Nine Revolutions Star Technique

Crash!

Huge waves surged, the boats in the river swayed left and right, as if transformed into a furious sea.

The crowd looked on in astonishment.

They saw a middle-aged man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, robust in stature, standing on the back of a white flood dragon, riding the wind and breaking the waves. Wherever he passed, countless river beasts fled in panic.

"It’s Ren Qianhong of the four great families!"

Upon recognizing the middle-aged man on the white flood dragon’s back, Zuo Yuntao’s eyes narrowed to the extreme, and he quickly stood at attention, showing utmost respect.

To know.

In Binhai City, each of the four great families is an old Earth Immortal of long-standing fame, a formidable presence capable of shaking a region. Normally, they live in seclusion, like a Divine Dragon that shows its head but not its tail.

Yet now, they appear successively on the Black Water River.

"Could something major be happening on the Black Water River?"

Zuo Jing muttered softly.

"No, two of the four great families were drawn by just a Black Water River, we should turn back..." Zuo Yuntao glanced nervously at the departing Ren Qianhong, a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Grandfather, we haven’t found the Silver Scale Armor Fish yet!" Zuo Jing frowned, "Besides, the Black Water River isn’t owned by the four great families; as long as we don’t disturb them, they won’t do anything to us!"

"Alright!"

Zuo Yuntao sighed and nodded in agreement.

Only Ye Qingchen frowned deeply, feeling puzzled. According to the Water Demon Ape, the Black Water River is extremely remote, with few inhabitants, so why are so many people coming by one after another?

However.

This is just the beginning.

As they delved deeper, the number of powerful figures they encountered also increased. Besides the four great families of Binhai City, there were even some veteran Earth Immortals from inland.

Some rode flying swords, sweeping across the sky. Others came treading the sea, raising huge waves...

But as time went by, everyone still managed to reach the lower reaches of the Black Water River without incident.

Sigh!

Before them appeared a vast expanse of sea. Between the sea and the Black Water River, there was a huge transparent barrier, like a sky curtain horizontally cutting off the path to the sea.

In one corner of the Black Water River, a gap about a yard wide was revealed.

"Grandfather!"

Seeing this gap, Zuo Jing exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmm!"

Zuo Yuntao smiled and nodded but couldn’t hide the joy in his heart.

The Thirty-Six Sects had blocked the sea for half a year, making life unbearable for the cultivators living by the coast. Now this gap revealed a chance for survival for them!

"Something’s wrong!"

But at this moment, Ye Qingchen frowned.

He suddenly smelled a fishy odor.

"Little brother, what have you discovered?" Zuo Yuntao also looked over curiously.

Su Moran, Bai Ji, Water Demon Ape, and Black Dragon Flood Dragon all turned to look.

"Do you smell it, there’s a fishy smell in the air! And all those people we encountered along the way, where have they gone?" Ye Qingchen asked.

"Haha!"

Upon hearing Ye Qingchen’s words, Zuo Jing couldn’t help laughing, looking at Ye Qingchen as if he were a fool, "Are you mistaken? This is the seaside, the air naturally has a fishy smell! I thought you had discovered something significant, but you’re just pretending to be mystical!"

Upon hearing this, even the always cautious Zuo Yuntao frowned slightly, his enthusiasm diminishing noticeably.

’Strange, did I misjudge?...’

But Ye Qingchen paid no mind to what they thought, his eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

Although.

The bloody smell, though very faint and seemingly diluted by the seawater, still immediately caught Ye Qingchen’s keen senses. Su Moran, Water Demon Ape, and Black Dragon Flood Dragon also frowned.

Su Moran, being a Half-Step Celestial Immortal, had senses sharper than ordinary people.

The Water Demon Ape and Black Dragon Flood Dragon, being beasts, naturally could also smell the blood in the air.

Suddenly!

Ye Qingchen’s eyes sharpened as he reached out with a grasp.

Crash!

A certain object flew up from the riverbed at once. It was a broken sword, its severed edge jagged, resembling gears, showing clear signs of being forcibly snapped by someone!

"Isn’t this the weapon of Ren Qianhong?"

Su Moran’s eyes shrank as she spoke softly.

She remembered.

This sword was once hung on the waist of Ren Qianhong, one of the four great families. How could it have been snapped and fallen to the riverbed?

"Haha, it turns out to be true!"

At this moment, an excited voice suddenly came from behind.

Everyone turned to see another large ship coming from afar. On the deck of the large ship stood a young man dressed in luxurious attire, accompanied by several guards with a fierce tiger-like demeanor.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Zuo Jing immediately raised an eyebrow and said:

"Ye Feng, why are you here?"

"I heard there was a gap opened at the Sealing Shock of the Black Water River, so I came to have a look." The young man smiled lightly upon hearing this and cupped his hands at Zuo Yuntao, "Uncle Zuo and Jing’Er came for this reason as well?"

However, upon hearing this, Ye Qingchen’s expression changed, and he hurriedly looked toward the other, "How do you know there’s a gap here?"

To know.

He discovered the gap by summoning the beasts within hundreds of miles through the Black Dragon Flood Dragon. How could so many people now know?

"The news has been spreading for some time; even the people of the four great families know! Our Ye Family lives off the corals near the sea, with the Thirty-Six Sects blocking the sea, I naturally have to come and see!"

The young man glanced at Ye Qingchen and responded casually.

"Spreading for some time? The four great families came because of it too?"

Ye Qingchen glanced at the broken sword in his hand and suddenly changed his expression, exclaiming: "No, someone deliberately spread the news to lure me in?"

The matter of the Sealing Shock, the Thirty-Six Sects are so cautious.

How could they not only do nothing after a gap appeared, but even let the news spread? It was to lure those wanting to go out to sea, and who else but the Thirty-Six Sects would set this trap?

"Jing’Er, who is this guy? Spewing nonsense?" Ye Feng frowned, sneering, "He actually thinks this Sealing Shock is a trap set for him? Isn’t he too conceited?"

Zuo Jing snorted, "Just an arrogant, clueless boy..."

Before the words were finished.

A heaven-shocking laughter suddenly came from the void:

"Haha, Ye Qingchen, you finally arrived!"

Rumble!

With the violent laughter, the originally calm Black Water River, along with the boats, swayed wildly as if transformed into a raging sea, and the rolling gales made the riverbank trees tremble.

A black-clad monk, with red lips and white teeth, like both a devil and a buddha, stepped directly out of the void.

In the astonished gaze of everyone, he put his hands together and, with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, said to Ye Qingchen:

"Mr. Ye, we have been waiting for you here for a long time!"