Chapter 522: Red Falcon Clan

The blue sea and blue sky, the boundless sea of midsummer was extremely hot; the further north one went, the hotter it got, making Yan Buji wonder if he had taken a wrong turn back to the Turbulent Sea.

Yan Buji took out a compass, calculated, furrowed his brows: "No mistake, why is it so hot?"

"Daoist, are you searching for a dragon's lair?" Gu Yue walked out of the cabin and asked.

"What lair to explore!" Yan Buji frowned: "You haven't noticed the temperature rising?"

"A bit." Gu Yue looked around, then suddenly gazed into the distance: "Over there, probably a submarine volcano erupted."

A submarine volcano erupted?

Yan Buji glanced over, but couldn't see anything.

"Where?"

"Ten thousand li ahead."

Yan Buji looked puzzled: "Is her perception that sharp? Or is her spiritual sense stronger than my divine sense?"

If that's the case, Gu Yue's spiritual sense might already rival a mid- or even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Such terrifying talent?!

Yan Buji thought Gu Yue might have sensed it through some Gu technique.

Thinking this, Yan Buji comforted himself, because according to his reasoning, even if one's spiritual sense were vast, it couldn't exceed that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator by much. Moreover, his own divine sense was stronger than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, at least at the mid-stage level.

After traveling some distance, Yan Buji finally noticed the abnormality ahead.

A large area of sea turned turbid; countless fish and beast corpses floated on the surface, nearly boiled by the scalding water, emitting a strong fishy stench.

Even without Gu Yue's reminder, Yan Buji sensed what was happening in the sea ahead.

"Troublesome, this sea area is filled with abundant fire fiends, and due to the earth movement the spiritual qi is chaotic; passing through is no simple matter." Yan Buji said.

"The fire fiends are fine; the trouble is this, Daoist."

Huh?

Gu Yue pointed at the sea surface; Yan Buji turned his head to look.

Suddenly, the water beneath turned crimson; Yan Buji instantly sensed something amiss as a colossal fire spirit burst from beneath the sea and lunged at the spirit boat!

"Damn it!"

Yan Buji's face turned cold; he activated the Earth Fiend Divine Ability to draw water and bind the area tightly!

Immediately after, Gu Yue casually scattered some Gu worms; the golden-light Gu unleashed its power, forming the Gu technique "Floating Light Leaping Gold," completely annihilating that fire spirit!

Yan Buji reached out and scooped up a smoking mineral from the sea surface, holding it in hand to examine closely.

Gu Yue looked over: "Is this the pure fire-forged gold from inside the fire spirit? It's a decent spiritual material."

Yan Buji shook his head: "Although pure fire-forged gold is also red on the surface, inside it is as pure as gold, containing no impurities. But this mineral is not..."

Saying that, Yan Buji reached out and chipped off a piece of the mineral, revealing its interior—actually black carbon; Gu Yue frowned.

"Mixed fire gold?"

Yan Buji nodded; although mixed fire gold also has a transformation count, it is heavy with turbid qi, a harmful tainted material.

Such tainted material cannot be directly used for pill or artifact refinement; it is mostly used as fuel. However, even the lowest grade of mixed fire gold is third transformation level, and few major powers would use such tainted material as fuel.

Gu Yue glanced twice and lost interest: "It's useless."

"Not necessarily; the earth movement has driven these fire spirits up from the seabed, perhaps other things will appear as well."

Gu Yue pondered: "Like black stone beasts?"

Black stone beasts are demonic beasts dwelling in the earth veins; although they basically won't actively harm people if they stay within the veins, they usually live in groups and have a migratory habit. Once they leave the veins due to earth movement, the seabed below likely teems with countless black stone beasts.

Although black stone beasts have low aggression, to return to the veins they will migrate at any cost.

Yan Buji was unaware of the seabed conditions; after thinking, he decided to detour.

"Let's detour; who knows what happened ahead to cause the volcanic eruption—it's surely no good."

Gu Yue nodded in agreement; cultivators react far better to heavenly disasters than mortals, and great cultivators can even quell them with a single hand!

But for them, there's no need to cause more trouble.

After detouring and sailing for two days,

Yan Buji felt the fire fiend qi in the vicinity gradually weakening; he checked his position and asked:

"Is this the correct direction?"

"Yes, the bearing is right, but after this detour we don't know when we'll reach the destination." Gu Yue said.

Yan Buji looked ahead and suddenly saw something drifting on the sea surface.

"What is that?"

"A demon clan?" Gu Yue exclaimed in surprise: "Daoist, that looks like a demon clan member, still alive."

Yan Buji frowned, piloted the spirit boat over, and examined the demon clan member drifting on the sea surface.

Demon clan members differ from strangers; demon clan members are born from demonic beasts gaining wisdom. Those who can assume human form are rare; most demon clan members, even after gaining wisdom, retain their original bodies and do not deliberately take on human form.

The demon clan member before him looked no different from an ordinary man; Yan Buji pondered, then looked at Gu Yue: "Should we kill him or save him?"

Gu Yue reflected, then noticed the red dot on the demon clan man's brow and thought: "Daoist, save him."

"Alright."

Yan Buji reached out and drew him aboard, laying him on the deck to inspect.

"Which demon clan is he from?"

"Probably the Red Falcon Clan." Gu Yue said, pointing to the red dot on the man's brow: "The Red Falcon Clan possesses an innate divine ability; regardless of age, their foreheads store a technique called 'Extinction Law Divine Light.' That red dot on his brow is it."

Yan Buji nodded; he had learned something new.

Yan Buji knew little about demon clans; he only knew a rough outline but didn't know how many kinds of demon beasts there were, nor their abilities.

"Cough cough cough!!!"

The demon clan man spat out several mouthfuls of seawater and slowly regained consciousness.

This is.....

You awake? Yan Buji asked kindly.

The demon race man's expression changed; he immediately jumped up and retreated to the ship's rail, staring intently at the two: "Human race? Are you people of the Sinking Dragon Society?"

No, I am Yue Jin; this is Gu Yue Ancient Immortal Maiden. You are a demon of the Red Falcon clan? Yan Buji asked.

The demon race man fell silent, looked around: "Did you guys fish me out?"

If you wanted to make a move on me, could you still stand and speak? Yan Buji said lightly.

Indeed. The demon race man lowered his guard, landed on the deck, clasped his hands: "I am Yu Fei of the Red Falcon clan; I have met you two fellow Daoists."

Gu Yue stepped forward and asked: "Let's not talk about that first; how did you faint on the sea surface?"

That's a long story.