"We actually made it out alive?" Xiao Xinghai felt a lingering fear, still unable to believe it. This was the moving natural disaster of the East Sea, and it was said that the chances of escaping from the Sea City Mirage were less than ten percent, with the chances of safely escaping being less than one percent.

What kind of secret treasure did Lu Yang have that made such effective guidance?

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Tao Yaoye’s realm had fallen back to the mid-stage Nascent Soul, and she appeared weak, even taking restorative elixirs to no avail.

Seeing Tao Yaoye about to collapse from weakness, Lu Yang quickly caught her and asked with concern, "How are you feeling?"

As he spoke, Lu Yang was about to take out elixir to heal Tao Yaoye.

Tao Yaoye gently shook her head, her voice very weak, "This is a side effect of using the Feather Transformation Immortal Body. Elixirs won’t help, I need several days of quiet rest to recover naturally."

"Where have we run off to?" Meng Jingzhou tried to find some landmarks, but, unfortunately, there was nothing but empty sea and drifting dense fog.

"Just a moment."

Xiao Xinghai dipped his head into the sea, then raised it back up and wiped his face, "This area below is the territory of the Mirage Clan, considered a subsidiary race to our Kun Peng Clan. I’m quite familiar with them."

Just as Xiao Xinghai was about to lead everyone into the depths of the sea, he saw several hundred-zhang-long Kun Pengs flying in the distance, shouting and revealing excitement and joy in their words.

"Young Master, you’ve come out safely!"

"Uncle Kun, Uncle Yue, why are you here?" Xiao Xinghai recognized the newcomers as his father’s confidants, no longer vigilant.

"Isn’t it because the Clan Leader heard that you and the honorable guests were swallowed by the Sea City Mirage? He ordered the two of us to track the Mirage, so we could keep tabs on your whereabouts at any moment," they explained.

These two senior members of the Kun Peng Clan dare not get close to the Sea City Mirage, always cautiously observing from a distance.

"Let’s go, let’s head back. The Clan Leader was so anxious he nearly stormed to the Mirage Clan’s gates. He’d be over the moon to know you’ve safely returned."

Originally, Uncle Kun and Uncle Yue wanted to take out healing elixirs for Lu Yang and the others, but when they saw them pouring out various elixirs with Elixir Patterns and Elixir Fragrance from their bottles, they dismissed the idea.

With everyone safely back, Clan Leader Xiao was overjoyed, having not expected everyone to escape from the Sea City Mirage unharmed and sane.

"It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back." Clan Leader Xiao arranged accommodations for everyone, telling them to rest well.

...

In the middle of the night, Lu Yang broke out of his state of meditation, or to put it accurately, he was immersed in cultivation when he was awakened by Fairy Eternity’s tail.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, the ruins haven’t gone far," said Fairy Eternity excitedly.

Though the Kun Peng Clan didn’t need to sleep, they typically cultivated at night, which meant there were not many people outside now, making it an excellent opportunity for covert actions.

Lu Yang steered the Sword Washing Pool, following the direction pointed out by Fairy Eternity, and flew out of the Kun Peng Clan’s territory, quickly finding the aimlessly drifting dense fog.

Suddenly, Lu Yang broke free of Fairy Eternity’s enchantment and realized the problem.

"Wait a moment, there are several at the Body Integration Realm in there. Wouldn’t I be seeking death if I went in?"

"What are you saying? With this fairy here, could you possibly run into trouble? Earlier there were too many people, and some methods weren’t convenient to use. Just a slight release of my Immortal might is enough, and that bunch of zombies surely wouldn’t dare to come near," she reassured.

"Well, that’s reassuring," Lu Yang again fell under the enchantment of Fairy Eternity.

Lu Yang felt a very comfortable force clinging to his body’s surface, but upon a closer examination, he couldn’t sense anything at all.

He entered the ruins of the Immortal battle, and under the reinforcement of the Immortal might, indeed, he didn’t encounter any zombies controlled by the Dao Fruit.

