Chapter 168: Sharks: Thanks to Our Own Incompetence

A Cloud Mistress ship, which had been gifted to Fang Yu and Long Xuan by Qie Lan once more.

This Cloud Mistress ship was a spiritual artifact, with no real combat power, purely an item for daily life, perfectly suited for traveling abroad.

"Since that's the case, we can set out now. Senior Sister Qie Lan, I'll take my leave first."

After receiving this Cloud Mistress ship, Fang Yu spoke up.

"Good, I wish you both may obtain immortal fate and elevate the realm."

Qie Lan nodded, her gaze watching Fang Yu and Long Xuan depart.

"This Junior Brother Fang Yu is indeed very mysterious. He only stepped into the Divine Ability Secret Realm not long ago, yet now he has already cultivated to the Daoist Gang Qi Realm. This cultivation speed is many times faster than mine. To befriend him while his cultivation base and realm are still shallow is also a kind of investment. Investing in him is investing in my own hope."

Qie Lan's divine sense flowed as she watched the azure flame light departing in the sky, thinking to herself.

This Senior Sister, whom everyone in the Yuhua Sect had to respect, watched for quite a while before finally withdrawing her gaze and continuing her cultivation.

Meanwhile, at this moment, Fang Yu and Long Xuan had already left Yuhua Xianshan, flying directly toward the lands beyond the sea.

Fang Yu was now at the Daoist Gang Qi Realm. Even while carrying Long Xuan with his Daoist Gang Qi, his speed was extremely fast. Along the way, the beautiful scenery of the Xuanhuang Great World passed beneath their eyes.

This was his first time flying toward another direction—no longer the Underground World, but toward the Guixu Lands.

"Senior Brother Fang, isn't your flying speed a bit too fast? I heard Senior Sister Qie Lan say that when flying outside, one cannot waste magic power. If we happen to encounter demonic cultivators and they see a cultivator's magic power running low, they might strike directly, kill the cultivator to refine elixirs. That would be tragic."

Long Xuan had clothes made of spiritual artifacts that allowed her to fly in the void, but she was still wrapped in Fang Yu's Daoist Gang Qi, flying through the air at a speed far exceeding what her spiritual artifact could achieve.

"What Junior Sister Long says is true, but this bit of magic power is nothing. If we encounter enemies, I can still mobilize enough magic power."

Fang Yu smiled and spoke.

He now possessed the strength of ten thousand Xuanhuang steeds. The power used for flying was only a few dozen Xuanhuang steeds' worth, which was already more than enough.

He was actually somewhat looking forward to someone attacking him, so he could counterattack and slay the enemy.

However, along this flight, they did not encounter any demons, probably because the nearby dynasties were all nominally within the Yuhua Sect's sphere of influence, so demons and monsters rarely invaded.

After flying for half a day, the moisture in the air ahead grew surging, the air filled with a humid atmosphere, sticky with water vapor, along with wafts of a salty, fishy smell.

"We've reached the sea!"

Long Xuan's spirit was roused.

Fang Yu saw a magnificent, vast ocean appear ahead, azure waves stretching to the horizon. No one knew how far it extended, how many secrets and dangers it contained.

"This is a deserted stretch of beach, within the territory of the Great Xu Dynasty. There should be a shallow coral reef over there. We can go there to look for blood coral over five hundred years old. They are an important ingredient for refining Essence Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills."

Long Xuan seemed somewhat familiar with this side of the sea, pointing ahead and flying over.

"Essence Pills aren't worth much now, but Foundation Establishment Pills are Human Grade Top-Tier elixirs of our Yuhua Sect. It wouldn't be bad to gather some blood coral to refine elixirs."

Fang Yu also flew over, arriving at that shallow sea area. He saw white sand and azure water, colorful fish swimming back and forth, various highly venomous sea snakes and sea pythons lurking in secret, and some sharks darting through.

This place looked very beautiful, but it was also very dangerous.

For someone at the Physical Body Realm, going down to gather coral would be extremely dangerous. If touched by those venomous creatures, they would die instantly, becoming fish food.

But for someone like Fang Yu at the Divine Ability Secret Realm, it was nothing at all. With a great grab, his magic power seeped into the seawater, directly entering the coral cluster. With an upward scoop, an eight-hundred-year-old blood coral was seized and brought up.

This blood coral, its entire body flowing with a glistening fresh-red luster, emanated waves of rich, dense spiritual energy.

If ordinary people wore it, it could expel impurities from their blood and prolong their lives. Cultivators could grind the blood coral into powder to refine Foundation Establishment Pills and Essence Pills.

There were over a dozen blood corals over five hundred years old here. Before Long Xuan even descended into the sea, Fang Yu had seized them all.

Besides the blood coral, there were also some other aged medicinal herbs, all obtained by Fang Yu, already enough to refine Essence Pills.

But to refine the Human Grade Top-Tier elixir, the Foundation Establishment Pill, over a hundred more types of materials were needed. It wasn't so easy to succeed.

To refine elixirs, one needs a cauldron, and two, one needs materials. Human Grade Mid-Tier elixirs are manageable, but to refine a cauldron's worth of Human Grade Top-Tier elixirs, just gathering the materials might take months, or even years.

"Let's go. This is just the shallow sea, there's nothing good here. We'll go to the deep sea, toward the Guixu Lands."

Fang Yu couldn't be bothered to kill those sea creatures. Even the fiercest sharks were of no use to him, so he couldn't be bothered to strike and kill them.

The sharks, thanks to their own incompetence, survived instead.

Continuing to fly forward, the continental land had completely vanished. Looking out, between heaven and earth there was only water everywhere.

An endless expanse of water.

Not even half a sea island could be seen.

At this moment, Fang Yu and Long Xuan were in a place where they could neither reach the sky above nor the ground below, with vast emptiness before and behind, all water. Anyone would feel unsafe.

Just then, Fang Yu tossed out the radiant Cloud Mistress, which landed on the water's surface, forming a small tower-ship pleasure boat, colorful in hues, with a fragrant scent.

This spiritual artifact-level colored mist air-ship was no different from a real tower-ship. The cloud mist condensed, hard as stone, light as wood.

Especially after Fang Yu channeled magic power into it, some of the artifact's formations were activated, making it fly extremely fast over the sea. It also had a protective rosy glow that held the waves at bay.

No matter how turbulent the outside, whether there were waves or not, those on the tower-ship enjoyed a sense of ease and freedom.

At this moment, Fang Yu and Long Xuan seemed like a wealthy Young Master and a young lady, indulging in pleasure on the sea.

Just then, the weather gradually darkened. Layers of dark clouds gathered, as if a storm and heavy rain could come at any moment.

The atmosphere over the sea also grew oppressive.

"It's going to rain."

Fang Yu sat on the Cloud Mistress ship and spoke.

As the words fell, rumble rumble!

Dark clouds filled the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared, crackle crackle pop pop. A torrential downpour slammed down densely, fierce and violent, as if someone up in the heavens had lifted a basin and poured the rain down.

A downpour.

"Hmm?"

Fang Yu suddenly gave a soft hum.