บท 154: Head for the Dead Star
The fragments of the exploded asteroid scattered in all directions and flew through the starry river with a terrifying momentum.
One of the fragments was about to hit the ferry!
The cultivators on the ferry had horrified expressions on their faces and quickly exclaimed. The ferry owner, who was a great cultivator at the Mountain Moving Realm and dressed in robes, transformed into a stream of light and leaped out, enduring the pressure and the encroachment of darkness in the starry sky, and directly faced the entire meteorite fragment.
The old man in robes had a serious expression. The meteorite fragment was approaching too fast, and the ferry didn't have time to escape, so he had to block it.
The terrifying pressure came from the planet fragment. Even before it got close, it already made the old man feel breathless.
This wasn't just a planet fragment. It also carried the pressure of the starry sky and the encroachment of darkness.
The old man in robes exhaled the stale air in his chest, clapped his hands together, and his aura suddenly soared. Spiritual energy overflowed in the starry sky!
This ferry was the foundation of his livelihood. Even if he would be seriously injured by blocking the planet fragment, he had to do it.
The cultivators on the ferry clenched their fists tightly and watched this scene nervously.
The planet fragment was smashing towards them at an extremely fast speed, making everyone feel suffocated.
In front of the planet fragment, a great cultivator at the Mountain Moving Realm was as tiny as an ant.
Could he really block it?
The palms of the cultivators on the ferry were sweaty, and their hearts couldn't stop pounding.
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm in the front was also constantly exhaling and clenching his teeth tightly.
Only when the planet fragment was approaching did he realize just how terrifying it was. Judging from this, being seriously injured might already be the best outcome.
Everyone was in a state of panic.
However, a grayish-white color unknowingly filled the entire starry sky.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment, and everyone's eyes moved around.
They saw a hand being raised. It seemed that there was only this hand in the starry sky.
Snap.
With a snap of fingers.
Suddenly, the meteorite fragments in the universe and the starry river stopped.
It was as if they had been forcibly held back in the long river of time.
The grayish-white color receded like flowing water.
The eyes of everyone on the ferry returned to normal, and they all looked at Chen Xia sitting on the meteorite fragment, their expressions full of shock.
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists, and thanked him. "Thank you, mighty one, for your help!"
Chen Xia waved his hand and replied calmly, "It was nothing."
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm's eyes lit up, and his breathing became a bit rapid. Being able to exchange words with such a mighty being was already a great honor for him.
"Please wait a moment, senior. For your life-saving grace, this junior will surely repay you!"
Chen Xia shook his head, originally wanting to decline.
"Ten thousand spirit stones to please senior!" The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm suddenly said.
Chen Xia, who was shaking his head, paused and smoothly changed it to a nod.
It had to be said that this really hit his weak spot.
Moreover, it was ten thousand spirit stones. Even the descendants of noble families in the Vast Heaven Sword Sea might not be able to take out so many spirit stones at once.
This ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm was really generous. There might be some intention of making friends in it.
But Chen Xia didn't care about that. He had always been the kind who took the money and didn't do anything in return.
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm was also quite sensible. Without waiting for Chen Xia to come over, he took the initiative to drive the ferry to Chen Xia's side, took out a storage magic weapon, and presented it to Chen Xia with both hands, saying respectfully.
"Please accept it, senior."
Chen Xia stretched out his hand, and the storage magic weapon flew into his hand. After carefully checking it and finding no problems, he put it away.
The cultivators on the ferry also came to Chen Xia. However, for some reason, they couldn't clearly see his appearance. There should be some powerful supernatural power used to block it. They could only see that he was dressed in white.
"I wonder if senior could tell me your name so that this junior can address you properly," the ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm asked and quickly added.
"Of course, if senior doesn't want to, it's okay. It was this junior who was being presumptuous."
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm deserved to be someone who ran transportation and had traveled all over the place. He was really good at speaking.
Chen Xia nodded and only told his name to the ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm. "My name is Qiong Qi, Qiong of the sky, Qi of being equal to the sky."
Qiong Qi?
