Chapter 174: Bloodline Inheritance, the Strange

Fang Xu thought for a moment and spoke: "If you like it, if you long for the life of the human world, you can agree."

"But if you wish to stay in the endless sea to cultivate, you may also refuse, and the Master will not blame you."

Jiang Feng nodded with a smile.

A great demon, in ordinary times for the Immortal Island, is just that, not a particularly noble existence.

If not for the current crisis befalling the Immortal Island, he would not have lowered himself to invite the Old Ape and the Long Dragon to become mountain lords of the Immortal Island.

After all, previously the mountain lords guarding the Star Palace of the Ascension Assembly, in terms of strength, were far superior to the Old Ape and the Long Dragon.

"Then, after I become a mountain lord, will I not be able to return to the sea?" Long Dragon suddenly spoke.

After confirming that he was merely exhausted in spirit and would be fine after a few days of rest, Fang Xu alone came to the deck and began to contemplate the inheritance in Long Dragon's bloodline.

Born in the sea, raised in the sea, Long Dragon's affection for the sea remains deep.

"At first, your subordinates thought you had cultivated some special technique, and that you would recover upon waking."

Upon waking again, Fang Xu discovered many people standing beside him.

Most of these people were cultivators above the seventh level of Martial Sovereign, and the leading few, wearing strange patterns on their bodies, were clearly Martial Lords like Old Ape and the others.

Old Ape eyed him suspiciously, wanting to ask something, but Jiang Feng had already spoken: "An unknown ship is approaching, prepare to meet the enemy."

"Young Master, your hand!"

The smile on the goat-bearded face gradually faded, and then he could not help but sneer:

"What I am is not important."

"Cough cough..."

Fang Xu listened, utterly bewildered.

Hum!

A strange yet sacred aura descended, causing even Jiang Feng and Old Ape, who had rushed over, to involuntarily frown.

He wanted to return to youth, but now there is not really no better way, is there.

This question, the surrounding people all could not understand, but Fang Xu roughly understood in his heart, perhaps all this is related to the bloodline inheritance of those Divine Dragon clans.

As the two discussed, everything before Fang Xu's eyes began to rapidly rewind.

"Fang Xu, are you alright?"

First, the sea area shrouded in thick fog has no food that can be hunted.

Old Ape spoke.

Thinking of this, he glanced toward not far away where Long Dragon was sitting cross-legged, cultivating.

He did not know that Fang Xu's current change was due to the power of time.

First, I truly disappeared or died.

The old man felt somewhat startled in his heart, and then personally appeared on the beach.

This proves that when Gu Qiu and others were captured, they almost had no power to resist.

When Fang Xu awoke again, this heaven and earth had already changed somewhat in appearance.

Black shadows gradually enveloped the entire cabin.

Mastering the Qi-Seeking Technique, such minor tricks as tracking arts are nothing difficult for him.

Killing Tianrui helplessly, could only come down from the cabin, and called Old Ape and Jiang Feng over.

In the illusionary space, he has taught those little feral beasts for countless years, and for how to guide them to find their own bloodline inheritance, Fang Xu has many ways.

Fang Xu's face showed no expression, calmly gazing at the sky above and said: "Dragging me here again, what then?"

The ethereal vapors before the Peak of Heaven-Reaching Mountain at this moment also gradually merged into the bodies of those strange beasts containing dragon bloodline.

Looking at him, Fang Xu's face revealed a faint smile: "Your illusionary skills are strong; if my guess is not wrong, your true form is a Mirage Beast, right?"

"Fang Xu elder brother, your condition is very strange..." At this moment, Long Dragon beside him spoke.

Flight requires consuming the power of heaven and earth; Fang Xu has been punished by this heaven and earth, unable to absorb heavenly and earthly energy, which Jiang Feng already knows, fearing that he might turn back and exhaust his internal strength, and if he encounters a battle, he would be unable to cope.

The man on the small boat had his back to the setting sun, shouting loudly toward the children on the beach.

Even Fang Xu, in the state of an onlooker, felt a malicious aura transmitted through endless space!

Hum!

In reality, behind Fang Xu suddenly lit up a bronze treasure vase, directly devouring clean the evil aura that was tracing time and coming toward him.

Soon he reached the great demon realm comparable to Long Dragon and Old Ape, and skillfully mastered the things in his own bloodline inheritance.

Fang Xu shook his head: "I also do not know who I am."

Fang Xu now suffers the punishment of heaven and earth's will, unable to cultivate, and can only accompany Long Dragon daily on the deck to play.

Not far away, Long Dragon was stunned for a moment and spoke: "It seems there are some things, but I still have not fully comprehended them."

Fang Xu sank his consciousness into the sea of awareness, and could clearly feel the existence of the Three Thousand Ghost Face Army.

"This dark phantom is very strange; at the last moment, it actually followed the aura of the Qi-Seeking Technique to attack me."

Roar!

A dragon's cry came from that towering mountain peak piercing the clouds, at which moment countless armored feral beasts ceased their frolicking, their eyes filled with the utmost sincere worship, gazing at that towering mountain peak piercing the clouds.

Although I could not see the figure, but by lip movement, Fang Xu discovered she was actually shouting my name!

Fang Xu's heart rose with a sudden enlightenment.

"Although you have now awakened, but the soldiers say they still cannot sense your presence."

