Chapter 172

"Good! Brother Bie Lu is truly straightforward."

Huang Yunying laughed, then shouted behind him, "Come here!"

Not far from Furnace Island, two people were waiting on the water, each stepping on something like a fruit shell floating on the water. Hearing the call, they immediately drove the fruit shell magic tools and flew over.

"Hurry up and guide Master Feng to find Old Fourth Qing's people in the Shark Kingdom. Use all your strength, don't delay Master Feng!"

"Yes!"

The two responded loudly.

"Let's go."

Cheng Xinzhan said, stepped into the air, and at the same time, Sanmei, who was playing, also stepped into the air and fell into her master's arms.

Along the way, Cheng Xinzhan didn't speak, and the two guides didn't dare to speak. However, no matter how hard they tried to catch up, Cheng Xinzhan followed easily.

After flying for a period of time, Cheng Xinzhan had questions in his heart, so he took the initiative to open his mouth and ask,

"I say."

The two in front immediately stopped, cupped their hands high toward Cheng Xinzhan, and said respectfully,

"Master Feng, please give your orders."

These two were among the people who stopped Cheng Xinzhan on the road a few days ago when he went to find Huang Liu Island. They saw with their own eyes Cheng Xinzhan carrying two Second-Realm sea snakes to the door.

"Speak while walking."

"Yes."

The three of them increased their speed again, and Cheng Xinzhan then asked,

"The sea is vast and boundless, and the four directions are no different. How do you find places and people?"

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, and then one of them explained to Cheng Xinzhan:

Finding people and finding paths at sea is not a simple task.

The sea is not like the land, which has various mountains and rivers as references. If you are not in a place with dense islands at sea, then looking for a thousand miles is no different. The hurricanes and thunderstorms in the sea cloud realm are even more different from those on land.

Therefore, even for Golden Core cultivators, it is very easy to lose their way if they are not careful. They might fly until their magical power is exhausted, and they might not know how high the sky is or how far the earth is.

Cheng Xinzhan deeply agreed with this. From crossing the "Sea of Ten Thousand Corpses" to the "Great Belly Sea," he spent more than a month, fearing that he would go in the wrong direction, and was very careful.

For this kind of predicament, the creatures in the sea have their own ways. Ocean currents, monsoons, temperature and humidity, and geomagnetism can all serve as guides for direction. But the human race is naturally born to belong to the land and does not belong to the ocean. Even for cultivators, it is a shackle.

Therefore, to solve this problem, predecessors at sea created a magic art called "Void Buoy." This is actually a kind of talisman method, which is also very convenient to perform. Grabbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to condense into talismans, after making marks, they are "planted" in the void.

These buoys are often a series, like a line. Some point to a certain sea area, some point to a certain island, and others point to a certain person. These are marks left by some cultivators along the way, allowing companions to find them.

These buoys are rooted and hidden in the void, forming a whole with the local spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Ordinary storms and thunder will not affect the positions of these buoys. Unless it is a battle between great cultivators that disturbs the spiritual energy of one side, these buoys will move with the fluctuations of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and may even be extinguished in the aftermath of the battle.

It is also because of this reason that the battles between ordinary sea cultivators are in the high altitude and will not be close to the sea surface, because the sea surface is a place where buoys are dense.

So Cheng Xinzhan killing those two sea snakes at high altitude was a coincidence. At that time, they were whaling at high altitude. Otherwise, if they fought on the sea surface, they might have destroyed the buoys left by others.

For buoy talismans, the methods of condensation and planting of each family and sect are different, and they need to be seen with corresponding pupil arts. Therefore, this has also become something to measure the foundation of sea forces. If it is a heritage of ten thousand years, then there are buoys of their family everywhere at sea. Where there is danger and where one can live, all are clearly marked. In this way, disciples of the sect walking outside, even if their realm is low, are not easy to have any accidents.

Conversely, if a stranger comes from the land, don't shout about subduing demons and monsters. If you lose your way, you really can't even find where the demons and monsters are.

For the buoys at sea, one can imagine such a scene: in a lively sea area, if there is such a person who has practiced all the pupil arts of all parties at sea, then in his eyes, the sea surface is not empty, but colorful and neon. In the void, dense buoys float all over the sky, pointing out various places for him.

Cheng Xinzhan understood, and also knew how they found Old Fourth Qing's people, because two other people had been following Old Fourth Qing's people from afar and scattered the unique buoys of Huang Liu Island along the way. In the eyes of the two guides, there was a clear line hanging in the sky, pointing out the direction for them.

Even if Cheng Xinzhan operated his Dan pupils and Green Eyes, he couldn't see anything.

