Chapter 39: Treacherous Waters

  Yang Fan sat cross-legged in this luxurious room, and outside, people came aboard one after another. The huge Sky Ark immediately became lively.

  Half of the masters stay in the public warehouse and live there, only a few people choose to live in single rooms or luxury rooms for their own reasons.

  Although the luxury room's exterior had already been restricted, Yang Fan still didn't feel at ease and set up another layer of restriction inside the house.

  A layer of flowing green fine lines, merged into the room, disappeared from sight. This is a unique alarm ban in "Xian Hong Jue". Even if it's a divine consciousness probe, there's a possibility that Yang Fan will detect it.

  As a Qi-refining stage cultivator, one is generally helpless against the divine sense of a higher-level cultivator, but Yang Fan was clearly an exception.

  He closed his eyes and began to circulate the Qi of the Dry Wood Technique, regulating the breath in his body.

  But no matter how he adjusted, as long as he remained at the Refining Qi stage of cultivation, that strange and natural affinity could not be completely retracted.

  Unless Yang Fan concentrates his mind and spirit, and ignores external distractions, he can fully gather this unique aura that seems to be innate in him.

  Wow!

  Yang Fan let out a long breath, and some sweat beads seeped out of his forehead, still unable to completely eliminate this aura.

  "Just have to hold back..."

  Yang Fan was also helpless, unless he hid his cultivation to the level of an ordinary mortal, otherwise, it would be impossible to truly control this aura.

  However, if he hid his true form and became an ordinary person, how could he heal the injuries and illnesses of those cultivators?

  Suddenly, he remembered the mysterious "Cloud Fairy" from before. Her cultivation was even more profound and she had a similar aura that could make anyone who saw her for the first time feel good about her. If it were a male cultivator, they would even fall in love with her at first sight.

  "Perhaps she has her own troubles in this regard, no wonder she would wear a veil..."

  Yang Fan suddenly had an epiphany in his heart.

  Veil! Mask! Disguise!

  "But generally, disguising techniques are hard to deceive cultivators."

  Yang Fan furrowed his brow; his treatment subjects were usually cultivators with a cultivation level similar to or higher than his own.

  "Hmm, this time going to 'Xiū Yù Gé', can pay more attention, should have auxiliary tools and props for this aspect."

  Yang Fan made up his mind and felt relieved at once.

  Xiū Yù Gé is also a fairly large-scale immortal cultivation market, where all sorts of magical instruments and treasures, spiritual elixirs and medicines, cultivation materials, and strange objects can be found.

  Yang Fan let out a gentle sigh and his eyebrows relaxed as he walked out of the luxurious room, intending to ask about the specific time of arrival at "Xiuyuge".

  At the same time, he also took an interest in the Qingjiang River waters, having heard before how treacherous these waters were and that even monsters lurked beneath.

  He stepped onto the deck, into the cool breeze, and walked to the side of the ship, gazing out at the long river that stretched all the way to the mountains.

  "The Heavenly Ark" is huge, but compared to this vast expanse of water that stretches for thousands of miles, it's nothing.

  Before long, the "Tian Xing Zhou" arrived at a stretch of turbulent and curved river, where the water was treacherous and steep, with a slope of 45 degrees. Any ordinary boat that came to this place would likely be capsized.

  Wow!

  The boat sped down like a thunder, stirring up waves several feet high, some of the river water even splashed onto Yang Fan's body, hitting his face, slightly painful, very refreshing, easy to stir up the heroic spirit deep in one's heart.

  After rushing down this treacherous terrain, it's actually getting smoother below, but there are some reefs in the river.

  Just fallen from a high place and rushed down, even if you can escape, facing these reefs, you will end up in a tragic death.

  Buzz~

  The surface of the Tianhangzhou lit up with a hazy, dreamy blue glow, greatly reducing its speed as it navigated through the river with ease, even when occasionally colliding with small rocks, which was hardly noticeable for this sturdy and magically protected large cabin cruiser.

