Chapter 860: Chapter 859: Unexpected Joy
Without a resolution, one can only be cautious, for none of these fellow inmates are people who fear trouble. No matter who wants to make an example out of them, they’ll have to pay a heavy price.
Just as he was about to leave, Hong Kan called out to him, “Brother Hou, a female cultivator ca looking for you, saying if you have ti to visit her…”
The surrounding gazes were filled with envy. On the Hell Star, most culprits are male cultivators. Although female cultivators are not exactly a rarity here, the gender imbalance is severe. Everybody on Hell Star is idle, and having a Daoist couple to discuss deep matters with is a form of amusent in this dull place.
Hou Niao’s expression remained unchanged, but his heart was full of joy. As he had expected, the two had taken different paths. He had forgotten that sword cultivators have restless natures, and he had dismissed the Thunder Whip as nothing. How could soone like Yue Duo stay put obediently?
Just when it seed all was lost, a new opportunity presented itself.
“That’s my senior sister…”
Everyone shook their heads in unison. No one wanted to be a Daoist couple with a female sword cultivator. When she ca to find soone, she was fierce, and people here had suffered at her hands, making her difficult to associate with.
Waving goodbye to the others, he couldn’t wait for a mont longer and directly leaped into the Cloud Sea. Watching him, the cultivators below shook their heads. Only sword sect mbers with such fierce natures would act like this, treating the Thunder Whip as insignificant.
Hou Niao soared on the sword light, headed straight for Shiyi Land.
He had been to this Island before; it was among the first islands he visited, indicating that his initial judgnt wasn’t wrong. The problem was that they had each been searching on their own, and both had gone astray.
For his current situation, nothing was more important than the inheritance of swordsmanship. It is said that what one seeks far and wide is often found by sheer luck. His prior searches hadn’t been fruitless; it’s just that the heavens were testing him. If he couldn’t endure in the Trial Arena, then everything should be forgotten.
The journey was a pleasant one, but he had to hurry because Yue Duo may have just finished the trial like him and would have a period of rest. But this ti wouldn’t be long, as sword cultivators have restless natures. Once she set out again, where would he find her?
He took a shortcut, and as he passed an unfamiliar Island, there was a violent explosion of spiritual energy above it. Soone was fighting, and it was quite a commotion.
Under normal circumstances, he would certainly want to join in the fun, but not now. There was sothing more important to do than fighting.
… Shui Zhen Dong leapt into the Cloud Sea, unable to shake off the pursuit behind her. This place made her nearly cry in despair.
After reaching an agreent with the sword cultivator, everything was smooth at first. The sword cultivator intentionally conceded, allowing her to smoothly gain points, eting both their needs.
But after the trial ended, the changes left her dumbfounded. Instead of returning to the Dongzhen Sect in the Three Cave Realm, she was transported to an unfamiliar place, beneath a stone tower on a floating Island, and was fitted with Thunder Rings, becoming one of the countless convict cultivators on Hell Star.
No matter how she explained or pleaded, the Unihorn Clan carried out the rules rigidly, showing no flexibility and ignoring all her demands.
Review? They had no such responsibility! They were just prison guards, not officials!
Why was it like this? Even if Shui Zhen Dong were slow, she felt she might have fallen into so unfathomable whirlpool. The key was that she couldn’t even find a person to confide in.
Had she been tricked by the sword cultivator? Or plotted against by so in her sect? Or was it rely due to coincidence, with both Spiritual Treasures malfunctioning?
First, her true body was mistakenly transported by the Acquired Spirit Treasure Glazed Tower, then she was mistakenly detained by the Innate Spiritual Treasure. It seed like both Spiritual Treasures had conspired just to keep this obscure little cultivator on Hell Star?
What value did she have to rit such extensive effort from two spiritual treasures?
Before figuring out these troubling questions, her priority was to survive here. For most convict cultivators, this wasn’t a big issue. At most, they would suffer so plunder. As long as they didn’t resist too much, they could still get by.
But not her. She was a woman, and people valued not her possessions but her person.
The Three Cave Realm sparked many thoughts.
Chaos thus began. If it weren’t because there were too many trying to make a move, she would have been captured and turned into soone’s plaything. Although the Dongzhen Sect didn’t have overly strict rules regarding this and permitted female cultivators in their domain such as hers to have three or four partners, it didn’t an she would accept such threats.
She was an accomplished Golden Core cultivator, and in the Three Cave Realm, she certainly wouldn’t wrong herself. She even had a few warm-bed companions, but it was different here.
She seized the chaos to flee, with several persistent pursuers in tow. Cultivators shouldn’t behave this way; they should have discipline over their minds and bodies. But in the environnt like Hell Star, with no hope, how many could truly control their desires?
Having the left hand Life Protection Talisman from Dongwei helped her defuse most of the pressure. Moreover, the pursuers had no intention of ruthlessly destroying flowers, so they focused more on interception, delay, and blocking.
They had one day to pursue, only after which the Thunder Whip would co into effect, so there was still so ti.
Shui Zhen Dong had realized this, so she desperately fled outward, while the convict cultivators tried their best to block her way. Unfortunately, she was not adept in swift evasion, but only thanks to the mystic nature of the Dongwei Left Hand Life Protection Talisman did she avoid capture ti and again.
She also possessed killing techniques, but arriving here new and unaware of the rules, she didn’t dare to use them easily, which weakened her abilities significantly.
The desire-driven Qian Xiu found it hard to catch her, not because her skills were particularly extraordinary but because both overtly and covertly, they restrained each other. For everyone, capturing her and preventing others from capturing her were equally important.
They even settled personal grudges taking advantage of the situation, leading to frequent clashes, which nobody took too seriously.
Having been confined on Hell Star for decades, if not centuries, many had long lost the aning of survival. What difference would living another hundred years make? Could they escape Hell Star?
A chaotic chase ensued, venting fury in pursuit, engaging in vendettas in venting, explaining why prisons tend to have disturbances and large-scale group harm incidents. A single spark could ignite the accumulated frustrations buried in everyone’s heart for years, and it was the sa this ti.
As they continued the chase, other factors started to mix in.
So cultivators noticed the pursuers were dwindling, but they didn’t care. Less competition just ant fewer shares to divide. In things like this, was sharing ever likely?
The Cloud Sea was layered and densely packed, making it easy to lose one’s trail—a perfect place for hide and seek. When the last lust-driven Golden Core finally sensed sothing amiss, stopped fleeing, and looked around the Cloud Sea anxiously, Shui Zhen Dong ahead also paused.
A pair of charming eyes filled with nace, “Why did you stop chasing?”
A flash of sword light flickered in the depths of the Cloud Sea…
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