"Hmph!" The man in the brocade robe snorted, saying: "What evidence do you have to prove that I colluded with you? It's simply your own greed for Liu Xianzi's beauty, and your attempt to take liberties! Don't believe his nonsense, Liu Xianzi! I just happened to be passing by this place."

  "Haha," Zhao Di burst out laughing and said: "Really just passing by? You used a high-level Qi-refining period talisman, the Mù Dùn Symbol, to hide in the tree trunk. If it were a Qi-refining period tenth-layer cultivator, they naturally wouldn't be able to detect it, but for a Foundation Establishment period cultivator, they can easily sense it with their divine sense. Before this black-robed person made their move, I had already discovered you hiding on the side. If you two weren't colluding together, how would he dare to attack me and Liu Xianzi when he clearly knew there was another Foundation Establishment period cultivator present?"

  "Brother Dao is indeed brilliant! I've long known that Situ Xin was hiding on the side, and all this was just an act!" The man in black shouted.

  "Situ Xin! You won't die a good death!" Liu Yinyin wiped away the tears in her eyes, her cheeks flushing red, and spoke to the young man in brocade one word at a time, her tone revealing her hatred without reserve. At the same time, she swung her sleeve, and a bright red long spear shot straight towards the young man in brocade.

  Now that things have come to this, Situ Xin knew that no matter how he tried to talk his way out of it, it would be useless. He let out a light sigh, suddenly furrowed his brow and glared at Zhao Di with hatred, saying: "Today's events were originally flawless, I carefully planned for several years, but because of your unexpected move, my efforts have been ruined! The green hills will remain unchanged, the clear waters will continue to flow, you just wait!"

  While speaking, he had already recalled the wooden sword to his side, easily blocking Liu Yuying's red long spear attack, and turned around to fly away.

  "Want to run!" Zhao Di hummed, raised his arms, and seven or eight red light spots flew out from the sleeves, extremely fast, rushing towards the brocade-robed youth in the air. In the blink of an eye, the red light spots had already appeared about 7-8 zhang behind the brocade-robed youth.

  The young man in the brocade robe loudly exclaimed, "Flying Needle Technique!", and hastily took out a copper plate-like artifact, holding it together with the green wooden sword to block in front of him.

  "Ding ding", "dang dang", "puff puff" a few sounds and an "ah" cry of despair later, the young man in brocade fell head-first to the ground, his chest pierced with two fist-sized holes, dying instantly.

  The man in black who saw this scene had already scared his legs soft and couldn't run even if he wanted to.

  "You also have a share in plotting against my husband!" Liu Yingying's eyebrows condensed, and she said to the man in black. She manipulated the red long spear to change direction and stabbed at the man in black.

  The man in black activated a defensive light shield on his body and held up a dark light shield in front of him, but Zhao Di's silver small sword cut the shield in two, and the defensive light shield was also easily shattered. The black-clad man, who was caught off guard, almost watched with his own eyes as the red long spear pierced into his chest.

  Zhao Di picked up the storage bags from the two corpses and then popped out a few fireballs, turning the corpses into ashes.

  Yingying stood still for a while before finally letting out a long sigh, and then led Zhao Di back to her cave in Wang Qing Mountain.

  After talking with each other for half the night, Liu Yuying, who had been emotionally fluctuating greatly that day, returned to her bedroom alone and rested.

  When she woke up on the second day, she found that Zhao Di's figure had disappeared from the hall of the cave mansion. There was only a storage bag and a note on the stone table: "My heart is vast, only the Great Way; Fairy treasure, meet again for good fortune."

  ……

  Zhao Di Zheng rode on the wind leviathan, flying in the air above a sea area according to the direction told by Liu Yingying.

  He had long heard that there were countless sea monsters in the ocean, and high-level sea monsters were not uncommon. Although this was a sea area relatively close to the mainland, where sea monsters rarely appeared, he did not dare to get too close to the sea surface; while at an altitude of over 1,000 meters, flying birds and beasts often appeared. For safety reasons, he had been flying in mid-air at an altitude of about 200-300 meters.

  Treading the Wind Chariot's speed was extremely fast, and even without using his full strength, in just two short days, he had already flown out over 4,000 to 5,000 miles. At this time, he could see a not-too-large island not far ahead of him, which should be the Bihai Island he was heading towards. He injected some spiritual energy into his feet, and the Wind Chariot flew even faster, heading straight for the island.

