A slight lapse in attention can send ripples through the depths of one's heart.

"Who are you?" Lin Qi stepped forward and asked, "On such a fine day, why sing such an inauspicious song here?"

The boy seemed to stiffen for a moment, then slowly turned his head, the beauty of it like a curtain being drawn on a scene from Mount Wu and the Rain Clouds.

"Bad luck?"

His voice was clear and crisp, as if it could pierce through one's ears and into their heart.

Lin Qi said without changing her expression, "Isn't that so? Your song is full of sadness and gloom. Don't you think it's inauspicious?"

Her tone grew harsher, and she held up a knotted pendant: "Have you ever seen this? I'm looking for its owner."

Lin Qi now has Cheng Zirao's face, so she doesn't need to be too polite to the boy.

"You said my songs are unlucky," the boy repeated.

It seemed like self-pity and a low, hushed complaint.

As soon as he finished speaking, his originally gentle and bright eyes narrowed into slits, becoming dark and sinister. His entire face and demeanor were infused with a hint of wickedness.

He then said, "You say my songs are bad luck!"

This time, the voice was a low, raspy growl, as if squeezed out from deep within his throat.

At the same time that his countenance and bearing changed, the young man's cultivation also underwent a rapid transformation.

From the peak of Xuanxian to the early, middle, and late stages of Dixian... there is still an upward trend.

Lin Qi felt a chill run down his spine and decided to strike first.

The Five Emperors' Phoenix Seal descended in a flash.

A phoenix roared from atop, its ice feathers gleaming. Before it, ice mountains piled high, and a colossal seal loomed overhead.

Just a few meters after jumping down, the ground beneath the young man was heavily pressed down.

He flapped his tail in the seawater, and waves behind him instantly shot up dozens of meters high, like a wall of water trying to block Lin Qi's Emperor Phoenix Seal.

But Lin Qi had been prepared for this. This move was almost his full power, with the five-layered Emperor Phoenix Seal superimposed, its power was terrifying.

The spiritual energy within him was being frantically drained, and the surrounding spiritual energy was devoured like a raging river flowing into the sea.

The forest trembled all around.

As Lin Qi pressed down with both hands, the Emperor Phoenix Seal descended inch by inch, and the young man's sea wave wall finally couldn't hold up and shattered instantly.

His eyes were filled with even more sinister intent, and his body grew sharp horns and scales. His cultivation finally stopped at the peak of Earth Immortal.

Bill is three ranks stronger than Q7.

A bead of sweat silently rolled down Lin Qi's temple, a cruel glint flashing across her face.

Three small steps, just three small steps... She'd fight with all her might; she wouldn't be defeated by a mere little fish.

The Emperor Phoenix Seal descended instantly, and five phantom images of the Emperor Phoenix flew out from within it simultaneously. The emerald green forest was instantly covered in frost, becoming a scene of glaciers standing tall in the blink of an eye.

A youth who has attained the state of a celestial immortal holds a short knife and cuts himself on the arm.

The blood, indigo in hue, flowed down. The water of the sea began to rise. An invisible cage slowly erected itself, rising gradually toward Lin Qi.

The Emperor's Seal slammed onto the prison bars.

A deafening blast echoed, followed by a rumbling sound that spread.

Glaciers, once towering across the land, now lay shattered into pieces. A hundred miles around, everything had been reduced to rubble in an instant.

Lin Qi saw a crack appear on the Di Huang Seal. Her eyes moved, and she drew the Di Huang Sword from her waist. A chilling aura surrounded the blade.

As Lin Qi's cultivation level grew stronger, the aura of the Emperor Phoenix Sword also grew stronger.

When I drew the Emperor Phoenix Sword this time, I could still faintly see a phantom of the Emperor Phoenix hovering around the flying sword. It was the fairy qi and Ice Phoenix bloodline that had condensed to a certain extent.

The Emperor Phoenix Sword unsheathed, the clouds above shimmered and changed unpredictably, as if an illusory figure of an Emperor Phoenix had condensed, shifting in an instant before disappearing into thin air.

With each passing moment, her momentum crushed her opponent inch by inch. Lin Qi unleashed a sword strike that shook the very heavens and earth.

A gigantic ice phoenix phantom materialized in the void, half-crouching above the clouds. Its dark blue eyes gazed down at the boy below with an air of superiority, its imposing presence accompanied by a chillingly sharp aura of sword energy that swept across the sky.

Lin Qi was also taken aback by the power of this move for the first time.

The originally murderous youth sensed the aura of the Ice Phoenix, his whole body trembling. His eyes seemed to flash with a hint of astonishment before quickly turning to fear.

His cultivation level suddenly plummeted, dropping from Earth Immortal Great Perfection to Earth Immortal Late Stage, Middle Stage, Early Stage, and even down to Xuanxian Great Perfection.

The killing intent and savagery all over his body instantly subsided, even the scales and horns disappeared, turning into a helpless and pitiful boy, trembling on the ground begging for mercy.

Lin Qi raised her hand, controlling the Dihuang Sword, her eyes full of coldness: "I'll ask you again, have you seen the master of this thing?"

The boy whispered, "Nice to meet you."

Where is the person?

“I was locked away at the bottom of the sea by my people.”

"The sea?" Lin Qi subconsciously glanced at the sea behind the boy.

Thick fog steamed over the sea, concealing countless unseen dangers behind it.

How strong are your kin?

The youth said in a soft voice, “Many times stronger than me.”

"Are you referring to your current self, or the you after your cultivation level skyrockets?"

The young man suddenly fell silent. Lin Qi's Di Huang Sword flashed and landed at his neck: "What are you hesitating about?"

I have no idea what I'm like after my cultivation surged so rapidly, so naturally, I can't answer your question.

Lin Qi: "… You're singing here for nothing, are you?"

The young man confessed, “My voice is the best in my clan. The elders told me to sing here to lure cultivators and lead them to our tribe, where we would then ambush them.

"Is the owner of this object also bewitched by you?"

The boy nodded.

"You're being honest, aren't you? Not afraid of me killing you?"

"Now, whether I live or die makes little difference to me." The youth spoke with a melancholic tone, his melodious voice seemingly falling upon the very core of one's being.

If Lin Qi wasn't born with a heart of stone, I'm afraid he would have softened up long ago.

How can I save her?

The young man shook his head. “There’s no saving them. No human cultivator who has entered the Nether Sigh Sea has ever lived to come out.”

"Can you not do that?"

"No."

Lin Qi's Imperial Phoenix Sword descended, its blade aimed for the boy. Just as it seemed about to strike, the youth suddenly spoke, "Perhaps I have a way to try...please spare my life, sir."

"He said."

Moments later, Lin Qi put a Thundercloud Pattern Ring on the boy. It was forged with her own fairy qi and the Ice Phoenix bloodline.

If a boy wanted to run away, she could take his life in an instant.

Lin Qi also dressed up as a mermaid girl.

Why is she a girl?

Now she's fixated on Cheng Zirao's identity.

The young man looked at Lin Qi with resentment in his eyes, "It wasn't just me who was arranged by the clan to sing here."

Lin Qi tightened his whole body: "Is there anyone else?"

"There is also a mermaid who is female. When men of the human race come here, they can only hear the song of the female mermaids. When women of the human race come here, they can only hear the song of the male mermaids. You came all the way following my voice, you must be a woman."

Lin Qi never expected her identity to be seen through in this way.

"Wait, you're saying I followed your songs all the way here?"

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