Swoosh! After chanting for a while, Fujita Takeshi sprinkled a handful of sand into the Heavenly Lake.
Whoosh … A circle of yellow light instantly spread across the calm surface of the lake and expanded rapidly.
Was this the Sand Seal Technique? Akara Sato, who was standing at the side, narrowed his eyes.
Fujita Takeshi was indeed a master of Qimen Dunjia. He could seal such a huge Heavenly Lake with just a handful of sand!
For the rippling Heavenly Lake, using the Five Elements Earth Seal was the best way to seal it. As the saying goes, counter soldiers with arms and water with earth.
"We can go now." Fujita Takeshi patted the dust off his hands and turned around to speak to Akara Sato. "There are two barriers here. No matter who it is, as long as they break this barrier, they will be able to sense us even if we are thousands of miles away in the East Sea."
Ye Fan, who was above the clouds, frowned. He instantly understood why Matsumoto Takeyoshi asked them to do this.
It was obvious that Matsumoto Takeyoshi did not have the power to break the barrier of the Divine Cauldron. Otherwise, he would have come here personally. The reason why he ordered them to use a powerful barrier to seal this place was to prevent other masters from discovering the Divine Cauldron!
Even if a master discovered the Divine Cauldron under the Heavenly Lake, they would definitely find a way to break the barrier set up by the two of them.
As long as these two barriers were touched, Fujita Takeshi and Akara Sato would immediately sense it.
By then, Matsumoto Takeyoshi would send masters here to protect the Divine Cauldron and prevent it from falling into the hands of others!
In other words, these two barriers were not only to hide the Divine Cauldron's whereabouts, but more importantly, to provide timely warnings!
'What a cunning Matsumoto Takeyoshi!' Ye Fan thought to himself.
"Mr. Matsumoto's idea is brilliant," Akara Sato said to Fujita Takeshi with a smile. "The next time you carry out a mission like this, just seal it first to save yourself the trouble."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and a gust of wind went straight to the bonfire behind him.
Whoosh! The gust of wind from Akara Sato instantly extinguished the burning bonfire, causing green smoke to rise.
"Let's go." After the bonfire was put out, Sato Kawaki used his Ghostly Body Movement Skill to levitate three feet from the ground. A blue shadow was seen flying down the mountain at high speed!
Fujita Tsuyoshi smiled faintly. With a tap of his feet, he turned into a gray shadow and followed closely behind the blue shadow. Then, he drifted down at high speed!
In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared without a trace.
After confirming that the two were already a hundred miles away, Ye Fan flicked his sleeves and urged the Auspicious Clouds under his feet to slowly descend.
After dispersing the clouds and mist beneath his feet, Ye Fan landed on the spot where the two of them had been standing and looked down at the Heaven Lake.
The surface of the lake was calm and clear. There was nothing strange about it.
Ye Fan picked up a piece of rock the size of a fingernail from the ground and gently threw it into the lake.
He didn't dare to use his spiritual energy to test the boundary, as that would cause the two people who had just left to turn back.
However, it was still possible to test the waters with a small rock. After all, the Heaven Lake was surrounded by rocky mountains. It was normal for stones to fall into the lake. Such a small force would not arouse the two people's suspicion at all.
The pebble drew a beautiful arc in the air and quickly landed on the surface of the lake.
Bang! When the rock was less than half a foot away from the lake, it immediately bounced up high as if it had hit an invisible wall. It flew back the way it came and flew toward Ye Fan at high speed!
Slap! Ye Fan reached out and caught the small rock that was flying toward him.
Fujita Tsuyoshi's Sand Seal Boundary was indeed powerful. Not only could it seal the lake water, but it could also reflect the opponent's strength. It was both offensive and defensive at the same time!
This was only the first boundary. Sato Kawaki's Will-O '-the-wisp Boundary had yet to unleash its power!
However, although the boundary was powerful, Ye Fan did not take it to heart.
With his current Spiritual Qi cultivation, breaking these two boundaries was a piece of cake.
What gave him a headache was the warning function of these two barriers.
In the future, if he wanted to break the Divine Cauldron's boundary and obtain the patterns on the cauldron, he would have to enter the Heaven Lake.
However, once he entered the Heaven Lake, he would have to break the two boundaries set up by the two of them. If he did that, he would definitely alert Matsumoto Takeyoshi!
What should he do by then? Should he fall out with him?
No way. He could not do that.
Before he found the exact location of the nine cauldrons and obtained the Divine Cauldron's secret skill, he could not fall out with Matsumoto Takeyoshi. After all, the three souls of his beloved wife were still in his hands. He could not risk his wife's life.
There was only one way to solve this problem.
It was very simple. Kill Fujita Tsuyoshi and Sato Kawaki!
As long as the two of them were dead, no one would know even if he turned the Heaven Lake upside down!
However, even if he wanted to kill the two of them, he had to have the power to break the Divine Cauldron's boundary before he could do it.
Before that, he had to remain calm and pretend that he did not know anything about this.
After making up his mind, Ye Fan chanted the mantra and set up the Auspicious Clouds, flying towards the direction of the inn.
He had to return to the East Sea before Fujita Tsuyoshi and the others. Only then would Matsumoto Takeyoshi not be suspicious of him. Moreover, he and Akatsuki had already left the East Sea for some time. He did not know if Matsumoto Takeyoshi had the latest news about the Nine Cauldrons.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Ye Fan returned to the inn.
After explaining the situation to Akatsuki, Ye Fan paid for the room, set up the Auspicious Clouds, and flew towards the East Sea with Akatsuki at high speed.
