The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 354 - 353: City of Thousand Islands

Chapter 354: Chapter 353: City of Thousand Islands

City of Thousand Islands.

Late into the night, Sha Lang returned with a solemn face.

Hua Qinghai and the leaders of the other eight great clans all came over.

Hua Qinghai asked, "Sha Lang, I heard your Frenzied Shark Sect ran into some trouble."

Sha Lang sneered, "You all are quite well-informed. My Frenzied Shark Sect just had an incident, and you all already know about it."

The leader of the Dragon Gate Sect coldly said, "Cut the crap, in a tiny place like the City of Thousand Islands, we know about every little thing. Especially when a Frenzied Shark Sect ship full of corpses sailed into the harbor, how could we possibly not know about something as significant as this?"

Sha Lang snorted coldly, without uttering a word, simmering with murderous intent. Clearly, he was in a terrible mood.

In one month, both his son and younger brother had been brutally killed one after the other. Anybody would probably be downcast under such circumstances.

Hua Qinghai asked, "What exactly happened, Sha Lang?"

Sha Lang remained silent, shook his head, and signaled towards the back.

The disciples of the Frenzied Shark Sect carried a coffin forward, setting it down in front of everyone.

"If you all want to know, see for yourselves," Sha Lang said.

Hua Qinghai stepped forward to open the coffin. Inside lay a decapitated body, but everyone present was exceptionally familiar with Sha Tongtian. Even without his head, they could still recognize him.

This was especially true when they saw the four big characters carved onto his chest with a sword, "Blood debt, blood repayment."

This sight made Hua Qinghai and the other experts from the eight great clans tremble in fear.

Obviously, the person who killed Sha Tongtian purposely wanted the eight great clans to see these four characters.

Hua Qinghai’s eyes hardened, and he said in a cold voice, "These are sword marks, and they were clearly left by an expert with extraordinary sword skills. I don’t think there are more than five individuals throughout the East Sea capable of such swordplay, and they are all on Peach Blossom Island."

"Looks like you’ve confessed without torture," Sha Lang sneered. "Just like I suspected, a martial artist that possesses such formidable sword skills must undoubtedly be a sword cultivator from Peach Blossom Island."

"Who in the East Sea doesn’t know that Peach Blossom Island is the leading place for sword cultivation?"

Hua Qinghai coldly said, "Sha Lang, you’d better not spout off such nonsense here. I told you that there are no more than five people on Peach Blossom Island who can perform such swordplay, but that doesn’t mean Peach Blossom Island is the only place you can find this kind of sword skill."

"Moreover, Peach Blossom Island is not the only place in the East Sea that houses sword cultivators."

"Take Xue Jianke, for example."

"Or Lin Bai, who hails from the Shenwu Kingdom."

"Both of these individuals could create such sharp sword marks."

Hua Qinghai said indifferently.

"Xue Jianke and Lin Bai are both dead in the Lost Sea, why would they suddenly rise from the dead?" Sha Lang asked, puzzled.

Hua Qinghai said, "It’s true that Lin Bai is dead, but Xue Jianke... I didn’t see him die, so I can’t confirm."

At that moment, the patriarch of the Quinn Clan jumped in, "What? Are you suspecting my Quinn Clan? Xue Jianke was surrounded and killed by me and the experts of the Surging Wave Sect. Could this be a lie?"

Hua Qinghai took a deep breath and said, "This is peculiar. Apart from these people, are there any other formidable sword cultivators in the East Sea?"

Sha Lang shot a malicious glare at Hua Qinghai.

Hua Qinghai said, "Sha Lang, there’s no need to look at me like that. If I wanted to kill Sha Tongtian, you wouldn’t be able to find his body. I also wouldn’t make such a novice mistake as leaving a message to humiliate you."

Sha Lang coldly said, "If I find out that Peach Blossom Island was involved, be careful with repercussions."

Hua Qinghai said, "Now is not the time for internal strife. Tomorrow is the celebration banquet, a time for us to win the faith of all the martial artists in the East Sea."

