Chapter 217: The True Dragon Blood Pearl is unearthed

In the Dragon Fish Sea, most fourth-rank spirit beasts are dragon fish, so the most dangerous forbidden zones are the dragon fish forbidden zones.

Dragon fish are descendants of the dragon race with mixed blood, so the area surrounding the outer perimeter of a dragon fish forbidden zone has the highest probability of containing Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

However, many dragon fish forbidden zones are located in the deep sea to the north, and it is even rumored that in the extreme north, there are schools of fourth-rank dragon fish.

The forbidden zone Xia Daoming searched last time could be considered the outermost dragon fish forbidden zone in the northern sea.

This forbidden zone, however, is very deep into the northern sea; the journey is long and even more perilous, so very few people go near there to seek opportunities.

If there were Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass, it might not have been discovered and could have grown for thousands of years.

He headed north all the way.

The further north he went, the more frequent the spirit beast attacks became as Xia Daoming flew over the sea, and the frequency of third-rank high-tier and even top-tier spirit beasts appearing also increased significantly.

Some top-tier spirit beasts even appeared in groups of three or five. Even though Xia Daoming was powerful, he did not dare to fight them and would flee quickly upon seeing them.

Once, he was even deeply trapped in a siege by a group of beasts and suffered some minor injuries before he managed to break out. This made him truly realize the peril of the northern sea of the Dragon Fish Sea.

One must know that he is a powerhouse who should be comparable to a False Core cultivator; if even he could be injured before entering a forbidden zone, how much more so for others?

Of course, Xia Daoming was highly skilled and bold, so he was not about to be scared off.

Moreover, the spirit beasts attacking him one after another were, to Xia Daoming, more of a tempering and an opportunity.

Previously, in the semi-circular island group, Xia Daoming did not dare to lay a hand on the dragon fish fry, but on the way north, he was unexpectedly attacked by a dragon fish fry.

This dragon fish fry was not the third-rank initial-stage spirit beast that Mo Yongzhi and the others wanted to hunt, but one that had already evolved to the third-rank high-tier.

When this level of dragon fish fry is used in medicine, the Ascending Dragon Pill refined is of a higher grade, and the medicinal effect is astonishing.

Xia Daoming killed this dragon fish, which was equivalent to earning over one hundred thousand spirit stones.

On this day, Xia Daoming was flying alone.

A flying boat appeared above the sea.

Only one person stood on that flying boat.

When this person saw Xia Daoming, not only did they not avoid him, but they steered the flying boat to meet him head-on.

"Could they be looking to rob me?" Xia Daoming raised his eyebrows slightly, stopped his flying boat, and waited quietly for the other party to approach.

The flying boat quickly flew close.

It hovered more than twenty zhang away.

Standing on the flying boat was a charming young woman.

A loose white immortal robe could not conceal her beautiful figure.

The charming young woman was surprisingly a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator.

She looked at Xia Daoming from across the air, and seeing that the mana fluctuation aura on his body was only at the Qi Refinement realm, she could not help but show surprise and disappointment, then turned around and left.

Xia Daoming was left feeling baffled by the charming young woman's actions.

What does this mean? Do they look down on my Qi Refinement realm so much that they don't even have the desire to rob me?

Another half a day passed.

Xia Daoming unexpectedly encountered another Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator, which shocked and surprised him.

This kind of place is already quite deep into the northern sea; logically speaking, it would be impossible to meet a single person even after flying for ten or eight days.

Not to mention that this northern sea is home to many fourth-rank spirit beasts, making it the sea area that Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators avoid entering the most.

As a result, within a single day, he had actually encountered two Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators.

The second Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator, upon seeing him, acted just like the charming young woman: first surprised, then turned around and left.

"What is going on? Why are there so many Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators appearing here? When I entered, there were only three Yue Kingdom Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators who came in, one of whom, Tuoba Kui of the Black Fiend Hall, I have even met.

Could the other two be so coincidentally the woman and man I encountered one after another? This seems unlikely. The Dragon Fish Sea is so vast, yet I have encountered all three of the Yue Kingdom's Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators who entered?"

After the second Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator left, the more Xia Daoming thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Could it be, could it be that the place where the True Dragon Blood Pearl is located is in this area? And then the news has already spread, and many more Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators have learned the news and, disregarding the danger of falling, entered the Dragon Fish Sea in an attempt to seize this Core Formation opportunity?

The woman and man who saw me earlier first approached and then left; it is very likely they wanted to inquire about news or wanted to team up with me, but upon discovering that I was actually a Qi Refinement cultivator, they were disdainful and greatly disappointed!"

Gradually, as his mind turned, Xia Daoming's train of thought became clear.

In fact, what Xia Daoming speculated was not far from the truth.

Ever since the four of them entered the Dragon Fish Sea, more Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators had been entering the Dragon Fish Sea one after another upon hearing the news, heading straight for the northern sea.

Because Xia Daoming had lingered in the sea area to the southwest with Mo Yongzhi and the others for several days, and later, after entering the northern sea, had been delayed for several days searching for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass in other places, it could be said that many Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators had already entered the northern sea a step ahead of him.

Not only that, several Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators had already died in their search for the True Dragon Blood Pearl.

The man and woman who came to find Xia Daoming earlier indeed had the intention of teaming up.

It is just a pity that Xia Daoming was not only a stranger they did not know, but his cultivation was also pitifully low, so the two naturally lost interest.

"If the True Dragon Blood Pearl is in this area, then I..." As his internal speculation became clearer, Xia Daoming began to feel a bit tempted.

After all, the True Dragon Blood Pearl is the main ingredient for refining the Four Symbols Pill.

