Chapter 319

Cultivation knows no time.

Yan Buji hadn't done such peaceful, focused secluded cultivation for so long; he remembered the last time was back at the Clear Wind Observatory.

In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed, and Yan Buji was already 110 years old.

But he had taken the grass-return elixir to prolong his life, so he still did not feel that his lifespan was nearing its end.

Moreover, after his draconic transformation, his bodily aging slowed considerably.

However, looking at him, Yan Buji was still a half-dragon, half-human monster.

Over thirty years, Yan Buji broke through to the tenth level of Qi Refining; the Cinnabar Origin Technique and Lesser Three Origins Secret had many marvelous uses, and cultivation difficulty was not great, but because of the Nine Revolutions of Mana, he had to drain the spiritual energy of this minor spiritual vein to barely succeed, and during that time he also spent considerable time leaving seclusion to search for resources.

That said, there are truly many treasures in the Dongxing Sea Region; just walking on the seabed you can find many Spiritual Stones, although most are not produced from ore veins, but some Spiritual Stones are born after demonic beasts die, showing how abundant the spiritual energy in the Dongxing Sea Region is.

Moreover, let alone other spiritual materials and medicines; although Yan Buji doesn't know much about alchemy, the Dragon Pattern Furnace does.

Most of the low-grade spiritual materials he gathered were refined by the Dragon Pattern Furnace into spiritual pills for his cultivation, so these thirty years were not wasted.

Soon after, Yan Buji left this place, preparing to go find some cultivators in the Dongxing Sea Region to see the situation.

Mainly to inquire where demonic beasts with dragon bloodline can be found; otherwise searching in the sea would be like looking for a needle in the ocean.

"I remember this place should be the edge of the Rift Sea; if you go south, you should be able to find the city of the Heavenly Sea Alliance." said the Dragon Pattern Furnace.

Yan Buji flew low on a flying bamboo leaf and asked: "What is the Heavenly Sea Alliance?"

"The Heavenly Sea Alliance... should still exist, right? In our era, the Heavenly Sea Alliance was a superpower occupying the entire Dongxing Sea Region; the three great seas of Dongxing Sea Region are the Rift Sea, the Boundless Sea, and the Frigid Ocean; the Heavenly Sea Alliance occupied two of them, only the Frigid Ocean was occupied by demonic beasts. I just don't know what the situation is now."

"Such a huge power?"

"The Heavenly Sea Alliance is centered on the Ascendant Bright Sect, with other major powers united to form it; however, back then the Ascendant Bright Sect's one sect with ten great perfections was such that even sages had to give them face, which is why they could unify the cultivation forces of the entire Dongxing Sea Region."

That really does sound like a colossal entity.

In the Nan Ting Mountain Region, Yan Buji had not seen any existence higher than Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, but he knew that the strong ones of the Nan Ting Mountain Region were basically inside the Myriad Dao Mountain Range; inside and outside the mountains were two different worlds.

Each great region's situation differs; cannot be generalized, so this time when going to seek Dongxing cultivators we still need to be cautious.

Yan Buji found a black robe to cover his whole body, and flew like that for half a year.

During that period he also encountered many sea beast attacks, but fortunately Yan Buji's strength was sufficient, and he did not encounter overly absurd attacks.

Roar!!!

Huh?

As he flew, Yan Buji suddenly saw a large ship sailing on the sea surface, and a huge sea beast leapt out of the water, charging toward the ship.

"Finally I see people.... but first let's see if they can handle it."

Yan Buji stood on the sea surface on his flying bamboo leaf, watching the battle there with interest.

The sea beast's strength was roughly that of a Foundation Establishment Stage great demon, but because demonic beasts in the Dongxing Sea Region are generally huge in size, if they really fought Yan Buji couldn't instantly kill it; he'd still need to find a weakness.

But that ship seemed not intending to hard clash; instead, the cultivators on board released various spells to fend off first, and then the ship seemed to activate some device and began to accelerate.

But this way....

The cultivators on the ship shouted: "Hurry!!"

"Even after a few immortal masters hurry, putting these Spiritual Stones in still requires waiting for them to take effect, right?" Several ordinary sailors, sweat pouring down their heads, dumped a bag of Spiritual Stones into a bucket inside the ship's cabin. Around them light and electricity flickered, as if some formation had been activated.

The ship's speed obviously increased, but relying only on a few Qi Refining cultivators could not possibly block that sea beast.

Only saw the sea beast break free of its restraints, roar angrily to the sky and swim back; the few Qi Refining cultivators turned pale with fear and despaired:

"It's over, I haven't even married yet."

"Mom, waa waa waa."

In an instant!

A strange figure appeared before the ship; only saw him, beneath the black robe, fling open the helm and throw a punch!

Boom!

A massive True Essence fluid instantly pierced the sea beast's neck, blasting it hundreds of meters away to float on the sea surface, motionless.

The cultivators on the ship stared at him in shock and exclaimed: "Foundation Establishment Martial Cultivator?!"

Yan Buji stood on the sea surface, turned around and asked: "Are you all alright?"

Upon hearing, the cultivators felt a bit strange: "This.... what is this senior saying?"

"He doesn't seem to be a cultivator from our Dongxing Sea Region; he must be from another great region, right?"

A merchant nearby heard and immediately reacted: "Senior, are you from the Nan Ting Mountain Region?"

"Hmm."

Yan Buji also found the other's accent a bit strange, but thinking that the five regions are so vast, such minor details as accent need not be worried about.

Moreover, since that ordinary merchant could understand, it shows that there are also connections between the five regions.

The merchant beamed with joy, looked at the few cultivators nearby, and cupped his hands: "Immortal, this senior should be a cultivator from Nan Ting; shall we invite him aboard?"

The few Qi Refining cultivators looked at each other: "Didn't he help you? Aren't you going to thank him?"

The key is, since the other party is a Foundation Establishment Martial Cultivator, with just those few Qi Refining cultivators of theirs, if they truly had ill intentions, they definitely couldn't win.

Boss Chen, just decide for yourself.

Yes.

The merchant shouted: "Senior, please come aboard for a chat."

Yan Buji leapt onto the ship; to conceal his monstrous appearance and also avoid misunderstandings, he would not reveal his true face.

Naturally, this makes it easy for others to be wary at first impression.

However, Yan Buji also hadn't become close enough with them to share hearts, so it didn't matter.

With his strength as it is, no one on this ship is his match; being this courteous already gives them plenty of face.

The merchant approached, performed a respectful salute, and said: "I am Chen Dashu, steward of the Ten Thousand Treasures Merchant Association; I have the honor to meet you, senior."

Yan Buji looked at him and asked: "Do you understand Nan Ting speech?"

I get it, I get it—my Wanbao Chamber of Commerce has ties with all the major chambers among the Five Domains, so as a steward I've also learned the Five Domains' language.

Oh?

Yan Buji chuckled: "I am Yue Jin, a humble Daoist; I happened to arrive here by chance, and I still don't know if this is the Dongxing Sea Region."

"Boss, you're asking if the senior got here by touching an ancient teleportation array," the cultivator beside said, looking at Chen Dashu.

Chen Dashu blinked, then relayed it.

Yan Buji shook his head: "I didn't come via a teleportation array—what, is there a problem with that?"

"Boss, you said the Sea Heaven Alliance is looking for an ancient teleportation array; if the senior knows the news, he can go to the Sea Heaven Alliance to report and claim a reward," the cultivator beside said, smiling and clasping his hands toward Yan Buji.

Chen Dashu relayed it again, and Yan Buji nodded.

Oh, that's how it is.