Chapter 754 - 227: [Undying]_3
At this moment, he didn’t know where he was, especially with a formidable figure daring enough to attack the Gu Family’s cargo ship lurking in the shadows.
If they rashly continued forward, who knew if they would encounter danger.
It’s better to head north, towards the direction of the Saint’s Dojo.
Since it’s a Saint’s Dojo, in the Domain Realm, it’s equivalent to a semi-official status.
Going to that place, encountering the cultivators of the Saint’s Dojo, might even be able to seek rescue and sanctuary.
Even if they didn’t interact with the Saint’s Dojo, heading that way and hiding for a while, it’s likely that lurking formidable figure wouldn’t dare approach the Saint’s Dojo.
Having made up his mind, Chen Yan headed north.
He changed into clean clothes—inside his Storage Jade Pendant, there was an abundance of such daily necessities, thanks to the preparations of the person he had once deceived about some "end of the world system."
Chen Yan only changed into clean underclothes, while his outer clothes remained the long robe he was accustomed to wearing in the Domain Realm these days. He also took out two bottles of purified water to wash his face and hands and applied ointment to the wound on his lips.
Then he took out a piece of bread, gnawing on it as he walked.
His physique was strong; even without the use of any spell transformations, his walking speed was extremely fast.
After walking for about an hour, Chen Yan felt he had traversed dozens of miles—if it weren’t for being in the dense forest, he could have gone even faster.
Suddenly, his view expanded, revealing an open area, indeed, a stream meandering through the woods.
The stream was only a few meters wide, and the water channel was not deep. The water was clear and transparent, even revealing the pebbles on the riverbed through its gentle current.
Chen Yan quickly stepped over, but his gaze suddenly sharpened!
By the stream, he saw something he was familiar with!
The paperman puppet he had released last night was neatly cut into two halves, lying on the forest’s edge by the stream bank!
Chen Yan approached and squatted down to take a closer look. The cut at the paperman’s tear was exceedingly neat. Just a glance, and Chen Yan immediately thought of that mysterious figure’s sharp flying sword.
Indeed, this paperman had helped divert the pursuer for him last night, buying him some time.
He couldn’t help but feel lucky for being quick-witted last night.
Thinking of this, he got up, preparing to cross the stream and continue his journey, but his ears suddenly twitched!
Upstream, a sound of water splashing erupted, distinctly different from the original gentle flow of the stream.
Chen Yan turned his head to see a figure lying on the ground, sprawled by the stream, eagerly using their hands to scoop water, splashing it onto their face and head.
This person even went as far as sticking their head directly into the water, gulping it down desperately.
After drinking his fill, he lifted his head, gasping heavily, with a strange expression of having survived a calamity.
But at this moment, his gaze finally met Chen Yan’s.
Under Chen Yan’s expression that was somewhere between a smile and not, this guy’s face instantly froze!
Shock, fear, anger, and then guilt...
This person’s face went through several changes in an instant, but Chen Yan was already grinning and sprinting towards him!
This small figure jumped up from the streamside, retreating repeatedly, shouting in anger, clearly guilty but pretending to put on a strong front, forcefully yelling, "Kid!! You threw me out last night, almost got me killed! This hatred will be avenged today... Hey! Hey!! Don’t come over! Don’t come over!!!"
Chen Yan chuckled, leaping forward, grabbing the child’s hairstyle on this guy’s head, and with a forceful tug, lifted him up.
Chen Yan was already over six feet tall, while this guy’s height and stature were childlike, lifted by his hair, his feet were immediately off the ground, kicking wildly.
Chen Yan coldly shouted, "East Sea Fellow Daoist! You have some good skills, huh? Surviving that scene last night!"
East Sea furiously tugged at Chen Yan’s hand, his eyes full of panic, yet he deliberately yelled fiercely, "Kid!! I fought a big battle with that guy last night and got injured! Now my body is unfit, and you’re bullying me! If you don’t let go, I still have some means of perishing together! Do you perhaps want..."
Bam!
Before he could finish, his body was heavily thrown to the ground by Chen Yan.
Before East Sea could struggle up, Chen Nuo had already stepped on him.
East Sea wailed, yet he still couldn’t break free.
Looking at the other party, Chen Yan finally confirmed one thing—last night, when he caught him and threw him towards that strong figure attacking the cargo ship, he had already found it strange.
This East Sea...
Was so weak!!
From the Qi Observation Skill, he clearly had Ascension Realm cultivation!
But inexplicably... when it came to hands-on, he couldn’t even break free from Chen Yan, a mere Guiyuan Realm cultivator.
Being bullied by Chen Yan at the moment, all he did was stubbornly shout threats with his mouth without any substantial means at hand.
Swish!
Chen Yan already drew out a knife, placing the blade across East Sea’s neck.
East Sea’s scream was abruptly cut off, his body shivering, eyes widened at Chen Yan.
"Fellow, Fellow Daoist! Don’t act rashly, we have no grievance or enmity..."
Chen Yan squinted his eyes, "The people on the Gu Family’s cargo ship had no grievance or enmity with you either, yet you dragged them, leading to their miserable deaths, right?"
East Sea’s body trembled, "You, you are talking nonsense, obviously it was some strong figure plundering the cargo ship, and that, that has nothing to do with me..."
Chen Yan tightened the knife in his hand, the blade already drawing a line of blood on East Sea’s neck. His body trembled even more violently, "Wait, wait! We can talk things out!!"
Chen Yan took a deep breath, "That guy last night, he was after you, wasn’t he!"
In East Sea’s eyes flashed a hint of despair. He suddenly stopped trembling, a determinate look passing through his eyes!
Seeing this, Chen Yan’s heart skipped a beat, yet he was unprepared for this guy suddenly lunging forward!
With a puff, the knife in his hand plunged into East Sea’s neck!
Blood flowed, East Sea staring at him with eyes filled with hatred, yet eventually, bit by bit, dissipating.
What the hell?
Chen Yan stood there stunned.
This guy looked timid, yet he was so ballsy?
Suicide?
Such a tough guy?
But then, Chen Yan’s eyes changed again!
The body of East Sea on the ground suddenly flashed a light, and after the light faded, the body turned into a Wood Puppet!
Chen Yan felt a fluctuation of mana, of a complexity he could not fathom clearly.
But looking closely at the puppet the body turned into, he suddenly recalled hearing of a kind of Magical Treasure.
"Substitute Puppet?"
In an instant, Chen Yan understood one thing.
Last night on the ship, he had clearly thrown this guy towards that mysterious figure!
Yet he didn’t die!
It turned out he had avoided death using this Magical Treasure!