Chapter 167: Biyang Cultivation Realm

"Saving a life is merely a trivial effort."

Facing Chen Liang's gratitude, Lu Yang raised a hand, revealing a kind smile: "If you wish to repay the debt, simply answer a few of my questions."

Having fled overseas, Lu Yang decided to improve his image.

After all, the True Persons in the Holy Sect misunderstood him so deeply that no matter what he did, no one would believe he was actually a good person.

But overseas, no one knew him.

Seizing this opportunity, Lu Yang felt he could properly improve his image, spread his good name, and satisfy his vanity.

After all, when he first transmigrated, he had also thought of becoming a young sword immortal who rode a sword to the blue sky, roamed freely between heaven and earth, and drew his sword to help whenever he encountered injustice; unfortunately, the world is unpredictable, and to survive he had to collude with the Holy Sect; fortunately, his original intention remained unchanged, and his heart was still kind.

"Roar—!"

Just then, a black shadow appeared beneath the sea surface; immediately, a white dragon-snake emerged, emitting a high-pitched hiss at Lu Yang.

"Noisy."

Lu Yang frowned; a single glance instantly severed the dragon-snake in half. Dragon blood instantly dyed the vast sea red, and a foul stench assaulted the nose.

However, with a flick of Lu Yang's sleeve, the stench vanished completely; even the dragon-snake's corpse was casually tossed into the "Ghost Cloud" behind him. Chen Liang saw clearly: the dragon-snake, severed in two, was not yet dead; the moment it let out a cry, it was struck squarely by ten thousand thunderbolts.

In the blink of an eye, it turned to ash and vanished.

Damn it, so decisive in destroying the body and erasing the traces—could this be a demonic cultivator?

Chen Liang couldn't help swallowing; how could he dare to be negligent? He hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully said, "My lord, please ask; this humble one will certainly speak without holding anything back."

Seeing this, Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction: "What place is this?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Liang was instantly stunned but dared not hesitate; he immediately replied, "Replying to my lord, this place is the Turbulent Sea of the Biyang Cultivation Realm."

"Biyang Cultivation?"

Seeing this, Lu Yang frowned slightly; he intended to calculate but found it difficult to clarify; looking again at Chen Liang, he had questions but did not know how to begin.

Moreover, the other party might not answer honestly anyway.

After all, he had just suspected in his heart that Lu Yang was a demonic cultivator; Lu Yang had heard it; how could a mere mortal's mental fluctuations hide from him?

Although he was not the type to be petty, he also had no time to ask question by question and distinguish truth from falsehood.

"Hmm, soul-searching it is."

At Lu Yang's thought, Chen Liang also sensed it; he instantly showed terror, yet Lu Yang's gaze had already pierced straight into the center of his sea of consciousness.

To prevent any omissions, he also divided his divine sense to soul-search everyone on the boat at that moment; after all, with his status as a Foundation Establishment True Person, soul-searching a group of mortals could not possibly harm them; at most, it would look bad on the surface, and some might consider it cruel, but he felt this was efficient.

This did not hinder him from being a good person.

Soon, as Chen Liang rolled his eyes back, Lu Yang also completely mastered the intelligence regarding the "Biyang Cultivation Realm" from his mouth, and his expression grew increasingly astonished.

Biyang Cultivation Realm, the Xian Alliance holds the world!

Five Elements Spirit Roots, Cultivation Techniques

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Jin Dan

"What!?"

In an instant, Lu Yang's hand trembled; he instinctively stepped back, his eyes filled with shock—what kind of joke is this? Does this Biyang Cultivation Realm have a Jin Dan True Lord!?

More information was extracted by Lu Yang one by one.

"The Biyang Cultivation Realm consists of one hundred and eight major islands overseas; although there are similarly numerous sects and immortal clans, they all belong to the same power."

"The Xian Alliance."

"And this Chen Liang is a sea-dweller under the Xian Alliance, responsible for going out to sea to catch spirit fish and salvage sunken ships; this seems to have become a super-industry; under the Xian Alliance's rule, there are fully a million people like him; the spirit resources and spirit materials harvested from the sea every year are countless."

