Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

After landing back on the ground, Ning Fusang turned her head to look at Xiao Bai and tossed him a pill bottle.

Xiao Bai reached out and accepted the gift, saying, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Yaoling."

Ning Fusang nodded slightly, took out a futon from her storage ring, sat down cross-legged, straightened her skirt, and asked, "What is this sea area?"

Xiao Bai tilted his head back and swallowed the healing pills, then circulated his spiritual energy to refine them. After a moment, he opened his eyes and said, "This place is called Snow Coral Sea. It is named after the corals on the seabed, which are beautifully shaped like snow hanging on branches in winter and are dazzling."

Ning Fusang remembered that when she and Qian Yuan were at the bottom of the sea, they did see many bright white corals, which should be the snow corals that Xiao Bai mentioned.

She also cut down a few plants and put them in her Fusang Ring, thinking that after returning to the mainland, she would give them to Rongjiang to see if they could be used to refine some kind of magical artifact.

Seeing that Xiao Bai spoke of the Snow Coral Sea with a detailed and eloquent air, as if he were quite knowledgeable about this sea area, Ning Fusang pressed further, asking, "Has Fellow Daoist Xiao ever encountered any sea creatures that resembled both fish and dragons?"

She knew far too little about the monsters in the sea. After several exchanges, Ning Fusang was unable to find any weakness in her opponent.

Even Qian Yuan didn't get the better of that fish-dragon-like monster.

In the end, it was Ning Fusang who used the Dragon Bone Sword to barely manage to pierce a hole in it.

"Fellow Daoist Yaoling, are you referring to that beast with one horn, resembling a silver crescent moon, eyes like white plates, a body that looks like a fish but isn't, and a tail like a dragon?"

Ning Fusang listened to Xiao Bai's description and nodded, "That's right."

Xiao Bai smiled slightly, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Yao Ling has fought with it before."

"This monstrous creature is the Moon Gazing Fish-Dragon, also known as Changman. It was a spirit beast raised by Lianzhu Sanren, the sect leader of Xiaomeng Sect, two thousand years ago. After the sect leader of Xiaomeng Sect passed away, Changman slept in the sea for a thousand years."

Ning Fusang looked up at the horizon, "Is the Xiaomeng Sect's influence also in this Snow Coral Sea?"

Xiao Bai raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Lingbo Sect. He said slowly and casually, "After Xiaomeng Sect was destroyed, Lingbo Sect established its sect on the original site of Xiaomeng Sect."

"The Ayanami Sect was unaware of Changman's existence beforehand?"

“I suppose they don’t know,” Xiao Bai offered his guess. “If the Lingbo Sect knew that the Changman were sleeping in this sea area, they wouldn’t have been so hasty in establishing the sect.”

"What do you mean?" With nothing else to do, Ning Fusang decided to listen to the story and learn about the origins and background of the Moon Gazing Fish-Dragon.

"The fact that two major sects have established themselves here one after another should make it clear to Fellow Daoist Yaoling that the original spiritual energy of the Snow Coral Sea was not thin, but rather very abundant."

"Changman absorbed 50% of the spiritual energy in this sea area. The Lingbo Sect discovered that the spiritual energy was spreading outwards and becoming increasingly scarce, so they built a spirit-gathering array and an isolation array to lock the spiritual energy on Lingbo Island."

"After about sixty years, Ayanami Island showed new symptoms. The island would shake from time to time and tsunamis would frequently occur. In short, it was not a safe place."

Xiao Bai knew everything about Lingbo Island and Changman like the back of his hand, making Ning Fusang wonder if he was a member of Lingbo Sect or Xiaomeng Sect.

However, judging from his attitude towards Changman, he doesn't seem like the successor of Xiaomeng Sect.

Xiao Bai said calmly, "If the Lingbo Sect cannot resolve the problem of Changman, then we will have no choice but to consider relocating our sect."

Ning Fusang's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked, "Does the Lingbo Sect have no one capable of slaying Changman?"

Xiao Bai looked at her and said meaningfully, "Does Fellow Daoist Yaoling know that one must be careful not to harm others?"

