Chapter 221: Reunion

Xia Daoming, not hurried, drove the flying boat leisurely, floating above the sea for nine days, and finally was about to arrive at the forbidden zone sea area.

At this time, there were still two days left until the mandatory departure time.

"Eh, could it be that another great opportunity has appeared? Why have the cultivators entering the Dragon Fish Sea suddenly increased?" This guy was lost in the situation, seeing cultivators driving flying boats flying past him from time to time, which was very different from when he first entered, and couldn't help but be greatly surprised.

However, he didn't take it to heart.

Anyway, he had made a huge profit this time, and no longer wanted to struggle, only wanting to go out, return to Changqing Lake, and lie flat with his two beautiful wives for a few days.

Even on the return journey these nine days, his kindness was aroused.

Some spirit beasts of average value dared to come and harass him, and he let them go without hunting them.

There was no way around it; even leaving aside the Jin Dan liquid, the True Dragon Blood Pearl, and the Small Teleportation Talisman, these three treasures whose prices could not be estimated, his net worth was estimated to have already exceeded five million, and he was a rich man heading toward ten million; how could he easily commit more killings for that little money.

Of course, killing those spirit beasts was also troublesome, and cleaning them up was also very bloody.

Therefore, Xia Daoming was very calm, not at all curious about what great opportunity had appeared, and just drove the flying boat to continue flying leisurely toward the forbidden zone.

Just as he was flying, Xia Daoming saw a flying boat flying in the air in the distance, with four people standing on the boat, looking around.

Three of them were exactly Mo Yongzhi, Wan Yan, and Shao Shiyu.

There was also another woman, but Xia Daoming did not know her.

"Great!"

Xia Daoming was overjoyed.

He had originally thought that he would have to wait for them outside for several days later, but he didn't expect to meet them here.

So, Xia Daoming hurriedly drove the flying boat to fly toward them.

Mo Yongzhi and the others also quickly discovered Xia Daoming and hurriedly greeted him.

"You are actually not dead! That's really great!" As soon as the two sides met, before Xia Daoming had time to pay respects to the three elders in the sect, Wan Yan had already said with joy on her face.

"That's right, I really didn't expect you to still be alive!" A trace of a smile appeared on Shao Shiyu's cold old face.

"Alive is good, alive is good!" Mo Yongzhi had a trace of excitement on her face.

Looking at Mo Yongzhi and the three of them genuinely happy that he had returned alive, Xia Daoming felt warm in his heart, but at the same time, there was an indescribable weirdness.

What do you mean by "you are actually not dead"!

Is there any way to talk like that?

"Thanks to the three uncles, I am still alive." Muttering in his heart, Xia Daoming still followed their words and flattered them calmly.

"He is the outer sect disciple you mentioned before, called what, Xia Daoming?" As soon as Xia Daoming finished speaking, the woman who was with Mo Yongzhi and the three of them asked in a condescending manner.

This woman had a beautiful face, a graceful figure, and white clothes fluttering, looking only twenty-something years old.

However, her true essence mana was vigorous and pure, vaguely emitting a powerful momentum, surprisingly already at the Foundation Establishment perfection realm.

"Returning to Senior Sister Luo, it is indeed him." Mo Yongzhi hurriedly bowed and replied.

After replying, Mo Yongzhi hurriedly turned to Xia Daoming and said: "Daoming, why don't you hurry up and pay respects to Uncle Luo? She is the direct disciple of the Jin Dan Elder Luo Qian, and also his only daughter."

"Disciple Daoming has met Uncle Luo." Xia Daoming bowed and saluted upon hearing this.

Luo Mu saw that Xia Daoming did not show any shock or trepidation upon hearing her identity, but only saluted her in a standard manner, as if she were no different from Mo Yongzhi and the others, and couldn't help but frown slightly, a trace of displeasure flashing in the depths of her eyes.

As Foundation Establishment cultivators, her identity was different from Mo Yongzhi and the others.

Mo Yongzhi and the others were only inner sect disciples, while her identity was one level higher, being a direct disciple.

Direct disciples are Jin Dan seeds that the sect focuses on cultivating.

As the only daughter of a Jin Dan Elder, Luo Mu could be considered to have been born with a golden key.

Luo Mu had been well-cultivated since childhood, and she herself had high talent, so she was only over a hundred years old and had already cultivated to the Foundation Establishment perfection realm, with hopes of Core Formation, and was a Jin Dan seed of the sect, ranking as a direct disciple.

