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Chapter 124 First Encounter (1)_1

Chapter 124: Chapter 124 First Encounter (1)_1

"Master, don’t worry. We’ll be in Holy Sea City soon," Xiaojiu reassured Dugu Qianye, sensing her mood.

"I’m not afraid of the Divine Temple’s strength, but I worry that my mother and grandfather might have been..."

Even as a fox, Xiaojiu found no words to comfort her. Missing for over a decade, with never any news—it spoke volumes. All it could do was nuzzle her palm with its head, indicating that everyone was there with her.

Cang Jin watched Dugu Qianye’s silhouette, his expression dark and unreadable. The sea breeze tousled his jet-black hair, as chaotic as his thoughts at that moment.

"It’s coming, it’s coming! Look, the Divine Temple’s ship is arriving!" someone suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

"Where? It’s true, it’s really coming!"

"Wow, it’s magnificent!"

"I wonder who will come to receive us? I’m so curious!"

The Divine Temple’s ship wouldn’t be overstating if called a cruise ship. With a silver exterior, it was 300 meters long and 20 meters wide, boasting five decks. The lowest level was the control room and lifeboats, serving as a subdeck. From the bottom up, the first floor was for dining and entertainment, with the three floors above that being living quarters. There were 80 rooms on the second layer, 50 on the third, and only 10 on the fourth. The lavishness of each room increased with the floor level. Deep sea blue precious coral, worth a million Gold Coins for one piece, adorned each room with at least one; every room’s lighting used the Jiao tribe’s Demon Crystals, which started at a hundred thousand each; the curtains in every room were made of the most expensive Flowing Cloud Sand, costing a thousand per foot; and all the beds and furniture were crafted from the exclusive timber of Cangmang Mountain’s inner ring, each tree worth tens of thousands.

The massive deck could accommodate thousands of people, but at the moment, only a few stood there, the sea breeze lifting their white gowns and long hair, making them seem as if they could ascend to the heavens at any moment.

Dugu Qianye narrowed her eyes as she watched the approaching vessel.

The Divine Temple!

We’re about to start dealing with each other. I wonder if our interaction will be "pleasant"?

The students on the dock watched excitedly as the ship drew near, dropped anchor, and then two long, thick planks flew out from the ship, landing precisely between the dock and the vessel. The person controlling these planks must be powerful.

"Wow, it looks even more imposing up close!"

"From the outside, it’s so luxurious! Worthy of the Divine Temple’s touch."

"Heh, such a lavish ship, and I get to ride it just this once, haha, worth it!"

Those who were previously on the deck came to the forefront, revealing themselves to be a group of bewitching maidens in their prime. They wore identical white garments, with pretty faces smiling gently toward the people on the dock.

Then, footsteps sounded from behind, and everyone turned to see Fen Jian, the City Lord of Pearl City, approaching with a dozen maidens.

"You all arrived quite early!" Fen Jian greeted the crowd with a smile, and the students hurriedly returned the greeting.

The women from the ship, seeing Fen Jian, disembarked one after another, coming up to him to pay their respects.

"Saint Heir."

"Hmm. Dismissed," Fen Jian nodded and then instructed his followers, "Go back."

The women behind Fen Jian, at his command, advanced and positioned themselves alongside the other maidens. It turned out that those who had come were from the Wind Temple. People noticed that they were indeed the same ones who had performed a dance the previous night.

"Who has come this time?" Fen Jian asked the leading woman.

"Replying to the young Hall Master, it’s the Saintess," Fen Li answered.

"Oh? Shen Wanqing? How come she’s not clinging to Yun Jin in the Divine Temple, and she actually deigned to leave Holy Sea City? Did the Hall Master send her?" Fen Jian expressed surprise upon hearing Shen Wanqing had come to meet them.

"No, it’s the Saintess who wanted to come by herself," Fen Li said.

"She requested to come by herself?" Fen Jian seemed to be asking Fen Li, but also seemed to be questioning himself.

"Yes. The Saintess said she had never been outside the Phantom Sea Domain, so she wanted to come and see," she paused before adding, "I heard she had a rather serious quarrel with the Saint Heir this time, even burning down the Hall Master’s bamboo garden. The Hall Master was very angry."

"So, she’s here to seek refuge?" Fen Jian said with a smile, "Causing trouble and then hiding away doesn’t seem like her style."

"Maybe it’s because the Hall Master is too angry this time," Fen Li speculated.

"Fen Jian, speaking ill of someone behind their back isn’t what a gentleman does," a cold voice came from the boat, "What, has it been too long since I’ve sparred with you?"

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a woman around 20 years old dressed in white martial attire appearing before their eyes. When they clearly saw her face—

"Hiss!" Everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.

Her beauty could sink fish and fall geese, outshine the moon and blush flowers—this must have been who they were talking about! But with her cold complexion, she gave off an aura of unattainability.

"I never heard that the Divine Temple had a Saintess. Who would have thought that while the Saint Heir looked like a warm sun, this Saintess is like the cold moon. The Divine Temple’s selection of people is really interesting," Dan Jingtian said quietly.

The others nodded in agreement.

"It hasn’t been that long! Last time I returned, you were the one who dragged me into a fight," Fen Jian immediately denied upon hearing Shen Wanqing’s words.

Joking aside, he’d rather take on extra missions than "spar" with Shen Wanqing. Despite her gentle-sounding name, she was a complete martial fanatic! All she knew was to practice martial arts and then look for someone to spar with. It was just that her combat strength was exceptionally strong; people of the same level were easily defeated by her. Even though he was several levels higher than her, he was frequently beaten black and blue, losing all dignity, often becoming the laughing stock within the Divine Temple. Since almost everyone in the younger generation of the Divine Temple had been dragged into a spar with her, they would all hide whenever they saw the excitement in her eyes. Only Yun Jin could beat her, but Yun Jin was often away, and when no one was available to spar with her, she’d go out to sea to kill Phantom Beasts.

"10 months and 19 days," Shen Wanqing stated, fixing her gaze on Fen Jian and pulling him back from his thoughts.

"Alright, get them onto the ship quickly, or we won’t be able to get past Huisha Bay before nightfall," Fen Jian said.

Changing the subject was obvious, but it worked. Shen Wanqing indeed stopped staring at him and simply stood on the deck, watching Fen Li call people aboard and arrange their rooms.

The first to board was Xie Ping. A Phantom Venerable was respected wherever they went, even in the revered Divine Temple. Right behind was a teacher from the Glei Empire, a peak Phantom Emperor.

The students followed onto the ship one by one, and only after most had boarded did Dugu Qianye start to approach.

For reasons unknown to her, Dugu Qianye felt an intense aversion to the Divine Temple in her heart. Just thinking of the Divine Temple made her feel that they were hypocrites, a bunch of charlatans dressed in holy garb—demons! The mere thought of the Divine Temple filled her with revulsion, an innate distaste.

She had initially thought it was because she suspected her mother, grandfather, and the school principal had been captured by the Divine Temple, but she later realized this wasn’t the reason. A mere suspicion would not cause her to detest the Divine Temple so much. That aversion must have originated from the emotions left by this body. Most importantly, she had actually discovered a small fragment of lost memory! It was a memory from Little Qianye at the age of eight.

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