Mortal: My name is Ma Liang, and I also possess a magic brush.

Ma Liang was filled with doubt when his connection with the magic brush stirred in his mind, and a clear message came through.

He was taken aback at first, as this was the first time the magic pen had taken the initiative to send a message.

After fully digesting the contents of the message, Ma Liang did not hesitate for a moment. He immediately knelt down and respectfully kowtowed in a certain direction.

"Thank you so much, Immortal Venerable, for saving my life!"

After performing the salutations, Ma Liang began to examine his new body.

With a flick of his finger, the seemingly fleshy hand instantly transformed into a stream of water, swaying invisibly.

He quickly got up, and in a flash of thought, his entire body turned into water.

Ma Liang thus controlled the water body, swimming rapidly through the stone chamber.

He transformed into a stream of water and darted about freely, taking quite some time to adjust.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and the water swirled and condensed, transforming back into his physical form.

With his feet on the ground, Ma Liang stood there in a daze, a thought churning in his mind: Can I still be called a human now? He already knew from the message from the divine pen that his current form was entirely maintained by a drop of water spirit.

He immediately used his divine sense to look inward at the original location of his dantian.

There floated a water sphere, surrounded by mist, slowly rotating, with wisps of spiritual energy constantly emanating from it, maintaining the form of this water body.

Ma Liang stared at the water sphere and instantly understood: this was his golden core.

In order to help him adapt to the cultivation system of this world, that immortal venerable specially modified the true spirit of that drop of water, condensing it into this special golden core.

The moment his divine sense detected the golden core, a powerful message suddenly emanated from it.

Ma Liang concentrated intently on the text and finally finished reading it after a few breaths.

This message turned out to be the inherited cultivation technique of the True Spirit of Water, named "Mysterious Water Refining God Technique".

This cultivation method will gradually reveal its subsequent contents as the cultivation level increases; currently, only the content corresponding to the Core Formation stage is available.

After understanding the essentials of the technique, Ma Liang revealed a strange expression.

He didn't know whether to be happy or helpless, as he had completely transformed into a water spirit body and was completely unable to absorb spiritual objects of other attributes.

Even the elixirs that usually nourish the soul are now completely ineffective.

From now on, the path of cultivation will only consist of two paths: diligently practicing the Profound Water Refining Divine Technique and absorbing water-attribute spiritual objects.

Logically speaking, becoming a true spirit should be an extremely fortunate thing, since every true spirit in the world is incomparably powerful.

Ma Liang was filled with helplessness, unable to explain why, despite his True Spirit Body, his strength was only at the Core Formation stage.

What frustrated him most was that his path to advancement still required him to climb step by step, and his True Spirit Body did not allow him to ascend to the heavens in one leap.

Ma Liang stopped worrying. At least mastering the Profound Water Refining God Technique would enhance his divine sense, and he wouldn't have to worry about the divine brush absorbing his power anymore.

"Being alive is better than anything else."

After figuring it out, Ma Liang used his spiritual power to drag over the storage bags that were scattered to the side.

He took out a set of clothes and put them on. He did not leave the stone chamber immediately, but planned to meditate for a while and cultivate the Profound Water Refining God Technique, and also learn the Thousand Threads Water Binding Technique recorded in it.

Just as he was about to calm down, a loud "boom" suddenly came from outside, shaking the entire stone chamber violently.

"What's going on?" Ma Liang suddenly stood up and immediately released his divine sense to probe outside.

Outside the deserted island, a Core Formation cultivator was retrieving a disc-shaped magic weapon. The loud noise just now was clearly caused by that magic weapon hitting the deserted island.

Ma Liang also noticed that Jingzhe, awakened by the loud noise, had actually rushed out of the large stone chamber.

As soon as it appeared, it pounced on the Core Formation cultivator.

The cultivator was initially startled, "How could there be a level four demonic beast here?"

But the next moment, a sinister smile appeared on his face. "Perfect! I was just worried about not finding any rare treasures. I'll use your demon core materials to make up for it!"

He once again summoned that disc-shaped magic weapon and hurled it at Jingzhe.

This scene was clearly transmitted to Ma Liang's mind through his divine sense, and he immediately became furious, his anger rising to the surface.

"You old bastard, not only did you interrupt my seclusion, but you also dared to harm my spirit pet!"

Ma Liang roared angrily and raised his hand to strike.

boom!

The abundant water energy condensed into a thick column of water, which blasted a large hole in the stone wall in front of it.

He flashed out of the cave at an incredible speed.

As soon as it appeared, Jingzhe was hit by the disc-shaped magical artifact, and with a muffled thud, it flew straight back.

Ma Liang dared not delay and quickly formed a hand seal.

"Perfect, let me show you my newly learned spell!"

He opened his palm print and pointed it towards the sea.

In an instant, the sea below surged, and countless dense water lines burst forth, all shooting towards the Core Formation cultivator in the air.

The cultivator was stunned for a moment by Ma Liang's sudden appearance. Before he could react, he saw countless thread-like objects suddenly emerge from the water beneath his feet.

He reacted extremely quickly, immediately manipulating the disc-shaped magic weapon to smash it down below him, trying to block the water threads.

However, these water threads were extremely flexible, and instead of directly confronting the disc-shaped artifact, they wrapped themselves tightly around the edge of the artifact.

Even more water lines, which the disc could not cover, spread out like a spider web around the cultivator.

The cultivator reacted extremely quickly, grabbing a sword-like magical artifact and slashing fiercely at his surroundings.

Sizzle,

A large section of the waterline was severed in response.

But what happened next shocked him. The severed water threads did not disappear. Instead, they turned into countless smaller water lines that rushed towards him at an even faster speed.

At this moment, the dense water lines were almost within reach.

A flash of inspiration struck the cultivator, who took out a fire talisman and tapped it with spiritual energy from his fingertip.

"boom"

A blazing fire shield instantly condensed around him, enveloping him.

The water jets struck the fire shield, producing a hissing, piercing sound and sending up plumes of white steam.

Ma Liang showed no sign of panic upon seeing this.

"Otherwise, you might be able to hold out for a while, but this is the sea, this is my home turf!"

After saying that, he increased his spiritual energy output.

In an instant, the sea surged even more violently, and more water jets burst forth, ignoring the rising steam, and forcefully enveloping the fire shield.

A large expanse of white mist immediately filled the air, accompanied by a constant hissing sound.

Although the fire shield surrounding the cultivator was still burning, it dimmed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The cultivator frantically activated his fire shield while shouting, "Fellow Daoist! I was unaware this was your secluded cultivation place. I have greatly offended you! I am willing to offer a valuable treasure as compensation. I implore you to spare my life!"

"Hold back? Maybe you should be more careful in your next life!"

Ma Liang's handprint suddenly froze.

*Snap!* The already precarious fire shield could no longer hold on and turned into sparks.

The moment the fire shield dissipated, a ruthless glint flashed in the cultivator's eyes. He mustered all his spiritual power and swung his sword, trying to escape through the gap where the water line had been severed.

But he ultimately underestimated the strangeness of the Thousand Threads Water Binding Technique.

Although the waterline was severed by a sword, the restraint remained, and the water threads at the cut instantly re-condensed, binding him in place.

Immediately afterwards, more water surged in, wrapping around his limbs and torso layer upon layer, and in just a few breaths, he was wrapped up like a giant water dumpling.

Ma Liang stretched out his hand and clenched it tightly!

puff-

The rice dumpling suddenly tightened, making a dull, teeth-grinding sound, just like a large tomato being squeezed and burst.

Countless streams of blood gushed from the gaps in the waterline, staining a large area of ​​the sea below red.