After two hours, the two of them flew above the East Sea.
It was already late at night. Ming Yue hung high above the East Sea, and the sky was filled with stars.
High in the sky, Ye Fan dispelled the Auspicious Clouds under his feet, urged the spiritual power in his body, and slowly landed on the warship with Akatsuki.
Ye Fan did this for a reason.
Now, except for Akatsuki, no one knew that he could ride the clouds.
He did not want others to know about his new ability.
The more strength he hid now, the more likely he would be to win in the future.
"They're back." In the brightly lit cabin, the man in white, who had been standing behind Matsumoto Takeyoshi with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said.
Obviously, the "them" mentioned by the man in white referred to Ye Fan and Akatsuki.
Except for the two of them, the man in white was not interested in anyone else.
"Send someone to inform them to come see me." In front of the tea table, Matsumoto Takeyoshi said while reading the ancient book in his hand.
"No need, they are coming this way." The man in white said.
"Oh?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi closed the ancient book in his hand, put it on the wooden table, and asked the man in white, "Have Fujita Tsuyoshi and the others returned?"
"Not yet." The man in white replied.
"Okay." Matsumoto Takeyoshi nodded.
On the deck, Ye Fan and Akatsuki walked side by side and slowly walked to the door of Matsumoto Takeyoshi's sleeping cabin.
"Mr. Ye, Ms. Tsuyoshi." The two ninjas guarding Matsumoto Takeyoshi's sleeping cabin immediately bowed their heads and greeted them.
"Mm." Akatsuki responded.
Whoosh … The ninjas lowered their heads and slid open the thick wooden cabin door.
The two of them slowly walked in.
Whoosh … The cabin door closed.
"Ye Fan -kun, Ms. Tsuyoshi, the two of you are finally back." Seeing Ye Fan and Akatsuki enter, Matsumoto Takeyoshi laughed loudly and said, "Come, come, come, sit, sit."
Ye Fan shook his robe and sat directly opposite Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
Ye Fan had always maintained an unruly attitude towards Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
This was the only way Matsumoto Takeyoshi would not be suspicious.
"Greetings, Mr. Matsumoto." Akatsuki bowed to Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
She was different from Ye Fan and could not be rude to Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
"Ms. Tsuyoshi, there is no need to be so polite. Please sit." Matsumoto Takeyoshi said with a smile.
"You have been away for so many days this time. Where have you been?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi asked as he smiled and took out two empty white porcelain cups from the tea tray on the table. Then, he picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cups.
The fragrance of tea filled the air, and steam filled the air.
Ye Fan did not speak.
He took off the white jade mask on his face and put it on the table. Then, he picked up a cup of tea and blew on it a few times before taking a sip.
Matsumoto Takeyoshi looked at Ye Fan with a smile, not caring at all.
He was already used to Ye Fan's attitude.
"In reply to Mr. Matsumoto, we have just returned from Beijing." Akatsuki replied.
On the way back, Ye Fan and Akatsuki had already discussed how to answer Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
"Beijing?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi heard Akatsuki's words and immediately frowned.
Akatsuki nodded.
"Why did you go to Beijing?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi asked with a frown.
"Ye Fan -kun said that the Imperial Court's Myriad Ghost Array failed to find the cauldron last time and that they would definitely think of other methods to continue searching for the cauldron. Thus, he brought me to Beijing to gather information." Akatsuki replied to Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
"With Ye Fan -kun's movement technique, it wouldn't take more than four hours to travel from here to Beijing. How come you were gone for several days?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi continued to ask.
He had heard from the white-clothed man that Ye Fan's movement technique was extremely fast, like a ghost. It was not strange for him to appear anywhere.
"We went to gather information, not to visit the temple fair. This matter cannot be rushed." Ye Fan sipped his tea as he spoke to Matsumoto Takeyoshi in a lukewarm manner.
"What did you gather?" Matsumoto Takeyoshi smiled as he asked Ye Fan, "What's the Imperial Court's movement this time?"
"We didn't find any information about the nine cauldrons, but we did find some other news." Ye Fan said as he looked at Matsumoto Takeyoshi.
"Oh? What news? "Matsumoto Takeyoshi asked with a smile.
"The four countries are heavily pressuring the border. The Imperial Court is gathering its troops and preparing for war." Ye Fan placed the teacup in his hand on the wooden table and said, "Your precious son, Zhou Dao, is now the Grand Marshal of the armed forces. He should have already left Beijing by now."
Matsumoto Takeyoshi was stunned for a moment before he smiled.
He had just learned that his only son had already left Beijing with his troops.
It seemed that what Akatsuki had said was true. The two of them had indeed been to Beijing.
"I also heard about this." Matsumoto Takeyoshi smiled.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first." Ye Fan said as he stood up, turned around, and slowly walked toward the cabin door.
"Ye Fan -kun." Matsumoto Takeyoshi called out to Ye Fan from behind.
Ye Fan stopped and turned his head.
"There's a new mission recently. Ye Fan -kun shouldn't leave for the time being." Matsumoto Takeyoshi, who was holding a white porcelain cup, said to Ye Fan.
"About the nine cauldrons?" Ye Fan asked.
"That's right." Matsumoto Takeyoshi replied with a smile.
Ye Fan turned around and walked away.
"Mr. Matsumoto, I'll also go back." Seeing Ye Fan leave, Akatsuki also got up and left.
Matsumoto Takeyoshi smiled and nodded.
Akatsuki bowed to Matsumoto Takeyoshi and also left the cabin.
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