A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 237 Counterattack
Inside a private room in a loft in Blackrock City, on Qiyuan Island.

A figure in a green robe stood by the window, gazing into the distance. For a long time, he looked straight at the sky, his eyes filled with worry.

This person was none other than Qingyi Jushi.

"Second Elder, don't worry, the First Elder will be fine."

There was also a table in the room.

Two people were sitting at the table.

One person brews, boils, and steeps tea.

The other person simply focused on tasting.

The two were Han Li and Yuan Yao.

More than ten days have passed since the Thunder Whale Clan's surprise attack, and Yuan Yao was the first to arrive at Blackstone City.

Secondly, there are Han Li and Qing Yi.

After Han Li used the Wind and Thunder Wings to shake off the Thunder Whale Clan's pursuers, he released Qing Yi from the Human Seed Bag. The two of them returned here three days ago using ordinary escape techniques.

They met up with Yuan Yao at the pre-arranged meeting point.

From then on, Qingyi began waiting by the window.

"The Grand Elder was already injured at the time, and then someone else lured away several Thunder Whales... I'm sorry to him."

The handsome old man sighed.

Upon hearing this, Han Li sighed softly and was about to offer words of comfort when Qing Yi suddenly changed the subject:
"It's all that bastard's fault for running amok under my name! If it weren't for that scoundrel, we wouldn't be in this mess! You son of a bitch, don't let me find out which bastard framed me, or I'll make him pay with his life. I curse him to have sons without an anus..."

Han Li: "..."

Ahem...

Old Qing, you've gone too far.

"Second Elder, you're exaggerating. And what good will your incessant cursing do? You should save your energy and think about our future plans. We can't stay in this Qiyuan Sea any longer."

If the Thunder Whale Clan were to come knocking on their door, and they happened to run into them, it would be troublesome.

"Hmph, I hate these despicable people who frame others the most."

Qingyi, who used to remain unfazed even when mountains collapsed before him, was now gritting his teeth in anger.

He no longer bothered to groom his beloved beard.

He had never suffered such a loss before.

All along, it was only Qing Yi who impersonated others to stab people in the back, and he always only robbed them of their money, never their lives. Who would have thought that "today," the tables would turn, and he would be the one being impersonated and framed. Moreover, the other party had tricked him ruthlessly, directly provoking the Thunder Whale Clan, one of the major clans of the Chaotic Star Sea.

There were more than a dozen demon cultivators who had transformed into human form.

There might be more.

And there is a level 10 demon king.

If it weren't for the sect leader's unwavering support, he would have been in a truly miserable state.

He remembered this kindness.

For another seven or eight days, just as Han Li was beginning to worry about the barbarian, a hearty laugh of extreme joy came from the sky.

"It is the Grand Elder."

Yuan Yao smiled with relief, putting her worries aside.

"Good good."

Just be fine.

Han Li and Qing Yi had already flown out in their escape light to meet them.

"Elder, is everything alright? Why are you only returning now? Is it because you couldn't shake off your pursuers?"

Qingyi stepped forward, mostly out of concern.

Han Li then added with a smile:
"Elder, the Second Elder has been waiting for you for over ten days, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and was even ready to set off to find you."

Yuan Yao then nodded repeatedly, smiled and pursed her lips, but remained silent.

Barbarian Beard felt a warmth in his heart from the concern shown to him by the three men.

For some reason, when he was with these people, he no longer felt the same waryness he had towards thieves, because there was simply no need to be. He always found himself able to spend pleasant and relaxing times with them.

This feeling made him feel somewhat unreal.

It was as if they had truly found fellow travelers on the path to immortality.

Facing the three smiles, he unconsciously grinned as well:

"Look what this is?"

As he spoke, the bearded man took out four purple demon cores.

"The demon core of a high-level Thunder Whale?"

The three of them were stunned.

Four demon cores, two of which are level seven, one of which is level six, and one of which is level five.

Such good fortune is rare to encounter outside of this world.

"How did you do it?"

How could someone who was being hunted down manage to obtain so many high-level Thunder Whale Demon Cores?

