Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 549 - 264. Double Top Lucky Draws! (Two-in-One Chapter)_3
This made Lei Jun quite curious.
Aside from that, this trip had also revealed another best lot, pointing toward another third-rank opportunity.
Green Stone Island, and Jiu Fang Island...
Lei Jun pondered slightly.
Based on the information he had so far, Kang Ming had already arrived in the vicinity of Green Stone Island.
However, that pointed toward the second-rank opportunity.
But what could be going on at the other, Jiu Fang Island?
As he studied the details of those two lots, the best lot for Green Stone Island pointed to a second-rank opportunity, but for now there was no risk—though later there might be loose ends to watch out for, and it needed to be handled carefully. The best lot for Jiu Fang Island, however, pointed to a third-rank opportunity—there might be some turbulence at present, but nothing to worry about afterward.
The former did not clearly indicate Green Stone Island itself, but rather a hidden cave mansion somewhere in the sea near the island...
After thinking for a moment, Lei Jun transmitted a message to his senior sister Xu Yuanzhen, informing her about this newly discovered Jiu Fang Island and requesting that she investigate it.
On this trip, the strongest cultivator in terms of strength was, without a doubt, his senior sister.
As for his side, the main force would first head to Green Stone Island together.
"Two islands? If we don’t consider anyone else getting involved, then it is most likely one real and one fake Altar," Xu Yuanzhen asked, "This Kang Ming you mentioned, where is he right now?"
Lei Jun had similar suspicions.
*If Jiu Fang Island pointed to another power or a Great Demon, that would be another story.*
If both islands were in the hands of the Yellow Sky Sect, then one might serve as camouflage for the other.
The Ancestral Altar meant everything to the Yellow Sky Sect, so their taking extra precautions was well within reason.
"He is still in the area of Green Stone Island," Lei Jun answered Xu Yuanzhen.
Xu Yuanzhen said, "Well then, I’ll choose Jiu Fang Island."
If the Yellow Sky Sect really arranged a real and a fake Ancestral Altar, Kang Ming had only just received permission to approach the Altar. Upon arriving, he likely wouldn’t be taken to the true location of the Yellow Sky Ancestral Altar immediately—instead, he would first be brought to a decoy site on another island, and then undergo another round of scrutiny.
Thus, between Green Stone Island and Jiu Fang Island, it was more likely that the Green Stone Island Kang Ming was currently on housed the decoy Altar, while Jiu Fang Island was home to the real one.
The Sect Leader, Taoist Taiping, might also be there.
Lei Jun would never argue with Xu Yuanzhen, "If everything turns out as suspected, after we clear up Green Stone Island, we’ll join you as soon as possible."
Skimming over the sea waves, Lei Jun and his group quietly approached the outer waters of Green Stone Island.
Secretly checking, Lei Jun suddenly sensed that Kang Ming seemed to have left Green Stone Island and was heading south.
*The Zhu Bo Cave Mansion mentioned in the best lot...* Lei Jun guessed inwardly, though he kept a straight face for now.
Beside him, Chu Yu was watching the massive island at the horizon where sea met sky.
The island was large, with dense jungles, and at the mountain’s peak there was a huge opening. Although it appeared dormant, it contained explosive power, as if at any moment torrents of magma might burst forth—it was no wonder the place looked deserted.
Chu Yu looked around, "Where is Taoist Xu at the moment?"
Lei Jun said, "Senior Sister is guarding the outskirts, preventing anyone from fleeing or outside interference. Once everything is clear, she will deliver the final, thunderous blow."
Chu Yu said, "That works. Let us begin, then."
Lei Jun said, "Senior Sister mentioned that their Ancestral Altar should be somewhere out in these surrounding waters, but we must be wary of Yellow Sky Sect disciples setting up a fake Altar to confuse us—or worse, to set up an ambush."
Chu Yu said, "Taoist Xu’s concerns are well founded. We must tread carefully."
She stared fixedly at Green Stone Island, her eyes flickering.
Lei Jun observed her from the side, only to feel that her gaze seemed almost corporeal, piercing past the open sea before them, reaching straight to the distant island.
Though Chu Yu’s gaze did not look especially bright, when Lei Jun felt its tangible intensity, he realized that if he didn’t invoke his Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript, even his eyes would ache painfully.
The people around, such as Shangguan Sheng and Elder Miaoyi, all turned their heads away at this point, avoiding eye contact with Chu Yu.
A Great Scholar of the Divine Archer Lineage at the Eightfold Heaven’s Expanding Border Realm, when attentive, possessed a gaze as sharp as a torch—her insight was astounding.
That nearly substantial gaze landed on distant Green Stone Island.
At once, the air above the island rippled, seeming to twist upon itself.
From afar, Lei Jun and the others saw what was happening, and immediately knew they had found the right spot.
On the surface, the seemingly uninhabited Green Stone Island was, in fact, shrouded in a magical power prohibition serving as concealment.
If ordinary people approached, even if they actually set foot on the island, they’d simply believe themselves alone on a deserted isle, completely unaware of its hidden mysteries.
But now, after a single glance from Chu Yu, the island’s barrier was affected and exposed itself.
In Chu Yu’s hand had already appeared a giant bow, and as the string vibrated, a radiant arrow coalesced out of shimmering light.
"Prepare yourselves." She did not aim skyward for a lobbed shot, but instead held the arrowhead directly at Green Stone Island.
With Chu Yu’s single command, Shangguan Sheng did not say a word and only swept his palm forward.
The officers of the Great Tang Shenji Army who had come with them immediately split into two wings, rapidly fanning out to encircle Green Stone Island.
Chu Yu’s arrow, though, was loosed later yet arrived first, streaking out ahead of the others and reaching the island first.
Before the brilliant arrow could even reach Green Stone Island, the air above the island was already torn asunder, violently spinning forces twisting into a vortex.
A massive cyclone tried to swallow the brilliant arrow whole.
But the archery of the Suzhou Chu Clan drew upon the principles and artistic conception of a tsunami shattering the heavens and meteors crashing to earth.
When it came to rapid volleys and spread shots, the Chu Clan’s Divine Archers were not the equals of the Nanzong Lin Clan’s divine cultivators of the Grand River midstream, whose art stemmed from the surging river and torrential rains.
But for the force concentrated in a single arrow, the Milky Way Meteor Arrows of the Suzhou Chu Clan were famed the world over—an arrow shot like a tsunami, wild and violent, yet focused like a meteor, gathering all power into one.