"Ming Hun Dao?" The goat-bearded one chuckled: "Those guys who hide their heads and show their tails, we disdain to associate with them."

"Little brat?" Fang Xu's mouth corner revealed a hint of a strange smile, and then he suddenly waved his hand!

In the next moment, the surrounding scene changed!

The sun rose and set, clouds rolled and unfurled, everything around changing rapidly!

Fang Xu said nothing, walking straight ahead.

One after another, strange beasts containing dragon bloodline were born.

Seeing this, Jiang Feng had a jade-green sword bamboo slowly appear behind him, his gaze icy as he coldly stared at the goat-bearded man and said: "Is this what you meant by taking good care of them with food and drink?"

The old ape also helplessly spread his hands: "I don't know what's wrong with this brat either, he's become quite deserving of a beating!"

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment, then extended his palm forward.

Zhulong?

Seeing this scene, Fang Xu suddenly recalled the Zhulong from ancient mythological legends.

Sha Tianrui's eyes were full of confusion, but he also didn't continue to ask further.

When one hasn't even comprehended such divine ability inheritance themselves, there's no way to pass it on to others.

At this moment, the function of the Ascension Order came into play.

Lightning!

"This is Gu Qiu's senior sister's thing."

The treasure ship drew near, stopping not far away in the deep sea, to avoid running aground near the coast.

In an instant, a vast amount of obscure and difficult-to-understand information surged into Fang Xu's sea of consciousness.

According to Jiang Feng, they were already near the Immortal Island at this moment, with danger possible at any time.

"Follow him."

Those who cultivated the Ten Phases Great Exorcism and Fang Xu had a certain connection, but at this very moment they could no longer feel that thread of connection to Fang Xu.

Behind them, those martial artists immediately drew their weapons.

"Who exactly are you!?"

Gu Qiu on the shore saw this scene, her face showing undisguised tenderness and relief.

At this very moment, except for Fang Xu's right palm, his body was recovering to its original state at a visible speed.

The long dragon added: "Fang Xu elder brother, in these twenty days, your body went from youthful to withered, to death, and then reborn..."

Fang Xu nodded: "They were ambushed by an evil dark shadow."

Immediately after, that black shadow seeped from the deck into the cabin, merging with the surrounding darkness.

These golden lights gradually manifested into one ancient talisman after another, drilling into the bodies of those armored ferocious beasts.

"But why did the body age so much in just twenty short days?"

In reality, the surrounding mists suddenly dissipated rapidly, and then, under everyone's bewildered gaze, that huge seashell resembling a boulder suddenly shattered!

Eventually, as the dragon-offended strange beasts grew more numerous and other powerful strange beasts appeared, many dragon clans began to fall.

When the power of consciousness contacted the still-existing temporal force on the body's surface, Fang Xu researched for a long time before discovering that this trace of temporal force was extremely weak, and compared to the similar Zhulong-like divine dragon he saw in the illusion space, it was worlds apart.

Gu Qiu symbolically struggled a little, then leaned her head into his embrace, letting him hold her like that.

After a long time passed, Fang Xu sensed his consciousness frequently transmitting fatigue.

"Absolutely impossible!"

The Immortal Island is now besieged, with very few ships able to come out.

I feel like I've really aged a lot at this moment!

The Heaven-Reaching Sword Bamboo behind him transformed into a jade-green long sword which he grasped in his hand.

Fang Xu even felt that, with his current state of mind, seeing that past pursuit, the great battle of Ziyang Mountain, he seemed too lazy to bother.

Gu Qiu immediately noticed Fang Xu standing with his hands behind his back, a flash of confusion in her eyes, followed by deep shyness.

He didn't know what Fang Xu was researching.

On the barren land, a towering, cloud-piercing straight mountain peak stood upright!

Jiang Feng spoke, Sha Tianrui nodded and immediately summoned the Ghost-Faced Army to use ropes to capture the opposing treasure ship, then pull it together.

"After eating you, this old man can still live a few more years."

From Fang Xu's perspective, he could clearly see the moonlight outside the window suddenly vanish, and the sea surface seemed to have a strange black shadow sweep past.

Some sat enthroned above the nine heavens, gazing down upon billions of beings, becoming the supreme ruler of all things.

The water curtain above everyone's heads shattered in an instant.

Then, under the tearing force of the vortex above his head, he was sucked into the vortex.

While speaking, he directly waved his hand.

Amid the myriad divine dragons, Fang Xu noticed one particularly strange divine dragon.

It's just that this trace of temporal force is too profound for him to comprehend, making it very difficult to understand.

Plop!

The long dragon, seemingly exhausted of its soul power, collapsed directly onto the deck.

Seeing Fang Xu's teasing gaze, the old man suddenly knelt and bowed his head, his body trembling as he said: "This old man has eyes but fails to recognize Mount Tai, I beg for mercy, sir!"

As soon as Fang Xu finished speaking, Jiang Feng flashed his figure and followed up.

Fang Xu carefully sensed, suddenly discovering this spatiotemporal force seemed to be wrapped around his own body surface!

As swords were drawn and bows bent, Fang Xu instead walked out slowly.

Even in his perception, Fang Xu's right hand had already completely lost vitality at this moment, as if dead.

Moreover, behind this matter of the Ascension Assembly, there are other major figures pulling the strings.

