Chapter 51 (1/2)
‘This is strange. How come there are so many tyrannical immortal senses searching nearby all of a sudden?’
On the continuous coastline of the Coast of the East Ocean and the eastern area of the South Continent…
In the fis.h.i.+ng village with dozens of simple stone houses, Li Changshou turned into a cold-looking old Daoist priest, who was holding onto a cup of hot water served by a few old women. He surveyed the surface of the ocean while drinking it.
He had just given out some talismans in the village and received a pa.s.sionate wave of appreciation from the villagers. He also used this to conceal himself so that his movements at the East Ocean’s side would become more reasonable.
Many human itinerant cultivators would use such a method to earn more luck and merit for themselves.
However, Li Changshou had understood one reason very early on—helping the good begot good karma, and helping the bad begot bad karma.
He could not be sure whether the talismans he had given out helped the good people or the bad people. Therefore, the most suitable method was to give out some Sleeping Aid Talismans, which had been drawn wrongly and did not have any effects, for free. This way, he would not get karma.
On the surface of the ocean in the distance, an azure dragon’s figure quietly pa.s.sed by and very soon disappeared into the clouds.
‘It’s indeed the dragon race. They seem to be searching for something.’
Presently, it was not suitable for him to go out of the ocean, lest he met these people from the dragon race.
Thus, Li Changshou went through the hards.h.i.+ps of living in the wilderness. He walked along the side of the ocean and walked from north to south to see life in the mortal world so that he could obtain some enlightenment from it.
Half a month later, Li Changshou walked more than 500 kilometers southwards. He could finally be sure that those experts from the dragon race had left the ocean region, which they had repeatedly checked.
After carefully thinking, Li Changshou still decided not to change his original plan to go through Tribulation Transcendence on this ocean region.
Two months later, he finally decided to completely settle down in this place of dozens of kilometers in radius.
He secretly executed his illusion techniques one night and transformed into a fish, which was neither big nor small, and entered the somewhat warm ocean waters.
He executed the Water Escape and went towards the few islands that he had previously seen on the fishermen’s nautical chart.
The place for Tribulation Transcendence could not be too far from the mortal world.
The human race’s mortal world was an emergency refuge for him. If he met any sneak attacks before or after the Tribulation Transcendence, he could hide in the vast ocean.
The place for Tribulation Transcendence could not be too near to the mortal world either.
The mortal world was filled with turbid Qi and disorder, so the cultivators’ Dao Body and Primordial Soul were easily contaminated. If he could go through Tribulation Transcendence successfully, he would absorb the world’s spiritual energy when he ascended to an immortal.
Although it was not a big deal absorbing the turbid Qi in the mortal world, it was still somewhat unpleasant.
His master’s Tribulation Transcendence had not been perfect, so he had absorbed the spiritual energy for a very short time.
Two months ago, what had the dragon race been searching for?
Li Changshou was somewhat curious at this point.
Who or what treasure could have attracted the other party to dispatch a great number of forces to search at the East Ocean border?
Even though he could not see the figures of the experts from the dragon race, their aura was not hidden, and he could sense them from a distance.
Nevermind. This was none of his business.
Li Changshou would secretly go through the Heavenly Tribulation and then find a place to cultivate for three years to stabilize his Dao, conceal his aura, and improve on this Turtle Breathing Mantra. After that, he would return to the sect and continue to lead a stable life of a younger generation disciple of the Immortal Du Sect.
He was now almost unable to suppress his cultivation realm, and he could reach the Ninth Stage of Dao Requital at any time.
In the ocean water, Li Changshou slowly touched the islands of several hectares nearby and carefully observed them, but could not find a place that satisfied him.
It was not that these small islands were not enough for him to conceal himself. Their structure was a little complicated, and there were too many hiding places, which made it easy for people to explore deeply.
This was not a good place for seclusion and Tribulation Transcendence.
Li Changshou thought about it and continued searching south because the dragon experts had moved from south to north two to three months ago.
He would swim faster and search for it more slowly. He calmed down and searched for a place of his own destiny.
In the middle of the night, Li Changshou’s eyes suddenly lit up, and his spiritual senses found a pretty good island.
The island was generally circular, and in fact, a few hills protruded out of the sea. His spiritual senses scanned the place, and the structure of the place was clear at a glance. It would not attract anyone to examine it in detail.
