Chapter 401: Longevity: My Farming-Style Immortal Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 401 Hunting the Flood Dragon: Part One

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The seawater beneath the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle suddenly sank vertically, forming a spinning funnel, and its massive body was actually forced to halt abruptly by this suction.

Immediately afterward, the center of the funnel suddenly bulged upward.

It was not a wave, but a long spine.

Blue-gray scales broke through the water's surface, revealing a body even more massive than the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle.

It looked like undulating mountain ridges, with any protrusion exceeding ten zhang in height.

Its trunk was as thick as a century-old tree, each scale the size of a millstone, with seabed gravel and shells hanging from the edges.

At the exact center of its forehead was embedded a dark gold Reverse Scale, covered in fine cracks.

Its eyes were blue-gray, with vertical black slit pupils, and its gaze was sinister and ferocious.

Its eye sockets were sunken, and its brow bones protruded.

Its nose was flat, its nostrils like two volcanic craters, exhaling white mist smelling of sulfur.

Many dragon whiskers grew on both sides of its mouth, though some were broken and some were black like charcoal.

When it opened its mouth, dense sharp teeth could be seen, with the two longest tusks protruding from the corners of its mouth.

Its lips were long gone, leaving only rough scale armor covering the gums, and the constantly writhing dark red muscles could even be clearly seen.

Xu Zhangqing guessed: "Could this be the flood dragon that escaped from the Zhenjiao Tower?"

The main evidence was that it was too old, with many parts degenerating.

Only being sealed for many years would cause such a result.

Normal demons would never look like this.

Without surprise, its current strength was less than half of its peak period.

At this moment, the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle panicked and suddenly rammed its shell toward the other party.

However, the flood dragon's speed was even faster.

Its massive body did not leap, but moved sideways like a mountain, its tail tip emitting a hair-raising sharp whistle, and it fiercely lashed the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle's flank.

Boom—!

The sound sounded like two mountain peaks colliding.

Centered on them, many zhang-high waves were stirred up.

Even more, ring after ring of ripples capable of capsizing boats were churned out.

The hard shell that the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle was proud of cracked inch by inch, fragments flying everywhere, some of which even sliced open or pierced hidden water demons.

In agony, its massive body rolled back and forth on the water surface, churning up layers of angry waves.

However, the flood dragon did not give it a chance to catch its breath, and coiled around it in the momentum.

Not ordinary circling, but using its thickest trunk to squeeze the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle.

Blue-gray dragon scales and black turtle shells rubbed against each other, emitting dense sparks.

Under this tremendous force, the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle's back shell emitted creaking groans, as if unable to bear this terrifying power.

In the blink of an eye, the sunken cracks spread like spiderwebs, finally shattering with a "Boom," revealing the tender flesh and internal organs beneath.

The flood dragon opened its giant mouth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and began tearing and biting at the Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle's flesh.

For a moment, the shell made a "Click" sound of shattering, and a "Gulp" sound of swallowing flesh.

The twenty-zhang-wide Ink Crystal Mysterious Turtle, in the flood dragon's mouth like a toy being gnawed, was left with only half a turtle shell and scattered shell fragments on the water surface in a short while.

After finishing eating, the flood dragon licked the bits of meat at the corner of its mouth, seeming somewhat unsatisfied.

The greed in its eyes grew stronger, and it began to inspect and perceive everything around it.

Then it seemed to discover something, and suddenly swam toward the left side.

Xuan Cang couldn't help but ask: "Go up?"

"Up?"

"Up where?"

"This is a thousand-year Great Demon!"

However, Xu Zhangqing and the others, without exception, all had no intention of rushing over to kill it.

Li Lingbi pondered: "To be safe, it's best to have someone go back to send word, and the rest stay behind to track this flood dragon."

Xu Zhangqing immediately raised his right hand: "Me me me!"

Li Lingbi thought for a moment: "I'm not at ease with you going back alone, you should go with Chu Qiu."

As for this, Chu Qiu didn't mind: "I'm fine either way."

Li Lingbi instructed: "Remember, report to Qin Shixiong first."

If the Dongting Immortal Sect were the first to slay this flood dragon that stirs winds and waves, to some extent, they would suppress the disciples of the other two Great Immortal Sects and the remaining Immortal Cultivation Sects.

Then they could occupy more initiative and influence in the subsequent exploration and hunting.

Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu exchanged a glance, then summoned Broken Moon Flowing Frost and immediately left.

And Li Lingbi brought Han Xin and Xuan Cang, the three of them following behind the flood dragon.

Along the way, Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu did not waste words.

This concerned the flood dragon; time absolutely could not be wasted.

However, the thoughts in the two people's minds were completely opposite.

Chu Qiu's idea was to find Qin Baili and the other Core Disciples as quickly as possible and kill that old Jiao Dragon, which was already old and whose strength was less than half of what it once was.

Doing so would not only increase Dongting Immortal Sect's prestige, power, and status, but crucially also earn them a share of the reward.

Xu Zhangqing's idea was very simple: after returning to notify Qin Baili, he would find a way to escape others' sight, then change into another identity and sneak into the water.

As long as he could make contact with the Jiao Dragon, he could strip away the other party's Dragon Vein.

By then, Youlong Nine Transformations would gain a second transformation: Jiao Dragon Transformation.

The two quickly returned to Xuanxin City, where the disciples of the immortal sects here, whether Core or Formal, were very numerous.

Although they had not reached the massive scale of the Thousand Sects Dharma Assembly, they had already surpassed Dongting's previous Formal Disciple Competition.

When Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu found Qin Baili, he was with Zhao Lie of Longhu Immortal Sect, and both had expressed interest in Juling Abyss.

"Old Zhao, we have priority over Juling Abyss."

"Why?"

"This Junior Brother of mine possesses the Jingling Abyss Hundred-Year Fishing Rights!"

When Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu appeared, Qin Baili's eyes brightened immediately.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lie stared wide-eyed, showing an unbelievable expression: "What?"

Qin Baili said rather smugly: "Junior Brother Xu, right?!"

Xu Zhangqing nodded: "Indeed so."

Zhao Lie asked curiously: "How did you come to possess it?"

Xu Zhangqing briefly described what had happened before: "I participated in the Thousand Sails Crossing the River……"

After listening, Zhao Lie waved his hand: "That was before the Dragon Vein was slain; now look what it's become—this fishing right is surely void."

Qin Baili raised an eyebrow: "Surname Zhao, what do you mean by this?"

Zhao Lie revealed a cold smile and mocked: "Your Dongting Immortal Sect's little schemes have already spread from Xuanxin City to Longhu Immortal Sect; do you really think everyone is a fool?"

Qin Baili's expression sank: "So there's nothing to discuss?"

Zhao Lie returned a cold smile: "Heh heh!"

The two instantly became unpleasant, and simply ignored each other.

Zhao Lie got up and left, not taking Xu Zhangqing's Juling Abyss Hundred-Year Fishing Right seriously at all.

After the other party walked far away, Qin Baili frowned and said: "Everyone says Zhao Lie is a battle-loving madman, but now it seems he has a brain."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing and Chu Qiu's mouth corners twitched, and they couldn't help but retort: "Senior Brother, he's a battle-loving madman, not a fool."

"Is that so!"

Qin Baili was stunned for a moment, then asked with a half-smile: "Do you need something from me?"

Xu Zhangqing blurted out: "It's a Jiao Dragon, we saw a Jiao Dragon!"