Chapter 700: Chapter 422 Befriending Yama
Three days flashed by.
Yan Jiu, the Spirit Bone Monster, and others turned the Black Ship inside out, yet they found no trace of those two people.
“What to do now, Brother Yan, you need to come up with a plan!”
In the upper hall of the Black Ship, the Spirit Bone Monster, nervous and anxious, clicked his bones incessantly, pressuring the middle-aged Sneaky man with his words.
Seeing that his colleagues were silent, Yan Jiu’s face grew even darker, and he said coldly, “I will report this matter to Master myself. You all better watch yourselves!”
With that, he slammed the table, a burst of black light exploded around him, and he instantly transformed into a beam of black rainbow light and swept out of the hall.
“Hmph, if it weren’t for having a good master! How could he be so arrogant in front of us!”
“Heh heh, Yan Jiu will end up as miserably as the previous ones. Just wait and watch! Right, Spirit Bone?”
“Bah, you foolish thing with no restraint, do you have a death wish? Daring to fabricate stories about Lord Yama, be careful you don’t get thrown into Yan Tu Demon Prison and suffer for ten thousand years.”
“… Brother Bone, don’t scare me, I didn’t say anything just now!”
As the Evil Demon trembled in fear caused by Spirit Bone’s remark, Yan Jiu also anxiously made his way to the very top of the Black Ship.
This place was a hundred-yard-wide circular plaza, where the ground, the dome, and the surrounding walls were all made from the rare Black Tansy Gold, as smooth as mirrors, emitting a faint black glow.
At the deepest part of the plaza stood a dark door three yards high, with a strange and mysterious vortex slowly rotating at its center.
At a glance, the peculiar vortex seemed to possess an indescribable allure, irresistibly compelling one to plunge into it.
Yan Jiu guarded his spirit carefully, swiftly reaching beside the door without daring to look up at the bizarre vortex.
His forehead sweaty, he hesitated for a long time before finally sending a Divine Sense towards the vortex, trembling with fear.
After a long wait, Yan Jiu dared not even breathe heavily, his heart growing increasingly fearful.
Suddenly,
The bizarre vortex in the center of the door trembled slightly, layers of black light surged out like a tide from the depths of the vortex, and a vast and immense pressure followed, filling the plaza.
Seeing this sight, Yan Jiu immediately bowed, kneeling devoutly and calling out respectfully, “Disciple greets Master as he emerges from seclusion!”
Thud!
A green boot inlaid with Evil Exorcism Jade suddenly appeared in Yan Jiu’s view, along with a detached, ruthless voice that descended from above into his ears:
“Xiao Jiu, I was in seclusion, contemplating a Great Divine Power, at a critical moment, and you disturbed my spirit! You better have a satisfactory explanation for me!”
Upon hearing this, Yan Jiu shook violently, but knowing his Master’s ruthless nature, he dared not hide anything nor adorn his words, but could only honestly narrate the cause and effect in detail.
“Useless!”
Though it was merely a soft pair of words, to Yan Jiu, it sounded like thunder on a clear day, shattering his spirit and chilling him to the bone!
“Master, spare my life…ah!”
Before he could finish speaking, a pitch-black shadow suddenly burrowed into him from above.
In an instant, Yan Jiu’s face twisted extremely, his hands clutching his head as he writhed in pain on the ground, his body visibly wasting away.
In a blink, he had withered to skin and bones, looking just like a living skeleton, eerie and horrifying.
With a slick sound, the blood-red shadow suddenly flew out of Yan Jiu’s crown, vanished in a flash, and disappeared into a white jade-like palm.
Contrary to what the world imagined, the Yama Ancestor did not manifest as a constantly gloomy figure with a ghostly pale face resembling a sinister spirit.
In fact, it was quite the opposite; the Yama Ancestor was naturally blessed with handsome features as alluring as a demon’s, a tall and upright stature, and a genteel and amiable demeanor, as smooth as jade.
If one did not know the true identity of the Yama Ancestor, their first impression upon seeing him would be that of a handsome scholar, well-versed in literature with an elegant demeanor.
However, the methods of the Yama Ancestor were so harsh and brutal that even the Evil Demons shuddered with dread.
Just regaining consciousness from the intense pain, Yan Jiu instinctively rolled over and prostrated on the ground, tearfully shouting in gratitude, “Disciple thanks Master for sparing his life!”
“Be more mindful in your future actions! Don’t be like those fools before, always disturbing my cultivation!”
Although the Yama Ancestor spoke with a detached and ruthless voice, to Yan Jiu, it sounded like celestial music, utterly enchanting.
“Disciple will certainly devote my heart and soul in the future, never making any mistake again.” He kowtowed repeatedly in great relief.
The Yama Ancestor paid no attention to his disciple’s display of loyalty.
He lifted his head and looked around, his dark, iron-colored eyes suddenly emitting a faint green glow.
In an instant, a vast and mighty Divine Thought Storm erupted from his brow, sweeping in all directions in the blink of an eye.
In merely the span of one breath, the entire Domain Boundary Spaceship was enveloped by the Divine Thought, every life on the ship under the control of the Yama Ancestor.
But… the Yama Ancestor furrowed his brows slightly and murmured to himself, “Yama is here, I wonder which Taoist has boarded my ship? Please reveal yourself.”
This voice, along with the Divine Thought Storm, resonated powerfully across the high spiritual planes, unseen unless one had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
“This is bad”
In a secret chamber on the lower deck of the Black Ship, scholar Han Mu’s expression suddenly changed, and he snapped his fingers sharply,
Pop!
Suddenly his shadow, like a living creature, leaped up from the floor and swallowed its master whole.