66: The transformation of Tongmai dace! Xiuqing draws in the energy!

After all matters were handled, Shen Li, like Wang Teng, entered seclusion to Cultivate.

Time waits for no one; improving one's Cultivation always brings benefits.

Additionally, the few Great Arts he obtained also needed to be Cultivated, as frankly speaking, the Great Arts he himself Cultivated had mediocre destructive power.

Only one Great Art, Rainstorm Pear Blossom, was top-tier, but after activating Rainstorm Pear Blossom, his Spiritual Qi would be completely depleted... at which point the situation would become extremely dangerous.

Therefore, Shen Li planned to use Rainstorm Pear Blossom as a finishing move whenever possible.

Yellow sand lashed against the Formation wall, the fine grains of sand like countless raindrops, gathering into a river and flowing downwards.

After the Yunmai Heshui Formation was activated, the consumed Spirit Stones no longer needed extra replenishment; with the remaining Spiritual Veins, the Spiritual Qi was also replenished.

It could operate without needing to replace Spirit Stones, which was a good thing.

Outside the city, in the dust, Zhou Si, clad in cold heavy armor and wielding a curved blade, wiped blood from his hands.

He looked down at a hyena at his feet, his expression disdainful.

The visibility here was only a few meters; even Zhou Si, who was on the verge of Breaking Through to the Grandmaster Realm, could only see twenty to thirty meters.

Within these twenty to thirty meters, hundreds of hyena corpses lay scattered in disarray.

A Yuting Guard collected all the fragmented spiritual essence and bowed respectfully.

"There are no other Yao Beast traces for now; this Yao Beast attack is considered over."

"It's just that the frequency of these attacks is becoming more frequent, which is not good."

Zhou Si nodded helplessly; frankly, he had no solution either.

He wasn't an Immortal Master... he was just a martial artist with some strength.

He then led over a hundred Yuting Guards back into the Great Formation.

He saw that the originally impenetrable city wall suddenly split open, revealing a gap.

It was as if some kind of sliding mechanism had been installed beneath the city wall's base.

After the hundred-plus people passed through, the city wall quickly closed again.

Zhou Si cupped his hands and spoke in a deep voice to Sun Dashan before him.

"Thank you for your trouble, Immortal Master Sun."

Sun Dashan smiled honestly and went back to his own busy work.

He had been extremely busy these past few days; although the outer city was completed, most of it was barren land, and according to the City Lord's instructions before his seclusion, he needed to build many tall buildings, residences, and shops.

Although he wasn't a master craftsman, building these earthen houses using earth-cultivation methods was no problem.

The inner city was the same; Black Ridge City was poor before, let alone Formations, it didn't even have much water, and was drafty everywhere.

Now, there were no trees on the plains, so how could houses be built?

Didn't they have to rely on stacking earthen bricks one by one?

Earthen bricks also required water, mixed with sand, and some plant stems for binding, otherwise, if they dried, they would just turn into loose sand, useless for building.

As a result, the residences in Black Ridge City's inner city were all dilapidated, some unable to even shield from wind and rain.

It used to be better; it was dry, so at most there was some wind and sand, which could be slightly covered.

But now Black Ridge City had wind and rain at its beck and call, and water vapor was abundant, but leaks everywhere were also not a solution.

They had to find a way to renovate these residences.

Sun Dashan naturally didn't just think of being a plasterer; he wanted to do his best to do things well, so that the City Lord would take notice.

After all, according to his wife, the City Lord had bestowed Immortal Arts, helping their child step onto the path of Immortals.

This was a blessing that could not be cultivated for three lifetimes.

Such kindness, even if it meant dying here, he would be willing.

He had no hope for himself now, but his child was so young, perhaps in the future, they could also bring glory to their ancestors, or even enter... the Shen Family... or even Qingchi Mountain.

This was the important thing.

As parents, for the sake of their children, a little hardship was worth it.

Passing through the outer city, crops had already grown on the barren land, and many commoners, even at night, refused to go home, standing by their fields, looking at the lush green sprouts.