Luo Mu could be called a proud daughter of heaven in the Qingyuan Sect; all along, there had been no lack of disciples in the sect surrounding her, flattering and fawning.

Not to mention outer sect disciples, even some inner sect Qi Refinement disciples had to be in awe of her, thinking of ways to curry favor, and from time to time had to perform the kneeling ceremony of a junior to show respect.

Even fellow Foundation Establishment disciples like Mo Yongzhi, who did not like to fawn, had to respect her three points and treat her with honor when they saw her.

Now Xia Daoming's reaction and performance made her feel that this child was somewhat arrogant and had a sense of contempt and neglect for her, a direct disciple.

"Humph, you are very bold! A mere Qi Refinement ninth layer dares to act alone in the Dragon Fish Sea; fortunately, your life is big, otherwise wouldn't you have failed the sect's cultivation?" Luo Mu said coldly.

"Uncle Luo is right, this disciple will pay attention next time." Xia Daoming bowed humbly with a face of humility.

It was just that while he accepted it humbly on the surface, he muttered to himself in his heart, what is wrong with this woman, I don't seem to have offended her, why give me a cold face, could it be that Jia Shaoxuan went to her to complain? It shouldn't be, I am just an outer sect disciple, if Jia Shaoxuan went to her to complain, it would only be his own face that would be lost.

Seeing Xia Daoming's humble acceptance, Luo Mu glanced at him and stopped talking, instead looking around again.

She was originally cultivating in her own cave dwelling on Qingyuan Mountain when she heard that the True Dragon Blood Pearl had appeared in the Dragon Fish Sea, and rushed over urgently.

It was just that she was a step late.

By the time she entered the Dragon Fish Sea, the True Dragon Blood Pearl had already been seized by Tuoba Kui.

And Tuoba Kui had also escaped and disappeared using a Small Teleportation Talisman.

Luo Mu had no choice but to choose to wait in the outer perimeter of the forbidden zone, just like everyone else.

Yesterday, she happened to meet Mo Yongzhi and the three of them, so she temporarily ordered them to act with her.

Luo Mu is a direct disciple and a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator; Mo Yongzhi and the three of them had concerns and did not dare to refuse, so they followed her orders and searched for Tuoba Kui with her.

Xia Daoming saw that Luo Mu was no longer finding fault, so he turned to Mo Yongzhi and asked: "Uncle Mo, why do there seem to be so many more people in this area suddenly? I encountered several groups of people on the way here. And what are you doing here? Are you not planning to go out now?"

"No way, such a big thing happened and you don't know?" Before Mo Yongzhi could answer, Wan Yan had already taken over the conversation, saying with a face of surprise.

"How could he know! With his cultivation, and being a newcomer, besides us, it is impossible for him to have any acquaintances in the Dragon Fish Sea. In this situation, he wouldn't dare to contact others, and would hide as soon as he saw them from afar, so how could he get this news?" Mo Yongzhi said.

"If you hadn't said it, I would have almost forgotten this point." Wan Yan said after the fact, then turned to Xia Daoming and asked: "Daoming, do you still remember Tuoba Kui of the Black Fiend Hall?"

"Tuoba Kui? I remember, what's wrong?" Xia Daoming's face revealed a look of bewilderment.

How could he not remember Tuoba Kui?

A few days ago, it was he who personally sent him on his way.

"He seized the True Dragon Blood Pearl a few days ago, and then escaped and disappeared using a Small Teleportation Talisman." Wan Yan said.

"Ah, really? He actually seized the True Dragon Blood Pearl!" Xia Daoming said with a face of "shock."

"That's right, the True Dragon Blood Pearl! That is the main ingredient for refining the top-tier Core Formation item, the Four Symbols Pill; as long as you have the True Dragon Blood Pearl in hand, even a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator with not-so-outstanding talent has a not-small chance of Core Formation if they take the Four Symbols Pill!

Such a treasure, which Foundation Establishment cultivator doesn't want it! If it weren't for the fact that Jin Dan ancestors cannot enter this Dragon Fish Sea, I'm afraid even Jin Dan ancestors would have to come out personally." Wan Yan said.

"So, in the situation where you can't find Tuoba Kui, you simply guard the outer perimeter of the passage exit, waiting for him to throw himself into the net?" Xia Daoming realized after the fact, and once again looked shocked.

This time, he was truly shocked by the truth.