  After crossing the river with numerous reefs, the scenery in front of us changed greatly. The sky boat entered a quiet and distant mountain valley. The scenery here is beautiful, with unlimited views. The river water is exceptionally clear, with strange rocks on both banks, lush forests, and occasionally you can hear the sound of birds chirping in the empty mountains, making people feel relaxed and comfortable.

  At this moment, there are also many monks who come out of the public warehouse or single-person room, looking afar at the hazy scenery in the night.

  In such a vast and spiritual night scene, Yang Fan's soul once again entered that state of fusion with the surrounding world. The river water, aquatic plants, fish, mountains, pines, rocks... all the scenery was reflected in his mind, exceptionally clear, yet seemingly like a dream.

  The faint mist of life within him, like silk threads, rotated and dispersed, even leaving his body, and resonated with the flow of life in the surrounding space, producing an inexplicable harmony.

  Suddenly!

  Yang Fan's sensory expansion increased tenfold and hundredfold, within a hundred miles around him, the life streams in the rivers were vaguely visible.

  This is an ultimate state of unity with nature where heaven and humanity are in harmony.

  However, Yang Fan only touched this ethereal realm through the specialness of his kung fu, under the resonance of life's flow.

  In a subtle way, Yang Fan had an epiphany, and the life mist within him and the external flow of life constructed a harmonious "bridge".

  He was deeply intoxicated with this supreme state of mind, fearing that if he wasn't careful, he would fall out of it.

  At the same time.

  There have also been some changes in the waters within a hundred miles of this place.

  Plants in the river domain stretched out their tentacles in the direction of "Tian Xing Zhou" in the waves, transmitting a sound that humans could not hear in the dark.

  However, Yang Fan felt the joy of these plants through that mysterious bridge.

  Not just plants, but also rocks in rivers and grasses between mountains, are sending out some subtle messages.

  Splash! Splash!

  The fish and shrimp in the river were also startled, gathering in large numbers towards the direction of the "Heavenly Ark".

  It started with just one or two fish jumping out of the water, but as time went on, there were more and more.

  Splash! Splash! Splash......

  Two... three... ten... one hundred...

  Moments later, the number of fish reached a terrifying level.

  Gazing into the distance, a silver-white expanse sparkles, jumping and leaping near the heavenly boat, tracing arc after arc of perfect harmony, as if interpreting the philosophy of life and nature.

  "Look quickly!"

  The cultivators on the deck of the Tianxingzhou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

  At this moment, the number of fish gathering near the Tianxingzhou is still increasing.

  One thousand... ten thousand...

  This number has reached an outrageous level.

  At a glance, that white flower-filled expanse is enough to make one's heart skip a beat.

  However, in Yang Fan's senses, he seemed to see groups of children playing and laughing together, his own body and mind also feeling unprecedented joy.

  In this state of supreme enlightenment, his aura actually merged with the surrounding environment, and he became an existence that was easy to overlook.

  It gives people a feeling that he should have been standing there all along, without any sense of abnormality.

  Splash!

  At a certain moment, a silver light arc of over ten zhangs in length leapt out of the water surface.

  It was a gigantic fish, and an oppressive aura emanated from it.

  "Monster!"

  The cultivators on the Heaven Soaring Ship were shocked beyond measure.

  However, a stronger aura began to emanate from all around Tian Xingzhou.

  A single monster, either a fish or a shrimp or a water snake, appeared one by one in the vicinity, and the demonic energy they condensed was enough to make high-ranking human cultivators change color.

  The five people of Tianhangzhou had already walked onto the deck.

  Li Yuexiang exclaimed in alarm: "What's going on? Is it the 'River God' of Qingjiang River coming after us?"

  "In this mortal world, what divine being could possibly possess such power? Perhaps only the most mysterious 'Yao Wang' from the depths of the Qing River could achieve this."

  Yuan Lao sighed lightly, his eyes revealing a thread of fear and confusion.

  "What should we do?"

  Two paths for the old criminal.

  The monks around him were also in a state of panic.

  Yuan Lao let out a deep sigh, and his expression became calm once more. He said lightly:

  "Resign oneself to one's fate."

  (Update 2, vote requested)