Chapter 15: Purgatory Sea, Martial Emperor’s Tomb

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If he wanted to complete the missions assigned by the elders, he would not have time to cultivate. Therefore, Xu Yi wanted to find out if there was any opportunity at the Dual Polarity Sect.

The Seamless Sect was originally a small sect that relied on the Fire Cloud Sect. However, ever since the sect master of the Fire Cloud Sect was destroyed by Ji Zheng, he had had other thoughts.

“Xu Yi, why do you want to see me alone?”

Ji Rui said casually without even looking at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi, on the other hand, looked around his surroundings. He was not sure if there were any spies from other sects around and could not make up his mind for a moment.

“Sect master, I have something to tell you, but this matter is very important. I’m afraid…”

Ji Rui saw through what he meant immediately, only she did not quite believe it. After all, how could a mere sect master of the Seamless Sect know of any major secrets?

Seeing that the sect master did not believe him, Xu Yi gritted his teeth and said, “I really have something to tell you. I hope that the sect master can believe me and I am willing to use my life as a guarantee. I ask the sect master to please dismiss your subordinates from the hall!”

“What?!”

The whole hall was in an uproar when they heard this.

The various elders of the Dual Polarity Sect were all older than sect master Ji Rui by several cycles. It could even be said that they had watched her grow up. Although the relationship between them was one between superior and subordinates, they were more like kith and kin. When they heard Xu Yi’s request, which was one that could potentially sow discord, they were livid.

“Xu Yi! Do you think us elders of the Dual Polarity Sect are unimportant people?”

“What matter do you have to discuss with the sect master alone? Could it be that you want to take this opportunity to blindside the sect master? We can’t give you this opportunity!”

“Hehe, being a mere little sect master of the Seamless Sect, he really thinks too highly of himself.”

“The Seamless Sect has always been a lackey of the Fire Cloud Sect. Perhaps he is part of the stubborn remnants of the Fire Cloud Sect! I hope that the sect master will not believe his words easily.”

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For a moment, the atmosphere was tense.

Xu Yi immediately lost his nerve to speak. These elders of the Dual Polarity Sect had extraordinary abilities and were all people he could not afford to offend. Moreover, their tones were very hostile.

If he was really seen as someone with evil intentions, any one of these elders would be able to kill him!

“Quiet.”

The chaotic scene immediately fell silent. Being used to Ji Rui’s usual commanding presence, the elders did not dare to speak but they still looked at Xu Yi with suspicion, as if they wanted to skin him alive.

“I understand the elders’ concern for me. You were all promoted by my father to assist me in managing the Dual Polarity Sect. However, Xu Yi’s ability alone is not enough to assassinate me.”

The elders instantly looked more amiable.

“Without all of them, there wouldn’t be the Dual Polarity Sect today. In other words, the elders are all people that the Dual Polarity Sect trusts. There’s no need to hide anything from them.”

Xu Yi had an awkward expression on his face, but he also knew that his ability could not even match even a thousandth of these elders, so he did not dare to complain.

“Since the sect master insists, then I’ll be straightforward about it.”

Xu Yi bowed deeply and said, “Quite some time back, the former sect master of the Fire Cloud Sect brought me to the Purgatory Sea a million miles away to capture demonic beasts and something left a deep impression on me.”

That was already a hundred years ago. For him to remember something for such a long time, there must indeed be something unusual about it.

A few days ago, he had received news from the external sect disciples of the Dual Polarity Sect that during this period of time, most of the disciples had been sent to look for a Martial Emperor’s tomb. Hence, he had considered whether to report what he knew.

If Ji Zheng really managed to find clues on the location of a Martial Emperor’s Tomb, then all the efforts he had put in to keep the secret would be wasted.

Having knowledge of this secret was both a risk and an opportunity to show his loyalty to the Dual Polarity Sect.

If he was able to make a contribution with news of what he knew, it would become easy for him to request for elixirs from the Dual Polarity Sect to aid in his cultivation!

He believed that as long as he took a gamble and if he turned out to be a winner, he would be able to advance to the Martial Sage realm or even higher. He could even replace the current acting sect master of the Fire Cloud Sect!

Although it seemed a little unrealistic now, Xu Yi could not help but be tempted when he saw this path right in front of him.

He had to seize this opportunity.

“So what exactly is worth alarming me for? Why don’t you tell me?”

Ji Rui did not have any recollection of the Fire Cloud Sect going to the Purgatory Sea. However, such matters would usually be kept secret. Perhaps the Fire Cloud Sect really did get up to such tricks a hundred years ago.

The Purgatory Sea was more than two million miles away from the Dual Polarity Sect and it only occupied an area of a hundred acres. The nearer it got to the center part, the darker the seawater became and demonic beasts often appeared.

Although it was only a sea area of about a hundred acres, there were many mountains and strange rocks and the terrain was very complicated. Even when the locals accidentally entered the area, they would most likely get lost. Moreover, there were often demonic beasts with powerful magical powers hunting for food. That place had long been sealed off as a forbidden area.

But even so, there was no stopping the greed of man.

There would often be criminals who hid in the Purgatory Sea to escape the officials chasing them. There were also itinerant cultivators who went to the Purgatory Sea to train in order to increase their spiritual power as soon as possible.

Most importantly, after the Dual Polarity Sect combined the forces of the four sects, the Purgatory Sea had become part of the Dual Polarity Sect’s territory!

However, she had too many things to take care of right now and did not have time to attend to such a small matter like the little Purgatory Sea.

It was just a matter of time before the Purgatory Sea fell under the jurisdiction of the Dual Polarity Sect.

“I saw a bottomless ravine in that sea area with my own eyes… It was not only me, even the sect master of the Fire Cloud Sect, who had already stepped into the first-stage Martial Sage realm, could not see through that ravine!”

“It’s just that after the old sect master flattened Ling Taihe, the aftershock actually affected areas tens of million of miles away and flattened the mountains in that sea area. So, I’m guessing that the terrain of the Purgatory Sea might have changed because of this.”

“But that bottomless ravine doesn’t seem to have appeared naturally. Therefore, my guess is that perhaps tens of millions of years ago, two Martial Emperors had fought and changed the terrain of the Purgatory Sea similar to what the old sect master did, thus forming that ravine!”

“Perhaps the defeated Martial Emperor among the two is hidden in the ravine!”

This might be the Martial Emperor’s tomb that Ji Zheng had been looking for.

The hall was in an uproar. After Xu Yi’s guidance, everyone immediately thought that the Purgatory Sea was the burial ground of a Martial Emperor.

Xu Yi tactically shut his mouth and let the others speculate. He only wanted to be responsible for revealing what he had seen and heard. As for whether people believed it or not and how things would eventually develop, it would have nothing to do with him.

Then if the people from the Dual Polarity Sect should go to the Purgatory Sea to investigate and there was nothing to be found, he could not be blamed for anything.

After all, he would not dare to guarantee that there would be a Martial Emperor’s tomb inside.

However, if his guess was correct, then when it was time for rewards, he would definitely be the one who made the greatest contribution! In fact, he did not even have to investigate this matter personally.