Chapter 117 Unresolved Part 2: A Perfect Daoist Companion for Home and Travel!
Although the western part of the continent is mostly demon territory, and bloodshed is inevitable, it is free from any control; demons can be hunted and resources plundered at will...
Therefore, the other side of the sea is a free land without any taboos for those cultivators who are unwilling to be mediocre and want to make their own way in the world.
At the dock, a smiling boatman was soliciting passengers, "Want a ride? Twenty mid-grade spirit stones per person."
"This dock is under the jurisdiction of the Fuping Sect. This sect is a mixed bag, and it has dealings with various races. It should not be underestimated. Rather than saying that the sect leader is a cultivator, it would be more accurate to say that he is a thorough businessman."
While keeping a watchful eye on her surroundings, Yunxi quietly introduced herself to Xu Xing.
The Demon Realm doesn't have a teleportation array connecting it to the outside world; the only way to get there is by sea, either by boat or...
Yunlan looked up at the several figures flying across the sky on swords, stroked his chin, and exclaimed in amazement, "They dare to fly on swords at sea, they're really brave."
Xu Xing glanced at the sky as well, "Can't we fly on swords?"
"It's not that it's impossible, but the sea monsters are ferocious, and there are often thunderstorms and waterspouts on the surface. Once you encounter them, without the protection of a celestial ship, it will be difficult to leave safely."
The closest point in this sea area is 30,000 to 40,000 miles from the shore. If someone falls into the sea, they will be helpless and become food for sea monsters without anyone knowing.
"So, the sea really is a great place to kill and plunder."
Xu Xing muttered something to herself, then suddenly noticed several pairs of eyes subtly glancing at her. She shuddered, thinking: Could she have actually been right...?
Shen Du slightly lowered his brows, his dark eyes looking fearlessly at a gaze that was clearly malicious. The Nascent Soul cultivator who had been scrutinizing them casually withdrew his gaze.
Accompanying His Highness on his travels, Yunxi naturally wanted to provide him with the best. Without hesitation, she chose the largest and most luxurious immortal ship, paid four spirit stones, and bought the best seat on the ship.
Upon boarding, Xu Xing noticed that the fairy ship had three decks, but the last deck seemed to be closed to guests, with the cabin doors tightly shut.
She glanced at it casually, not paying any attention.
After they sat down, a handsome servant brought them spiritual fruits and wine, then quickly withdrew without disturbing the group of seemingly wealthy guests.
Xu Xing then lifted his hood, revealing an unfamiliar face that had been exposed by the Illusion Pill.
Although the golden eyes could not be concealed, Fu Shuang used a magic trick on her so that no one who saw her would notice those unusual eyes.
"Your Highness, we will arrive in the Demon Realm in seven days."
Xu Xing nodded and took out the map again. The closest place to the location depicted on the scroll was Yan Sui Mountain, which happened to be the territory of the Demon Lord Yuan Li.
Yuanli...
Thinking of her, Xu Xing was lost in thought. That wolf-clan boy had become a great general. Not long ago, Tian Li told her that when A Hao left the Exploration Realm, he took Rong Jun's demon core with him.
Xu Xing didn't understand. Since Tian Li already knew, why didn't he stop it?
Tian Li simply smiled mysteriously, "This was destined long ago, so we should follow the will of Heaven."
These deer priests are always talking nonsense, and no one knows what they've foreseen.
Xu Xing disliked hearing this the most, so he didn't ask, knowing that Tian Li wouldn't tell him anyway.
Unable to feel the waves from inside the celestial ship, Xu Xing closed his eyes to rest, but his primordial spirit quietly sank into the ethereal space.
Since discovering that Xu Xing had a spatial dimension, Jinlong has practically lived inside it. At this moment, it is leaning against Yin Xue, who is lying on the ground, holding and kneading the little dumpling tightly, while teasing a small puppet that only reaches her waist.