The two people said quite fearfully that the buoy secret art of Huang Liu Island was created by Huang Laoxian, and they didn't dare to teach it lightly without the Huang Laoxian opening his mouth.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, signaling that it didn't matter. This was reasonable. He had only been here for a few days. If it were taught so lightly, Huang Liu Island would not have existed for so long.

When Huang Laoxian teaches him, then he will have a firm foothold on Huang Liu Island.

He thought so in his heart.

Besides that, after learning the buoy secret art of the Huang Liu sea area, he also has to learn the buoy secret art of the "Great Belly Sea," and the buoy secret arts of other sea areas. In short, the more the better.

Flying past like a flash of light, with murmuring sea waves, the few arrived at the junction of the "Great Belly Sea" and the "Shark Sea." Cheng Xinzhan discovered that the "Great Belly Sea" presented a yellow-green color, while the "Shark Sea" presented a faint dark purple. It seems that this also has to do with the Dharma intent of the master of each sea area.

The strangest thing is that there is sea fog on the Shark Sea, dark and dim, blocking the line of sight, making people afraid to break in lightly.

"Sharks can spit fog, which has the effect of confusing souls and ears. Now the fog of the Shark Sea is what the sharks have gathered bit by bit over ten thousand years."

A guide explained to Cheng Xinzhan.

After entering the "Shark Sea," the speed of the two guides slowed down significantly. One was because of the fog, and the other was to guard against being discovered by the sharks. Because the reputation of the Great Belly Turtle King in this sea area is too bad, and he has eaten sharks, the cultivators of the Great Belly Sea are existence that everyone shouts to beat in the outer seas.

After traveling another hundred miles on the outskirts of the "Shark Sea," Cheng Xinzhan had been secretly operating his Green Eyes. Not long after, he saw two people in front. After a while, the three arrived close to each other, and it was only after ten steps that they could see each other with the naked eye.

At this time, the two looked at Cheng Xinzhan and only felt that his face was unfamiliar, and they didn't know who he was.

"This is Master Feng, who was specially invited by Master Ying to intercept the whaling team."

The two guiding Cheng Xinzhan introduced in a hurry and winked hard, fearing that the two in front of them, who were used to bullying newcomers, would offend Master Feng blindly, so as to avoid becoming a soul under the sword.

The two were not stupid either, and said respectfully to Cheng Xinzhan,

"Master Feng, Old Fourth Qing's family dispatched a total of seventeen demon cultivators this time. There are ten First-Realm ones, who have not yet transformed, all are sea snakes. There are seven Second-Realm ones, six of which are transformed Whale-Hunting Snakes. There is also one who is the leader of the attendants beside Old Fourth Qing, called Wu Guo, who is a transformed poisonous centipede in the sea. Among these people, he has the highest magical power. His nickname is Wu Badao, and it is said that he has eight precious knives, is good at close combat, and has a piece of Earth Malevolence personally passed down by Old Fourth Qing."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and then asked, "Where are they?"

The man pointed in a direction, "They are over there. We dare not follow too closely, fearing being discovered. We are hanging behind, following the sound of sea snakes swimming." Hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan listened intently and really heard the sound of slight water ripples. Looking out, there was fog blocking, and he couldn't see anything. He used his magic eyes and could only see the huge outline of sea snakes on the sea surface. As for the human figures, he couldn't see them either.

"Have they hunted any whales?"

Cheng Xinzhan asked again.

"They should be following the whale pod, because the swimming sound in the sea is louder than before, but they haven't started yet. They should be trying to use means to lure the whales out of the Shark Sea before starting."

The two trackers replied.

Subsequently, he asked Cheng Xinzhan,

"Master Feng, what should we do next? When should we start? Please give your orders."

Cheng Xinzhan said, "There is no need for us. I alone will do. You support me nearby. And what the enemy doesn't want is what I want to do. They want to lure the whales out before starting, so I want to start now."

The other four listened and felt a little unbelievable. One of them said,

"Master Feng, they have seven Second-Realm cultivators, and there is also a Wu Badao. You alone?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded.

!

Another person said, "Master Feng, we dare not make a big noise. If it is too big and discovered by the sharks, they will be unlucky, and we will also be unlucky. Outside, we are all people of the Great Belly Sea. To be honest, this reputation is not very good."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded, left a sentence "I have a sense of proportion," and flew away.

Leaving the four people from Huang Liu Island behind, one of them said,

"This one is really a crazy master!"

The other three nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Cheng Xinzhan operated his magic eyes, restrained his aura, approached slowly, and gradually saw the human figures clearly. It was indeed ten snakes and seven people. However, he dared to go up alone, naturally not a reckless man. In the current environment, it was favorable to him, with the enemy in the light and him in the dark.

Now it is not a battle or martial arts performance. Since the enemy is in the light and he is in the dark, he should naturally use a sneak attack.

