Chapter 655

Although this pushcart of Bai Rong's was unremarkable in appearance, its speed was not slow at all. After only a month or so, they had already penetrated deep into the Southern Frontier, galloping all the way with the cyan gale, without stopping for a moment. Flying into the depths, they only saw two or three monster beasts coming to intercept them. The leader was a wolf monster, with a cyan face and fangs, red hair like fire, and looked quite different from those in the Jiangnan region. Bai Rong shouted twice, only saying: "Grandpa is a white fox from Lishan. Who is so blind as to crash into my carriage!"

The wolf monster's expression changed upon hearing this. That wolf face wrinkled its brows, making it even uglier. Opening its four eyes, it shouted:

"So it's Grandpa Fox! Offense... offense... Since the two grandpas have crossed the ridge, why not go to my Great King's place to sit? This little monster will bring hot tea, and invite the grandpas to eat a few blood buns."

Bai Rong looked at him and asked suspiciously:

"Which mountain corner is your Great King from, to dare to invite me to sit?"

The four-eyed wolf monster said respectfully:

"It is the Black Mastiff Great General under the command of the Bifuo Mountain Master, living in Black Lacquer Ridge..."

"Get out, get out, get out! Noisy!"

Bai Rong's expression changed upon hearing the name Bifuo Mountain Master. He waved his hand and threw him a dozen feet away, replying: "Just a monkey, too many things!"

The two monster beasts were swept into a somersault by the monster wind he stirred up. Humming in pain, they climbed up and shouted: "Grandpa, be careful, there are witch people near the ridge who are good at changing, very treacherous..."

Bai Rong had already traveled several miles. The two monster beasts behind were still calling him grandpa, grandpa, and sent them out of the mountain all the way. Li Zhouwei was lost in thought. Bai Rong secretly glanced at him and said somewhat awkwardly:

"What kind of earth monster is this? I don't know him at all! Don't take it to heart, it's just that my monster clan is passing through his territory, and we have to greet him as a matter of routine..."

"So that's how it is."

Li Zhouwei noticed that his tone was wrong. His golden eyes swept over the mountain forest at his feet, paused slightly, and asked:

"The Bifuo Mountain Master must be a Zifu Great Monster, right? I wonder what his background is?"

"This..."

Bai Rong reached into his bosom and took out a few fruits to hand to him, not expecting to be a step slow and unable to block his mouth, so he had to say: "This Bifuo Mountain Master... is called Can Lu Fu, a descendant of the nine sons of the True Chi. Going up, he should be counted to the eighth prince... His corpse is still stuffed in the current Zhu Zhu Lu Hai."

"So although Can Lu Fu is a dragon, he never dares to go to the East Sea, and just nests in this Southern Frontier to make a show of power, acting in collusion with those few Great Monsters. He is also an old thing."

'Can Lu Fu...'

Li Zhouwei felt a shock in his heart upon hearing this name, and finally understood where Bai Rong's awkward expression came from.

"Southern Frontier Monster King, the Zifu peak Bifuo Mountain Master, Can Lu Fu."

"My own ancestor was refined by him..."

Bai Rong knew that Li Tongya's own younger brother was refined by Can Lu Fu, so he immediately avoided him. Only now, having flown out of this mountain range, did he dare to speak in detail, saying in a low voice:

"Can Lu Fu is a Great Monster of the same level as my family's Lord, and he was also a monster king that Chi Wei was on good terms with at the time... After all, he is a descendant of the eighth prince, extremely powerful."

Li Zhouwei saw that the distance from that mountain was getting further and further away. He remembered this Bifuo Mountain Master clearly in his heart, but his tone did not show any major reaction, only saying:

"Is this Lord's true form a Clear Water Dragon?"

"Not bad."

Bai Rong saw this and breathed a sigh of relief, replying: "If it weren't for the fact that the dragon clan doesn't recognize him, he could be considered some kind of Dragon King now. He also knows how to refine pills, and has some thin face in the Southern Frontier."

