Chapter 39

  Xu Ziqing's expression was very complex. He had seen the inverted whirlpool at the bottom of the Secret Realm Lake before, but compared to what he saw now, it was a world of difference! Such an intense shock was similar to that of "Dragon Absorbing Water".

  But this is not "Long Xin Shui", because it is only wandering in that area, and has not been raging on the sea like a strong wind.

  Dong Li Zhao had never seen such a scene before and immediately lost his voice: "Sir, what is this thing?!"

  Xu Ziqing suddenly realized that those enormous objects were not naturally formed, but rather man-made.

  With his current eyesight, he saw that around the huge whirlpool were floating more than a dozen colorful light spots, which were the spiritual lights emitted by the magical instruments after being activated.

  The Dharma tool is without spiritual wisdom; those who tread on it are necessarily practitioners.

  Xu Ziqing felt some hesitation in his heart. The whirlpool and the crowd of cultivators were blocking their direct path, and if they wanted to detour, it would be a distance of several thousand miles. Not only was his own spiritual power unable to sustain itself, but the time limit for maintaining the Vajra canopy was also limited. Even if they could detour past it, Dong Lishao wouldn't be able to withstand it either.

  But if we are to proceed... then we will have to face those monks.

  The situation was urgent and couldn't be delayed, so Xu Ziqing pulled Dong Lishao closer and instructed him: "There are people up ahead, from now on you must not speak a word."

  "Yes, sir."

  Since he listened, Xu Zi Qing felt relieved and with a serious expression, brought the person along and flew straight forward.

  The closer you get, the clearer it becomes.

  Among the more than ten Taoist priests, there was a woman protected in the center, with two colored ribbons under her feet and a red skirt with flying hem, which was very beautiful and charming.

  She had twelve male cultivators beside her, each of their cultivation levels ranging from the sixth to eighth layer of Qi Refining. Each one stepped on a flying sword, with only the color of the spiritual light being different, revealing that these people's cultivation methods and spiritual attributes were different.

  As soon as he saw their faces clearly, Xu Ziqing, who had a photographic memory, recognized them at once.

  This woman is extremely weak, only at the second level of Qi Refining. She was that willful girl he met in Zhi Cao Pavilion when he first arrived in Xia Zhou. At that time, she was searching for a spiritual herb to supplement her spiritual energy, and it seemed like she wanted to refine a Dan medicine. Could it be that she's here for this matter?

  Xu Ziqing looked again, and the twelve male cultivators flying swords were in a place with their own rules, as if they had secretly arranged a formation trajectory. The woman was also in a very safe position at the center of the formation. Xu Ziqing saw this and vaguely had an idea in his heart. Wasn't there some profound mystery in this wave?

  But because of this speculation, Xu Ziqing became even more hesitant to move forward. He slowed down his pace and then stepped onto a patch of green leaves that rose up from the ground, standing suspended in mid-air over a yard away from the front.

  Those monks had laid out a formation, so they were naturally very sensitive to the aura around them. Xu Ziqing had just arrived, but he was already detected by them.

  A man suddenly appeared in front of Xu Ziqing and asked: "Who are you? Why have you come here?"

  Xu Ziqing smiled slightly and said: "I am Xu Ziqing, a passerby. I wonder if you can do me a favor."

  The man with a suspicious look on his face asked, "A passerby?" He glanced at the boy being pulled by Xu Ziqing and asked, "And who is this one?"

  "He is my new apprentice, and he's traveling with me."

  This servant and Xu Ziqing were just like two peas in a pod. Upon hearing this, he also gave him some face and merely said: "My family's young lady is handling matters up ahead, you should take a detour."

  Xu Ziqing sighed: "It's an emergency, can't go around..."

  The servant looked him up and down again, but didn't turn against him. Instead, he said: "Wait a minute, I'll go ask the young lady."

  Xu Ziqing sighed and had no choice but to wait.

  It wasn't long before three or four monks escorted a woman to the front, who slightly raised her head and said with arrogance: "I know you."

  Xu Ziqing said: "We have a destined connection in the medicine shop."

  The woman hummed and said, "I'm here to catch a demon pet. If you don't want to take a detour, then just wait." She glanced at him sideways, "However, if you cause trouble and make it so I can't complete my task, you'll be the one to blame!"

  Xu Ziqing furrowed his brow, but nodded and said: "I won't get in the way, please hurry up and take action."

  The woman waved her hand and beckoned the crowd of monks to follow her: "You just wait for it to come out soon, I will definitely capture it."

  Xu Ziqing nodded and led Dong Lishao to retreat to a distance. Dong Lishao saw Xu Ziqing interacting with others and indeed didn't dare to speak, feeling that the relationships between these cultivators were also complex and intertwined like those in the mundane world, requiring great care.

