The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 95 Watching the Dragons Fight by the Sea

After a brief one-month stop in Penghu, the black ship continued its journey.

Such black ships, operating as semi-traveling merchant vessels, would naturally be safer if they stopped at fewer locations along the way.

The Li family of Peng Kingdom resides on Yuanxin Island, which is the central hub of the various kingdoms.

The former involves illicit transactions involving unseen magical sword embryos, which are prohibited items; while the latter allows for the legitimate and legal exchange of precious materials between the Southern Kingdom and overseas!
With the Beast Taming Immortal Sect approaching, the time to return to the Southern Kingdom can be counted on one's fingers.

Li Qing, however, was on the top deck of that ship, consuming food and qi, circulating it throughout the body to the spine of a dragon, breathing in the pure yin qi into his dantian, refining the qi, and attempting to prove the foundation of profound yin.

However, Li Qing's Xuan Yin Qi and the Ghost Mother's Xuan Yin Qi are only two words apart, yet they are worlds apart!

The primordial Qi is called the Primordial Qi, existing between emptiness and reality, mysterious and boundless, known as the Primordial Beginning, or the True Dao. All Qi flows and circulates, and at the extreme of Qi movement, life hangs in the balance of Heaven, differing only in the length of Qi.

The primordial Qi reveals the foundation of the Dao, and the Qi of all things transforms and gathers into form through the method.

Therefore, the mysterious yin energy of the Ghost Mother is chilling, bone-devouring, and aggressive;

His breath of profound Yin Qi, cold and ethereal, made him appear even more primordial and pure...

As Li Qing subdued the Zhou Tian Dragon Spine and refined the innate Xuan Yin Qi day after day, the gloomy aura around her slowly dissipated, and the melancholy between her brows was completely gone, replaced by a serene and clear look, like dark clouds obscuring the moon or a pool reflected in a mirror.

Although the foundation of the Purple Mansion Dao is not yet complete, the cool and aloof Dao aura has already begun to slowly linger around him.

"Would you like to try some too?"

After completing the practice and meditating on the White Bone Contemplation for three quarters of an hour, Li Qing opened his eyes and saw "Candle" curiously examining the only remaining "Azure Elixir" in the box.

"Then you can have a taste!"

Amused by this guy, Li Qing chuckled and flicked her finger, pushing the bait pill directly in front of Zhu's nose.

This medicinal pill, made primarily from the fruit of the Azure Flower Tree and the root of the Jade Mist, possesses a unique spiritual essence and has no taboos; it can certainly be given a taste.

In terms of raising dragon beasts, Li Qing's "Candle Dragon" and the Taoist priest's Overlord Sea Dragon Fish are clearly two extremes.

That dragon whale could devour almost half the creatures of the sea in one meal. It was often fed with elixirs by the Taoist priest. In the relatively safe waters of the various countries, the dragon whale was even released to fight and hunt sea beasts.

Zhu, however, rarely touched blood or food, and habitually licked the dragon-taming jade disc, but the jade disc was not omnipotent after all.

If Li Qing wanted to properly nurture this dragon, she would have to change its habits. After all, it was not the kind of dragon spirit that could become a complete form by consuming the essence of the five elements; it was a real dragon beast.

Looking again at the Dragon-Raising Wall in front of "Candle", it has been licking itself every day since it transformed into a dragon, and the Dragon-Raising Wall has visibly shrunk. It probably won't last more than a few years.

Even if one cannot consume blood and food, one may still drink more medicinal herbs and spiritual essences.

Seeing that Zhu did not resist taking the pill, Li Qing felt relieved!

In the future, we should organize a few usable mansions in the You Tian-Qi Shan region and refine some medicinal pills for consumption.

While deep in thought in his cabin, the entire ship suddenly tilted sharply to one side, seemingly in danger of capsizing. "Candle" tumbled and crashed against the wall.

The violent roar of the dragon shook the heavens!

Li Qing raised an eyebrow, turned her head, and met "Candle's" gaze, but all she saw was a pair of clear, blank eyes.

