Qian Luan softly responded with a hum, showing little expression on his face, and made a gesture to walk towards the interior of the island.
The two alchemical golems exchanged a glance, surprisingly possessing emotions and intelligence unusual for ordinary alchemical golems. The next mont, the two golems hesitated but still blocked Qian Luan’s path.
"Lord Hua Yu, this is the leader’s forbidden area. Without the leader’s command, entry to this island is not permitted. I wonder what business brings Lord Hua Yu here?"
One of the alchemical golems couldn’t help but ask.
Upon hearing this golem’s words, Qian Luan feigned impatience, glanced at the golem, and then took out a jade token emitting a faint aura, casually tossing it to the golem.
"This is the token given to by the leader. The leader instructed to co and inspect the operation of the codex every month to prevent any mishaps and leakage of aura that might be detected by the Ocean Court."
"You two foolish gatekeepers, hurry up and get out of my way. If you delay the leader’s important tasks, do you still wish to have your bodies restored?"
Qian Luan, displeased, frowned and rebuked loudly.
The golem that had spoken with Qian Luan subconsciously caught the jade token and was soon astonished.
It sensed a presence from the token that originated from the master. Under the influence of this presence, all its resistance and doubts dissipated, and it respectfully returned the jade token to Qian Luan.
"Apologies, Lord Hua Yu. We were unaware of this matter. We will step aside imdiately!"
The two golems said no more, stepping aside respectfully to make way for Qian Luan.
Qian Luan cast a cold glance at the two golems, let out a soft snort, and then stepped onto the small island ahead.
Once Qian Luan had entered the island, the bodies of the two alchemical golems transford into stone statues, standing motionlessly on the island’s outskirts.
...
"That was close..."
At this mont, Qian Luan sighed with relief internally and quickly headed towards the cave in the island.
Then, a shadow behind him wavered, and a silhouette silently erged from the shadow—none other than Hua Longtian.
"Luckily, these two golems have been guarding here for a long ti and know nothing about the outside world. They didn’t realize that this token was given by the leader for use against the Pirate Alliance."
Hua Longtian spoke softly, his eyes flashing with a look of relief.
"Even if they did notice, just the aura on this jade token is enough to suppress them, for alchemical golems can never resist their master’s presence."
While exhaling a sigh of relief, Qian Luan couldn’t help but reveal a smile and spoke to Hua Longtian with a grin.
Hua Longtian nodded, his gaze fixed on the pillar of light in front of them.
In the center of the light pillar, there was a page of the Ocean Law Codex Fragnts, emitting a dazzling brilliance, surrounded by a large amount of Divine Essence and Extraordinary Essence, providing strong energy support to the Ocean Scripture.
Witnessing this scene, the father and son exchanged a glance, each seeing the joy in the other’s eyes.
"Let do it. After taking down the page of the Ocean Law Codex, the power will remain for a short ti and won’t be noticed by masters of other sects."
"But the fluctuation while removing it might still be noticed by those two foolish guardians, so... better be cautious..."
Hua Longtian spoke, and Qian Luan couldn’t help but nod, instinctively stepping back two paces.
...
About twenty minutes later, the figure of Qian Luan appeared outside the stone cave. He quickly moved forward, and when passing by the two stone statues, he spoke loudly:
"The codex is fine. Be careful while guarding it. If it gets lost, watch out, the leader will hold you accountable!"
The two stone statues revived, promptly beating their chests to assure: "Rest assured, Lord Hua Yu, with the two of us brothers here, the Ocean Scripture will not be lost!"
"Hmm." Qian Luan nodded, said no more, and turned to leave the island.
Leaving the two stone statues, they exchanged a glance, then one of them chuckled softly:
"Hua Yu rides on the leader’s influence, acting all aloof, yet he rely possesses a master-level alchemist strength, unaware that the two of us together hold a semi-legendary level of power."
"Under our watchful eyes, unless the leader himself cos, how could the Ocean Scripture ever get lost?"
The two stone statues boasted audaciously.
...
"A pair of dimwits..."
Walking on the path towards the sect, Qian Luan couldn’t help but show a trace of a light smile and murmured softly.
Even the Hua Longtian within his shadow chuckled softly: "With the Forbidden Breath Passage, we can completely conceal the aura of the whole sect and take the sect’s families to escape this place."
"Even the leader, under the influence of the Forbidden Breath Passage, will not find our sect in the vast ocean."
Qian Luan smiled gently and nodded: "Next, we shall rendezvous with Fang Yu, though I wonder if he and Ling Cang can successfully slay that beast..."
"Once we et with Fang Yu, we can proceed to the location of the last page of the fragnts and steal it."
"This could be a contribution to the Ocean Court, allowing the sect to atone and step into the light."
The father and son were in very high spirits, with all previous awkward tension seeming to have vanished, and they began to discuss the future developnt of the sect.
But...
Just then, a row of figures suddenly appeared in the sea mist, blocking the path of Qian Luan and his father.
At the forefront, a person parted the mist, stepping out.
He stood towering over the two, then grinned:
"Hey... quite the sche you two have, but..."
"I still caught you..."
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