Dragon Elephant Wisdom Realm and Profound Celestial Upper Mysterious Realm...
Upon hearing these two realm names, Zhao Ya’s eyes couldn’t help but reveal a hint of surprise.
Because he had been reading information about the Ten Thousand Realms recently, which included introductions to Dragon Elephant Wisdom and Profound Celestial Upper Mysterious Realms.
The Dragon Elephant Wisdom Realm is renowned for its Body Technique Hard Skills, and Zhou Zheng’s Great Cheng Garden Treasure Mountain is located in this realm.
The Profound Celestial Upper Mysterious Realm, on the other hand, is famous across realms for its various Light Spirit Strange Skills.
In conclusion, these are two veritable Great World Upper Realms, whose status is no less than that of the Pure Bright Realm where Shi Bolong resides.
However, Zhao Ya wasn’t thinking about these issues.
He could sense that Shi Bolong had been getting more and more excited these past few days.
Despite his excellent disguise, he still couldn’t escape Zhao Ya’s notice.
Zhao Ya could even guess eight or nine times out of ten about what Shi Bolong was thinking.
Obviously, Shi Bolong felt he was finally about to emerge from hardship.
Because once he entered these Great World Upper Realms, he would be able to contact his sect and receive assistance.
And as the Snake Woman said, he was alone and facing a powerful sect like Wuyou Longevity Palace, his situation was very dangerous.
However, Zhao Ya didn’t express any of these thoughts but instead watched Shi Bolong’s every move with a cold eye.
The Black Ship continued to sail. Although the sea around was still boundless, some changes were quietly taking place.
For instance, occasionally giant sails could be seen drifting across the horizon where the sea met the sky.
Zhao Ya knew these were ships specifically designed for transporting goods, with the smallest being the size of several Black Ships and the largest resembling a floating island, a true giant.
The reason for this is because the Endless Sea is simply too vast, even after opening up long-established bustling trade routes, the distances are still extremely far.
In order to make a profit from merchant trips over this distance, expanding the scale is almost the only way.
Thus, these cargo ships became bigger and bigger.
For two more days, the number of ship shadows increased, some getting close enough to see the statues on their prows.
However, these ships clearly all had enough respect for the Black Ship under Zhao Ya’s control, giving way whenever they encountered it.
Zhao Ya understood this was because this Black Ship from the Celestial Secret Sect was a high-end model of a warship.
To be able to purchase such a ship not only indicated the owner had substantial financial strength but also a deep background.
Faced with such a presence, these merchant ships naturally chose to avoid it.
Yet despite this, Shi Bolong seemed somewhat unsatisfied.
"If it carried the Wuyou Longevity Palace’s banner, these merchant ships wouldn’t dare appear within a twenty-mile radius," Shi Bolong said.
Zhao Ya turned back to give him a glance, then said indifferently, "So you’re suggesting raising the banner?"
Shi Bolong’s body stiffened, then he hurriedly smiled and said, "I just said it on a whim, no other meaning."
"Alright then, let’s raise the banner," Zhao Ya suddenly said.
Shi Bolong was taken aback, thinking he misheard.
"Sir, what did you say?" The Snake Woman beside them also looked puzzled, unable to resist asking.
"I said let’s raise the Wuyou Banner, is there a problem?"
"But..." The Snake Woman was shocked and was about to dissuade him when Shi Bolong interrupted.
"Sir, you don’t need to test me, I really didn’t mean anything by it earlier, I was just expressing a feeling."
"You don’t need to test me either, I just want to raise the banner to see how impressive your Wuyou Longevity Palace really is," Zhao Ya said.
Looking at Zhao Ya’s calm expression, Shi Bolong was momentarily at a loss.
Because he didn’t know if Zhao Ya was testing him or really wanted to do that.
However, these doubts were quickly dispelled.
Zhao Ya walked to the console and swiftly pressed a series of commands.
In an instant, through the Water Screen, a huge banner could be seen appearing on the ship’s prow.
Embroidered with two large characters.
Wuyou!
Indeed, it was the symbol of the Wuyou Longevity Palace, the Wuyou Banner!
When confirmed that Zhao Ya really did it, Shi Bolong was overwhelmed with joy, thinking his patience had finally paid off.
This Zhao Ya was obviously deceived, otherwise, how could he be so arrogant as to openly hoist the Wuyou Banner?
But just as Shi Bolong was overjoyed, he suddenly felt a stiffness envelop his body.
At first, he didn’t pay much attention until the stiffness quickly spread and engulfed his entire body, alerting Shi Bolong that something was amiss.
"What’s going on, what did you do to me?" Shi Bolong shouted in terror.
Zhao Ya remained calm, even taking a sip of tea before sighing.
"I must admit, you as a Direct Disciple of the Wuyou Longevity Palace is indeed extraordinary, I had to put in a lot of effort to poison you."
Shi Bolong could no longer speak, only able to gasp with his mouth wide open, filled with anger and despair as he stared at Zhao Ya.
"There’s no need to look at me like that, you brought it upon yourself by being overconfident, thinking the shipmaster’s agreement of this Black Ship would make you safe?"
Zhao Ya sneered, then continued, "Indeed, I cannot kill you, but I can deprive you of all movement abilities, trapping you securely."
Shi Bolong’s throat emitted a series of hoarse breaths.
Zhao Ya chuckled, "I know what you want to ask, are you wondering how you got poisoned?"
"You lofty offspring of Great World Strong Sect are prone to one major flaw, arrogance. You think avoiding anything directly handled by me, even tea after stealthy checks, would keep you safe?"
"I can only say, you overthought it!" Zhao Ya coldly declared.
Shi Bolong’s eyes grew more desperate as he realized not only was his body bound, but even his thoughts seemed to freeze.
This sense of sinking into an abyss terrified him, raising questions.
Because as Zhao Ya said, he was always extremely cautious these days, fearing falling into Zhao Ya’s trap.
Ultimately, despite all calculations, he could not escape.
As he expected Zhao Ya to explain, he saw Zhao Ya turn his head and instruct the Snake Woman.
"Drag him to the adjacent secret chamber and monitor him around the clock. If he escapes, you know better than I what might happen."
The Snake Woman shivered, then solemnly nodded and dragged Shi Bolong away immediately.
Once alone in the control room, Zhao Ya exhaled a long breath, then turned to look at the nearly burnt-out incense in the corner.
It turned out Zhao Ya had been secretly preparing Poison, targeting Shi Bolong.
Failing multiple times along the way, but Shi Bolong noticed nothing.
This was because Zhao Ya hadn’t poisoned the water or food, rather he infused it into the seemingly innocuous incense.
Yet even that wasn’t enough to guarantee Shi Bolong’s downfall; crucially, Zhao Ya creatively split the poison formula, burning incense containing two or three Poison substances each day, after several days combining them into a complete Poison.
Relying on this trick, Zhao Ya successfully ensnared Shi Bolong.
"I would be foolish to explain anything to you, haven’t you heard, villains perish from too much gloating. While I am not a villain, I certainly don’t want to waste words with you!" Zhao Ya murmured softly to himself.