Chapter 34: Farewell to the Dragon King, A Deal

Without Jiao Qiushui's pressure, the three of them, including Huo Zhongjue, regained normal movement.

Huo Zhongjue bowed again and asked cautiously, "Mr. Li, are... are you a Spirit Sovereign?"

Li Qingran waved his hand, his gaze deep as he looked through the broken window, seeming to sense something: "That's not important, Elder Huo. I have business to attend to first. Just send those medicinal herbs to Black Sea Manor."

Having said that, Li Qingran tapped his toes on the ground, and in the next instant his figure was already in the mid-air outside the window, soaring through the air, turning into a black dot that vanished into the horizon.

The night wind howled in. Huo Zhongjue gazed at the vast night scene, his heart unable to calm for a long time.

Huo Peiting and Huo Yichen likewise had complex emotions — shock, admiration, the joy of surviving a disaster...

Various emotions intertwined, indescribable.

……

The night wind was biting. Atop the Black Sea, seawater churned. The sea breeze brushed the face, refreshing as a bath. A black-robed man stood on a massive sea beast, on the head of a Chiwen.

It was precisely the Dragon King who had appeared earlier at Black Sea Manor.

Li Qingran came from afar, treading the void. His clothes flapped loudly in the sea wind, hair flowing freely, peerlessly handsome: "It's you."

The black-robed man exclaimed in surprise: "The world really is small. So it's you. No wonder Xiao Shui didn't even have a chance to escape."

He paused, speaking in a tone of hating iron for not becoming steel: "I repeatedly urged you to keep a low profile, keep a low profile, not to slaughter innocents indiscriminately, lest you draw Huaxia Enforcers — you just wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen...

Now look, three thousand male consorts, no fortune to enjoy them..."

Li Qingran looked at him without speaking. With a thought, his Guardian Spirit Yin Lingzi condensed into form behind him, revealing its true body.

A giant firefly, its body wreathed in intertwining Demonic Spirit Power and Light Spirit Power, looking quite extraordinary.

Seeing Li Qingran's posture ready for a fight, the Dragon King gave an embarrassed laugh and said seriously: "What are you doing, young man? Not a single humor cell in you."

"Cut the crap." Li Qingran's eyes blazed like torches.

The Dragon King stood with hands behind his back and said solemnly: "Young man, I'm not here to fight you today. There's a deal I want to discuss with you."

Li Qingran's brows furrowed slightly, unable to fathom the black-robed man's purpose: "A deal?"

The Dragon King wasn't worried Li Qingran would refuse. Confidently, he said: "That's right, a deal. What you can get is a physical body crafted by my Guardian Spirit, Suan Ni!"

Li Qingran's pupils contracted.

The Red Spider Lily Flower Demon can summon souls and resurrect his mother Li Qingqing. The most difficult and troublesome item still lacking is precisely a physical body!

Very difficult.

But the black-robed man before him could actually provide it — it was as if he had figured out exactly what he needed and cared about.

Who this person really was, what his purpose was — Li Qingran could not know.

"What do I need to pay?" Li Qingran asked indifferently.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and there are no free girls in the pleasure quarters.

Everyone understands this principle.

The Dragon King spoke slowly: "Help me protect a person for one year."

"One year, too long." Li Qingran shook his head.

The Dragon King immediately said: "Half a year, half a year. I'll throw in one chance for me to take action."

One chance for a Spirit Saint to act — worth it!

"Deal." Li Qingran nodded. "Speak then. Who is the person you want me to protect?"

The Dragon King raised his hand, and a light screen appeared.

Li Qingran fixed his gaze and looked — the person in the screen was actually Wangchuan Qiq: "It's her?"

……

Deep into the night, the wind rose.

In Black Cloud Mountain, there was a broad lake. Since Black Cloud Mountain had been a mass burial mound since ancient times, Spirit Qi and Yin Qi mingled and did not disperse, causing this lake to give birth to many special Spirits.

