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Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Three Villains (Launching Tomorrow)
Splash!
The Blue Water Shuttle shot through the boundless ocean like a flash of blue lightning, leaving behind only a faint white trace, making it difficult to track its path.
This was Li Quanqing’s first time using this top-grade magic artifact to escape, the speed was fast, but also very uncomfortable.
The space inside the Blue Water Shuttle was extremely cramped, barely enough to turn around, not much better than a thin wooden coffin, with a suffocating oppression that was ever-present.
Fortunately, the speed of the artifact was really fast.
In just over an hour, he had sped through a thousand miles of ocean.
Completely leaving behind the place about to ignite the conflicts of many cultivators.
Li Quanqing looked up, the purple-red sea completely faded, reverting to the deep blue of a gem-like ocean.
The transition between the two colors was sharply distinct, as if separated by a clear boundary line.
"Phew!! Finally escaped!"
Li Quanqing maneuvered the Blue Water Shuttle to leap out of the water, crawling out from it and floated on the sea surface, inhaling the fresh air deeply.
All along this journey, he was moving against the flow of people.
Across the surface of the sea, one could see numerous loose cultivators frantically heading towards the direction of that ancient ruin.
Inevitably, the prominence of the light pillar was too significant, piercing the heavens and illuminating hundreds of miles of sea surface.
The Purple Blood Sea Domain was rampant with demon beasts and rich in resources, attracting many cultivators living here. At this time, they called their friends and had nearly all set out.
Such were the loose cultivators, life in cultivation tough, but when seeing any sort of benefit, they would swarm hungrily like bloodthirsty locusts.
Digging three feet into the ground before willing to call it quits!
Probably even the Situ Family hadn’t expected to stir up such a commotion.
"That ruin, is it really an ancient cultivation sect destroyed by enemies, why does it seem so well-preserved?"
Li Quanqing recalled the scene he had witnessed.
That head of a Canghai Whale phantom emerging from the light pillar seemed like an existence similar to an array spirit.
He shook his head, not wanting to think too much about it, as this matter had thoroughly nothing to do with him now.
"Longevity Turtle, let’s go!"
"Home!"
Li Quanqing was sitting on the spacious and comfortable turtle shell, even cushioning his seat with a mat, having swapped out the cramped space of the Blue Water Shuttle.
He took out some green plum wine and roasted meat, eating and feeding the turtle as if a wealthy young master enjoying a sea outing.
The vast haze of the sea, lying down to contemplate the scenery, living a very comfortable daily life.
...
"Strange, why haven’t I received any messages from my elder brothers? What exactly happened in the Purple Blood Sea Domain?"
On a rather large Spirit Island, Bai Lao San looked out at the distant sea, pacing back and forth with restlessness.
As the notorious Bai family trio in the nearby sea area, making a fortune through killing and robbing with their powerful cultivation, they had nurtured a group of underlings specializing in pillage and even forcibly took over a Spirit Island to collect tolls from passing merchant ships, which is akin to retiring from piracy.
This morning, a spy deployed in the Purple Blood Sea Domain suddenly reported a suspected emergence of a Foundation Establishment Cave Mansion.
Recalling the grand event a few years ago, Bai Lao Da immediately couldn’t sit still any longer and, pulling along his second brother, rushed towards the Purple Blood Sea Domain.
Leaving behind the weakest, Bai Lao San, to guard the home, anxiously waiting—he too wished to divide the treasures within the ruins!
"Third Master, a potential fat sheep seems to be passing through our sea area, shall we go for it?"
Suddenly, a subordinate tiptoed over, uneasily reporting.
"Hmm? Fat sheep? How fat?"
Bai Lao San subconsciously asked, nearly a conditioned reflex.
After all, robbing was their old profession, and they were very skilled at it.
"A lone cultivator from a family, wearing a shiny magic robe. He looks very young, like a wealthy young master out for a pleasure trip; he didn’t even bring any guards."
Bai Lao San was a bit tempted, "Which family is he from? Did you see the family crest on his clothes clearly? Don’t stub our toe on a steel plate!"
Though all three brothers possessed Qi Refining late-stage cultivation, if they aroused the wrath of those large families, they would still meet a grisly end.
The underlings looked at each other, the atmosphere suddenly a bit awkward. "It’s too far away, didn’t see clearly, Third Master."
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Bai Lao San cursed, he then moved to a bunker hidden in the dense forest on the island, and personally looked out.
A young Daoist riding a dark green large turtle appeared in his sight, indeed quite far away, about twenty to thirty miles across the sea area, barely making out a silhouette.
Bai Lao San took out a cylindrical object resembling a telescope, a clever little device developed by mortals for going out to sea.
