Chapter 162: Forced Confession

  On the second day at dawn, the small boat finally landed on Cloud and Mist Island.

  As soon as they arrived at Yunxia Island, Shi Yan immediately parted ways with Linda and left alone.

  Linda stood on the deck, staring blankly at the receding figure of Shi Yan in the distance, speechless for a long time.

  Jett fired a yellow signal flare and stood with Nanao and others, waiting for the Guko family's response team to arrive.

  "Linda is really concerned about that guy, but his background and what he's going to do on Yunxia Island are unknown. Ah, Linda is quite pitiful, that guy is clearly not a peaceful person, from today on, Linda probably won't have the chance to see him again."

  "Yes, I didn't think Linda was such a strong-willed woman, yet she couldn't tie him down. If I could win Linda's heart, I would do anything for her and never leave her."

  "It's all right like this, as long as Sister Linda is still with us, our days in the cult will be a bit better."

  "Well, that's right."

  Jie Te and others lowered their voices, waiting for the person from Gu's family to arrive while discussing in a low voice.

  Linda stood on the deck, her hair flying in the wind, with a charming and elegant demeanor that had a captivating charm.

  Kamon gritted his teeth in the corner, secretly sizing her up, feeling very pleased with himself. He muttered to himself: "This cheap woman deserved it, giving everything to someone and ending up with nothing. They ate their fill and left without even wiping their mouths, this cheap woman is asking for trouble."

  "Deservedly so!" Hodge also had a hateful expression, and said in a low voice: "Kamon, that kid's background is unknown, and he insists on following us to Yunxia Island. Will he make any moves against the Gu family? Should we inform the Gu family about this kid's situation? Perhaps the Gu family knows who he is and will take action against him."

  Kamon furrowed his brow, pondered for a moment, and slowly shook his head. "Let's not talk about it for now. We don't know anything except his name, the information is too little, can't determine his identity. Wait a minute, as long as I get something on him, I'll deal with that kid, and also take care of Linda."

  Hodges nodded.

  ……

  Shi Yan walked alone towards the south of Yunxia Island.

  Yunxia Island is half the size of the Fallen City, and although it belongs to the Gu family, the vast majority of warriors and civilians on the island are not members of the Gu family.

  The Gu family occupied Yunxia Island, only occupying the three mines on Yunxia Island as their own, dividing the areas they considered valuable into the Gu family's forbidden area, and not allowing the island's warriors and civilians to enter.

  The martial forces living on the island, every few years, need to hand over a portion of materials and crystal coins to the Shi family in exchange for the right to live on Yunxia Island for a long time. As for the common people on the island, they need to pay taxes to those martial forces on the island, layer by layer, with strict hierarchy.

  To the south of Yunxia Island is the base of Gu's family, where the forest is dense, lakes are everywhere, and the scenery is beautiful, with no human habitation.

  Shi Yan was going to that place, on the one hand to see if there was an opportunity to catch Gu Jian Ge alone, and also to wait for the arrival of the Yang family's people in Menluo Island.

  From Linda, Shi Yan learned that the Yang family would be going to Yunxia Island with the Shura Blood Guards. All of the Shura Blood Guards were riding on Cyan Blood Bats. As long as he saw the Cyan Blood Bats flying overhead, confirming that the Yang family's Shura Blood Guards had arrived, Shi Yan could reveal his identity and head to the Undying Island in the Gala Sea Domain with them.

  Yang's family, as one of the fifteen major forces in the Endless Sea, is extremely powerful and has a rich reserve of warriors. Since there is an identity that can be used, Shi Yan naturally does not want to waste it, going to the Undying Island with the intention of using the Yang family to further increase his strength.

  In addition to this, he also wants to see Xia Xinyan again, so he must pass through the Shura Blood Guard to reach the Garo Sea Domain.

  All along the way, Shi Yan passed through several villages, but found that those villages didn't have a single person.

  Several villages were eerily quiet, with many homes spotlessly clean inside, and some even had meals laid out, but the owners suddenly vanished.

  It was as if all the villagers had suddenly vanished into thin air.

  Shi Yan was perplexed in his heart, unsure of what had happened. He furrowed his brow and continued to head south towards Yunxia Island alone.

  At night, Shi Yan arrived at a dense mountain forest, walking forward under the clear and cold moonlight.

  Suddenly, a cold and evil aura appeared again on Yunxia Island. The aura flashed and suddenly flew out of the island from all directions, releasing many strange energies that were invisible to the naked eye, all converging towards a certain area in the south.

  The soul of the stone rock trembled slightly, and a clear feeling of an attractive force gathered from a certain area in the south.

  More breaths were drawn out from a small river in the dense forest beside, one after another flew out and quickly disappeared into the south.

  Shi Yan suddenly felt a subtle change and his face changed drastically as he hastily flew towards the direction of the small river.

  A black-clad warrior with a conical hat, at this moment is twisting the necks of ordinary citizens whose mouths are covered with cloth bundles, and once these ordinary citizens die, they will push their bodies into the river without hesitation.