Every night, especially on nights of the full moon, the special Spirits in the lake would become active.

This also led to Black Cloud Mountain's Nameless Lake attracting quite a few Spirit Anglers from other regions.

Tonight the moonlight was clear as water, seeping through thin clouds with a cold, pale light, sprinkling over the surface of Nameless Lake.

Mountain wind came, and rippling light surged across the lake surface.

Tonight, Nameless Lake was destined to be an extraordinary place.

Second-generation scions of Spirit Tamer clans from Wan Province gathered here, determined to vie for superiority in the art of Spirit Angling.

Li Qingran stood far away atop an ancient tree by the lake, watching such a grand scene, and even felt his hands itch.

Just then, a commotion suddenly arose in the distant crowd.

Those young people cheered excitedly and happily, their gazes focused on a small boat in the lake.

They saw a figure wearing a conical hat assemble a Spirit Angling Rod, attach bait, cast the line — a little yellow duck float traced an arc through the air and plunged steadily into the lake surface.

The entire process was so natural, without the slightest pause. Those flowing, cloud-and-water-like movements had nothing superfluous, making one feel inexplicably comfortable just watching.

Regardless of what this person might catch, just this set of practiced and standard movements was who knows how much more professional than the Spirit Tamer scions present.

This person was absolutely a Spirit Angling expert.

On the faces of quite a few people present hung excited smiles.

From that flat boat shaped like a solitary leaf, and that yellow Spirit Angling Rod, and little yellow duck float, they already knew this person's identity.

The Spirit Anglers present waved their hands frantically, wanting to attract the man's attention. Some even paddled small boats, wanting to get close to the man.

This formation could rival an ordinary minor celebrity.

Sizzle!

The conical-hatted man sharply reeled in his Spirit Angling Rod. A beautiful Water Spirit with a human body and human face emerged from the water surface, soared into the air, and was successfully caught by him.

The Painted-Skin Fish Spirit is a type of Water Spirit whose true form has a blue face and fangs, ferocious and hideous.

This kind of Water Spirit often drapes itself in a painted woman's skin, disguising itself as a beauty bathing in the lake to lure strong, sturdy men into the water.

The Painted Skin Fish Spirit's purpose is to kill men, then take and eat their hearts, hence the name "Painted Skin Fish Spirit".

After fishing up the Painted Skin Fish Spirit, the conical-hat man piloted the lone-leaf skiff, slowly sailing toward the shore.

Removing the conical hat, it turned out to be a blond, blue-eyed foreign man with sharp, angular features, tall and imposing.

"As expected, it's Teacher Sea King Shenghaosi!"

"Sea King Shenghaosi!"

That circle of people all shouted loudly, echoing through the mountains.

The cold, desolate Black Sea Mountain at night instantly filled with the breath of human presence, noisy and clamorous.

The scene was originally dead silent, everyone immersed in their own spirit fishing.

But because of Sea King Shenghaosi's appearance, the atmosphere at the scene directly ignited.

It heated up!

This foreign handsome guy is a professional spirit fisher who has risen powerfully internationally in the past year, traversing major international spirit fishing night venues, never once returning empty-handed.

The high-grade demon spirits he caught continuously refreshed records across the globe, thus he gained the title "Sea King".

Unexpectedly, such a poor remote backwater actually attracted a big shot like Sea King Shenghaosi.

Shenghaosi's gaze swept across the venue, looking down on everyone, and he said arrogantly: "Who among you is strongest? Come have a match with me in spirit fishing?"

In the way of spirit fishing, Shenghaosi possesses absolute confidence and talent.

Because Shenghaosi possesses a special-type guardian spirit, the Fishing Rod Spirit, with combat power nearly zero, yet it has a special ability that allowed him to rise against heaven in the way of spirit fishing!

Tonight, Shenghaosi appeared here with only one purpose: to collect the unique spirit fishing of Black Cloud Mountain's Nameless Lake, to continue living up to the name "Sea King"!