Chapter 290: The Sea

The sea surface.

The sky hung low, with ink-dyed, pitch-black clouds drooping from the heavens, meeting the boundless sea in a single line in the distance.

Whoosh!!

A gust of sea wind howled, lifting the already surging waves several zhang high, before they crashed down to both sides with a sound like rolling thunder, as if signaling that a great rainstorm was about to arrive.

Yet upon this sea surface, a figure was actually walking at a leisurely pace. He was dressed in black, handsome in appearance, and possessed an aura that transcended the mundane.

Centered on where he stood, the sea surface for a radius of ten zhang was as calm as a sapphire, as if he himself were a Sea-Calming Treasure, capable of suppressing all wind and waves.

This person was naturally Yu Liancheng.

After handling all the aftermath in "World's First," he had arrived in this world.

The transmission point of the Stone Gate was unfixed, and he had stepped right into this vast, endless sea.

If this were the Yu Liancheng who had only experienced one or two worlds, he would inevitably have faced some trouble, and might even have lost his life because of it.

As for now, with his high level of lightness skill, treading on the sea surface was like walking on flat ground, and his True Qi circulated back and forth, in Endless Life, with no fear of exhaustion.

"To think I've come to the world of 'Datang Twin Dragons.' The martial arts heritage of this world can be traced back to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; it is brilliant and magnificent, with experts as numerous as clouds. There are even the four great classic books passed down through the ages; no matter which one I obtain, it will be a great gain for me."

Yu Liancheng walked slowly across the sea with his hands behind his back, like a young master out for a spring excursion, ignoring the impending rainstorm: "I just don't know if, in this world, I can now deal with top-tier experts of the Three Great Grandmasters' caliber."

This world was filled with experts like a forest, the foremost being, of course, the most famous "Vagrant" Ning Daoqi, "Yi Sword Master" Fu Cailin, and "Martial Venerable" Bi Xuan, these Three Great Grandmasters.

Of course, "Heavenly Blade" Song Que was by no means inferior to the Three Great Grandmasters, and there were also the brilliant yet love-stricken "Evil King" Shi Zhixuan, the Four Great Divine Monks of the Chan Sect...

Yu Liancheng's current strength could be described as unfathomable, and he had even achieved the Vajra Indestructible Body.

He was confident that even when facing experts of the Three Great Grandmasters' level, only by fighting a real battle with blade and spear could it be determined whose martial arts were superior.

Especially now that he had completely integrated the "Diamond Indestructible Divine Skill" into his own hard-body techniques, his ability to save his own life had greatly increased. Even if the Three Great Grandmasters joined forces, although he might not be a match for them, he could still retreat calmly.

Of course, what Yu Liancheng feared most was the mysterious and unpredictable "Evil Emperor" Xiang Yutian.

This person had competed in the same generation as the peerless Sword Saint Yan Fei and the Celestial Master Sun En. Although it was rumored within the Demon Sect that he had died due to practicing the "Dao Heart Demon Seed," no one knew if this was a deception deliberately laid by Xiang Yutian.

Had he truly fathomed the mystery of life and death, realized the final step of the "Dao Heart Demon Seed," and Shattered the Void to depart? Or had he lived for over a hundred years, looking down upon all living beings like a God or Demon?

"The four great classic books, the He Jade, the Evil Emperor Relic... what a brilliant world. Perhaps I can collect these to further consolidate my own foundation."

Yu Liancheng pondered: "If the time hasn't drifted too far, then the Longevity Formula is undoubtedly the easiest to get my hands on. It's just that I don't have the fortuitous encounters of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling; it is very difficult for me to practice the Longevity Formula, and I might even need to dissolve my cultivation beforehand. However, if I can decipher the oracle bone script on it, I could achieve twice the result with half the effort and integrate it into my own martial arts system."

"Lu Miaozi is undoubtedly a great expert in this field; perhaps I can have him help."

The "Longevity Formula" was written by the ancient immortal, the teacher of the Emperor, Guang Chengzi, and was composed in oracle bone script, profound and difficult to understand. The entire book contained 7,400 types of characters, but only over 3,000 had been deciphered.

Inside the book were seven human figures, no two postures alike. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling each practiced one figure, giving rise to Innate Proper Qi, which was also their greatest reliance in becoming Grandmaster-level experts.

It was not that Yu Liancheng could not use the Energy Absorption Technique to absorb the internal energy of Kou and Xu to practice the last two figures at a steady pace, but wanting to master all seven figures was not easy.

The best method was to decipher the remaining oracle bone script.

It was just that this was by no means an easy task.

Boom.

Just as Yu Liancheng was thinking, a bolt of lightning tore through the sky, illuminating the dim sky in a ghastly white. The sea surface trembled, once again whipping up huge waves that swept out in all directions.

Seeing a wave crashing toward him, Yu Liancheng pressed his hand back, as if an invisible palm had descended from the sky, smoothing out the waves.

He looked up and saw the clouds pressing lower and lower, with wisps of electric light cracking open, and dense rain falling, growing ever larger.

"It's going to rain, an unprecedentedly great rainstorm."

Black clouds hung low, and the rain poured down in torrents.

Huge waves surged, layer upon layer like mountain ranges.

The scene of the rainstorm on the sea was so astonishing that it felt like the end of the world. Those who had not experienced it personally could never imagine the terror of such a storm.

The seawater rolled backward, carrying a shrill whistling sound, as if mountain peaks were pressing down overhead. Those sturdy sea vessels, facing such wind and waves, seemed to have become toys in the hands of naughty children, ready to be torn apart at any moment.

And at this moment, a behemoth was still sailing through the waves.

The behemoth was full of exotic flair, whether in its shape or its flags. If it were docked at a pier in the Central Plains, it would surely attract many people to stop and watch.

Of course, more importantly, this was a true behemoth; its draft was extremely deep, yet it still stood several zhang high above the sea surface, and it was quite exquisite. Looking at it from afar, it seemed like a magnificent palace.

Yet in this raging storm, the behemoth was also rocking incessantly, giving people the feeling that it was in danger of capsizing. Even though the people on board were accustomed to wind and waves, they felt a sense of fear that a great disaster was coming.

Fortunately, this rainstorm did not last too long. When the dark clouds gradually dispersed and the dawn arrived, everyone on the ship could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

Soon, crew members walked about patrolling, checking the weak points of the hull and reinforcing them to prevent the arrival of the next rainstorm.

And most of the people on this ship had bright eyes and agile movements, all possessing decent martial arts skills.

"Look quickly, what is that?"

A Martial Warrior showed a look of astonishment and pointed his hand toward the sea surface.

Several people nearby followed his finger and looked, and immediately all showed looks of astonishment.

"What is that? A human figure?"

"How is that possible! Even if someone has superb lightness skill and can walk on the waves, there isn't an island for ten miles around; they should have sunk to the bottom of the sea long ago."

"No, that really is a person!"

Several Martial Warriors were shaken, and before they could call the protectors on the ship, that figure had already magnified rapidly before their eyes, actually swooping toward their vessel, as fast as lightning.