Cultivation World 50: Chase

When it comes to finding Xie Yan, the most important thing is to act quickly.

Xie Yunsui left Tianlang Immortal Sect alone, without even taking Xiaoxi with him.

The Tianlang Immortal Sect is already in the extreme northern part of the cultivation continent. Further north is an endless sea.

No one has ever crossed the Endless Sea and reached the other side.

But when someone tried to cross the Endless Sea, they discovered an ancient relic deep under the sea, which was the Luming Secret Treasure.

The road became increasingly desolate, and Xie Yunsui didn't even need to use his spiritual sense to see any signs of human habitation on the ground.

Half a month later, Xie Yunsui arrived at a bay in the Endless Sea.

There are several dilapidated wooden houses near the bay, which must have been built here for rest by the monks who came here to challenge the Endless Sea before.

Xie Yunsui discovered that one of the wooden houses had been cleaned using cleaning techniques, and wondered if it was Xie Yan who did it.

He used the communication stone to contact Xie Yan again. This time, there was a slight fluctuation of spiritual power, but it was sometimes effective and sometimes not, as if he was surfing the Internet at 2G speed and couldn't get a single word out.

As night fell, clouds and mist gradually began to linger over the boundless sea.

The communication stone is completely useless.

Xie Yunsui tried to fly a distance over the sea with his sword, only to find that the strange clouds and fog not only blocked his vision, but even his spiritual sense seemed unable to penetrate very far.

He tried to send a message to Xiaoxi through the clouds, but there was no response.

Xie Yunsui was relieved instead. If it was because of the clouds and fog, then Xie Yan's loss of contact was understandable. At least it had nothing to do with Qing Yan Sect.

He walked back along the same route he came, returned to the cabin at the bay, contacted Xiaoxi, and reported the current situation.

"Have you found Xie Yan?"

"Not yet. He might have gone out to sea. I'll wait until tomorrow morning to see if the fog has cleared and then look in the direction of the hidden treasure."

"Be careful and don't try to be too stubborn." Ling Xiyuan warned worriedly.

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "I will."

He had originally prepared to search the vast ocean for ten days or half a month, but he met Xie Yan at the shore of the bay early the next morning.

Xie Yan was floating on the sea, like a corpse, as the waves hit the shore.

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"Ahem."

Xie Yan woke up with a cough, opened his eyes and saw the familiar dilapidated wooden house, and sighed that he had survived a disaster.

It seemed as if God always favored him, and he could always survive no matter what kind of danger he encountered.

Was he... thrown back into the bay by the waves?

Xie Yan moved his body and wanted to stand up, but he could only hear his body creaking, like a rotten wooden door, difficult to move.

He had no choice but to roll his eyes and suddenly met Xie Yunsui, who was sitting in the middle of the wooden house with a serious face.

Xie Yan:!!!

"you……"

Just as I was about to speak, I found that my voice was rough as if there were a handful of stones stuffed in my mouth.

Xie Yunsui waved his hand and mobilized his spiritual power to pour three bottles of recovery potion into his mouth.

Xie Yan drank it hurriedly. The cool liquid soothed his throat and relieved the discomfort. He finally spoke again, "Why are you here?"

"The communication stone has been unable to contact you, so I came to see if you are still alive."

Xie Yan smiled and coughed twice: "I haven't avenged my great hatred yet, I won't die so easily."

Xie Yunsui raised his eyelids and said coldly, "When I found you, you were only one breath away from death."

"...I was careless. I encountered an eight-headed sea snake monster in the Endless Ocean. Its strength is comparable to that of a late Nascent Soul. It's extremely fast in the water and can even hide its body. Ahem, I was flying low on my sword, and this thing actually jumped out of the sea to attack me. It has eight heads, ahem, some spewing water, some spewing fire, and some spewing lightning. There are heads everywhere. I can't defeat them, but I can't escape either..."

Xie Yan had survived the ordeal and was now talking to an acquaintance he could let down his guard with, so he started to talk more.

By the way, review in your mind how to fight this monster if you meet it again.

Xie Yunsui silently read through the plot.

There was no Ling Ye's incarnation ceremony in the plot, so naturally there were no elders from the Qingyan Sect to celebrate. Xie Yan did not go out to sea in advance, and until he entered the secret treasure, he did not encounter the eight-headed sea snake monster.

He only encountered it after breaking through the Nascent Soul stage. Xie Yan was invincible in challenging opponents of the same level, so the sea snake monster was naturally there to deliver food.

The butterfly's wings flapped so hard that it almost killed the protagonist.

Xie Yunsui changed his posture and said gently, "I used the elixir to temporarily protect your heart meridian. You are seriously injured and need to recuperate. Why don't you wait here for a few months before crossing the Endless Sea?"

Whenever he saw Xie Yunsui, he would either draw his sword or keep a cold distance. It was rare to see him in a good mood, and Xie Yan was flattered.

"I, ahem, I'm fine. I just need to meditate for a few days. The entrance to the Luming Secret Treasure is hard to find, and I don't want to miss the day it opens."

"Have you figured out how to deal with that sea snake monster?"

Xie Yan was silent for a moment: "I... will go in another direction."

Xie Yunsui sighed: "You should recover first. When I'm ready, I'll go with you to look for it."

He would only feel at ease if he could get Xie Yan safely to the entrance of the secret storage.

High risk is often accompanied by high returns. Take the sea snake monster for example. Its whole body is full of treasures, including magic pills with all attributes. I can’t imagine how many people will scramble for it after it is used to make magic weapons.

