"What? He vanished all of a sudden?" The three of them were greatly alarmed.
Old Master Qin stood up, his brow furrowed. "How is that possible? You are a Grandmaster, and he disappeared right under your nose?"
General Meng nodded hastily. "It's absolutely true. After the young master returned to his room, he vanished into thin air! I searched the entire Chaos Stone Island sea area but couldn't find him."
Steward Zheng was immediately flustered upon hearing this. "Could it be that someone kidnapped him?"
"That's unlikely. I feel this might be a secret of the young master himself!" General Meng said after some thought.
Hearing this, Old Master Qin pondered carefully, then nodded. "Yes, that makes sense! This place is surrounded by the sea; it's difficult for anyone to come here, let alone kidnap him from under the nose of a Grandmaster!"
"I don't think we need to panic. Since Feng'er has his own secrets, we should give him some personal space and not constantly monitor him!" Qin Mingyuan said.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Alright, let's not worry for now! We'll see if he appears tomorrow!" Old Master Qin said.
General Meng nodded and was about to retreat.
However, as he turned, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh right, Master! I find this island very strange!"
"Oh? What's strange about it?" Old Master Qin asked, puzzled.
General Meng explained, "When I was looking for the young master just now, I suddenly realized that this island is actually a giant underwater mountain, estimated to be a thousand meters high!"
The three of them were all confused. "So what? There are plenty of giant underwater mountains!"
"The point is, this giant mountain seems to be entirely made of purple spirit stones, and it's covered with various mysterious ancient formation runes, as if suppressing something!"
General Meng spoke with shock in his eyes.
After discovering Ye Feng's disappearance, he had immediately searched the entire Chaos Stone Island.
He had even suspected that Ye Feng might have been dragged into the water by someone and escaped that way.
Therefore, he had also dived into the water and searched around Chaos Stone Island.
However, upon going down, he discovered that Chaos Stone Island was actually a giant underwater mountain.
The dense spiritual energy emanated from within, and he even saw rows of mysterious formation patterns on the giant mountain.
Those were ancient formation runes, meant to suppress some terrifying monsters.
"Hmm? Purple spirit stones? Ancient formation runes?" Old Master Qin frowned upon hearing this.
These things, individually, were enough to cause a huge stir and potentially bloodshed.
"It seems this Chaos Stone Island is not simple! Let's go and take a look!" Old Master Qin said curiously.
However, Qin Mingyuan said, "My legs are inconvenient, you three go ahead!"
"Well, alright! You wait here for a moment, we'll be back soon!" Old Master Qin replied.
Thus, Old Master Qin, Steward Zheng, and General Meng vanished from the room in a flash.
Qin Mingyuan watched them disappear and muttered, "What kind of incredible encounter did Feng'er have to be so mysterious as to disappear under the nose of a Grandmaster..."
Meanwhile, after Steward Zheng and the other two vanished, they reappeared in the sea.
They quickly dived, reaching a depth of three to four hundred meters, and finally saw the outline of the giant mountain.
"Such dense spiritual energy, and it's indeed all purple spirit stones inside. This is truly incredible!" Steward Zheng was ecstatic as he looked at the purple spirit stones on the giant mountain.
"I've always wondered why the spiritual energy here was so dense! So the entire underwater mountain is made of purple spirit stones!" Old Master Qin exclaimed, looking at the giant mountain.
General Meng pointed to some glowing patterns on the mountain. "Look, those are the ancient formation runes!"
Old Master Qin glanced at them and immediately nodded. "Indeed, they are ancient formation runes. Although I don't understand formations well, this seems to be a sealing formation. I wonder what is being sealed and suppressed below!"
At this moment, Steward Zheng reached out and touched the giant mountain, or rather, the purple spirit stones, as if wanting to pry off a piece.
However, as he pried off a piece, a pair of enormous, deep purple eyes suddenly opened at the base of the thousand-meter giant mountain. It seemed to sense something.
Following that, the thing struggled violently within the underwater cavern, emitting strange sounds.
In an instant, the entire Chaos Stone Island sea area began to shake.
"Damn it, the thing underwater seems to have sensed our presence! Let's retreat quickly!"
The three were greatly alarmed and swam upwards.
At the same time, Ye Feng, who was cultivating in the Sea God Hall, suddenly opened his eyes. The trident on his brow emitted a blinding golden light.
"What's going on? Be quiet!"
Ye Feng roared, activating the Sea God's Trident. The Sea God Hall immediately emanated a terrifying pressure, and the thing in the cave instantly calmed down.
Then, Ye Feng activated his underwater detection ability and scanned the area, but found nothing.
Meanwhile, Old Master Qin and the other two, who had returned to Chaos Stone Island, were greatly shocked and panting heavily.
"How is it?" Qin Mingyuan asked anxiously upon seeing the three return.
The three recounted the general situation. After listening, Qin Mingyuan was astonished.
Just as he was about to say something, General Meng suddenly spoke, "Hmm? Someone's coming! It seems to be the young master!"
Old Master Qin and the other two immediately pretended to be normal, as if nothing had happened.
Half a minute later, the door was pushed open, and Ye Feng walked in.
"Sirs, the island trembled slightly just now. It didn't scare you, did it?" Ye Feng asked them.
The three were old hands and hid their reactions well. "We're fine!"
"Oh, oh, that's good..."
Ye Feng didn't notice anything amiss. After a brief chat, he prepared to leave and continue cultivating.
But at that moment, a figure suddenly rushed over and exclaimed, "Ye Feng, you're finally back! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Ye Feng and the others turned to look and saw a beautiful figure standing behind him.
Her graceful figure and exquisite beauty surprised Steward Zheng and the other two.
"Qingyue, you were waiting for me? What for?" Ye Feng asked, confused.
Lin Qingyue glanced at Steward Zheng and the others behind Ye Feng, hesitating to speak.
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly said, "Sirs, excuse me! I have something to attend to, I'll be going now!"
The three understood and smiled, "Haha, go ahead! Don't mind us!"
After Ye Feng left, the three gathered and began to whisper amongst themselves.
It was unclear whether they were discussing the underwater mountain or the beautiful figure.
Ye Feng led Lin Qingyue aside and asked, "What is it? Why are you acting so shy?"
Lin Qingyue looked at Ye Feng, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Um, I, I have to leave..."