  After the two retreated, Xu Ziqing looked towards the whirlpool. He had not heard any news related to this place in the market town, so it was likely that the woman had her own channels. According to his thoughts, she was probably not a person from that county town. Coming to the county town, it was probably just to catch this demon pet.

  Just as I was thinking about it, the situation on the other side had already changed.

  Only the swirling water jetted out, and suddenly a two-foot-long flying fish jumped out at the end of the tail! Its whole body was brown, with red tail and wings, and those fish eyes were like amber, bright red color, flowing light, extremely beautiful.

  This flying fish just rushed out and seemed to have discovered nothing wrong, swimming freely at the bottom of the whirlpool.

  Those monks didn't move much either, only constantly pinching their hands, while the woman in the middle held a banner and waved it left and right, actually using the monks as secondary flags to practice array formation changes!

  Xu Ziqing looked carefully and couldn't help but smile. It was another illusion, the flying fish had been deceived by it, so they didn't know that they had actually fallen into a trap, still thinking they were alone at sea!

  The flying fish flapped its wings and spiralled upwards along the whirlpool, seemingly having a great time. When it reached the top, it suddenly dived in with a splash, suspended itself in mid-air above the water, opened its mouth and spat out a pearl.

  This pearl shines brightly, yet its color is a deep blue. It is surrounded by some water marks, and the light it emits is breathtakingly beautiful.

  The flying fish spat out air from its mouth, and the pearl began to move back and forth with it. With each breath, the pearl seemed to be pulled by the airflow, stretching and shrinking in a rhythmic motion. What's even more astonishing is that giant whirlpool, which seems to have been born from this pearl. As the pearl moves, it also suddenly grows larger and smaller!

  "There's a pearl in the belly of the winfish, capable of stirring up big waves... That's right, it's this one!" The woman, seeing this, was overjoyed, her beautiful face becoming even more radiant. "You guys hurry up and get to work, catch it for me!"

  The monks responded in unison, moving in perfect synchrony, and suddenly all of them floated up from the flying swords. The next moment, the twelve flying swords turned around simultaneously, pointing their tips towards the direction of the winning fish, and shot out together.

  The fish's skin and flesh are hard, making it difficult for the law enforcement to hurt it. Only when the internal dan is released from its body is it at its weakest, just like ordinary fish. These cultivators use an illusion array to confuse it, waiting for it to spit out the internal dan before taking action!

  At that moment, many flying swords burst out and together pierced the whirlpool. The waves splashed everywhere, and the fish floated in the center of the whirlpool, only then did it realize the change in circumstances.

  It naturally wanted to withdraw its inner elixir immediately, but the flying sword pierced through the rolling giant waves and rushed towards the winning fish from all sides. It was inevitable that it would be injured by it, so it could only flap its wings and swing its tail to barely avoid it.

  The flying sword immediately turned around again, listening to the orders of the crowd of monks, forming a simple sword array, and surrounding the winning fish. For a moment, the sword light was heavy, dazzling and blooming, making people's eyes dizzy. The winning fish, although small and delicate, could only rush left and right, and it was difficult to escape.

  This is a clever plan, no wonder that woman was so proud of herself, and could say "I can capture him with my hands". Now all the monks see the wolf's sorry state, they are all extremely delighted.

  But they were delighted too early.

  Only the sound of the fish suddenly let out a sharp cry, and the ripples spread out in circles like ripples, dispersing in all directions. With just this move, the crowd of cultivators felt numbness in their ears, and their souls were also stunned for an instant.

  At this moment, the fish leaped up quickly, and it did not rush to retrieve its inner pill. Instead, a red light burst forth from its eyes, striking the inner pill and causing a streak of blood-red to appear in its blue-green color. Suddenly, a massive wave surged up, and the whirlpool dispersed, only to plummet down and stir up a gigantic wave hundreds of feet high!

  Under such huge waves, what can another sword array do?

  Twelve male cultivators surrounded the beautiful woman, wanting to take her away. However, one wave was higher than the other, and every time the cultivators flew a bit higher, the waves also rose higher. This made the cultivators, who were already exhausted from manipulating their sword arrays and illusion arrays, gradually become even more fatigued.

  A golden fish stood at the summit of the wave, its eyes cold and stern, looking down on a group of struggling monks, with a single inner elixir suspended behind its head, emitting a hundred feet of blue light.

  This mighty power is actually treating all these monks like jesters for entertainment!

  Xu Ziqing and Dong Lizhao stood ten zhang apart, but the waves didn't care about that. Although most of their spiritual energy was spent on those array masters, some of the waves still swept over, wanting to engulf the two of them as well.

