Chapter 456: Gathering

"Although Lady Bai Li's strength far exceeds that of an ordinary Qi Refinement perfection cultivator, how could a second-rank breakthrough be so easy? For a spirit beast, the difficulty is even greater than it is for us humans."

"As for their master, it is said that when he was discovered by fishermen three years ago, he was completely charred and has remained in a deep coma ever since. Although he has been meticulously cared for by the Shi sisters for these three years, it would be a miracle if he could barely hold onto his life; the hope of him suddenly waking up is truly slim." The man dressed as a fisherman shook his head as he spoke to his companion.

"Even so, Lady Bai Li's master is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and with two spirit beasts protecting him, even if he is in a coma, that gang from Seven Star Pool used to fear his might and dared not easily provoke us. But for the past half-year, they have suddenly begun frequently harassing Spirit Creek Bay, which gives me a very bad feeling." The woodcutter replied in a murmur.

"Are you saying that the gang from Seven Star Pool has found outside help, or that one of the two leaders has broken through to the Qi Refinement perfection level?" The man dressed as a fisherman's expression changed upon hearing this.

"It's hard to say, but at least one of the two must be true; otherwise, why would that gang deliberately come to cause us trouble during this period?"

"Their recent harassment of Spirit Creek Bay feels more like they are testing the depth of Lady Bai Li's strength. I estimate that they are not far from making a real move." The woodcutter stroked his chin and said slowly.

"Then what are we waiting for? We should hurry and tell Fellow Daoist Shi, and let them pass the word to Lady Bai Li." The man dressed as a fisherman stood up abruptly and said anxiously.

"Old Tian, don't be impatient. Do you think Fairy Shi is unaware of this?"

"If she couldn't even see through something like this, how could she be the one in charge here?"

"The gang from Seven Star Pool is now using an open conspiracy. Unless we are willing to abandon Spirit Creek Bay, this battle is inevitable. Only by fighting them fiercely can we deter other rogue cultivators who are eyeing this place, so that we can continue to have a few more years of peaceful cultivation." The woodcutter replied with a grave expression.

"What if we lose the fight?" The man dressed as a fisherman asked, his face still looking ugly.

"If we lose, it's even simpler: either we leave our lives here, or we are driven away and become rogue cultivators once again." The woodcutter replied indifferently.

"I have only just settled down here in Spirit Creek Bay, and I have no desire to be a rogue cultivator again, living a life where even daily cultivation cannot be guaranteed. Besides cultivation, I can at least catch one or two spirit fish here every month to exchange for quite a few spirit stones." The man dressed as a fisherman shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Who isn't the same!"

"I have also planted a batch of spirit trees by the Spirit Creek, and they will be ready for harvest in a few years. If we don't want to give all this up to become rogue cultivators, then we have no choice but to fight with our lives. I estimate the other fellow daoists think the same, so whether we remind them or not is irrelevant now." The woodcutter sighed and replied.

"Fine, if that gang from Seven Star Pool really dares to come, then we will fight them with our lives together." The man dressed as a fisherman gripped the handle of the axe at his waist and said viciously.

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"Seven Star Pool, Spirit Creek Bay, White Scale Hollow."

Wang Yu withdrew his divine sense from the jade slip and muttered the names to himself, but a strange expression appeared on his face.

The map range in the jade slip was not very large; it only marked some terrain and place names along both sides of a cold river about seven or eight thousand li long, as well as some large and small spirit domains and the nearly one hundred cultivation forces occupying these domains.

The areas further away from the sides of the Cold Lanjiang were completely blank.

Where exactly in the Eastern Wasteland was this?

In what direction was the 'Stone Fish Gate' he was supposed to be teleported to, and how far away was it?

Although Wang Yu was not a true formation master, through numerous books, he had some slight understanding of the teleportation functions of teleportation arrays.

For special arrays involving spatial power like this, if there is interference during the teleportation process, the teleported person will, at worst, be directly shredded to death by spatial power, and at best, end up miles away from the original destination.

It was even possible that if the interference he received was too great, he could have been directly teleported to an area outside the Eastern Wasteland.

Wang Yu's gaze flickered as he pondered this. He pinched a spell with one hand, and white light suddenly flickered on his body surface. The temperature in the stone room began to rise wildly in an instant. A vague white halo of light appeared behind his back, and at the same time, a massive suction force emerged from it, crazily devouring the spirit Qi in the void in all directions.

But the next moment, with a 'poof' sound.

The giant Yang halo phantom flashed and vanished.

Wang Yu's face also turned pale. He grabbed at the storage bag at his waist with one hand, and a medicine bottle appeared in his hand.

After pouring out a pink medicinal pill and swallowing it directly, his complexion finally eased.

Just at this moment, a 'whoosh' sound came.

A white shadow pierced directly through the wall and rushed into the room. After circling once, it landed steadily on the head of Wang Yu's bed.

It was exactly Bai Li.

Seeing this, just as Wang Yu was about to open his mouth to ask something, a loud 'boom' sound came from outside the house, as if some heavy object had smashed hard onto the ground.

With a 'clatter' sound.

The main door was directly knocked open by brute force from the outside. A black-green monster with a body size exceeding one zhang rushed in directly. After a few wobbles, its massive head instantly nudged against Wang Yu's body.

"Big Green."

Wang Yu was not alarmed but delighted. He tilted his head slightly to avoid the tongue of the black-green iron-headed crocodile, which was covered in saliva, and patted its head a few times with a grin.

Big Green's eyes immediately narrowed into slits, and a happy 'hissing' sound came from its mouth.

Only then did Wang Yu carefully examine this spirit beast.

At this moment, Big Green's body size was a full circle larger than it had been three years ago. On its seemingly hard back scales, several sword and blade marks of varying depths were clearly visible, and the parts of its body covered by scales seemed to have increased as well.

Besides this, the claws on the front of Big Green's abdomen and limbs seemed to be much thicker than before, and the black, dagger-like claws looked exceptionally sharp.

Wang Yu used his divine sense to scan the interior of the black-green spirit beast and sensed the spirit Qi fluctuations of the eighth level of Qi Refinement.

This was beyond his expectations.

Bai Li's demon Qi had become purer because of her special mutated bloodline, which was easier to understand, but Big Green had also made such great progress in cultivation.

Before Wang Yu could ponder how this had happened, Big Green opened its mouth wide and retched hard a few times.

With a 'poof' sound.

A silver-white little fish with a round belly was spat out by Big Green. Once it hit the ground, it was still thrashing its tail, looking lively.

This made Wang Yu slightly stunned.

Just at this moment, a sound of breaking air came from outside the house, and Shi Qiuping led a pink-clad girl with two braids into the room.

"Paying respects to the Senior."

Shi Qiuping bowed respectfully with the girl.

"Shi Hongyao pays respects to the Senior."

The pink-clad girl also greeted him cautiously. ===== CHAPTER 457 =====