"More than two hundred years ago, he was already in the middle stage of Zifu... At that time, he had led monsters to attack the Qingchi Sect, which had not yet established a firm foothold. Chi Wei should have gotten to know him at that time."

Li Zhouwei kept it in his heart. Bai Rong advised:

"It's been hundreds of years... just let it pass... Can Lu Fu is an old monster of many years, a leader among the Zifu. Even my family's Lord cannot fight him."

Li Zhouwei smiled and agreed. Only then did Bai Rong breathe a sigh of relief, pointed to the mountain forest in the distance, patted his chest and said: "Ordinary cultivators going to the South Sea have to go around from the East Sea, but you don't need to. If you go to the South Sea in the future, you can just ride the wind all the way. If those who guard the mountains and valleys dare to stop you, just slap them away!"

Li Zhouwei said softly:

"Wouldn't that offend these mountain masters and generals..."

"Of course not!"

Bai Rong laughed and replied:

"You just saw it too. We came all the way, which little monster didn't call out grandpa? These little monsters that were enlightened have no hope of Foundation Establishment, they are purely things for running errands. It's just that I am of the fox clan. If it were a tiger or leopard, grabbing them and driving them would be no problem at all."

The sea surface gradually appeared in the distance. This oppressive atmosphere had passed, and Bai Rong's mood improved. The sea surface of the South Sea was deeper in color, the climate was hot, and the Lu Fang Great Continent had already appeared before their eyes. The trees were all dark green, towering into the clouds.

Bai Rong, however, took a turn and headed east all the way. The seawater gradually turned into a cyan color, obviously arriving at the Zhu Zhu Lu Hai.

The Zhu Zhu Lu Hai was in the southernmost part of the East Sea, east of the South Sea, and adjacent to the South Sea. Bai Rong was a lazy person. Once he reached the edge of the Zhu Zhu Lu Hai, he stopped moving. He casually grabbed a little monster, sent it down to notify the monsters patrolling the sea, and turned the cart back: "That Ding Jiao will chase after us himself. Let's take a step first."

He drove the wind all the way back. Li Zhouwei looked out. The islands in the eastern part of the Lu Fang Great Continent were scattered like stars, with few people. Although the jungle was dense, no cultivators were seen rising or falling.

"It's quite different from the East Sea."

The islands in the East Sea would not have a single piece of space left. How could they be left in vain like in the South Sea? Bai Rong glanced at him and said softly: "The caves and palaces of South Sea cultivators are all under the sea. These islands are the back gardens of great forces, with strict formations, used for planting spiritual things, gathering energy, and converging spiritual veins..."

"As for the mortals, they all live on great continents like Lu Fang and Song Zhou, scattered and sparse, and should be about the size of the Yue Kingdom."

Li Zhouwei nodded. The seabed of the South Sea was not occupied by the dragon clan, and it was millions of times broader than the sea surface. It had its own world, so of course there was no need to come to the sea surface to live.

And the relationship between the South Sea and the sea interior was not as close as that of the East Sea. With the Southern Frontier blocking the way, going to the sea interior to gather energy almost required crossing the entire Zhu Zhu Lu Hai. The danger on the road could be imagined, so keeping the local islands to gather energy was even more important.

"Further south is Danrong Wuluo, where there are more Buddhist and demonic cultivators..."

The name Danrong Wuluo reminded Li Zhouwei. Li Qinghong had once mentioned that his family should have an elder cultivating in this place... It seemed to be an illegitimate child of the Yuanqing generation.

"After the dragon clan's affairs are finished, it's just right to go to Danrong Wuluo for a tour and see that elder... The family's Lord has passed away, and I don't know if he knows."

Li Zhouwei and Bai Rong traveled for most of the day, and had been galloping into the sea. Directly in front was a broad white seabed, with coral dotted among it, bright as day. Houses and streets were densely packed, which was actually quite similar to the former Weixia Kingdom.