If Lu Yang could see clearly the surroundings, he would know it wasn’t that there were no zombies, but rather, zombies scared by his approach would run far away.

"Is this daytime?" Lu Yang entered the remains of the immortal battle, suddenly feeling as though everything in front of him turned white, engulfed in a thick fog that even darkness couldn’t penetrate.

"It’s perfectly normal, despite you being able to see this fog from the outside world, this place is actually a small world isolated from the outer realm, much larger than what you see in the fog."

"Tsk, the fight must have been fierce, nothing was left behind." Fairy Eternity expressed her dissatisfaction slightly, the battle between Qilin Immortal and the opponent was too intense, everything around had turned into dust and void, now making it impossible to determine where they were and why the conflict started.

"No, there’s something over there, walk deeper." Commanded Fairy Eternity, and Lu Yang obediently moved inward.

The deepest part was where the battle was fiercest, covered with traces of Dao Fruit, so that even Cultivators at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage dared not approach or look straight at it.

"To the right, yes, right here."

Lu Yang followed Fairy Eternity’s instructions and squatted down to pick up a jade bracelet from the ground.

The jade bracelet was delicate like congealed fat, similar to a bright moon, transparent and lustrous, with a lifelike dragon etched upon it.

"This is the Dragon Pattern Bracelet, it belongs to Xiao Ling." Fairy Eternity exclaimed in surprise.

"Originally, Qilin Immortal had requested the Ying Tian Immortal to forge two Immortal Artifacts, one was the jade flute that Lianyi often blew, the other was the Dragon Pattern Bracelet that Xiao Ling wore on her wrist."

It was precisely because it was an Immortal Artifact that it could survive the battle.

"Why would Xiao Ling’s possession be here? This was her favorite item, she would only take it off when she slept... I see that Qilin Immortal’s moves were mostly defensive, could it be that an Immortal of the Fire Dynasty wanted to erase Xiao Ling, and that led to an intense battle with Qilin Immortal?"

Fairy Eternity murmured, and if that was the case, everything made sense.

Though Ao Ling was the strongest Semi-Immortal, she was still no match for an Immortal, and she would have a hard time defending against the Immortal of the Fire Dynasty looking to erase her.

Qilin Immortal arrived just in time to fight fiercely against the opponent, destroying everything.

During the battle, Xiao Ling’s Dragon Pattern Bracelet was left here.

"Fairy, since Senior Ao Ling is also a Semi-Immortal, she would have to use the Playing Dead Technique to endure the lengthy time in order to meet with you, right?"

"Right."

"Then do you think it’s possible that this place might be where Senior Ao Ling is in slumber?"

Fairy Eternity jolted, "That’s it, it’s not that Xiao Ling was no match for the opponent but that the opponent took advantage of Xiao Ling’s slumber to kill her!"

Lu Yang suddenly remembered something Master of All Laws had once said – he had a friend who, for knowing about the existence of the Fire Dynasty, was killed by an Immortal while in slumber!

Such a similar method!

Lu Yang carefully asked, "Fairy, do you think it’s possible that Senior Ao Ling might have... "

Fairy Eternity shook her head firmly, "Impossible, the Dragon Pattern Bracelet has the capability to resist an Immortal’s attack. Even if Xiao Ling took off the bracelet, if she was attacked by an Immortal, the bracelet would still automatically protect its owner."

"Now the bracelet’s energy might be exhausted, but it hasn’t shattered, which indicates Xiao Ling faced danger but the bracelet blocked it. It should be that Qilin Immortal moved Xiao Ling to another place."

"I could originally track Xiao Ling’s position through the Dragon Pattern Bracelet but Qilin Immortal severed the connection between the bracelet and Xiao Ling very cleanly, and it wasn’t done by brute force.

Only Qilin Immortal and the Ying Tian Immortal who forged the bracelet could do such a thing, and there are no traces of Ying Tian Immortal’s battle here, implying that Qilin Immortal was the only one who fought."

"This suggests that Qilin Immortal doesn’t want anyone to locate Xiao Ling through the bracelet."