But precisely because there were no mana fluctuations, it did not raise the alertness and attention of the cultivators.
Li Third White raised the iron tube and aimed it, using a Liuli mirror to get a clear view, and almost sat down on the ground in fright.
"Damn it, a member of the Green Jade Li Family, who just claimed this was a fat sheep, stand out, I’ll skin you alive!"
With his face covered in spittle, a young underling spoke up with great difficulty: "Third Master, it’s just him alone, what are we afraid of? Besides, the Li Family and the Xie family have never been on good terms; he should be killed!"
"Baoshu Island, the Xie family!"
Upon hearing this name, Li Third White immediately gnashed his teeth, a towering hatred arising in his heart.
Although the three brothers were not twins, they were born into the same Qi Refining Family, the Mo Family, and were attached to the Xie family of Baoshu Island, which was considered very influential.
Decades ago, an island under the control of the Mo family produced a person with a top-grade spiritual root.
According to the rules of Shuihua Sword Sect, all top-grade spiritual roots discovered under their jurisdiction, if not belonging to the family’s own lineage, must be sent to the sect.
Motivated by greed, the clan leader of the Mo family thought of secretly changing the child’s surname, hoping that one day the Mo Family could also produce a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
However, when this plot was discovered, the Shuihua Sword Sect issued an order and the whole Xie family mobilized, using the Mo family as a warning to others, annihilating them completely.
That year, the three Li brothers were just grown children, sent away in advance to hide their identities. Using resources left by their family, they finally reached their current level of cultivation.
Li Third White closed his eyes, remembering his tragically deceased parents, the main island of his family burned to ashes, finally he said, "Bring out the Treasure Light Toad!"
"Gulp!"
A golden toad, held out from a cage, shone brilliantly like bejeweled radiance, its eyes sparkling like multicolored gems.
"My treasure, come here and show your master, how is the treasure light on this man?"
Li Third White held the toad, unable to let go.
This was one of the demon beasts of special kind that the three brothers had chanced upon, born with a unique pupillary ability to see the treasure light on a cultivator.
He touched the back of the Treasure Light Toad, where bumps shaped like copper coins proliferated; the more bountiful the treasure light one saw, the more copper coins would light up.
"Gua gua!"
The Treasure Light Toad croaked, opening its eyes and looking towards the young man riding the turtle on the sea.
A blinding treasure light suddenly burst forth, overwhelming all in sight, painfully dazzling to the toad’s eyes. They had never seen such a boldly wealthy cultivator!
Among the stupor-filled gaze of the crowd, all copper coin bumps lit up, releasing a gold light like never before!
The golden light was dazzling, illuminating the dumbfounded face of Li Third White, his mind buzzing.
The last time they witnessed this phenomenon was when they secretly observed a certain Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
They have struck it rich, big brother, we’ve really struck it rich!
...
"Strange, why do I feel like someone is prying on me?"
Li Quanqing looked towards an island dozens of miles away; the Mind Sword chimed softly, autonomously alerting him.
He patted the shell beneath him, signaling the Longevity Turtle to take a detour, avoiding the Spirit Island by a wide margin.
After all, the sea domain is vast; it’s just a matter of slightly delaying his timing.
He wasn’t afraid of any robber cultivators; he thought he had a good chance of escaping even from those at Foundation Establishment, but he preferred to avoid unnecessary complications.
The Longevity Turtle swiftly swam hundreds of miles, soon the island was out of sight, and no abnormalities occurred.
Li Quanqing breathed a sigh of relief.
Whoosh!!
Just as he showed a moment of relaxation, a talisman suddenly sped down from the sky above, fast as a shooting star.
Thud!!
The Sea Suppressing Bell chimed without wind, automatically protecting its master, with a ripple of sound waves spreading like water, covering all directions with a shimmering sword light.
Li Quanqing acted swiftly, immediately pulling out a Golden Light Shield Talisman and crushing it, forming ten layers of Golden Light Shields around him and the Longevity Turtle.
Pop!
The sound wave vibrated, the talisman shattered in response, turning into a myriad of light spots that fell.
Unexpectedly, these light spots, like illusions, directly penetrated the Golden Light Shield Talisman and landed on the young man, harmless and poison-free.
Buzz buzz!
Sensing the young man’s aura, a lotus as large as a grinding plate bloomed in the void, displaying traces of Spirit Light, forming a total of seven lotus petals.
"Sensing Spirit Talisman!"
Li Quanqing snorted, this type of talisman that could detect cultivation was a favorite of those Loose Cultivators and robber cultivators.
He looked up and indeed saw a Cloud Boat suspended in the nearby sky, hiding its energy, slowly revealing itself.
A crowd of greedy cultivators!
