Volume 1: Red Lotus Temple Chapter 111: Fish and Dragon

  At a banquet, chatting casually, Bai Qi only then found out what the great hunt on Jin Ao Island was.

  In this region of Zhongzhou, the production of jade is mostly in the sea. The sea has countless monsters, so each major sect will open up a special area in the sea every year to hunt and kill the monsters and control the jade-producing areas.

  Jin Ao Island is uniquely blessed, surrounded by numerous jade and stone veins. The monsters had long been cleared out. However, the inner elixirs of those monsters were also good things, so Jin Ao Island would still organize its disciples to conduct a large-scale hunt every year, lest they be surpassed by other sects.

  Jin Ao Island, although only a few thousand miles in size, controls nearly 100,000 miles of ocean. From the Divine State to the south, more than half of the navigation route is controlled by Jin Ao Island. The remaining two sects are Jiuyan City and Julei Mountain.

  That Jiuyuan City controls the nine deep abysses, and the sect is built underwater. However, the Julishan Sect floats on the water's surface, with the entire sect established on a gigantic sea shell. The shell was also the remnant of an ancient demon tribe, refined by the Julishan Sect's immortal into the mountain gate.

  There are three major factions, with Jin Ao Island being the strongest, and Jiuyan City and Julei Mountain seemingly having a united intention to counter it.

  Fan Wubing wanted to go to Liyuan to hunt and kill the true dragon, his original intention was to provoke a war. If Jiuyuan City did not fight back, it would be slowly eroded by Jinyu Island, gradually shrinking, and the Menpai would eventually disappear. If they fought back, Julishan might not immediately help, watching the tiger fight from the mountain, Jinyu Island could also get some benefits in the early stage, fighting once and taking advantage of it, Julishan might not be willing to help Jiuyuan City avenge.

  The situation being what it is, Fan Wubing understood the bigger picture. Although Jin Ao Island was strong, if they didn't control the Nine Abyss City, they would eventually be surpassed by the two other families. The only way for Jin Ao Island to maintain its advantage forever was to constantly clash and seize the opportunity to annex some sea areas.

  Bai Qi highly appreciated Fan Wuji's strategy. Jin Ao Island was ahead in terms of strength, so they had to attack everywhere, otherwise the disciples would slack off and before long, they would be caught up by others.

  The people of Zhenkong Ridge followed Fan Wubing, naturally hoping to make this lineage prosperous and enter the Liyuan hunting grounds, provoking a war with Jiuyuan City, which sounds exciting just thinking about it.

  Bai Qi found that the cultivators of this continent were a bit too enthusiastic about fighting.

  Everyone discussed and decided on this decision, Fan Wubing ordered to go down, what special equipment is needed, he specially instructed Bai Qi, to refine three more symbol dragons. As for how much jade stone is consumed, it can be received from him.

  Bai Qi agreed, and his residence remained adjacent to Zhu Guo and Zhan Bu. The grand hunt was still three months away at the end of the year, during which time Bai Qi didn't need to do anything except refine the Dragon Symbol, and he became even more leisurely.

  He didn't take advantage of Fan Wubing's illness this time, as Fan Wubing wanted three Symbolic Dragons. He would receive as many jade stones as he consumed. The consumption of jade stones was much less than before. After refining several Symbolic Dragons, Bai Qi had already become familiar with the characteristics of their refinement. With his technique now pure and skilled, refining one Symbolic Dragon only consumed about 30,000 pieces of jade stone.

  Refining the last piece of Symbol Dragon, Bai Qi only consumed 10,000 pieces of jade stone. Calculating this way, when he refines the equipment he wants, the immortal jade stored on his body will be enough to use.

  That map is now carried by Fan Wubing, gradually getting familiar with the things in Xukong Ridge. The position of housekeeper cannot be directly given to him, unless he refines his golden elixir and has sufficient standards in doing things.

  Before long, it's the end of the year, and Bai Qi's tenth article on the true meaning of white starting green thunder has no achievements. The first demon tribe text is still slowly absorbing and digesting, and it's estimated that in a few years, Bai Qi won't be able to continue expanding his dark spirit either.

  On Jin Ao Island, branches of all 15 sects are taking action, preparing to guarantee supplies for this great hunt.

  That Liuyan City controlled the Liyuan, east of Jinyu Island, was actually the farthest and deepest abyss from Liuyan City, without any established cave mansions. Fan Wubing wanted to enter the Liyuan to try his luck because the space inside was vast and had many entrances, with powerful demonic beasts within. The Liuyan City did not want to establish a cave mansion inside but instead treated it as a forbidden area.

  This is a test of the attitude of Jin'ao Island.

  On Jin Ao Island, tens of thousands of sails set off at the same time. Fan Wubing's team of Qi-refining masters boarded twelve enormous ships, each a Daoist artifact that could hold several thousand people. In previous hunting expeditions, the Huajiqi masters on the ships were the main characters, but this time, the large ship Fan Wubing was on had undergone some changes.

  Zhu Guo and Zhan Bu did not participate in this great hunt, while Bai Qi followed Fan Wubing. On the large ship, the three fake immortals presided over the hunt.

  Fan Wubing changed into a black outfit, with over a hundred people following behind him. The majority were Golden Core cultivators, and the rest were all top-notch Nascent Soul experts, except for Bai Qi, who was in the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

  Bai Qi saw a cultivator who was less than five feet tall, closely following Fan Wubing. This person's strength was unfathomable, and his face seemed to be wearing a mask, expressionless.