The ruthlessness he displayed was something that this guy would never normally utter.

The desolate and violent dragon roar resounded once more, accompanied by towering waves that came from the sea.

"hold head high!"

The candle shook its head and tried to imitate the angry roar again, but its cry sounded rather childish and a little funny compared to the original.

"Candle, don't move here, I'll go out and take a look."

Li Qing frowned, made a hand seal with one finger, and used the Heavenly Mansion Profound Yuan Qi to seal the doors and windows, causing the Danqiu to obediently stay in the cabin. After giving a reassuring word, she quickly went to the upper deck.

At this moment, the feng shui banner on the ship was already high in the air. The two Purple Mansion Ship Lords supported the powerful wind wall and forcefully lifted the ship, breaking through the air from the encirclement of the huge waves. After gliding for thousands of feet, it landed on the sea surface again.

This rise and fall truly caused great suffering to the cultivators on the ship.

The two Daoist masters of the Purple Mansion seemed glued to the deck, standing motionless by the railing no matter how the ship rocked, gazing at the rolling waves. Following their gaze, Li Qing saw, several miles away, clouds and mist rising, the incessant roars and howls of violent dragons, and shadowy figures moving among the waves and mist…

"Are they crazy? Where did all these sea dragons come from in the inner seas of this country?"

Pei Jiu narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the chaotic sea.

Amidst the towering waves, six or seven enormous, malevolent leaders fiercely tore through the water. Among them was a black-striped dragon with a single horn, half-hidden in the crest of the wave, stirring up a tremendous upheaval; and a long-bearded, hornless dragon, its limbs slapping the water, its bloody mouth baring its teeth, striding across the sea.

A dragon with black scales covered in armor and horns like curved blades, its head as big as a mountain, emerged from the water. However, a ferocious scar was on its left eye, leaving only a single eye on its right eye, which dangerously stared at the clouds above the sea and sky.
There is a phoenix-tailed butterfly dragon with scales like crystal, fins like the wings of a colorful butterfly, and a tail like a phoenix drooping. Dreamy cloud patterns are naturally formed on its butterfly wings, like a proud noble child, standing far to one side.
Above the clouds and mist, two slender dragon shadows appeared and disappeared, accompanied by falling clouds and rain, lightning and thunder, as if gods had descended.

In this sea area, the mere sight of the dragons is enough to terrify the ship's lords and cultivators. Among those dragons, the tall ones are hundreds of feet long and can topple the sky, while the burly ones can overturn the sea with a single turn.

Each of those sea dragons was two whole sizes larger than the water dragons that Li Qing had seen in Wuxi Longzhou!
Even with six or seven of the fiercest dragons facing each other, the Phoenix-tailed Butterfly Dragon only glanced at the ship that had mistakenly entered its territory with its cold, golden vertical pupils before ignoring it completely.

However, in this sea area, there are still terrifying shadows swimming on the surface of the sea. There are also more than a dozen dragons patrolling the sea. Every time a dragon passes by underwater from the ship, it makes the heroes and Taoists on the ship tremble with fear. It is extremely frightening!

"Dragons have fixed nests, and even among dragon bloodlines, they have always lived in separate water palaces. However, the overseas dragons are an exception."

"The Jiaolong (a type of dragon) often has no fixed abode, roams freely, devours a region of the sea, and causes great disasters at sea, becoming a major scourge overseas!"

"Is this group of dragons fighting in the sea the reason why the prices of precious gems and water-based medicines have skyrocketed in the seas of various countries in recent years...?"

The two ship captains flicked their sleeves to stabilize the ship, and the feng shui banners rose ten feet high, almost making the ship glide on the water, attempting to distance themselves from the group of dragons fighting in the sea.

Just now, the heroic captain of the boat mistook the turbulent waters for ordinary waves and tried to cross them. If he hadn't been hit by the waves while still on the edge and awakened everyone, if he had entered the territory where the dragons were fighting, the only outcome would have been the destruction of the boat and the loss of life! 
Li Qing slowly approached the upper deck and gazed into the distance with the other cultivators.

