Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

a few days later.

Above the vast, endless blue sea, on a shuttle-shaped flying boat, three figures sat cross-legged. These three were Li Ping, Wei Yiling, and Feng Xishuang.

Not long ago, Li Ping used the power of the Nourishing Life Technique to heal Feng Xishuang's injuries. The three of them then quietly left Lingxiao City, intending to track down the Four Fiends of the East Sea through the mark set up by Wei Yiling.

To Li Ping's surprise, the medium through which Wei Yiling left her mark was actually that half portion of Golden Dew.

To be precise, the main reason she left behind half of the Golden Dew was to use it to track down the Four Fiends of the East Sea.

This made Li Ping feel slightly embarrassed.

If the Four Fiends of the East Sea had really agreed to make a deal with him, and he hadn't discovered the tracking mark inside the Golden Dew, wouldn't Wei Yiling have tracked him down to him?

Just thinking about that scene makes me feel awkward.

However, when he first learned about this, he couldn't help but ask Wei Yiling what would happen if the Four Fiends of the East Sea did not carry the Golden Dew with them, or if they had already sold it.

Wei Yiling, a bachelor, said: "Then we can only accept it."

The situation was too urgent at the time. Feng Xishuang was ambushed and seriously injured. She was in a hurry to get Feng Xishuang away. In addition, the four fierce beasts of the East Sea were all Core Formation cultivators with amazing spiritual sense. She could not do anything to them. She could only mark the Sifeng Sable that she had already obtained.

"I only kept half a portion of Golden Dew. With only half a portion, Golden Dew isn't very useful, and it will be difficult for them to trade it," Wei Yiling said, tilting her head.

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The area of ​​the East China Sea near the coast is frighteningly large, much larger than the entire Great Zhou region.

However, there are not many islands that emerge from the sea; it takes a long time to see one, and not every island has a spiritual vein.

The absence of spiritual veins means that cultivators cannot stay on the island permanently. Without the protection of cultivators, mortals are completely powerless against the sea monsters and can only become food.

Therefore, many of the islands in the East China Sea are uninhabited desert islands.

This is different from the Great Zhou Dynasty, where, thanks to generations of human cultivators, most local demonic beasts have become extinct.

Even if a few demonic beasts are occasionally born, they will be quickly killed by the local demon-slaying bureau along with the immortal cultivation families and sects, and will not pose a great threat to mortals.

Li Ping gradually grew bored with the unchanging azure sea, so he withdrew his gaze and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.

Meanwhile, Wei Yiling silently sensed the location of the mark she left behind while controlling the flying boat beneath her feet to move forward rapidly. After flying for nearly three months, Li Ping estimated that the flying boat had already flown millions of miles over the sea.

Wei Yiling's expression turned serious, and she slowly said, "Sister Shuang, Fellow Daoist Li, we should be getting close to the location of the Four Fiends of the East Sea."

"Oh?" Li Ping stood up in surprise upon hearing this.

Feng Xishuang, standing to the side, did something similar, but when her gaze occasionally fell on Li Ping, she blushed slightly, seemingly lost in thought.

剎！

The airship, which had been moving at high speed, suddenly came to a stop.

"What's wrong?" Li Ping asked, puzzled, and looked at Wei Yiling.

He saw her staring intently ahead with a solemn expression. Li Ping quickly followed her gaze and saw only a vast expanse of white fog stretching to the horizon, where the sea and sky met, and he didn't know how much of the sea it covered.

He recalled a phenomenon he had seen in his travelogue, and an uncertain look appeared in his eyes: "What is this?"

"It's a mirage! Sister Ling, could it be that the lair of the Four Fiends of the East Sea is actually in the mirage?" Just as he was still making uncertain guesses, Feng Xishuang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Mirages are a phenomenon unique to the East China Sea.

The coverage area may be only a few million square miles, while the coverage area may be more than ten million miles in length and width.

These endless white mists may seem ordinary, but they have the special effect of blocking cultivators' divine sense and shielding their perception. Moreover, if one stays inside for a long time, illusions will constantly appear before their eyes, making it difficult for cultivators to distinguish up from down.

If one gets too deeply involved and doesn't escape in time, even a Core Formation cultivator can become trapped and find it difficult to get out.

According to legends in the cultivation world of the East Sea, this white mist is the breath left behind by a mirage dragon.

Of course, most monks considered this nonsense.

They believe that although these white mists are named mirages, they actually have nothing to do with mirage dragons and are simply a natural phenomenon that occurs in the East China Sea.

after all.

The mirage dragon is a true spirit; how could such a life form possibly exist in this world?

Regardless of whether the mirage is related to the mirage dragon, all cultivators agree that the mirage is extremely dangerous, and the best way to deal with it is to stay away and not get close.

Fortunately, although mirages are dangerous, they are very stable. Once they take shape, they will not expand further and there is a certain probability that they will gradually dissipate over time.

However, this period of time is very long, measured in tens of thousands of years.

Upon hearing that the white mist was the famous Mirage, Li Ping understood why Wei Yiling looked so serious.

