Above the waters of the Qingfeng Realm, colossal celestial mountains streaked past at multiples of the speed of light, while three figures enveloped in hazy white light gathered together.
“Even in death, Jia Yu didn't manage to leave a message. What sort of terrifying danger must he have encountered? Even in the inner domain of the Peak Realm, for the Lord of Jia Yu to die without time to send a message, there could only be very few places capable of such a feat. Only the core of the Qingfeng Realm… where such occurrences are more common,” remarked one of the God-Eye Clan powerhouses.
“Indeed, this time was exceptionally perilous,” another replied. “As per the First True Lord’s instructions, we are to report immediately upon discovering any area of danger or anomaly.”
“I fear this will be a wasted trip for us. The place where Jia Yu perished is likely not within that 193293 reference frame area,” stated a third. “Agreed.”
“That location is from some time before Jia Yu’s death. His true place of demise should be nearby. It’s even possible he teleported to the inner domain of the Qingfeng Realm and died there.”
“It matters not; we follow orders. I will take responsibility for one-third of this region, An Yong for another third, and Sui Nian, you take the final third.”
“Good.”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three God-Eye Clan powerhouses instantly separated, plunging down toward the vast waters below to commence their investigation.
The waters of the Qingfeng Realm were truly immense, teeming with countless primal lifeforms in the depths. Even with nearly a hundred factions investigating, none dared claim to have fully explored the entire expanse, and the structure of the waters was continuously shifting as time wore on.
Six days later.
“The cursory search is complete.” “I’ve searched mine as well.”
“Nothing.” The three Universe Masters converged, exchanging glances—they had found no clues whatsoever. What now?
“A single reference frame area is vast. Our search relies on domain-type supreme treasures, sweeping an area with a radius of several light-years at a time,” Lord An Yong explained directly. “While this method is fast, truly valuable treasure locations, due to certain influences within the Qingfeng Realm, cannot be discovered by domain alone.”
“Of course we know that. But what do we do? Must we truly explore every inch?”
“How can we explore it? Never mind the rest—a journey of a single light-year, walking slowly, place by place, how long would that take? And an area one light-year long, one wide, and one high—how much longer?” Exploration was not merely flying.
Like the deceased Lord Jia Yu, they would have to probe cautiously into every cavern, retreat upon finding nothing, and move to the next canyon, grotto, mountain peak, clump of vegetation, and so forth… The pace would be agonizingly slow—a straight line distance of one light-year might take ten thousand epochs to cover.
And for an area one light-year cubed!
Even a hundred million epochs would fall drastically short!
“Detailed exploration is simply impossible; we can only conduct a cursory search.”
“Let’s report back.”
“Yes, report back.”
Lords An Yong and the other two reluctantly complied.
“Continue the search!”
“Jia Yu was in that reference frame region quite some time before he died. At the moment of his demise, he likely left that area. Search the hundred reference frames surrounding the 193293 reference frame area. You three will conduct a cursory search of them all,” commanded the First True Lord.
“Yes, my Lord.” Lords An Yong and the two others could only obey.
A cursory search was something they would not resist.
Several more years passed in the blink of an eye. Relying on their domain-type supreme treasures, the three swept through the hundred surrounding reference frames. They were even lucky enough to find a high-grade supreme weapon concealed deep within a great canyon, and they located two anomalous spots. However, when the Sixth True Lord of the God-Eye Clan personally arrived to investigate, he found absolutely nothing.
“It really was a waste of effort,” sighed one. “Who knows where Jia Yu actually died? Perhaps in the inner domain of the main mountain of the Qingfeng Realm!” A complete waste of time.
The God-Eye Clan had investigated thoroughly for a long period.
First, they scoured the most probable watery regions. Second, they investigated whether any treasures used by Lord Jia Yu had surfaced in the hands of other alien powerhouses. Third, the Sixth True Lord personally led an inquiry…
In the end, they could only concede defeat.
Not a single result was found. Normally, if a God-Eye Clan expert was killed, the others would never let the matter rest! But this time… they couldn’t trace even the slightest hint and had to swallow their frustration.
Lords An Yong, Sui Nian, and Bu Zhen naturally disbanded; there was no point in continuing the search.
Lords Sui Nian and Bu Zhen departed immediately.
Only Lord An Yong plunged back into the depths of the water…
“Some years before his death, I met with Jia Yu. He seemed to have made some gains in the water then and was continuing to explore the area. The probability that he died in the water is ninety percent. I will carefully investigate the 13293 reference frame area here.”
Time flowed on—twelve years had passed since the fall of Lord Jia Yu.
“They all say the Qingfeng Realm is dangerous, one of the three absolute dead zones.”
“I’ve been here for thirty years, and I haven’t encountered a single real danger,” Luo Feng flew through the void, gazing at the towering main mountain of the Qingfeng Realm where endless waterfalls plunged down. Rumble, rumble, rumble—these colossal waterfalls, millions of light-years high, featured every single droplet comparable to a star. How terrifying must the impact of this boundless cascade be?
If that force could be concentrated onto a single point, even a Universe Supreme Being might be annihilated!
But dispersed, constantly striking the water below, it caused the vast waters to perpetually churn and change.
“Let’s go take a look at the main body of the Qingfeng Realm’s mountain,” Luo Feng decided. “As long as we don’t enter the mountain, the danger shouldn’t be too great.” Luo Feng teleported again and again.
Swish! Swish! Arrived!
He rapidly approached the mountain body of the Qingfeng Realm—this was his first time drawing near the main peak in the thirty years since his arrival.
