Chapter 2003: Chapter 2000: The Five-Man Fish-Catching Team!
Changsun Yun held the map and looked at it for a while.
Fang Yiyun said excitedly: "Go ahead, go ahead, hurry back and have a good rest. Tomorrow morning, head out quickly."
"Remember, before bringing back the Qingling Fish, don’t let them die. If they die, they won’t taste good."
Fang Yiyun repeatedly urged with a thousand exhortations.
"Yes." The five could only obediently clasp their fists in salute and left Nine Heavens Island.
"Hehe." Fang Yiyun watched the five leave, his lips curled into a meaningful smile.
Once the five left Nine Heavens Island, their faces were all troubled and gloomy.
To them, this day was indeed too bizarre and twisty.
Especially Meng Li, Changsun Yun, Wu Ming, and Shu Xiang, given their talents, they never imagined they would receive Fang Yiyun’s favor.
Meng Li asked somewhat confusedly: "What do we do now? Are we really going to catch fish for Master Fang?"
Changsun Yun said, full of fighting spirit: "Master Fang must have his reasons for doing this. Maybe he’s testing us!"
The bashful Shu Xiang also nodded slightly.
Wu Ming, from start to finish, hadn’t spoken, standing gloomily to the side.
Changsun Yun said: "Actually, aside from Master Fang being a bit tired today, we don’t have any major issues, so why don’t we go out and catch fish now?"
"What do you think, Lin Bai?"
Changsun Yun looked at Lin Bai to ask.
"I don’t have any objections; you decide." Lin Bai said with a gentle smile, full of warmth.
Meng Li said: "Then let’s first see where the Qingling Fish is."
Changsun Yun took out the jade slip Fang Yiyun gave him and opened it. It only marked one location.
"Crescent Island?"
"Where is that?"
"Seems like it’s not part of the Southern Yard Archipelago."
For the five warriors who had just entered the Southern Yard, it indeed seemed somewhat challenging to find this place.
Shu Xiang took another look and said softly: "This seems like... the Second Ring!"
Meng Li frowned: "The Second Ring, isn’t that the Outer Sect Disciples’ area?"
"So doesn’t that mean we have to leave the Southern Yard and go to the Second Ring?"
Lin Bai was also somewhat perplexed.
If this really is a test from Fang Yiyun, there shouldn’t be a need to go this far, leaving the Inner Gate Area and heading to the Second Ring?
"What is Fang Yiyun actually up to?"
Lin Bai said internally, feeling somewhat strange.
Changsun Yun said: "Indeed, it’s in the Second Ring, the Outer Region. If that’s the case, let’s not delay and head out early."
Meng Li also said: "Yep, the early bird catches the worm!"
The always gloomy-faced Wu Ming finally spoke: "I remember reading in our ’East Continent Academy’ records, it mentioned that we can directly go to the Outer Region through the Teleportation Array!"
"I know the way, follow me!"
Wu Ming immediately turned and led the four straight to the Southern Yard Teleportation Array.
"Let’s go!"
Following this, Meng Li, Changsun Yun, and Shu Xiang caught up.
And Lin Bai, at the back, also decided to follow.
Once the five left the vicinity of Nine Heavens Island, it was then that Fang Yiyun walked out from within, smiling as he looked at the five, saying: "Let me see what you little kids are capable of."
After speaking, Fang Yiyun unexpectedly matched the speed of the five!
Lin Bai and the others, without returning to rest, directly arrived at the Southern Yard Transmission Island.
Southern Yard Transmission Island; this place is specifically used for teleporting warriors to various regions of the God-Demon Sea. It can also teleport to other monasteries via this Teleportation Array.
Upon arriving at the Transmission Island, Changsun Yun stepped forward, clasped his fists, and said: "Hey buddy, we want to go to the Outer Region!"
The warrior addressed by Changsun Yun said directly: "Teleporting to the Outer Region—each person for one teleport costs a hundred pounds of Spirit Liquid!"
