Chapter 344: Longevity: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 344: The Lightning Eel King

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

With a "splash," Chu Qiu broke through the water, carrying the corpses of two Wave-Chasing Shrimp Spirits back onto the deck of the Flower Bud Boat.

Only to discover that Xu Zhangqing's expression seemed a bit off.

Chu Qiu tossed down the Wave-Chasing Shrimp Spirit corpses, then asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Zhangqing briefly recounted the sequence of events: "It's like this..."

Chu Qiu listened, stunned: "How would Zhao Wuji find out?"

Xu Zhangqing pondered: "You forgot?

This guy has a dragon beast!"

Chu Qiu only then reacted: "Right, that's a juvenile Leikui dragon beast!"

Though not a True Dragon, it is also a unique species hybrid of Leikui and Earth Dragon.

Because of the Leikui's innate talent, it is naturally affinity with lightning.

Perhaps the Leikui dragon beast caught the scent of the Dragon Whisker Jin Carp and Golden Fin Dragon Carp, therefore Zhao Wuji snatched that spot.

As for why he offended a disciple of the Dongting Immortal Sect, probably only he knows in his heart.

Xu Zhangqing said in a deep voice: "Right now, he is rushing straight toward us."

Chu Qiu raised an eyebrow: "Surely he wouldn't go so far as to attack us?"

Xu Zhangqing sneered inwardly: "That would be perfect!"

Sure enough, not long after, a large ship came breaking through the waves.

The whole ship was about ten zhang long, entirely streamlined.

The hull's main body was dark brown Xuan Iron submerged wood, its wood grain inlaid with silver-gray lightning traces, gleaming with cold metallic light under the sunlight.

Most eye-catching were the lightning patterns covering the hull; these lines wound from the bow all the way to the stern, converging into thunder-script seals. When spiritual power circulated, they lit up with silver-purple radiance, as if countless little snakes were swimming around the vessel.

The bow was sharpened like a sword, its surface seeming to have electric light rolling across it.

When the mainsail rose, it was as if a Void Beast opened its mouth, frantically devouring the surrounding airflow.

The stern tapered like a beast's tail; at the tail tip hung a massive bell cast from Xuan Iron, its body engraved with reverse lightning patterns. While sailing it surprisingly emitted no clear ringing sound, but instead produced a deep, resonant hum along with the hull's vibration.

Even Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu discovered that the filthy water of the Zhuo Liu Dai could not approach this ship at all.

Before long, it docked ten meters away from the Flower Bud Boat, and then two people walked out from on top of it, both wearing Longhu Immortal Sect attire.

One was Zhao Wuji.

The other was another Longhu Immortal Sect disciple they did not recognize.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji on the deck spoke up, praising with slight enthusiasm: "Fairy Beiyun, the place you were fishing before is truly a feng shui treasure land.

Ordinary hard-to-see Dragon Whisker Jin Carp are actually everywhere!"

However, the opposite side had not the slightest movement, as if no one was there.

Inside the Flower Bud Boat, Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu exchanged a glance: "What do we say?"

Chu Qiu realized: "He thinks we are Fairy Beiyun, no wonder he pursued relentlessly."

Xu Zhangqing arched an eyebrow: "If we keep ignoring him, this guy will definitely push his luck."

Chu Qiu thought for a moment, then suddenly hooked the corner of his mouth: "Like this, you stay here pretending to be Fairy Beiyun, I'll go face him alone."

Xu Zhangqing hesitated slightly: "But..."

Chu Qiu spoke the plan in his heart: "Since Zhao Wuji admires Fairy Beiyun, we might as well go along with it, make this guy help hunt water demons and sea monsters!"

Xu Zhangqing felt extremely surprised: "Is this still the Chu Shixiong I know?"

Even more puzzled in his heart, how come the people around me are turning into Lao Liu one after another.

Afterward, Chu Qiu walked out alone.

Zhao Wuji heard the movement, his eyes instantly brightened, joy just emerging on his face, when suddenly his gaze turned dull: "Fairy Beiyun... how is it a man?"

Chu Qiu said expressionlessly: "I am Fairy Beiyun's companion, named Mo Sha!"

"Mo Sha?"

Zhao Wuji and the fellow disciple beside him exchanged a glance; they had never heard of this name at all.

