Chapter 5: Bioluminescent Fish

  On the bare stone wall, a golden light gate was printed, and at this moment, the light gate was shining in the stone chamber, as if staring at that general.

  In the center of a stone chamber with a width of over 100 zhang, a one-zhang-long green snake was coiled on the ground, its eyes closed as if it were resting.

  And on this python's body, strips of visible veins moved and twisted like long earthworms, frighteningly abnormal.

  At this moment, the green python's eyes suddenly opened wide, and a hissing sound came from its mouth. The twisted meridians all over its body suddenly surged more than twice!

  "Not bad, indeed broke through! Refining the body's third heavy meridian realm!"

  At this moment, Xiao Ji felt that his meridians were wider than ever before, and the speed of blood flow was more than five times faster than before. His body's strength surged again.

  "You have now entered the fourth stage of Body Refining, the Blood Refining Realm. This realm is not comparable to the previous three realms. Breaking through the first stage took you seven days. Breaking through the second stage, the Muscle Refining Realm, took you twenty days. Breaking through the third stage, the Pulse Refining Realm, and entering the current Blood Refining Realm, took you a full seventy-two days. To have reached the fourth stage of Body Refining, the Blood Refining Realm, in less than a hundred days of cultivation is unprecedented in thousands of years, not to mention having such a long lifespan as a spiritual creature!" Huo appeared on top of the stone room, floating above Xiao Ji's head.

  Xiao Ji did not show any excitement because of this. In his past life, he had already broken through the current boundary long ago.

  In the realm of skin refinement, Xiao Ji's growth was in his skin and defensive capabilities, with a strength that didn't exceed 100 jin. In the second stage of body refinement, Refining Muscles Realm, Xiao Ji's strength increased fivefold, reaching a terrifying force of 500 jin, while his physique grew by nearly half again.

  In the third stage of refinement, Xiao Ji's power had not increased much, about 700 jin, but because his tendons and veins were unblocked and his blood flowed quickly, his recovery ability, endurance, and physical strength had all undergone a thorough transformation, greatly enhanced.

  "What should I do in this Refining Blood Realm?" Xiao Ji raised his head to look at Huang, his eyes revealing a resolute determination like a boulder.

  "This is not like an ordinary sea monster at all, but rather an eternal existence that has been alive for a long time, as calm as a pine tree and as firm as an ancient rock. It's not something that ordinary creatures can possess, what kind of willpower is this? Is it the descendant of the ancient divine beast or the reincarnation of the great power of the ancient times?" Huo stared at Xiao Ji, deep in thought.

  "You've been here for nearly a hundred days, which is equivalent to one day outside. In the Blood Refining Realm, you need to devour large amounts of spiritual blood to promote the evolution of your own blood. The hundred-day period has already consumed a year of your lifespan, and now you need to go out and fight to obtain the blood of other spirits to break through the fourth stage of Body Refining."

  Xiao Ji nodded after listening.

  "Hao, send me out, I'll break through the fourth layer and come back to find you again."

  "Don't bother, I've become your talisman and can follow you forever. When you encounter irresistible danger, I'll take action to save you."

  Huang floated on the rooftop, radiating a golden glow that coalesced into a shimmering light portal in front of Xiao.

  "Pass through this light gate and you can go out." Hao moved in front of Xiao Ji.

  "Weren't you sealed away? How can you leave this place?" Xiao looked at Huan with extreme doubt.

  Haha smiled and said: "Don't worry, when you shed that drop of fresh blood, I can leave this place. The treasure is always accompanied by its master."

  Xiao nodded and crawled out of the light gate without looking back.

  "Don't worry, I will definitely help you break through the boundary of Tian Qi."

  As soon as the words fell, Xiao Ji had already gone out of the golden light gate.

  "Heh heh, a little guy who has just reached the Body Refining Realm actually dares to say that he can help me break through my realm." A self-mocking smile appeared in Huang's heart.

  "But with this will and life, how far can one actually go?"

  Xiao Ji walked out of the light gate and appeared in the middle of the ocean floor. Looking around, he found himself as if standing in a boundless canyon, with stone walls on both sides.

  Xiao Ji raised his head and looked up at the top, but his line of sight was blocked by layers of stone walls.

  "What is this place?" Xiao Ji asked in his mind, looking down at the same time.

  Below was a seemingly bottomless abyss, pitch black all over, and even with Xiao's current night vision ability, he couldn't see very clearly.

  Snakes are nocturnal animals, and in Xiao Qi's current spiritual realm, the black night is no different from the white day, and they can see clearly in the dark.

  "This was caused by the Sea Emperor Clan's woman and the two Dragon Clans when they were at war. They only opened a small entrance, but below it lies another world. You can go down and take a look, it's very suitable for your cultivation." Huo's voice echoed in Xiao Ji's mind.

  "Sea Emperor?" Xiao Ji asked as he descended.

  "The Mermaid Queen is the mermaid who fought with two sea dragons that day, one of the four major royal families in the underwater world."

  "The Four Great Royal Families?" Xiao Ji's interest was piqued.

