Chapter 328: Hall of the Void

After waiting a while, Song Ziyue then brought in a young man, holding the Tranquil Heart Pill and pointing at Yan Buji: "It's him."

"Are you the one who bullied my younger sister Yue'er? Show your true face!" the young man said arrogantly.

Yan Buji sighed: "My cultivation went awry, my appearance is extremely ugly, it's inconvenient to show myself, please...."

"What nonsense, Dazhuang!"

"Understood!"

The Dazhuang beside him grabbed and pulled off Yan Buji's hood, revealing a terrifying face.

"Dragon Person?"

Everyone was startled, then some felt doubtful.

These days, does anyone still possess the Dragon Person Transformation Method?

However, the Dragon Person's weakness is too obvious; although their combat strength is indeed strong, they have a bloodline taboo.

This way, we can easily manipulate him.

Of course, even without targeting his weakness, it's still the same.

The young man chuckled: "I thought it was some kind of wild fox Zen, but it turns out to be a Dragon Person."

Yan Buji remained silent, saying nothing.

He felt like a monkey in a cage, subject to others' commentary, yet had no recourse.

After all, when one's strength is low, this is how it is; it's the law of the cultivation world.

Song Ziyue looked at Yan Buji: "Let me ask you, is this pill something you refined yourself?"

"Yes."

"Then where did this formula come from?"

"It was given to me by a senior, who also said that if I become a Second-rank Alchemist, I can go to a place called Hall of the Void to find him." Yan Buji said.

Song Ziyue and the young man exchanged a glance, happily saying: "Indeed, it's the Hall of the Void!"

"No, that's wrong—the Hall of the Void has had no entry or exit for tens of thousands of years; how could your senior let you go there to find him?"

Yan Buji froze, then shook his head hard: "I I I I.... I don't know. After the senior taught me alchemy skills, he gave me a few formulas, and then he said that. Please believe me—I don't even know what the Hall of the Void is."

Seeing Yan Buji's flustered explanation, looking like someone who had never seen the world, a few people hesitated, but they didn't doubt whether his words were true or false.

Song Ziyue whispered: "Cousin, could it be that the Hall of the Void has an owner?"

"Impossible, the Hall of the Void lies in the far west, near the Frigid Winter Sea region, where demonic beasts abound; even a Golden Core cultivator couldn't stay long there, let alone Nascent Soul—there's no need to provoke a host of Demon Emperors over an ancient palace." The young man replied.

"Then is what he said true or false?"

"I guess it's possible that someone discovered the Hall of the Void, obtained the formula, and is secretly cultivating there!"

"Is that possible?"

"There are plenty of bold people who would peek at the treasures inside the palace...." The young man said up to this point, looking at Yan Buji: "I ask you, where did you meet that senior you mentioned?"

"I am not a native of the Dongxing Sea Region; I happened to come here, and initially I met him in the Turbulent Flow Sea."

"Turbulent Flow Sea?"

The young man frowned: "Could it be that you used the Mysterious Current to travel across the seas?"

Yan Buji froze.

They seem not to suspect that I fabricated that senior, huh?

【The Mysterious Current is a special phenomenon in the Dongxing Sea Region, not an ordinary ocean current, but a flow that can traverse spatial nodes; with the Mysterious Current, one can reach various seas of the Dongxing Sea Region.】 The Dragon Pattern Furnace explained timely.

【What does the senior mean?】

【It's obvious these people want to seize the boss's Hall of the Void, but your fabrication happened to be just right—we really do have a Mysterious Current where we arrived in the Dongxing Sea Region.】

Yan Buji's eyes shifted, and he immediately said: "Are you perhaps talking about a strange current? At the time, I indeed saw those seniors mysteriously surge out from the seabed there."

The young man smiled, looking as if that were indeed the case.

"If that's the case, then take us there for a trip."

"This.... May I ask, are you looking for the Hall of the Void?"

"Naturally, you don't need to ask so much; as long as you find the Hall of the Void, we'll let you go. But if you're ungrateful and leak word to that person, don't blame us for being ruthless!" The young man said.

Yan Buji nodded repeatedly, fawning: "Yes yes yes, thank you all for sparing me; I am willing to serve you."

Yan Buji looked like a cowardly villain who fears death, making the surrounding people roll their eyes.

"You jerk, don't you realize that if we go past, we'll surely clash with that senior of yours? Acting like this is simply contemptible." Song Ziyue said disdainfully.

Yan Buji sighed: "If time could be reversed, I wouldn't want to provoke Miss Song either. But since you all are willing to overlook my fault, I can only think of myself."

The young man gave a faint smile: "This is what a normal cultivator is like."

Afterwards, Yan Buji followed them all the way to the city's teleportation array, leaving Heavenly Pivot Island.

He looked at the young man and Song Ziyue, pondering how to deal with them.

【Senior, does the Mysterious Current you mentioned actually lead to the Hall of the Void from the Turbulent Flow Sea?】

【Anyway, I recall the Hall of the Void is also at a spatial node; otherwise it would have been found long ago.】

【So you're not clear either?】

Yan Buji's face darkened: "What if we follow the Mysterious Current and don't find it?"

"These people won't just attack on the spot, will they?"

"There's another issue."

【Senior, is the Hall of the Void really inside the Frigid Winter Sea?】

【Yeah, what's up?】

【Since the Frigid Winter Sea is the demon beasts' territory, for them to march over so boldly, aren't they afraid of danger?】

Perhaps people have a way to save their lives?

But that's not the point.

Yan Buji looked at the three Golden Core stage experts; these three should be the dedicated guards of Song Ziyue, and even if they were household slaves, they could not stand by while their lady went to such a dangerous place.

Even merely advising or informing the Lord of Tian Shu Island would be appropriate; logically, the three remaining silent would actually be breaking a taboo.

No one wants the bodyguards they arranged for their children to only step in at the moment danger arrives, while ignoring how that danger came about, right?

Wouldn't it be better to prevent such a thing from happening earlier?

But these three made no move at all, as if… they were not household slaves but merely guards dedicated to serving Song Ziyue.

Song Ziyue's orders outrank everything…

Perhaps that's not the case, but in any event, as long as this matter doesn't alarm the Lord of Tian Shu Island, one's chance of survival remains high.

Senior, can you discern anything about those three Golden Core stage guards?

They're just three puppets, probably forged by some fellow who knows the corpse refining technique.

Corpse refining technique?!

That's really quite sinister.

So, the control over those three puppets lies with Song Ziyue?

Not entirely; the corpse refined by the fellow called Da Zhuang contains a dormant divine thought, probably from its original master.

Yan Buji's eyes flicked. "The Lord of Tian Shu Island's hidden hand? Heh, aside from Da Zhuang, there are no other refined corpses, right?"

No.

Senior, ask Xu Gong—any lethal weapon?