A blind man cultivates immortality and witnesses the great secret of the holy maiden in her bridal c

This painting is incredibly powerful: the background is a cracked void, with crisscrossing spatial fissures above the sea, and lightning dancing wildly like silver snakes; within the fissures, a woman rides leisurely on the back of a creature with a blue face and fangs, resembling a prehistoric beast, exuding a majestic aura, like an empress descending to earth; around her are four ugly, demon-like monsters, respectfully holding up cloaks to shield her from the lightning and sea wind.

What shocked Chen Yang the most was that the woman in the painting looked exactly like his third wife, Liu Nianqiu!

Chao Gai, thinking Chen Yang was amazed by his painting skills, chuckled and added, "My benefactor, you have no idea how breathtaking the scene was! The fairy was absolutely stunning, and the divine beast beneath her and the surrounding monsters were clearly incredibly powerful beings, yet they all obeyed her commands! The moment she appeared, countless bolts of lightning struck down from the sky, but the monster beneath her only took one step, and instantly carried her away into the rift!"

"Where did she go?!" Chen Yang turned sharply to look at Chao Gai, his eyes urgent and his voice rising several decibels.

Chao Gai was startled by his sudden excitement and hesitated for a moment before saying, "That fairy left too quickly, I don't know exactly where she went! Judging from the direction she went, she should be in the western part of the Central Continent, which is the area around Europe!"

Chen Yang nodded. He had heard of Europe before. It was a vast region in the western part of the Central Continent, with many deserts, mountains and primeval forests, where monsters roamed and human cultivators were few. However, the territory was vast and the forces were complex and intertwined.

Previously in the Southern Region, he learned from the Sword Dao Pavilion that Liu Nianqiu had been sucked into a broken immortal root at the bottom of the sea! Because the immortal root was damaged by a Golden Core cultivator, its interior was full of spatial rifts. Ordinary cultivators would surely die if they entered, and even Golden Core cultivators would have a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying!

He had always thought that Liu Nianqiu had perished, but he never expected to see her traces on the sea of ​​the Central Continent!

"It seems Nianqiu not only survived the rift but also had a miraculous encounter, traversing the spatial rift to get here!" Chen Yang was incredibly excited and couldn't help but laugh. "This is fantastic news! I must tell my first and second wives this when I see them!"

In high spirits, Chen Yang patted Chao Gai on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad! This painting of yours is excellent, I'll take it too!"

Upon hearing this, Chao Gai was overjoyed, as if he had met a kindred spirit. He excitedly said, "My benefactor! It turns out you are not only incredibly skilled, but also have such discerning eyes! You recognized this as a masterpiece at a glance! Excellent! My painting skills have indeed been recognized by a master! My benefactor, please keep this safe!"

He excitedly took down the painting from the wall, carefully rolled it into a scroll, and handed it to Chen Yang with both hands. Then he turned around and took out three ancient-looking cultivation manuals and a heavy storage bag from his storage ring, placing them on the table: "My benefactor, these are three high-level water-attribute cultivation manuals, and 200,000 spirit stones. As you said, I'm giving you two-thirds of the share!"

Chen Yang took the cultivation manual and casually flipped through it—"Yellow Spring Cold Netherworld Technique", "Galaxy Body Cleansing Technique", "Extreme Cold Ice Seal Slash"!

With just a few glances, he understood: these three water-attribute cultivation techniques were far more profound than any he had obtained before, containing pure water-attribute rule power! As long as he cultivated these three techniques to their peak, his water-attribute Dao Platform would definitely break through to perfection!

"Not bad!" Chen Yang nodded in satisfaction, then picked up the storage bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and his brows immediately furrowed. He looked up at Chao Gai, his tone tinged with doubt, "This is the spirit stones you gave me? I said I wanted two-thirds, and this is all?"

Chao Gai was taken aback for a moment, then quickly said, "That's right, my benefactor! This is two-thirds! I only kept 100,000 spirit stones for emergencies, don't you believe me?"

"You, a dignified pirate, have only 30 spirit stones after all these years of robbing?" Chen Yang's face darkened—this was far from the "massive amount of spirit stones" he had expected!

Chao Gai gave a bitter smile and explained helplessly, "My benefactor, you don't know! This 30 spirit stones is all the wealth we've saved up through frugality! We're all afflicted with corpse poison and need to take pills year-round to suppress the toxicity, which is a huge expense in itself; moreover, we can only rob low- to mid-range merchant ships, and we dare not provoke ships with powerful cultivators at the Divine Power Realm! Saving up 30 spirit stones over the years is already our limit!"

After listening, Chen Yang sighed helplessly—it seemed he had been overthinking things; these "pirates" were indeed forced into it, not the kind of ruthless bandits who were rolling in money.

He changed the subject, saying, "Alright, that's enough about the spirit stones! Now come with me, I'll settle you on an island within the territory of the Tianhai Sect! You can focus on making money, I'll help you refine antidote pills!"

"What?!" Chao Gai's eyes widened instantly, and he grabbed Chen Yang's wrist excitedly, his voice trembling, "Benefactor! You... you can cure the corpse poison in our bodies?"

"It's just some minor corpse poison!" Chen Yang smiled faintly, his tone confident. "Although it's a bit troublesome, it's just a piece of cake for me!"

He abruptly changed the subject, revealing his businessman nature: "However, the materials for alchemy are expensive! I can give you the pills first, but you'll have to pay me back later—at least 300 million spirit stones!"

"Three million? No problem!" Chao Gai slapped his chest, his eyes filled with ecstatic joy, and agreed without hesitation. "My benefactor! As long as you can cure us, let alone three million, even five million spirit stones, we'd be willing to pay! As long as we can get rid of this corpse poison and start anew, any amount of money is worth it!"

Chen Yang chuckled – not only did he obtain a high-level water-attribute cultivation technique, but he also found clues about his third wife, Liu Nianqiu. This trip to Somalia Island was truly a fruitful one!

Chen Yang nodded in satisfaction and then set off with Chao Gai and the others.

Not long after, Chen Yang's brows suddenly furrowed slightly, his sharp eyes sweeping across the sky like a hawk's, his tone tinged with wariness: "Hmm? Something's not right! It seems like more cultivators from the White Pine Sect are chasing after us!"

"What?!" Chao Gai's face turned deathly pale instantly, and his body trembled uncontrollably. His voice was filled with panic and tears. "My benefactor! Weren't those people from the White Pine Sect already driven back by you? Why are they coming again? Could it be... could it be that their Golden Core cultivators have attacked? This shouldn't be! We are, after all, the trouble caused by the White Pine Sect. They can't be so shameless as to exterminate us all, can they?"

Chen Yang and Chao Gai quickly walked out of the room and looked up.

A female cultivator, riding a shimmering soft sword, soared through the air and landed on the deck like a shooting star! Her speed was incredibly fast, and her body was surrounded by sharp and piercing sword energy. The sheer pressure alone was enough to show that her strength was at least at the late stage of the Divine Power Realm!

This female cultivator was extremely beautiful, with striking long white hair, a slender waist, long and straight legs, and an icy, imposing aura on her face. Her eyes were as cold as ice, making people afraid to approach her easily.