Chapter 851: Chapter 639: Not All Holy Domains Are Alike
It can be said that among all the survivors, Cang Xu is the one who knows best how to hide his abilities.
His rich life experience made him quite clear that pretending to be stupid and acting confused is a very practical survival skill.
By pretending not to see through the ship ghost and not appearing too smart, he wouldn’t trigger the ship ghost’s apprehension. The latter would maintain his old impression of Cang Xu and hold onto the false superiority of having higher intelligence.
To a certain extent, this greatly mitigated the ship ghost’s jealousy towards Cang Xu’s mutated Holy Domain Level bloodline.
More importantly, Cang Xu also achieved his more significant goal—by playing dumb, he "detained" the ship ghost, indirectly "forcing" the ship ghost to reveal secrets, resulting in the direct appearance of the Undead Master.
The appearance of the Undead Master was not only unexpected for the ship ghost but also outside of Cang Xu’s estimation.
But in terms of result, this was a huge victory!
Although Cang Xu seemed to be at a disadvantage, he used his unique social skills to quickly dissolve the ship ghost’s jealousy and gained an excellent first impression from the Undead Master.
No one among the survivors could have done better than Cang Xu.
This diplomatic achievement may seem inconspicuous, but the hidden benefits are enormous!
This is something merchants like Zi Di and Fat Tongue definitely understand deeply.
But they still couldn’t perform as excellently as Cang Xu. This is not only because Cang Xu has a wealth of life experience but also because of his deep thoughts, his ability to penetrate human hearts, and his superb acting skills.
Zi Di has talent in this regard, but compared to Cang Xu, she is still too inexperienced.
"You two come with me," the Undead Master said, "I’ll show you around."
He is an Undead Mage who takes good care of his juniors, as evident from his title of "Master."
The ship ghost is a member of the Undead Orthodoxy, and although Cang Xu is not, the Undead Master recognized his potential and had a good first impression, wanting to nurture him a bit.
Thus, he decided to take both the ship ghost and Cang Xu into the Divine Country.
"Th-thank you, esteemed Undead Master!" Cang Xu was excited, and without hesitation, followed closely.
Even if the Undead Master didn’t invite him, he would still follow him.
Because he is very concerned about the Fishman youth.
After all, the other is the Undead Master, widely renowned. His fame far surpasses that of the Fishman youth.
The Fishman youth is at most widely spread in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, while the Undead Master’s reputation covers the entire Main Plane!
The reputation of a person and the shadow of a tree, the enormous fame is proof of strength.
Cang Xu trusts the Deception and Disguise Skill and the Anti-Intelligence Prophecy Skill, but he is still worried that the Undead Master will see through them.
Because he knows a lot about the Undead Master and understands that the latter possesses a special Divine Artifact—the Truth Stone Tablet!
"The Undead Master possessing the Divine Artifact Truth Stone Tablet makes him the most likely Holy Domain Level to see through the Deception and Disguise Skill that we have encountered so far!"
"If an accident happens later, then I must step forward. With the identity of a Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce member, to vouch for the squad leader, telling them that the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is actually a pawn of the guild."
The ship ghost is aware of Cang Xu’s ties to the Purple Vine Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, back at Songfeng Island, Cang Xu approached the Little Prince and others under this identity.
Therefore, this remedial measure Cang Xu thought of doesn’t have any logical flaws.
However, when the Undead Master led the ship ghost and Cang Xu effortlessly through the breach of the Ocean Nest and officially entered the Charming Blue Divine Country, the Undead Master did not show any unexpected expression.
His gaze swept around, passed over the Deep Sea Monster Fish, without pausing.
Cang Xu observed carefully and noticed nothing unusual.
"It seems he hasn’t discovered the Deep Sea Monster Fish!" Cang Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
The excuse he devised still had many drawbacks.
Most notably, the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
This Golden Level magic energy ship was made by the War Merchant. During the sea battle at Twin Eyes Island, it appeared and was recognized by the fishmen back then as the Charming Blue Holy Beast.
The survivors have many guesses about this inside story.
But one thing is certain, many outsiders know about the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
If the Undead Master also knew some information, or even knew about the strong connection between the Deep Sea Monster Fish and the War Merchant, then things would be terrible!
Back at Songfeng Island, the ship ghost made three transaction requests.
The first was for the Undead Inheritance of the Corpse Vein and Bone Vein. The second was any secret information about the Charming Blue deity. The third was an effective contact method for the Legendary Mage, War Merchant.
The ship ghost, being a direct member of the Undead Orthodoxy, requested information about the Charming Blue deity and the War Merchant. With his mere Golden Level status, he could not reach these.
Especially since his trading partners were only the Little Prince, Ku Feng, and others.
So, in all likelihood, he was just tasked with gathering information, trying to broaden the scope of intelligence, without expecting much.
Who else could command him?
Cang Xu easily deduced: The Undead Orthodoxy is searching for the War Merchant, the Charming Blue deity!
In such a situation, if the Undead Master discovered the Deep Sea Monster Fish and coincidentally knew it belonged to the War Merchant, then Cang Xu and the Fishman youth would undoubtedly face thorough investigation, with unimaginable subsequent developments!
Fortunately, such a terrible situation didn’t happen.
The Undead Master raised his head and gazed deeply at the Charming Blue Divine Country, letting out a sigh: "The Charming Blue Divine Country... after so many years, here I am again."
His expression was somewhat complicated.
Cang Xu: ?!
In an instant, he keenly detected an implicit meaning in the Undead Master’s complex expression.