The Four Symbols Pill can greatly increase the success rate of Core Formation.

Such a rare treasure of heaven and earth, if it were not in the Dragon Fish Sea, would likely have Jin Dan ancestors coming forward to fight for it.

"Greed is a devil! I am a mere Qi Refinement cultivator with a net worth of millions of spirit stones, and even have Jin Dan liquid; what use do I have for that True Dragon Blood Pearl right now?

It is better to focus on finding my Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass, enter the inner sect as soon as possible, and find the path beyond the Martial Dao Grandmaster as soon as possible; that is the righteous path! Once the Martial Dao realm is broken, it will be easy to find Core Formation items in the future; why be in such a hurry at this moment?"

Xia Daoming quickly suppressed the restlessness in his heart and continued to fly toward the forbidden zone he was going to, following the sea map.

On the way, he saw from afar two groups of flying boats carrying several people.

Those two groups of people, upon seeing him driving a single flying boat alone, all kept a distance, avoiding meeting him.

Xia Daoming pondered that they should be ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators who also wanted to try their luck, and seeing him driving a single flying boat alone, they suspected he was a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator and avoided him in advance to prevent unnecessary conflict.

Xia Daoming was happy to let them misunderstand.

Now the northern sea is becoming increasingly perilous; if a fight were to break out, it is hard to say that it wouldn't attract unknown dangers.

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He headed north all the way, flying for four days.

Xia Daoming stood on the flying boat and saw from afar a high peak piercing the clouds.

The high peak stood on an island with a radius of over a thousand miles.

"Finally here!" Xia Daoming's face revealed joy.

That high peak and the rather large island were the signs of this forbidden zone.

Dragon fish mostly inhabit the sea, but sometimes they also come ashore to be active.

Therefore, not only is the sea area within several hundred miles around that island a forbidden zone, but the island itself is also a forbidden zone, and it happens to be the center of the forbidden zone, which is the most perilous.

Xia Daoming naturally would not attempt to land on that island to search for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

In the outer perimeter of this sea area, there were also some small islands distributed.

Xia Daoming's search target was these small islands.

Xia Daoming looked around and quickly chose a small island that was lush and green, looked to have very good vegetation, and had a small peak in the middle of the island.

Xia Daoming restrained his aura and flew down to the top of the small peak. Just as he was about to officially start the search work, he suddenly saw from afar, in the center of the forbidden zone, on the island, a streak of blood light suddenly shot into the sky.

The blood light permeated and dyed the low, heavy sky into a patch of red.

In that red light, one could vaguely see a giant dragon soaring and leaping in the red light.

Even though he was very far away, Xia Daoming seemed to be able to feel the vicissitudes and domineering powerful aura carried by the giant dragon, making people involuntarily feel fear and not dare to resist.

"The True Dragon Blood Pearl is about to be unearthed!" Xia Daoming's heart was greatly shaken, his blood flow accelerated uncontrollably, and the desire that had already been suppressed began to stir again.

This thing looked incredibly awesome at first glance.

It was fine if he didn't see it, but once he witnessed it with his own eyes, the temptation was huge.

"Such a great opportunity, should I take a risk?" Xia Daoming's face revealed hesitation.

Just as Xia Daoming was hesitating, suddenly several streaks of brilliant light lit up on the island in the distance.

Then a roar of a spirit beast full of domineering power sounded.

A spirit beast shaped like a civet cat, with a single horn on its head and a body as large as a small mountain, was riding the clouds in the sky.

This spirit beast raised its giant claw and slapped at a streak of brilliant light, and that brilliant light immediately extinguished.

Its tail swept, and several more streaks of brilliant light were swept away, then dimmed and extinguished.

Its single horn spat out a streak of white light.

The moment the brilliant light touched the white light, it was instantly extinguished.

Not only that, the spirit beast was in mid-air, and an aura was emanating from its body, surprisingly vaguely revealing a giant dragon phantom in the air, emitting a terrifying momentum, deterring all directions.

Dragon fish enter the sea to become carp, and leave the sea to become single-horned civet cats.

"Dragon fish demon! Fourth-rank dragon fish demon!" Xia Daoming saw the single-horned civet cat from afar, as if he had been doused with cold water, and immediately calmed down, having no more greed.

Although he was far away, Xia Daoming could feel the power of that dragon fish demon; it was not something he could contend with.

Those Foundation Establishment cultivators who were trying to fight for the True Dragon Blood Pearl were even less able to contend with it.

That dragon fish demon could slap and sweep away all their magic tools with just a few waves of its claws and tail; they were vulnerable to a single blow.

And it was not just one dragon fish demon inhabiting this forbidden zone.

Once there was a big commotion, other dragon fish demons would inevitably rush over.

At that time, once surrounded, even if Xia Daoming had a Small Teleportation Talisman in hand, if he were not careful and didn't have time to use it, there would be a danger of falling.

Although the True Dragon Blood Pearl is incomparably precious, to Xia Daoming, it is not an urgent necessity or a must-have item right now, unlike those Foundation Establishment cultivators, for whom this True Dragon Blood Pearl is very likely the closest Core Formation opportunity in their lives.

Opportunity knocks but once; if they don't fight this time, they might never have another chance at Core Formation in this lifetime.

Since he had no intention of fighting for it and had no distracting thoughts, Xia Daoming's mood completely relaxed. He simply sat on the peak, looking at the earth-shattering fierce battle in the distance, watching the progress of the situation, feeling somewhat leisurely and contented, like watching flowers bloom and fall before the courtyard, and clouds roll and unroll beyond the sky.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 218 =====