"Perform another somersault! Yes, yes, yes! Again!"
This little puppet was Xu Xing's test subject. It was a bit clumsy and not very agile, and its somersaulting movements were somewhat comical.
Perhaps out of sheer boredom, Jinlong always liked to tease it. Even Xu Xing's pet beasts couldn't escape its clutches. It was only because Qing was too big and had a bad temper that it escaped unscathed.
Xu Xing stepped forward and rescued the whimpering dumpling. "Senior, if you take the Resurrection Pill, can you be brought back to life?"
The woman in the golden robe's smile faltered slightly, but because the silhouette only showed blurry features, Xu Xing couldn't make out her expression.
Xu Xing said earnestly, "Once I find the Purple Spirit Soul-Stabilizing Grass, I will definitely refine a few more. If you can also be resurrected, I will ask the Snake King to refine another body for you."
She was able to leave the Abyss of Corruption because of Senior Jinlong Xu Xing, and it was also because of Jinlong's reminder that her senior brother's Abyss of Corruption was completely removed. Jinlong helped her a lot. Although it was called a cooperation, she didn't actually help Jinlong at all.
Although the Lingwu Continent is full of talented people, it is not easy to find someone suitable to inherit the Dragon Clan's legacy.
Xu Xing had listed all the outstanding cultivators around her to Jinlong, but she was not satisfied with any of them.
If she could bring the golden dragon back to life, then the dragon race would not be extinct, and things would only get better. She would also be able to repay this kindness.
"I am but a remnant soul. Even a Great Immortal couldn't save me. Do you think you're more powerful than a god?"
Xu Xing was somewhat disappointed, and then Jinlong said irritably, "All you ever do is hover around your senior brother. Why are you suddenly bringing this up today? Are you trying to break up with me?"
"Of course not!" Xu Xingyi said sternly. "How could you think of me like that? Would I be the kind of person who doesn't keep his word?"
Jinlong snorted, "You're not human either."
"..."
Xu Xing remained expressionless and placed the dumpling on the other side of the space, saying, "I won't let you touch it."
"It's just a couple of touches, why are you so stingy?"
Xu Xing pursed his lips. "You call that two strokes? She's practically rubbed Tuanzi's long fur all bald!"
The woman in golden robes transformed into a long, phantom dragon, flew around twice in the space, and then entered Xu Xing's hut to retrieve the Flowing Cloud Sword. "You already have two dragon scales. If you can extract the dragon scales from the Flowing Cloud Sword, you'll have three. You're not far from collecting all the dragon scales."
The first piece is the Flowing Cloud Sword.
The second piece is a token returned by Tianli.
The third piece was taken from the black python's body by Fu Shuang and given to Xu Xing before he left the Golden Snake Palace.
Xu Xing sensed another layer of meaning in its words, "Do you perhaps know where the other two dragon scales are?"
“I can sense a faint response, one of which is in the Demon Realm.”
As for the last piece, it was both far away and right before their eyes, requiring no special search. Sometimes, even Jinlong couldn't help but marvel at Xu Xing's good luck, which only strengthened his resolve to help her become stronger.
Holding the Flowing Cloud Sword, Xu Xing suddenly had an outrageous guess: "Could these dragon scales be from your past life?"
Thinking this, I suddenly felt the hilt of the sword getting a little hot to the touch.
"It's not mine."
Before Xu Xing could even breathe a sigh of relief, Jinlong's voice suddenly turned sinister.
"Do you know how the last dragon died? They said he fell into demonic ways and slaughtered the innocent, so they joined forces to drive it to the brink of death, and finally skinned it alive, ground its bones to dust, and destroyed its soul, not even giving it a chance to be reincarnated."
Seeing Xu Xing's primordial spirit tremble, the golden dragon laughed out loud, "Just kidding! Scared?"
Xu Xing couldn't laugh.
