Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

a few days later.

Splash!

A spirit fish with a mouth like a spear and a body of pure gold leaped out of the sea and suddenly opened its lips.

Puff puff!

One after another, jet-black water arrows instantly formed, like powerful crossbows being fired, flying towards Fang Qing.

Fang Qing remained expressionless, his hands forming a hand seal.

[Ji Shui] The magical power surged, and streams of seawater emerged, transforming into a massive wall of water.

The jet-black arrows that entered the water wall instantly dissolved, as if they had been eroded.

"It's a spirit fish? A real demonic beast!"

"Who would have thought that a casual sea fishing trip would result in catching a golden tuna?"

A smile appeared on his face: "Now that we're out at sea, let's not go back."

With a wave of his hand, a golden blade talisman was activated, and a pale golden phantom appeared in the void, slicing through half of the golden spear spirit fish, causing pieces of crimson fish scales to fall off.

The golden tuna twisted its body, about to plunge into the seawater, but found that the surrounding seawater was controlled by Fang Qing, turning into a water ball that floated into the air.

With a flash, Fang Qing arrived on the opposite side of the water sphere, his muscles bulging and his hands glowing with a strange light. He struck heavily on the fish brains where the eye lines of the two fish intersected.

boom!

The fish's brain instantly caved in, and the golden tuna immediately stopped moving.

Fang Qing carried the big fish onto the boat, cut off a piece of fish meat, grilled it slightly, and took a bite.

"Hmm...it really is a spirit fish, it tastes even better than the treasure fish."

As he felt the fish meat enter his stomach, transforming into a warm current that even began to nourish his body and magical power, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

If this golden tuna were brought into the sect, it would be worth at least a hundred spirit stones! It could be used to refine pills that help one break through the bottleneck of the early stage of Qi Refining.

If Li Yusu had possessed a golden tuna back then, his breakthrough would not have failed.

"The ocean... truly is a vast treasure trove."

Fang Qing was deeply moved. In the records of the Azure Sea Sect, there were many cultivators who were miserable and destitute, or even poisoned. They fled into the deep sea, and by chance, ate a spirit fish. The poison was completely removed, their magic power greatly increased, and they even improved their own aptitude, defying fate and changing their destiny. It was a legend of the Dragon King returning.

"I originally just wanted to use it as a cover... I didn't expect that a spirit fish would actually take the bait. Bringing it back to the sect... solved everything."

"Wait a minute, this is a place where spirit fish are active, maybe there are even underwater spirit creatures?"

Upon realizing this, a thought stirred within him, accompanied by a strange excitement.

Although Fang Qing doesn't particularly enjoy taking risks, he's still willing to seize such an opportunity that's been handed to him.

He cast a water-repelling spell and entered the sea to begin his careful search.

Three days later.

Fang Qing stopped in front of a huge seashell and exerted force with both hands.

Splash!

The shell was opened with tremendous force, revealing a pearl the size of a fist.

This pearl is incredibly bright, possessing a lustrous, ethereal quality and radiating a pure, otherworldly glow.

"A fine bead, at least equivalent to a mid-grade spirit stone..."

Fang Qing couldn't help but sigh.

Within the Azure Sea Sect, a mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to hundreds of low-grade spirit stones, something that ordinary Qi Refining cultivators cannot even come into contact with; only Foundation Establishment cultivators can master it.

"Not only is its spiritual energy astonishing, but this bead is also an excellent raw material for crafting water-based magical artifacts..."

He had long felt that his family was poor, possessing only some talismans and a green leaf boat for travel, without even a single truly useful magical artifact.

If we can find a good weapon refiner to modify this pearl a little, it can at least become a mid-grade first-level magic weapon, and with good luck, it might even become a high-grade one!

"What a great harvest... Last time Li Yusu went to sea with the double-hulled ship, his harvest might not even be as good as mine..."

After obtaining the sea pearl, Fang Qing was satisfied and steered the ship back to port.

……

Wanbao Island, General Affairs Hall.

"Junior brother, your harvest is quite impressive..."

Hua Lian looked at the golden tuna and sea pearls that Fang Qing displayed with envy: "I've seen many fleets, but only a handful have had what you've had, junior brother..."

"It's just luck."

Fang Qing handed the Golden Spear Spirit Fish to Hua Lian: "Please consign this item to someone else, Senior Brother... In addition, I want to refine the sea pearl in my hand into a magic weapon."

"Oh? We should go find Huo Tianhuo... He knows many fellow disciples who cultivate fire-attribute techniques, among whom 'Ming Lingzhen' is a first-grade high-level weapon refiner."

Hua Lian smiled and replied, explaining that this was how sect connections were built: "Your pearl is full of spiritual energy, so you really need to find a good weapon refiner. We can't let it go to waste."

"Oh? Then thank you very much, Senior Brother."

Fang Qing was slightly pleased to hear this, and followed Hua Lian to find Huo Tianhuo to purchase another batch of talismans, asking him to help introduce Ming Lingzhen.

Ming Lingzhen was a middle-aged man with a full beard and bulging muscles, but he was a very generous and forthright person.

He took the sea pearl, examined it carefully, and nodded: "Not bad... It's full of spiritual energy and is naturally a good piece. Even a first-level low-grade weapon refiner could forge it into a mid-grade magic weapon with a little effort... If I were to make it, I should be able to make it into a high-grade one."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Senior Brother."

Fang Qing immediately handed over the deposit.