She probably never expected that she would encounter the mirage on her way to cause trouble for the Four Fiends of the East Sea.

If it were just a mirage blocking their way, they could simply take a detour. Although this would inevitably waste a lot of time given the vast area covered by the mirage, at least it wouldn't cause any major problems.

But what if the lair of the Four Fiends of the East Sea is located within the mirage?

Or perhaps they noticed the mark Wei Yiling left in the Golden Dew, but couldn't find the problem, so they simply threw all the suspected problematic items into the mirage.

That would make things complicated.

Regardless of what Wei Yiling thought, Li Ping would never risk entering the mirage, whether to kill the Four Fiends of the East Sea or to obtain half of the Golden Dew.

"I don't know either." Faced with Feng Xishuang's doubts, Wei Yiling shook her head: "Logically speaking, the Four Fiends of the East Sea should also avoid the Mirage, let alone set up their lair in such a dangerous environment."

However, although mirages are dangerous, there are still some special methods to deal with them.

The Four Fiends of the East Sea have wreaked havoc in the East Sea for so many years, yet no one has been able to discover their lair. Perhaps they truly have found a way to safely enter and exit the mirage and have made their hideout within it.

This makes sense; other cultivators wouldn't go into the mirage for no reason, so how could they discover their lair's location?

This put them in a dilemma.

If you don't dare to venture into the mirage, you'll have no choice but to slink back to Lingxiao City.

"Shuangmei, Fellow Daoist Li, I am about to use a secret technique to sense the exact distance between that mark and me. I will need your protection later," Wei Yiling said solemnly.

After pondering for a moment, she decided to use a secret technique to confirm the distance of the mark in order to determine whether it was within the mirage.

Li Ping nodded slightly: "Fellow Daoist Wei, you can rest assured."

Feng Xishuang quickly stepped forward and took control of the flying boat from Wei Yiling, maneuvering it to float calmly above the sea.

Wei Yiling nodded to the two of them, then sat down cross-legged and began to sense the surroundings using a secret technique.

Such a secret technique seemed to have taken a great toll on her; in just a moment, a strange flush appeared on her face, and her aura uncontrollably spread out in waves.

Half an hour later.

Wei Yiling opened her eyes, the blush on her face faded, and instead revealed an unnatural paleness.

Faced with their questioning gazes, she said helplessly, "I can sense that the half of the Golden Dew is only a few hundred thousand miles away from our location. If it wasn't the Four Fiends of the East Sea who noticed the problem with the Golden Dew and deliberately threw it into the mirage, then it can only mean that... their lair is in the mirage, and they have a way to deal with the threat of the mirage."

Li Ping frowned: "In that case, Fellow Daoist Wei, do you have any other plans?"

"The Four Fiends of the East Sea live by plundering; they can't stay in the mirage forever." Wei Yiling's gaze fell on Li Ping. "How about we find a place to wait? Perhaps in a dozen years, the Four Fiends of the East Sea will come out of the mirage on their own."

"More than ten years?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping fell into deep thought.

Actually, he didn't care about it.

After all, he possessed the Jade of the Spiritual Eye, so even on a deserted island without spiritual veins, the environment created by the Jade of the Spiritual Eye wouldn't hinder his cultivation.

Seeing that Li Ping remained silent for a long time, Wei Yiling assumed that he was not satisfied with the plan.

She immediately rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "If Fellow Daoist Li is worried that this will affect his cultivation, there is no need to worry. I remember there is a large island less than 100,000 miles from here, with a spiritual vein of level three, which is enough to support the cultivation of the three of us."

Seemingly worried that the Spirit Island wasn't enough to sway Li Ping, she added, "Moreover, if we kill the Four Fiends of the East Sea and obtain their method of entering and exiting the Mirage, we can take over their lair and obtain a highly private Spirit Island. At that time, the risks of our adventures in the East Sea will be greatly reduced."

Li Ping shook his head inwardly. He wasn't a cultivator who had undergone a tribulation; he was a righteous cultivator who could openly rent a cave dwelling in Lingxiao City. What use was this kind of lair hidden in the mirage?

However, he wanted to eliminate the Four Fiends of the East Sea as soon as possible.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, he smiled and nodded: "Then let's listen to Fellow Daoist Wei. We must eradicate evil completely. The Four Fiends of the East Sea must be thoroughly eliminated!"

"Fellow Daoist Li is right." Wei Yiling smiled radiantly. "Then let's go to Immortal Phoenix Island and wait."

Immortal Phoenix Island was indeed the third-tier spirit island that Wei Yiling had mentioned. It stretched for thousands of miles. When the flying boat stopped above the island, Li Ping discovered that a bustling crowd actually lived on this spirit island.

In the specially constructed port, large ships hundreds of feet long came and went, each with several Qi Refining cultivators on board.

Li Ping guessed that this must be a fishing boat.

"I have some connection with the Supreme Elder of the Mo family on Immortal Phoenix Island, so we'll borrow their spiritual vein for now," Wei Yiling explained.