Chapter 563: Fishing for Turtles in the Profound Sea, Demons Attack

Above the vast Profound Sea, the tail fin of a monstrously huge Kun fish stirred up giant waves, heading toward an archipelago that appeared desolate and dead, composed of dozens of barren reefs.

Qian Chen stood at the head of the giant Kun. Seeing the barren reefs from afar, he looked up toward the sky.

Feng Yangzi's figure descended in an instant, standing beside him. Looking over there, he said, "This is the place where the Divine Turtle haunts!"

After encountering the giant Kun, Qian Chen had traveled for another three days toward the outer sea before finally arriving at the barren island Feng Yangzi had mentioned.

Feng Yangzi landed first, and the other few Nascent Soul True Persons also flew down to the island. True Person Cang Shan swept a glance at the giant Kun beneath Qian Chen, a trace of wariness flashing in his eyes. He suddenly spoke up: "Fellow Daoist Qian, the aura of this giant Kun is so immense. Now is the very moment to fish for the turtle; I fear it might startle the Jin Ao prematurely. It would be better to let it leave!"

Qian Chen patted the giant Kun beneath him. Reaching out a hand, the Gold and Silver Boys presented a red-skinned gourd. He poured out several spirit pills and sent them into the giant Kun's mouth.

These spirit pills, which were extremely precious to ordinary cultivators and even Nascent Soul True Persons, were swallowed into the giant Kun's mouth along with a massive amount of seawater. The medicinal power hadn't even had a chance to nourish its physical body before it was gone!

A trace of excitement appeared in the giant Kun's eyes, and it slapped its massive tail.

True Person Cang Shan on the island only had time to curse, "Damn your mother..."

In an instant, the entire barren reef island was submerged by a heaven-toppling tsunami. As the tide receded, it left behind a scene of utter chaos: small, crystal-like fish flapping wings made of flowing light on their backs, hopping about the reefs, occasionally vibrating their wings to fly off as streaks of light; there were also strange beasts composed of several tentacles randomly stitched together, wriggling on the rocks.

When True Person Huo Fa saw these bizarre creatures, his brows furrowed. Disgusted, he emitted a Taiyin Zhenhuo, wanting to burn them to ashes.

But unexpectedly, when the Taiyin Zhenhuo touched the monster, it suddenly spat out an arrow of blood mist, shooting straight at True Person Huo Fa's face.

The True Person waved his sleeve to block it, but the faint blood mist eroded the sleeve protected by his true qi, corroding away a section.

This creature even held out for two breaths within the Taiyin Zhenhuo before being burned into a puddle of ash.

The group of True Persons' expressions changed instantly. Although a casual strike from a Nascent Soul True Person wasn't serious, the sleeve protected by their true essence was certainly not something that could be destroyed by ordinary spells.

To them, this ugly, strange beast was nothing more than a slightly larger ant. They hadn't expected the arrow of blood it spat out to be so formidable. If an ordinary Core Formation True Person were here, caught off guard, they might well have fallen for it!

Feng Yangzi glanced at the strange-looking sea fish and beasts covering the ground and hurriedly said, "We have already penetrated deep into the Chaotic Star Sea. The species here are extremely bizarre and possess some troublesome abilities. Everyone, be careful!"

True Person Cang Shan looked in Qian Chen's direction and muttered to himself, "If we're talking about troublesome, what could compare to that giant Kun? We should drive it away early! Otherwise, it will definitely be exploited by that Daoist Qian..."

Qian Chen pushed the giant Kun's mountain-like head and muttered, "Go! Go! Playing together is enough! Don't just lean in because you see a little benefit!"

"Acting cute is useless too. With your appetite, I can't afford to keep you! Are you looking for a master? You're looking for a meal ticket! Go, go, go..."

Qian Chen added a bit of magic power to his hand, having no choice but to use the Innate One-Qi Capture Hand to push the giant Kun away for a distance, looking every bit like a scumbag who only wanted to play around. The Kun fish looked at him with reluctance, let out a long, low moan, turned its head, and dove into the sea, swimming away slowly while looking back every few steps!

Qian Chen wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead. That was close; he almost got eaten into bankruptcy!

After the farce, seeing that the day was growing late, Feng Yangzi nodded slightly to Qian Chen and said, "Fellow Daoist, we can begin!"

Qian Chen fished a pill that was entirely red-gold from his sleeve, waved his sleeve to cast out the Supreme Eight-Scenery Furnace, and fixed it among the barren reefs. A spark of fire flickered in his palm, and in an instant, the raging Dry Separation Seven-Flavor Taiyin Zhenhuo was ignited beneath the cauldron.

He opened the pagoda-shaped furnace lid and placed the Golden Core inside.

A moment later, as the heat dispersed, a faint, ghostly fragrance of the pill spread out. When the various Nascent Soul True Persons smelled this scent, their true essence even felt a hint of agitation.

True Person Yun He was thoughtful. He looked deeply at the pill furnace and said, "Fellow Daoist Qian's alchemy skills are truly profound. I wonder whose lineage this is?"

