Chapter 545: Outer Sea Cloud Island

Chapter 545: Chapter 545: Outer Sea Cloud Island

「The Outer Sea.」

Far away from Kyushu, in the southernmost region, lay a boundless stretch of sea known as the Outer Sea.

Legend had it that the Outer Sea contained countless islands, and many of these islands were home to all sorts of families and Sects.

On the open sea, waves rolled in one after another, churning endlessly. It was a tumultuous scene.

A boat, a dozen or so meters long and a few meters wide, drifted unsteadily, looking as if it could be capsized by the wind and waves at any moment.

"Brother, this attack on us... it must have been the Ye Family and the Wang Family."

Long Qian’Er’s face was filled with anger. Only two people were left on the entire boat: Long Qian’Er and her older brother, Long Heng. Both were direct disciples of the Cloud Island Long Family.

Long Qian’Er had a delicate oval face, slender brows, large eyes, a small mouth, and a high-bridged nose. Combined with her exquisite figure, she was absolutely flawless. She was also known as the number one beauty of Cloud Island, with countless admirers.

As for Long Heng, he was both the genius of the Long Family and its trash.

The reason Long Heng was called both a genius and trash was simple. In a mere twenty years, he had already achieved the Venerable Tier. But for some unknown reason, in the years that followed, no matter how hard he tried, he was simply unable to break through to become a Supreme Venerable.

A genius, reduced to trash.

Long Heng sighed deeply. Others might not know the reason, but he knew it all too well.

"Forget it. Even if we were attacked, I doubt the family would even ask about it."

A deep sense of helplessness and sorrow laced Long Heng’s words. He believed this incident would never have occurred if it were three years ago. What did it matter that he was once the number one genius?

"Brother, what’s wrong with you? Are you really going to give up?"

"What choice do I have but to give up?"

Laughing self-deprecatingly, Long Heng sighed helplessly. "Others might not know, but you do, don’t you? During my Tribulation Crossing, I was struck by Thunder. Since then, my Cultivation hasn’t advanced at all, leaving me to suffer endless humiliation and ridicule. But what can I do?"

Looking at her older brother, Long Qian’Er was furious, but she didn’t know what to say.

In the Outer Sea, on any island, all that mattered was talent and potential. No matter who you used to be, if you were no longer capable, then countless people would mock you and kick you while you were down.

She couldn’t accept it. The thought of her brother enduring endless humiliation and ridicule filled Long Qian’Er with indignation. No matter what, her brother had once been not only the number one genius of their family, but the number one genius of the entire Cloud Island.

"Brother, look! What’s that?"

Deeply frustrated, Long Qian’Er was staring out at the endless sea when she suddenly seemed to spot something.

"It’s a person. Let’s get closer."

"Brother, we don’t have time for this. If we’re late getting back, Father will scold us again."

Waving his hand and not giving Long Qian’Er a chance to object, Long Heng said, "Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. Since we’ve seen him, we can’t just leave him to die."

Sighing deeply, Long Qian’Er knew her brother all too well. He was too soft-hearted. In the end, with no other choice, the two of them could only speed up the boat. A short while later, they arrived.

A person was floating on the surface of the sea, apparently already dead.

With Long Heng’s great strength, pulling a person from the water was a trivial matter. After gently placing Long Ao on the deck, Long Qian’Er said with great dissatisfaction, "Brother, this person is clearly dead. Let’s just go. We’ll be late."

"Shut up."

Startled by her brother’s sharp tone, Long Qian’Er pouted. Even though she was a Venerable Martial Artist, the man before her was, after all, her older brother.

Shooting him a dissatisfied glare, Long Qian’Er went into the cabin to rest, leaving Long Heng staring intently at the young man lying on the deck.

’No matter who you are, or how you were injured, consider yourself lucky that I was the one who found you.’

There was a secret that no one in the Cloud Island Long Family knew: besides being a powerful Venerable, Long Heng was also an extremely rare Alchemist.

If the Long Family were to find out that this trash, mocked by everyone, was actually an Alchemist, who knows what they would think.

Long Heng took ten Elixirs from his robes. Without a second thought, he fed them all to Long Ao and began to perform a healing massage. After an unknown amount of time, Long Ao let out a muffled groan, his eyelids fluttering open with great difficulty.

Seeing the blue sky and white clouds, and the strange face that appeared before him, Long Ao instantly understood what had happened.

’Looks like I made it out alive. As for who saved me... it must have been Long Fu. I can’t think of anyone else who could have done it.’

Although waves of pain wracked his body and his injuries were extremely severe, making a quick recovery impossible, Long Ao knew that no matter what, his life had been saved.

"Who are you?"

"You’re awake. Your recovery ability seems pretty good. My name is Long Heng, from the Cloud Island Long Family. What’s your name?"

In truth, Long Heng had already guessed that the young man he saved was a Martial Artist. As for his strength, Long Heng couldn’t sense it. However, in Long Heng’s opinion, Long Ao’s strength probably wasn’t anything special.

"My name is Long Ao, from the Sixth Level Long Family of Kyushu."

"You’re also from a Long Family?" Hearing this, Long Heng was visibly pleased.

Nodding, Long Ao asked, "Where is this place?"

"You’re from the Sixth Level Long Family, but you don’t know where you are? How did you end up here?"

Shrugging helplessly, Long Ao grimaced in pain. Long Heng helped him sit up, and he said wearily, "I was being hunted and accidentally fell into the sea."

Long Ao didn’t tell him the whole truth. After all, to Cloud Island and this Long Family, he was just a passerby. There was no need to bring trouble to his saviors.

Long Heng didn’t seem to doubt him, nor did he press for details. He knew what was appropriate to ask and what wasn’t.

"Brother Long, this is the Outer Sea. I’m out on business and will be returning to Cloud Island shortly. If you don’t mind, you can return to Cloud Island with me. How about it?"

How could Long Ao not understand Long Heng’s meaning? Thinking it over, with his current injuries, trying to return to Kyushu alone would be quite difficult. In that case, it was better to follow him back to Cloud Island first and focus on healing.

Nodding, Long Ao agreed, "Then I’ll be troubling you."

"No, I refuse! Brother, I don’t object to you saving him, but I am dead set against you bringing him back to the family! Your status is already sensitive enough. If you bring a stranger back with you, you’ll just be giving others more to laugh about!"