Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 589 - 609: If Not Leaving Now, Then When? _1

Chapter 589: Chapter 609: If Not Leaving Now, Then When? _1

The ground was covered in remnants of ice-sealed broken chunks, uneven and bumpy. Lin Chen tripped, making it all seem reasonable.

Although everyone’s eyes fell on Lin Chen, there was no suspicion; instead, they all appeared to be amused by his situation.

Lin Chen’s hand pierced into the fish’s belly, stretching directly towards the source of the spiritual energy, and then touched it.

Thin and bone-chillingly cold.

It was a mirror!

Lin Chen slightly shifted his hand to grasp the edge of the mirror. With a thought, the Water and Fire Mirror was directly absorbed into the spatial ring on his right finger.

The spiritual energy suddenly ceased to surge.

Lin Chen withdrew his hand, and in front of everyone, spread it open, revealing his arm covered in blood and filth.

His hand was empty.

Lin Chen shook his hand and complained with an annoyed expression: "Even if I wanted to eat you, there’s no need to screw me over like this, right?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"This fish is so cunning that it’s screwing you over even in death!"

"Didn’t get to eat the fish, but the fish got you!"

After deliberately showing his embarrassed state and lack of gains, Lin Chen cursed a couple more times. He pretended to be unable to withstand everyone’s ridicule and squeezed his way out of the crowd.

Han Yunfeng didn’t become suspicious: "A couple of people, carry this fish to the kitchen, let’s have it for dinner tonight. It should taste quite good."

Seeing this, Lin Chen bombarded the ground with a few more punches, smashed a lot more ice chunks, and said: "You guys go ahead, I need to pee and clean up."

"Go ahead."

As everyone was busy, they naturally didn’t care about Lin Chen’s presence or absence, as it wouldn’t affect their progress.

Lin Chen left the crowd, but didn’t head towards the camp. He walked towards the surrounding mountains and forests at a leisurely pace.

Lin Chen quickly arrived at the edge of the lake. Although some people saw him, they didn’t pay much attention, since many people tended to deal with their physiological needs in the nearby forest during daytime.

Lin Chen’s figure quickly disappeared into the forest and swiftly retreated.

He didn’t dare stay.

The presence of such a massive fish signified a glitch-like existence. Once it was brought to the camp and seen by members of the Three Great Heavenly Blessed Lands, they would inevitably become suspicious.

Even if they didn’t immediately deduce that someone had taken the Water and Fire Mirror from the fish’s belly, they would investigate once all the ice layers were broken open and still no Mirror was found. The fish would certainly be the main focus, and if they questioned the people present, he would surely be exposed.

Now was the perfect time for escape; there would be no better opportunity.

Just as Lin Chen didn’t walk far, a bell rang in the camp, signaling the end of work and time to have dinner.

Lin Chen quickened his pace.

...

On the hilltop, Ji Yusheng and the others were chatting.

Zhou Wuyuan from Dongyue Taishan Cave Heaven laughed: "At this rate, it’ll take at most half a day tomorrow to completely break open the ice. I didn’t expect it to be so coincidental—only when the entire lake is crushed to the end, none of the three parties has discovered anything yet..."

Jia Quanhai from Beiyue Changshan Cave Heaven furrowed his brows without saying a word.

They discovered the corpse of Water-Fire True Man Liu Quan, but the Water and Fire Mirror was not on his body, nor in his spatial ring!

Originally thought they had a winning hand, but they have now been brought back to the starting line, experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions.

Qu Xuehua from Lingxu Blessed Land laughed softly, "Let’s see whose luck is better, and no one is allowed to cheat."

Ji Yusheng looked at the not-so-long ice lake below and asked with a furrowed brow: "Is it possible that the investigation was wrong and it’s not at the bottom of this lake?"

"Impossible!"

The three people gave a unanimous answer: "It’s definitely at the bottom of the lake!"

Ji Yusheng smiled: "I don’t know much about magical treasures; I just thought it was too coincidental and wanted to ask."

As they were talking, two cultivators carried a huge fish over. Ji Yusheng’s eyes lit up: "Such a big fish?"

Zhou Wuyuan’s eyes also brightened: "Half a year of being ice-sealed and half a year of thawing. Such a big fish can only grow within half a year. It must have grown so big due to the nourishment of the spiritual energy from the Water and Fire Mirror. According to the fish’s habits, it definitely wouldn’t stray too far from the Mirror, so it should be nearby!"

Ji Yusheng’s gaze fell on the hole in the fish’s body and asked, "How did the fish’s stomach get punctured?"

The cultivator carrying the fish recounted the event of Lin Chen falling and piercing the fish’s belly. Ji Yusheng laughed, and Zhou Wuyuan and the other two didn’t have any suspicion.

One reason was that it happened in broad daylight, and the other was that they didn’t see any spiritual energy phenomenon.

"This fish grew because of the spiritual energy nourishment. Although it’s a common fish, the flesh must be very delicious. Take it to the kitchen and add it to the menu."

Zhou Wuyuan laughed: "Come on, let the chef make us a spicy fish head, I guarantee it’ll be perfectly satisfying!"

The four of them returned to the camp and ate dinner at ease.

Not long after sitting down, Ji Yusheng suddenly furrowed his brows, looked at the nearby grass, and wiped his hand over it. Lifting his hand, it was wet.

Ji Yusheng raised his hand and questioned with doubt: "Over the past few days, the moisture in this grass was completely frozen and stiff. But now it seems like the ice has melted. Why is that?"