Upon hearing these words, the five’s pupils shrank fiercely!
"A hundred pounds of Spirit Liquid..."
"A hundred pounds!"
Even Lin Bai was somewhat taken aback.
What’s the concept of a hundred pounds of Spirit Liquid?
One pound of Spirit Liquid costs 10 billion Spirit Stones!
Ten pounds of Spirit Liquid, 100 billion Spirit Stones!
A hundred pounds of Spirit Liquid, 1 trillion Spirit Stones!
In the Southern Yard, an ordinary teleport requires as much as 1 trillion Spirit Stones!
Faced with such enormous teleportation costs, Meng Li, Lin Bai, and Changsun Yun wore gloomy expressions, while Wu Ming, already grim-faced, looked even worse.
Clearly, all four were strapped for cash!
Lin Bai initially had a large amount of Spirit Liquid, but it was used for breaking through states in Zhexian City; thus, now, not a drop remained in his Storage Bag.
Shu Xiang seemed to notice the embarrassment of the other four and said bashfully: "I’ll provide the Spirit Liquid for everyone."
"But I only have a little more than 500 pounds of Spirit Liquid, just enough for us to go over—not enough for us to teleport back!"
Wu Ming, gloomy-faced, said: "He should’ve known we just joined the Southern Yard with hardly any Spirit Liquid savings, yet he gives us such a challenge!"
Wu Ming said somewhat resentfully.
Changsun Yun said: "Then many thanks to Shu Xiang, our Junior Sister. Let’s go over first and consider options later."
Shu Xiang nodded slightly, took all the Spirit Liquid from her Storage Bag, and handed it over to the disciple guarding the Teleportation Array.
After the disciple counted it, he nodded slightly, activated the Teleportation Array, and teleported the five directly to the Outer Region Island.
Swish—
The Teleportation Array lit up, and the five appeared on the Outer Region Transmission Island.
Changsun Yun immediately opened the map and said: "If we take the Transmission Island as a starting point, then the Qingling Fish’s location should be towards the east!"
"It’s not far from here!"
"Let’s take my Spirit Boat over."
Changsun Yun took the Spirit Boat out of his Storage Bag, and the five of them boarded it, heading straight in the direction of the Qingling Fish’s location.
And along the way, Lin Bai remained silent and quiet.
Now that the Spirit Boat was gliding smoothly in midair, Lin Bai settled his mind, contemplating what Fang Yiyun truly wanted to accomplish.
Lin Bai approached Changsun Yun at the moment and asked: "Senior Brother Changsun Yun, can you let me see the map?"
Changsun Yun smiled and handed the map to Lin Bai.
Lin Bai looked at the map upon opening it and saw that it indeed marked the location of the Qingling Fish.
However, when Lin Bai looked at this location, he immediately frowned.
Seeing Lin Bai frown, the other four rushed over curiously and asked: "Lin Bai, did you discover something?"
Lin Bai shook his head with a bitter smile: "No."
"I just find the Qingling Fish’s location quite peculiar!"
Wu Ming asked gloomily: "What’s peculiar?"
Lin Bai smiled: "Look at the map, the marked Qingling Fish’s location is called Crescent Island!"
"And don’t you find it strange that within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles around Crescent Island, there’s not a single other island!"
"Around Crescent Island, it’s all blank!"
Upon hearing this from Lin Bai, Changsun Yun, Meng Li, and the others took a look one after another, and indeed, as Lin Bai said, within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles around Crescent Island, there wasn’t a single island.
This place seemed as if someone had demarcated it as a forbidden area for living beings!
Meng Li frowned and said: "Maybe there never were any islands around."’,
Lin Bai put away the map and said calmly: "Master Fang asked us to catch the Qingling Fish; perhaps he truly has some deep intent!"
"But in my perspective, Crescent Island is definitely not a safe place..."
"Everyone, brace yourselves; this journey might not be so easy!"
Lin Bai looked at the sea ahead, with the Spirit Boat swiftly flying toward Crescent Island!
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