88: Chapter 88

On the Sect square!

With a casual wave of Chen Xuan's hand, a flying boat thirty zhang wide and about fifty zhang long appeared out of thin air.

The hull of the flying boat was made of thousand-year-old wood. A blue bird holding a pearl was carved on the bow, with spiritual mist swirling between its outspread wings. The jade sails unfurled without the need for wind, drawing upon Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for power.

When sailing, its speed was no less than a Golden Core Cultivator traveling on the wind.

Upon closer inspection, intricate and complex Formation patterns were drawn on the exterior of the hull, capable of withstanding a full-strength blow from a Golden Core Cultivator.

This thing was an Opportunity the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect had found in the Spirit Void Secret Realm eighty years ago. Chen Xuan had originally intended to purchase a flying boat from the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect, but Sect Master Lin insisted on giving it for free.

Left with no choice, Chen Xuan gifted twenty Peaches of Immortality to the Bamboo Mountain Sword Sect as a token of gratitude.

Sect Master Lin gritted his teeth, wanting to refuse, but the temptation was simply too great. If it were two or three Peaches of Immortality, he might have had the willpower to decline.

But there were a full twenty of them!

This was enough to increase the overall strength of the Sect by about thirty percent.

Chen Xuan felt a bit emotional. If he had known when he had 400,000 points, it would have been so much better to buy a flying boat first and then do the lucky draw.

Seeing this, Mu Wanqing became a little excited and leaped onto the flying boat.

Li Pingan and the others looked at each other and followed suit one after another.

Qi Yue pulled Chen Xuan aside and asked softly, "Sect Master, if we all go to the Central Region, what will happen to the Sect?"

In Qi Yue's view, the Sect was filled with Magic Treasures and Opportunities. Once there were no powerful experts guarding the Sect, a few days would be fine, but if it lasted for several months, by the time they returned from the Central Region, let alone the thousand-acre orchard of Peaches of Immortality, even the bluestone floor tiles of the Sect square would have been dug up three feet deep.

Although the Dao Seeking Sect had just wiped out the four major Sects not long ago, and its reputation in the Eastern Region was such that no one but a fool would dare provoke it.

But in the cultivation world, it was precisely the fools who were most numerous.

Moreover, such an Opportunity was rare in a thousand years.

After seizing the Opportunity, the worst they could do was flee to another region and hide, playing the turtle for eighty or a hundred years, and then coming back out once the heat had passed.

Cultivating on the mountain was often described as sixty years in the mountains being a thousand years in the human world.

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "No need to worry, I have my own arrangements."

As Chen Xuan's words fell, he snapped his fingers crisply. Immediately after, a faint twilight rose within the Dao Seeking Sect's jurisdiction, as if the entire Sect was locked within a semi-circular bubble.

That curtain of light appeared as thin as a cicada's wing, with ancient patterns of bronze rust on its edges. However, if a Ninth-Grade Formation Master saw this scene, they would certainly be so shocked that their voice would tremble.

Qi Yue's pupils shrank slightly as she looked up at the pale green twilight. She felt the spiritual power around her suddenly stall, as if a pair of invisible giant hands had seized the veins of heaven and earth.

"Is this... a Formation?"

Although Qi Yue was not skilled in the Dao of Formations, she could sense that this Formation was unusual just by her perception of danger. It was several times more dangerous than the Formation in the ancient palace of the Spirit Void Secret Realm.

The Nascent Soul Realm... no, perhaps even the Soul Emergence Stage might not necessarily be able to break this Formation.

Thinking of this, Qi Yue's heart couldn't help but beat faster, and she stole a glance at the man beside her.

She hadn't expected the Sect Master to also be proficient in the Dao of Formations.

Chen Xuan was not aware of what Qi Yue was thinking at the moment. If he knew, he would probably show a faint smile. The Soul Emergence Stage trying to challenge the Qingyun Locking Heaven Formation he got from a lucky draw for 11,000 reputation points?

Although this Formation was considered an ordinary mountain-protecting Formation in the System mall, without the combined effort of ten Soul Transformation experts, trying to break it was simply a pipe dream.

With this Formation's protection, Chen Xuan could head to the Central Region with peace of mind.

Qi Yue suppressed her shock and praised, "As expected of the Sect Master. With this Formation in place, indeed no one would dare to invade our Dao Seeking Sect."