Jiang Feng, the old ape, and Fang Xu and others stood silently at the bow, watching that treasure ship gradually approach.

"There's no one on the ship." At this, Fang Xu slowly spoke.

Jiang Feng shook his head: "The islands around the Immortal Island, big and small, are like stars in the sky, numerous in number."

Fang Xu didn't know whether this divine dragon that controlled the yin-yang laws was Zhu Jiuyin, so he could only quietly observe their changes.

"Kill the general, have someone turn around and follow us."

Jiang Feng said with a complex expression: "After you entered seclusion, every so often, this seat feels a strange Dao rhythm."

"Please, Master Clam!"

Facing the gaze of the long dragon, Fang Xu smiled and shook his head, saying: "That is your clan's inherited ability; I learned it, but it's not good."

Fang Xu and his group arrived at the simple dwelling and immediately saw Gu Qiu and the seven core disciples.

Sensing that his breath was somewhat disordered, Fang Xu wanted to stop him, but the voice of the long dragon sounded in his sea of consciousness.

The next moment!

Above the heads of Gu Qiu and the seven people, a water curtain appeared!

Within the water curtain, the seven seemed immersed in some kind of illusion.

Jiang Feng shook his head: "Can't see clearly, but probably not."

Fang Xu said nothing, still quietly watching the sea surface.

Chasing after that wisp of white smoke, the two flew hundreds of miles.

The power of time is invisible and intangible to Sha Tianrui.

"Yuan Bo, you stay behind to guard the treasure ship."

Fang Xu waved his hand, dispersing the white smoke before him.

As his words fell, the black seashell suddenly trembled a few times, then large amounts of misty vapor overflowed from within the shell.

The old man waved his hand, his cloudy eyes looking toward Fang Xu and his group, then revealed an ugly smile and said:

"Not bad, a great demon-level Earth Fiend Magic Ape, and a sea snake containing dragon blood..."

The massive treasure ship sailed swiftly on the sea, soon leaving the waters near Yu State.

In one of the rooms, Fang Xu still saw Gu Qiu's clothes.

It is Zhu Jiuyin, it is Zhu Long.

"Elder Jiang, this seat can guarantee you that these people have no problems at all."

Originally, these temporal powers were merely circulating on my body's surface, changing my appearance, but not affecting my lifespan.

I actually went through so much?

On the distant, sparkling sea surface, a small boat laden with fish slowly approached.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu became somewhat curious.

In Sha Tianrui's eyes, at this moment Fang Xu suddenly miraculously returned to his original aged state, but that palm was rapidly aging.

After muttering to himself, he directly waved his hand at the old man.

"Kill the general, have someone pull this treasure ship over."

Sha Tianrui briefly explained that the Ghost-Faced Army couldn't sense him.

Under the guidance of his consciousness, these little ones' strength began to surge forward by leaps and bounds.

"We can only roughly determine that this island lies to the south of the Immortal Island."

Everyone still seemed somewhat unaccustomed to Fang Xu's current appearance; some soldiers of the Ghost-Faced Army occasionally glanced in his direction.

These ferocious beasts uniformly transformed into dragon forms, with their scales undergoing subtle changes.

The bodies of these deceased divine dragon clansmen gradually became illusory, leaving only traces of elusive qi visible only to Fang Xu, swirling before that towering mountain peak.

Looking at Fang Xu, he earnestly said: "In my heart, you are my clansman, my elder brother."

In the old ape's eyes, Fang Xu seemed like one who had lived countless years, seen through all worldly matters, and grown indifferent to human warmth and coldness—an old monster.

"Report!"

His state of mind was like an abyss, like a deep pool; trivial matters could hardly stir ripples in his heart anymore.

The divine dragon's eyes were one black and one white, seemingly representing the yin-yang laws; as the pair of eyes opened and closed, this heaven and earth alternated between light and dark.

"I've come this far; I must do something for myself."

Fang Xu took out his Ascension Order and suddenly discovered a strange blood line writhing on it, pointing toward the direction the treasure ship was sailing.

Hearing this, Jiang Feng's face turned solemn: "Is there a way to find their location?"

"But this seat has one thing I don't understand: with their strength, even if a Martial Emperor realm expert acted, it would be impossible to let these core disciples have no chance to resist, and they'd be captured directly."

"You..."

The goat-bearded man finished speaking and immediately gestured with his hand, indicating that Jiang Feng and the others could leave.

Here, he again found some daily items of the core disciples.

The goat-bearded man said, waving his hand to let the people behind him make way.

Jiang Feng remained unmoved, his gaze toward Gu Qiu and the seven as he said lightly: "Release them, and we can still talk; otherwise..."

The old ape nodded: "This kid has seemed off since waking from his previous seclusion."

The days of sailing at sea are very boring.

At this moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the treasure ship!

To him, the waters near Yu State are his home; following Fang Xu to the Immortal Island this time is just a distant trip, and he doesn't know when he'll be able to return.

Jiang Feng previously said that, whether ferocious beasts with ancient bloodlines or humans, when breaking through to a certain realm, they awaken some divine ability, technique, or secret art from their bloodline.

"Impossible..."

Moreover, some seemed to have gained some spatial control power; their massive forms flickered in and out in the sky, shuttling through space.

"Your strength is not stronger than ours."

