Chapter 654 (2/2)
Why not this pill furnace?”
“I will take down this Pill Furnace and then give it to you as a reward for helping our Yan Family with alchemy,” Elder Yan said.
Lin Jing shook his head and said,
“Thank you for your kindness, elder.”
“Although the Pill Furnace is not bad, mine is also quite good.”
“Elder Yan, you needn’t trouble yourself.”
“I currently lack neither Magical Treasures nor Pill Furnaces, and as for alchemy, it is but a minor effort for me.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Jing added,
“How about this…”
“I actually have a question I would like to ask Elder Yan.
How about you just answer this question for me?”
Upon hearing this, Elder Yan immediately asked,
“What question?”
Lin Jing then said,
“Elder Yan,”
“I would like to know where in the Southern Outer Sea I might find Jade Soul Algae.”
Elder Yan looked at Lin Jing and then said with a smile,
“So you are looking for Jade Soul Algae, I see…”
With that, Elder Yan took out some Jade Soul Algae and handed it to Lin Jing.
Lin Jing did not accept it and quickly said,
“Elder, this must not be done.”
“The Jade Soul Algae must be extremely important to you, elder.
I cannot take what you cherish.”
“Just tell me where the Jade Soul Algae appears, and I will find it myself.”
Just then, the items that the strange cultivator had taken out were obviously precious, but the Yan Family’s ancestor would not trade them.
It showed just how important the Jade Soul Algae was to him.
If it had not been important, it would have been one thing, but given its importance to him, Lin Jing naturally could not take what he cherished.
However,
Elder Yan seemed to see through his thoughts.
Then he asked Lin Jing,
“Do you think the Jade Soul Algae is extremely important to me, and that’s why you’re asking me for the locations where they appear, so you can go and collect them yourself?”
While Elder Yan spoke, Lin Jing felt that he was enveloped by an aura, which indeed came from Elder Yan.
Clearly, Elder Yan did not want outsiders to hear their upcoming conversation.
“Yes, elder.”
Since Elder Yan had already guessed, there was no need for Lin Jing to hide it any further.
“The reason I don’t want to trade is that, although what that man offered was precious, it was not what I wanted.”
“And…”
“The origin of that item is quite unique, and I prefer not to get involved in the karma that comes with it.”
“That’s why I didn’t want to trade with him.”
“Another point is that the Jade Soul Algae, although precious, has only limited use to me.”
“This isn’t like you.
As an alchemist, if you could consume the Jade Soul Algae to enhance your Soul Spirit, it would greatly help your alchemy.”
“I see…”
With Elder Yan’s explanation, Lin Jing immediately understood the situation.
Elder Yan continued,
“And this Jade Soul Algae, it’s not easy to obtain.”
Here, Elder Yan’s tone suddenly changed:
“Do you know about the Sea of Strange Mist?”
Lin Jing nodded, “I know.”
The Sea of Strange Mist was so well-known that Lin Jing naturally knew about it.
The Sea of Strange Mist is a special phenomenon within the Demonic Monster Sea.
It does not have a fixed location and appears sporadically in various parts of the Demonic Monster Sea.
It is indeed strange.
Whenever the Sea of Strange Mist appears, a thick white fog rises in the area, and anyone enveloped by this mist, be they human or cultivator, will disappear without a trace, never to be seen again.
The location of the Sea of Strange Mist is also completely unpredictable; sometimes one might be flying over the sea only to be suddenly engulfed by the mist, and thus disappear.
This is not something that hasn’t happened before.
Previously there were cultivators journeying with friends through the sea.
They just happened to be some distance apart.
And they encountered the Sea of Strange Mist; his friend was directly enveloped by the mist.
No matter how he shouted, his friend seemed not to hear and flew straight into the mist until completely disappearing.
Seeing the fog disperse, he did not dare linger and quickly fled.
Later, that friend never appeared again.
Of course, this is just one example.
There’s another, more famous, instance of the Sea of Strange Mist happening on an island.
It was an island in the Eastern Outer Seas, as bustling as Bihai Island.
The cultivators on the island numbered in the tens of thousands.
Yet, that island encountered the Sea of Strange Mist.
The sudden arrival of the mist engulfed nearly half of the island.
And that half had tens of thousands of cultivators within it.
After the mist dissipated, those tens of thousands of cultivators had completely vanished with the mist.
To this day, no one has returned.
This shows just how terrifying the Sea of Strange Mist is.
……
Elder Yan then said,
“I have encountered the Sea of Strange Mist before, but I was lucky not to be enveloped by the mist.
The Jade Soul Algae was left behind after the mist dissipated.”
“If there is likely any place where Jade Soul Algae might appear, it is only within the Sea of Strange Mist…”