Chapter 498: Bandit Cultivator Xiao Yan

Smoking Island.

An inconspicuous little island among the many islands in the East Sea Domain.

"To actually have so much Quenching Crystal Sand."

Yin Yue looked at the Quenching Crystal Sand Lin Chen had taken out, her little face holding a look of surprise. The reason Quenching Crystal Sand was so precious was that although it was an ore, it did not grow in large patches.

Generally, a single Quenching Crystal Sand mine would have at most a dozen dou of Quenching Crystal Sand, which was already considered the limit.

"That place is unusual."

Lin Chen told Yin Yue about the situation in the seabed cavern, but he hid the perfect-level Sword Dao Will.

"That seabed cavern should still have hidden secrets, perhaps of even greater value than the Quenching Crystal Sand. It could be worth exploring again."

Yin Yue pondered for a moment and gave her speculation.

Hearing Yin Yue's words, Lin Chen's heart also tightened. As expected of a Moon Soul Clan princess, she was knowledgeable, and her perspective on analyzing things was high. He had only said there were Blood Mist Beasts and some passages in the seabed cavern, and she had already thought of the cavern's unusual nature.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, even an Innate martial artist wouldn't think so much. After all, so much Quenching Crystal Sand was already a massive fortune; who would think there were even greater opportunities hidden in the cavern?

Shao Chaozong, Zhang Sheng, and Zhu Ru were precisely because of the gap in their horizons that they hadn't thought of these things.

"Having just killed the Island Master of Lotus Island, I fear the Nine Flowers Alliance behind him will come to investigate. It's not safe to go to the seabed cavern now."

Lin Chen found an excuse. Hearing Lin Chen's explanation, Yin Yue's lips curled up: "It was redundant of me. It seems you have already obtained the opportunity hidden in the cavern."

Angry?

For the first time, Lin Chen felt anger on Yin Yue's face. Was this because she felt he was deceiving her?

But how did this little girl guess it?

"Although I am young, it doesn't mean I am inexperienced. That seabed cavern was obviously created by humans. Blood Mist Beasts wouldn't be so kind as to dig out several passages. The person who built the seabed cavern didn't dig away so much Quenching Crystal Sand, which means these Quenching Crystal Sands couldn't move this person. This person is highly likely to be a Myriad Phenomenon Realm powerhouse."

Yin Yue spoke faintly: "I can think of these things, and you can too. Those Blood Mist Beasts couldn't bring you any substantial trouble, and you wouldn't be blinded by these Quenching Crystal Sands. Most... most importantly, you shouldn't have tried to fool me like Lin Xi."

Lin Chen:???

"Lotus Island is one of the members of the Nine Flowers Alliance, but an organization like the Nine Flowers Alliance, which is a combination of interests, is not reliable. If Lotus Island had encountered a powerhouse invasion, Hu Tingchun would have asked the Nine Flowers Alliance for help, and the martial artists of the Nine Flowers Alliance naturally wouldn't sit idly by. But now, all the Innate martial artists of Lotus Island are dead. The Innate martial artists of the Nine Flowers Alliance are busy dividing up Lotus Island's resources; they won't go chasing the murderer at all."

After listening to Yin Yue's words, Lin Chen smiled awkwardly. It seemed the reason he had casually found had made Yin Yue very dissatisfied, feeling her intelligence had been insulted, which was why she was so angry.

He really wasn't worried that the Nine Flowers Alliance would avenge the people who died on Lotus Island!

A so-called alliance is just a community of interests. If Lotus Island still had Innate martial artists alive, the Innate martial artists of the Nine Flowers Alliance would still put on a show. But Lotus Island had no Innate martial artists left; no one would offend a mysterious Third Stage Innate peak powerhouse for a group of dead people.

Since the Island Master of Lotus Island and his disciples were mysteriously killed, there were already rumors outside that the mastermind was highly likely to be at the peak of the Third Stage of the Innate Realm.

"I obtained a perfect-level Sword Dao Will in that seabed cavern."

In the end, Lin Chen told Yin Yue the truth.

"A perfect-level Sword Dao Will?"

Yin Yue blinked her little eyes a few times. She understood why Lin Chen wanted to hide it; she would have done the same if it were her.

A perfect-level Sword Dao Will—if this news leaked out, all the Sword Dao martial artists in the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao would fear they couldn't sit still, including some Myriad Phenomenon Realm powerhouses.

Compared to a perfect-level Sword Dao Will, this Quenching Crystal Sand really counted for nothing.

"That is to say, the seabed cavern was left behind by a Sword Dao powerhouse. Did you comprehend this will?"

"How could it be that easy? Although my Martial Soul Map has absorbed many Martial Dao wills, including those of Sword Dao, the strongest Sword Dao one is only at the Refined level. There isn't even a Flawless level one..."

Lin Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. Let alone comprehending it, he didn't even dare to touch its edge. Below the Fourth Stage of the Innate Realm, he feared he would die upon contact, unless he was a super Sword Dao genius.

Hearing that Lin Chen hadn't comprehended it, Yin Yue was relieved instead.

"What kind of expression is that? It's as if you're happier that I didn't comprehend the Sword Dao Will."

"It's not happiness. If you could comprehend this Sword Dao Will, the entire pattern of the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao would have to change, which is not a good thing for you."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Chen felt Yin Yue's words were pointing to something.

"You'll know later."

Yin Yue didn't continue this topic. Some things couldn't be said clearly, just like why one couldn't seek the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao's royal family to solve the Imperial-level Divine Seal demonization.

"With this Quenching Crystal Sand, plus Innate Stones, you can condense Innate Crystals in all your hidden acupoints, but you need a relatively safe place."

"A safe place!"

Lin Chen thought of Canglan Island. With Senior Jiang on Canglan Island, there was nothing safer than Canglan Island.

"You can't return to Canglan Island."

Yin Yue seemed to know what Lin Chen was thinking and directly vetoed it.

"Can't return to Canglan Island?"

Lin Chen looked deeply at Yin Yue and didn't ask why she couldn't return to Canglan Island: "Where do you think is safe?"

"You can head to the Thousand Machines Domain."

Yin Yue gave the destination and explained at the same time: "The Thousand Machines Domain is one of the few major domains that has existed for a relatively long time in the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao. And the Thousand Machines Domain is prevalent in artifact refining and is the commercial center of the entire Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao. In order to maintain the circulation of trade, many cities in the Thousand Machines Domain have arrays. Fighting is allowed in the city, and even spiritual sense cannot be peeked at at will."

"Thousand Machines Tower?"

Lin Chen recalled the Thousand Machines Tower he had lived in in the Fulong Domain. Although the price was not cheap, it could block the peeking of Innate powerhouses' spiritual sense.

Indeed, if it were for closed-door breakthrough, the Thousand Machines Domain was a good place to go.

"Then let's go to the Thousand Machines Domain."

Lin Chen was also a decisive person. Having decided to go to the Thousand Machines Domain, he didn't talk nonsense anymore. After taking Yin Yue to fly through several islands, he finally chartered a ship to head to the East Sea Domain.

He was now considered wealthy. Not to mention the value of the Quenching Crystal Sand, the Flame Coins searched from Hu Tingchun's residence and his disciples totaled a full two hundred thousand.

As the Island Master of Lotus Island, he and his disciples feared they occupied half of Lotus Island's wealth, and this wealth now fell into his own hands.

He himself had quite a few Hundred-Object Boxes. This trip to the Thousand Machines Domain could also allow him to buy a Thousand-Object Box. ===== CHAPTER 499 =====