After all, that unknown enemy has already surrounded the Immortal Island; the closer one gets, the less safe it becomes.

Looking at them, Fang Xu yet detected a hint of abnormality.

With a raise of his hand, this thread of temporal power was directly gathered into one end of the balance.

"Please forgive me, Old Master Mirage."

By the light of the torches, everyone saw that the treasure ship seemed to bear few traces of battle.

Pop!

The goat-bearded one waved his hand again.

Bored and listless, they continued watching, and Fang Xu seemed to become one of the armored ferocious beasts, living together with those variously colored dragon kin.

"Elder Jiang, we have awaited you for a long time."

Anyway, aside from the temporarily unsolvable trouble of his aged appearance, his body had no other problems, his lifespan had not diminished, and there was fundamentally no need to worry about it.

Behind him, Jiang Feng and the old ape saw the situation, did not know how to persuade, and so simply stopped speaking, standing silently to the side.

Bedding, daily necessities, and clothing were all neatly arranged.

"I..."

On Fang Xu's side, seeing the old man's eyes shrouded in mist, Fang Xu's body instantly arrived at a sparkling beach.

Hearing this, the long dragon happily nodded: "Then I agree!"

Fang Xu then looked toward Jiang Feng.

Fang Xu somewhat did not understand.

How were people captured?

Fang Xu fell into deep thought.

The current Fang Xu felt very unfamiliar.

The clouds atop the mountain rolled, and a huge chaotic-colored figure roamed within them!

Whoosh!

A flash of light in his hand, Fang Xu immediately drew a treasure dagger.

Summoning the long dragon to his side, Fang Xu placed his hand on its forehead and began to teach it, as he had done in the illusionary space.

But after waking at that time, he felt no inner aging.

"Long Dragon, after transforming into a dragon, have you received any inheritance?" Fang Xu suddenly asked.

Yet the light canopy above her head was remarkably harmonious.

Fang Xu nodded, then turned to see the treasure ship rapidly approaching from afar behind him.

How should I return to my former self?

Can I really spend the rest of my life in this aged body?

"Fang Xu, how do you feel now?" the old ape asked.

If one could remove the temporal power's distortion, with one's own abundant qi and blood, in the blink of an eye one could restore one's aged appearance to youthful form.

"I even feel that his entire being has changed, very unfamiliar..."

Thus, even one's mindset has undergone some change.

Fang Xu hurriedly embraced him and placed him back into the cabin.

"You lot of brats, truly treating this old man as a laborer... uh cough cough cough..."

"Master of the Helm, where is this island?" Fang Xu asked.

"Trouble Elder Jiang to deliver a message to that person of the Ascension Assembly: the venerable one does not wish to create unjust killing, let him hand over the items, and the venerable one will find a dwelling place for your Ascension Assembly in the Tianxuan Realm, also sparing you from living daily in anxiety and fear."

He did not notice this point.

Fang Xu, with hands behind his back, suddenly discovered on the deck an artifact similar to a rattle drum.

Until the east revealed fish-belly white, a blurry sea island appeared ahead of the two.

After the old ape entered the cabin, seeing Fang Xu restored to his original appearance, he was greatly astonished.

The old ape, looking thoughtfully at him, said: "Old man also cannot say."

As for his palm, all temporal power had gathered there, and the aging speed of his palm was now increasing.

Upon hearing this, the goat-bearded one flashed a hint of surprise in his eyes, then sneered:

"Did you discover it?"

And these legal powers were obviously the bloodline inheritance contained within those little ones bearing dragon blood.

The old ape nodded: "Then it's fine, the body has no problems, appearance doesn't matter."

Moonlight bright, the treasure ship sailed across the sea, as if crushing a whole jade plate, the sea surface glittering with fine light.

Thereafter he seized Gu Qiu's clothing and began silently circulating the Prayer to Heaven Technique.

While speaking, Fang Xu's fingers slowly pointed toward the black seashell behind Gu Qiu and the others, resembling a huge stone.

In the ancient era without months or years, time unknown how long it had passed, the divine dragons living at the mountain's base grew ever stronger.

The subsequent scenes remained just as boring, so boring that Fang Xu felt as if he were strolling through a zoo.

"It seems that those initial core disciples should have been preparing to take this treasure ship to Yu State."

After all, it is legal power, and with his current strength it is very difficult to touch the Dao.

This is fire... thunder...

"Ape Uncle..."

On the treasure ship's deck, Fang Xu quietly breathed the sea breeze, the long dragon stood thus beside him, reaching out to touch the ever-changing thick mist in the air, his eyes holding a faint reluctance.

Hearing this, Sha Tianrui hurriedly looked toward Fang Xu: "Young master."

One by one, ferocious beasts flew from the earth into the sky, beginning to display their divine abilities.

"Fang Xu, wait a moment more, it will be ready soon!"

Time, unknown how long it had passed again.

These mists quickly enveloped the entire small island.

The goat-bearded man also wore an expression of utter disbelief, staring in shock at Fang Xu.

"Fang Xu, you cannot absorb the power of heaven and earth; be careful."

The entire treasure ship bore almost no signs of combat.

Fang Xu quickly had someone fetch a bronze mirror.

Listening to the exchange between the two parties, Fang Xu frowned slightly.

Communication at the level of consciousness fundamentally does not require language.

