Read Novel Full Chapter 1318: Chapter 1312: Son Of The Sea
Chapter 1318: Chapter 1312: Son Of The Sea
[Your descendant Li Xinri encountered a crisis on his journey and was rescued by Li Xingchen, who returned from the sea domains…]
[Opened the treasury of the Great Evolution Immortal Palace and obtained a massive amount of spoils of war.]
Seeing the family’s “little murloc” return, Li Wei silently canceled his manifestation.
In the cloudy sky, a massive number of spirit boats flew in an orderly fashion, forming a vast and disciplined legion, which also brought Li Wei considerable gratification.
Li Xingchen was different from many others in the family.
This kid had been free-spirited and uninhibited since childhood. Let alone the currently massive family, even the entire Imperial Dynasty couldn’t contain his heart that yearned for treasure and distant lands.
This matter could also be blamed on Li Chang’an.
Back in the day, he had taken Li Xingchen out to be a pirate, befriending heroes and outstanding figures from all corners of the world. Afterward, the boy was always muttering about the unseen worlds out there.
Opening Li Xingchen’s interface, it was almost entirely filled with beautiful scenery, travel, good friends, and treasures.
[Your descendant Li Xingchen took his wife Fan Feixuan to venture out to sea together, seeking legendary sea domain treasures.
Because he made many friends and used a sea turtle as his mount, they earned the beautiful reputation of the ‘Divine Turtle Couple’ in pirate circles.]
[Having seen many civilizations overseas that are vastly different from the Imperial Dynasty, acquired Trait: Traveler.
Having witnessed all things in the world, local customs, and practices, comprehension increases by 2%.]
[After thirty years following an ancient treasure map, found the legendary treasure of a Divinity Transformation expert.
Completed the special event ‘Treasure of the Sea God’, acquiring a massive amount of treasures.]
[Within the sanctuary of the deep-sea ‘Ancient Algae Demon Tribe’, found the mid-grade Dharma Treasure ‘Whale-Slaughtering Trident’, nurtured by the deep-sea earth vein qi.]
[Fifty years later, having made many friends across the sea domains, they jointly searched for the treasure ‘Deep Sea Dragon Palace’.
They failed to find the treasure but disturbed a slumbering Dragon Tribe member, resulting in the sacrifice of ninety percent of the pirate crew…]
[To avenge this grudge, twenty years later, they finally teamed up with pirates who came upon hearing the news to hunt the dragon for revenge, sacrificing another eighty percent…
Another ten years later, during a great battle between the divine dragon and the demon race, they finally picked up the divine dragon’s corpse.]
[By swallowing the dragon pearl and dragon blood, acquired Trait: Sea King.
Combat power in the sea domains increases by 100%, cultivation speed increases by 20%, and is protected by the heaven and earth karmic luck of the sea domains.]
[Because he successfully led the pirates in hunting the dragon, he is highly revered by pirates, becoming a traveler of considerable prestige in the sea domains. Acquired Trait: Son of the Sea]
[Having gained a modest reputation in the vast sea domains, favorability with cultivators and races surviving in the sea domains increases by 10%.]
[…]
Since picking up the dragon corpse, Li Xingchen almost became the most popular man in the sea domain he was in, and consequently broke through to the Void Refinement realm.
Along with him, his wife Fan Feixuan also broke through to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.
This kid could get along anywhere in the sea domains.
Unlike Li Chang’an, who was bound by tradition, Li Xingchen was carefree and could make friends with absolutely anyone.
And then there was this pirate crew he brought along…
[Hearing that the family was in danger, your descendant brought the highly renowned ‘Cloud Sea Army’ from the sea domains.]
This Cloud Sea Army was actually an ancient pirate crew. However, forces on the sea could also transition from dark to light.
Under the baptism of time, the Cloud Sea Army had become a regular army in the sea domains, widely recruiting sea pirates as legion members.
Whether it was pirates on the sea, land forces, or even the Azure Dynasty wanting to do business, even if cultivators secretly flew over to make a deal, they all had to pay taxes to the Cloud Sea Army.
Even if it was done secretly, a quick check of the Cloud Sea Army’s ledgers would still uncover the discrepancies.
If they paid taxes proactively, and the cultivators encountered trouble while doing business, the pirate crew would immediately transform into emissaries of justice.
If they didn’t pay, well, they were inherently pirates to begin with.
Incidentally, if any Sea Tribe faction in the sea domains had a conflict, facing a massive reward, the Cloud Sea Army could also act as mercenaries.
Li Xingchen was precisely one of the commanders within the Cloud Sea Army.