  "The four great royal families refer to the four overlords who rule over the sea floor demons. Among them, the first of the four great royal families is the Sea Emperor Clan, which possesses the strongest qualifications among the sea floor demons. Whether it's cultivating divine abilities or practicing Dao lines, they are unmatched by others. Next is the Sea Dragon Clan, which has the strongest divine abilities and powerful strength, and can easily defeat other clans at the same level. Then there is the Sea Phantom Demon, which is born with a divine ability called Thousand Illusory Pupil, which can make opponents fall into an illusory world and be unable to extricate themselves. The last clan is the Sea King Overlord Beast, which has the strongest power and defense on the sea floor, but its divine abilities are average."

  Hao warned Xiao Ji with a loud voice:

  "If you encounter the four major royal families, try to avoid them as much as possible. In the same realm, you are not their opponent at all, and the other party's strength is more than ten times that of a demon beast in the same realm! Moreover, the lowest level of the four major royal families is the Demon Dao realm!"

  Xiao Ji's heart skipped a beat, but he immediately revealed a hint of a smile.

  "An opponent like this is truly exciting, I'd love to meet them. However..."

  Xiao Jidun paused for a moment.

  "I must first enhance my own strength, break through the Body Refining stage as soon as possible and step into the realm of the Demon Dao!"

  Xiao Ji Li shouted loudly and accelerated his body, swimming towards the bottom of the gorge.

  After about half a day, Xiao Ji felt the pangs of hunger coming from his abdomen, and looked around. The surroundings were still all stone walls, with some unknown plants and algae growing sparsely in the cracks between the stones.

  "This canyon is unknown how deep, did not think that the mermaid woman was so strong, and actually could make this canyon crack such a deep fissure." Xiao Ji's heart secretly shocked, although it was because of the space below, but this destructive power was too terrifying.

  "This canyon doesn't know when it can dive to the bottom, in the treasure space there is no feeling of hunger, but in this seabed it's not possible, don't know when can find food." Xiao Ji's body shape didn't stop, secretly thinking.

  At this moment, the seawater is transmitting a series of frequencies, as if carrying some kind of signal.

  "This is the common language of the demon tribe, which means there should be demons below." Huo's voice echoed in Xiao Ji's mind.

  "What's this 'Yao language' you're speaking of?" Xiao Ji stopped in his tracks and looked down at the bottom of the canyon.

  It was still pitch black there, and nothing could be seen at all.

  "The common language of the demon clan is passed down from parents to their children at birth, won't you?" Hao Qi said.

  Hao didn't know that Xiao Ji was attached to his body three years after the birth of this green snake, and even his parents didn't recognize him. How could he understand the language of the demon clan?

  Xiao Ji shook his head: "I don't know any demonic language."

  Although Hao was strange, he didn't feel anything unusual because many parents of demon beasts might just be ordinary beasts without intelligence, so many demon beasts wouldn't understand the language of the demon tribe.

  "Since you don't know, I'll pass it on to you. This is something I once exchanged with a certain owner of the demon clan, and it will be directly transmitted into your mind."

  As soon as Hao's voice fell, Xiao Ji suddenly felt a sharp dizziness in his head, and instantly there were some more things in his mind.

  "Who are you? How dare you trespass on our great king's territory, seeking death? Quickly roll back!" The frequency gathered below formed a voice that floated along the seawater and into Xiao Ji's ears.

  Xiao Ji smiled and indeed there was a world below. Since he could already hear the sound, it meant that they were not far from the bottom of the canyon.

  Body shape accelerated, quickly diving in the direction of the sound.

  "Hah, you dare to come again? It seems like you're really looking for death!" The voice came from below once more, and in Xiao Ji's eyes, two bright spots appeared, as if they were fluorescent lights in the dark of night.

  Not long after, two strange fish, each about five feet long, appeared in Xiao Ji's eyes.

  That strange fish was yellow all over, with a long whisker exposed on its head, and the tip of the whisker had a bright light spot. The light spot that Xiao Ji saw earlier was emitted from the top of the strange fish's whisker. The proportion of the strange fish's body was extremely inharmonious. Its big mouth full of fangs occupied half of its whole body, but behind it grew a short and small tail, looking very strange.

  "It was just a small snake, how dare it approach the territory of our Water Ape King, it's looking for death!" The two giant strange fish roared loudly and bit towards Xiao Ji.

  Xiao Ji didn't plan on chatting with them much anyway, at this moment his stomach was growling, and he wouldn't let go of the food that was delivered to his doorstep.

  "These are Yinghai fish, a lower-ranking species among the sea-bottom demonic beasts. Both of these Yinghai fish have cultivated their bodies to the third level and have reached the boundary of refining their veins. Although they are just ordinary demonic beasts, those rows of sharp teeth are incredibly solid and can crush rocks with ease, so it's best not to get bitten by them."

  A reminder from Huan sounded in his mind, and Xiao Jie flashed open the first strange fish, its tail fiercely whipping towards the second strange fish.

  "Hao, I know, but these two fish are just my food, they won't pose any threat at all!"

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