After all this, these people were all waiting for Tuoba Kui!

"That's right!" Wan Yan nodded and said.

"But there is only one True Dragon Blood Pearl; once Tuoba Kui appears, wouldn't there be an extremely tragic battle for it?" Xia Daoming said.

"That's right!" Wan Yan looked at Luo Mu's back, a trace of unwillingness flashing in her eyes.

With Wan Yan's temperament, if it weren't for Luo Mu's identity and strength, she wouldn't want to wade into this muddy water.

Even if she really decided to wade into this muddy water, she only hoped for the three of them, herself, Mo Yongzhi, and Shao Shiyu, and didn't hope for Luo Mu to be there.

With Luo Mu's identity and strength, even if they were lucky enough to grab the True Dragon Blood Pearl, the three of them would at most drink the soup and wouldn't even be able to eat a bite of meat.

But precisely because of Luo Mu's identity and strength, Wan Yan could only suppress the unwillingness in her heart.

"To fight for an opportunity, what is easy about it!" Luo Mu said coldly.

"That's right, fighting for an opportunity is not easy!" Shao Shiyu sighed, her tone carrying a trace of vicissitudes and sadness.

She did not have the good fortune of Luo Mu, having gone through many hardships and dangers, only to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment late-stage realm, and Core Formation was still very far away.

Now there is an opportunity for Core Formation.

It is just that, where is this opportunity her turn?

"Tuoba Kui entered the Dragon Fish Sea before and after us; if he is to appear, he should appear in these two days. Otherwise, after the specified time, if he goes out again, according to the rules, the Blood Blade Sect can search and confiscate what he obtained in the Dragon Fish Sea.

Once Tuoba Kui appears, there will inevitably be a tragic battle here. This battle is not something you, Daoming, can participate in; you leave now. Two days later, if we haven't gone out, it basically means we have encountered an accident; you don't have to wait for us." Mo Yongzhi said, her expression grave.

"That's right, with Daoming's strength, it is not suitable to participate in this battle." Shao Shiyu said.

"That's not necessarily true; Daoming dared to break into the Dragon Fish Sea alone and returned safely, which shows he must have extraordinary abilities, and I remember Junior Sister Mo said that Daoming's strength is comparable to a Foundation Establishment initial-stage cultivator.

One more person is one more hope for seizing the treasure; a Foundation Establishment initial-stage cultivator's strength is not bad either. These past few days, we have been wandering and searching in this area, and among the people we encountered on the way, there was no lack of Foundation Establishment initial-stage cultivators.

Since Daoming has come, then stay and exert some effort; if we are lucky enough to seize the True Dragon Blood Pearl, there will naturally be no lack of benefits for you." Luo Mu said.

Mo Yongzhi and the three of them all changed their expressions upon seeing Luo Mu wanting to keep Xia Daoming.

If this battle really breaks out, it will inevitably be incomparably perilous.

I don't know how many people will be strangled into this battle.

They are Foundation Establishment mid-stage and late-stage cultivators, and they have some ability to save their lives.

But no matter how powerful Xia Daoming is, in their view, he can barely match a Foundation Establishment initial-stage cultivator; if this battle really breaks out, the first to die will inevitably be people like Xia Daoming.

Moreover, Xia Daoming is an outer sect disciple, and Luo Mu is a direct disciple and an elder, so she can forcibly force Xia Daoming, this outer sect disciple, to be cannon fodder.

A direct disciple and an outer sect disciple, their status is vastly different.

"Senior Sister Luo, let's forget about Daoming. Speaking of which, he is ultimately just a Qi Refinement cultivator; even with Martial Dao assistance, it is impossible for him to truly compare to a Foundation Establishment cultivator." Mo Yongzhi hesitated for a while, then bit the bullet and said.

"I said he stays, he stays! Could it be that I can't temporarily conscript a mere outer sect disciple?" Luo Mu's face sank, and she said coldly.

A powerful and domineering aura erupted from her body, stirring up wind all around, blowing Mo Yongzhi's clothes and hair to fly up.

Cold sweat broke out on Mo Yongzhi's forehead.

Shao Shiyu and Wan Yan saw this, their expressions ugly, wanting to speak but stopping.

A direct disciple, a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator, a Jin Dan seed, is equivalent to half an elder of the inner sect, with great power, not something they, these inner sect disciples, can compare to.

Moreover, Luo Mu's father is a Jin Dan Elder.

