When Dong Zheng and his companion plotted to capture Zhao Sheng and the others, Zhao Sheng learned their identities from the servant: one was the eldest son of the Dong family, and the other was a disciple of a Foundation Establishment cultivator stationed on the island.
After asking his question, Zhao Sheng added another gold leaf and sent the servant away.
At this moment, Hailan put down her chopsticks and quietly asked, "Was there anything wrong with those two people just now?"
Zhao Sheng shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I was just curious because those two were also cultivators."
oh!
Hailan said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions. She picked up her chopsticks and continued to enjoy the food.
Zhao Sheng also picked up his chopsticks, pretending to eat, but in his heart he was thinking about Dong Zheng and the other man's intentions.
Although he hadn't figured out the real reason, he had already secretly become more vigilant.
An hour later, the two finished their meal and put the packed food into their storage bag.
After paying the bill and leaving the restaurant, the two quickly returned to Dafuhao.
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As the sun sets and the moon rises, darkness envelops the world.
As night fell, the market on Zhi'ao Island was bustling for an hour or two.
As night deepened, the lights in the market, streets, and docks were gradually extinguished, and the island slowly fell silent.
The moonlight was dappled, the stars sparse.
Wisps of mist gradually rose from the dock, and the ships that had docked were shrouded in the mist and began to become indistinct.
Just then, Zhao Sheng suddenly walked out of the cabin onto the deck.
The night was deep and the fog was thick. The dock was deserted, but in Zhao Sheng's eyes, two human-shaped shadows flashing with black light were unusually conspicuous in the sky, which were obscured by a cloud of fog.
He looked up at the sky, clasped his hands in a solemn gesture, and said loudly, "I wonder what brings you two esteemed gentlemen here so late at night? I am Zhao Dingtian, and I request that you both show yourselves!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a sinister shout suddenly rang out from mid-air: "How did you know our whereabouts? My Cloud Sail can even deceive those of the same level, how could a mere Qi Refining junior like you possibly discover us!"
"Hehe, they've already exposed our whereabouts! What are you still arguing about? We'll ask them after we capture him."
A lazy, coquettish voice came from the sky, and the meaning behind it made Zhao Sheng's heart skip a beat, and he immediately became more vigilant.
Then a man and a woman suddenly appeared and were rapidly descending from the sky.
The man had a full head of white hair, was thin and bony, and looked as if a gust of wind could blow him over. The woman, on the other hand, was as beautiful as a flower, with a graceful figure, and every move she made captivated the soul.
Zhao Sheng glanced at the two men and inwardly cursed. Two Foundation Establishment cultivators had appeared at the same time; this was troublesome.
"Junior Zhao Dingtian greets Lord Dong and Senior Lian Yue!" Upon seeing the two, Zhao Sheng's pupils contracted sharply, and he solemnly clasped his hands in a salute.
There were only three Foundation Establishment cultivators on Zhi'ao Island. Recalling the two people from earlier that day, Zhao Sheng immediately guessed the identity of the newcomer.
"Hehe, you recognize us! That's not fair. You know our origins, but we're complete strangers to you. We heard during the day that a whaling treasure ship had arrived at Zhi'ao Island, and we thought we had some fellow travelers. Now it seems there are no fellow travelers, but there is a handsome young man." The alluring woman said with a smile, seemingly without any hostility.
But seeing the woman's charming smile, Zhao Sheng felt even colder, because the two women's malice towards him was becoming increasingly obvious.
Seeing Zhao Sheng's wary expression, the woman pursed her lips slightly, then suddenly changed her expression and said, "What a boring boy!"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Lian Yue, why are you wasting your breath talking to this kid!" The skeleton chuckled and then said sinisterly to Zhao Sheng, "Boy, to avoid physical pain, I advise you to surrender obediently!"
Zhao Sheng's thoughts shifted, and he said with a bitter expression, "I have no grudge against you two seniors, so why did you rush here overnight to capture me? Even if I die in the end, I want to die knowing why."
"Kid, I might as well tell you! It's just that you have blue eyes."
Before he finished speaking, countless yellow threads suddenly shot out from the white-haired old man's hand. The yellow threads were like living things, twisting and turning back and forth, and in the blink of an eye they wove into a yellow net, which descended upon Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng narrowed his eyes, his pupils shrinking to their lowest point.
As the world slowed down countless times, large bursts of water light suddenly erupted from both of his hands. The water light then exploded, expanding into a vast expanse of white mist.
The white mist generated wildly and surged out, instantly enveloping the area around the tycoon and the sky.
At the same time, Zhao Sheng instantly vanished, concealed his aura, and fled out of the ship along with the mist.
The next moment, the world returned to normal.
"court death!"
The roar of the white-haired old man echoed through the mist, while the beautiful woman laughed in fury.
A beam of yellow light shot into the mist in an instant, and Zhao Sheng felt a chill run down his spine.
In an instant, a strong killing intent suddenly came from behind!
"Neither the Concealing Spirit Talisman nor the Invisibility Talisman worked!"
In his shock, Zhao Sheng threw a second-tier water mine talisman backward without thinking.
boom!
The water, clouds, and lightning exploded with a deafening roar, blasting a large gap in the mist and scattering the yellow light. As the explosion dissipated, a pink phoenix hairpin, sharp and pointed, flashed past Zhao Sheng, flew forward another two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), then flew back, chasing after him once more.
Zhao Sheng was instantly covered in cold sweat, his heart filled with shock that Lian Yue could predict the direction he was fleeing.
The white-haired Dong Gong's attack missed its mark, his gaze icy cold.
He snorted coldly, and his divine sense surged out violently, instantly enveloping the entire Dafu Hotel.
This person actually concealed their cultivation level; they weren't at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but rather the late-Foundation Establishment stage!
"Oops!"
Zhao Sheng sensed this powerful divine sense and inwardly groaned.
However, he knew that saying anything or begging for mercy now would be useless. He could only try to escape into the sea and see if he could use the sea as a barrier to escape from the two men.
Zhao Sheng's eyes shone brightly, and his blue eyes suddenly transformed into an incomparably deep ocean.
The world came to a standstill once again, and this time he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which turned into a blood mist that enveloped his entire body.
In the next instant, he was so fast that he turned into a streak of bloody light and disappeared in a flash.
At the same time, the white-haired Dong Gong suddenly spread his hands, and countless yellow light spots flew out from his ten fingers, but immediately turned into crescent-shaped light blades the size of palms, silently covering the entire Da Fu Hao.
The sounds of "thud" rang out continuously, wood chips flew everywhere, and the deck, cabin, mast, and the places where the light blade fell were all densely covered with deep cuts.
However, all attacks missed, which drove the white-haired Dong Gong extremely crazy. "Damn it, that brat escaped!"
The two Foundation Establishment cultivators were outmaneuvered by a single move, and watched helplessly as a streak of blood-red light, like a rainbow piercing the moon, suddenly shot out from the white mist and flew more than a hundred feet away as if by teleportation.
Soon after, the bloodstains dissipated, revealing Zhao Sheng's figure.
Zhao Sheng glanced at the two people who were rapidly closing in, then suddenly revealed a contemptuous smile. His body quickly plunged into the sea and disappeared into the dark waters in the blink of an eye.