
With the Veritable Essence Energy, the Yang Energy and Yin Energy in Xiao Chen's dantian formed a Taiji diagram.
Such a situation had never happened to anyone before, as only Xiao Chen understood the Taiji Dao in this world.
The balance of Yin and Yang that ordinary people found hard to grasp did not hinder Xiao Chen at all. He just went with the flow.
Xiao Chen's cultivation surpassed the Yang Essence Stage and reached the half-step Primal Core Realm in one go.
Vaguely, Xiao Chen also touched a threshold to the state of being one with heaven that only Primal Core Venerates could comprehend.
One could say that Xiao Chen's strength had improved by leaps and bounds in the past two months.
Compared to when he was in Purple Sun City, his combat prowess was several times stronger. The strong accumulations benefited him greatly.
When Xiao Chen broke through to the Primal Core Realm, it would be a qualitative breakthrough. The benefits of vast accumulations would benefit him for life.
In the past two months, Xiao Suo, Luo Nan, and Fei `er had all improved. Although their improvements were not as exaggerated as Xiao Chen's, they were still several times greater than usual.
Naturally, all this was due to the many resources Xiao Chen had bought from the Pirate Alliance before he left, spending Spirit Jades to purchase for them.
The pirate ship drifted quietly in the starry sea, sailing far away and advancing quickly.
The water in the starry sea was not seawater in the ordinary sense. It was strongly corrosive and horrifying heavy. When ordinary people fell into the water, they would melt into dregs, leaving nothing behind.
The speed of regular cultivators would also be greatly restricted in the starry sea. It would be extremely difficult to fly in the air. Due to the huge mass, the suction force was extremely horrifying.
It would make people in the air feel like the surface of the water had a magnetic force, sucking them into the water.
A pirate ship that could travel normally in the starry sea had to be at least a 3-Star ship. Otherwise, just the corrosive force would melt the ship, not to mention traveling long distances.
Naturally, the oceanic ferocious beasts born in such a harsh sea environment were even harder to deal with.
"Xiao Suo, where are we?"
Xiao Chen's voice rang out in Xiao Suo's ears. Xiao Suo, who was in the control room, immediately answered, "Captain, we just passed the edge of the Grave Sea. We can be considered to have officially entered the Grave Sea."
Xiao Suo's tone was rather calm, containing some joy. He had not stepped into the starry sea for many years already.
After leaving the Purple Sun Region, Xiao Chen requested that everyone just address him by his name and that there was no need to be so polite.
However, everyone felt respect and gratitude for Xiao Chen, so it was not convenient for them to address him by his name. Hence, they compromised by calling him captain.
It was like heaven was looking out for them. When the Black Scimitar pirate ship entered the Grave Sea's periphery, it did not run into any strong storms or oceanic ferocious beasts. They didn't encounter any big storms, nor did they encounter any fierce sea beasts. The sky was clear and boundless, and the wind was gentle and sunny.
Xiao Chen entered deep thought. The two months of peace had not dispelled his wariness.
The Black Lotus Church would catch up sooner or later. Senior Jiao Snake had already said goodbye to Xiao Chen, preparing to search for other fortuitous encounters.
Xiao Chen needed to rush to the sect of Pan Huang's disciple, Ye Zifeng, as soon as possible.
However, the Grave Sea was boundlessly vast, even vaster than one hundred Great Thousand Realms combined. It was truly difficult to find. If Xiao Chen wanted to reach Ye Zifeng's sect, he would need a lot of time.
Furthermore, this did not take into account the unexpected encounters along the way, such as oceanic ferocious beasts, other pirate ships, factions that were at odds with the Pirate Alliance, or storms.
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