"Hmm, I wonder what kind of high-grade magic weapon you want, Junior Brother? I only know two kinds of this bead-shaped magic weapon. One is called 'Light-Fixing Shield,' which is a defensive magic weapon. After it is activated, a layer of spiritual light will cover the whole body, which is very effective in defending against various five-element spells. However, it is less effective against attacks that are attacks on the magic weapon itself."

"Another method is to transform it into a semi-storage property, which can store 100,000 catties of seawater normally and release it when fighting enemies. Combined with the water control technique, it has a unique power... Moreover, ordinary seawater can be refined. If you can find some spiritual water or poisonous water, it will be even more damaging to enemies."

"This..." Fang Qing pondered for a moment. For cultivators, defensive magic weapons were obviously better than offensive magic weapons.

Furthermore, in the Xiaohuanhai cultivation world, water is hardly considered a resource.

But it's different in the ancient Shu region!

The ancient Shu region was an inland area. As a water-based cultivator, having a large amount of readily available water vapor would naturally be a great advantage when facing an enemy.

"Even if they can't beat Metal and Fire, they could at least bully Earth and Wood, right? But the interactions over there are really unreasonable... Water element cultivators might be the weakest among the Five Elements."

Fang Qing thought to herself without much confidence.

"However, I have body-strengthening techniques for defense... I should focus on increasing my attack."

"Then let's attack the magical artifact."

He spoke up and made the decision.

"Oh?" This decision was clearly beyond Ming Lingzhen's expectations. He smiled and said, "I need to use the sect's fire vein to refine this high-grade magic weapon. You can come back to pick it up in a month. By the way... according to the rules of alchemy and weapon crafting, I won't compensate for the raw materials if it fails."

"Thank you, senior brother."

After silently criticizing the rules of the refining process, Fang Qing returned to his own cave dwelling.

……

Dan Island.

Fang Qing returned to his cave dwelling.

His cave dwelling was not actually decorated, but now an extra stone chamber has been opened up, inside which is a pool of spiritual water, bubbling with a fountain, connected to the water veins outside.

"A mid-grade first-tier spiritual spring? Thank you, Senior Sister..."

Using his finger to pluck a wisp of spiritual spring water and feel its spiritual energy, Fang Qing immediately thanked Senior Sister Qin.

The senior sister, dressed in a blue robe, with long, slender legs, had the appearance of a gentle woman. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "I was only asked to do this, so there's no need to be so polite... Your spiritual spring is usually only a first-grade high-quality spring, but I've prepared an array plate. If you want to use a first-grade high-quality spring for alchemy in the future, you only need to fill the array plate with spirit stones to temporarily upgrade the spring to a first-grade high-quality spring... In addition, I've set up a 'small illusion array' in your cave dwelling as requested before, which has the ability to prevent others from disturbing you. It should be sufficient for use within the sect."

This "mini maze" doesn't actually have much ability to repel or trap enemies; at most, it can give a warning when someone breaks in.

Furthermore, it's of little use to high-level cultivators.

But within the Azure Sea Sect, when high-level cultivators recklessly attack the caves of low-level disciples, nothing you say matters anymore.

"Senior sister truly lives up to her reputation as a top-tier first-order array master."

Fang Qing took out a bag of spirit stones as the final payment and handed it to Senior Sister Qin, thinking to himself how much money these weapon refiners and array masters really made.

If he hadn't caught a golden tuna this time, he probably would have had to be lucky enough to find a hermitage of a rogue cultivator and inherit his legacy to barely make ends meet.

"Yes, payment settled."

Senior Sister Qin examined the spirit stones and nodded in satisfaction. Before leaving, she turned around thoughtfully and stared at Fang Qing: "You have already joined the Five Dragons Society, so you are considered one of the Five Dragons... The next competition for the true disciples will probably become more and more intense. I am an ally of the Five Dragons, so I have to give you a few more words of advice... Avoid associating with the lineage of Fuyunzi."

"Um?"

Fang Qing was taken aback, then, recalling Xu Wusu's usual behavior, a thought struck him: 'Could it be that Xu Wusu is trying to win me over, besides my decent talent, because I'm a competitor of Fuyunzi's lineage, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend?'

"Now...seeing that Cha Zhu and I are showing signs of lingering ties again, are you here to give me a warning?"

"This struggle for the true succession of a sect is truly annoying..."

However, Fang Qingming naturally assured everyone that he needed to immerse himself in alchemy to improve his family's water-based alchemy skills, and that he no longer had any connection with Cha Zhu.

"That's excellent."

Sister Qin smiled, rode a streak of light, and flew away from Dan Island.

"Wait...we haven't asked which member of Fuyunzi's lineage is competing with the Five Dragon Princes yet? It can't be Chazhu, can it? She's too young; she'd be more suitable for the next generation, and she has a better chance than Hualian..."

"Could it be Gong Susu, or perhaps Hua Lingsu?"

Fang Qing returned to his cave and looked at his own spiritual pool. Now he really had some hope that his senior brother, the Fifth Dragon Prince, would stand out in the next competition for the true disciples.

"However, if I had felt humiliated before and wanted to take revenge with all my might, would Xu Wusu and the Five Dragons Society have helped me?"

"What's so special about this? Even the strongest enemy isn't a problem; as long as you engage, the system will automatically match you with teammates?"

"Unfortunately, all I want is to cultivate immortality and achieve eternal life..."