  Dong Li Zhao's face turned pale, and the sound of the fish just now was mournful. Xu Zi Qing wasn't the first to be affected, but he could still bear it. However, Dong Li Zhao couldn't. Fortunately, Xu Zi Qing immediately reacted and covered his ears for him; otherwise, if they had been a moment later, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear anything again. This made him even more aware of the many frightening aspects of a cultivator's path, causing this child under ten years old to become even more reverent and fearful. He felt even more grateful for Xu Zi Qing's warnings, which were so sincere that they moved his heart.

  Under the huge waves, even if only a little residual wave invaded, Xu Ziqing's seven-layer cultivation of refining energy could only protect himself. He saw the wave hitting a cultivator into the water first, and then one wave after another pressed down, finally making it impossible for the cultivator to save himself, and was crushed to the bottom of the deep sea.

  Where was the arrogant attitude of the woman who had been protected? Her face was pale, her hands were tightly grasping a male cultivator beside her, and she shouted loudly: "You useless fools, take me back quickly! Otherwise, I will have my father ask for justice from you!"

  These male cultivators have lost their flying swords and their strength has decreased a lot. Just now, they also spent a lot of spiritual power to protect the woman. Hearing her scolding like this, they couldn't help but feel angry.

  At this critical moment of life and death, they couldn't help but glance at each other. The man who was being held by the woman's arm dragged this burden, first using force to push her away, then saying: "We are such talents, how can we be willing to die here!"

  Another person also had some movement in his heart: "If we escape on our own, there is a chance of success."

  "Exactly, I have the same idea."

  "Ke Zong's place..."

  Someone sneered: "In any case, on this vast ocean, we'll just say that we let them send the young lady back first."

  The crowd of men looked at each other and smiled, their eyes all hinting at the same thing as they gazed in the direction where the cultivator had just been sunk to the bottom of the sea.

  The woman was pushed away by the guards, already furious, just about to lose her temper, but at this moment she heard them say these few words, and suddenly a hint of fear appeared in her eyes. Her mouth, however, did not spare them: "You bunch of ungrateful wretches, how dare you treat me like this! If you're willing to make amends right now, I might be able to plead for leniency from my father!"

  With her arrogant personality, being able to say the second half of the sentence already counts as yielding. However, these male cultivators were unwilling to endure any further. Indeed, the girl's father was very intimidating, but if they didn't abandon this girl now, they would be dead by then. Who could still care about anything else... At that moment, everyone abandoned the girl and scattered in over a dozen directions, fleeing rapidly!

  The monks fled extremely quickly, using all their might to transform into rays of light and escape. They were nearly swallowed up by the waves several times. However, since they scattered in different directions, the fish could only chase one group at a time, allowing some of the monks to narrowly escape with their lives and flee far away without looking back.

  The woman still had two colored ribbons under her feet, but now they looked even more disheveled. Her meager and insignificant cultivation, once she lost the protection of these men, was immediately splashed with several waves of water, causing her hair to become disheveled, her clothes to be soaked, and that long head of beautiful hair to stick to her body.

  She was furious, her eyes bulging with rage, and she cursed incessantly. However, the fish that had escaped from several enemies would not let her off easily. At this moment, a massive wave surged up, dark and overwhelming, pouring down from the sky!

  The woman was in a state of panic, urging the colorful ribbon to move faster as she tried to escape. However, her cultivation was too weak, and the speed of the ribbon was extremely slow, unable to compare with the giant waves... She looked around for a way out, suddenly seeing Xu Ziqing who was navigating through the waves, and loudly cried out for help: "I am Ou Yueran, the daughter of the Purple Light Sect's sect master! If you save me, I will definitely have my father heavily reward you!"

  Her voice was so sharp that Xu Ziqing naturally heard it. Although this woman had a bad temper, she had no fault, how could he bear to see her die? So he didn't hesitate and decided to help her out.

  Unfortunately, the waves ahead were rough and he still had to protect Dong Li Zhao, so although he wanted to hurry past, he couldn't do it smoothly.

  Nuo Ou saw Xuzi Qing coming this way, originally overjoyed, but the waves were even faster, and they crashed down, before she could even reveal a smile, she had already been submerged underwater...

  Xu Ziqing's body paused for a moment, and before he could feel regretful, his face turned slightly pale, as if an extremely strong pressure was pressing down on his head.

  He raised his head and saw the small, exquisite fish on top of the wave, staring at him with a fierce killing intent!

  Dozens of waves rose in front, like moving mountains. The fish had already been killed and the excitement was rising. Even if Xu Zi Qing hadn't taken action, he would still be seen as a fellow traveler by those cultivators who wanted to take his life!