A thin light shield covered the seabed, which should be a marketplace. Bai Rong looked high-spirited, immediately put away the pushcart, added a cloak to his body, and landed into the marketplace.

Li Zhouwei landed together. The great formation of this marketplace was only separated by a layer of seawater. Passing through it, no one came to entertain them, and the bustling crowd was shuttling through the marketplace.

"Let's stroll around. The dragon clan will arrive here in three hours at most!"

Bai Rong looked around excitedly, buying some shells here and some coral there. The cloak on his body made it impossible for people to see his cultivation level, nor could they see that he was a monster beast, which made him feel like a fish in water.

Li Zhouwei strolled around casually. He first bought a map to look at. That person saw his Foundation Establishment cultivation, offered the thing, and ran away crawling, not even daring to accept things like spirit shells.

Li Zhouwei held the map and looked at it twice:

"It's quite a coincidence, the territory of the Miao family in the South Sea!"

Judging from this map, the Miao family's territory was quite large, and it could be considered one of the top great forces in the South Sea. Even this Zhulei Marketplace they were in and the Zhulei Cave under their feet belonged to the Miao family's territory.

"Thunder magic is really a good thing... The South Sea is entirely practicing demonic cultivation, and is restrained by thunder magic to a greater or lesser degree. Although the Miao family doesn't have many direct descendants, their territory is vast, but unfortunately, the suppression of demonic cultivation by thunder magic is too strong!"

He swept a glance casually. Looking out, they were all demonic cultivators, and things of blood energy were everywhere. Looking carefully again, these things of blood energy were actually eight or nine out of ten refined from monster beasts. Human pills were so expensive that people were deterred.

"There are few people in the South Sea but many cultivators. Buddhist, demonic, immortal, and witch are mixed together, and people are rare things... The main demonic cultivation techniques have all been changed back and forth, changed to feeding on monster beasts."

He took a turn. There were still quite a few mortals coming and going in the marketplace, calling out "my lord" with smiles. Two children in the corner were chattering, actually discussing Zifu supernatural powers.

Li Zhouwei went through it and understood in an instant:

"The mortals of the South Sea live in the formations under the water, and most of them can have kinship with cultivators... On one hand, the number of people is very small, and their lives are safe. On the other hand, having a relationship with cultivators makes it not easy to be harvested."

The land of the South Sea cannot be compared to the sea interior. A mu of land in Jiangnan is enough to support a few people. Even if a lazy family scatters seeds on the ground, they soon won't have to worry about food and drink... Only then can they afford the year-after-year losses of the three sects and seven gates.

The East Sea also has few people but many cultivators, but the East Sea has a huge input of spiritual rice and blood energy from the north and south cultivators of the sea interior, so it is not rare. The South Sea is much more troublesome. Except for those few great continents, the rest of the mortals can only live in the formations on the seabed, living day and night with cultivators.

"Thinking about it this way... the South Sea, which is famous for its demonic cultivators... actually has very stable rules and order... Mortals rarely have the disaster of losing their lives, their lives are closely related to cultivators, they know clearly about cultivation, and only need to serve cultivators..."

He couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile:

"The common people of the Buddhist land are sallow and thin, born hoping for death. The common people of the Immortal Gate are covered in dust and ignorant, waiting for harvest. On the contrary, this demonic sea in the south, born knowing why they are born, and dying knowing why they die, with the Great Dao of cultivation close at hand."

Li Zhouwei himself is also the master of a lake, used to all kinds of human hearts, but he has always heard that the South Sea is rampant with demonic cultivators. Now that he has seen it with his own eyes, some differences have made him sigh. He suddenly realized: "However, these people don't take action because there are too few people and it's not worth it... Forced to have no choice but to catch monsters and refine pills, it gradually became a habit. If there is a chance to go to the sea interior and the East Sea, that is simply full of gold, and I'm afraid they will kill more fiercely than anyone else."

