Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1319 - 757: Dongming (Part 2)

Natasha raised an eyebrow: "Lost Lands, she’s going alone, are you okay with that? At least accompany her."

Her own strength is not sufficient, going there alone is suicidal. But Hell’s Wan Ge is different, at least it has Sect Master Level strength, it can at least serve as support.

However, Hell’s Wan Ge’s response left Natasha silent.

"Do you still not realize... She alone is far safer than anyone accompanying her."

Having a helper in this situation is destined never to apply to Sui Yi.

The fact that Qi Lian and Wu Xie were both left behind, and without complaint, seems to be the norm...

Natasha was silent for a while, then snorted coldly: "As long as she doesn’t die... If she dies, none of us can return..."

In distant waters, a moderately sized ship sailed smoothly with the wind. It had only one person onboard, no one steering, yet the vessel drifted along its course... soon reaching the outskirts of Flowing River.

On the deck, Sui Yi suddenly spotted densely packed ships anchored on the water, the flags clearly belonging to... Dongying.

Upon realization, Sui Yi understood.

It seems Abe Haruaki and Miyamoto Musashi’s previous visit to the Central Plains wasn’t merely for a duel.

Perhaps he didn’t expect to lose.

Abe Haruaki hadn’t anticipated losing, but rather didn’t expect to be defeated so thoroughly, making his fleet, which had nearly reached the border sea territories of Central Plains, appear as useless.

Especially when hesitating whether to return home or seek another method—encountered Sui Yi.

When Dongying soldiers gazed fiercely at this lone drifting ship... the crossbows aimed!

Tens of thousands of arrows targeted!

Sui Yi lazily glanced at these ships.

Abe Haruaki appeared unexpectedly on the deck, waved his hand.

All the soldiers lowered their arrows.

He looked at Sui Yi, smiled slightly, said nothing, waved his hand again, "Let them pass."

The ships changed course, forcefully clearing a path.

Sui Yi slightly nodded to Abe Haruaki, passed through this waterway, and drifted afar.

It was a silent display of strength and composure, as well as Abe Haruaki’s customary composure in compromise.

He suffered a thorough defeat, hence he was willing.

Of course, this was also humiliating, all the Dongying people present felt the humiliation.

"To cleanse this humiliation, we must see next year’s battle... Let’s go."

Sui Yi’s reappearance gave Abe Haruaki a decisive opportunity, he waved his hand, and the ships turned towards Dongying.

But standing on the deck, Abe Haruaki watched Sui Yi’s ship as it sailed away: "That’s in the direction of Dongming, right?"

Three days later, Sui Yi arrived at Dongming.

The customs and culture of Dongming were naturally quite different from the Central Plains, but hierarchy and strength reigned supreme everywhere. Dongming had an Imperial Family, but the Overlord was solely the Dongming faction.

Sui Yi’s meeting with Lady of Dongming occurred in less than an hour after setting foot on Dongming territory.

—The other seemed to already know of her arrival.

Lady of Dongming exuded grace, captivating beauty, immediately bowed upon seeing Sui Yi: "Greetings, Teacher."

Given Sui Yi’s current strength, she was considered a leader in any Nation, not only Lady of Dongming, even the Turks Martial Honor Bi Xuan addressed her as a peer...

Sui Yi nodded, took out a portrait, and asked: "Where is she?"

Since Lord Dongfang left such a portrait, it indicated that some message was left for her in Dongming.

Lady of Dongming knew Sui Yi’s purpose and naturally knew Sui Yi wasn’t fond of idle chatter, so she didn’t waste words. Instead, she turned and picked up a wine jar already placed on the table.

She placed the wine jar before Sui Yi, and began to speak leisurely.

"A year and a half ago, Dongming experienced a devastating tsunami, with mountains and rivers colliding, nearly overturning all of Dongming. It was then Lord Dongfang appeared, went into the water, and stopped the maritime disaster."

"Maritime disaster?" Sui Yi glanced at the wine jar, didn’t ask about the box, but queried about the maritime disaster.

"Yes, maritime disaster, Dongming’s land is uniquely situated at a vortex point in the sea where tsunamis frequently occur... After Lord Dongfang halted the disaster, they said the origin of this disaster was quite intriguing... Later, Dongming offered reverence, and she recuperated here for about a year. Half a year ago, she suddenly mentioned the opportunity had arrived, she had found the route to truly enter that place..."

Sui Yi raised her gaze: "Lost Lands?"

"Yes," Lady of Dongming nodded: "Lord Dongfang entered the Lost Lands, before departing, she instructed me to wait patiently, that someone would come to Dongming to look for her... and that person is you, Teacher."

"This wine jar drifted back from the sea about a dozen days after she left, I went to the return flow point daily waiting for it, after finding it I preserved it... just waiting for you to transfer it to."

Sui Yi picked up the wine jar and opened it, inside was a piece of stacked parchment belonging to Sui Yi.

A nautical route map, marked with several vortex positions on the water...

Overall, Sui Yi was not worried that the map was a forgery because the method of recording these routes was quite modern, yet infused with ancient features, not to mention the unique, domineering calligraphy.

However, the initial part of the route was relatively clear, and the end circled a large area, crudely and forcefully labeled as the Lost Lands, with a blank section in between.

Does that imply... this blank segment was either inexperienced by Lord Dongfang or unexplainable after experiencing it?

But since this bottle managed to drift back as promised, it was apparent Lord Dongfang was unharmed, perhaps already having entered the Lost Lands, thus leaving such a map for her. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)