  Xu Ziqing only stiffened for a moment, and then a cyan leaf as big as a palm appeared in his hand, which was directly handed over to Dong Lishao. He quickly said: "Use it to cover your mouth and nose. Later, you may not be able to breathe. Don't ask what's going on. Just wait patiently, I will let you out."

  Dong Li Zhao also knew the situation was urgent and didn't waste any words. He immediately took over the leaf, covered his face with it: "If Zhao'er is too much of a burden, sir can leave at once. Zhao'er understands sir's heart and will not have even half a bit of resentment towards sir!"

  Xu Ziqing did not respond, and with a wave of his hand, Dong Lishao suddenly disappeared before him. He stored him in the storage ring, where any living thing that entered would suffocate in an instant. Xu Ziqing could only hope that Dong Lishao would survive this period of time, and if he managed to escape safely, he would naturally release him immediately. If he couldn't escape... afterwards, it was likely that they would die together.

  After arranging the destination of Dong Li Zhao, Xu Zi Qing spread out his right palm, and the bloodthirsty vine sprang out with a rustling sound. In an instant, it drew out nearly ten feet long vines, which was also the longest whip he could use freely. If it were any longer by just one foot, it would have wrapped itself around him instead.

  A person can't compete with the waves, at this time Xu Zi Qing is not in a position to do so. For now, he can only try his best to get close to the winning fish, but as long as the whip touches it slightly, he will immediately be in an unbeatable position!

  Underfoot, green light flashed, and huge leaves had already grown out, steadily holding Xu Ziqing in the sea breeze, making him sway left and right with it, yet very naturally, and absolutely not falling down easily.

  The next moment, a shrill cry burst from the mouth of the fish, and the waves rose like mountains, rushing straight up to the clouds, surging and majestic, like ten thousand horses galloping together.

  Xu Ziqing held the rattan whip high, striking down in sequence, occasionally smashing a wave crest, and then he would pass through the gap, suddenly rising up. Every time he encountered raging waves like waterfalls plummeting down, he would shrink his body, squatting down, raise his hand to fiercely lash the rattan whip from above his head, using the counter-shock force to dodge again.

  Time and again, several times with the waves brushing past, but it was a narrow escape, after all, never really been submerged.

  The fish won several times, but it didn't work, and in a fit of rage, its eyes glowed brighter red. It transformed the huge waves into countless whirlpools, forming dozens of inverted water vortexes! These whirlpools were smaller than before, but they collided and swam around everywhere. Whenever two collided, they merged into one, with an entwining force several times stronger than before, stirring up even more turbulent storms and higher waves!

  Xu Ziqing's mind stirred, his left hand tightened around the Lingzhu, continuously replenishing his spiritual energy. His right hand transformed into a hundred whip shadows, darting in and out of the gaps like a fish swimming through the cracks, dodging and weaving with agility.

  He is like a small boat in the stormy sea, drifting aimlessly, and also like a floating weed without roots, flowing with the current, but eventually will be swallowed up by the vast ocean!

  At this time, Xu Ziqing was at a critical juncture of life and death. Even if he had more spiritual energy to supplement him, his mind was highly concentrated, but he couldn't avoid the stabbing pain in his brain, and his eyes were dizzy.

  The Kanaq fish is high above, its internal dan radiates brilliant light, and as long as it's on this sea, there will be endless power to stir up the wind and waves!

  His physical strength was gradually waning, and the spiritual energy in the Lingzhu was also being drained dry. Xu Ziqing struggled to prop up his spirit, but the whirlpools continued unabated. Having barely avoided one, he was about to collide with another - Xu Ziqing knew that if he were to be touched by any of them, even slightly, his physical body would immediately be crushed into powder!

  What should I do next?

  Xu Ziqing took a deep breath and squeezed the Lingzhu tightly - "Crack!"

  Lingzhu shattered, Xu Ziqing's dantian was like a whale sucking water, and the spiritual energy inside the lingzhu burst out wildly, suddenly pouring in, causing the spiritual power inside his body to circulate rapidly!

  He gazed up at the peak where the Golden Fish was, now only twenty or thirty zhang away - he took it as his final bid!

  At this moment of life and death, suddenly, countless sword auras burst forth from all directions, shaking the air. The icy killing intent was like a tsunami, spreading wildly in all directions.

  A white figure appeared beside Xu Ziqing, with fluttering white clothes and flowing black hair, her eyebrows and eyes seemed to have condensed the ice and snow that had not melted for thousands of years.

  It's cloudy and chilly.

  The author has something to say: From today on, I will update every day at 11 am...

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