He was secretly observing the system of the South Sea where immortals and mortals live together to the extreme, wanting to find some reference for his own family. Bai Rong had already returned with a pile of shells and coral, took a bright blue conch from it and stuffed it into his arms, and laughed:

"I have many little foxes in the cave. It's not easy to go out once, so I brought some treasures back for them, and I can't leave you out!"

Li Zhouwei took it with a smile. This conch was just a magic tool of the Taixi level, just for adjusting seawater. He thanked him, not wanting to brush off the fox's good intentions, and put it into his arms.

Bai Rong beamed with joy and muttered, saying softly: "I heard my grandmother say that when she came to the South Sea back then, there were not so many demonic cultivation techniques and blood energy here. This area was quite desolate. After this Miao family rose, the demonic cultivation techniques in the entire sea area suddenly increased, and they were all good techniques of extremely good quality."

"Oh?"

Li Zhouwei immediately sensed an unusual taste and frowned:

"This junior heard that the South Sea has long had the name of demonic cultivators all over the sea..."

Bai Rong sneered and replied:

"Earlier, although they were all demonic cultivation techniques, they were just common goods, and there were quite a few techniques of Wood Virtue, Earth Virtue, and Water Virtue... There were even quite a few Immortal Gates, but now not a single one can be seen. Isn't it all the good work of his Miao family!"

Adding it up this way, Li Zhouwei finally understood how the Miao family's huge power in the South Sea came about: "What a ruthless method, spreading high-grade demonic cultivation techniques, such as the East Sea and South Sea, places struggling everywhere... Once spread, it's not a simple matter..."

"Nearly half of the demonic cultivation techniques don't need to gather any energy... as long as they have consumed enough blood energy."

"The Miao family controls the thunder magic cultivation techniques and energy-gathering formulas, sitting back and relaxing, and spreads all kinds of convenient, fast, low-threshold, and fast-cultivation demonic cultivation techniques in this vast territory, immediately squeezing all other techniques so that no one practices them..."

"His own direct descendants then rely on abundant resources to practice thunder magic. Which one of them, when going out, isn't suppressing others?"

He shook his head, thinking in his heart:

"No wonder they say the Miao family is a thunder magic family and also a demonic path person. I don't know if they consume blood energy or not... but such a move is enough to see their means."

Li Zhouwei was thinking when Bai Rong had already muttered: "Kid, most of the demonic disasters in Jiangnan originate from the Blood Demon Law Book, and this technique is also from the Miao family... The Jin Yu Sect borrowed the Miao family's technique... That Jin Yu Sect... they are all people who love to calculate. You just look at it all the way. Now it is the only one among the three sects, and the seven gates fear it like a tiger. It is enough to see how powerful it is!"

Li Zhouwei only heard his words and reacted immediately, secretly thinking in his heart:

'He's beating around the bush to remind me...'

The Jin Yu Sect actually doesn't have much conflict with his own family, and the relationship is even quite good. The Li family has been gathering energy in the desert for so many years, and no one has dared to come and disturb them. Li Zhouwei doesn't believe it without the Jin Yu's instruction.

What's more, it is rumored that Li Tongya and Zhang Yun are good friends, and the disciples of the Jin Yu Sect are also quite polite to the Li family...

But since Bai Rong reminded him, Li Zhouwei could only secretly remember it and said humbly: "This junior remembers!"

Bai Rong glanced at him, seemingly afraid that his meaning was too much and would cause him to have a look of anger. He asked two questions with a smile, but there was a whistling sound on the sea, the green waves were surging, and the sound of iron chains clinking.

"Boom!"

A huge Clear Water Scale Monster appeared bit by bit above the seabed. The gorgeous and luxurious palace floated in the ocean, and the huge black shadow quickly covered the entire marketplace. The night pearls that originally emitted brilliance also dimmed.

The cultivators coming and going raised their heads one after another, looking at the sea in a daze. The sound of the conch sounded suddenly, and a familiar high shout came from the sea: "The Clear Water Clear Pond Chengbi Dragon Child's magic carriage is here—"