Xia Daoming saw Luo Mu using her powerful momentum to suppress Mo Yongzhi and the three of them, and felt very disgusted and annoyed at this woman in his heart, but on the surface, he said neither humble nor arrogant: "Since Uncle Luo wants this disciple to stay, this disciple will naturally obey."

"Good!" Luo Mu saw Xia Daoming neither humble nor arrogant, and his calm appearance, and for some reason, she felt some displeasure in her heart, nodded coldly, turned around, and continued to look around.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

Tuoba Kui did not appear.

Mo Yongzhi and the three of them had complex moods.

On one hand, they had some expectations for this opportunity; on the other hand, they knew clearly that even if they obtained this opportunity, they could only drink the soup, and the danger they were taking was great, which was not worth it.

Now that two days had passed and Tuoba Kui had not appeared, for them, they didn't know whether they should be happy or disappointed.

"Senior Sister Luo, we have already stayed in the Dragon Fish Sea for thirty days, we must go out today, otherwise not only will we be punished, but the items in our storage rings will also have to be searched." Shao Shiyu said.

"You have no harvest on this trip, and there are no precious items in your storage rings; if they want to search, let them search. As for punishment, it's just an extra one hundred spirit stones a day, which is nothing. You continue to stay for a few days, maybe the situation will change." Luo Mu said with a face of indifference.

Shao Shiyu and the three of them all changed their expressions.

Xia Daoming also changed his expression.

Even if Shao Shiyu and the three of them could accept questioning and searching, he definitely could not.

"Reporting to Uncle Luo, this disciple does not want to wait any longer and wants to go out today." Xia Daoming said firmly.

"Bold, I said stay, how can you oppose it!" Luo Mu's face sank and she said.

"Uncle Luo wants to stay, but it's just to fight for her own opportunity and interests, not for the sect's interests or tasks, and there is no sect conscription order.

Previously I stayed, that was because I respected you as an uncle and a direct disciple, but it doesn't mean that I must obey your orders.

In a sect, if any disciple can enslave another disciple, making them do whatever they want, this sect would have been in chaos long ago; what is the use of sect rules?" Xia Daoming said in a deep voice.

"Very good! I really didn't expect your courage to be so great; which hall of the outer sect are you a disciple of?" Luo Mu was so angry that her face turned livid, and the true essence mana in her body surged.

"He is a disciple of the Spirit Field Hall." Mo Yongzhi bit the bullet and took over the conversation.

"Good!" Luo Mu shouted coldly, and then looked at Xia Daoming with cold, knife-like eyes, sneering: "Since you think I am not qualified to dispatch you at will, then Mo Yongzhi is an elder of the Spirit Field Hall, so she should have the qualification to dispatch you, a disciple of the Spirit Field Hall!"

After saying that, Luo Mu looked at Mo Yongzhi coldly, carrying great pressure and threats.

Xia Daoming also looked at Mo Yongzhi, but his gaze was very calm.

Mo Yongzhi's face changed unpredictably.

Seeing that Mo Yongzhi did not immediately give Xia Daoming an order, Luo Mu's face became increasingly ugly.

Looking at Luo Mu's increasingly ugly face, Mo Yongzhi, who originally couldn't make up her mind, had a flash of indignation in the depths of her eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Sister Luo is right, as an elder of the Spirit Field Hall, I do have the qualification to dispatch disciples of the Spirit Field Hall. It is just that Senior Sister's matter has nothing to do with the Spirit Field Hall. If I were to use my authority as an elder to forcibly order Xia Daoming, it would be somewhat inappropriate. Moreover, I will not accept others searching my storage ring."

"Very good!" Luo Mu was furious to the extreme, but her expression turned calm instead, and her gaze shifted from Mo Yongzhi and Xia Daoming to Shao Shiyu and Wan Yan.

"Senior Sister Luo, I also will not accept others searching my storage ring!" Shao Shiyu said.

"Me too." Wan Yan followed closely.

"Very good, you can go now!" Luo Mu waved her hand.

A gust of wind blew up.

Shao Shiyu and the three of them changed their expressions slightly, feeling angry in their hearts, but still forcibly suppressed it, bowed slightly to Luo Mu, and said: "Senior Sister Luo, goodbye!"

After saying that, the three of them stepped onto another flying boat.

Xia Daoming, however, just looked at Luo Mu calmly, and then stepped onto the flying boat.

The flying boat flew toward the island where the passage exit was located.