"If I can't beat that old man from the Thunder Whale Clan, surely I can bully his little beast? Hmph, they dared to make us look so pathetic, how could I not get my revenge? So, after shaking off the Thunder Whale Clan's pursuers, I took a detour as fast as I could and headed to the Thunder Whale Clan's most active sea area."

They had already thoroughly investigated the waters where the Thunder Whale Clan was active over the years.

“I predict that the two pursuing forces will reunite before returning to that sea area. In other words, the Thunder Whale Clan’s territory was in an unprecedented state of lack of high-end combat power at that time. Even if there were still individuals at level eight or nine, it would be impossible for them to cover everything.”

Upon hearing this, Han Li and his companions immediately understood Barbarian Beard's thoughts and actions:

"So, you seized the opportunity? You launched an attack on the Thunder Whale Clan before most of their transformed demon cultivators returned to their clan?"

"good."

The bearded man nodded.
“I am not someone to be trifled with. Those thunder whales dared to target us and almost killed me. I will not rest until I get my revenge.”

Demonic cultivation is this brutal.

When it comes to doing things, as long as it has nothing to do with profit, Man Hu Zi is even more particular about clearly distinguishing between gratitude and resentment.

This time, the Thunder Whale Clan has clearly angered this guy.

After all, it was a terrifying experience between life and death.

"I was lucky. The area where I was able to sneak into only had level six or seven thunder whales. There was no activity in the deep-sea nests of level eight thunder whales."

As he spoke, he chuckled and tossed out another spirit beast pouch.

Han Li took a look and his eyelids twitched.

Qingyi took it and glanced at it, his eyes lighting up.

Yuan Yao looked at it and was immediately dumbfounded.

Without him.

The spirit beast bag contained more than ten level one, two, three, and four thunder whales.

They were all underage individuals or even cubs.

"My movements were still not fast enough, which allowed many high-level opponents to escape."

"Of course, it's also my fault for wasting too much time chasing after the second level seven beast." "Now that I think about it, I shouldn't have focused on that level seven beast, but rather on those mid- to low-level ones."

"Otherwise, they would definitely have intercepted more cubs before the two level-eight thunder whales arrived."

Although the number of thunder whales is small, each population has at least several hundred or even thousands of individuals.

The real limit to the number of Thunder Whales is the Transformation Thunder Tribulation.

Too many level-seven peak Thunder Whales fell under the tribulation lightning of the Transformation Lightning Tribulation.

True.

The demon race can invite protectors to assist them during their tribulation of transformation, and even have some of the tribulation's power reduced. However, ultimately, the one enduring the tribulation must withstand about half of the power of each wave of lightning strikes. Otherwise, this tribulation will repeat itself endlessly, never subsiding.

These are the rules governing this world.

Even the rules of the entire mortal universe.

Thunder Whale will be no exception.

Even the lightning-absorbing stone couldn't absorb all the power of the tribulation lightning.

Therefore, the vast majority of thunder whales will still die under the lightning tribulation.

This is why, even after Han Li obtained a large number of lightning-absorbing stones, he still did not allow the sixth black dragon to undergo tribulation.

The sixth brother lacked the necessary foundation and the physical conditioning required; he simply couldn't overcome it.

"Great, great! With so many cubs, we can definitely raise a powerful spirit beast clan for our descendants."

Qingyi stroked his beard and nodded.

Han Li thought so too.

And they think about it even more.

The demonic energy within the bottomless abyss may have found a way to be dealt with!
"I wonder if the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation has any effect on dispelling demonic energy?"

If so, you can exploit the bug to intercept the Heavenly Tribulation and use its lightning to eliminate the demonic energy of the Demon Abyss!

If the first lightning bolt doesn't work, then use the sixth, seventh, or eighth to eliminate it...

If the eighth one doesn't work, then the ninth, eleventh, and twelfth tribulation lightning!

And he happened to know that there was a guy who could trigger the Transformation Lightning Tribulation of eleven tribulation lightning bolts!

As for the Heavenly Tribulation, according to the setting, it can wear down a lot of things.

It can even obliterate the magical power and physical body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, as well as the demonic power and body of a transformed demon cultivator.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, the demonic energy of a rootless duckweed should also be no exception.

