Above the Great Dao
Chapter 471 - 224 Kidnapped_2

Chapter 471: Chapter 224 Kidnapped_2

The boat girl’s face flushed red, unable to say anything more.

Although her status among the underworld minions was not low, she had only glimpsed the Judge’s Pen from afar and had never closely examined it.

The three boarded the boat, and the boat girl untied the mooring rope, activated the Wind Talisman, and the pleasure boat set off along the path they came from.

Chen Shi fiddled with the "Judge’s Pen," twirling it around, performing a flourish with it, his body aglow with silver light, like a cluster of silver flowers.

However, the "pen tip" had not yet been consecrated with incense and had not unleashed its power.

He thought of the "Sacrificial Refinement" mentioned by the Wuwang City Governor, took out incense from the cart, lit it, and offered it to the "pen tip" he had snatched.

The Incense Fire Qi spiraled up, dividing into two, floating towards the shaft and "pen tip" of the pen.

Granny Sha saw this and chuckled, "They separate quite clearly; seems like the little couple has been apart for too long and is now throwing a tantrum!"

The boat girl was also amazed at the sight.

When an incense stick burned out, the boat girl approached quietly and whispered, "Chen... Master Chen, may this lowly one touch the Judge’s Pen?"

Chen Shi casually handed it over, smiling, "Why not? Feel free to take a look."

The boat girl hurriedly caught it with both hands, examining the shaft, "spear tip," gently touching it as if it were a priceless treasure, unwilling to let it go.

Granny Sha quietly gripped the handle of the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, warily watching her, to prevent the girl from turning hostile now that she had the Judge’s Pen.

After all, the Judge’s Pen was famous, being a Magical Treasure of the Netherworld Judge, much more powerful than the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp by many times.

As a minion of the underworld, if she were to wield this treasure, even Granny Sha might not be a match for her.

Overwhelmed with excitement, the boat girl caressed the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword at the spearhead, her emotions surging, "Now, I can touch the Judge’s Pen too, when will I be able to use this treasure? If only I could get the Book of Life and Death as well, I could dictate life and death..."

Just then, a deep and resonant Dragon Roar came, and a giant dragon leisurely glided by the pleasure boat, emerging from the mist.

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The boat girl glanced at the Judge’s Pen in her hand, then foolishly back at the dragon swimming past the boat; she was too dazed for a moment to react.

Suddenly, the Wuwang Spear violently shook, knocking the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword down, and with a whoosh, it flew off into the air.

With empty hands, the boat girl frantically reached out but grasped nothing.

The Wuwang Spear moved incredibly fast, vanished into the fog, and headed straight for the giant dragon.

The boat girl quickly leaped into the mist.

"My Judge’s Pen!" Her cry echoed from within the fog.

Granny Sha came to her senses, picked up the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, jumped off the pleasure boat, and chased after her, angrily shouting, "Since when is it your Judge’s Pen? You ghostly girl, return the Judge’s Pen to me!"

The pleasure boat drifted lazily on the lake, with Chen Shi standing dumbfounded on it, the Dragon Roar fading into the distance, the Judge’s Pen, the boat girl, and Granny Sha all vanishing without a trace.

The Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword lay silently embedded in the deck, the blade slightly trembling, its sword light like water, reflecting the surroundings.

Chen Shi snapped out of his daze, reached for the hilt, and pulled the treasured sword out to take a closer look.

The blade appeared fluid like water, seemingly without a stable form, and yet, there was something touching about it.

Within its blade, it seemed to house a young dragon, swimming in the watery sword light.

This was Chen Shi’s first time observing the sword closely, he stood up and lightly touched the blade; the young dragon inside stopped, curiously staring at his fingertip, following the movement of his finger as it swam.

Chen Shi’s finger moved from the hilt, slowly up to the tip, and the young dragon followed suit, undulating its body and paddling, following up to the tip.

But as Chen Shi’s finger left the sword tip, it could not follow, desperately clawing, thrashing its tail.

This young dragon within the sword was extremely fond of him.

As Chen Shi continued to inspect the sword, he noted it had almost no hilt, and there were no decorations on the end of the handle; it was not made for wielding, but for Sword technique.

"You are truly not the pen tip of the Judge’s Pen?" Chen Shi murmured.

The young dragon inside coiled, gnawing its paw, shook its head, and quietly raised another paw, pointing towards the incense inside the cart.

Chen Shi examined it over several times, feeling a sense of bizarreness.

He had come in search of the tip of the Judge’s Pen, which had transformed into a dragon, repeatedly emitting Dragon Roars within the vast Lake Danna. That’s why it was believed in the underworld that the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword was the tip of the pen.

