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"Do you see the black water up ahead?" Nangong Yan stood at the front of the fishing boat, pointing at the sea that was black as ink.

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Below the fishing boat, the water was a pale black color, but about seventy meters ahead of them, the sea had become distinctly pitch-black.

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It was the same vast ocean, but the water was divided into two distinctly different colors. If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would be hard to believe.

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Li Xiaoyao followed the direction of his pointing hand and indeed saw the starkly colored water.

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The speed of the fishing boat slowed down, the captain turned the bow, keeping a distance of about twenty meters from the pitch-black water and slowly moved forward along its edge.

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"Is this the forbidden territory?" From such a close distance, Li Xiaoyao could vividly feel a terrifying energy from the sea area twenty meters away.

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This energy was peculiar. Even though Li Xiaoyao felt danger, he also had an impulse to delve deeper into it.

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It was as if something was tugging at your heartstrings, compelling you irresistibly to explore further.

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The other dozen fishing boats that followed soon arrived, very tacitly halting their vessels twenty meters outside the forbidden area, not daring to go any further.

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Li Xiaoyao released his consciousness to cover the sea area, but to his astonishment, found that his consciousness disappeared without a trace when it tried to penetrate into the secret realm, eliciting no response whatsoever.

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"Consciousness ineffective?" Li Xiaoyao frowned, redirecting his consciousness to other areas. He discovered that in ordinary sea areas, his consciousness remained effective, allowing him to clearly see the creatures living ten kilometers deep at the seabed.

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However, once his consciousness shifted to the secret realm, it became useless.

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"Truly mysterious," Li Xiaoyao nodded slightly. This secret realm was too enigmatic. He had intended to use his consciousness to probe the depths of the secret realm, yet the realm seemed to block such explorations.

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Li Xiaoyao wasn't too disheartened, as curious as he was about the secret realm, he didn't currently plan to venture into it.

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What he needed to do now was to circle around the secret realm.

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He did this, naturally, to look for Li Chengfeng.

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Alive, he must be seen; dead, his body must be found.

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Without seeing the body, Li Xiaoyao wouldn't believe that his father was truly dead.

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If he still couldn't find him in the end, Li Xiaoyao might have no choice but to enter the secret realm to investigate.

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After all, no one knew what mysteries were hidden inside the secret realm.

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Whether the secret realm was fraught with danger or was another world altogether remained unknown to anyone.

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Nangong Yan and the others had come here early today to gain more understanding of the secret realm, to see if they could discover any useful information from it.

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The fishing boat circled around the perimeter of the secret realm. The whole sea area was eerily calm, without a single wave, as still as dead water, creating a silence that was disturbingly unsettling.

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The secret realm was too extensive. After traveling about thirty kilometers in the fishing boat, they still couldn't see the end.

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Li Xiaoyao didn't find Li Chengfeng's body either. He felt both relief and disappointment.

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Not finding him meant there was a certain probability that Li Chengfeng was still alive, but he also understood that the probability was very, very small.

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The captain came out, his voice tinged with helplessness, "We're running out of coal fast. We must go back now, or we won't be able to return."

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Nangong Yan nodded, then turned to look at Li Yunchen and the other person.

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Li Yunchen patted Li Xiaoyao on the shoulder and said, "Xiaoyao, let's head back."

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Li Xiaoyao clenched his fist, intending to continue his search, but he also understood that his aimless quest was proving to be of little to no effect, even bordering on futility.

He could disregard the dangers and venture deep into peril alone, but he could not, in good conscience, drag the others on the boat into recklessness with him. That would be utterly irresponsible.

Resigned, Li Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Let's go back."

Suddenly, an arrogant voice came from behind, resounding across the sea, the very waves trembling with its echo.

"Everyone, leave the Secret Realm at once!"

This commanding voice boomed across the sky, reaching all the fishing boats. Everyone looked in the direction of the source, only to see a fishing boat closing in from several hundred meters away.

Li Yunchen frowned in dissatisfaction and said, "Which Sect does this belong to? What right do they have to say something like this?"

The fishing boat quickly approached; Chen Feng stood at the bow with Xia Li quietly standing behind him.

Chen Feng repeated his earlier command, "Now, immediately, get the hell out of here. Dare to step foot in the Secret Realm again, and you'll be killed without mercy!"

Li Yunchen snorted in anger and said, "Kid, which Sect are you from? Do you really think you can talk to me like that? Do you believe I won't smack you dead with one slap?"

Chen Feng looked at him, his face filled with defiance, "Smack me dead? And which Sect might you be from?"

"Xuan Country's Li Family!" Li Yunchen narrowed his eyes, having already guessed the identity of this presumptuous man.

"So it's the Xuan Country's Li Family," Chen Feng said dismissively, shaking his head. "I am a disciple of the Rakshasa Sect. Now, I want to see how you intend to smack me dead."

"The Rakshasa Sect, it is indeed them," the leaders of the various powers on the other fishing boats thought to themselves, realizing the gravity of the situation.

The three Elders of the Nangong Family, Li Yunchen, and Li Tinghai all changed their expressions.

They knew the Rakshasa Sect would come, and they suspected the Sect might seal off the Secret Realm, but they never expected they would arrive so quickly and with such bluster.

Li Yunchen said coldly, "So what if it's the Rakshasa Sect? The Secret Realm is open to all; how dare you obstruct the Li Family?"

Chen Feng's voice was laced with sarcasm, "As long as Li Chengfeng was alive, maybe I would have had some respect for you, but now Li Chengfeng is dead in the Secret Realm, and what is the Li Family? Frankly, even if Li Chengfeng were still alive, the Rakshasa Sect would not fear him."

"What a big talker!" Li Yunchen, known for his fiery temper, was already preparing to take action.

Just then, Li Xiaoyao's cold voice suddenly rang out.

"Apologize to my father immediately, or I won't hesitate to kill you."

The crowd saw the Li Family squaring off with the Rakshasa Sect and felt a surge of excitement.

A direct conflict with the Rakshasa Sect that could leave both sides damaged was precisely what they were hoping to witness.

The Da Lin Temple, Hehuan Sect, Luo Family, and Long Family, upon seeing Li Xiaoyao daring to confront the Rakshasa Sect head on, could not help but sneer.

"This kid is as ignorant of the world's ways as ever."

"Does he really think the people of the Rakshasa Sect are that easy to provoke? Threatening the Rakshasa Sect is simply laughable."

"Each of Rakshasa Sect's members possesses powerful Spells. Even though that kid is just at the peak of the Spirit Cultivation Realm, once he casts his Spells, even a Cultivator of the Golden Core Realm may not be able to stand against him."

Chen Feng's eyes narrowed into slits as a fierce gaze shot from between them. He said, "Kid, I've heard of you, you're that bastard son of Li Chengfeng, aren't you?"

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