Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 247 - 245 Moving Fog
Chapter 247: Chapter 245 Moving Fog
Chapter 247 -245 Moving Fog
A month later.
The White Deer was sailing with full sails on the high seas. Ning Daoran sat at the bow, holding a detailed map of the Tianluo Sea purchased from Qingfu Square. On the map, the area of the White Coral Island was marked in blood red, signifying it as one of the forbidden territories of the Tianluo Sea.
On the horizon, a hazy array of islands and reefs came into view.
“We’ve arrived!”
Ning Daoran’s heart surged with excitement and immediately released his Divine Sense to scout the area, soon sensing an extremely strong demon beast breath.
It was a Third-tier Middle-level Demon Beast, and the instant it made contact with Ning Daoran’s Divine Sense, a buzzing sound came from the water. Soon after, the entire nearby sea area seemed to be sealed, with countless droplets hanging from the sky and continually bouncing off the water’s surface like pearls.
“Roar~~”
A number of cross-shaped veins bulged on Big Stupid Deer’s forehead.
“I’ll be right back.”
Ning Daoran took to the skies, riding on a streak of golden tunneling light and swiftly made his way forward with the Big Green Dragon.
The Golden Core Spiritual Pressure descended from the sky, and the sea surface kept collapsing, a spectacle to behold!
“Roar——”
From the waters, a thunderous roar shook the heavens and earth; a figure wearing armor and wielding a Long Spear emerged with a slash from beneath the waves, chopping through them and heading straight for Ning Daoran.
“How daring!”
Ning Daoran lightly stomped his foot midair, and instantly a cyan airwave burst forth, rippling outwards as if pressing down in all directions. The power of the Twenty Layers of the Evergreen Technique instantly turned the opponent’s spear strike into dust.
Although the opponent had transformed into the shape of a human clan Martial Artist, it was in fact a Deep Sea Green Eel, at the Third-tier Middle stage, with some scales not yet shed near its earlobes.
A Third-tier Middle-level Demon Beast’s transformation was not yet complete, only the likes of a White Sheep Demon Queen at the Third-tier Peak could transform into a perfect human form without a single flaw.
Of course, once Demon Beasts reached the Nascent Soul Stage, their transformation became even more perfect, able to entirely hide their demon Qi and become indistinguishable from the Human Clan Nascent Souls, almost impossible to tell apart.
“A Golden Core Early Stage with such spiritual pressure?”
The Green Eel Demon King, with a cold face, asked, “Fellow Daoist, have you come looking for me specifically?”
“Not at all.”
Ning Daoran stepped through the air and said indifferently, “I came to the White Coral Island only for the Deep Water Qingjin beneath the sea. However, if Fellow Daoist impedes me, I won’t mind sending you on your way.”
“What arrogant words!”
The Green Eel Demon King gritted his teeth, but there was a slight hesitation in his heart.
He knew his next sentence might determine his life or death. The human clan cultivator who called himself “I” seemed to exude the aura of a Golden Core outside, but the terrifying spiritual pressure didn’t seem like that of the Early Stage at all, saying it was the Gold Core Late Stage would not be excessive.
He might be able to defeat him, but it was also possible that he could not.
If he were to make a bold bet and rebuke with “Fellow Daoist, get lost, lest you harm yourself,” it’s possible that today would be the end of his life as the Green Eel Demon King. But if the opponent couldn’t beat him, he would have a precious meal made of the blood essence of a human clan Golden Core cultivator.
In an instant, thousands of thoughts flitted through the Green Eel Demon King’s mind before making a decision.
He was not a gambler by nature, always cautious.
“Fellow Daoist Ning.”
The Green Eel Demon King put away his Long Spear and said, “I have been dwelling in the area of the White Coral Island for many years, considering it my territory. However, since Fellow Daoist has come from afar in search of Deep Water Qingjin, I naturally want to show the hospitality of the host.”
With a slight lift of his hand, a fist-sized piece of deep cyan gold stone flew out of his Storage Bag, and he said, “This piece of Deep Water Qingjin, let it be a gift from me to you. There are a few more on the seabed rocks, which you can collect on your own.”
