Chapter 1418: The Trend Is Such

"So that's how it is." Chen Yu nodded thoughtfully, and he smiled bitterly with resignation: "As expected of the premier sect for Dharma Cultivators, as the Sect Master, he certainly has some tricks up his sleeve."

"Indeed, before this, Cloud Hut Residence already had the faint trend of being the number one sect under heaven, but in the last few years, the other few have been catching up closely, so we are now on par with the others," said Li Yunshan.

"That is no wonder. In recent years, Cloud Hut Residence has constantly been reaching its hands into Dragon Breath, and with frequent actions, not properly developing the sect, if this continues, sooner or later they will be overtaken by the others," said Chen Yu.

"Correct, so now I have a new reason to contend for the position of Sect Master," Li Yunshan sneered: "As for that old thing, I am definitely going to sweep him out the door."

"I support you, Senior, you must sweep him out the door," Chen Yu chuckled.

"The aura in this place is very chaotic; Yellow Springs Nine Nether, added with the Dark Power, so it is already a lifeless place," Li Yunshan looked at the surroundings: "If I am not mistaken, the fishermen nearby rarely come here, right?"

"Yes, last time, while chasing a Dark Creature to this place, I also felt the Dark Power here," Chen Yu said: "Before we arrived, the fishermen here did not dare to come to this place."

"Indeed, no wonder that Dark Creature would entrench itself here," Liu Ruxi said: "This place is even more chaotic than we imagined."

"Someone is coming?" Just at this moment, the three of them became alert instantly; in their consciousness, someone was stumbling and running toward the edge in a panic.

"It's an ordinary person." Chen Yu was somewhat puzzled. At this hour, how could there be an ordinary person here? Did he wander in here by mistake? But it felt like he was fleeing, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

"Right, it's an ordinary person, he is running toward our side," said Liu Ruxi.

As they spoke, a large man fell to the ground with a thud, landing face-first in the mud. He was panting heavily, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes, as if he had encountered something extremely terrifying.

"Don't be nervous, what happened?" Seeing this person's attire, Chen Yu could not help but frown. The way this man before him was dressed, wasn't he from that ancestral village of theirs?

"There, there are monsters, monsters..." the man shouted in terror, incoherent.

"You are from Little Li Village, right? Why are you here?" Liu Ruxi stared at him.

Like Chen Yu, the two of them had gone to the village twice to rent a boat, so they were not unfamiliar with the situation in the village.

And the person before them was indeed from that village.

"Save me, save me, there are monsters, there are monsters here." The man looked back in terror, the expression on his face twisted; it looked like the fright he had just received was not light.

"Speak properly, you're safe now." Li Yunshan gave a clear shout, using the Calming Incantation, which made the man calm down instantly.

This large man was none other than Old Liu, who had just escaped death. He had run here in a panic and, seeing the light, had run over with all his might, but he had not expected to encounter Chen Yu and the others here.

"I, I am from Little Li Village. I came out to sea to this place with the village chief and several companions, I... we..." Old Liu did not know how to explain for a moment.

He knew in his heart what he was doing in this place, and he also recognized Chen Yu, so when he saw Chen Yu, he felt a bit guilty.

"Do you come to this place when you go out to sea?" Chen Yu stared at Old Liu, and he sneered: "The people in your village believe in the Sea God. This place has the Sea God haunting it; you say you dare to come here, why am I a bit skeptical?"

"I, what I said is all true, please believe me, Mr. Chen." Old Liu looked at Chen Yu in terror.

"You know my surname is Chen? How have I never seen you?" Chen Yu stared at Old Liu; he had already guessed seven or eight parts of it.

"I..." Old Liu was dumbfounded. Regarding this matter, he really did not know how to explain it.

"You had better tell the truth. I think on this island, you have also seen some incredible things," Liu Ruxi glanced at him and said: "If you don't speak, then we will have to leave you here."

"No, please don't leave me here alone. I'll talk, I'll tell you everything I know." Old Liu was scared out of his wits; he was truly terrified to the extreme now. He swallowed his saliva, then looked at the few people with a complex expression, and finally said helplessly: "Our village chief knew you went to rent a boat last time, and that you were generous with your spending."

"You dare to come to this place, you are definitely not ordinary people, and people who come here are all taking huge risks, so..."

"So what? Get to the point?" Li Yunshan was getting impatient; he hated people who stammered like this the most.

"I'll say it, I'll say it." This guy was startled, then muttered: "We thought that since you come to the island so frequently, there must be something inside, for example... treasures."

"So you harbored evil intentions, followed me here on a boat, just waiting for us to get our hands on the treasures, then kill us to seize them?" Chen Yu said speechlessly: "To make a windfall?"

"Y-yes." The man nodded slightly, looking at Chen Yu with some fear: "We were just confused for a moment, we really didn't mean to harm anyone."

"Shut up, acting all sneaky, you definitely didn't have any good intentions," Chen Yu stared at him coldly: "You already harbored the thought of killing to seize treasures, and you say you didn't mean to harm anyone? Do you think I would believe that?"

Old Liu shut his mouth. He felt guilty because they had brought guns. If it hadn't been for the accident, as long as they had waited for Chen Yu and the others, they definitely would not have left a single survivor.

Anyway, this place was in the middle of the sea; it wasn't like they hadn't done things like killing to silence witnesses before, but he hadn't expected such a huge turn of events, and they had almost not made it back.

"Tell us, what exactly happened?" Liu Ruxi saw his panicked appearance; he must have encountered something.

"I, we encountered a monster, a tentacle... it could control people, and even guns couldn't hurt them, all our people died." Mentioning this, Old Liu became somewhat incoherent.

He was truly frightened; he had never imagined that such terrifying things could exist in this world.

"What about the others? They all died? How many people were there in total?" Chen Yu asked.

"There were six people in total, but the others... they all died." Old Liu lowered his head: "Only I am left."