The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 1242 - 662: The Shocked Lady Island Master

Chapter 1242: Chapter 662: The Shocked Lady Island Master

"Everyone, there’s no need to worry. Qingmu is already dead." Shui Bei calmly said these words in the central square of the island.

Almost instantly, the few residents around her were stunned. The woman who was advising her to leave was momentarily confused, doubting her hearing, and couldn’t help but ask, "What did you just say? Who died?"

Another man also began to breathe heavily, staring intently at Shui Bei, trying to discern any hint of "joking" from the female sorcerer’s face, but he failed.

"Qingmu, Elder Qingmu is dead." Facing the gazes of the surrounding people, Shui Bei took a deep breath, slightly raised her voice, and explained, "Not only Qingmu, in fact, the entire patrol squad I was in, except for me, was killed by an external powerful force."

With these words, the entire square fell silent.

A myriad of astonished faces turned towards her in unison. At this moment, Shui Bei inexplicably felt a strange sense of excitement and pride in her heart, as if she were the one who hunted down Qingmu, yes, riding on the coattails of the tiger’s might.

Undoubtedly, the crowd erupted.

"Qingmu is dead?!"

"Is it true?"

"With Shui Bei commanding, how could there be falsehood? She has never lied since she was little."

"Serves them right, the evil deeds of Golden Wheel Island finally reaped the karma."

In an instant, the crowd was either excited, anxious, or confused, surrounding Shui Bei in the center, trying to ask for more detailed information.

"What’s going on? It’s so noisy?" At this moment, the door of the most luxurious house opened, and a woman who appeared to be around forty years old came out.

The woman carried a calm demeanor, though she was not young, with fine crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes hard to conceal, her appearance was still remarkable, showing that she was a beauty in her youth. Unlike others, the woman’s long hair was coiled up and fixed with a crimson red coral hairpin, extremely eye-catching.

"Island Master!"

"The Island Master is out!"

This woman was actually the current Red Coral Island Master—thanks to the custom of the Eastern Sea Thousand Islands where the strong are revered, so generally on every island, the one with the highest cultivation holds the position of Island Master.

At the same time, among the countless islands, the top ten island masters in terms of strength carry the title of "elder," and the so-called "Elder Council" is an organization formed by the ten strongest islands to establish order.

Indeed, it slightly resembles the League of Nations...

"Island Master," Shui Bei stepped forward from the crowd. This female sorcerer, who wet herself in fright and prostrated trembling in front of Zhao Douan, now had a solemn expression, paid her respects, and said, "Qingmu is dead, killed by a powerful Yu Country figure brought back by Ji Yue."

Ji Yue? For a moment, the middle-aged woman was in a daze, and the others were also taken aback.

Though it had been many years, the island’s residents still remembered the girl who had defected back then.

Everyone thought Ji Yue would never return, yet unexpectedly she not only came back but also led the Yu Country people.

Recalling the blood feud between Elder Qingmu and Ji Yue’s family, many people couldn’t help but think of the word "revenge."

"Where is Ji Yue?" The beautiful middle-aged woman returned to her senses and asked.

...

On the docks, on a ship’s deck.

"Master, are we really just waiting here?" Tuoba Weizhi frowned, "If the people on this island send out signals and summon more, wouldn’t it be troublesome?"

Zhao Douan stood with hands behind his back, smiling indifferently, "With Heavenly Master Zhang here, any news on the island won’t get far."

Zhang Yan Yi unconsciously stroked his beard, nodded with a smile, then he realized after the fact, he felt that this kid had noticeably increased the number of compliments along the way, a bit odd, giving him an inexplicable feeling of being "elevated" by this brat’s flattery.

Rather uncomfortable...

"Tch, look, aren’t they coming now?" Zhao Douan laughed, pointing into the distance.

Ji Yue and Jin Jian looked up simultaneously, only to see Shui Bei leading a large group of people coming over.

Seeing the Island Master personally come to greet them, a few island residents left on the dock were shocked.

Yet the Red Coral Island Master walked straight to the dock, bowing respectfully with a salute, "I am the Red Coral Island Master, upon learning of your esteemed visitors, I regret not welcoming from afar, please pardon."

While she was speaking, many people also saw on the deck a figure in red, Ji Yue, and couldn’t help but be moved:

"It’s really Ji Yue!"

"Quite a few years have passed in a flash, all grown up now..."

Zhao Douan turned his head, glancing at Ji Yue beside him, whose face was expressionless and appeared indifferent, yet under her sleeves, her tightly clenched fists revealed the turmoil in her heart. He quietly reached out a large hand, covering one of her fists, and under Ji Yue’s confused gaze, he gave her a reassuring look.

Following this, Zhao Douan then looked down with a smile towards the middle-aged beautiful woman wearing the red coral hairpin below, saying, "Pardon our uninvited presence, we apologize for any disturbance we caused."

The Red Coral Island Master, seeing him speak so affably, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, her towering chest rising and falling.

As the Island Master, she rationally didn’t wish to engage with this group, although they killed Qingmu, which she found satisfying and felt a bit grateful. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

But... Red Coral Island is too small, engaging with such individuals who can obliterate an elder with a raise of the hand is certainly not favorable, and explaining to the Elder Council thereafter won’t be easy.

Yet she was even more aware that if, as Shui Bei said, a maid from the other party possessed nearly half-step Celestial strength and came directly to Red Coral Island with Ji Yue, this encounter was unavoidable.

Unable to resist on either side, she could only welcome them respectfully, at least not to provoke them to the point of an island massacre. As for what happens next, for the time being, she has no spare thought to consider.