  In the river, one could faintly see numerous swollen corpses floating about. The corpses were densely packed together, and there were even elderly people and children among them. With just a glance, Shi Yan discovered that there were nearly a hundred corpses.

  "Gulp gulp"

  In the quiet mountains, the sound of corpses falling into the water continued to echo. Five martial artists at the pinnacle of their craft, slaughtered civilians and pushed their bodies into a small river.

  When Shi Yan arrived, the last few civilians had their necks twisted and were thrown into a small river.

  One by one, the souls that were barely visible to the naked eye floated out of the river water and did not immediately disperse into the sky. They seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, quickly flying past the southern part of Yunxia Island.

  To the south of Yunxia Island, a strong suction force that attracts souls is transmitted. Under the influence of this force, once the ordinary people here die, their souls will not disperse immediately, but will be taken away by this force.

  "What are you doing?" Shi Yan appeared suddenly by the river with a gloomy face, and said in a cold tone: "What kind of people are you? Massacring unarmed civilians, doesn't it feel good?"

  Shi Yan felt that he was not a good person, but at least he had a bottom line as a human being. He would only kill those who deserved to be killed and would never harm unarmed women and children.

  These people have no humanity at all, they are utterly devoid of conscience, and yet they ruthlessly slaughter the elderly and children who have not a shred of strength.

  Doing so is no longer considered human.

  "Kid, mind your own business and don't interfere." One of the men, a martial artist from the Three Realms, spoke in an icy tone: "Are you from that martial power on the island? Didn't we receive any prior notice?"

  "What news?" Shi Yan asked coldly.

  "It seems you're no longer the dominant force on the island." The man paused for a moment, then suddenly said: "Let me give you some advice, leave Yunxia Island immediately and get as far away as possible. Otherwise, you won't even know how you die."

  Shi Yan sneered, "It seems that if I don't cripple a few of you, you won't behave yourselves."

  With that, Shi Yan suddenly rushed out.

  Three minutes later.

  Five warriors died four, only one warrior who spoke before was left, his hat was pulled off by a boulder and one foot was trampled on the ground.

  "This famous warrior, who was at the Threefold Heaven boundary, looked up and down, with a somewhat terrified gaze at the stone cliff, saying: 'Who are you? Do you know who you have offended? Being an enemy of ours will only bring you suffering'"

  "Speak up, who are you? Why did you kill these civilians?" Shi Yan asked with a frown.

  "You'll regret it, you will definitely regret it" the man on the ground threatened with gritted teeth.

  "Crack"

  Shi Yan picked up a dagger and cut off the person's left palm with one knife, his expressionless face saying: "I ask what you answer, don't waste words with me."

  The man on the ground let out a mournful cry, cold sweat beading on his forehead, his whole body convulsing.

  "Crack"

  Shi Yan furrowed his brow and with another slash, cut off the palm of his right hand. He said calmly, "Screaming is also a waste of words."

  "You dare to move me? You dare to move me? I am a member of the Gu family, you will regret it, you will die miserably!" The martial artist on the ground shouted loudly.

  "Crack"

  Shi Yan swung his sword again, cutting off another foot of his, and continued to ask: "Why did you kill these civilians?"

  "I don't know, I don't know! I just received the order to kill 300 civilians at a specific time. That's all I know!" The man on the ground screamed, his face filled with terror. "There are many others who received the same order as me, we all don't know the reason, really don't know!"

  "Oh, that's it then." Shi Yan nodded and with one swift slash of his knife, beheaded him. He immediately stood up and kicked the five corpses on the ground into the river.

  He threw away the dagger, washed off the bloodstains on his arm, and Shi Yan continued to head south towards Yunxia Island with a calm face.

  All along the way, Shi Yan found many corpses piled up in the river, sealed mountain caves, and buried deep in the ravines...

  These corpses are all ordinary civilians, probably tens of thousands of people, and they were slaughtered by the warriors of the Gu family so easily.

  On the road, Shi Yan killed three more Gu family warriors and absorbed their vital energy, but he didn't get any information out of them.

  The ancient samurai who received orders to kill seemed to really not understand why they had to kill people, and just executed the orders without understanding the deeper meaning.

  At dawn.

  The soul of the south suddenly became extremely powerful

  Shi Yan, among the ancient trees, also clearly sensed the abnormality on the island. Even his soul, under that terrifying suction force, was stirring restlessly, as if wanting to leave its physical body.

  The blood-stained ring on his hand also flashed suddenly, like a light bulb that was about to burn out, shining brightly red.

  Shi Yan was shocked and looked down at the blood-patterned ring on his hand, faintly sensing the mysterious ice flame within the ring, which seemed to have made a move, reacting very strongly.

  He furrowed his brow and quietly sank his mind into the Bloodline Ring, wanting to see what changes were within.

  "In the Soul Gathering Pearl, on the island of the Soul Gathering Pearl, there was a Soul Gathering Pearl. In the Blood Pattern Ring, for the first time, the astonishing consciousness of Xuan Bing's cold flame was transmitted."