They were on the verge of extinction, and out of humanitarian considerations, they should be protected. Moreover, the Dragon Clan had protected the Lingwu Continent for many years and had never committed any heinous crimes using their strength; they shouldn't have met such an end.
“Senior, I know you left the Abyss with me because of the Dragon Pearl inside me. If there’s a way to help you and the Dragon Clan, just say so. If there’s a way to remove the Dragon Pearl, I’m willing to return it to you.”
Seeing the reluctance and sympathy in Xu Xing's expression, Jinlong was slightly taken aback and deliberately threatened, "If you take it out, you'll die."
"Then forget it, pretend I didn't say anything." Xu Xing's expression changed instantly. "What I meant was, I can return it to you without risking my own life."
Jinlong chuckled. She really liked Xu Xing's personality. If she were still alive, she would definitely snatch this disciple from Fu Shuang's hands.
After looking at Xu Xing for a moment, she said softly, "Being nourished by spiritual energy within your body is the best place for it."
Xu Xing gently stroked the golden threads on the Flowing Cloud Sword's blade. "Why are only five dragon scales passed down?"
Jinlong fell silent.
It seemed to be in a bad mood and hid in the clouds.
Why?
Because that dragon was still a young dragon, and only five of its scales carried spiritual power.
It was the only baby dragon that was born with great difficulty when the number of dragons was extremely small. Because it was weak, it took hundreds of years to successfully hatch, but it still did not survive...
Over the next few days, the celestial ship sailed smoothly toward the demon realm, and Xu Xing spent all his time in the space researching how to extract the dragon scales from the Flowing Cloud Sword without affecting the sword itself.
It wasn't until two days before the celestial ship docked that her spirit returned to her body and she opened her eyes.
Shen Du, who was enjoying the sea breeze on the deck, sensed something and immediately came up. He smiled slightly at Xu Xing and extended his hand, "There are cultivators on the ship who have captured two sea beasts. Shall we go take a look?"
Xu Xing nodded, raised his hand and placed it in his palm, and the two went to see the sea beast together.
Perhaps because they spend so much time in the deep sea, the sea creatures grow in all sorts of strange and grotesque shapes, making them larger and more peculiar than the monsters on land.
Xu Xing peered inside and indeed found that the bones of one of the sea beasts were as white as jade, incredibly hard, and indestructible, making them excellent materials for refining weapons.
Xu Xing couldn't help but regret that if she had known that sea monsters were so valuable, she should have gone sea fishing.
But it doesn't seem too late now, I'll give it a try later.
Seeing that she was interested, Shen Du went to negotiate with the cultivators who were catching sea monsters, intending to buy them.
After asking the price, he was taking out spirit stones when a voice suddenly interrupted.
"We want this sea monster."
"this……"
The sea beast's master glanced at Chen Du, then at the demon who had spoken, and said with difficulty, "This fellow Daoist has already made a decision."
The demon ignored him, casually tossing over a heavy-looking storage bag before turning to the demons behind him and gesturing, "Take it away."
Forced buying and selling?
Xu Xing thought to herself, when it comes to wealth, she has never been afraid of anyone.
You should know that when Qianqian came over that time, she brought a large amount of spirit stones. She not only paid for all the pills that Qianqian had sent over, but also placed a new large order.
Such a good business partner who pays spirit stones in advance is hard to find even with a lantern! In Xu Xing's mind, Shui Yunxian is already the second largest client, on par with You Wang.
Xu Xing, who was "rich and powerful," was about to take out more spirit stones, but Shen Du stopped him. Even if the cultivator was willing to sell, these demons would not agree.
This group of demons were demon guards under the newly enthroned Yuan Demon Lord. Recently, Yuan Demon Lord had been making a name for himself in the demon realm, and the cultivator who had captured the sea beast did not want to offend him, so he could only bow apologetically to Shen Du with a smile.
This isn't the human realm. Demons would snatch anything they wanted. They'd be lucky to get spirit stones from here.
