An Ge's face changed, and she took a step back.
"You actually have Buddhist scriptures on you! Are you a Buddhist cultivator?!"
Then, An Ge shook her head, denying her own guess. "No, you must not be. You have such a strong evil aura. How could you be a Buddhist cultivator!"
The Scar grinned coldly, swinging the axe in his hand. The sharp wind carried rich and powerful spiritual energy spreading around.
"Mind your own business whether I'm a Buddhist cultivator or not. This young master has paid me, so I'll protect him all the way. If you want to attack him, you have to get through me first!"
An Ge was so angry that her face was distorted. Her peerlessly beautiful face became ordinary under great anger.
"Fine, fine, fine. You all bully us sisters. Since that's the case, I'll kill you all!!"
An Ge bit her thumb hard, smearing the blood on the red silk.
The red silk that absorbed its master's blood became even more vivid. It danced like a flexible snake.
"Go!"
Following An Ge's shout, the red silk quickly flew out of her hand, wrapping around the Scar's neck.
But the Scar reacted quickly. He raised his hand, holding the axe upright. The red silk bypassed the axe, so it didn't completely wrap around his neck.
However, the red silk tightened more and more, and the axe in the Scar's hand got closer and closer to his neck.
The Scar's face turned red from holding his breath. Realizing that this wouldn't work, he concentrated all his spiritual energy on his hands. The Buddhist scriptures on his muscles emitted a strong golden light, preventing the red silk from tightening further.
An Ge gritted her teeth and said coldly, "Don't think you can escape like this! Red silk! Break!"
The red silk that received the order quickly absorbed An Ge's spiritual energy.
"Hiss!!"
Shen Qing was surprised to find that blood started to flow from the place where the Scar's neck touched the red silk. The Scar's face showed pain, and he couldn't help crying out in pain.
Li Xian narrowed his eyes. After confirming what was going on, he was even more certain that what An Ge was holding was the Water - Crossing Red Silk.
"The Water - Crossing Red Silk can absorb spiritual energy and then cover itself with this energy. Then, it can transform into small thorns and cause harm to the enemy."
Shen Qing nodded. No wonder the red silk seemed unchanged but had caused harm to the Scar.
Those small thorns made of spiritual energy were not long but densely packed. The Scar was in for a tough time.
Shen Qing gasped and then unconsciously reached up to touch the back of her neck.
Seeing that the Scar was suppressed by An Ge with just a red silk, Nian Duanyan shouted anxiously, "What's going on? Aren't you at the early Nascent Soul stage? You're so easily defeated. You're really a useless piece of trash!!"
The Scar was insulted by Nian Duanyan and felt ashamed. But the small thorns that grew on the red silk had been absorbing his spiritual energy through the wound after hurting him.
It was already quite remarkable that he could maintain the current situation and prevent the red silk from tightening further!!
If this continued, he might even be drained of all his energy.
Cold sweat started to seep from the back of the Scar. He somewhat regretted why he had offended this unfathomable woman.
An Ge proudly raised her chin, her eyes full of frost. "I'll say it one more time. Get out of the way!! Let me go in and find my sister!!"
Nian Duanyan's face was gloomy, and he had no intention of giving way at all.
This ship was his. Why should he let this woman in just because she said so!!
"Forget it, husband. Let her in. We're almost at the habitat of the Dragon - Horned Fish. There's thick fog there. We can't let them stay on the deck all the time."
Nian Duanyan gritted his teeth. He didn't want to let An Ge off so easily, but there was really no other way for the moment.
"Fine, I'll let you in. But if you can't find your sister, I'll make you suffer worse than death!"
An Ge ignored Nian Duanyan's threat. She put away the red silk, pushed away Liu You who wanted to approach her, walked up to Nian Duanyan, glared at him fiercely, and then opened the door to the cabin and went in.
Shen Qing curiously peeked into the cabin, wondering what it looked like inside.
Everyone had been living on the deck for the past few days. Nian Duanyan and Liu You had said that there were many valuable items in the cabin and wouldn't let them go in to rest no matter what.
Now, they were willing to let them in.
It seemed that the habitat of the Dragon - Horned Fish might be somewhat dangerous, and the couple alone couldn't get through it.
And that thick fog also made Shen Qing extremely curious.
It seemed that every time they encountered thick fog, something bad happened to her and Li Xian. She wondered if this time would be the same.
Shen Qing pulled Li Xian, who was still standing there in a daze, and entered the cabin.
As soon as she went in, Shen Qing felt as if her eyes were almost blinded.
The first - floor cabin was arranged like an ordinary reception room, but the tables, chairs, and benches were all made of gold. The teacups for drinking water were also gold, and even the wood was inlaid with gems and gold.
The animal - skin carpet on the floor was embroidered with delicate patterns using gold thread. Top - grade spiritual fruits were casually placed on the small tables, piled up high.
No wonder Nian Duanyan and Liu You didn't let them in. They weren't lying. There really were many valuable items here.
The Scar covered his injured neck and snorted. "These are the so - called valuable items. Besides those spirit stones and spiritual fruits, what else is valuable? Those gold?"
Everyone's faces showed complex expressions.
Gold was indeed valuable in the mortal world, but in the Nine Desolate Continent, things without spiritual energy were simply worthless.
The Scar was almost vomiting blood in anger for losing face because of this gold.
However, he really hadn't expected that even though An Ge had suppressed her cultivation, she still had such a powerful magic treasure.
After looking around here, An Ge found no sign of An Wu, so she asked to go down to the next level to search.
Liu You held back Nian Duanyan, who was about to scold, and said gently, "Please go ahead."
Shen Qing and Li Xian looked at each other. They also wanted to follow An Ge down to the next level, but were stopped by Liu You.
"You two fellow cultivators don't need to go down. The rooms below are just for storing sundries. There's nothing interesting. Why don't you all rest here? There are a few soft couches in the back for you to rest on."
After saying that, she pulled Nian Duanyan down to the next level.
Shen Qing and Li Xian didn't want to attract attention, so they followed Liu You's advice and rested in their seats. But they didn't touch any of the spiritual fruits on the table.
At this time, the middle - aged couple who had been behind everyone walked up to them, with smiles on their faces.
The middle - aged woman picked up a spiritual fruit from the table, took a bite, showed a delicious expression, then picked up a new one from the table and handed it to Shen Qing.
"Aren't you going to try? These are all spiritual fruits that are hard to find on the market."
Shen Qing shook her head and declined, saying that she wasn't interested in these spiritual fruits.
But the middle - aged woman didn't leave. Instead, she sat down in front of Shen Qing and whispered to her, "Little girl, you should have noticed the strange aura on the ship. How about our two couples cooperate?"
Shen Qing and Li Xian looked at each other and pretended not to understand.
"What are you talking about, senior? I don't understand."
But the middle - aged woman had an expression of "Don't try to deceive me" and showed a meaningful smile. "Stop pretending. I've already seen through your disguise technique."