Chapter 329: Mysterious Ocean Current

The Dragon Pattern Furnace exclaimed in surprise: 【Are you really going to blow up with them?】

【The one who won't die from the blast is me, I, a poor Daoist, certainly don't want to die.】

Yan Buji appeared fawning and servile on the surface, but the vicious, lunatic cruelty hidden in his bones was unimaginable to anyone.

He only knew that doing anything required paying a price, whether or not there would be repayment was still debatable, but the price had to be paid.

If the price were his life, then he would have no choice but to strike a killing blow.

The Dragon Pattern Furnace chuckled: 【If you really intend to do that, if you can enter the Hall of Questioning the Void ahead of time, as long as they are within the restriction's range, killing them is not difficult.】

【Understood.】

Yan Buji followed them, transferring through several islands' teleportation arrays, and in just a few days arrived at the Turbulent Sea.

「That's the place; I came from there, everyone please be careful, there are quite a few demonic beasts here. 」

「Just a mere Foundation Establishment demonic beast, Da Zhuang, attack! 」

「Yes, Miss! 」

Da Zhuang, without a word, charged down onto the sea surface and launched a massive slaughter.

Seeing this, Yan Buji's killing intent grew fiercer within, but he concealed it well, even asking the Dragon Pattern Furnace to help hide his emotional fluctuations.

Consequently, Yan Buji's outward fawning and fear increased even more, leaving the young man and Song Ziyue quite satisfied.

No matter how vigilant the two of them were against Yan Buji, they could never imagine that someone would actually be so two-faced, even concealing his emotional fluctuations to this extent.

Before Yan Buji makes a move, he will never reveal any flaw, for he fears that a single mistake would cause him to lose everything.

Even if he had a life-saving trump card, it is the reduced margin for error that will steer events toward the direction he desires.

「Gentlemen, please look, just over there—may I lead the way for you? 」 Yan Buji's fawning was over the top, rubbing his hands with a blatant bootlicker's expression.

「Go ahead. 」

「Eh, okay, this way. 」

Seeing Yan Buji's demeanor, the Dragon Pattern Furnace also roughly understood why he lived so cautiously, yet still possessed that bone-deep viciousness.

Or rather, most cultivators are like this—once one sets foot on the path of cultivation, ordinary people cannot be among them, for ordinary people cannot cultivate.

Precisely for this reason, distinguishing the strength of these cultivators is not merely a matter of power level; mindset and thinking also play a role.

Someone like Yan Buji, who goes to such lengths—willing to abandon dignity, serve as a dog to survive, and ultimately plot to stab them in the back—is truly terrifying.

Yan Buji led the group all the way to the island where he had appeared in the Dongxing Sea Region, and then, following the direction indicated by the Dragon Pattern Furnace, they indeed discovered a mysterious ocean current there.

The mysterious ocean current is merely a current swirling in the sea, its water colorless and formless, making it impossible for anyone to easily notice.

However, these Dongxing cultivators seem to have employed some secret art, causing that current to emit starlight, extending westward from here without an visible end.

「Indeed it is here, go! 」

「Eh.... may this poor Daoist leave? 」

「Leave? You haven't yet led us to the Hall of Questioning the Void, so you can't go yet. »

Yan Buji's face flushed with embarrassment as he asked, 「Then how does one navigate this current? 」

「Rush into it, protect yourself and simply drift along. »

「Er Gou, take him! 」 Song Ziyue shouted.

Er Gou strode over and grabbed Yan Buji's shoulder in one motion, whereupon everyone surged into it.

A very strange feeling.

Yan Buji felt like a fish in water, yet despite traversing tens of thousands of miles in an instant, he felt no discomfort at all, possibly because Er Gou was shielding them.

Only a moment passed.

Yan Buji was then seized and hauled up onto the sea surface; the surrounding temperature seemed to have dropped considerably, and much drift ice could be seen floating on the water.

「Is this the Winter Ocean? 」 Yan Buji felt somewhat surprised.

Really, one can actually drift straight from the Turbulent Sea tens of thousands of miles away to get here?

Speaking of which, this feels a bit like the human tide of the Nan Ting Mountain Region? Perhaps the human tide also borrowed from the Dongxing Sea Region's mysterious ocean current?

Song Ziyue glanced around, seeing no sign of the Hall of Questioning the Void, and involuntarily frowned at Yan Buji: 「Where is the Hall of Questioning the Void? 」

「I don't know! 」 Yan Buji hastily waved his hands, sweat pouring down his forehead.

The young man chuckled: 「All right, cousin, the mysterious ocean current isn't fixed; it changes with the movement of the deep-sea currents—you know that, don't you? 」

「Hehe, just trying to scare him. 」 Song Ziyue laughed.

Yan Buji wiped his sweat, let out a breath of relief: 「Everyone, I truly don't know where that Hall of Questioning the Void is—you two, please stop scaring me. »

Song Ziyue looked around: 「If that's the case, how should we seek the Hall of Questioning the Void? I've heard there's an Ancient Sage's Dao Field inside; if we could listen to the sage's lingering resonance, we might even break through our cultivation realms directly. »

Sage's lingering resonance?

Yan Buji pondered: Isn't the Hall of Questioning the Void Lin Tianlin's residence?

Where does the sage's lingering resonance come from?

「May I dare ask, what exactly is the Hall of Questioning the Void? 」

「Didn't your senior tell you? 」

「As a poor Daoist, I never dared to ask so much back then. »

Song Ziyue pursed her lips: 「Look at you—you really wouldn't dare. Listen well: the Hall of Questioning the Void is one of the most mysterious secret realms in the Dongxing Sea Region, said to be the dwelling of a sage from time immemorial! 」

「Hmm? 」

「Is it really that outrageous? 」

Yan Buji's face showed shock: 「Is that so.... no wonder. »

The young man furrowed his brow: 「Alright, enough talk. It should be this way—go! 」

Yan Buji was again led by Er Gou, following the young man all the way.

During that time, Yan Buji inquired of the Dragon Pattern Furnace and learned that, before Lin Tianlin, the Hall of Questioning the Void had in fact been where a sage attained the Dao.

In other words, is it that Senior Lin has taken over the Ask Void Palace as his residence?

Yeah, back then the boss fought his way out from a crowd of people and demon beasts and seized the Ask Void Palace.

Yan Buji secretly nodded; that was how it was.

What exactly is the sage's lingering resonance?

It's just the flavor left behind when the sage lectured and the heavens and earth moved; of course, that sage cultivated there before attaining the Dao, so he retained many insights on breaking through realms, but most of them were comprehended by the boss.

Oh, I see....

Besides, the Ask Void Palace is such a formidable place; it doesn't seem like somewhere I can get involved.

Moreover, there might still be demon beasts there, so Yan Buji needs to make plans early.

If we can't enter the Ask Void Palace, it's better to leave early.

Just as he was thinking, the young man suddenly stopped and pointed ahead:

"Found it, Ask Void Palace!"

Just as Yan Buji was about to raise his head, three Golden Core cultivators suddenly surrounded him!

He instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and asked, "Gentlemen, you wouldn't kill me after using me, would you? I'm merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"If you hadn't said so much to that furnace, I really wouldn't want to kill you." The young man walked over and glanced at him lightly.

Seeing a huge palace looming in the distance, Yan Buji never expected that his conversation with the Dragon Pattern Furnace would be discovered!

Yan Buji took a deep breath: "Are you really going to kill me?"

The young man and Song Ziyue laughed loudly, a powerful surge of magical power burst from his body: "You might not realize our strength! Before you are five Golden Core cultivators!!"