"Gentlemen, after tomorrow, we will become heroes in the East Sea. By then, your power, wealth, and status will rise with the tide."

"We will become the new gods of the East Sea."

Hua Qinghai said.

Sha Lang and the leaders of the other eight great clans also knew that tomorrow marked the final step. They were going to announce to the entire East Sea that the Great Demon of the Lost Sea had been sealed.

This was indeed an explanation given to the martial artists of the Eastern Sea.

After all, to amass the 56 billion spirit stones, the Eight Great Clans had sought help from the entire Eastern Sea. Now that the Great Demon had been sealed, they gave an explanation to the Eastern Sea martial artists, informing them that the spirit stones had been spent properly.

In reality, over a million spirit stones had been raised through donations, while it cost 56 billion spirit stones for the Sea Suppressing Jade Talisman. There were still 44 billion spirit stones, which the Eight Great Clans had hidden away, planning to divide them after the Celebration Banquet.

"We’ll settle our accounts after tomorrow then," said one.

Sha Lang stared fiercely at Hua Qinghai; he was almost certain that the people from Peach Blossom Island were behind it.

Because currently in the Eastern Sea, other than the sword cultivators of Peach Blossom Island, nobody else had such immense power.

Hua Qinghai shook his head helplessly and muttered a curse under his breath, calling him a brute.

...

Deep in the night, after seeing Vicious Shark Gate’s ship enter the harbor, Lin Bai revealed a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth. He turned and walked toward the City of Thousand Islands.

Lin Bai had come to know that the Celebration Banquet was tomorrow.

So, it was just right for Lin Bai to enter the city.

Lin Bai first went to the Treasure Pavilion. He had intended to find Su Xianmei, but didn’t expect that Su Xianmei had already left the City of Thousand Islands and hadn’t returned yet.

Disheartened, he returned.

Lin Bai walked on the bustling streets of the City of Thousand Islands.

Without realizing it, he arrived at a place filled with colorful lights and joyous songs.

Looking up, this entire street was filled with the scent of rouge, and every building was adorned with red and green stripes. Girls scantily clad were standing in the buildings, waving handkerchiefs in their hands.

This was a famous brothel in the City of Thousand Islands.

"Didn’t you say you were going to take me here to have fun?"

"I’m here, where did you go?"

A hint of sadness appeared in Lin Bai’s eyes.

Although Lin Bai had known Xiāng Tiān for only a short time, he particularly liked this broad-minded man.

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Thinking of Xiāng Tiān, Lin Bai could imagine Xiāng Tiān’s angry, murderous gaze as he was dying in the Lost Sea, looking at Lin Bai, repeatedly telling Lin Bai to take revenge on his behalf, on the Poison Dragon Island Master’s behalf, and the Xue Jianke’s behalf.

"I will, the Celebration Banquet tomorrow will be the time of destruction for the Eight Great Clans!"

Lin Bai turned around and left the street, heading towards the place where the Celebration Banquet was about to be held.

He stood there for a long time, finding it difficult to quell his rage.

"Such joy, the Eight Great Clans are truly the heroes of the sea, they’ve actually sealed the Great Demon."

"Yes, Sha Tongtian, Hua Wanqing, Long Feihai, Qiu Biao, Sun Jiacheng, each one of them is impressive."

"Exactly, our heroes will stand at the Celebration Banquet tomorrow, receiving the admiration of the entire Eastern Sea."

Some martial artists, while passing by Lin Bai, were speaking heart-stirring words.

"There are no heroes."

"It’s all a scam."

Ferocity appeared in Lin Bai’s eyes. He turned and disappeared into the darkness.

The next morning, countless martial artists walked toward the Celebration Banquet, each with a radiant smile on their face.

But there was one person, a teenager walking among the crowd, his face expressionless, his eyes downcast.

In the hands of this teenager, he was carrying a rectangular dark red wooden box. It was unknown what was inside it?