Chapter 1765: Geng Metal Divine Axe

“I have fulfilled your order, young master!”

King Taishan handed the divine axe to Ye Qing.

“Thank you, Dao Friend.”

Ye Qing accepted the divine axe. It felt cold and painful in his hands.

“Is this the evil suppressing spiritual treasure?”

Old Man Turtle looked at the divine axe Ye Qing was holding and subconsciously took a few steps away from it. “What is its name?”

“It is called the Geng Metal Divine Axe!”

Ye Qing already found out the evil suppressing spiritual treasure’s name from King Taishan’s memory.

The Geng Metal Divine Axe was founded in the Innate Geng Qi and forged from the mysterious powers of Dong Ji. The chaos of this place was the flame that tempered it for tens of thousands of years. Today, it was so sharp it could split the heavens, sunder the earth, cut the streams, and divide the rivers. It could cut anything, and nothing could block it.

“The Geng Metal Divine Axe, is it? It fits its name. I bet it is meant to be used against the Earthbearing Dragon Turtle.”

Old Man Turtle remarked, “It might even be the only weapon in the world that could breach its defense.”

Ye Qing nodded. “An astute observation, elder. You are correct.”

The Earthbearing Dragon Turtle of the Four Evils belonged to the Earth element. Its body was impossibly tough and impervious to any weapon. Its shell in particular could block anything in the world be it weapons or arts.Only the sharpest object in the world stood a chance at breaking its body, cutting open its shell, and slay it where it stood.

Old Man Turtle remained silent for a long time before he said from the bottom of his heart, “With this divine axe, I’m sure you can slay the Earthbearing Dragon Turtle and eliminate the Four Evils, Joyless.”

Ye Qing saluted him. “Haha, I shall borrow your fortuitous words, elder.”

The group made idle chit-chat with each other for a while longer before leaving the place.

They did not leave Dong Ji immediately. It wasn’t every day one ventured to Dong Ji, and it was impossible to say if they would visit it again in their lifetime. So, they chose to linger for a couple more days to witness its profound sights and experience its miraculous wonders. It would greatly broaden their horizons and temper their hearts as well.

Most importantly, everyone besides Lingyu was a powerful Sage. They now possessed the Geng Metal Divine Axe as well. So, the chances they would encounter some sort of grave, inescapable danger was very low—as long as they were careful, of course. Therefore, neither Feng Qingyou nor Old Man Turtle rejected the suggestion. Lingyu in particular could not contain her joy at all.

For the next few days, the group aimlessly wandered across Dong Ji while Ye Qing refined the Geng Metal Divine Axe.

The plan was to linger in Dong Ji for three to five days, but Dong Ji turned out to be way bigger than they imagined, and its wonders and mysteries were rare even compared to the entire world. So, before they knew it, two weeks had already passed.

Even so, they were certain that they had explored less than twenty percent—maybe even less than ten percent—of everything there was to see in Dong Ji.

According to their estimation, it would take around three to five years to fully explore Dong Ji.

There was no way they could spend three to five years in Dong Ji, but one or two months? That was a lot more feasible. In fact, Ye Qing was going to spend another two weeks exploring Dong Ji with Feng Qingyou, Old Man Turtle and Lingyu so that no one would have any lingering regrets about their trip.

Alas, man plans and heavens laugh. It was at this moment his connection with White Robe Demon Master suddenly broke in half.

White Robe Demon Master was his Heavenly Demon Dependent. Therefore, he could sense his presence even though they were hundreds of thousands of kilometers from each other. He might not be able to communicate with his dependent, but he could at least tell if the man was dead or alive.

But just now, the connection between them suddenly disappeared into nothing. He could no longer sense White Robe Demon Master.

He was sure that the man was still alive though. It was just that their bond had suddenly vanished into thin air almost as if White Robe Demon Master had broken free from his control and regained his independence.

Ye Qing had never encountered this before. Naturally, he was no longer in the mood of exploring Dong Ji and hurriedly took his leave together with the others.

The way back was much easier and simpler than the way here. It took them only a little over half a month to leave Dong Ji and pass through both the Land of Endless Day and the Ghastly Abyss of the Lost.

Once they reached a safe spot, Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou bade Old Man Turtle and Lingyu goodbye before hurriedly departing toward the Southern Sea.

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“White Robe Demon Master’s energies are missing!”

High above the Southern Sea, Ye Qing seemingly sensed something and landed on an island. When he made a grabbing motion with his hand, a wind blew, and the plants bowed in submission.

They had reached the inner regions of the Southern Sea and begun their search for White Robe Demon Master a couple days ago. However, they did not enter Nan Xu. It was because they abruptly discovered the remnant energies of White Robe Demon Master before they entered Nan Xu, and the latest one was less than three to five days ago.

There was only one explanation. White Robe Demon Master must have already left Nan Xu, and the remnant energies were left behind after that.

In other words, White Robe Demon Master had run into trouble outside of Nan Xu, not inside.

Soon, they tracked White Robe Demon Master all the way to this location.

However, that remnant energy had disappeared completely.

Raising his eyebrows, Ye Qing bent his fingers and tapped softly. Riding the wind, his demonic thought spread thousands and thousands of kilometers away and perceived everything. However, he still could not detect even a scrap of White Robe Demon Master’s energies, much less his existence.

“This should be the last place he visited before he went missing,” Ye Qing said thoughtfully.

Feng Qingyou suggested, “In that case, let’s search around and hunt for clues.”

“Got it.”

The two split up and began searching the island starting from the center.

An hour passed, and Ye Qing found nothing.

It was at this moment Feng Qingyou’s voice suddenly rang inside his head.

Without hesitation, Ye Qing stepped forward and rushed to Feng Qingyou’s side.

“Where is this place? Why are there so many people here?”

About an incense stick later, Ye Qing arrived at Feng Qingyou’s location.

In the not-so-distant sky, pentachromatic lightning was flashing wildly in the air. Red, cyan, yellow, white, and black. They looked dazzling, beautiful, fantastical, and dangerous.

The sea water underneath the lightning storm seemed to be manipulated by some sort of invisible power. Like a divine dragon inhaling water into its mouth, countless pillars of water were rising into the air and disappearing into the lightning storm. Naturally, the lightning was flowing along the water pillars and into the sea as well. It created quite the epic spectacle.

Beyond that mysterious sea region, many people were standing on boats, riding the wind, lying on clouds, stepping on waves, sitting on whales, standing on turtles and more. Without exception, they were all powerful warriors. Even the weakest of them was a Trueman or a Grandmaster.

“They all belong to the major factions of the Southern Sea. Look. That group belongs to the Divine Firmament Sect. That group belongs to the Eight Views Sect. Those people are elites of the Whale Rider Sect, and the ones over there—assuming I’m not mistaken—probably belong to the White Cloud Buddhist Monastery.”

Feng Qingyou then pointed at a different group and said, “Finally, I believe those people are famous independent warriors of the Southern Sea.”