Chapter 166: Emerald Sun Cultivation World
“Saving a life, merely lifting a hand.”
Facing Chen Xinghai’s gratitude, Lu Yang raised his hand slightly, revealing a kindly smile: “If you want to repay the kindness, just answer a few questions for me.”
Traveling far overseas, Lu Yang decided to improve his image.
After all, the misunderstanding of the Perfected Ones in the Saint Sect towards him was truly too deep. No matter what he did, no one would believe that he was actually a good person.
But overseas, no one knew him.
Taking this opportunity, Lu Yang felt he could improve his image properly, spreading his good name and satisfying his vanity.
After all, when he just transmigrated, he also thought about being a young Sword Immortal who rode a sword into the azure sky, unfettered between heaven and earth, drawing his sword to help when seeing injustice on the road. Pity that worldly affairs were unpredictable. To survive, he had to wallow in the mire with the Saint Sect. Fortunately, his original intention hadn’t changed, and his heart remained kind.
“Roar—!”
Just then, a black shadow emerged beneath the sea surface. Immediately after, a white Flood Dragon Serpent appeared, emitting a shrill hiss at Lu Yang.
“Noisy.”
Lu Yang frowned. A gaze instantly sliced that Flood Dragon Serpent in two. Flood Dragon blood dyed the sea red in an instant, and a foul stench assaulted the nose.
However, as Lu Yang swung his sleeve robe, the foul stench was swept away completely. Along with it, the carcass of that Flood Dragon Serpent was also casually thrown by him into the “Ghost Cloud” behind him. Chen Xinghai saw clearly that the Flood Dragon Serpent, broken into two pieces, wasn’t completely dead yet. It was struck squarely by ten thousand thunderbolts just as it let out a cry…
In the blink of an eye, it turned into flying ash.
Damn it, destroying the corpse and eliminating traces so decisively… could this be a Demonic Cultivator?
Chen Xinghai couldn’t help swallowing his saliva. How could he dare to be negligent? He hurried forward and said respectfully: “High Master, please feel free to ask. This lowly one will definitely say everything he knows.”
Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this: “What is this place?”
As soon as these words came out, Chen Xinghai was instantly stunned, but dared not hesitate. He said immediately: “Replying to High Master, this place is the Turbulent Flow Sea of our Emerald Sun Cultivation World.”
“Emerald Sun… Cultivation?”
Lu Yang frowned slightly upon hearing this. He intended to calculate, but found it difficult to calculate clearly. Looking at Chen Xinghai again, he had things to ask but didn’t know where to start.
Moreover, the other party might not answer honestly.
After all, he just suspected in his heart that he was a Demonic Cultivator. Lu Yang heard it. How could the thought fluctuations of a mere mortal hide from him?
Although he wasn’t that petty, he also didn’t have time to ask sentence by sentence, distinguishing true from false.
“Hmm, better search the soul.”
With a thought from Lu Yang, Chen Xinghai actually sensed something and instantly revealed a look of horror, but Lu Yang’s gaze had already pierced into the center of his sea of consciousness.
To prevent errors and omissions, he even split his spiritual consciousness to search everyone on the ship at this moment. Anyway, with his stature as a Foundation Establishment Perfected One, searching the souls of a group of mortals couldn’t possibly hurt them. At most, it looked bad on the surface; some might think it cruel, but he felt this was efficient.
This didn’t hinder him from being a good person.
Soon, as Chen Xinghai rolled his eyes back, Lu Yang also fully grasped the intelligence of the “Emerald Sun Cultivation World” he mentioned, and his expression became increasingly amazed.
Emerald Sun Cultivation World, the Immortal Alliance controls the world.
Five Elements Spiritual Roots, Cultivation Techniques…
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core…
“What!?”
In an instant, Lu Yang’s hand trembled, and he subconsciously took a step back, his eyes horrified… What kind of joke is this? This Emerald Sun Cultivation World has Golden Core Perfected Lords!?
More information was searched out by Lu Yang one by one.
“Emerald Sun Cultivation World, composed of one hundred and eight large islands overseas. Although likewise having numerous sects and Immortal Clans, they belong to the same force.”
“Immortal Alliance.”
“And this Chen Xinghai is a sea citizen under the Immortal Alliance, responsible for going out to sea to catch spiritual fish and salvage shipwrecks. This seems to have become a super industry. Under the rule of the Immortal Alliance, there are as many as a million people like him. The spiritual resources and materials harvested from the sea every year are countless…”
The more Lu Yang looked, the more solemn his expression became.
