"No idea."
"Since that monster fish could show up because of the heavy treasure, maybe there are others lurking in the shadows, here for the treasure too."
The group fell silent at that.
That bell toll just now.
The golden light.
Every one of those things could make your heart skip a beat.
They couldn’t even tell what any of it was.
All they knew was that the golden light and bell toll were way beyond anything they understood.
Evan Lin and Lily Liang headed back to the hotel.
Downstairs, they didn’t run into Jason Liu and the others.
Back in their room.
Lily Liang knew she couldn’t convince Evan Lin to leave, so she gave up trying.
"I need to rest up for a bit. Don’t disturb me until the heavy treasure appears."
Evan Lin said this, then went into the south-facing room and sat down cross-legged.
Inside the Soul-Sacrifice Beauty Scroll, Lily Zhao was as quiet as ever.
Over the next few days,
Lily Liang stayed in the room the whole time and didn’t go wandering around anymore.
The Rowe Patriarch stopped by a few times, hoping to persuade Lily Liang and Evan Lin to leave together.
He wanted to avoid any unexpected trouble cropping up when things got messy.
After several tries, he saw he couldn’t change their minds.
The Rowe Patriarch shook his head, helpless.
"The Qin and Jiang clans both have people in Moonshade."
"The Liu clan and Qin clan, plus the Liang family patriarch, are all Heavenly Phenomenon Realm."
"The former Ma Patriarch, who holds a grudge against my Rowe clan, is also Heavenly Phenomenon and will show up soon."
"The Rowe clan is isolated and weak now. I’m telling you to leave early for your own good, not out of any bad intentions."
"If you really won’t leave, there’s nothing I can do. Whatever happens next, you’ll have to deal with it yourselves."
The Rowe Patriarch sighed and left.
He didn’t come again for several days.
It looked like he’d found a place to throw himself into closed-door cultivation, hoping to break through to Heavenly Phenomenon in just a few days.
But after more than ten years without a chance to touch Heavenly Phenomenon, a few days is really too short for him.
The sea off Seahaven Island went back to being calm.
All news from that day was locked down, nothing got out.
But it stayed in the memories of countless people on Seahaven Island.
Rain kept falling on Seahaven Island, day after day.
The sky stayed gloomy, thick clouds overhead.
Day six.
Three people crossed the sea together.
Kevin Qin stood on the ferry, watching the stormy waves roll in under the rain, his brow deeply furrowed.
Beside him, Jenna Jiang and Harvey Li were also staring out at the sea, trying to spot something.
"The patriarch said there were monsters from the Mysterious Ruins in this sea, but we didn’t make it here in time," Jenna Jiang said softly.
The giant serpent they’d seen last time in the Mysterious Ruins was enough to leave them shaken.
But after they got out, the gate to the Mysterious Ruins slammed shut for good.
That place was gone for good—no way to find it now.
"Maybe it’s better we got here late. If those monsters were too strong, we’d all be dead," Harvey Li chimed in.
Jenna Jiang frowned at him, and he went on, "Right, what about that guy?"
"If it weren’t for him back in the Mysterious Ruins, we’d be toast. Did he come this time?"
Harvey Li asked.
"You mean Evan Lin?"
"Yeah."
"No idea. I asked Yvette Ye, but she didn’t say. Evan Lin only joined Moonshade recently, and I don’t have his contact info," Jenna Jiang shook her head.