He slowly spat out a cloud of qi, mixed with the fog. No one could discover that this was the Mirage Cloud born of "Yangming Cloud Hall Malevolence." Subsequently, he followed the same pattern and slowly released the Rotten Peach Miasma born of "Purple Zi Zi Huo Lan Tao Malevolence," which was also mixed in the sea fog.

This environment was really too convenient for him to perform these two means, which was also his reliance on daring to go up alone.

Not long after the Mirage Cloud and Miasma drifted over, the ten colorful First-Realm sea snakes began to sway and sink to the bottom of the sea like drunkards. By the time those Second-Realm ones discovered something wrong, they were also a little dizzy.

"The sharks are coming, defend!"

At this time, one person reacted first and said urgently to the others.

At this moment, mirages had already appeared in their eyes, seeing that it was the sharks attacking.

And using fog to make people fall into a deep sleep is exactly the most skilled trick of the sharks.

However, the Rotten Peach Miasma catalyzed by "Purple Zi Zi Huo Lan Tao Malevolence" is not an ordinary means. It is not just as simple as making people fall asleep. The ten First-Realm sea snakes had already turned purple, and then pink spots grew on their purple bodies. Soon they lost their breath and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The seven Second-Realm humanoid ones only felt dizzy at this time, and seeing countless sharks surrounding them, they all lost their sense of proportion and exerted their means with all their strength to hit the empty fog and seawater.

However, these seven people looked different, and I don't know which one is Wu Badao. I should have asked carefully just now. Forget it, whatever.

"Go!"

Seeing that those people had fallen into an illusion, Cheng Xinzhan sacrificed the blood bead. The blood bead presented a purple-vermilion color, emitting a cold aura. As his thoughts flashed, the blood bead turned into a blood light and hit one of them straight.

"Puff~"

With a light sound, a hole appeared on one person's forehead, but no blood flowed out of the hole because it was frozen into ice by the cold air on the bead.

"Puff~ Puff~"

Two more sounds, the blood bead crisscrossed, and two more sea snakes died, turning into their original forms and sinking.

"No, this fragrance, this is not the fog of the sharks. Who is playing tricks!"

Finally, someone reacted. He sacrificed a cloth bag-like magic treasure, opened the bag, and a violent wind blew out, blowing away the surrounding fog, and at the same time blowing away the Mirage Cloud and Miasma.

He saw everything around him clearly and found that of the seventeen demons, except for him, there were only three left fighting in the void. As for the sharks he saw surrounding him from all directions in his eyes, where could he see half a shadow at this moment?

However, just as he wanted to wake up the three people, he saw a blood light rushing straight toward his face.

Seeing that this person was also extraordinary, he shouted loudly, which was to adjust his breath, and also to wake up the three people. He raised his hand over his head, and a crimson long knife appeared in his hand, slashing down with great force.

"Ding~"

With a crisp sound, the blood bead was slashed away, and the long knife also made a buzzing sound.

This red-haired person stood with a knife and scanned the four directions. His voice was low but very powerful,

"I am the attendant of Little Saint Qing of Qinghao Island under the Turtle King. Which blind person is provoking me? Do you dare to show yourself?"

At this time, the other three demon cultivators were all awakened by the red-haired one's violent shout. They all gathered beside this demon, back to back, each staring at one direction.

It seems that this red-haired one is Wu Guo, Wu Badao.

Cheng Xinzhan had no intention of showing up. He was still hiding in the dark in the fog, while operating his Green Eye magic eyes to look through the fog, while manipulating the blood bead to continue attacking.

But now the four were in a defensive formation, and the blood bead was not easy to kill. So he deliberately sold a flaw. Wu Badao's reaction was fast, and it might be difficult to work, so he manipulated the blood bead to hit one person behind him.

This demon cultivator also used a rope dart as a magic treasure. Seeing the blood bead flying over at this moment, he knew that he couldn't block it with the rope dart, so he shortened the rope to the shortest, held the dart head in his hand, and learned Wu Badao's appearance, slashing at the blood bead with all his strength.

It's just that he used all his strength, but slashed into the air. It wasn't that the blood bead avoided it in time, but the blood bead suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist, blocking his line of sight. Subsequently, he felt a coolness in his throat and lost consciousness.

The suddenly exploding cold blood mist shrouded the few people. Wu Badao didn't see anything, but heard a sharp whistling sound. This was not the sound that the blood bead could make when breaking through the air. Listening to the sound, it was more like a flying sword!

"Go! Leave the Shark Sea!"

Wu Badao shouted loudly. He couldn't care about the group of sea whales, didn't care whether anyone died just now, and didn't have time to care whether the remaining ones could keep up.

Although he didn't know how the person who sneak-attacked in the dark could see them through the fog, the enemy was in the dark, and this person in the dark was good at using flying swords, so there was no way to fight, so he must leave the Shark Sea!

(End of chapter)