Vampire Cultivation Notes

Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Great Swamp is Flooded by the Swimming Serpent, and the Sea Owl Brings a Surprise. Click to unlock now.

Previously, the snake-like poisonous spirit and the cultivators had always lived in harmony. However, today, Li Jieqing, disguised as a mortal, launched a surprise attack and alerted the spirit, so it was no longer so easy for the spirit to let him go.

The demons have no intelligence, but they can still protect themselves and will try to eliminate any cultivators who discover them.

"You mere brainless brute dare to block my way?!"

With a wave of his hand, he killed a late-stage Qi Refining expert. Li Jieqing, who considered himself invincible in Qi Refining, frowned and snorted coldly when his path was blocked.

I originally planned to deal with this demonic entity later, but it seems I can't let it live today!

"Sword, come!"

Three poles in the sun.

Li Jieqing was beaten by the snake tail, but he wasn't killed. His body fell out of the miasma layer, and he ran away without looking back.

The demon is fierce; let him think it over carefully before attempting to subdue it.

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"The miasma is so hard to get rid of..."

"That's right. I've tried many methods there, but the pervasive miasma just won't budge."

"Perhaps there are other poisonous creatures hidden in this swamp? Such a precious spiritual vein has been ruined, and the four hundred miles of swamp have been soaked into a poisonous land for who knows how long."

"Sigh... I hope that diverting the seawater back into the area and changing the terrain can rid us of this poisonous miasma..."

Half a month later, the battle for the main island came to an end.

The Yu family had the advantage of numbers, and with Li Jieqing and Old Liu watching from the sidelines, Master Jinwu was defeated and ceded the main island to the Yu family.

With the territory divided, the grand project of diverting the seawater would officially begin.

Using the skills of a cultivator, they plowed the land three zhang and three chi deep, building a wide sea channel that drew seawater from the barren western beach all the way to the mouth of the Great Marsh.

Today is the day to break ground and carry out the extradition.

"Why is Fellow Daoist Lüqiu so late in arriving?"

Li Jieqing stood with his hands behind his back by the sea canal, looking around with a puzzled expression.

It turns out that the head of the Yu family, Yu Mingwu, Venerable Jinwu, Old Liu, and others are all here, but I don't know why Fellow Daoist Luqiu is not here.

The others also had some doubts.

This area to the west belongs to Luqiu. They clearly agreed to extradition, but they haven't shown up yet, even though the day is almost here. Could it be that they are still dissatisfied with the division of territory?

After waiting for a while, the person that Master Jinwu had sent to fetch returned and whispered something to him.

Master Jinwu frowned and said, "We still haven't found him. I remember not seeing Fellow Daoist Luqiu for quite some time. I thought he had gone out to hunt demons in a fit of pique, but he should be back by now."

"What the Venerable One says is true. Fellow Daoist Lüqiu should know what is important..."

Old Liu felt that although Lu Qiu was a bit difficult to get along with, he wouldn't throw a tantrum on a day like today.

Suddenly, Old Liu heard Li Jieqing speak again beside him.

"In that case, I haven't seen him for more than half a month. If he went out to hunt demons and something happened to him, wouldn't the task of clearing the wilderness be missing a fellow Daoist?"

Li Jieqing's cloak billowed in the wind by the sea canal, casting a large shadow beside him.

Old Liu suddenly felt a chill run through him and shut his mouth on the spot.

"Reclamation Order..."

Jinwu Shangren seemed to remember something, and a hint of joy flashed across his face before he quickly regained his composure. He simply sighed, "I hope Fellow Daoist Luqiu is well. His sacred land still needs tending."

"I hope so," Li Jieqing nodded.

"I hope so." Old Liu nodded as well.

"Fan Qian is here."

Yu Mingwu, who considered himself the master of the Great Serpent Swamp, had remained silent until this moment, when he suddenly pointed forward.

As people looked along the sea canal, they saw Yu Fanqian arrive on a sword, her figure gracefully descending, her long dress trailing behind her.