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm silently recited it in his heart and then was filled with shock.
Equal to the sky?!
This name was really domineering. Since senior could choose such a domineering name, he must have an extremely powerful and overbearing personality.
Thinking of this, the ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm became more cautious in his heart, afraid that if he accidentally made Chen Xia unhappy, he and the cultivators on the subsequent ferry would end up being smashed to pieces and their divine thoughts destroyed.
There were not a few such examples. There was one two hundred years ago.
It was also a starry ferry. When it was crossing the starry river, it encountered a mighty being. At first, they were chatting quite happily.
It was said that the ferry owner at that time was extremely respectful to the mighty being and didn't make any offense during that period.
But later, for some unknown reason, that mighty being killed all the people on the ferry, burned their bodies, boiled their blood, melted their divine souls, and made a big Ghost Resentment Banner.
Perhaps life and death in the world had never been in one's own control.
The ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm deeply realized this, so he was extremely polite, for fear that Chen Xia would be a bit dissatisfied and kill all the cultivators on their ferry.
After all, you couldn't measure others by your own bottom line.
So the ferry owner at the Mountain Moving Realm became even more respectful at the moment. He was almost on the verge of kneeling down and kowtowing to Chen Xia, calling him father.
If he was really asked to do it, he would probably do it without hesitation.
"What's your name?" Chen Xia asked.
"Cao Gao. Senior can just call me Cao the shorty," Cao Gao said, with every word full of humility.
"You're not that short," Chen Xia glanced at him slightly and sized him up.
"Compared to senior in terms of skills, realm, and everything, I'm too short!" Cao Gao quickly replied.
He really knew how to flatter.
Chen Xia quite liked talking to such a polite person, so he asked one more question.
"Do you know where there's a dead star nearby? A really big one."
Cao Gao frowned and thought carefully. "I've been running the ferry for two thousand years. I don't often see dead stars around here. But if you travel two million miles north from here, there's a dead star region."
"It's said that in the previous two great eras, there was a famous immortal sect here. I don't know which great saintly figure they offended, and the entire million miles of the starry sky was directly burned and refined. Now there are only gloomy dead spirits in there."
"And the largest dead star in the star region should also be in this dead star region. It's just that there are dead spirits causing trouble, so generally no one dares to go in."
"Most of the cultivators who went in to look for treasures didn't come out. Even if they really came out, their divine senses were shattered, and they became crazy and stupid."
"Can you find the way?" Chen Xia became interested. If it was really like what Cao Gao said, then this dead star region would be an excellent place for him to cultivate.
There were many dead stars, no one went there, and it wasn't too far away. It was within the allowable distance between his main body and his external incarnation. It perfectly met the requirements.
"I do have a starry map. However, the way to the dead star region is a bit complicated. There are chaotic starry river currents and starlight falling points along the way, and it's easy to take the wrong path."
Cao Gao replied. Judging from his tone, it seemed that he wanted to invite Chen Xia onto the ferry.
However, actually, Cao Gao didn't want to. There were countless stories in ancient times about great cultivators slaughtering the people on the ferry, and they were still vivid in his mind.
But he was also afraid that Chen Xia couldn't find the way by himself and would later take his anger out on him.
After all, he couldn't run away from his responsibility. Besides, for such a mighty being, it wouldn't take much time if he really wanted to find his trail.
The best thing to do at the moment was to see the task through to the end.
"Can you find it?" Chen Xia asked again.
"It's on the way in the direction the ferry is traveling. We can arrive there in about ten years. If senior doesn't mind, you can board the ferry," Cao Gao replied respectfully.
"Wait for me. Don't reveal my whereabouts," Chen Xia replied and then drove the meteorite fragment away.
The cultivators on the ferry only saw the meteorite turn into a stream of light and quickly disappear.
When Cao Gao turned around.
He saw a figure in white already standing at the back of the ferry, and his appearance became visible.
It was a very young and ordinary-looking face.
He didn't dare to look more and quickly landed on the ferry and waved his hand and shouted.
"Go!"
The ferry rumbled and started moving through the starry river.
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