Chapter 57: The Key Has Appeared?

“Who?”

The two turned around and saw a richly dressed man walking quickly toward them, followed by several Cultivators.

“Are you Boss Wu?”

Qu Muqi looked up and down Captain Wu, his gaze making people extremely uncomfortable.

He said arrogantly, “Did you take Sea Area Ding-31? I want that sea area. You can go back today.”

“Who are you?” Captain Wu’s face darkened.

He usually appeared rough and hearty, but when his face fell, he exuded a sense of oppression.

Now that many sea areas had been selected, if his sea area was snatched away, he wouldn’t be able to go out to sea for a long time.

With a’snap,’ Qu Muqi opened his fan and fanned himself impatiently, giving a look to the people behind him.

“Isn’t that Elder Shen?” Elder Xu behind him swept his gaze over Captain Wu and stopped on Elder Shen.

“Did he use your status to secure that sea area?”

Although Elder Shen acted obsequiously in front of Qin Wu, Elder Xu wasn’t much better than him.

He glanced sideways: “It was me, so what? This sea area belongs to the first comer. What, does Elder Xu want to forcibly take it?”

Elder Shen smiled without a smile, finally showing a bit of the might of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

“Of course not,” Elder Xu said lightly. “However, Young Master Qu has a special status. It’s just one sea area; forcibly taking it is not out of the question.”

“But the Young Master is kind-hearted. If you make Captain Wu step back, we will naturally provide compensation.”

Hearing the words’special status,’ Qin Wu seemed to see the arrogance on Elder Shen clearly diminish. He looked uncertain: “What is his status?”

He then secretly glanced at Qin Wu.

It couldn’t possibly be more formidable than the guard sent by the Taixu Holy Land, right?

Elder Xu looked at Qu Muqi, who clicked his tongue in annoyance, and took out an iron token, flashing it in front of the few people.

Qin Wu’s mood was complicated after seeing the token clearly.

Elder Shen also had a twisted expression.

“This is Young Master Qu Muqi, the guard sent by the Taixu Holy Land,” Elder Xu said with a smile.

Elder Shen still had an expression like he had constipation: “He is the guard?”

Then who is the person next to me?

Qu Muqi put away the token and said impatiently, “In any case, you already know my identity, so hand over Sea Area Ding-31 to me, otherwise…”

He opened his folding fan to cover the lower half of his face, but a hint of ruthlessness showed in his eyes.

“Is that Boss Wu’s ship?” Someone pointed at the Wood Fire and suddenly spoke up.

He stood behind Qu Muqi, dressed plainly, and appeared to be an accompanying servant.

No one answered for a moment. Qu Muqi raised his chin and looked at Captain Wu: “I’m asking you! Is it yours?”

Captain Wu clenched his fist, knowing that with Qu Muqi’s identity, he couldn’t afford to offend him. He said sullenly, “It’s mine.”

Qu Muqi’s ears twitched, as if he heard something. He closed his fan and clapped it into his palm: “Good. Since you are unwilling to give up this sea area, then come out to sea with us.”

He took out a Storage Pouch and tossed it into Captain Wu’s arms: “This is your reward.”

Captain Wu initially disagreed, but after seeing what was inside the Storage Pouch, he immediately nodded after struggling for a second.

“Fine.”

Elder Shen hadn’t spoken the whole time. He looked at Qin Wu with a questioning gaze.

Should he expose them?

The high tower in Black Stone City was the center of the protective Formation. Without the secret key or the guard’s consent, others simply couldn’t enter.

He had personally seen this person enter the high tower. Even if he wasn’t the guard, he must be related to it.

But what was that Qu Muqi?

Qin Wu calmly shook his head.

He looked at the servant behind Qu Muqi.

In the next instant, the servant sensed an scrutinizing gaze from elsewhere and looked back sharply. Upon seeing the Beautys Head on Qin Wu’s waist, he paused, then nodded kindly at Qin Wu.