He even held an official position in the Imperial Dynasty, incidentally collecting taxes from the Imperial Dynasty.
……
“What the hell is this thing?”
Above the Great Evolution Immortal Palace, Li Xingchen broke out from the Void Refinement space and floated into the air.
Even after centuries in the sea domains, he retained his handsome appearance.
Currently, he was frowning down at the ferocious Void Refinement realm cultivators of the Great Evolution Immortal Palace on the ground, cursing under his breath.
“I’ll play with you next time.”
He then let out a cold snort and chased after the pirate crew’s spirit boats, showing no desire to prolong the battle.
He hadn’t been flying in the sky for long before he suddenly grew vigilant.
A figure abruptly appeared beside him.
Sensing that this person exuded a coercive pressure even greater than the monsters he had just encountered, and noticing a somewhat similar aura between them, he instantly thrust his trident.
However, before he could even channel his Spiritual power, the opponent caught the trident between two fingers.
Having roamed the martial world for many years, upon seeing the peculiar look in the other party’s eyes, Li Xingchen instantly understood.
This thrust of his trident had been aimed at an ally.
He said with a grave expression, “Daoist Friend, this trident of mine has a mind of its own. It wasn’t my doing; please don’t mind it.”
Hearing this, the Red Dust Immortal, who had just emerged from the Immortal Palace, had his eyes light up. This is a normal person.
Half an hour later.
Aboard the Cloud Sea Army’s spirit boat.
Fan Feixuan stared speechlessly ahead, listening to the raucous noise coming from the spirit boat’s cabin.
“Two good brothers…”
“Uncle Chen, drink! When we’re done, let’s find a nice place to reward the brothers, and hit the brothels while we’re at it.”
“Hit the brothels, my ass! I have a wife!”
“Auntie, please don’t mind me, I forgot about that. And Uncle Chen, my grandpa is your dad, you really shouldn’t spout nonsense like that…”
“Stop talking crap, keep playing the finger-guessing game!”
“…”
At this moment, Fan Feixuan rested her forehead in her hand.
Inside the family’s Ancestral Space, the clansmen monitoring everything all had dark, ashen faces.
Watching Li Xingchen, Li Xinri, and the Red Dust Immortal—who had instantly become chummy after violently crashing the Great Evolution Immortal Palace—it was clear these three were birds of a feather.
A single glance was all it took for them to know what kind of people they were dealing with, and without another word, they had hit the wine table.
However, the crowd didn’t say anything. These three weren’t exactly normal to begin with; as long as they were safe and sound, that was enough.
“Kuanghua, withdraw the friends we called in for rescue,” Li Dalong breathed a sigh of relief.
“The Great Evolution Immortal Palace’s Thunder Ancestor has lost his life. However, it seems their sect has also encountered something bizarre.
A half-immortal making a move is not something that can be easily explained to others.
Have our friends from the Hall of Heavenly Principles cover their tracks and keep a close eye on the Immortal Palace.
Leak some information to the Department of Immortal Suppression, so we can see the Imperial Dynasty’s reaction.”
“Yes.”
Li Kuanghua nodded.
The crowd gradually dispersed, but their eyes remained exceedingly grave.
Had the Red Dust Immortal not made a move, they would never have known that half-immortals and immortal kin actually existed within the Great Evolution Immortal Palace.
However, the affairs of the Central Plains were too far away. The trouble right before their eyes was massive enough, leaving them no time to pay it any heed.
Li Yaotie and the others remaining in the family estate now had their eyes shining brightly.
At the place where Li Yaoqing slumbered, a brilliant light burst forth.
The flowers and trees within the City of Merit were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye; even the Old Tree sprouted numerous new leaves.
As soon as he stepped out, Li Changsheng hastily issued commands.
“Lock down the City of Merit!”
“Open the treasury! Construct a Dao Field, build it right here within the City of Merit!”
As everyone in the City of Merit rejoiced, Li Wei’s eyes lit up.
[Special Event — Slaying the Thunder Ancestor at the Great Evolution Immortal Palace]
[The Red Dust Immortal, entrusted by Lu Niang, went to the Great Evolution Immortal Palace in the Central Plains to slay the Thunder Ancestor. The deed is done!
The Dao path of Nature has been thrown wide open. Your descendant Li Yaoqing, with Lu Niang’s assistance, has rapidly occupied the Dao Gate and is currently in the midst of breaking through.]
[Lu Niang is an immortal of the origin of life, the master of the world’s very first Spirit Plant living beings.
Her endless and unceasing vitality fills the Dao Gate, effortlessly capable of opening the Dao Gate on the Great Dao path for living beings to cultivate.]