To his surprise, it wasn’t!

"So, have I unwittingly taken treasure that someone else went through great pains to find?" A twinge of guilt arose in his heart.

Especially considering he had injured quite a number of people, his sense of guilt grew even stronger.

"If I encounter the rightful owner, I’ll just return the treasure to them. Although this treasure is good, there are many treasures in the world. I’ll simply find another unclaimed one."

Chen Shi stood on the painted boat; the mist around him grew thicker, making it difficult to discern the direction.

Unsure of the direction, he extinguished the Wind Talisman on the boat to avoid the painted boat wandering aimlessly and getting lost.

The boat was the boat girl’s treasure, so he speculated she wouldn’t give up on it and would definitely come back for it.

Chen Shi waited for a long while; Black Pot barked twice. As the sky grew darker and neither the boat girl nor Granny Sha returned, he started getting anxious.

"The Wuwang Spear is the Magical Treasure of the Alliance Hierarch, entrusted to me to find the tip of the Judge’s Pen. Now that the pen tip remains unfound, and the Wuwang Spear has been swindled away, how will I explain myself to the Hierarch?"

If he were to return to Wuwang City empty-handed, he’d likely lose his tongue.

Chen Shi could no longer sit still. He stood up and said, "Black Pot, you stay on the boat and watch the cart, I’ll go find the Wuwang Spear and that pen tip!"

He had just stood up when Black Pot’s paw pressed down on his shoulder.

Chen Shi looked back, only to see Black Pot slowly shaking its head, pointing towards the incense in the cart.

Chen Shi had a realization and laughed, saying, "In my worry, I overlooked feeding this little fellow."

He set up the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword, took out three bundles of incense, and lit them, placing them in front of the sword.

The juvenile dragon inside the sword absorbed the Incense Fire Qi. At first it was fine, utterly intoxicated, but gradually it began to sway woozily within the sword, like a drunkard.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shi quickly extinguished two bundles of incense.

But even with just one bundle remaining, the juvenile dragon still couldn’t handle it, acting as if it were deep in drink.

In the end, Chen Shi only left three sticks of incense, which allowed the juvenile dragon to recover to normality.

While Chen Shi was offering the incense, Black Pot had caught a few big fish. Starting to cook the fish, it gestured for him not to rush and to eat before leaving.

Chen Shi had no choice but to stay on the painted boat for the meal. Before he knew it, the sun had closed its eyes and the moon had opened both of hers.

But the fog had not yet dispersed, leaving the lake enveloped in a vast white expanse, the heart-stopping Dragon Roars sounding from time to time.

"The sound of the Dragon Roars persists, indicating the Wuwang Spear has not subdued the pen tip; instead, it has been lured away by the pen tip, abandoning being a Spear to become a Dragon!" Chen Shi slightly furrowed his brow.

Now, he could only hope that the incense he had offered earlier would still have some effect.

Otherwise, with his current cultivation strength, he would absolutely be unable to subdue the complete Judge’s Pen!

After dinner, the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword had absorbed the Incense Fire Qi and was sated as well, its belly rolling roundly, lying inside the sword, comfortably rubbing its stomach.

Chen Shi formed a Sword technique with his hands, and his mind stirred slightly, suddenly feeling a connection with the juvenile dragon inside the sword.

As his sword fingers gently moved, the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword also soared up slowly, floating in the air and following the motion of his sword fingers.

Chen Shi’s sword fingers pierced, lifted, swirled, cleaved, sliced, and wiped; the sword, like a roaming dragon, mirrored these movements of piercing, lifting, swirling, cleaving, slicing, and wiping, the sword like a stream of light, darting back and forth with astonishing agility, even faster than the Sword Qi of his Meridian Evil Slayer Sword by several folds!

Chen Shi was both startled and delighted: "This sword is perfect for my use!"

He then remembered that he had taken someone else’s sword and thought to himself, "Well, this treasure may be good, but after all, I didn’t find it. When I find its rightful owner, I’ll return it."

"Black Pot, stay here with the wooden cart!"

Chen Shi leaped out of the painted boat, entering the mist. The Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword followed his motion, floating at the temple gate half a foot behind his head, at a distance of half a foot from him.

Whichever direction Chen Shi moved, it remained exactly half a foot from him, never more, never less.

Suddenly, a gust of lake wind blew, dispersing some of the fog. Moonlight spilled from above, illuminating the Wandering Dragon Sword.

The magical sword reflected the moonlight, the glow like a stream of quiet spring, revealing details of the underworld wherever it shone, as if opening a passage to the underworld along the flowing water!

— Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch’s support, including Shi Li Yue Ming, Min Zhai, and Ruo Ran Ge; such a generous boss!