"What’s going on?"
"It seems... the Undead Master doesn’t have strong hostility towards the Charming Blue Sect?"
"Wasn’t he supposed to have come to aid upon hearing the ship ghost’s call for help?"
Previously, Cang Xu speculated that the appearance of the Undead Master might have been due to the ship ghost finding unexpected reinforcement through a soul connection.
But now, it seems that’s not the case.
Cang Xu couldn’t help but glance at the ship ghost.
The ship ghost only showed a slight confusion, mostly having a notion already proven correct.
The next moment, the ship ghost spoke: "Undead Master, do you mean to say that the Charming Blue Sect is really our ally?"
The Undead Master glanced at him, smiled faintly, and slowly nodded.
Cang Xu: !?
The ship ghost was somewhat agitated: "Zhou Zhang is the Archbishop of Charming Blue, doesn’t she know about this relationship?"
"No, she knows." The Undead Master said, "This time, her blood sacrifice is also to meet up with me."
The ship ghost widened his eyes: "Then why did she capture me, wanting to sacrifice me, to put me to death!?"
The Undead Master spoke meaningfully: "You are already dead."
The ship ghost: "No, I mean, she wants to completely annihilate me!"
The Undead Master smiled: "Did she annihilate you?"
The ship ghost: "Uh..."
He was about to speak when, just then, a Holy Domain aura suddenly approached.
It was Qian Xing!
The Holy Beast Snow Pear Octopus had thick skin and was a very troublesome opponent. But Qian Xing’s mobility was much stronger, easily shaking off the Snow Pear Octopus temporarily.
"There’s no need to tangle with a Holy Beast, I’m not stupid."
"Let me see, what’s good here!"
Qian Xing was a member of the Firebeard pirate group, he was a pirate.
Pillaging is a pirate’s nature, and Qian Xing was no exception.
Now Da Han was entangled by Zhou Zhang, and Qian Xing had temporarily shaken off the Snow Pear Octopus, rushing towards the settlement of the Charming Blue believers.
He saw the destroyed Divine Text magic array that he had sabotaged, saw the Golden Level altar that he had cut by a third, and saw the breached Ocean Nest.
He was excited, his expectations were high, and then he crashed into the Charming Blue Divine Country.
Like the Undead Master, he also did not find the Deep Sea Monster Fish but saw the trio of the undead.
The ship ghost and Cang Xu were brushed past by him, and in an instant, his gaze locked onto the "ordinary" Undead Master.
Familiar face!
"You... are the Undead Master?!" Qian Xing recognized immediately, his pupils contracting sharply.
Had there been no prophecy from Da Han, Qian Xing wouldn’t have recognized so quickly. But before their actions, Da Han had foretold the future, seeing the scene of the Undead Master modifying Ba Qi.
So, Qian Xing recognized very quickly.
In an instant, he changed direction and fled outwards!
As a fighter skilled in close combat, his first choice in confronting a mage of the same level was to engage in close combat.
But Qian Xing did not do this; instead, he immediately chose to run away.
Simply for one reason — the other was the Undead Master!
Cang Xu watched, dumbfounded.
The Undead Master had a slight, serene smile, his demeanor leisurely.
The ship ghost saw Cang Xu’s expression, slightly raised his head with a touch of pride and said: "Holy Domain and Holy Domain are not the same."
"The higher the level of a Transcendent, the greater the gap between the same level."
Cang Xu slightly opened his mouth, looking towards the Undead Master with curiosity, admiration, and adoration in his eyes.
With hands behind his back, the Undead Master felt Cang Xu’s gaze, his smile growing even more indifferent.
No confrontation occurred, and Qian Xing ran away.
He shot out of the nest, approaching Da Han, secretly transmitting: "The Undead Master, I saw the Undead Master!!"
Engaged with Zhou Zhang, Da Han’s expression changed drastically, he retorted: "Are you sure? You should know that the Charming Blue Sect is best at deceit."
Undead Magic — Soul Capturing Technique!
The next moment, the Undead Master cast a Holy Domain Level Undead Spell.
Though he was within the Divine Country, not showing himself, Da Han and Qian Xing were both caught simultaneously.
At that moment, they both felt their souls were captured, experiencing a brief rigidness.
Although they recovered in the next moment, their faces were very grim.
"It’s the Soul Capturing Technique!"
"The Undead Master has spread his domain here, yet we didn’t notice at all."
"Let’s go, it really is him!!"
Just as the ship ghost said, Holy Domain Level and Holy Domain Level are different.
The biggest difference among them is the domain.
Holy Domain Transcendents can control the power of the domain, but the area, quality, etc., of the domain they spread are vastly different.
Take Qian Xing’s domain as an example, it’s limited to a ten-meter radius around him. Da Han’s is a bit more, reaching over a hundred meters.
But now, the Undead Master was more than a thousand meters away from them both.
Even more terrifying was that though his domain was laid out, it showed no visible anomalies. It wasn’t until the Undead Master took action that Qian Xing and Da Han perceived it.
To control domain power so deeply and minutely, among the Holy Domains under the heavens, only a handful can be counted on.
If it’s not the Undead Master, even if it’s another masquerading person, just this level of mastery is enough to incite a strong retreat from Da Han and Qian Xing.
So in the next moment, the two Holy Domain pirates did not hesitate, they turned around and fled together.
Of course, it’s not that they had no strength to fight, it’s just that it wasn’t worth fighting.
They are pirates, coming here to make a fortune, not to risk their lives!