“He should be at the Foundation Establishment Stage,” Consort Lian transmitted to Qin Wu.

He narrowed his eyes.

He was probably also from the Taixu Holy Land; otherwise, how would he recognize Consort Lian?

That Qu Muqi was likely just a decoy put forward; this person was the real one who wanted to go to Sea Area Ding-31.

It was just unknown what was so special about that place that a Holy Land Disciple would go there under a false identity.

Recalling Senior Sister Yun, who refused to leave even when heavily injured, and her warning, Qin Wu’s temples twitched.

Could he be so unlucky that something big was about to happen in the Burning Fire Sea recently?

However, a place that even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had to go to likely held a great Opportunity.

Should he follow or not?

【Detected “Sea Area Ding-31”, “Key”】

【Prerequisite plot is about to begin…】

【You, as the guard of Black Stone City, have been decadent for a long time. One day, you decide to become an ordinary fisherman to relax. Thus, this day, you step onto the Wood Fire…】

Key? Where did the key come from?

Qin Wu suddenly looked up at the hidden Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Could it be the key on his body?

Qu Muqi and his group were already walking toward the Wood Fire. Captain Wu hadn’t forgotten Qin Wu and walked over to whisper to Elder Shen: “Looking at the situation now, why don’t we let your nephew not go?”

“No need,” Qin Wu suddenly spoke. “I will go with you. With a Holy Land Disciple present, I believe this voyage will surely be safe.”

Seeing that Elder Shen didn’t stop him, Captain Wu nodded hesitantly: “Fine. As long as we don’t provoke them, nothing major should happen.”

Everyone got on board. Captain Wu introduced Qu Muqi and his group to the crew, then everyone returned to their posts, and they set sail.

“In three more days, we will reach Sea Area Ding-31. The temperature there is at least a thousand degrees. Without my permission, absolutely no one is allowed to leave the ship’s cabin,” Captain Wu warned.

Qu Muqi was actually from the Burning Fire Sea and naturally knew the terrors of the sea. It was best to listen to the professionals at this time.

So he nodded readily: “Don’t worry, we won’t go out.”

Captain Wu arranged a separate room for Qin Wu and then hurried out.

In the evening, Qin Wu was Cultivating with Spirit Stones when there was a knock on the door.

“Junior Brother.”

He opened the door and saw the Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had disguised himself as a servant during the day standing outside, smiling: “Senior Brother’s name is Qiao Kang. I apologize for using your identity.”

“But Junior Brother is the guard, right? Why aren’t you stationed in Black Stone City, but instead running out to the sea to be a fisherman?”

His eyes narrowed into crescents with a smile, and his outward appearance was extremely amiable.

But Qin Wu unconsciously shivered, feeling as if he were being stared at by a vicious, venomous snake.

Under Qiao Kang’s gaze, Qin Wu slowly forced a bitter smile and complained to him: “Senior Brother, you don’t know. This Burning Fire Sea is really not a place for Cultivation.”

“However, the Fire Qilin Fish here sells for a high price, so Junior Brother wanted to go out to sea to catch fish and sell them for some Spirit Stones to Cultivate. Otherwise, after a year, my cultivation might regress instead of advance!”

Qiao Kang also sighed: “So that’s how it is. Junior Brother has suffered.”

The two exchanged a few pleasantries before Qin Wu sent Qiao Kang out the door.

Qin Wu closed the door, and his expression immediately darkened.

And Qiao Kang stood outside the door, the smile on his face fading.

When he arrived, he had investigated the guard of Black Stone City.

He heard that Senior Sister Qing Xuanzi sent him into the Holy Land, fearing he would be persecuted by the true Disciples. She even specially pulled that Demon Consort from the Food Ruin Path to protect him.

But he only came to Black Stone City because of the internal strife among the Taixu members.

Why did he also have to go to Sea Area Ding-31?

Could he have discovered something too?

So, should he kill him or not?