Their hearts were filled with endless hope.

Some commoners looked through their dilapidated earthen houses towards the most distinctive City Lord's Mansion in the city, their eyes full of respect.

"This City Lord is indeed extraordinary."

"Yes, during the annual Tornado Season, at night, I would tightly lock the city gates, not daring to let anyone in who knocked, fearing they might be some Yao monster."

"Alas, who isn't? Our neighbor Gou Dan's family, didn't they suffer because of that?"

"Ultimately, it was that dead fat man who was useless; he deserved to be killed by our Immortal family!"

"Still, be careful with your words... I heard that these Yuting Guards, their origins are closely related to that dead man!"

"So what? The Immortal family is stationed in the city, knowing every move; are we afraid of him?"

"It's a pity for Gou Dan; if he hadn't gone out that day... perhaps he could have also gotten an acre or so of land."

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

A child curiously looked at the green swaying in the wind under the moonlight, and asked in confusion.

"Grandpa, what is this?"

"Something you can eat."

"Like grass roots?"

"It tastes better."

"Sweet grass roots?"

"It tastes even better."

"You can't describe it. Can I try it now?"

"Haha, you can only eat it after a few more days."

"Okay."

The childish words drifted with the wind, reaching Sun Xiuqing's ears as she squatted by the water.

At the Cang Hai Flower, Sun Xiuqing was looking at the Vein-Piercing Pangolin Fish with a golden line converging at the tip of its head.

The pangolin fish poked its head out, and a hint of surprise flashed across Sun Xiuqing's tender face, then she reached her hands into the water.

She then gently cupped the pangolin fish.

"Are you calling me?"

"Hmm? What do you want?"

"You said you were missing something?"

Sun Xiuqing's small face wrinkled into a large bun.

"But I don't have anything."

"Ouch!"

Sun Xiuqing grimaced, looking at the blood on her finger, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

"Bad fish! Stinky fish!"

The Vein-Piercing Pangolin Fish did not escape; instead, the golden line, which had been unable to move and was about to merge into its brow, quietly extended a few inches.

Then, as if it had fully integrated, it ran from the fish's tail to its head.

The flowers within the Cang Hai Flower suddenly changed direction, swaying wildly towards the Vein-Piercing Pangolin Fish!

Within the Living Spring Water Vein, a vigorous stream of water surged from the dark, boundless underground river.

It then rapidly spread into the Cang Hai Flower.

And the somewhat ethereal wings on both sides of the pangolin fish seemed to have streams of water adhering to them.

Soon, the flat, somewhat ugly head and body gradually began to evolve under the nourishment of water-attribute Spiritual Qi.

Its entire body began to transform into... a carp-like shape.

Its body became slender, its scales began to shimmer with a watery azure, and a thick, surging mist enveloped the Cang Hai Flower.

The petals all opened, seemingly celebrating the birth of something.

[Ninth-grade • Different Water Carp, Divine Ability: Spiritual Vein Enhancement, can produce three drops of Ninth-grade Spiritual Water per month]

Upon seeing this, Sun Xiuqing felt a Divine Thought voice appear in her mind.

The voice was stammering and somewhat childish.

"What's your name?"

"Who's speaking?"

"It's me!"

Sun Xiuqing looked at the completely different carp before her, her brows furrowed.

"You're... that little ugly fish from before?"

"?"

"Call me Carp King!"

Sun Xiuqing was full of curiosity.

"How did you even change your species?"

"This is atavism! Atavism, understand!!!! You've never seen the world!"

"Your scales are so pretty, can you peel one off for me?"

"? How could I, these are my clothes."

"Just give me one to play with..."

"Ow... Ow... Don't move... I'll do it myself..."

"Huh? Why did it disappear in my hand?"

"Wait... why do I have a surge of Qi in my heart?"

"This is?"

"This is Cultivating Immortals."

The Different Water Carp's tone was peculiar.

"These scales are your welcome gift for helping me cross the threshold."