Chapter 103 (2/2)

Miao Wentang laughed, “We should say the same.”

Dao Master Ziyi replied with a smile, “Yes, if it wasn’t for Benefactor Tang, this Poor Daoist would perhaps be unable to breakthrough in such a short time. It’s just that, this one is really clueless, what kind of cultivation technique has Benefactor Tang been cultivating? It even caused such a big phenomenon.”

In the evening…

The sunset had fallen in the west horizon, as the sea surface reflected the sunset lights from the red sky in the west horizon. The extremely hot temperature in daytime also gradually receded. Tang Xiu, who was still meditating, awakened from his practice along with his trembling eyelashes.

“The three of you…”

A sudden confused expression was revealed on Tang Xiu’s face after seeing the three people nearby.

Miao Wentang’s figure flashed and appeared in front of Tang Xiu. With a bright smile hanging on his face, he said, “We have long finished our meditation, and were waiting for you to wake up from your cultivation practice. Originally, I thought that you’d need a few days to finish cultivating. I didn’t expect that you’d finish it now.”

Tang Xiu got up and said, “It’s just that I had been struck with enlightenment, so it took me a long time to meditate. Have we arrived at the Evil Dragon Sea Area?”

“We haven’t!” Miao Wentang shook his head and wryly smiled.

Tang Xiu was puzzled and replied, “How long have I been practicing? It is already evening, how come we haven’t arrived at the Evil Dragon Sea Area? Isn’t it only 1,000 nautical miles away?”

Miao Wentang pointed at the sea and was at a loss as he didn’t know what to say, before he exclaimed, “Haven’t you noticed that the freighter has stopped? If you hadn’t finished practicing, the three of us would have been ready to pick up the ship crew dozens of nautical miles away and send them back.”

“What happened?”

Tang Xiu didn’t know what kind of circumstances his practice had caused as he immediately asked curiously.

A while after…

After having listened to Miao Wentang and Shao Mingzhen’s narration, Tang Xiu was dumbfounded and tongue-tied as his mood fluctuated. He had never dreamed that he would even cause such a worldwide phenomenon.

“Ah, yes! My cultivation!”

Tang Xiu immediately used his spiritual sense to observe his body’s condition.

The nine spheres of stars had turned brighter, with dazzling rays of light illuminating the space inside his Dantian. A large number of grayish and gloomy Star Force surged as it linked each unblocked meridian channels inside his body.

Moreover, all the bones, blood vessels, internal organs, and muscles had all been quenched. Whether it was flexibility or strength, all had been enhanced and had a qualitative leap. It was as though every part of his body was brimming with explosive power. He was once a Supreme in the Immortal World and was especially keen in accurately gauging strength. He gently waved his fist and could feel the degree of strength he possessed right now.

It was 6,000 pounds! He nodded with satisfaction. 6,000 pounds of strength meant that his strength had been promoted twice from last time. He originally had to achieve the peak of the Skin Strengthening Late Stage before his strength was enhanced to 6,000 pounds. But even if he had yet to breakthrough into the Skin Strengthening Stage, he already had such powerful strength.

_“By the time I have reached the Skin Strengthening Late Stage, to what degree will my strength increase to?”_

Tang Xiu secretly looked forward about it inside his heart.

More than an hour later, the four of them used GPS devices and found the crew and cooks who had been starving all day long and took them back to the freighter. They didn’t explain the phenomenon that happened today and only told them that their rewards would be doubled when they had finished the assignment.

The next day in the evening…

The freighter rushed to the Evil Dragon Sea Area and found a small marine trench in the middle of three islands. However, because it was night, they didn’t immediately rush to find fierce beasts but drank and ate to their full in order to conserve their strength and spirit, waiting until tomorrow dawn before they moved again.

A chilling wind was blowing, as the shadow of the moon whirled and danced.

Tang Xiu was standing on the bow deck, looking at the distance toward the nearby islands. He somewhat sensed a dangerous feeling. He couldn’t clearly explain what kind of dangerous feeling it was. But it indeed existed. He could tell that there should be a terrifying and ominous existence on the three islands. It was the kind of fierce existence the present him was unable to face right now.

Moreover, the others might be unaware of it, but he could sense Death Qi nearby, and it was much stronger than any other places. This meant that a large number of humans or beasts had died here.

“The heavens’ blessing is immeasurable! Benefactor Tang wants to see the island?”

Dao Master Ziyi silently appeared at Tang Xiu’s side as he spoke with a smile.

Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “In the next few years, maybe I will rush to the three islands. But now, it’s not that I want to go, but I don’t even dare to go there.”

“Why would you say that?” Dao Master Ziyi asked with a confused expression.

Tang Xiu said indifferently, “There’s a large Feng Shui array formation on those three islands. This formation array is extremely abstruse and wonderfully deployed. If someone landed on the island, he would be fine as long as he moved around the periphery. But once he rushed deeper, perhaps he wouldn’t be able to return.”

“Is that real?”

Dao Master Ziyi originally planned to go to the island to hunt. However, after hearing Tang Xiu’s words, a sense of danger immediately sprouted in his heart. Tang Xiu was after all someone who was able to breakthrough to the sixth layer of the Thousand Revolution Array, which meant that his attainments information arrays were definitely terrifying. If what he said was true, then he really couldn’t go deep into those three islands.

“Yes!” Tang Xiu calmly replied.

For a long while, Dao Master Ziyi was silent, before he spoke with a wry smile, “In that case, we can only move about its periphery. In fact, this Poor Daoist knew from an ancient book that the fierce beasts’ level on those three islands is much higher compared to the fierce beasts’ level in this marine trench.”

*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes

*[12.47 to 13.07]: don’t ask me about the tree sap