Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Chen Yi piloted the ark to the sea area Wu Tingting had mentioned, and carefully explored the surrounding situation with his divine sense.

Many spirit stones occasionally swam by in the sea, but no trace of the sea yaksha was found.

Legend has it that the Sea Yaksha race has lived in the outer sea of ​​the East China Sea for thousands of years, and the race has long since developed into a large-scale one.

Many fishermen would immediately retreat if they encountered the Black Yaksha, as they are inherently ferocious.

If they encounter a human cultivator, they will usually devour them alive.

Chen Yi did not detect any residual demonic energy on the sea surface. Holding the water-repelling bead and the water-controlling talisman, he leaped into the ocean.

Ruan Yiqiu activated her protective magic artifact and followed closely behind, while the two left Wu Tingting on the magic boat to provide support.

Chen Yi gestured to Ruan Yiqiu, and the two of them slowly dived into the sea.

It was midday, and the dazzling sunlight shone through the seawater.

However, as they landed, the surroundings became increasingly dark.

Chen Yi stared down, only able to make out some vague traces. Although this area was still near the coast, the deepest part was over a hundred meters deep.

His body surged with spiritual energy, and he immediately dived downwards.

Seeing this, Ruan Yiqiu followed closely behind Chen Yi. She took out a jade pendant and channeled spiritual energy into it, causing a gentle light to instantly illuminate it.

The area within several feet was enveloped in a gentle light, allowing the two to see their surroundings clearly.

Soon, the two landed on the seabed.

Chen Yi carefully examined his surroundings and discovered some clues. Scattered on the seabed were many strange, pale blue scales that reflected an unusual glow under the light.

"These must be scales of a sea yaksha. It seems there really is a sea yaksha lurking here," Chen Yi thought to himself.

He had done his homework before setting off. Although he had never seen the Sea Demon in person, he knew all about it.

Chen Yi made a gesture to Ruan Yiqiu, who then noticed the scattered scales on the seabed.

The two searched the surrounding area again and found the corpse of a sea yaksha ahead. This sea yaksha was male, with dark blue skin and an extremely ugly face.

Chen Yi reached out and used his spiritual energy to lift the sea yaksha's corpse upwards.

"Bang, bang"

The two of them leaped out of the sea and onto the Dharma boat at the same time.

When Wu Tingting saw Chen Yi and the other person come out, she immediately went to greet them with a look of joy on her face.

"Brother Chen, Senior Sister Ruan, you're finally out."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the corpse of the sea monster next to Chen Yi and her face instantly turned pale with shock.

Chen Yi placed the sea yaksha's corpse in front of him, bent down to examine it carefully, and turned to ask:

"Tingting, did you kill this sea monster?"

Wu Tingting shook her head slightly; she and Wu Qingshan were of weak strength. Their escape from the encirclement of the sea yakshas was purely by luck, let alone their ability to fight them.

Chen Yi keenly noticed that the sea monster's forehead, chest, and abdomen had been cleanly and swiftly pierced by a sharp weapon.

There was also an iron chain around his body, which was obviously specially made.

"Strange, could it be that other cultivators besides you encountered the Sea Yaksha?"

"But if we were to fight, how could it be..." Chen Yi looked puzzled.

He sensed that this sea demon was bound there and then killed by a magical artifact. Judging from its size and the remaining demonic energy, this sea demon's strength was close to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Such a clean and efficient annihilation of the sea yaksha is probably only something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could accomplish.

Chen Yi vaguely sensed that something was amiss, so he steered the magic boat forward.

According to Wu Tingting, there is another isolated island ahead, where they first encountered the Sea Yaksha.

Upon encountering the sea demon, they immediately activated their magic boat to escape.

However, Wu Qingshan was injured by the sea yaksha midway and had to desperately use his essence and blood to escape the place.

Wu Qingshan was injured by the sea yaksha and poisoned by it. He fell into a coma shortly after returning to his courtyard.

At this moment, the three of them had already landed on the small island aboard their magic boat.

Chen Yi looked around and found that the island was unremarkable and seemed to have nothing unusual about it.

Time has passed and storms have raged, so even if traces remain, they have been washed away.

Chen Yi put the sea yaksha's corpse into his storage bag. It had been dead for a long time and had sunk to the bottom of the sea, so its scales, eyes, and other features had lost their effectiveness.

"Tingting, wait for us here."

"Senior Sister Ruan and I will investigate the area around the island," Chen Yi instructed.

Wu Tingting immediately nodded in agreement and took charge of guarding the magic boat alone. Before leaving, Chen Yi set up the Yin-Yang Wind and Thunder Formation on the magic boat.

Although Chen Yi did not personally control it, the formation still possessed some power as it operated on its own.

Chen Yi left some more talismans for Wu Tingting, and then he and Senior Sister Ruan left the magic boat.

The two piloted their flying magical artifact and began surveying the area around the island.

The island was small and unremarkable. Chen Yi had only flown a short distance when he vaguely sensed a demonic aura.

He had just turned his head to speak when he noticed that Ruan Yiqiu was also about to speak.

"Senior Sister Ruan, it seems you've also sensed the demonic aura," Chen Yi said.

Ruan Yiqiu nodded slightly and pointed to the sea near the shore.

The two piloted a flying magical artifact and quickly arrived at the shore.

Chen Yi immediately noticed that there were more than a dozen cold iron chains on the coast.

These iron chains are tied at one end to a stone pillar on the beach, and the other end extends deep into the sea. The demonic aura emanates from the seabed.

Chen Yi frowned slightly, immediately sensing that something was wrong.

He and Ruan Yiqiu exchanged a glance and immediately landed on the beach.

"This is!?"

Confused, Chen Yi immediately rushed towards the sea along the cold iron chain. Holding the water-repelling pearl and the water-controlling talisman, he and Ruan Yiqiu plunged back into the sea.

The cold iron chains cascaded down and disappeared into the dark seabed.

Chen Yi had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't just back down.

He held the jade pendant and the black tortoise shell in his hand, and secretly took out the Sword Rain Talisman. If danger was encountered, Chen Yi would retreat immediately.

The two exchanged a glance and slowly descended.

The jade pendant floating in front of Ruan Yiqiu always emitted a gentle light.

They descended seventy or eighty meters, and through the light emitted by the jade pendant, they could vaguely see that something seemed to be tied to the end of each iron chain.

As they landed, Chen Yi was able to see what was tied to the iron chain.

"What? They're all sea monsters!" Chen Yi was shocked.

The reason was simple: each of the cold iron chains ended with the corpse of a sea yaksha. Upon closer inspection, there were more than a dozen sea yakshas.

They appeared to have died recently, with blue blood constantly seeping into the seawater from their wounds.

These sea monsters were all pierced through vital organs by sharp magical weapons and firmly tied to cold iron chains.

Chen Yi and Ruan Yiqiu exchanged a glance, both sensing that something was amiss.

Without any hesitation, he immediately cut the iron chains and put the corpses of the sea yakshas into his storage bag.

Just as the two were about to rush out of the sea, several demonic auras appeared not far away.

Chen Yi suddenly turned his head and saw a series of dark shadows rapidly moving through the sea, heading straight for Chen Yi and his companion.

The next moment, the two burst out of the sea.

However, waves rose on the surrounding sea, and sea monsters also rushed out of the water.