After Zhang Yu dealt with some matters in his residence, he left the academy the next day with the Xia Sword in hand, preparing to go to the island to investigate.
However, when he came back, he saw an inconspicuous secret signal on a tree not far from the academy, so before he officially set off, he had to meet someone.
He took a carriage out of Auspicious Light City from the South City, all the way to the seaside. He looked at the surging waves in front of him. Under the blue sky, a free seagull flew there, making cheerful cries.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps came from afar.
He looked sideways and saw Cai Pa coming over. After not seeing him for many days, the chaotic aura on the latter's body had calmed down a little. It seemed that the spiritual tissue of the spiral horned white cow was most likely used by someone else.
After Cai Pa came close, he clasped his hands and bowed to him, his eyes a little red, "Junior Brother Zhang, thank you for redressing my daughter's injustice."
Zhang Yu raised his hand and bowed, saying, "Senior Martial Brother Cai, you don't have to do this. Shu Tong is my foster father's good friend, and he's also my protector. I must seek justice for his family."
Solemnly, Cai Pa restrained his emotions, "No matter what, without Junior Brother Zhang, I don't know how long it would have taken to avenge my daughter." Saying this, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's a pity that Yan Xulun hasn't been punished yet!"
Zhang Yu said, "Yan Xulun has a lot of things, he hid a lot of secrets. The government still needs to find a way to dig out from his mouth, but he has been abandoned by the Army of God. Now that he has been convicted, he can forget about coming out, and there are a lot of torture waiting for him every day."
Cai Pa said hatefully, "Yes! Killing him with a knife is too easy for him. I heard that Yan Xulun's body is very good, and he knows how to take care of himself. I hope he can enjoy more torture in the yamen's dungeon. "
Zhang Yu didn't discuss this matter further, but said, "Senior Brother Cai, are you going to stay there?"
Cai Pa knew what Zhang Yu knew. He sighed and said, "I can't go back anyway, so I'll just leave it as it is. Although there are some bad people there, no one will control them, and no one will ask about other people's matters. Now that my hatred is almost over, I don't have so many thoughts."
He looked up and said, "Junior Brother Zhang, if you need my help, please don't hesitate to ask, I will definitely find a way to do it."
Zhang Yu said, "I don't need Senior Brother Cai's help now, but there is one thing I want to ask. Last year, Yingxiong appeared in Auspicious Light City and killed an EsGod. Some people in the government speculated that he came to the auction to buy the mystical organs, but others said that he came for another purpose. I wonder if Senior Brother Cai knows about this?"
Cai Pa said, "I know about this matter. I was outside the city at that time, and I was the one who received Senior Brother Ying when he entered the city. Senior Brother Ying indeed came for the two mystical organs and didn't have any other plans."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Junior Brother Zhang, there is something that I feel is inappropriate to say, but I still feel that I have to say it to you. I hope you won't blame me."
Zhang Yu said, "Senior Brother Cai, there is no harm in saying it."
Cai Pa said, "In fact, after I arrived there, I found that there were many untruths in what Xuanfu said about unscrupulous cultivators. For example, Senior Brother Ying. Senior Brother Xu said that he was evil beyond redemption, but after I came into contact with him, I found that was not the case. Senior Brother Ying is a very proud and aloof person, and he never disdains to do those petty things."
Then, he continued to talk about some of the old stories he heard about Yingxiong and Xuanfu.
For example, Xu Ying was now the person who hated Yingxiong the most in Xuanfu, but in fact, he was once an admirer of Yingxiong. Even when Xu Ying first started cultivating, it was Yingxiong who was in charge of guiding him. Xu Ying's attitude changed later on because of something.
As for Xuanfu, Cai Pa recently heard a piece of news that he didn't know whether it was true or not. It was said that during the battle at the Honghe Pass, one of the Xuanfu's Xuanxiu suddenly disappeared. A few years later, he appeared as an unscrupulous cultivator and tried to seize the position of the head of the Xuanfu from Qi Hua. After the two fought a great battle, there was no news of this person, and Qi Hua rarely showed up since then.
After hearing this, Zhang Yu fell into deep thought.