"The outer path of alchemy was passed down from the Supreme Dao Ancestor. No matter which school in the world one traces it back to, it naturally remains the Supreme's lineage!"

Qian Chen rarely said a word of truth, but no one believed him.

"If Fellow Daoist is unwilling to say, we will not force you, but why fob us off with such words! I imagine that although Fellow Daoist is only at the Nascent Soul stage, your background is extraordinary and your origins are a mystery. It is only natural that you look down on us loose cultivator Nascent Souls." True Person Cang Shan gave him a subtle jab, implying that Qian Chen had someone behind him!

Qian Chen naturally smiled and did not answer. Not only did he have someone behind him, he had someone above him.

Not only did he eat well as a kept man, with one of the three Heavenly Masters of the Dao Academy backing him, but the origin of the person above his head was so great it could scare all of you to death. If that boss were to appear, the countless realms of the cosmos would tremble three times!

He took out seven more pills with an even more pungent fragrance and handed them to Feng Yangzi, saying, "These are the pill baits for fishing the turtle. One per day, cast into the water! As long as this Jin Ao is within a radius of ten thousand miles, it will inevitably be lured here. If there is no movement after seven days, it is likely the timing is wrong and the Jin Ao has not approached this sea area!"

Feng Yangzi received them solemnly and nodded in agreement.

"Right!" Qian Chen seemed to have suddenly thought of something and turned back to instruct, "Although this pill was refined for fishing the turtle, the bait might also attract other demons and sea beasts nearby. This time, I must trouble everyone to stand guard so that other sea beasts do not overturn the pill furnace and destroy the bait!"

As soon as his voice fell, they saw a massive, mountain-like giant creature quietly floating and peeking its head from beneath the sea in the distance. Its pair of small eyes stared at the pill furnace on the barren island, as if it thought it was hiding very well.

Qian Chen cursed inwardly, "What are you hiding for! Just showing your eyes makes you as tall as a small mountain; do you expect to stay hidden on the boundless sea?"

He had no choice but to stand up and fly out to soothe that multi-million-ton child...

After finally driving the giant Kun far away, the few Nascent Soul True Persons stood guard for a day when suddenly their spiritual senses were triggered, and they all looked toward the distance.

True Person Yun He probed with his magic power, reached out and drew a circle, casting a Circular Light spell in front of him, which continuously emitted a faint glow.

As he raised his hand, the circular light rose into the high sky, flying above everyone's heads to illuminate the nearby thousand-mile sea area.

Within this glow, which was as clear as glaze, the deep seawater gradually became transparent, revealing what it contained. Dozens of vague black shadows emerged, drifting in the surrounding seawater.

Some were incomparably huge, not inferior to the barren reef beneath everyone's feet; some were extremely bizarre, their shapes constantly changing and twisting as if they had no fixed form; others were ferocious and ugly, as if they lived in such a desolate place as the Profound Sea and didn't care at all what they looked like.

"It seems the nearby demons are attacking. The species in the Chaotic Star Sea are bizarre; Fellow Daoists, do not be careless!" Feng Yangzi warned.

Immediately, with a thought, that black banner surged into the sky from behind him, mixed with heaven-toppling black qi.

Countless skulls howled and shuttled within the black qi, emitting bursts of shrill, strange shrieks. The evil qi within was awe-inspiring, spreading toward the sea surface like a drop of ink diffusing.

The black mist first entangled several sea beasts with relatively huge bodies. Although these demon beasts had strong bodies and immense brute force, they were ultimately flesh and blood. They were restrained by the demon banner in his hand, unlike those bizarre things—heaven knows what strange divine abilities they had!

Demon heads surged within the black mist, and in the blink of an eye, they devoured the flesh and blood of two giant rays that were huge and shaped like flat tongues.

The demon heads that had obtained the blood food became even more ferocious. Suddenly, a strange demon covered in dense, thousand eyes flew out of the Profound Sea. From the eyes all over its body, it suddenly emitted streaks of evil light, shining onto the black mist demon heads.

In an instant, it seized control of those demon heads, and under the urging of the evil light, they turned to attack their master.

"What kind of evil demon is this?" Seeing this, Feng Yangzi had to retract his black banner, lest the tens of thousands of demon heads he had painstakingly refined be seized by the Thousand-Eyed Evil Demon!

Qian Chen had been jumping around among the attacking demons for a long time. As a mere cultivator at the Penetrating Law stage, with so many Nascent Soul True Persons here, it naturally wasn't his turn to act, so he wanted to pick a simpler one to slack off and fish on the side.

Seeing this Thousand-Eyed Evil Demon restrain Feng Yangzi's demonic spell, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself, "How is this evil demon so similar to the Blood Eye divine ability of the No-Eye Sect... This is worth studying!"

He grabbed with his palm, condensed Five Elements Divine Thunder, and said in a clear voice, "Leave this demon to me to deal with. Fellow Daoist Feng Yang, go deal with the other demon beasts first!" ===== CHAPTER 564 =====