Chu Qiu continued, seemingly warning: "You have disturbed Fairy Beiyun!"

Zhao Wuji's complexion changed slightly: "Sorry, we didn't mean to!"

Chu Qiu said with a half-smile: "Since that's the case, why not..."

However, the words were not yet finished.

This stretch of water became dead silent, and at the same time a stifling atmosphere abruptly descended.

Immediately after, a deep hum came from beneath the sea surface, like muffled thunder exploding.

The seawater suddenly surged and rolled violently, wave tips jumping with fine silver-purple electric light.

A hundred meters out, the seawater violently bulged into a ten-zhang-high water wall; the top of the water wall split open a crack, and then a massive snake-like skull extended out from inside.

Its snout was long and thin like a sword, on each side were three gill slits; what sprayed out from the opening and closing of the gill slits was not water, but fishy-smelling plasma.

The plasma fell on the water surface, actually making the seawater rise with strings of bubbles; when the bubbles burst, they exploded into even smaller electric currents.

It had no eyes; in their place was a piece of semi-transparent thunder crystal on its forehead. Thick purple lightning like magma flowed inside the crystal; when it turned, countless fine lightning bolts shot out from the crystal, weaving an electric net on the sea surface.

When it opened its mouth, two rows of serrated tusks could be seen, faint purple electric threads coiling between the tusks.

Even more astonishing was its tail fin, broad like a sail, the edge of the tail fin inlaid with a ring of silver-white keratinous layer.

As it swayed, the water currents it stirred up were electrolyzed into white mist, within which floated countless charged water droplets; from afar, the thing looked as if it were wrapped in a mass of thunder mist, and even the air was churned by it into crackling pops.

By visual estimate, it was at least twenty zhang long.

"Thunder Eel King!"

"As expected, it was drawn over by the thunder bell I hung from the ship's stern?"

"With its core part, I can enter seclusion and break through to an Earth-grade Golden Core!"

Seeing this colossal creature, everyone froze for a moment.

Especially Xu Changqing and Chu Qiu, who stared wide-eyed.

After all, sea monsters usually stay in the Raging Wave Domain, rarely showing themselves in the Turbid Current Belt.

But Zhao Wuji's words implied that it was he who had lured this Thunder Eel King.

Chu Qiu hadn't expected an unexpected joy; he had originally only wanted to invite Zhao Wuji to hunt water demons, but never imagined a sea monster would appear, and moreover a Thunder Eel King worth 50 points.

Before he could even open his mouth, Zhao Wuji asked first: "This Mo... Mo Sha Dao Friend, I invite you and Immortal Maiden Bei Yun to hunt the sea monster together, and we'll split the points evenly afterward.

As for the core part, I will keep it exclusively for myself, how about that?"

Chu Qiu was secretly delighted, but did not agree directly; instead, he feigned contemplation for a while before replying: "I can participate, as for Immortal Maiden Bei Yun..."

Zhao Wuji was quite puzzled: "What about her?"

Chu Qiu said helplessly: "Immortal Maiden Bei Yun is in cultivation, at a critical moment, and temporarily cannot come out to cooperate."

Zhao Wuji suddenly realized: "No wonder she didn't come out to see me; turns out she's in cultivation.

Since that's the case, the three of us will hunt it together just the same."

Chu Qiu nodded slightly: "Good."

Zhao Wuji immediately pressed: "What realm is Your Excellency at?"

Chu Qiu blurted out: "Foundation Establishment Perfection!"

Zhao Wuji's mouth corner curled up, looking quite confident: "Two Foundation Establishment Perfection, one Foundation Establishment Late Stage, plus this Jing Lei Hao of mine and the three-hundred-year Dao Xing Leikui Dragon Beast.

Even if Immortal Maiden Bei Yun doesn't act, we can still take down the Thunder Eel King all the same."

Inside the Flower Bud Boat, Xu Changqing heard this and coldly smiled.

When the three piloted the Jing Lei Hao to go hunt the Thunder Eel King, he swiftly departed.

He found a spot where he wouldn't be seen, immediately summoned the Yao Long Avoid Water Boat, even put on the face-changing Shadow Skin, and once again transformed into the Fire Spirit Root Zhu Rong.

Then with a "whoosh," person and boat instantly sank into the pitch-black filthy water!