Because in Chen Xinghai’s memory, he had even seen a Golden Core Perfected Lord, and also knew that above the Golden Core Perfected Lord, there were unspeakable big figures.
“Nascent Soul Dao Lord…?”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang became increasingly terrified. Although not completely certain yet, it was very likely that there was a Nascent Soul Dao Lord in this Emerald Sun Cultivation World!
In the next second, Lu Yang’s expression suddenly changed.
“That Flood Dragon Serpent was a Sea Patrolling Spirit Beast of the Immortal Alliance?”
Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly. If it were truly an owned Spirit Beast, how could he not discover it at a glance? It was precisely because he saw it was wild that he took action to kill it.
However, he soon understood the causes and consequences… It turned out the Emerald Sun Cultivation World didn’t have methods to control Spirit Beasts, unable to plant a slave seal in the Spirit Beast’s sea of consciousness. So raising Spirit Beasts used mortal taming methods, thus escapes frequently occurred… Seeing this, Lu Yang was instantly speechless.
Turns out my rank is too high, causing a momentary oversight?
“This Emerald Sun Cultivation World, looking at it any way, seems wrong…”
With the Sea Patrolling Spirit Beast killed, there would inevitably be a reaction from the Immortal Alliance side. Before long, Sea Patrolling Cultivators would come to check. He couldn’t expose himself easily.
Let’s steady things first.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately reached out and wiped towards Chen Xinghai and the others, directly erasing their memories of seeing him, then concealed his figure.
A moment later, Chen Xinghai and the others woke up.
Losing their memories, they naturally didn’t know what happened, only feeling they were lucky to rush out of the “Ghost Cloud,” still sighing about surviving a disaster.
Just then, a spiritual light flew from the distance.
Lu Yang looked roughly; the newcomer’s realm wasn’t high, just Middle Stage of Qi Refining. However, even so, he still didn’t reveal himself, but continued to hide.
After the spiritual light approached, it split abruptly, revealing a middle-aged man wearing a cloud-water Daoist robe, with a spiritual sword suspended behind his back and a dignified face.
The middle-aged man looked around, then looked at Chen Xinghai and the others below. Immediately frowning, he revealed a doubtful look and said loudly: “This seat’s Sea Patrolling Spirit Beast was killed here. You are sea citizens of this place; have you discovered any suspicious persons passing by?”
Seeing this, Chen Xinghai hurried forward and said: “Replying to Immortal Master, never seen.”
“Strange…”
The middle-aged man fell silent upon hearing this. Seeing this, Chen Xinghai revealed a struggling look on his face. With great difficulty, he summoned up courage, stepped forward, and whispered:
“Immortal Master, look at this ship of mine…”
“…Hmm?” The middle-aged man glanced at Chen Xinghai upon hearing this, then looked at his ship: “Damaged severely; repairs probably need a large sum of funds.”
“That’s exactly it.”
Chen Xinghai smiled bitterly: “Immortal Master, this lowly one bought the Immortal Alliance’s Natural Disaster Insurance before going to sea. Look at this lowly one’s ship; can the Immortal Alliance pay for the repairs?”
As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man’s expression changed instantly: “Natural Disaster Insurance… Looking at the appearance of your large ship, it was struck by heavenly thunder. Should be mistakenly entering the Ghost Cloud, but didn’t go deep, and luckily broke out, right? But you, a sea citizen, what were you doing breaking into a dangerous place like the Ghost Cloud?”
Chen Xinghai hurriedly explained: “It was the Ghost Cloud moving its position!”
“Any evidence?”
As soon as these words came out, Chen Xinghai was instantly dumbfounded. Where would there be evidence for the movement of the Ghost Cloud? Even if there were, it wasn’t something he, a sea citizen, could produce.
“None, then it’s just one-sided words.”
Seeing this, the middle-aged man shook his head and said indifferently: “Apologies, currently you have suspicion of insurance fraud, so the Immortal Alliance won’t pay your sum.”
“However, I can recommend an acquaintance of mine. He is a cultivator of the Immortal Alliance Shipyard, privately taking jobs to repair large ships. Go to his place, report my name, the down payment can have a twenty percent discount, the rest paid off in ten years. Moreover, the interest isn’t high; very cost-effective…”
In the dark, the more Lu Yang listened, the stranger his expression became.
This Immortal Alliance of yours, something’s not right.
Why is the style so familiar?
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