The more Lu Yang looked, the more solemn his expression became.

Because in Chen Liang's memories, he had even seen a Jin Dan True Lord, and he also knew that above the Jin Dan True Lord there were great figures beyond description.

"Nascent Soul Dao Master...?"

Thinking of this, Lu Yang grew increasingly terrified; although he could not yet be completely certain, there was very likely a Nascent Soul Dao Master in this Biyang Cultivation Realm!

The next second, Lu Yang's expression suddenly changed.

"Was that dragon-snake the Xian Alliance's sea-patrolling spirit beast?"

Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly; if it were truly a tamed spirit beast, how could he have failed to notice it with a single glance? Precisely because he saw it was wild did he act to kill it.

However, he soon understood the cause and effect: originally, the Biyang Cultivation Realm possessed no method to control spirit beasts, unable to plant a slave seal in a spirit beast's sea of consciousness; therefore, raising spirit beasts used only mortal domestication methods, so escape incidents occurred frequently; seeing this, Lu Yang was instantly speechless.

So it was that his level was too high, causing a momentary oversight?

"This Biyang Cultivation Realm, no matter how you look at it, is wrong."

The sea-patrolling spirit beast has been killed; the Xian Alliance will certainly react; before long, sea-patrolling cultivators will come to investigate; he cannot easily expose himself.

For now, let's stabilize the situation.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately reached out and wiped Chen Liang and the others, directly erasing their memories of seeing him, then concealed his form.

Moments later, Chen Liang and the others awoke.

Having lost their memories, they naturally did not know what had happened; they only felt that their good fortune had allowed them to break out of the "Ghost Cloud," and they were still sighing in relief after surviving the disaster.

Just then, a beam of spiritual light flew in from the distance.

Lu Yang glanced roughly; the newcomer's realm was not high, merely mid-stage Qi Refining; however, even so, he still did not reveal himself but continued to conceal his form.

The spiritual light approached and suddenly split apart; a middle-aged man wearing a cloud-patterned Dao robe, with a magic sword hanging behind him and a majestic face, walked out.

The middle-aged man glanced around the surroundings, then looked down at Chen Liang and the others; immediately, he frowned slightly, showing a puzzled expression, and spoke loudly: "My sea-patrolling spirit beast was killed here; you are sea-dwellers of this place; have you noticed any suspicious persons passing through?"

Seeing this, Chen Liang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Replying to the Immortal Master, we have not seen any."

"Strange."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man fell silent; seeing this, Chen Liang showed a look of struggle on his face; only after great effort did he muster the courage to step forward and say in a low voice:

"Immortal Master, look at my boat..."

"... Hmm?" The middle-aged man glanced at Chen Liang upon hearing this, then looked at his boat: "Severely damaged; repair will likely require a large sum of funds."

"It's this one."

Chen Liang let out a bitter laugh: "Immortal Master, before setting sail, I bought a Disaster Insurance policy from the Xian Alliance. Look at my ship—can the Xian Alliance pay for repairs?"

At these words, the middle-aged man's expression changed instantly: "Disaster Insurance? Your large vessel clearly suffered a lightning strike—you must have wandered into Ghost Clouds, but not gone deep, and got lucky escaping, right? But you're just a fisherman. Why would you enter a place as perilous as Ghost Clouds?"

Chen Liang hurried to explain: "The Ghost Clouds moved!"

"Do you have proof?"

At this, Chen Liang fell silent. How could there be proof of Ghost Clouds moving? Even if there were, a fisherman like him could never produce it.

"No proof? Then it's just your word."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said coolly: "I'm sorry, but at this point, you're suspected of insurance fraud. The Xian Alliance will not compensate you."

"But I can recommend someone I know—a cultivator from the Xian Alliance shipyard who privately takes on repairs for large vessels. Go to him, mention my name, and he'll give you a twenty percent discount on the down payment. You can pay the rest in ten annual installments with low interest—it's very reasonable."

In the shadows, Lu Yang's expression grew increasingly strange.

This Xian Alliance… doesn't seem right.

Why does it feel so familiar?

(End of Chapter)