Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

"No need, consider it a personal gift from me," the old shopkeeper said with a smile.

Chen Yi was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized what he meant and said:

"Old shopkeeper, how can you do this? This magical artifact is extremely valuable..."

Before Chen Yi could finish speaking, the old shopkeeper immediately raised his hand to stop him, and smiled:

"Young Master Chen, Miss brought back many precious black gold stones last time."

"This is all thanks to you, and Miss hasn't been this happy in a long time."

The old shopkeeper insisted on giving this magical artifact to Chen Yi, so he had no choice but to accept the Sea-Breaking Dragon Shuttle. Upon handling it, he felt its icy coolness and sensed a strange energy within.

After expressing his gratitude repeatedly, Chen Yi bid farewell to the old shopkeeper and left the Baibaoge store.

Chen Yi returned to his courtyard to prepare, knowing he probably wouldn't need spirit stones for the trip to the East Sea. But just in case, he still brought along the Iron Fire Ants and the Azure Spirit Devouring Insects.

He put on Xue Qiang's blue robe and ancient bronze bell, and prepared several talismans.

After making sufficient preparations, Chen Yi got up and left the courtyard.

He arrived at Wu Qingshan's courtyard and found that Wu Tingting was also preparing to go out.

"Brother Chen Yi!" Wu Tingting greeted Chen Yi immediately upon seeing him.

Chen Yi began by saying:

"Tingting, I'm all ready. We'll leave tomorrow morning."

Wu Tingting nodded emphatically and returned to the room with Chen Yi. To stabilize Wu Qingshan's injuries, Chen Yi left behind some antidote pills and medicinal herbs.

Although it cannot completely detoxify, it can greatly alleviate the effects of poisoning.

Seeing this, Wu Qingshan quickly advised:

"Young man Chen, don't risk your life for me. I'm already this old, I don't have much time left anyway..."

Wu Qingshan wanted to say something more, but Chen Yi stopped him.

"Mr. Wu, do your best in everything."

"Since there's a way to save you, we should naturally try it. If we really encounter danger, we'll run away too," Chen Yi said earnestly.

Seeing this, Wu Qingshan couldn't say anything, and could only tell the two to be careful.

The next day, early in the morning.

Chen Yi and Wu Tingting got up early.

As dawn broke, they walked out of the market through the thin mist and soon left the market.

Chen Yi, along with Wu Tingting, piloted a flying magical artifact and flew straight towards the East China Sea coast.

Two or three hours later, they were able to see the azure ocean.

Chen Yi landed on the shore in his flying magical artifact. Wu Tingting wanted to take out Wu Qingshan's Fire Lotus Boat, but Chen Yi stopped her.

The Dharma boat that Chen Yi purchased was of extremely high quality, far superior to Wu Qingshan's Dharma boat.

The pale blue magic boat grew larger and larger, instantly reaching several meters in size and floating in front of the two.

Unlike flying magical artifacts, the Dharma Boat can float and fly using seawater and essence from the ocean.

After Chen Yi and Wu Tingting jumped onto the magic boat, he immediately urged the magic boat to fly forward.

A faint glow instantly appeared on the bottom of the pale blue magic boat, and wisps of spiritual energy continuously floated on the sea surface and flowed into it.

Under Chen Yi's control, the magic boat flew swiftly across the sea.

Wu Tingting immediately gave Chen Yi directions, and the two continued to travel through the East China Sea islands.

The accident involving Wu Qingshan and his companion occurred at the junction of the East China Sea islands and the open sea. Even with a flying magic boat, it would take two or three days to reach that location.

If severe or extreme weather occurs, it may cause further delays.

Unfortunately, the weather turned against them; just over an hour after they set off, thick black clouds appeared in the sky.

Thunder rumbled, and streaks of lightning flashed in the dark clouds.

Chen Yi frowned slightly as he looked at the sky. Under these circumstances, it would be difficult to travel even if he forced the magic boat to move forward.

Wu Tingting then guided Chen Yi to a nearby island, one of which was a resting place that she and her grandfather had specially arranged.

But before the two had flown very far, a torrential downpour began.

Suddenly, a fierce wind arose, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Chen Yi quickly stabilized the magic boat and flew forward rapidly, while an array barrier simultaneously enveloped the entire magic boat.

He simultaneously controlled the magic boat and the formation, flying forward at top speed.

Before long, a small island came into view.

Just as they were about to land on the island, five or six flying artifacts appeared in the distance as streaks of light.

Chen Yi was secretly alarmed and immediately steered the magic boat away from this place.

The reason was simple: these auras belonged to Foundation Establishment cultivators. However, Chen Yi had already been detected by them the moment he saw them.

Just as Chen Yi was about to make a move, these streaks of light flew towards them in an instant.

"Brother Chen, they..." Wu Tingting's face showed a hint of fear.

Facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she had absolutely no power to resist. If she encountered someone with malicious intent, she would only become a lamb to the slaughter.

She and her grandfather were able to survive in the market, and they had their own way of dealing with things.

Chen Yi remained calm. He did not sense any evil cultivators in their auras; they were just normal cultivators.

Moreover, there were six Foundation Establishment stage cultivators; even if they wanted to run, they couldn't escape.

They rushed up to Chen Yi, and one of the girls spoke up:

"Junior Brother Chen Yi, you're here too?!"

Chen Yi was also surprised when he saw the person who came. The reason was none other than Ruan Yiqiu.

He never expected that the two of them would meet here so soon after parting ways at the Heavenly Spirit Sect.

"Senior Sister Ruan, what are you doing here? What's going on here...?" Chen Yi asked in confusion.

Ruan Yiqiu sighed inwardly and said:

"Now is not the time to talk. Let's land on the island first."

Wu Tingting breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that they had met, and offered to lead them to their resting place.

Ruan Yiqiu and the others followed Chen Yi and flew towards the island, soon stopping in front of two wooden houses on the island.

As everyone descended from the flying magical artifact, Chen Yi immediately set up an array barrier to isolate them from the wind and rain outside.

Wu Tingting led Chen Yi, Ruan Yiqiu, and others into the small house.

Chen Yi also asked Ruan Yiqiu and the others why they were there. He noticed that Ruan Yiqiu and the others were breathing heavily and looked pale.

It clearly consumed a lot of spiritual energy and also caused hidden injuries.

Ruan Yiqiu sighed and gestured for everyone to sit down.

"Junior Brother Chen, to be honest..."

"The seas have been quite turbulent lately, and we were ordered to investigate. We encountered a powerful monster there, and barely managed to escape."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi's expression changed slightly; he hadn't expected the outer seas to be so turbulent.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" Ruan Yiqiu asked.

Chen Yi didn't hide anything and told her that he needed to go to the border to find traces of the Sea Yaksha and find a way to cure the poison.

Ruan Yiqiu frowned slightly upon hearing this and said:

"Things are not peaceful lately. Are you sure you want to take such a big risk going there?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Tingting looked worried. If what Ruan Yiqiu said was true, their trip would definitely be very dangerous.

These disciples of the Heavenly Spirit Sect all returned empty-handed, let alone the two Qi Refining stage cultivators.

Chen Yi looked thoughtful. Although the place they were heading to was not the open sea, it was still a border area, and it certainly wouldn't be peaceful.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi decided to head to the border.

Ruan Yiqiu seemed to see through Chen Yi's thoughts and said:

"Junior Brother Chen, do you really have to go this time?"