"Senior Brother Fang Xu."

Fang Xu gave a wry smile.

"Not bad, that is indeed my reliance."

"They know we have come."

This may well be the fundamental reason for the emergence of the bloodline inheritance.

This seemingly profound and mysterious thing should be space, right?

At this moment, sitting cross-legged on the deck, Fang Xu used his soul to simply classify the items transmitted by the Azure Dragon, and had long since entered a state of cultivation.

Sha Tianrui arrived shortly afterward with several Ghost-Faced Soldiers, holding torches.

Upon seeing Jiang Feng, several people hurried to his side.

"I can sense them..." Fang Xu murmured, his face suddenly showing a hint of strangeness.

The entire treasure dagger began to rot at a visible speed, ultimately turning into rusted iron filings after just a few breaths!

Fang Xu's arrival was quite miraculous.

After absorbing all the flesh and blood, the bead swiftly flew to Fang Xu's face and then directly merged into his body.

A group of five—three genuine Martial Warriors of the Elemental Martial Realm, plus Fang Xu and Sha Tianrui—directly appeared on the island.

After a long while——

One can only try to see if one can control this thread of temporal power.

On the beach, Fang Xu stood with hands behind his back, silently watching the old man continuously kowtow, his face devoid of any pity.

But why, in the world of consciousness, do I feel nothing?

"Well, well..."

"Huh?"

Beside the giant seashell, the seven core disciples of the Ascension Assembly, controlled by the illusion, also slowly awoke at this moment.

Fang Xu said nothing, slowly walking into the cabin.

In Fang Xu's mind, flashes of everything he had seen in the previous illusionary space occasionally appeared.

His hands were covered in wrinkles, withered like dead wood!

This!

What has happened to me!?

"Fang Xu, what happened to you earlier?"

After looking for a long time, Fang Xu gradually felt doubt arise in his heart.

Jiang Feng spoke directly.

Just as Jiang Feng was about to say something, Fang Xu directly said: "I have already sensed the aura of that thing; it lies ahead on the island."

"What exactly are you people?"

Could all of this be related to those laws?

The old ape's face was solemn as he shook his head; he also did not know what had happened to Fang Xu.

Speaking, he suddenly waved his hand.

"Let's go."

The Azure Dragon looked somewhat startled at Fang Xu's back, then glanced at the old ape beside him.

With spiritual power radiating outward, Jiang Feng also sensed that there was indeed no sign of life on the opposing treasure ship.

Where did this thread of temporal power on my body surface come from?

After deep thought for a long time, Fang Xu still could not figure out these problems.

According to the Ten Phases Great Nadra transmission taught to the Ghost-Faced Army for their cultivation method, everyone in the Ghost-Faced Army harbors a thread of my spiritual power within their bodies.

The old man said nothing, merely staring at Fang Xu with a solemn expression:

"Though you are clearly only in your twenties, why is your soul filled with the vicissitudes of ages, little one? What have you endured?"

Secondly, their internal spiritual power belonging to me has disappeared.

"Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng, do you really think this seat dares not act against you?"

"Fang... Xu..."

There is a god, with a human face and serpent body, crimson, eyes level and straight; its closing is darkness, its gaze is light; it eats not, sleeps not, rests not; wind and rain are its homage.

But the problem is...

"Elder Jiang, this seat has said, they are now living happily."

Under Fang Xu's gaze, these armored ferocious beasts began evolving toward the dragon's direction.

Jiang Feng approached, took the Bolang Drum artifact from his hand, examined it briefly, and said: "Indeed, it is Gu Qiu's Luan Yin Drum."

Seeing several people, this group of martial artists, with the middle-aged martial artist wearing a goat beard, who was surrounded by the crowd, smiled faintly and said.

After transforming into a human, the long dragon naturally followed the treasure ship as it headed toward the immortal island.

"Since Elder Jiang is so worried about them, why not come with us to the island to take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu hesitated for a moment, and could only let the long dragon do as it pleased.

"Rest assured, Sect Master, I have it under control."

Although his state of mind had changed, making Fang Xu feel that he was even much older than the old ape, he still shouted "Yuan Bo."

Still, a youthful appearance is nice!

"Fang Xu, let this seat examine your body." Gazing at the aged Fang Xu, Jiang Feng slowly extended his hand and said.

Wherever the black shadow passed, even the lanterns inside the treasure ship grew much dimmer.

The goat-bearded one finished speaking and directly clapped his hands.

"Can you now feel my presence?"

Having reached their level of cultivation, short-distance flight is no longer considered difficult.

That person wore tattered hemp clothes, held a dark wooden staff in hand, his body hunched almost to the ground, with a few sparse hairs on his head appearing particularly lonely.

The scene before him kept rewinding.

"Yuan Bo, I feel fine, not much different from before."

Fang Xu spoke calmly.

The female disciple giggled incessantly, directly came to sit beside Gu Qiu, and then the two whispered to each other.

When the long dragon arrived, he had still wanted to show off to Fang Xu what he had mastered.

Many things have already been let go of.

"How is it?"

This agedness is not physical, but spiritual.

"Yuan Brother, Fang Xu seems to have undergone something..."

Opposite them, a group of figures in black-and-white attire stood silently, watching them.

The old ape glanced at Fang Xu with displeasure, disliking his commanding tone.