“Thank you.”
Ning Daoran accepted the Deep Water Qingjin, using the Evergreen Technique Power to wrap it and seal it in his Storage Bag, in case the Green Eel Demon King had left any tricks on the Qingjin.
“If Fellow Daoist intends to collect the underwater Qingjin, it’s inconvenient for me to stay here. I’ll withdraw a bit, and once you’ve harvested the Qingjin, just give me a signal.”
The Green Eel Demon King bowed respectfully, very adept at dealing with people.
Ning Daoran felt almost embarrassed to kill him, so he also bowed his hands in greeting, “Alright, thank you, Fellow Daoist.”
A streak of green Water Escape light hurried away, with the departing speed of the Green Eel Demon King resembling a flight.
…
Ning Daoran quickly sent out dozens of Second-class Paperfolk who dived underwater with Water Escape, starting to search for the Deep Water Qingjin hidden beneath the Coral Island, while Ning Daoran himself sat on a rock emerging from the water’s surface, extending his Golden Core Divine Sense to carefully scan the movements beneath the reef, not missing any Deep Water Qingjin.
As expected, just as the Green Eel Demon King had said, there was indeed Deep Water Qingjin under the White Coral Island. But over the thousands of years, most of it had been taken away by the various great cultivators and Demon Beasts, leaving only a few recently formed scraps for Ning Daoran.
After the dozens of Second-class Paperfolk returned one by one, Ning Daoran had collected only a handful of scraps of Deep Water Qingjin. Even with what the Green Eel Demon King had given him, it was nowhere near enough to forge a Third-tier Qiu Shui Sword.
According to Big Stupid Deer, Deep Water Qingjin, formed by the condensation of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, had naturally low purity. Ten pounds of Deep Water Qingjin might not even be able to be refined into one pound of Qingjin, and with only about ten pounds at most, he was far from having enough to craft the Qiushui Sword.
There was no other choice; materials like this were luck-based. It would have to wait for another time.
“Fellow Daoist Qing Man.”
Ning Daoran stood at the bow, saying, “The Qingjin under here has been collected, thank you, Fellow Daoist.”
“Fellow Daoist Ning, you are too courteous!”
The Green Eel Demon King surfaced slightly from afar, not daring to come too close.
Ning Daoran smiled and then steered The White Deer away from the area to continue fishing elsewhere in the deep sea.
…
Several days later.
One Golden Dragon Spirit Carp after another was hooked, and Ning Daoran’s fishing skills became more and more polished, to the point that even several carp weighting two hundred catties were caught, filling his heart with boundless joy.
The Golden Dragon Spirit Carp contained the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, and those weighing over one hundred catties could be refined into High-quality True Blood Pills with five golden pill patterns. The catch from the previous fishing sessions had produced more than twenty such pills, which Ning Daoran had saved for later, to be used by spiritual beasts like Big Stupid Deer and Little Blackie when they attempted to Breakthrough.
“Young Master, look over there.”
Dressed in snow-white robes, Little Bai pointed her slender jade-like finger towards the side.
Over the calm sea and clear sky, an expanse of milky white fog had enveloped the area. This mass of fog stretched across dozens of miles and was slowly moving across the surface of the sea.
The Moving Fog, one of the three calamities of Tianluo Sea!
Although the occurrence of Moving Fog was much rarer than that of Xinjin Wind and Yin Erosion Rain, it was extremely terrifying once it appeared. This was because the fog contained certain illusory rules; if a ship accidentally became enveloped by it, they might continuously hit a “Ghost wall” within the fog and never find their way out again in this lifetime.
Every formation of Moving Fog was extremely mysterious, and the Cultivation World knew nothing about it.
But after each Moving Fog dissipated, it left behind a large group of ownerless ships, intact as new with all of their crew vanished without a trace, as if they had evaporated from this world.
Therefore, the terror of Moving Fog was greater than that of Golden Wind Jade Dew, as the latter at least had a method of resolution, whereas encountering Moving Fog depended entirely on fate.
