The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 104 Blood God Child

When the mortals saw the Ink Dragon, although they couldn't discern its level, they were all terrified by the powerful demonic aura emanating from it, kneeling on the ground and not daring to raise their heads or speak.

Yang Qingyuan, Han Li, and Qu Hun stepped down from the top of the black dragon's head, stood on the deck, and looked around.

"Ahem." Han Li cleared his throat and asked, "Among you, is there anyone who can understand what I'm saying?"

The ordinary people on the deck couldn't understand the language of Yue at all, so they looked at each other blankly and knelt silently on the ground.

Seeing this, Yang Qingyuan used some ancient sayings he had learned to ask the people present.

When they tried a language from a thousand years ago, a middle-aged man in brocade robes stood up and came forward to greet them.

The middle-aged man appeared to be in his thirties, with regular features and dressed in brocade robes, clearly indicating that he held a high position on the ship.

After a moment's thought, he spoke in a low, guttural tone, "I am the owner of this merchant ship, my name is Lu Fei, and I have been fortunate enough to learn this kind of mystical language."

"Greetings to the three immortal masters."

After saying this, he bowed deeply and continued, "Thank you, three immortal masters, for killing the demon beast. Otherwise, my men and I would not be alive today."

When Yang Qingyuan and Han Li saw that this mortal named Lu Fei could communicate with him with some difficulty, they exchanged a glance and both saw joy in each other's eyes.

"No need to be polite. We are all human, so it is only right that we lend a helping hand." Yang Qingyuan had many things he wanted to know, so he took this opportunity to ask clearly. He pondered for a moment and said, "If Master Lu doesn't mind, let's go to the cabin for a chat."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dongjia dared not refuse and quickly stepped aside, saying, "Please, the three immortal masters, move to the cabin at the stern of the ship for a gathering."

Yang Qingyuan put the black dragon back into his spirit pet bag, and then headed straight for the cabin with Han Li and the others.

The remaining mortals got up and busied themselves repairing the ship and retrieving the octopus monster's corpse.

Inside the cabin, in a small room, Yang Qingyuan, Han Li, Qu Hun, and Lu Dongjia sat facing each other.

As soon as Han Li sat down, he couldn't wait to say to Lu Dongjia, "This is the first time that my fellow disciples and I have come to this sea area."

"Could you please explain the situation?"

Upon hearing that Han Li and the others were visiting this place for the first time, Lu Dongjia was overjoyed and replied, "So it is the first time that you immortal masters have come to the Southwest Sea."

"There are three large islands in the southwest sea area: Weixing Island, Kuixing Island, and Sangxing Island. In addition, there are dozens of smaller islands, all inhabited by mortals and immortals."

"We are currently near Kuixing Island."

Upon hearing this, Han Li appeared thoughtful and instructed, "Please trouble Master Lu to tell us about the customs and culture of this southwestern sea region."

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Dongjia explained, "There are no special customs in the Southwest Sea; it's basically the same as other sea areas."

"Each island will have a powerful immortal master who serves as the island's lord and is responsible for protecting the island."

"The master of Kui Xing Island is the Wood Dragon Immortal, who is at the Core Formation stage."

"As for the other immortal masters, they can join the island lord's ranks, serve the island lord, and thus obtain the right to reside on the island."

"Of course, some immortal masters are used to being free and do not want to serve the island lord or live under his roof."

"If these cultivators want to live on the island, they must pay a certain amount of spirit stones to the island owner every year, and they also need a guarantor to be allowed to set foot on the island."

"On the island, mortals like me either have to perform labor or pay spirit stones; otherwise, they are not allowed to live on the island."

Upon hearing the word "guarantor," Han Li frowned slightly and muttered, "It seems that settling down here won't be easy."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dongjia quickly interjected, "Easy! It couldn't be easier."

"To be honest with you, my fellow immortal masters, our Lu family is not only a native family of Kui Xing Island, but also has ancestors who were cultivators, and we are qualified to guarantee the entry and exit of cultivators to Kui Xing Island."

"As long as the three immortal masters are willing to condescend to become guest elders in our Lu family, our Lu family is willing to vouch for them."

Upon hearing this, Han Li frowned, hesitant, and turned to Yang Qingyuan, asking, "Senior Brother Yang, what do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Yang Qingyuan asked Master Lu, "May I ask what duties the guest elders of the Lu family are required to perform?"

Mr. Lu replied with a forced smile, "There's nothing dangerous about it."

"Understood by the immortal masters, immortals and mortals live together on Kui Xing Island. Although high-level immortal masters can abstain from grains, those immortal masters with lower cultivation levels, as well as mortals like us, still need grains, salt, iron, and other mundane items, and the amount needed is enormous."

"But the immortal masters of Kui Xing Island would naturally not be willing to use storage bags to store these mundane items, so they designated ten merchants to trade these mundane items."

"Our Lu family is one of them."

"According to the rules of Kui Xing Island, these ten trade slots are not fixed and are re-elected every three years."

"The method of election is to invite the immortal masters of major merchants to come out and compete in magic."

"Actually, my second grandfather was a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining, which is why our Lu family was able to secure one of the ten spots."

"Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Seven months ago, my great-grandfather failed to break through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck during his seclusion and passed away after his lifespan was exhausted."

"Without a celestial master to oversee things in our Lu family, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and escort this shipment."

"I thought that one or two sea voyages would be fine, but I never expected that we would be attacked by monsters so soon after we set off."

"Thanks to the help of the three immortal masters."

"With the triennial merchant competition just a year away, if we can't hire a Celestial Master, our Lu family is doomed."

"I humbly request that the three immortal masters serve as guest elders of our Lu family."

"Our Lu family is willing to give 30% of our trade profits each year to thank the three elders."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingyuan pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement.

Seeing that Yang Qingyuan agreed so readily, Han Li also agreed.

Lu Dongjia was overjoyed. Although he was just a mortal, he could tell that Yang Qingyuan and Han Li were extraordinary, at least cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

With the help of these two people, the Lu family will be able to sit back and relax in the competition in the future.

Han Li then requested, "Besides spirit stones, please also teach us the local dialect before we set foot on the island, Mr. Lu."

Without hesitation, Lu Dongjia agreed and immediately arranged rooms for Yang Qingyuan, Han Liqun, and others.

After arriving at his room, Yang Qingyuan took out a blood crystal coffin from his storage bag and placed it on the ground.

Inside the coffin lay a handsome young man, none other than Wang Chan, the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect.

Now that he has arrived at the Chaotic Star Sea, Yang Qingyuan plans to begin refining his external avatar, the "Blood God Child".

Wang Chan also possesses a mutated spiritual root, specifically a dark spiritual root perfectly suited for demonic cultivation techniques.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Qingyuan removed the corpse from the coffin and began to refine it using the secret techniques from the *Ten Thousand Spirits True Scripture*.

More than a month later, the giant ship finally arrived at the port of Kuixing Island amidst cheers from the crowd.