After all, that was a heavenly tribulation!

"The Boundless Sea Demon Abyss has always been a major malignant tumor growing in the southern land."

"The Demon Abyss suppressed beneath Kunwu Mountain has forced the sacred mountains and holy lands of this world to seal themselves off, causing their spiritual energy levels to decline day by day."

"If Kunwu Mountain can be transformed back into a sacred place for cultivation, it would be a great thing for the human race in this world."

Reserve a portion of the Demon Abyss for future use in attempting to cultivate elixirs with both spiritual and demonic attributes.

At the same time, eliminating another part of the Demon Abyss greatly improved the environment of heaven and earth, restoring it to a level that could support the actions of those in the Nascent Soul stage and even give birth to those in the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Releasing a portion of the spiritual energy that suppressed the Demon Abyss back into the greater world can be considered as raising the cultivation ceiling for cultivators in this realm.

"Now that I've come into this world and been nurtured by this land, I must do something..."

...

In the attic room.

"After that, did we continue operating in the open sea?"

"I asked the bearded man."

Upon hearing this, Qing Yi and Yuan Yao remained silent, both turning to look at Han Li from the left and right.

Han Li shook his head:
"Not for now. We've had a very fruitful trip. Let's digest what we've gained first, and then we can come back to reap the rewards later."

As he spoke, he took out a storage bag and poured out a lot of things.

Eight level-eight demon cores in total.

(Some demon cultivators carry extra level-eight demon cores in their storage bags.)
Han Li took three: one from a poisonous dragon, another from a turtle demon, and the last from a level eight poison-type sea monster.

Yuan Yao took one.

Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi each obtained two. One of the ones Barbarian Beard took was of much better quality, being a peak level eight.

In terms of materials, the allocation is roughly in the same proportion.

Of course, the level 8 Thunder Whale that Han Li killed alone and the high-level Thunder Whale that Man Hu Zi killed on his own will not be distributed among them.

Teaming up is teaming up, and going it alone is going it alone.

The division of labor is quite clear.

Just as the four were about to leave, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Biyun Sect came to their door, clearly asking about their purpose in being there.

Barbarian Beard is telling the truth: he kills demons and hunts for pills.

Afterwards, the two sides exchanged pleasantries.

Finally, Qingyi informed them that the Thunder Whale clan might cause trouble.

Tell Qiyuan Island and other nearby monster islands, as well as cultivators who are traveling, to be more cautious.

Biyun Sect didn't pay much attention at first.

It wasn't until another wave of monsters besieged the city that he secretly cursed Qing Yi and the others for being unreliable.

Fortunately, Blackrock City was jointly built by nearly ten Nascent Soul level major forces, involving as many as seventeen or eighteen Nascent Soul cultivators, and even the Star Palace had to give it some face.

When the Thunder Whale Beast clan attacked, the human race also gathered more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

We definitely can't win a head-on battle.

However, if they rely on the defensive array of Blackrock City, the humans are not afraid of the Thunder Whale race.

The great battle greatly depleted the morale of the Thunder Whale clan.

When the city fell.

On the human side, three Nascent Soul stage cultivators were severely injured, but the Nascent Soul stage cultivators escaped.

A Nascent Soul cultivator was extremely unlucky and was swallowed whole by the Thunder Whale King.

The Thunder Whale Clan suffered even greater losses.

The high-level Thunder Whale and the high-level sea creatures summoned and dragged along suffered over a hundred casualties.

Three level-eight thunder whales have perished.

This is also the time.

Upon receiving the news, the Six Paths Supreme Saint suddenly appeared with a group of Nascent Soul cultivators!

With their superior numbers, they defeated the Thunder Whale King and took away a relatively well-preserved corpse of a Thunder Whale at the peak of level nine!
It is unknown how the demonic cultivators managed to evade the Star Palace's surveillance and appear in the outer sea.

Han Li and his group received this news half a year later.

When he learned that the Six Paths Supreme Saint did not want the demon core of the ninth level peak, but only wanted the corpse of the Thunder Whale, the bearded man's expression became more solemn.

(End of this chapter)