[Only a Body Integration physique can accommodate Lu Niang’s meager immortal power, forging the physique of an immortal!]
“Tier-3… Immortal Pill!” Li Wei let out a low growl, suppressing the excitement that was practically bursting from his chest.
A Tier-3 Immortal Pill was an exceedingly rare thing even across the entire Imperial Dynasty, an absolute item of miraculous fortune!
Within the history recorded by the Red Dust Immortal, there were recipes for Tier-3 Immortal Pills.
He believed that with Yaoqing present, along with Yaotie’s Heavenly Fire, it wouldn’t be long before they could refine an Immortal Pill!
……
On a mountain in the Central Plains.
One by one, spirit boats could be seen parked in the night sky.
On the mountain peak, pirates were drinking, filling the air with boisterous laughter.
Three individuals with extraordinary cultivation realms, yet who most resembled ordinary mortals—two men and one immortal—lay on the grass.
They looked exactly as if they had just finished a satisfying drinking session and entered deep thinking mode.
“Uncle Chen, aren’t these brothers acting a bit too brazenly?” Li Xinri pointed at the spirit boats in the sky.
Aside from choosing a good location, their concealment methods couldn’t even hide from the prying eyes of the Nascent Soul realm.
Right now, there were over thirty thousand people on the mountain; the light from their campfires alone made them as bright as a beacon.
“What is there to be afraid of?”
Li Xingchen waved his hand dismissively while holding a wine gourd, then waved at a brother from the Cloud Sea Army in the distance who was looking their way. He then said,
“The people of the Cloud Sea Army came to the Imperial Dynasty to collect protection fees.
There’s also a batch of goods in the Imperial Capital that they need to transport to the Demon Race.
You guys are the ones causing a ruckus in the Great Evolution Immortal Palace; the Cloud Sea Army is merely passing through.
Whoever dares to look for trouble will really have to weigh their options carefully.”
“Hiding a little bit is just to avoid scaring the commoners and to give the Imperial Dynasty a bit of face.”
Li Xinri’s eyes lit up slightly. “Are the people in the sea domains really that powerful?”
“How big is the Imperial Dynasty, and how vast is the sea?” Li Xingchen broke into a wide grin.
“What does the Imperial Dynasty amount to? Once the Cloud Sea Army dives into the sea domains, they are completely unburdened.
If the Imperial Dynasty has the ability, let them try hunting us down to the ends of the earth.”
“…What a cowardly threat.” The corners of Li Xinri’s mouth twitched.
However, although the sea domains were vast, they had always been suppressed by the living beings of the continent.
He had heard that even the inheritances found within the sea were left behind by landmasses sunk by ancient experts.
Li Xinri glanced at his Uncle Chen. This was also his first time meeting this elder of the family; he had only heard people mention him when he arrived in Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Currently, only two people from the ‘Xing’ generation remained in the family: one was his father, and the other was Uncle Chen.
And these two had completely opposite temperaments.
His father had been bound by duties his entire life, endlessly busy, devoting his whole life to serving the family.
Uncle Chen, on the other hand, was carefree and uninhibited.
After having a child and waiting for him to make something of himself, he stopped caring entirely, taking his beautiful wife to travel the world, never bothering with family affairs.
Later, the massive family business was entirely left to his cousin Xinnian. Even now, with his cousin having children and grandchildren filling the halls, Uncle Chen rarely returned.
If he dared to fool around like this, wouldn’t Zhijing break his legs? His cousin was still too kind, possessing too good of a temper.
He couldn’t help but ask, “Uncle Chen, now that you’ve returned this time, how long are you going to stay at home?”
Li Xingchen rested his head on his hands, looking up at the starry sky, remaining silent for a long time.
He didn’t answer either. Instead, he looked at the Red Dust Immortal, who was still guzzling wine.
“Brother Red Dust Immortal, what exactly is going on inside the Great Evolution Immortal Palace? The aura on your body is somewhat similar to the people inside, though their bloodline isn’t as strong as yours.”
“…”
The Red Dust Immortal was momentarily stunned.
Ever since learning of the Red Dust Immortal’s identity and strength, Li Xinri had held the utmost respect for him.
He nudged his uncle, who wasn’t familiar with the situation, and winked frantically at him.
The Red Dust Immortal raised an eyebrow.
“The ones inside are immortals—the kind of immortals you’ve only heard about in stories.
You sensed it correctly. My aura is very similar to theirs because I am also an immortal.”
“…”
Li Xingchen’s brain spun rapidly. He looked at the Red Dust Immortal, then at Li Xinri.
He took another fierce gulp of wine, closed his eyes, and decided he’d deal with it after he woke up.
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