He made this decision after careful consideration and had discussed it with Xiaoxi. He just thought of it as going to the sea to look for materials.

Xie Yan was seriously injured and his golden elixir was almost shattered. He recuperated for five months and went into seclusion in the bay.

Xie Yunsui never went back to protect him. He also went to nearby places on the Endless Sea to capture some low-level monsters and use them to refine some water-proof magic weapons.

The fog was very strange and there was no way to break it.

Xie Yunsui tried to use the Xiaowan warehouse to absorb the clouds and mist. At that time, he was able to absorb a large area, but when night fell the next day, the clouds and mist spread again, which was very annoying.

He was fiddling with the compass-like magic weapon in his hand at the bay. This was the fifth magic weapon he had refined for clouds and fog. It was based on the elements of a compass and could slightly guide the direction when the clouds and fog were shallow.

Xie Yunsui sighed and was about to go see Xie Yan when he suddenly sensed a cold murderous aura.

The powerful spiritual power pressure came, making it almost impossible for people to breathe. Xie Yunsui suppressed the fear in his heart, turned around quickly, and released the Linglong Tower.

"Huh, so Xie Yan is really here."

A familiar voice boomed like a bell. As soon as the words fell, a figure appeared in the air. This person was wearing a black robe, and his face was not covered at all.

Xie Yunsui was startled. The person who came was actually Heng Taiwei!

"What do you mean, Elder Heng? You want to enter the Luming Secret Treasure, so naturally I won't compete with you for it." Xie Yunsui gritted his teeth to resist the pressure.

"Secret treasure? I broke into it a hundred years ago. This time, I just want to clean up the mess!"

There was no one around, Heng Taiwei didn't even bother to hide it and directly wanted to kill him and Xie Yan.

Xie Yunsui wanted to delay for a while, but he didn't expect that Heng Taiwei was not as talkative as ordinary villains. Without saying a word, he slapped the air with his spiritual power, with a devastating force.

Xie Yunsui immediately stopped hiding, burned his energy, and stuffed Xie Yan's location, the cabin, and the mud and sand on the ground into the Linglong Tower, then turned and flew towards the endless sea.

Heng Taiwei was a little surprised. Xie Yunsui suddenly burst out with energy close to that of a god. Could it be that he had been hiding it all along?

However, he had finally tracked down Xie Yan's whereabouts and discovered Xie Yunsui, a loophole, so he naturally couldn't let them go.

He had experienced the power of the endless sea fog and knew that if he allowed the two to go too deep, it would be like letting a tiger return to the mountain.

Heng Taiwei's spiritual power suddenly exploded and he followed closely behind.

Xie Yan was in seclusion and doing well, but there was still a crack in his Zhenyuan Golden Core that had not been repaired. Suddenly, the pressure of spiritual power interrupted it, and his blood surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He forcibly interrupted his recovery state and was about to check the situation, but found himself in the Linglong Tower.

"Xie Yunsui? What happened?"

Xie Yunsui didn't even have the energy to speak. He just kept burning his energy and rushed deeper into the clouds.

Heng Tai shouted sternly, "Don't run away, kid!"

Xie Yan felt that the voice sounded familiar, but before he could react, the Linglong Tower began to shake violently.

"Xie Yunsui! Don't force yourself. Let me out so we can handle this together!"

Xie Yan slapped the Linglong Tower and shouted, and the next second he was thrown out by the Linglong Tower and fell into the sea.

Only then did he realize that the Linglong Tower had temporarily lost its spiritual power and had returned to the size of a palm.

Xie Yunsui was not far away, holding his chest, the blood on his shoulder dissolving in the sea water.

Although Xie Yan didn't know what kind of enemy he encountered, he knew from Xie Yunsui's appearance that he was not someone he could provoke in the heat of the moment, so he immediately swam over and prepared to take Xie Yunsui away.

Xie Yunsui coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and was soon swallowed by the endless sea. He realized that he had fallen into the water and threw a water-repellent jade token at Xie Yan.

The thin water-proof mask fits closely to the skin, allowing people to breathe underwater without over-consuming spiritual energy.

Seeing that he was already prepared, Xie Yan hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Xie Yunsui went deeper into the endless sea. The deeper he went, the darker the seabed became, which blocked his sight to a certain extent.

"Do you still remember the location of the sea snake monster?"

"I don't remember clearly, but if you go to the hidden place, you will always come across it."

"good."

Xie Yunsui tied himself and Xie Yan together with spiritual silk. The two took turns resting and leading the way. From time to time, they could hear the sound of explosions from the spiritual power above the sea, indicating that the pursuers were still chasing them.

"Who's chasing us? Are they forbidding us from going to the Luming Secret Treasure?"

Xie Yunsui closed his eyes, knowing that there was no point in hiding it any longer.

Since Heng Taiwei came with the intention of killing both of them, and had no intention of hiding himself at all, Xie Yan would recognize him no matter what.

"It's Heng Taiwei."

Xie Yan's eyes suddenly widened: "Uncle Taiwei?"

His first reaction was that there must be some misunderstanding. "Did you provoke my uncle during the Spiritual Transformation Ceremony? Although he hates evil, he's not unreasonable. If we go up, he might see me and let you go."

Xie Yunsui: "...When spiritual power is exerted, the divine consciousness is projected outwards. How can that shabby wooden house block it? Do you think he didn't recognize you?"

“…”

Xie Yan's heart sank little by little.