Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 507 Like to be a father?
He quickly pulled a servant over and said a few words to him, then stopped the crowd and stepped forward, bowing and saying, "Excuse me, in which temple does this Taoist master practice? Our master's surname is Ye, and we are a member of the fleet under the Qingchen Temple."

Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged. He did not feel much anger at the offense of these ordinary people. After all, ignorance is not a crime, not to mention that it was indeed he who entered here without permission.

He took out the gold and silver and said, "I am a rootless cultivator and would like to travel with the fleet for a while."

The manager saw that he came in a strange way and seemed to have practiced some Taoist magic, so he didn't dare to accept him easily.

While he was hesitating, someone came rushing over from afar. Before entering the cabin, he smiled and said, "Master, you have done me the honor of staying on my bed. It is a great honor for me. We will certainly welcome you."

As he was speaking, Chen Mu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman of about 27 or 28 walking towards him. Her facial features were delicate and beautiful, but there was a hint of competence in her eyes. Everyone avoided her when she came, and it was obvious that she had a very high status in the fleet.

Next to her, there was a delicately carved boy of four or five years old, who behaved very closely with her, so they must be mother and son.

The woman slowly approached, her eyes swept across the crowd and fell on Chen Mu.

For some reason, at this moment, her capable and shrewd eyes suddenly trembled, as if she was extremely shocked and excited, but this scene only lasted for a moment before she suppressed it, and then turned back to a trace of loneliness before returning to normal.

Chen Mu's mind was so sharp that he must have noticed the change in the girl's eyes. Just as he was secretly guessing, the boy behind the girl suddenly spoke and called out to him in a childish voice, "Daddy..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the place fell into silence.

Chen Mu frowned, even with his state of mind, he was still dazed by this sudden scene.

The servants and guards standing by were equally shocked. They all looked at Chen Mu with suspicion, wondering, "Could it be that this Taoist is the master's husband who has never been seen?"

Just as they were lost in thought, the woman blushed and quickly reached out to slap the boy: "What are you saying? You've offended the Taoist priest. Let me show you how I'll deal with you!"

Chen Mu remained unmoved. He silently probed the mother and child with his spiritual sense, but found nothing strange. He only detected a hint of demonic energy from the boy, indicating that he was half demonic...

"This woman is not simple..."

When his eyes flickered, the woman had already restored the situation to normal. She took two steps forward and said with a smile:
"We are a fleet under the command of Qingchen Temple. We are on a trip to deliver goods to Xuanyuan League. If you don't mind, you can join the fleet on this long journey. If we encounter any sea beasts causing trouble, we hope you can provide some protection."

Qingchen Temple, Xuanyuan League...

The names of two forces suddenly appeared, but Chen Mu had never heard of either of them.

This was also his negligence. He was focused on maintaining his escape and did not find out about the forces in the Nixia Sea.

He thought for a while and decided that going deeper into the water and blending in with the fleet would indeed help him avoid many accidents and also give him an opportunity to understand the situation there.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly and agreed.

Seeing this, the woman waved her hand, called the steward over, and instructed him, "Go and prepare a good room for the Taoist priest. Don't be negligent."

The steward quickly said yes.

She smiled again and said to Chen Mu, "My name is Ye Wei. You can call me Ye, Taoist priest. If you need anything on the way, just call the steward."

After saying this, she bowed and turned away with the boy, but her steps were a little hurried...

Ye Wei made her way back to her own room, her mind finally calmed down. But just as she was about to push the door open, she saw a white-haired old steward waiting nearby with a cane. Upon seeing her return, he trembled and walked up to her, bowing and saying, "Miss..."

Ye Wei supported him and frowned, saying, "Manager He is old and drifting far away on the sea. Why doesn't he just sit in his room?" Her face turned serious, her eyes wide open, and she scolded the people around her, "How do you do things?"

Manager He coughed twice and said slowly, "Never mind their business. I insisted on coming here because I have something to discuss with the young lady."

Ye Wei sneered inwardly, but sighed on her face, "Manager He is also an elder in my family. If there is anything, just send someone over to take care of it. I will go there myself. Why bother coming here in person?"

But Manager He didn't respond. Instead, he spoke worriedly to himself, "Miss, the abbot asked us to go to the Xuanyuan Alliance to offer sacrifices. Every offering is worth a fortune. If any of it is lost, we won't be able to bear the consequences!"

When Ye Wei heard this, she understood what he meant. After giving him a casual glance, she asked, "Manager He, are you worried that the Taoist priest might be from an unscrupulous background?"

Manager He nodded repeatedly and said, "This person's arrival is strange and weird, we have to be on guard!"

Ye Wei's expression remained unchanged as she lowered her eyes and said, "Manager He, you're worrying too much. If the Taoist priest really had bad intentions, he would have just taken action immediately in the vast sea where there are no human traces. Why would he have made such a fuss?
Besides, don’t we have the immortal master you invited from the temple? What are you afraid of?”

As soon as these words were spoken, Manager He looked a little unnatural. After persuading her a few more times, seeing that Ye Wei insisted on her own opinion and was unwilling to drive her away, he could only return with a sigh.

After arriving at his own room, his expression suddenly turned gloomy. After a cold snort, he went to the next room.

Pushing the door open, I saw a thin Taoist priest about forty years old sitting inside. His eyes were bright and there was a spiritual aura coming from his body. It was obvious that he was also a Taoist practitioner.

He quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Immortal Master Wu."

Taoist Wu glanced at him and asked, "What's going on?"

Manager He said with an unpleasant expression, "That Taoist priest seems to have some skills, and was kept here by that little girl."

Taoist Wu smiled calmly and said, "He's just a Taoist priest, he can't hinder anything. If he doesn't know what's good for him, I'll kill him..."

Only then did Manager He's expression relax and he laughed along with everyone else.

……

The fleet was moving slowly, but under the influence of Taoist Wu's talisman, it was not inferior to the speed of the magic weapon.

Chen Mu sat upright in the side room, looking out the window at the sea, silently estimating how long it would take to enter the Meng clan's sphere of influence.

It has been ten days since he boarded the ship. During these ten days, many cultivators have passed by the fleet, and he has even seen several beams of light from the Golden Core Realm.

If he hadn't been mixed in the fleet, there would certainly have been a lot of twists and turns. It wouldn't matter if it took some time, as it was better than attracting the attention of the local sect.

After paying attention intentionally or unintentionally for the past ten days, he roughly knew how powerful Qingchen Temple was.

The thin Taoist priest on the boat was aware of everything he said and did. He only had the tenth level of Qi Condensation and was not as good as his apprentice.

He seems to be an elder of Qingchen Temple. From this, it can be inferred that Qingchen Temple is just a small sect with only foundation-building cultivators in charge.

As for the Xuanyuan Alliance, Chen Mu didn't find any signs of it. It seemed that the thin Taoist priest didn't know much about it either, only knowing that it was a newly rising independent cultivator alliance...

(End of this chapter)