"If a major battle breaks out at sea, it could very well sink Ayanami Island, which is not something the Ayanami Clan wants to see."

"If the battle is fought only underwater, human cultivators will not have the advantage. The sea is so vast that the barbarians can escape at any time. If they turn from the open to the covert, they will be even more difficult to deal with."

Ning Fusang stroked the storage ring on his hand, gaining a rough estimate of the Ayanami Sect's strength. This meant that the Ayanami Sect possessed at least one expert at the Spirit Realm. On paper, this person's cultivation was above that of Changman.

However, if he were to enter the sea to kill Changman, he would need to use more spiritual power to resist the pressure in the sea, and his strength would naturally be weakened by 20%.

However, for maritime sects like these, treasures like the Water-Repelling Pearl are certainly available. Even setting aside the issue of water repellency, there would still be many concerns.

Many magical attacks are significantly less effective underwater.

Ning Fusang's current cultivation level is the same as Qian Yuan's, both being at the mid-stage of the Knowledge Realm. However, she can clearly feel that her ability to fight underwater is three points weaker than Qian Yuan's.

Seeing that she had been pondering for a long time, Xiao Bai couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Yaoling, do you have a reason to kill Changman?"

Ning Fusang snapped out of her reverie, smiled, and said, "It's just blocking the way."

Xiao Bai nodded in agreement: "That beast really does like to stir up trouble."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been swept into this sea area. According to Xiao Bai's original plan, he should have landed on the island from the west.

The spiritual energy at the mountaintop grew increasingly dense. Xiao Bai unceremoniously refined the spiritual energy he had stolen from the Lingbo Sect, restoring thirty percent of his spiritual power. His injuries were also slowly healing.

On the vast white sea, a person rows a boat.

Looking down at the shadow on the sea, Xiao Bai said, "They've arrived."

Ning Fusang turned her head and saw a figure in black, wearing a bamboo hat and dressed like a fisherman, leaning on a black bamboo pole, heading towards the desolate mountain.

A lone boat on the sea, in the blink of an eye, has shrunk to within a hundred miles.

Only one person from Ayanami Sect came?

Ning Fusang raised an eyebrow and sized up the cultivator on the lone boat. The other party's movements were unhurried and extremely composed. The Moon Gazing Fish Dragon had not shown itself along the way.

Twenty miles away from the desolate mountain, the cultivator in black robes used a pole to leap up and land on the mountaintop. He scanned the two people with his eyes and finally looked at Xiao Bai.

Under the pressure of the powerful Spirit Realm expert, Xiao Bai's face turned slightly pale, and blood seeped from his lips. He raised his sleeve to wipe away the blood droplets and said with a playful smile, "If Senior Chi Xiao doesn't withdraw his divine power soon, this junior will die here."

Master Chixiao flicked his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, then snorted coldly: "Xin Shangdao landed on the island from the west, but came to this godforsaken place and even used a spirit-gathering array to steal the spiritual energy of my Lingbo Sect. Xiao Mingshuang, this debt will be deducted from your reward."

Xiao Bai turned to Ning Fusang and grinned, "Fellow Daoist Yaoling, please don't misunderstand. Ming Shuang is my courtesy name, and Xiao Bai is indeed my given name."

Ning Fusang nodded slightly, not caring whether Xiao Bai was his real name or a pseudonym.

The Crimson Sky Immortal's pupils darkened slightly. "And who is this young friend?"

Ning Fusang took the initiative to greet him, saying, "Junior Yaoling."

As for her origins and why she appeared in this sea area, she made no mention of it.

Xiao Bai, on the other hand, was very enthusiastic and offered to invite her to visit Lingbo Sect. "Since Fellow Daoist Yaoling only wants to cross the Snow Coral Sea, that's easy. With Senior Chixiao here, I doubt Changman would dare to cause trouble. Let Senior Chixiao's spirit boat take you for a while."

Master Chixiao glanced at him secretly, but said nothing.

He could tell that the girl's cultivation level was not low, so he decided to consider it a good deed.

(End of this chapter)