"Everything is ready. We can break through the wall and bring in the seawater at any time."

Upon landing, Yu Fanqian first reported to the family head, Yu Mingwu, and then nodded to Li Jieqing and the others.

Master Jinwu laughed and said, "Then let's not wait any longer, let's get started."

"good."

This sea canal was built to be 200 zhang wide and more than 3 zhang deep, drawing water from the sea for hundreds of miles, and blocking the entrance to the Great Swamp.

Now, with a single command from the five late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, the outer perimeter of the Great Swamp was breached, and boundless seawater instantly surged up, dispersing the miasma and rushing into the muddy waters of the Great Swamp.

The black silt was swept out of the swamp by the surging waves and rushed into the sea channel. Before it could spread, it was blocked by the surging seawater and pushed back in.

On both sides of the canal, dozens of cultivators cast spells together to drive the sea out of the water, creating waves and forcibly flooding the swamp.

Because of the commotion caused by the sea canal, a sea monster appeared and swam over.

As it was about to be swept into the vast swamp by the boundless sea, it realized that it was in a poisonous area ahead. It hurriedly stuck out its tongue and howled, trying to climb ashore from both banks.

It was a sea owl, with long feathers on its upper body and scales on its lower body, baring its fangs and howling as it came ashore.

"cut!"

Yu Mingwu and Yu Fanqian drew their swords simultaneously.

When a flying sword lands on its upper body, it is not as long as a feather; when a flying sword lands on its lower body, it is not as wide as a scale.

The owl was knocked down by two flying swords and fell into the poisonous water below. The next moment, it became even more furious and got up, spreading its wings and leaping into the air to the shore of the canal.

"It's a late-stage old demon. Judging from its aura, it's probably not far from the peak of the first tier."

Master Jinwu looked up at the swooping sea owl from the sky. With a wave of his hand, a string of paper figures fell into his hand. He blew a breath, and the paper figures grew in the wind, holding paper soldiers and supporting the swooping sea owl as it fell.

Li Jieqing flicked his whisk, and the yellow worm behind him lashed out with its tail, biting the lower half of the sea owl with its mouth. With a flick of its tail, it worked with the paper figure to carry the owl away from the edge of the sea channel, preventing the fight from spilling over into the channel.

"No wonder the sea area is unclear and Xiaoxin Island cannot be navigated between the north and south. It turns out that even a random monster that appears is of this level."

Li Jieqing observed the fighting sea owls, lost in thought.

While distracted by manipulating the paper figures, Venerable Jinwu continued, "It is said that the construction of the Immortal City by the Seven Immortals of the Upper Sect has attracted great demons from overseas who want to seize the treasure land and spiritual veins. They have fought several times over the past few years."

"The Seven True Men are numerous and powerful, and they have the backing of a powerful sect. How could they possibly be a match for the overseas monsters that come ashore?"

"The dangers at sea are still unknown, and I think we must not be careless with Qi Zhen."

As they talked, they finally managed to kill the sea owl by virtue of their numbers, divided the monster materials, and then quickly recovered their magic power, standing guard by the sea canal.

Three days before and after.

The western seawater flooded half of the great marshland, washing away the excavated sea channels and causing muddy flooding.

The group killed about ten sea monsters of various sizes, from the early to the late stages, but fortunately no first-tier peak monsters appeared.

The spiritual energy of the four-hundred-mile-long marshland, when it drifts to the seashore, generally wouldn't attract sea monsters of that caliber to come ashore.

With the sea channel outlet breached and difficult to defend, Yu Mingwu urgently led his men to the sea channel entrance to seal it tightly. They also stopped trying to drive the wind and the sea, which reduced the rolling waves by more than half.

With a steady flow of water, it will be enough to cleanse the four-hundred-mile-long marshland thoroughly.

"Hopefully, this seawater can wash away the miasma; otherwise, this poisonous place is truly troublesome."