The goat-bearded one respectfully clasped his hands and flattered: "This is not what the master instructed—we are to avoid acting, lest we expose our identity and disrupt the master's plan, and we would also have trouble explaining ourselves..."

He did not know what the long dragon's bloodline inheritance contained, only feeling that the scene before him was likewise incomprehensible.

On the tranquil small island, Gu Qiu was weaving a fishing net nearby, while on the distant beach, over a dozen children played on the sea surface.

In his past life, the Classic of Mountains and Seas recorded the candle dragon and the nine yins, which somewhat resembled this divine dragon before him.

Upon hearing this, the long dragon replied indifferently: "I don't even know where my own kin are."

Jiang Feng whispered.

That is to say, at this stage, Fang Xu's connection with this world is growing weaker and weaker.

"Fang Xu, you don't first think of a way to resolve this..." The old ape looked at Fang Xu's aged face, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

No way!

In the past, when I entered epiphany and some strange state, I never encountered such a problem.

He had seen this thing on Gu Qiu before.

Seven stone gates were opened within his body, with a continuous supply of primordial energy, so he fundamentally did not need to rely on external heavenly and earthly energy to sustain his energy consumption.

Gu Qiu's slightly baby-faced cheeks couldn't help but redden, she glared resentfully at the female disciple, not knowing what she had said.

Jiang Feng and the others hurriedly drew closer, using their Blood Qi Power to repel the drifting mist, daring not to let it approach them.

Yet all this, whether it was Gu Qiu and that female disciple, or other core disciples cultivating in other rooms, none noticed.

"Wait!"

Fang Xu rose and approached a ghost-faced soldier, asking.

From her eyes, Fang Xu saw a hint of expectation, and also a hint of hard-to-conceal excitement.

Saying this, he also flickered his form and flew toward the sea island.

"During these twenty days, your aura and Dao rhythm have been constantly changing."

After suffering the punishment of heavenly and earthly will, he had not seriously cultivated for a long time.

It seems, due to the influence of temporal power, his application of the Heaven-Praying Technique's retrospective ability has become more proficient.

"Hey! This brat!"

But from what he observed, if Fang Xu's palm were to strike a person...

Jiang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, and behind him, the Heaven-Reaching Sword Bamboo emitted endless sword qi.

When his gaze fell upon Fang Xu, the old man let out a sound of surprise, and his cloudy eyes gradually became veiled by a layer of mist.

The distance between the two ships grew closer.

"If you interrupt me now, all previous efforts will be wasted!"

Being able to sense their presence is also due to my soul power being strong enough, combined with this temporal power...

His heart trembled, and Fang Xu saw Gu Qiu self-mockingly shake her head, her small mouth pouting as she muttered something.

Upon hearing the shout, the children dropped their toys and ran barefoot toward the small boat.

With this discovery, Fang Xu suddenly understood!

No wonder my appearance has aged greatly, yet my lifespan hasn't significantly decreased, and even my soul power hasn't felt the passage of time.

Fang Xu nodded: "Go on."

The approaching figure was none other than the long dragon.

"This seat has roughly calculated that there have been at least over a thousand changes."

Fang Xu slightly nodded, came to the ship's rail, and silently gazed at the sea surface.

Fang Xu finally saw Gu Qiu's figure inside the cabin.

This sea island is not large; before, no one lived on it, but after these strange martial artists arrived, they built several simple dwellings on the island.

This means that the ancestors of the Long Dragon definitely controlled lightning and were of the dragon race.

"This time, you must obey."

Sha Tianrui, standing nearby, felt his scalp go numb.

This distance is not spatial distance, but temporal distance!

The soldier nodded happily: "Reporting to the young master, I can feel it."

After saying that, he suddenly accelerated and shot straight toward the island!

Fang Xu, however, paid no attention, his eyes fixed firmly on the old figure emerging from the mist.

"This..."

Soon, vast amounts of inheritance information entered Fang Xu's mind.

On the deck, the old ape, Jiang Feng, and Fang Xu all leapt onto the opposing treasure ship.

Several people no longer dwelled on Fang Xu's oddities and began preparing to meet the enemy.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu could almost certainly conclude these people came from the Tianxuan Realm.

"Jiang brother, is this your immortal island's vessel?"

As more information was transmitted, Long Dragon's body involuntarily trembled, and his handsome face grew somewhat pale.

Long Dragon's successful transformation into a dragon definitely means his bloodline contains ancient dragon blood.

The great beast war of the ancient era ended; the divine dragon clan was besieged, their vital energy greatly wounded, and some hidden dragon clans, to recover quickly, began intermarrying with other strange beasts.

Fang Xu suddenly spoke.

"Wait a moment!"

Sha Tianrui hesitated for a long time, yet still came to Fang Xu's side and said: "Young master, I have a matter to report."

Looking around, he discovered this beach was exactly the place that had appeared in Gu Qiu's head above the water curtain earlier.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed Fang Xu had changed.

"Afterward, they summoned Brother Yuan."

At this moment, a ghost-faced soldier on duty suddenly approached Fang Xu and Sha Tianrui.

Old Yuan snorted angrily, but still followed Sha Tianrui back to the treasure ship, then turned around and chased after Fang Xu and Jiang Feng.

Fang Xu spoke, and everyone around looked at him in surprise.