As they say, looking at the mountain exhausts the horse. Just viewing the Qingfeng Realm’s main peak made Luo Feng feel somewhat weary, even with teleportation. After teleporting over thirty million light-years… he was quite close to the mountain body.
“Hm?”
Swish. Luo Feng suddenly halted mid-air. Ahead lay the main mountain of the Qingfeng Realm, seemingly obscuring the endless Sea of Universe. But Luo Feng frowned, looking down. “What…?”
“My Wu Sha Wings?” Luo Feng glanced back at the Wu Sha Wings behind him. The Wu Sha Wings vibrated faintly now and then.
Summon!
Like magnetic poles attracting, the Wu Sha Wings were being pulled.
“A very faint summons, seemingly coming from that direction? From the depths of the water,” Luo Feng surveyed the endless water below, his brow furrowed. He wasn't inexperienced with such phenomena; the ‘Flowing Light Wings’ of Venerable Tian Chang and his own wings had once mutually attracted each other, and that attraction was terrifyingly strong.
This attraction, however, was weak—extremely weak.
“Could the third pair of wings be down there?” Luo Feng mused.
“Let’s go see.”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng teleported first, descending ten light-years below.
“Much stronger,” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. The vibrating of the Wu Sha Wings behind him intensified, indicating the summons was growing powerful.
“Going down.”
Luo Feng teleported again, boom-m-m, already plunging into the shallow regions of the endless waters.
Rumbling, rumbling, m-m-m. The Wu Sha Wings on Luo Feng’s back began to tremble wildly.
“Such a fierce summons,” Luo Feng displayed unconcealed delight. He immediately deployed his Golden Kingdom… a hazy golden light instantly spread out, forming a massive area of hazy golden light with a radius of ten light-years. Of course, this was not the maximum extent of the Golden Kingdom, but in the dangerous waters, Luo Feng dared not teleport too far.
Swish!
Luo Feng advanced another three light-years before entering the danger zone, where he could no longer teleport so recklessly. “In the water, medium-to-long-range teleportation usually means daring to jump to the shallow areas. In the deep water, even with domain assistance, one can only manage small, short-distance teleports.”
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Luo Feng, guided by the intense summons and his keen intuition, moved toward the direction of the call. However, each teleportation jump was incredibly short—only about one hundred million kilometers.
“It must be another component of the Wu Sha Wings.”
“Hahahaha, I knew it, I knew there were other components! But I never expected to sense one just in the outer domain of the Qingfeng Realm,” Luo Feng was ecstatic. When he had acquired the pair of supreme treasure wings from Venerable Tian Chang, which evolved his Wu Sha Wings into a four-winged state, he subsequently discovered that the third layer of the secret pattern was incomplete.
Clearly, there were other parts…
Luo Feng had initially thought they might have been obtained by other experts in the Sea of Universe, as many powerhouses possessed wing-like treasures. Moreover, if those experts acquired a pair of supreme treasure wings but found their power insufficient, they might gift some parts to Universe Venerables or others. This was one possibility; the other was finding them within the Qingfeng Realm…
“I never imagined I would sense it so easily.”
“I wonder if it’s on a powerhouse or hidden somewhere,” Luo Feng thought to himself.
Luo Feng flew rapidly and descended toward the entrance of a cave.
“It’s inside.”
“The summons is coming from within.” Luo Feng looked at the dark, deep cave before him and cautiously began to advance.
The cave was wide, winding, and unfathomably deep.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, m-m-m. The Wu Sha Wings on Luo Feng’s back were vibrating furiously, forcing Luo Feng, the master, to use divine power just to suppress them, preventing the wings from flying out directly.
“This summoning is too fierce,” Luo Feng muttered inwardly.
“Even when I faced Tian Chang face-to-face last time, the summoning wasn't this intense,” Luo Feng wondered aloud. “Could it be because my Wu Sha Wings are more complete, resulting in a stronger sensory attraction?”
Luo Feng was puzzled by this.
Advancing with extreme caution…
It took him over three hours of careful vigilance before Luo Feng spotted a curtain of light in the distance.
“A light screen?” Luo Feng cautiously approached, frowning at the distant light screen. Although the Wu Sha Wings behind him were struggling violently, seemingly wanting to break free, Luo Feng remained calm and cautious.
“Something is wrong!”
“Something is very wrong.”
Luo Feng frowned. “If the other components of the Wu Sha Wings are inside, and they are unclaimed, logically, those components should fly toward me proactively.”
“If the component has an owner who is suppressing it, then that owner should also be able to feel the summons. Wouldn’t they be curious enough to investigate?” Luo Feng stared at the light screen before him. “Based on what I know about the Qingfeng Realm, generally only special treasures manifest light screens or other unusual phenomena.”
“Ordinary supreme treasures, high-grade supreme treasures, and top-tier supreme treasures usually appear randomly in some forgotten corner.”
“Only truly powerful treasures, or strange anomalies, manifest special signs.”
“A light screen?”
“The summons from the Wu Sha Wings.”
“And the component isn't flying toward me actively.” Although Luo Feng desperately craved what was inside and wanted to rush in immediately, the fierce reputation of the Qingfeng Realm made him dare not act rashly.
“It’s highly irregular.”
“Let the Mo Sha Clone scout it out,” Luo Feng made the natural decision. In his explorations of the Qingfeng Realm waters over the years, whenever he encountered a special situation, he always sent his Mo Sha Clone first.
Swish!
A Mo Sha Clone in black materialized out of thin air beside him and flew directly forward. Upon touching the light screen, it passed through effortlessly and entered.
Two chapters complete. Tomorrow is the rest day, Saturday—no updates~ Bili bili ha ha~
What lies inside the cave? Revealed on Sunday! Pi ha ha ha~