“Of course, I’ll have someone sail the spirit ship over immediately,” he said. “However, resources are rather scarce on the small island, so you can’t stay for long. When the time comes, I’ll provide you with a spirit ship for your departure.”
Arnold continued to employ the strategy of feigning an attack to retreat.
“Of course, we won’t be staying long.”
Wyatt quickly nodded in agreement.
The spirit ship swiftly headed toward the group of alchemists. Only when everyone had boarded the spirit ship, did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“You can rest for a while on the spirit ship. Once we’ve gathered some demon beasts, we’ll take you to the small island,” Arnold said to Wyatt.
“Mr. Lund, please don’t let us keep you busy. As long as we have a place to rest our feet, it’s fine,” Wyatt said.
“Once we approach the storm-prone sea area, the spirit ship will sway quite a bit. So, it’s best for you all to stay inside the spirit ship and refrain from moving around unnecessarily,” Arnold said.
“Understood. We’ve also just navigated through the storm-prone sea area, so we’re well aware of the storm’s ferocity!”
Wyatt gave a nod.
Numerous alchemists had all entered the cabin of the spirit ship.
The spirit ship was spacious, so even with dozens more people on board, it didn’t feel crowded.
People like Wyatt and Hartwin, all had separate bedrooms arranged for them.
At that moment on the deck of the spirit ship, the young man clad in a green shirt asked Arnold in utter confusion, “Mr. Lund, if everyone is already on the boat, why aren’t we heading back? Why must we venture into the storm- prone sea area to retrieve the body of some demon beast?”
“What do you know?” I just said, “We came here to retrieve the body of the demon beasts, to gather some resources. If these people get on board, and we immediately turn around, it’s bound to raise suspicions. That would just lead to a whole lot of unnecessary trouble. That’s why the less attention we pay to these people, the more at ease they feel. This is also why I said they can’t stay on the island for long. You should learn from this, it’s all about giving them enough rope…”
Arnold was very pleased with himself.
“Brilliant, truly brilliant…” The young man gave a thumbs up.
“Head toward the storm-prone sea area for a bit, and have your team symbolically salvage some demon beast corpses. Be sure not to get too close to the storm, if you’re sucked in, it’s game over,” Arnold commanded.
“Understood!” The young man nodded.
The spirit ship swiftly approached the storm- prone sea area, but it didn’t get too close. Subsequently, the young man, accompanied by a few disciples from the Sky Slasher Sect, moved toward the storm.
Surrounding the storm, numerous demon beasts’ corpses were drifting on the sea surface. Although there weren’t as many as those in the eye of the storm, there were still enough to keep one busy salvaging for a while.
Upon reaching the storm once again, Jared desired to seek out some treasures. After all, with the Stillwind Orb in his possession, the
storm posed no harm to him.
Just as Jared was about to step out of the cabin, he was abruptly stopped by two cultivators at the doorway.
“You can’t leave now. We’re at the storm-prone sea area. It’s safer to stay in the cabin!” one of the cultivators exclaimed.
“My friend, I’m just stepping out for a breath of fresh air. Besides, our spirit ship was just wrecked by the storm. I want to see for myself what such a formidable storm actually looks like,” Jared said in a gentle and calm manner.
“No, you must stay inside the cabin!”
The two cultivators were surprisingly unyielding, their faces stern, barring Jared from leaving.
“Mr. Chance, since they’re not letting you leave, then don’t. It’s all for the sake of your own safety,” Wyatt advised Jared.
“Okay!” Jared nodded his head, then turned around and went back inside.
However, at that moment, Jared had a nagging feeling that something was off, but he chose not to voice it out.
Having found a suitable place to sit, Jared released his spiritual sense into the surroundings.
The entire spirit ship was enveloped by Jared’s spiritual sense. This spirit ship was inexplicably superior to theirs, and its level of superiority was beyond measure.
Moreover, several arcane arrays were set up within the spirit ship, particularly one cabin that was completely wrapped in a formation. So much so that Jared’s spiritual sense couldn’t penetrate it.
It looked like this was a conference room, designed so that others couldn’t overhear or see what was being discussed inside.
