Dashing Student-Chapter 1237: Owing a Debt of Karma

Gao Xue and the others suspected Chen Nan was a real assassin, after all, he killed whoever he said he would.

He mentioned killing Luo Tuo, and Luo Tuo died; he mentioned killing Sun Changgeng, and Sun Changgeng died.

What they didn’t know was that their suspicions hit the mark, Chen Nan was indeed a professional assassin from the Yama Hall!

Seeing their surprised reactions actually put Zhang Mingyuan at ease, it seemed they weren’t much related to the people on the island.

"Have any of your island’s Golden Core Realm cultivators left recently?" he routinely inquired.

Zhong Ling hesitated a bit, but Gao Xue stepped forward to answer: "Sir, indeed one of our island’s Golden Core Realm cultivators left, his name is Jue Mingzi, he went out to hunt sea beasts."

This matter would definitely be uncovered in an investigation, hiding it would be like admitting guilt, so it couldn’t be concealed.

"Oh?" Zhang Mingyuan suddenly sat up straight: "When did he leave?"

"Half a month ago."

Zhang Mingyuan calculated, it matched the time when Sun Changgeng was harmed, his heart immediately became much more vigilant, and he inquired a lot about Chen Nan.

Gao Xue spoke half-truths, painting Chen Nan as an ordinary Golden Core Realm Loose Cultivator, who ended up on their Luoyue Island, hearing his cultivation was also at the Third Layer of Golden Core Realm, Zhang Mingyuan’s suspicion diminished greatly.

After all, Sun Changgeng was a disciple of a Nascent Soul True Man, he had some means to save his life, it was difficult for a cultivator of the same realm to kill him.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Mingyuan took his leave, planning to investigate further, and also used a Communication Jade Talisman to report Luoyue Island’s information to Qian Shouyi.

On Jinpings Island, after receiving the information, Qian Shouyi was unable to determine whether Sun Changgeng’s death was related to Luoyue Island cultivators, but he couldn’t completely clear them of suspicion either.

"If nothing can be found, just send them to the battlefield." Qian Shouyi eventually replied with a message.

Sending Golden Core Realm cultivators to a dangerous battlefield was a form of punishment in itself. Qian Shouyi was a principled person, unwilling to kill the innocent before the investigation was clear.

But this didn’t mean he was a kind person.

After receiving the reply, Zhang Mingyuan understood.

...

A few more days passed, in a certain sea area, a hundred meters deep under the calm water surface, there was a bubble about a foot in diameter, and within the bubble was Chen Nan.

At this moment, he was cultivating with closed eyes, blood energy swirling around him, but he absorbed the blood energy quickly, using it as nourishment for cultivating the "Heaven-Slaying Art," a phantom of a blood-colored Asura appeared in the sea waters behind him.

Only after a long while did he open his eyes, feeling his mind clear and his whole body refreshed.

These days he had been crazily hunting sea beasts, processing sea beast materials, absorbing a large amount of Blood Evil Qi, he had to temporarily stop and cultivate the "Heaven-Slaying Art" to absorb these Blood Evil Qi.

After finishing his cultivation, Chen Nan initially planned to leave, but suddenly noticed the two storage bags at his waist, he froze for a moment, then slapped his forehead in annoyance.

Back then, he was almost killed by Wang Family’s Nascent Soul Cultivator and was guided by a mysterious person to find a teleportation array, there was also a corpse beside the array.

The extra storage bag he had belonged to that corpse, he forgot about it after experiencing many events upon arriving at the Endless Sea.

So Chen Nan picked up the storage bag and took out everything within it, a corpse, a small pile of spirit stones, plus a few shattered spiritual artifacts, that was all the storage bag contained.

It was evident that the deceased lived a rather humble life.

However, there was also a note in the storage bag, which contained a piece of text.

"My name is Huang Boyang, a cultivator from Golden Sun Island in the Endless Sea, set up the teleportation array to travel between the continent and the Endless Sea, never expected to be schemed against by villains, my life is short, hereby leave this note."

"The teleportation array was built with my painstaking efforts, those who use it owe me a karmic debt, my only wish before death is to be buried in my homeland, a small request I hope successors will fulfill, then I can die content."

After reading, Chen Nan sighed softly: "Since I used your teleportation array, I will fulfill your last wish, next time I’ll look for where Golden Sun Island is."

The teleportation array that led to the Endless Sea saved his life, so he wouldn’t refuse such a small request.

Putting away the storage bag, Chen Nan swiftly ascended, finally breaking through the surface to the sea above, flying towards a distant island, previously, while passing by that island, he scanned it with his Divine Sense and found a cultivation market on the island.

This way, he could sell materials he didn’t need and exchange them for materials or cultivation resources he could use.

In this period, he had hunted no less than a hundred Golden Core Realm demon beasts, so there were many spiritual materials.

Within two hours, Chen Nan arrived on the island, even though it was night, it was equally bustling, the streets were brightly lit, and people flowed continuously.

Just as he entered the bustling market, a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator came to Chen Nan, with a humble and ingratiating manner: "Senior, is this your first time on Qilong Island?"

Chen Nan silently nodded.

"Great!" The cultivator before him was somewhat overjoyed: "Does senior need a guide? I am very familiar with everything on Qilong Island and don’t require any spirit stones from senior."

"Free?" Chen Nan immediately became wary, knowing deeply that the most expensive things are free.

It seemed these guides took commissions from merchants, like tour guides outside of the Nine Provinces World, meant to rip off tourists.

Whether in the cultivation world or the mundane world, the tricks were quite similar.

"No need." Chen Nan lifted his leg and walked into the market.

"Senior, I truly wish to help you, I might save you a lot of spirit stones, absolutely no deception, or senior can kill me!"

This cultivator was persistent, insisting on being Chen Nan’s guide.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Nan agreed, with a local it would indeed be convenient, if he felt something was wrong, he should be able to leave.

"Alright, I’ll give you a chance then."

The cultivator was overjoyed: "Thank you senior, I am Lin Feng, I will lead the way for you, what would senior like to do first?"

"I have a batch of sea beast materials I want to sell for some cultivation resources."

"No problem, please come with me, senior." Lin Feng patted his chest confidently.

Then Chen Nan followed Lin Feng around the market, Lin Feng was quite diligent, introducing the island’s features, being intimately familiar with many places.

Suddenly, Chen Nan stopped, looking at a vendor next to him, slightly furrowing his brow.

"Senior, did you fancy something? Just leave the bargaining to me." Lin Feng perceptively suggested.

"It’s nothing, let’s continue." Chen Nan shook his head, suspecting he saw wrong, but couldn’t help turning back to look again.

This glance confirmed his suspicion.