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As Dong Zheng and another conferred secretly about capturing Zhao Sheng and the others, Zhao Sheng learned of the two's identities from a servant's mouth—one was the legitimate young master of the Dong family, and the other was a high pupil of the Foundation Establishment Cultivator stationed on the island.

After Zhao Sheng finished his questioning, he added another golden leaf to send the servant away.

At this moment, Hai Lan'er put down her chopsticks and quietly asked, "Was there something wrong with those two people just now?"

Zhao Sheng shook his head and said, "Nothing much, just curious to see that those two are also cultivators."

Oh!

After exhaling an "Oh!" Hai Lan'er didn't inquire further, picked up her chopsticks, and continued to enjoy the delicious food.

Zhao Sheng also picked up his chopsticks, seemingly focused on his meal, but his mind was busy pondering the intentions of Dong Zheng and his companion.

Although he hadn't figured out their true motive, he had already heightened his vigilance.

An hour later, the two finished their meal and packed the leftovers into their Storage Bags.

After settling the bill and leaving the restaurant, they swiftly returned to the Da Fu.

...

Sunset gave way to moonrise, and the night enveloped the world in darkness.

As night fell, the workshop on Zhi Ao Island bustled for one or two hours.

With the deepening of the night, the lights on the workshop, the streets, and the docks were extinguished one by one, and the island slowly sank into silence.

The moon was patchy with clouds, the stars scarce,

The docks gradually produced threads of fog, and the moored ships shrouded in mist began to blur.

It was then that Zhao Sheng suddenly walked up from the cabin onto the deck.

The night was thick with fog, the docks deserted, but in Zhao Sheng's eyes, two human-shaped shadows gleaming with black light obscured by a cloud in the sky were exceedingly conspicuous.

He looked up to the sky and with a serious expression, he clasped his fists and called out loudly, "I wonder what brings two exalted persons here in these late hours? I am Zhao Dingtian, may I ask the two of you to reveal yourselves!"

No sooner had the words fallen than a chilling shout sounded from midair, "How did you discern our traces? This cloud sail of mine can even deceive a Companion, how could a junior Qi Refining cultivator like yourself detect us!"

"Hee hee, seeing as our whereabouts have been exposed! What's there to argue about? After we capture him, we'll just ask then,"

A lazy and charming voice came from above, the implication of which made Zhao Sheng's heart sink, and he quickly raised his guard.

At that moment, a man and a woman suddenly revealed themselves, descending rapidly from the sky.

The man had a full head of white hair, skin and bones as if a gust of wind could knock him over. The woman, however, was seductively beautiful, with a graceful figure that bewitched every move she made.

Zhao Sheng swept a glance over these two and inwardly cursed his bad luck, for the appearance of two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators at the same time spelled trouble.

"Junior Zhao Dingtian pays respect to Mr. Dong and Senior Lian Yue!" Upon seeing the two, Zhao Sheng's pupils shrank sharply, and he greeted them with great solemnity and a respectful fist clasp.

There were only three Foundation Establishment cultivators on Zhi Ao Island. Associating them with the two individuals from the day, Zhao Sheng immediately guessed the identities of the newcomers.

"Hee hee, so you recognize the two of us! That's hardly fair, as you know of our origins, yet we are quite unfamiliar with you. During the day, we heard that a Whale Hunting Treasure Ship had arrived on Zhi Ao Island, thinking perhaps a fellow Daoist had come. Now it seems there is no fellow Daoist, but instead, a handsome young lad," said the seductive woman with a smile, appearing as if she bore no hostility.

Yet when Zhao Sheng saw the woman's coquettishly smiling face, he felt even colder inside since the malice the two harbored towards him was becoming increasingly evident.

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Seeing Zhao Sheng's face full of wariness, the woman's lips curled slightly, and she suddenly changed her tone, saying, "What a buzzkill of a boy!"

"Hehe, why waste words with this boy, Lian Yue Daoist friend?" The skeleton chuckled sinisterly and then spoke to Zhao Sheng, "Kid, to spare yourself some pain, I advise you to surrender without resistance!"

Zhao Sheng's thoughts raced, and with a bitter expression, he said, "I have no grudges or grievances with the two seniors, why have you come in the dead of night to capture Zhao? Even if death is the end result, I would like to die with clarity."

"Kid, telling you won't hurt! It's your blue eyes that are to blame."

Before his voice had even faded, countless yellow silks shot out from the old man's hands. The yellow silks, like living creatures, twisted and interwove back and forth, instantly forming a yellow silk net that whooshed down towards Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng's eyes narrowed, his pupils instantly shrinking to their smallest size.

As the world seemed to slow down by countless times, a large mass of water light burst forth from both of his hands, followed by the water light exploding, expanding into a vast expanse of white fog.

The white fog generated crazily, surging out rapidly, in the blink of an eye surrounding the entirety of Da Fu, including the sky above, within it.

At the same time, Zhao Sheng instantly disappeared from sight, concealing his presence and, following the fog, escaping towards the outside of the ship.

In the next instant, the world returned to normal.

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The roar of the white-haired old man came from within the mist, while the beautiful woman laughed furiously.

A beam of yellow light shot into the fog instantly, and Zhao Sheng's heart suddenly filled with a hair-raising sensation,

In a moment, an intense killing intent suddenly came from behind!

"Neither Concentrate nor the Invisibility Talisman are effective!"

In shock, Zhao Sheng, without thinking, threw a Second-order Water Mine Talisman behind him.

Boom!

The water cloud and electric light exploded with a bang, blowing a large hole in the fog, and as the yellow light was also dispersed, a pink phoenix hairpin, with its sharp edge, flashed by in front of Zhao Sheng, flying forward another two fathoms before turning back, once again chasing towards Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng instantly broke out in a cold sweat, shocked that Lian Yue could actually predict the direction in which he would flee.

White-Haired Elder Dong's attack missed, his gaze filled with icy coldness.

He snorted coldly, his Divine Sense bursting forth violently, instantly enveloping the entire Da Fu.

This person had actually concealed his cultivation; he was not at Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, but Late Stage!

"Bad news!"

Zhao Sheng, sensing this powerful Divine Sense, inwardly cursed his bad luck.

But he also knew that it was useless to say anything or beg for mercy now. He could only first escape into the sea, to see if he could use the vast ocean to escape from the two pursuers.

Zhao Sheng's eye shone with Divine Light, his blue eyes suddenly transforming into a vast ocean of profound depths.

The world came to a halt again, and this time he violently spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which turned into a blood mist wrapping around his entire body.

In the next instant, his whole body moved so fast it turned into a streak of blood light, and disappeared in a flash.

At the same time, White-Haired Elder Dong suddenly spread his hands, and numerous yellow light points spiraled out from his fingers, quickly turning into palm-sized crescent light blades, silently covering the entire Da Fu.

"Puff puff" sounds kept ringing out without stop, splinters flew, and the deck, the cabins, the masts—every place the light blades touched was densely slashed with deep cuts.

However, all attacks hit empty air, which infuriated White-Haired Elder Dong. "Damn it, let that kid escape!"

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators had missed an opportunity and could only watch as a streak of blood light, like a long rainbow piercing the moon, suddenly shot out from the white fog and, like instantaneous movement, flew more than a hundred fathoms.

After a while, the blood light dissipated, revealing Zhao Sheng's figure.

As Zhao Sheng saw the two people rapidly chasing after him, he suddenly revealed a contemptuous smile, his body quickly plunging into the sea, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the dark waters.