After a while of research, Fang Xu also knew that wanting to completely master this thread of temporal power was a luxury.

At this time, they all sat cross-legged together, like stone carvings, almost feeling no aura.

This sea area, filled with thick fog, seems to be a taboo for Long Dragon; from his mouth, Fang Xu knows that few sea beasts dare to come here.

Jiang Feng, Old Yuan, Long Dragon... and Sha Tianrui, the Yan Yang Princess, and many ghost-faced soldiers.

Under the night sky, Fang Xu and Jiang Feng closely followed that wisp of white smoke.

The moment the treasure dagger was placed in the palm of the right hand.

This time, sensing the contents of Long Dragon's bloodline gave him a feeling of reality!

So real that his inner self felt he had lived countless years.

These temporal powers were very obedient; under the guidance of consciousness, they gradually gathered in Fang Xu's palm.

Old!

Sha Tianrui smiled bitterly: "Young master, something seems to have happened to you; Old Yuan, please don't mind."

This sudden change left the opposing goat-bearded man stunned!

"Senior brother, Mi Lao Ye... he..."

Fang Xu frowned, shook his head, and said: "I also don't know how to say it."

The sky gradually darkened, night fell.

The phantom of the bronze celestial scale vanished, and his palm visibly returned to its original form.

Facing the goat-bearded man's gaze, he directly said:

Some of this is controlling lightning, with electric light flashing all over the body.

Light and shadow changes vanished; Fang Xu looked at the old man before him, already frightened into stupor, and said: "Do you still think I am a little brat?"

After consciousness captured this thread of temporal power, Fang Xu tried to guide it slowly with mental power toward a direction.

"Did you discover anything?" Old Yuan asked.

In an instant, a thousand years passed; everything around disappeared.

"How are you?"

At this moment, another female disciple arrived at Gu Qiu's door, smiling and saying something.

At this time, Gu Qiu sat alone in the cabin room, gazing through the lattice window toward the distant sea.

More and more dragon clan warriors died; some dragon clans began praying to the chaos divine dragon, unseen for years at the mountain peak, to come and help them.

"The young master has awakened!"

Fang Xu knew this was because the helmsman martial artist also possessed an Ascension Order.

Could they be from the Central Continent's Tianxuan Realm?

"Where are the few core disciples of my Ascension Association?"

This seemingly self-directed speech actually appeared directly in the old man's sea of consciousness.

Gripping his wrist, Jiang Feng carefully examined his body, frowned tightly, and said: "Qi and blood are abundant; everything is fine."

Fang Xu opened his eyes, his face full of solemnity!

Knowing that one of them had informed Killing Tianrui at this moment, Killing Tianrui summoned others to inquire, and only then learned that no one in the Ghost Face Army could sense Fang Xu's presence.

It seemed as if he and the soldiers of the Ghost Face Army were separated by countless spans of time and space.

"What matters is that you, upon ascending to immortality, will have something the senior desires!"

The milky-white flesh inside the seashell rapidly collapsed, then directly merged into one of the beads emitting a dreamlike glow.

Secondly, even great demons, in this sea area, can find the correct direction; moreover, the thick fog here never disperses year-round, and many sea beasts that mistakenly enter it will be trapped and die in the sea.

The goatee smiled slightly: "Doing well?"

Without looking at Fang Xu, he guessed that her words were likely his own overthinking, a hallucination or something similar.

Fang Xu's gaze fell upon Gu Qiu.

Seeing Fang Xu awaken, everyone's faces showed expressions of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

As his gaze swept over each ferocious beast, he could accurately see the legal power contained within their bodies.

A wisp of white mist flew out from the Luan Yin Drum, then drifted toward the distance.

"However, Yuan Bo, I'm fine; you can rest assured."

Under the concerned gazes of the crowd, Fang Xu slowly rose to his feet and looked toward the old ape: "Yuan Bo, how long have I been in seclusion?"

"You are not a person of the Ming Hun Dao."

Gu Qiu suddenly turned around, and between the opening and closing of his mouth, he uttered two words.

Jiang Feng looked toward the direction of the island and said: "Let's go there."

Previously, in order to comprehend the Qi Tian Technique, he had once entered a strange state of enlightenment, accompanying that ancient water-controlling ancestor through his entire life, obtaining the Xuan Shui Soul, and during that time, he had also spent countless ages in the Black Water Space.

Fang Xu said nothing, directly picked up Gu Qiu's Luan Yin Drum, and began to practice the tracking technique.

Seeing this, the goatee couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Upon seeing this, the entire person was stunned!

Moreover, even if the distance were somewhat greater, they could still utilize seawater to gain leverage.

Consciousness sensed a faint fatigue; he finally could no longer bear it, and his conscious body slowly fell asleep on a large rock.

These people before him were not of the Ming Hun Dao, nor did they resemble those of the Yan Shen Sect.

Some spat fire, burning through space, wielding the legal power of flame.

Don't!

Saying this, he slowly extended both hands and pressed them against Fang Xu's forehead.

He could sense the existence of three thousand Ghost Face Army soldiers, yet suddenly felt them to be very distant!

"Fang Xu!?"

After uttering a nonsensical sentence, Fang Xu's body trembled slightly.

"This seat has been entertaining them with fine food and drink."

At the foot of the mountain, countless armored ferocious beasts lived together in peace.

