Chapter 338

Chapter 338: A Brush Past

After finishing her cultivation, Ren Yuning stepped out of her room and asked, her eyes showing a hint of boredom.

Clearly, even staying on the spiritual boat for half a day had made her limited patience gradually wear thin.

“Senior sister, we’ll arrive in two days!”

Ji Yang replied with a smile, but he thought to himself. Once they reached He Dao Sect, he would show Ren Yuning who the real senior sister was!

“Hmm, what happened to this turtle?”

At that moment, Ren Yuning noticed Xuanqing, who had fallen asleep on the deck, and asked with curiosity.

“It’s asleep; it probably won’t wake up for several days!”

Ren Yuning let out a light snort after hearing this; clearly, she could not forget the argument she had with the turtle yesterday.

She decided to teach that turtle a good lesson when it woke up, making sure it understood who it could not mess with!

While Ji Yang piloted the spiritual boat, Ren Yuning stood on the deck, looking around.

“Junior brother, doesn’t that mountain peak look like a treasure pagoda?”

“Junior brother, what kind of monster is that with three legs?”

“Junior brother…”

…

“Hmm.”

“Looks like it.”

“Right!”

…

Faced with Ren Yuning’s various questions, Ji Yang could only respond while steering the boat.

Fortunately, Ren Yuning did not seem to mind and remained cheerful and amused.

“Junior brother, there’s a market below with so many people; shall we go take a look?”

At that moment, Ji Yang felt an impulse to knock Ren Yuning out.

This was even more exhausting than battling Elder Guan!

If it weren’t for the need to report back to the sect and help those disciples from He Dao Sect who were captured by the Heaven Demon Sect, he would have liked to throw Ren Yuning out of the spiritual boat.

Watching Ren Yuning happily calling out beside him, Ji Yang unconsciously held an iron pick in his hand.

He thought about using it to hit Ren Yuning on the head to quiet her down.

After all, with the halo hiding outside the spiritual boat, he wouldn’t have to worry about Ren Yuning constantly thinking about escaping after knocking her out, allowing him some peace.

Just as Ji Yang was preparing to carry out his plan, he saw a streak of light fly rapidly across the sky.

Where the light passed, a powerful and familiar primordial spirit energy swept around!

This familiar primordial spirit energy made Ji Yang’s expression change slightly.

Elder Guan from the Heaven Demon Sect!

Has he caught up already?

Ji Yang slowed down the spiritual boat and withdrew the primordial spirit energy he had released.

As Elder Guan’s primordial spirit energy swept across, Ji Yang simply stared quietly at the sky!

When the streak of light continued moving forward without stopping, Ji Yang felt relieved; it seemed that this invisible halo was indeed special enough to prevent even late Void Refinement stage cultivators from noticing the existence of the spiritual boat.

After Elder Guan moved on, Ji Yang did not hurry to activate the spiritual boat again but continued to observe quietly.

He felt that there might not be just one Elder Guan this time!

At this moment, Ren Yuning noticed the slow speed of the spiritual boat and, filled with curiosity, asked,

“Junior brother, why did we stop?”

“Since we’ve stopped, let’s go explore the market below together!”

Ji Yang quietly put away the iron pick in his hand. Although Ren Yuning did not bring her oil lamp magical tool this time, she had other magical treasures. Without absolute certainty, he did not want to engage in a conflict.

Fortunately, Ren Yuning had not released her primordial spirit energy just now; otherwise, Elder Guan’s search would have definitely made her suspicious.

Hearing Ren Yuning’s invitation again, Ji Yang did not refuse this time and simply nodded, saying,

“Alright.”

Seeing Ji Yang agree, Ren Yuning smiled brightly.

Ji Yang’s reason for agreeing was not anything else; it was clear that Elder Guan’s passing figure indicated he was aware of their travel route and was now ahead of them. If Ji Yang continued to walk, they would surely run into him.

Encountering Elder Guan was not a big deal, but the key was that besides him, there could be other elders from the Heaven Demon Sect or even higher-level Peak Masters.

If they happened to meet, Ji Yang didn’t think he had any chance of winning, other than treating Ren Yuning as a hostage.

Having used hostages once already, he believed the Heaven Demon Sect would surely take precautions, so that method probably wouldn’t be very safe.

Looking at it this way, Ji Yang chose not to rush anymore.

No matter how fast the spiritual boat went, it could not compare to the cultivators at the late Void Refinement stage. If they wanted to pursue, so be it; he would just walk slowly behind them!

However, the duration of the halo was still short, which required careful consideration.

Soon, the two brought their spiritual boat down to the market below.

Thanks to the presence of the halo, no one in the market noticed the magical tool-level spiritual boat; otherwise, it would have caused quite a stir.

Once they left the spiritual boat, Ji Yang discovered that he and Ren Yuning were also enveloped in a layer of invisible halo.

However, compared to the halo on the spiritual boat, this one was very faint and would dissipate soon. Moreover, this faint halo did not have the effect of concealing their figures.

As a result, when the two arrived at the market, they drew surprised looks from some cultivators.

Of course, the surprise was not about their cultivation levels, but rather their unique aura and the quality of their clothing.

Combined with the high-level cultivator who had passed by in the sky, many cultivators looked at them with a hint of caution, unwilling to get too close.

Ren Yuning was used to this and did not care about the gazes of other cultivators; she simply walked into the market, lost in her own world.

Ji Yang followed her, silently contemplating which path to take next.

Should he ignore them and continue following Elder Guan, or take a detour?

While Ji Yang was still pondering, Ren Yuning was already full of enthusiasm.

“How much is this?”

“How much for this item?”

“What is this?”

…

After completing a round of exploration, Ji Yang could vaguely hear Ren Yuning’s excited buying spree.

Fortunately, being a small market, Ren Yuning finished her round in a short time.

Obviously, with her keen eyes, she was not interested in the spiritual plants and magical tools there.

Seeing that there was nothing else that drew her interest, Ren Yuning stopped buying and turned to Ji Yang, saying,

“Is there anything you want, junior brother?”

“No, there are only ordinary spiritual plants here. I won’t be able to use them for alchemy,” Ji Yang replied with a smile.

Ren Yuning nodded.

“Alright then, let’s go.”

With Ren Yuning having no further interest in exploring, Ji Yang let out a sigh of relief.

At that moment, he missed the days of tending the fields in the sect, which were relaxed and enjoyable, without the need to deal with others!

Indeed, people only learn to cherish what they have when they lose it!

Once the two stepped back onto the spiritual boat, Ji Yang exerted all his strength to drive it forward.

He had already thought it through; he would continue straight along the previous route and not adjust their course.

The reason for this conclusion was something Ji Yang had carefully considered.