Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

For the next few days, neither of them went out.

But the monks on the Dinghai were not idle.

The strange phenomena of the past few days were truly outrageous—some said it was two Nascent Soul True Monarchs fighting, some said it was a spectacle at sea, and others said it was a third-tier demon beast undergoing its tribulation.

There was a lot of discussion, with all sorts of opinions being expressed.

The monk Puhui stood by the boat, listening to the discussions behind him, and slowly moved the prayer beads in his hand.

He had a rough idea of ​​who had caused the strange phenomenon.

There aren't that many accidents in the world.

There were only two people on the entire ship who were capable of making that kind of noise.

I haven't seen a soul in days.

The fifth level, the core area of ​​the fleet, had a much more somber atmosphere than the lower levels.

The True Man of Fixed Spirit sat in the main seat, with a sea chart in front of him.

Wenjing Daoist stood to his left, his fingers unconsciously stroking the edge of the ancient mirror at his waist.

Lady Yunxiang sat upright on the right, with several jade slips placed in front of her.

"You probably saw what happened that day from a distance."

The Spirit Master's voice was very low, "The three suns soar into the sky, sword energy pierces the heavens, and we can hear the roars of demonic beasts even from hundreds of miles away. What do you think?"

The Endless Demon Sea is so vast that encountering a peak third-tier demon beast in the outer sea is an extremely rare event.

The probability of encountering a demonic beast and then having a powerful cultivator capable of fighting it head-on is a coincidence and can be ignored.

That powerful cultivator is most likely on the ship.

Daoist Wenjing shook his head: "I used the Shadow-Chasing Mirror in conjunction with the detection array on the ship to secretly scan the area three times. I did not find any hidden Core Formation cultivators."

Dingling Zhenren then looked at Lady Yunxiang.

She was in charge of logistics, commerce, and intelligence.

She hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I do have a few potential targets here, but they are difficult to investigate."

The elder brother also knew that the cultivators who went out to sea on ships came from all walks of life, and many of them were unwilling to reveal their true identities, as in-depth investigation could easily violate taboos.

in particular--."

She paused for a moment, not finishing her sentence.

But the Spirit Master understood what she meant.

In particular, if the opponent is a powerful being capable of fighting against a peak third-tier demonic beast—the three of them working together, along with this third-tier sea vessel, might be able to fight against them, but they might not be able to defeat them.

It could even completely enrage the other side, causing huge losses to the fleet.

After a moment of silence, Master Dingling made a decision: "Let's stick to the old method and take a three-pronged approach."

First, keep an eye on things discreetly, don't try to find out directly.

Second, activate all the formations in important locations on the ship. Don't worry about using spirit stones; it's okay if it costs more.

third--."

With a flick of his wrist, a purplish-red net appeared in his palm. The net was only the size of a palm and exuded a strong stench of blood.

The Purple Blood Fiend Net is a top-grade, third-tier magic weapon.

The Dingling Chamber of Commerce's trump card.

When Wenjing Daoist and Lady Yunxiang saw the net, their expressions changed slightly.

"If they really make a move, we won't be sitting idly by either." Dingling Zhenren pulled the net back into his palm and slowly tightened his grip.

The two nodded in agreement.

The three of them had been trading for hundreds of years and had encountered similar situations before, so they had solutions.

The Violet Blood Fiend Net is powered by blood crystals, and each use requires burning tens of thousands of blood crystals.

However, with the help of a Tier 3 sea vessel, the three of them could wear down a Tier 3 peak monster.

It's just not worth it—not to mention the consumption of tens of thousands of blood crystals, the Dinghai Ship would definitely be damaged if it clashed head-on with a peak third-tier demon beast.

At sea, a ship is the one thing that absolutely cannot be damaged.

This is a last resort.

The two left the room.

Madam Yunxiang slowed her pace in the corridor.

There were some things she didn't say completely just now.

She already had a goal.

Tianhao—that young cultivator in white.

It's too conspicuous.

Such beauty and such bearing are like a luminous pearl dropped into a stone, impossible to hide.

Mu Qing also had feelings for him, and her mother saw it all, so she didn't stop him at first.

Over the past six months, through Mu Qing, she had also received some information intermittently. Tian Hao said that he was going to visit an elder in a fairy city in the inner sea.

That "elder" is very likely a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

This is also why Madam Yunxiang did not object to Mu Qing getting close to Tianhao.

Although she was a Core Formation cultivator, she had spent hundreds of years navigating the Endless Demon Sea and knew all too well the dangers of this place.

While a Core Formation cultivator might not be able to survive peacefully at sea, if they could rely on a Nascent Soul power, their survival would be assured.

She also wanted to settle down.

Dingling Zhenren and Wenjing Daoren treated her well, but the merchant ship's life was constantly adrift.

Mu Qing is about to break through to the Core Formation stage, and he can't spend his whole life drifting at sea.

Tianhao's temperament cannot be cultivated by ordinary forces.

She had been a merchant for hundreds of years and had seen many outstanding young men, but none of them had the magnanimity of Tianhao.

She had thought this was an opportunity. But now it seems she was somewhat ill-considered.

If the person who fought the peak third-tier demon beast earlier was indeed Tian Hao, then his strength and background far exceeded her initial estimate.

For someone like that, it might not be a good thing for her daughter to be too close.

She sighed.

It seems I need to have a serious talk with Mu Qing.

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Not long after, on the deck of the Dinghai, the three people gathered together again, discussing the situation in the Endless Demon Sea.

The Endless Demon Sea is truly divided into three parts: the outer sea, the inner sea, and the Black Sea.

The open sea is a vast transitional zone with few islands and large uninhabited areas on nautical charts.

Similar to the desolate regions of the Nine Provinces.

It would take ordinary ocean-going ships several decades to travel from Yunzhou to the inner sea.

Dingling Merchant Guild is an old-established fleet that has been sailing the seas for hundreds of years. It can avoid most dangerous areas and compress the time to about ten years.

At the heart of the Inner Sea is the Alliance of Myriad Laws, comprised of dozens of immortal cities and tens of thousands of islands.

Small islands and reefs are located ten miles from the sea, medium-sized islands are located a hundred miles from the sea, and large islands over a thousand miles from the sea, as well as the legendary giant islands that stretch for ten thousand miles, are extremely rare in the entire sea area.

Each immortal city is built on a large island.

The core of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Laws consists of three colossal islands spanning thousands of miles: Dongji Island, Biluo Island, and Xingling Island.

The three islands formed a massive defensive line stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles.

Beyond the defensive line, countless monsters roam, impossible to eradicate completely.

The Black Sea, however, is a terrifying region even further beyond the defensive line.

There were only endless monsters there.

The deeper you go, the larger the monsters become and the higher their rank.

Tianhao fiddled with a jade pendant and casually said, "Actually, all the major immortal cities in the Nine Provinces that are close to the Endless Demon Sea have ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays leading to the Alliance of Myriad Laws."

However, if you take the teleportation array there, the background of a Core Formation cultivator will be thoroughly investigated by the Myriad Laws Alliance.

Core Formation cultivators were especially closely watched; once they arrived there, they either had to be recruited or incorporated into the monster defense line.

Foundation Establishment cultivators are relatively easy to deal with, as they are not of much value and may not necessarily be targeted. However, Core Formation cultivators are definitely the focus of attention.

Therefore, Core Formation cultivators generally don't use teleportation arrays to travel there.