The cultivator was somewhat relieved, but when he opened the storage bag, he was dumbfounded.
There were only about a hundred low-grade spirit stones inside, not even enough to buy a single piece of sea beast hide!
He was only able to capture these two sea beasts because of good luck; he happened to stumble upon them fighting each other and both were injured, which allowed him to pick up the pieces. Even so, he lost two fourth-tier magic artifacts in the process.
I thought I was going to make a fortune, but now it seems like I'm not lucky at all, I'm just incredibly unlucky!
"Wait! Fellow Daoist! This isn't enough!"
He quickly chased after him.
The demon leader turned around and sneered, "Cash on delivery, are you trying to back out?"
This cultivator was also a Golden Core cultivator, so how could he not have a temper? He immediately stuck his neck out and tried to step forward to demand his revenge, but he couldn't even get close to the demon.
It turns out that the demon who spoke first was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator!
Now, the cultivator could only take two steps back and accept his bad luck.
Shen Du stepped forward and asked, "If I retrieve the sea beast, could you sell it to me at a lower price?"
The cultivator selling the sea beast gritted his teeth, "If you can take it back, I'll sell it to you at a 30% discount!"
With a 30% discount, that's 450 mid-grade spirit stones, a good deal.
Shen Du nodded slightly, then drew his sword and walked in the direction the demon had left.
The celestial ship guarantees its passengers will not be attacked by waterspouts or sea monsters, and will ignore everything else. As long as the passengers do not damage the celestial ship, they will not interfere with any fighting on board.
Seeing that a conflict was inevitable, many cultivators quietly turned their attention to the scene, not wanting to miss the excitement.
Inside the cabin, a flash of spiritual light appeared. In a short while, the young swordsman pushed out the demon leader with his hands tied behind his back, saying, "Hand him over."
With a sword at his throat, the demon, unwilling to lose face, continued to threaten, "Do you know who our Demon Lord is?! You dare treat me like this?! When we get to the Demon Realm, I..."
Shen Du remained indifferent, too lazy to repeat himself. He simply pinched the man's vital point and, with a slight force, the Xuan Yue sword placed against his neck cut a gash inside.
With a thud, the sea monster's body was thrown onto the deck.
So fast?
The spectators looked away in disappointment; this kind of overwhelming victory was the least interesting and had no appeal whatsoever.
However, it was unexpected that this sword cultivator, despite his young age, was no match for even a Golden Core Demon Clan member. It was unclear which major sect's disciple he was traveling with.
For a moment, the cultivators who had secretly harbored wicked thoughts because of Xu Xing and his group's lavish spending began to reconsider.
Shen Du's move was intended to save Xu Xing money, but it inadvertently shocked many people.
Xu Xing, who was watching from the sidelines, smiled and his eyes crinkled with laughter. His senior brother was indeed an essential Daoist partner for both home and travel!
It saves money and still works! Brilliant!
Having acquired the sea beast, knowing he was losing money by 30%, Xu Xing, also a businessman, paid the cultivator 50% of the price, and the two became acquainted.
This man's name is Cui Zheng. He is a rogue cultivator from a sect in the Western Region. He frequently travels to the Demon Realm to sell magical artifacts and is very knowledgeable about the Demon Realm.
Cui Zheng was quite talkative, and Xu Xing happened to want to learn about the Demon Realm, so he took the opportunity to invite him upstairs for a chat.
As Xu Xing was leaving the deck, someone bumped into his shoulder. The person whispered an apology and then hurriedly slipped into the lowest cabin without looking back.
Xu Xing paused, and Chen Du turned to look at her. "What's wrong?"
"nothing……"
Xu Xing glanced back, somewhat absentmindedly.
That was a martial artist.
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Author's Note: Thank you to Lantianlantian (What a big bite =3=), Sleep a little longer, Happy Meow, 25656288, Sleep Until You Naturally Wake Up, and Cat for the nutrient solution! [Heart]
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