“Young Master, there is a large ship in the fog, and there are people on it.” Little Bai’s beautiful eyes flashed with a sharp light.
It was not surprising that the White Sheep Demon Queen possessed Pupil Techniques that could see through illusions.
Ning Daoran also looked over, his eyes covered by a silvery white radiance, revealing the Grey Eyes Technique.
Indeed, a large ship with an extremely long dragon bone was trapped within the Moving Fog. The Cultivators and sailors on the deck were scurrying about like ants on a hot pan, with Cultivators constantly flying up from the deck in tunneling light, attempting to escape the fog. Yet, in the blink of an eye, the wormholes that appeared in the fog would send them right back to the deck, unable to leave.
“Young Master, we’ve run out of Forbidden Breaking Talismans!”
The pale-faced old Cultivator on the ship said, “But we still haven’t broken free from the Moving Fog; what shall we do now?”
“This…”
A handsome young man in a white robe with a worried expression said, “Try using a high-level Sound Transmission Talisman, see if it can penetrate the fog to ask for help from the Ancestor. If the Ancestor is here, he could definitely lead us out of the Moving Fog!”
“No use.”
Some Cultivators shook their heads: “There’s prohibition from heaven and earth within the fog; our released Sound Transmission Talismans are like headless flies crashing about, unable to exit the fog.”
“This is bad…”
The young master’s face turned ashen: “Could it be that I, Xu Xinghe, am truly doomed to die here… I… I haven’t even found a Daoist couple yet…”
…
“Young Master, should we save them?” Little Bai’s deep eyes were earnest.
“What do you think?”
Ning Daoran’s gaze was indifferent.
“This humble one thinks…”
Little Bai smiled softly: “This humble one belongs to the Young Master, I will heed whatever the Young Master says; there’s no need to ask my opinion.”
“Humph~~”
Ning Daoran smiled faintly and said, “Old Lu, Little Bai, you two continue to steer The White Deer forward, I will go alone to take a look. Don’t worry about what’s happening here with the fog, I will catch up with you after handling it.”
“Alright, be careful Young Master!”
“Awoo awoo~~”
With a light flick of his robe, Ning Daoran transformed his appearance into that of Independent Practitioner Jianjia, his body soaring up, turning into a streak of blue light that traveled dozens of miles, directly stepping into the Moving Fog.
“Buzz~~~”
The Array Formation Restriction around the large ship emitted a golden barrier, preventing Ning Daoran from entering.
“Release the restriction.”
He looked down imperiously, saying, “I’ll lead the way for you, get you out of the fog.”
“Ah?”
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Xu Xinghe was startled, having realized that Ning Daoran was a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator.
“Young Master…”
But the Gold Core Early Stage manager next to him frowned and whispered, “This person’s identity is unknown, it’s not wise to readily release the restriction. If he has malicious intent, the consequences would be unimaginable!”
“Perhaps not?”
Xu Xinghe, who was decisive, responded with displeasure: “We are enveloped by the Moving Fog here, and if this senior is willing to risk himself to help us break through, yet we still guard against him, do we deserve to be saved?”
“Young Master, you…”
“No more words.”
Xu Xinghe immediately ordered: “Release the restriction, let this senior come in.”
“Yes, Young Master!”
Several followers quickly took out their control Jade Talismans, opening a corner of the prohibition to let Ning Daoran fly onto the deck.
For a moment, the Gold Core old manager was on guard.
Xu Xinghe stepped forward and respectfully cupped his fists, saying, “I am Xu Xinghe from the Xu Family in Immortal White Dragon City, transporting goods when our ship accidentally encountered the Moving Fog. We ask for the senior’s help, and the Xu Family will be deeply grateful!”
Ning Daoran was slightly startled; this was the Xu Family that held great power and influence in Immortal White Dragon City? And this Xu Xinghe seemed to be the Family’s Young Master, a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a Top-grade Spiritual Root, highly valued by the Xu Family’s Nascent Soul Ancestor.