After transforming into a fish and approaching this island, Li Changshou was increasingly pleased. He executed the Water Escape technique and hovered around the island for more than ten weeks from afar before deciding to approach and investigate.
There were still over 5 kilometers to go…
Eh? There seemed to be something amiss with the ocean current.
Li Changshou saw a small vortex in the ocean water and used his spiritual senses to inspect it inch by inch. Soon, he discovered that there was a very hidden rock cave underwater.
The cave was very narrow, with an overall structure sloping upward that connected to a small waterhole somewhere on the island.
‘Not bad. This is a good place. There is even a natural emergency exit!’
The more Li Changshou looked at it, the more satisfied he was.
He had decided. It would be this place!
…
‘You want to capture me back? Dream on!’
Ao Yi transformed into a human form. His body was stuck to the cold, hard rock wall, and he was carefully probing the situation 1.5 kilometers around the island while secretly circulating the mystic technique from the dragon race: Subterranean Dragon Mantra.
He knew that he could not probe too far with his spiritual senses. Otherwise, he would easily be exposed.
However, because of this, he could not determine if his people were still staying here.
It was fine. He had the patience to continue to wait even if he had already been hiding in this place for three months.
For the pursuit of being born as a dragon.
For the bloodline circulating in him.
For the responsibility as a prince of the dragon race!
As long as he climbed ash.o.r.e and left the Dragon Palace’s scope of power, the situation would be much more favorable to him.
Ao Yi was also somewhat helpless, as he hadn’t expected that it wasn’t those immortals on the island who were searching for him.
That Black Cloud Immortal had directly informed the Dragon Palace, which sent a large number of experts to intercept him from the north to the south!
On that day, if Ao Yi hadn’t reacted in time and had been advancing stealthily through the water, he would have almost collided head-on with the people from his race!
He was considered pretty lucky. He quickly found this circular island while diving under the sea and followed the topography before discovering this hidden rock crevice.
Unexpectedly, he had really escaped the search by the experts of his race.
‘Hmph, this is such a perfect hiding place that only I can find!’
When Ao Yi thought of this, he felt proud of himself.
Suddenly, Ao Yi sensed danger approaching.
It wasn’t that he had detected something, but that his bloodline came with the ability to predict crises.
‘Am I going to get discovered?’
Ao Yi got anxious. He didn’t dare to move and stayed close to the rock wall while his Subterranean Dragon Mantra circulated wildly.
At the moment, he only hated the ancestors of the dragon race for being too proud and not studying a brilliant method of transforming and hiding!
Suddenly, an old Daoist priest showed up just outside the rock cave, burrowing into the rock crevice and approaching his place.
Ao Yi was relieved. He frowned and focused. He made a decision in his heart and quietly prepared his strongest attack.
This old Daoist priest’s aura wasn’t strong, and he hadn’t discovered that he had executed the Subterranean Dragon Mantra, so Ao Yi could ambush him with one hand. If he went any further, he would be dead for sure!
‘A immortal’s kindness is bullied by an immortal; a dragon’s kindness is ridden by an immortal!’
That was what a teacher had taught him during egg education!
That old Daoist priest quickly approached…
100 feet…
80 feet…
50 feet…
He was here!
Ao Yi’s eyes narrowed. When the old Daoist priest was no more than 30 feet away from him, he stayed close to the rock wall and violently attacked while his figure stormed with a blue light!
An azure dragon head emerged from the cold ocean water and narrow crevices of the ocean suddenly and opened its big crocodile-like mouth to swallow the cold-faced old Daoist priest, Li Changshou!
That was his natural supernatural power: Devouring everything!
Li Changshou was clearly stunned…
However, his reaction was also incomparably swift. He subconsciously dodged towards the side, and his left hand quickly buckled the two porcelain bottles.
In a flash, the dragon head flickered with dazzling blue light in the ocean water, and the dragon’s mouth directly bit off Li Changshou’s left arm before swallowing it in one gulp!
Li Changshou m.u.f.fled a snort and retreated sharply while his right hand quickly performed spells!
The cold-faced old Daoist priest had dodged Ao Yi’s fierce attack, so Li Changshou’s quick reflexes surprised Ao Yi.