If this was true, then Xuanfu's hostility towards unscrupulous cultivators was understandable.
However, he didn't immediately accept Cai Pa's story about Yingxiong. He knew very well that different standpoints would lead to different perspectives on problems and different opinions on people or things.
But the human heart was very complicated, and he couldn't make rash judgments before coming into contact with it.
After chatting with Cai Pa for a while, he bid farewell to her and walked to the edge of the beach. He glanced at the distant horizon and raised his head slightly. His body released a ray of light and he soared into the sky. Then, he flew towards the west without warning.
He flew along the surface of the sea alone, looking down at the undulating sea below.
Merely a year ago, he still had to rely on ships to traverse this expanse of sea, yet now, he could rely on his own strength to fly through the air. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of freedom in his heart.
He relied on the islands that originally existed in the Teng Sea to determine the direction. After half a day, he saw the island that Zhao Xiangcheng mentioned in the distance.
This island was very easy to recognize. It was grayish-white in color and bulged above the sea. There was no vegetation on the island.
After getting a little closer, he circled around the island and then flew up into the sky. Looking down from above, he found that it was just as Dou Chang said, this island was a huge statue of a god. The facial features were very easy to recognize, but the eyes were closed, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.
He cultivated all six seals, so his perception was sharper than Dou Chang's. He could clearly see that the part that was exposed above the water was only half of the statue's head and a part of its shoulder. The whole statue was slanted to one side, and under the sea, there was a huge body of the statue. However, the lower it was, the rougher it became. Obviously, it was not completely carved.
And this statue was exactly the same as the small statue he saw. It was a typical style of the people of Yidan. As for which period it was from, he needed to carefully distinguish it.
After watching for a while, his mind moved, and his body descended with the help of light. He stood on a tilted stone platform that hadn't completely collapsed yet.
At the highest point of the island was the ruins of a half-collapsed temple. It was located on the north side of the island, and from the layout and specifications, it was obvious that it was the place where the island's craftsmen worshipped EsGod. Now, there was nothing inside except for collapsed stone pillars and broken statues.
The rest of the place was filled with man-made stone platforms like the one he was standing on. Thousands of statues of gods were placed on each stone platform.
However, the statues were all the same, as if there were some strict rules that bound the craftsmen and prevented them from making any changes.
He stepped forward, and after a dozen steps, he could feel a weak heat flow floating toward him from all directions and gathering in his body.
He could not help but pause.
However, this feeling came and went quickly, and after a few breaths, it disappeared again. As he moved forward again, after another hundred steps, this feeling appeared again.
At this time, he also discovered that some of the statues on this island could indeed provide him with Origin Energy, but the heat flow came from the statues that were still relatively complete. Those that were not completely carved or had been damaged after being completed did not have any Origin Energy on them.
He carefully observed for a while. Most of the damage to the statues was not caused by natural causes, but by large-scale man-made destruction. The collapse of the temple was also because of this, but even so, there were still many complete statues that were preserved.
This island was quite large. Although it would not take long to fly, if he was too fast, he would not be able to absorb the Origin Energy in time. If he wanted to get all the Origin Energy here, he would have to stay on the island for a few more days.
Just as he was walking on the island, in the southwest direction of the island, three ships came out of the fog and suddenly appeared on the sea, heading toward the island.
Although the people standing on the ships were wearing the leather armor of the civilian hunters hired by the Protectorate, they had rough faces and short statures. Their skin was grayish-white, and their exposed muscles were painted with colorful paint. At a glance, one could tell that they were not Tianxia people, but indigenous barbarians.
At the top of the deck, an old priest stood. He was wearing a hat woven with colorful feathers and golden silk, a blue and yellow uniform, and held a golden scepter in his hand. He looked at the island in front of him with a trace of expectation and excitement. He opened his hands and said, "Yes, that's it, that's the body of God Ita!"
Beside him was a man wearing a white mask. He said in the Tianxia language, "It seems that this is indeed your god. I have brought you here, and I hope you can fulfill your promise."
The old priest said, "We will." He looked at the island, held the scepter, and said enthusiastically, "As long as God Ita returns to his body, when the light of God shines on the sea again, nothing can stop us!"
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