The dragon's roar resounded again, and the turbulent sea was filled with rolling waves, with huge waves rising hundreds of feet high. The water and sky were the same color. A cold dragon stepped on the water and struck the sky. Its four dark blue feet were dipped in the water, and the cold dragon aura caused the sea surface to freeze into layers of floating ice.
The dragon rose into the clouds, stirring up rain and thunder, which crackled across the sky. Seventeen enormous bolts of lightning cleaved the waves with tremendous force.
The one-horned black dragon and the black-scaled tyrannical dragon, the two largest dragons in their true forms, fought fiercely for several rounds before sinking into the sea. But in no time, they soared into the sky again, their bodies, roughly 180 feet long, striking the heavens. They were once again entangled in battle with two cloud dragons...

"Incredible! A true dragon body 180 feet long? It can control clouds and rain, and command the five thunderbolts? And the cold dragon can turn water into ice?"

"How could these strange dragon species be allowed to cause trouble in the inner seas of these kingdoms? Do the Taoists of the Lixu Kingdoms really not intend to survive?"

Pei Jiu placed his right hand on the five-foot magic sword, concealing his thunderous magic power, yet its astonishing sharpness made Li Qing feel a stinging pain on his cheek.

But those six or seven old dragons must each have the cultivation of the Purple Mansion Foundation Stage. Among the dragon species roaming around in this sea area, there are also a few with the aura of the Purple Mansion Stage.

"Brother Guan, how about we release your Tyrant Sea Dragon Whale to drive away these patrolling sea dragon spirits, and then we can retreat first?"

After a moment of hesitation, Pei Daoren still dared not make a move. He could only raise the feng shui banner on the ship and use his immense magical power to lift the ship several feet off the ground, intending to leave this sea area.

Those old sea dragons fighting are truly not to be trifled with.

It would be better to clear a waterway and leave sooner.

"Okay!" After thinking for a moment, the pipeman also felt that this was the best solution at present.

Then they saw the pipe-man holding up the bronze book with one hand and the water bowl with the other, pouring it into the sea.

Suddenly, another earth-shaking dragon roar erupted, and the hundred-foot-long dragon whale crashed into the sea. With two flips, it stirred up a water vortex hundreds of feet high that blotted out the sky. Then, with a flick of its tail to the left and right, it created two increasingly fierce waterspouts.

Two water tornadoes frightened away the lurking dragons. The people on the ship heard a soaring dragon roar, and the next moment, the entire ship suddenly stopped, as if the Tyrant Sea Dragon Whale was using its immense strength to lift it up and drag it eastward...

This dragon species with such a domineering foot naturally attracted the attention of many dragons. The hundred-zhang dragon whale, with a dragon head, phoenix tail, and Kun-shaped body, covered in scales and stroking dragon whiskers, possessed the abilities of a dragon species and the power of a cloud whale dominating the sea. It was almost able to contend with those old dragons.

But it is ultimately just a dragon species. The dragon whale is not a dragon, so even if a group of dragons were to fight, it would not be able to participate.

If it dares to come, it will be attacked by the masses.

The old dragons merely snorted at this little incident, showing no interest whatsoever!
The "Jiaolong battle" has been ongoing in this sea area for several years.

From the initial dozens of dragons to the current seven, they will not stop. They will fight until the very end, until all the dragons bow their heads and a single dragon king is chosen, only then will this "dragon battle" come to an end.

A new Dragon Palace will be built in this outer sea, and the Dragon King will then divide up the waters to various regions. At that time, new rules will be established in this sea of ​​nations.

Of course, during the chaotic battle among these dragons, the defeated ones either looked around the sea and bowed their heads in submission; while many more defeated dragons scattered and ventured into the seas of the Lixu Kingdom, stirring up storms, devouring people and destroying ships, turning into great disasters!
However, in the long run, the fact that a dragon palace could be born in the seas of various countries might not be a bad thing.

Therefore, the Taoist priests of various countries tolerated them, only capturing and plundering other evil dragons that had fled and caused trouble...

(End of this chapter)