  If it were an ordinary person, at this moment, even if standing ten miles in front of the island, there would only be a vast expanse of blue sea water in sight, and not a single shadow of the island could be seen. This is because the entire island is shrouded by a large-scale magical array called "Bihai Chao Sheng Array".

  "Bihai Chao Sheng Zhen" is a renowned water-attribute forbidden array, with an additional simple illusion that disguises everything within the array as ordinary sea surface. Its defensive power should not be underestimated. For Zhao Di's foundation-building period cultivation, although he can easily see through this disguise illusion, it is impossible to forcibly enter it, only high-level cultivators in the Dan-forming stage have a chance to forcefully break through one gap.

  With this defense, even if several high-level demon beasts were to rush over, they would not pose any threat. Moreover, more than half of the cultivators from the Azure Sea Sect are stationed on this island, including two or three Nascent Soul stage experts!

  As he approached the island, Zhao Di clearly saw an entrance like a city gate outside the large formation, where four or five monks in uniform blue robes were guarding.

  He slowed down and landed outside the entrance.

  Among the five blue-robed cultivators, three were Qi Refining stage disciples, and two were Foundation Building stage cultivators. One of them was even in the middle stage of Foundation Building, clearly the person in charge of this entrance.

  As soon as Zhao Di landed, the few people here saw his early foundation cultivation. The middle-aged cultivator with a thick eyebrow and big eyes who was also in the early stages of foundation building immediately came forward, slightly cupping his fists to Zhao Di, and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, are you going to enter our Bihai Island's Fang Market?"

  "It's exactly what I was thinking, I'd like to borrow your island's teleportation array to make a trip to the deep sea region." Zhao Di also replied with courtesy.

  "Hehe, fellow daoist, as long as you take out the spirit stone, our sect will naturally do its best to help. However, for those who are not disciples of the Azure Sea Sect to enter this island, they need to pay thirty pieces of spirit stone. Although the market in our Azure Island is not big, there are many precious and rare materials, as well as internal elixirs that can't be bought elsewhere." The middle-aged cultivator said with a smile.

  "Just to enter the island, it costs thirty spirit stones!" Zhao Di felt a slight sense of surprise in his heart, thinking that this Bi Hai Sect was really good at making money. The actual strength of this sect wasn't very strong, and it was said that the highest cultivation level within the sect were only two Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Compared to the Tai Xu Sect, which had been passed down for thousands of years, they were far inferior, but they had a knack for making money! Bi Hai Sect not only monopolized the surrounding islands and spiritual veins in the ten-thousand-mile sea area, but also possessed the only transmission array in Tian Wu Country that could transmit to the deep-sea region. As a result, all matters related to sea monsters and island minerals were within the control of Bi Hai Sect, making them the largest immortal sect in this place.

  Zhao Di would not let a mere thirty spirit stones get in the way of his dealings with the Bi Hai Sect. He promptly pulled out a pile of spirit stones and handed them over to the middle-aged cultivator. The middle-aged cultivator accepted the spirit stones and handed him a sheep fat jade token engraved with several numbers, then allowed him to pass through the entrance.

  "Hmph, with just the initial foundation building cultivation, you think you can go to the deep sea area and hunt down demonic beasts? I reckon it's more likely that you'll be throwing sheep into the tiger's mouth, feeding the sea monsters instead!" Zhao walked into the large array, and the middle-aged cultivator who was also at the Foundation Building stage looked embarrassed as the older man spoke in a low voice with a hint of disdain.

  Due to the large array's obstruction of divine consciousness, Zhao Di naturally did not hear the old man's sarcastic words. Even if he had heard them, he would have just smiled and let it pass. For someone like Zhao Di who possessed a unique treasure and tried to keep a low profile, being underestimated was far better than being targeted.

  A street about a dozen or so zhang wide, with only seven or eight two- or three-story shops scattered along it. There were hardly any people coming and going on the street. Was this really what Bihai Gate called a market? This broken-down place actually charged thirty ling stones just to enter! Zhao Di was left speechless by the scene before his eyes.

  (First update, as a thank you for your support, I'll add another 10,000 words today! Continued requests for collection and recommendation!)