  Kin'ao Island hunting, the disciples under the door are also like Yunmeng Sect, and they will release a large amount of equipment. Bai Qi was given two gourds of Dan medicine and nearly three hundred wooden tokens. Fan Wubing reminded Bai Qi to stay by his side and not leave.

  That large ship was controlled by three fake immortals, ready to respond to the disciples of Trap Empty Ridge at any time. Meanwhile, Fan Wubing took his group and boarded a silver flying arrow, diving deep into the ocean from under the ship, heading straight for Departed Abyss.

  Li Yu has nine orifices, which are nine major entrances and exits. These nine orifices are all controlled by the Nine Abyss City. A silver flying arrow circled over the western sea area, quietly diving underwater, and arrived at a seafloor canyon.

  The ocean floor canyon spewed out a large amount of toxic gases, and in the flying shuttle, it could be seen that there were no living creatures within tens of miles. The silver flying shuttle moved slowly through the toxic gas. The space inside the shuttle was vast, and everyone could attack at any time.

  Almost at the end of the canyon, Bai Qi saw a cave, and the silver flying arrow shot forward and got stuck in the cave.

  "Everyone split up and act separately. If there's no danger to your life, don't use the transmission talismans. You must only listen for my signal when it's time to leave, and then take action against those people in Jiuyan City. This time, you must kill at least one of their Qi-refining guards. When the time comes, if there's danger, this will be your second escape route."

  It had been agreed beforehand that they would enter Liyuan through a secret passage and leave from one of the nine orifices.

  If things can't be done, this is where the retreat path is.

  Over a hundred Qi Refiners received their orders and divided into teams of six. From the silver flying shuttles, they drilled into that cave.

  Here, only hundreds of feet deep, each person's body wore a golden turtle island armor symbol. This armor symbol can last for several days if not engaged in combat. When the cultivator activated the armor symbol, a bubble-shaped protective layer formed around his body.

  Na Fan was not ill, but he had a precious pearl that could ward off water.

  By his side, apart from Bai Qi and that short Qi Refining cultivator, there were eight more Golden Dan period cultivators following him, a total of eleven people, who finally emerged from the silver flying shuttle.

  The mountain cave is rugged and narrow, but since the path has been explored before, there are no ferocious beasts here, only toxic smoke drifting in the water. After escaping for dozens of miles, a light appears ahead, suddenly opening up, this road leads down to the edge of the abyss. The light ahead comes from a group of small fish on the upper layer of the abyss.

  These small fish are not monsters, a group of about tens of millions in size, emitting dark red light from their heads, swimming quickly in the water. Fan Wubing took the lead and dove down from this school of fish, the fish were unaware, and eleven Lianqi masters disappeared quickly into the dark depths.

  Bai Qi followed closely behind Fan Wubing, these cultivators were mostly using water escape techniques, the armor symbols on their bodies could last for a longer period of time due to the lack of water pressure. Cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage who used water escape techniques could be unaffected even at depths of hundreds of miles underwater, these armor symbols were meant to defend against demonic beasts.

  The deep pool is said to be thousands of miles deep, but no one has ever explored the bottom. After Bai Qi and others went hundreds of miles down, the number of strange beasts increased, and the space here seemed different from the outside, with much less pressure. Bai Qi saw huge fish swimming in front of him, invisible to these cultivators.

  These are just ordinary fish, although ferocious, they have no interest in something the size of a person, even if they eat it, they can't fill their hunger.

  "There's a fish-dragon ahead!"

  Fan's voice was clearly excited, that fish dragon although only a branch of the dragon clan, its bloodline was extremely mixed, but it was all treasure from head to toe. Bai Qi also saw the fish dragon at this time, a hundred-meter-long monster, if it stirred up waves on the sea surface, those big ships would not be able to withstand it either.

  The fish dragon's entire body was covered in small silver scales, with a single horn on its head, and a slender body without claws, chasing after a group of demonic beasts that resembled crabs.

  The Jindan cultivators around Fan Wubing immediately dispersed. The fish-dragon was a fake immortal-like realm, and to hunt it down, they had to rely on their equipment.

  The fish dragon also discovered Fan Wubing and his party, although he didn't take it seriously, he still spat out a black elixir pill, which flew straight towards Fan Wubing.

  The black dan bead appeared in front of Fan Wubing, and the short monk beside him stretched out his hand to grab it, putting it into his ring.

  Bai Qi's heart sank, this short and stout cultivator was obviously someone who had achieved the Earth Immortal realm, his strength was enough to protect Fan Wubing.

  The fish dragon saw that its attack was broken and it became enraged. It turned around, abandoned the prey it was chasing, and rushed straight towards Fan Wuji.

  "Third Uncle, I'm here." Fan Wu's heart was tense and excited. This fish-dragon level was just at the limit of his challenge, yet it wouldn't be without any opportunity. The first prey was so satisfactory, what good luck.

  "Be careful." The short cultivator stopped attacking and watched his nephew from the side.

  "I know." Fan Wubing said, and he had already raised his weapon, a metal ring with sharp edges. The ring flew out and expanded to a diameter of ten feet, with blades popping up one after another, emitting a bloody aura that made Bai Qi gasp.

  This young master looks like a noble son, but this sword has been stained with countless blood.