"Let's go, it's getting late."

"Qi Yue, you are more familiar with the Central Region. Tell me about the situation there in a moment." As his words fell, Chen Xuan's figure flashed, and he boarded the flying boat. Qi Yue followed closely behind.

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"It's so beautiful! Junior Sister, look over there." Mu Wanqing stood by the railing of the flying boat, looking at the endless horizon of the sea, and sighed with emotion.

For this wealthy young lady who had lived in the Great Yan Dynasty since childhood, this was the first time she had seen the sea, and also the first time she was traveling across regions on a flying boat.

Xiao Lingxian also showed a faint smile upon seeing this scene.

It wasn't her first time seeing a seascape, but for her former self, she didn't have any spare time to pay attention to such scenery. But now it was different; she no longer had to worry about the issue of the Nine Phoenix Burning Heaven Physique.

This was all thanks to her Revered Master and Sister Qiyue.

Ye Hao took a look and then went back to his room to go into secluded cultivation.

He didn't know what Realm that bitch Ye Jing had reached by now. Ye Hao didn't dare to relax in the slightest; underestimating the enemy was a sign of disrespect to himself.

Although he could also ask his Revered Master for help, Ye Hao still wanted to kill that bitch with his own hands.

Li Pingan stood at the back of the flying boat, looking at the Eastern Region as it drifted further away, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Chen Xuan sat in the pavilion of the flying boat, sipping tea while gazing into the distance.

"Why is this called the Sea of Dead Silence? I don't see any problems with it," Chen Xuan asked curiously.

Although he had been in this world for nearly three years, for two and a half of those years, Chen Xuan had been struggling as an ordinary person. His knowledge of this Immortal Realm was actually far inferior to Qi Yue's.

Qi Yue reached out her fair, jade-like hand to pick up the purple clay teapot on the table. With a focused expression, she filled the man's cup with tea before speaking softly:

"We have just entered this sea area. In about another hour of sailing, this sea will be filled with a white 'soul devouring mist'."

"soul devouring mist?" This was the first time Chen Xuan had heard the name.

Qi Yue nodded slightly and explained, "This soul devouring mist looks soft, but it can actually corrode a Cultivator's Protective Aura. Once it touches the body, it will seep through the pores into the Sea of Consciousness, interfering with the Divine Soul."

"If the Divine Soul is not condensed enough, touching this mist will cause dizziness. When traveling on the wind or flying on a sword, the slightest lapse in attention will cause the Qi to become turbulent like a broken kite, leading to a fall into the waves to feed the Yao Beasts in the sea."

"Even a Cultivator at the Golden Core Late Stage must find a way to avoid it when encountering this soul devouring mist. Only Cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm, whose Divine Souls are as solid as glazed glass, can cross this sea as if walking on level ground."

"So that's how it is!" No wonder he rarely heard of Cultivators from other regions visiting the Eastern Region; it turned out it was because of this "soul devouring mist." Chen Xuan finally understood this point of confusion.

Qi Yue showed a faint smile and said, "However, if you ride a flying boat of sufficient grade, you can save yourself these troubles. After all, a flying boat doesn't have such a thing as a Divine Soul."

Chen Xuan pondered for a moment and then asked, "You just said there are also Yao Beasts in this Sea of Dead Silence. What Realm are they?"

Qi Yue explained, "There are many Yao Beasts in the Sea of Dead Silence, but there are only two types we need to be wary of."

Chen Xuan picked up his teacup and took a long drink, signaling with his eyes for the Woman in White Dress to continue.

"This Purple Mansion Spiritual Sprout Tea contributed by the enthusiastic Fellow Daoist of the Joyful Union Sect tasted quite good. It was cool in the mouth, somewhat like drinking mint lemonade, but with an added hint of sweetness."

"One is the 'Xuanyin Jellyfish,' whose body is hidden deep in the ten-thousand-zhang sea trenches. It only surfaces once every hundred years to feed. No one knows what Realm it is now, but it is said that a hundred years ago, an Elder of the Nascent Soul Fifth Layer from the Holy Land wanted to find a medicinal ingredient in the Sea of Dead Silence to perform Alchemy, but unfortunately encountered this 'Xuanyin Jellyfish'."

Chen Xuan asked, "How long has it been since it last surfaced to feed?"