"I'm sorry, three uncles, I've implicated you." Xia Daoming bowed deeply to the three of them.

"It can't be called implication; we have long had enough of Luo Mu these past few days, it's just that because of her identity and strength, we have endured it again and again!

As long as she doesn't become a Jin Dan Elder for a day, she can't really do anything to us, but you will have bigger trouble next. If she really wants to deal with you, with my identity, I can't protect you." Mo Yongzhi said.

"That's right, I don't pin my hopes on Core Formation anyway; having received the sect's grace, I do whatever the sect tells me to do. As for Luo Mu, if it weren't for the Jin Dan Elder behind her, I really wouldn't care. It's you, Senior Sister Mo is right, once we go back, if Luo Mu really wants to deal with you, with our identities, we definitely can't protect you." Wan Yan said.

"Luo Mu is arrogant and selfish by nature, and cannot tolerate others disobeying or disrespecting her even a little! Once we go back this time, she will definitely not give up. After we three go back, we must be careful in our actions, and don't let her find any handle.

And Daoming, I think once we go back this time, Junior Sister Mo should send him to a remote place to be a field patrol envoy. With his strength, he will definitely be able to hold the scene in such a place.

When he is not in the sect, Luo Mu will not find it easy to make trouble, and after a long time, I guess she won't really take an outer sect disciple to heart. It's just that for these years, Daoming's cultivation environment will be much worse." Shao Shiyu said.

The wrinkled old face was still cold, and no emotional fluctuations could be seen, but between the lines, one could still hear that she was quite concerned about this junior, Xia Daoming.

"Three uncles don't have to worry about me; once I go back and worship under Elder Zuo, I believe Luo Mu won't dare to do anything to me!" Xia Daoming said.

"What Elder Zuo, Elder Right, you think you can worship if you want to... Ah, you, what did you just say?" Wan Yan was speechless and blurted out, but soon she remembered something, and her eyes widened.

"You, you didn't find Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old, did you?" Mo Yongzhi was excited.

"Impossible, impossible, Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old, how much luck would it take to find it!" Shao Shiyu, who had always been expressionless, at this moment, the wrinkles on her old face were shaking non-stop.

"No way, luck came, and it couldn't be stopped, and I really found a stalk of Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old." Xia Daoming said with a look of pride and helplessness.

The three of them looked at Xia Daoming's look of pride and helplessness, and they were both excited and happy, and inexplicably had the urge to beat him up.

This kid actually found a stalk of Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old!

This luck is really enviable!

"Three uncles..." Seeing that the eyes of the three of them looking at him seemed a bit wrong, Xia Daoming hurriedly put away the look of pride and helplessness on his face.

"What uncles! You are going to become a registered disciple of Elder Zuo, even if you are only a Qi Refinement cultivator, you are of the same generation as us, you should change your address to Senior Sister." Wan Yan interrupted.

"This hasn't been worshipped under Elder Zuo yet, this disciple doesn't dare to overstep!" Xia Daoming said humbly.

"Even Luo Mu dares to confront, you won't dare to overstep!" Wan Yan said disapprovingly.

"Luo Mu doesn't even understand the basic principles of being a person, how can she compare to the three uncles who are reasonable and care for junior disciples!" Xia Daoming hurriedly said.

"Haha, I love to hear this." Wan Yan laughed heartily.

Mo Yongzhi smiled without saying a word, and Shao Shiyu, whose old face was cold, also had a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"How was the harvest of the three uncles on this trip? Did you catch any dragon fish fry? Did Uncle Wan find any thousand-year mysterious clam pearls?" Xia Daoming asked.

"Our luck can't compare to you kid at all, what thousand-year mysterious clam pearls, we couldn't even see a shadow! We did see a few dragon fish fry, but that guy is at least a third-rank mid-stage spirit beast.

The Dragon Fish Sea is their territory, and with the strength of the three of us, we couldn't hunt them at all. Even once, three dragon fish fry came, and they chased us three for a while.

Sigh, it's fine if there are no dragon fish fry, anyway, I don't pin my hopes on Core Formation, and my current strength and the background of the Qingyuan Sect are enough for me to be free and easy outside.

It's just that without thousand-year mysterious clam pearls, there are no Beauty-Preserving Pills, and without Beauty-Preserving Pills, I guess in a few years, I will really be old and yellow." Saying this, Wan Yan touched her face, which was still considered smooth, with some pity.

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