At first, these people did not understand what had happened, nor did they dare to speak.

"Please, senior, spare my life!"

But as for exactly where the change occurred, he could not clarify it.

No one on the ship!?

Jiang Feng frowned, gazing toward the distant treasure ship!

At such a distance, he could not sense anything of the opposite treasure ship; how could Fang Xu sense that there was no one aboard the treasure ship ahead?

Without voicing the doubts in his heart, Jiang Feng stood silently at the bow, watching the treasure ship cleave the darkness and swiftly approach.

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his gaze toward the long dragon.

"Fang Xu, do you want to learn?" The long dragon suddenly walked over and sat beside Fang Xu, asking.

Moreover, he discovered that this treasure ship was indeed genuinely belonging to the immortal island.

Jiang Feng followed closely behind; the two came to stand on a reef on the outskirts of the sea island.

"To be precise, you have been in seclusion for twenty days."

"What you rely on should be that thing, right?"

Jiang Feng glanced at Fang Xu beside him.

In the illusory space, he and that group of dragons had lived for countless ages; in terms of mental state, his current age surpasses that of anyone.

Besides being able to see the venerable Fang Xu sitting cross-legged on the deck.

Immediately afterward, a huge virtual image of a heavenly scale appeared behind him!

Fang Xu sank his consciousness into his body, examined himself, and found no abnormality in his physique.

He then decided to use consciousness to guide these little ones to cultivate in the same direction as the inheritance within his body.

"Long Dragon, let me teach you some insights."

The Ghost Face Army's inability to sense one's existence has only two possibilities.

Why would this time be……so real!?

Yes!

It is indeed real!

"There's movement on the sea surface!"

The old man looked horrified, his venerable body continuously trembling.

In the distance, a treasure ship one size smaller sailed across the sea surface.

"It's hard to say they aren't still very happy now."

Behind him, a Martial Venerable looked at the already shattered seashell, his eyes flashing with shock!

Haha...

More and more divine dragons began to fly into the sky, freely inhaling and exhaling the laws they could control.

After instructing Kill Tianrui and Old Ape, Fang Xu directly chased toward Jiang Feng's direction.

In the mirror, his own hair was snow-white, his face full of wrinkles, resembling an old man on his deathbed, looking even older than Old Ape!

"Ape Uncle, I..."

Fang Xu, however, laughed and shook his head.

Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of the Red Water, there is Zhangwei Mountain.

Yet the Azure Dragon somehow used a secret method, actually sharing everything in his bloodline with Fang Xu.

Old Ape and Kill Tianrui also leapt over.

As his words fell, numerous figures appeared on the distant sea island.

They began to fight each other, competing with other strange beasts for territory!

"And many sea islands, as the endless sea rises and falls, drift chaotically; even I don't know which sea island this is?"

Feeling?

This transformation into a dragon must have certainly obtained something from the bloodline.

Upon the vast sea, a thick fog gradually rose, and the treasure ship sailed within it, utterly unable to discern direction.

Seeing this, Old Ape and the others could only follow along.

Goat Beard, seeing he seemed about to act, was actually not at all anxious.

Strange?

Fang Xu lowered his head to look at himself.

Under his gaze, Fang Xu walked toward Gu Qiu with a complex expression, and directly embraced Gu Qiu in full view of everyone.

In his view, these tender and adorable little creatures actually appeared transparent, only the faint, illusory qi within their phantom bodies flickering with a faint light.

Is this the power of the Yin-Yang Laws?

All of this, Fang Xu could only silently watch, utterly unable to intervene.

Old Ape noticed Fang Xu's abnormality.

Previously, Fang Xu, though mature and steady, had always seemed like a child before him, dependent.

During the process, faint electric sparks actually flickered.

Fang Xu paid no heed; at this moment, he was immersed in comprehending the power of time.

"Fang Xiazi..."

Golden light poured down, enveloping the surrounding armored ferocious beasts.

Yet the Chaos Divine Dragon never appeared.

"As for delivering messages, I can simply find others; since you wish to act, I shall accompany you in play."

Fang Xu, however, spoke calmly, directly flying toward the sea island.

The remaining divine dragons, forced into desperation, could only flee here, burrowing into mountains and rivers, into the sea.

Someone radiated an aura of heaven-destroying, earth-annihilating power, trampling a realm underfoot, laughing wildly.

"Jiang Senior Brother!?"

"Truly no one!"

Countless ferocious beasts ran wildly across this land, even mischievous little beasts climbing onto the boulder where Fang Xu stood to play and frolic.

The withered figure approached Goat Beard's face, unable to help but complain.

Seeing this, Fang Xu vaguely understood.

At this moment, in his eyes, the Azure Dragon was no longer in human form; within his massive body, a flickering electric spark appeared and disappeared intermittently, emitting a faint glow.

But what do these people want?

They already know the location of the Immortal Island—why not launch a fierce assault, but instead choose this time-consuming, laborious method?

"Elder Jiang, please."

"That won't do." Jiang Feng chuckled: "The mountain lord of my Ascension Immortal Sect usually has nothing to do; you may cultivate wherever you like, unless the Ascension Immortal Sect faces a major crisis, then the mountain lords abroad will be summoned back."

In the astonished gazes of Old Ape and the others, Fang Xu's body suddenly regained that familiar feeling.

(End of Chapter)