Chapter 755 - 700: ’Old Friends

Chapter 755: Chapter 700: ’Old Friends

Jiang Yuebai turned into raindrops and drifted down to the Seven Stars River, flowing swiftly and drifting down, quickly reaching the Eight Immortals River.

In the midst of the storm, the Meihua Village, where the Zhuge Family resided, activated their protective great array to withstand the torrent, as did other families.

Jiang Yuebai sank to the riverbed, weaving through water plants and fish schools, completely unaware of how to cultivate, she could only indulge her playful nature.

She tried various little demon techniques at the river bottom, teasing the fish schools, then condensed a Ha Ha Fish from water, chasing behind an old turtle at the river bottom, ’ha ha’ incessantly, finally being bitten into bubbles by the enraged turtle.

The river carried spiritual energy, Jiang Yuebai tried to absorb the spiritual energy into her body, enhancing herself, and then verified the feasibility of cultivating using demonic cultivation methods in her droplet form.

After indulging in this practice for several days, the core of Jiang Yuebai’s droplet gradually transformed from ordinary water to spiritual water. Attracted by the scent, fish gathered around her, attempting to devour her core spiritual water.

Jiang Yuebai avoided the fish schools, winding her way to the surface, preparing to bask in the sunlight and transform into a water mist to have some fun in the sky.

Upon surfacing, she discovered she had drifted to the Jiuxiao River Basin and saw three acquaintances on the nearby riverbank.

It was the Iron Palm Master from the Fang Family, Xiong Yanqing from the Xiong Family, and an unfamiliar early-stage divinity transformation female cultivator, likely from the Heavenly Star Sect.

The three had set up a barrier, which coincidentally enveloped the area Jiang Yuebai was in.

Being a small droplet, the three paid her no notice.

Seeing her ’old friend’ Iron Palm Master suddenly appear in the Nine Rivers Realm again, Jiang Yuebai could not resist saying hello.

She cautiously approached, dispersing all the spiritual energy gathered in her body recently to avoid detection, behaving like an ordinary drop of water.

"...The rise of the Heavenly Interence Sect is unstoppable, with the support of the Immortal Monarch Chongmin behind them. You’d best not make any reckless moves," Iron Palm Master said solemnly to Xiong Yanqing and the middle-aged female cultivator beside him.

Xiong Yanqing nodded gloomily, "Recently, we’ve exhausted our means but to no avail. Immortal Monarch Chongmin has somehow caused the Nine Rivers Realm to be plagued by floods, and just dealing with the floods has us overwhelmed, leaving us no energy to suppress the Heavenly Interence Sect."

The divinity transformation female cultivator Zhongli Jing, the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Star Sect, was visibly resentful and indignant after hearing them.

"I also don’t know where the Heavenly Interence Sect found a business expert, but in these past two years, they’ve dismantled all trade alliances in the Seven Stars River Basin and have been encroaching on many industries originally belonging to the Heavenly Star Sect. I’m afraid their reach has already extended to the Eight Immortals River, hasn’t it?"

Mentioning this, Xiong Yanqing looked displeased but helpless.

Seeing this, Iron Palm Master said, "Alright, the matter at hand is urgent. The Taiwei Star Alliance has entered a truce period, and our Human Clan’s army lost badly this time. The Nine Great Star Alliances are strategizing on how to turn the table."

"That’s why the Nine Great Star Alliances place great importance on this Qingyun Conference, not just as a stage for the geniuses of the Upper Realms to showcase their abilities, but also to select the elite among them to lead the Human Clan Alliance in a counteroffensive against the Demon Clan, reclaim the lost lands in the Ziwei Star Alliance, and drive the Demon Clan back into the Demon Abyss."

"One Immortal Monarch Chongmin cannot contend with the Nine Great Star Alliances. You should know what is more important. As long as someone stands out at the Qingyun Conference, the resources of the Nine Great Star Alliances will tilt in favor, benefiting your sect and family. So, you better focus your thoughts on the Qingyun Conference."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Yanqing glanced at Zhongli Jing, "Last year, your Heavenly Star Sect invited the Heavenly Interence Sect to explore the Central Three Secret Realm together, and you lost miserably."

Zhongli Jing looked dejected and silent. They had indeed underestimated them, not expecting that a group from the Earth Spiritual Realm would each have remarkable skills, severely embarrassing the Heavenly Star Sect, making them cautious.

If it weren’t for Li Shen Zhi paving the way for the disciples of the Heavenly Interence Sect in advance, they would have been buried in the secret realm!

Simply outrageous!

Iron Palm Master took out two storage pendants from his sleeve, handing one to each of them.

"Cultivate according to the cultivation techniques within these, supplemented by the elixirs included, and by the time of the Qingyun Conference, I guarantee your disciples will be able to amaze everyone. Also, you don’t need to worry too much about the Heavenly Interence Sect."

"In the Earth Spiritual Realm, they have repeatedly suppressed my Fang Family and dared to shelter that Lu Family demoness. This is clearly a declaration of war against my Fang Family. At the Qingyun Conference, I’ll let them know how my Fang Family treats ’guests’."

Xiong Yanqing and Zhongli Jing accepted the storage pendants, checking them briefly before glancing at each other. Xiong Yanqing asked, "Iron Palm Brother, where did these techniques and elixirs come from? Could there be side effects with such rapid improvements in cultivation power within a short time?"

Iron Palm Master replied candidly, "There are no free benefits in this world. Whether to use them or not is for you to decide. I can only help you this far."

With that, Iron Palm Master saluted and took his leave, departing first. Xiong Yanqing and Zhongli Jing exchanged a look and left silently one after the other.

From start to finish, the three people never noticed Jiang Yuebai’s presence.

Jiang Yuebai could only curse that she was just a little drop of water now; otherwise, she would have overwhelmed them with a tidal wave!

However, even if she hadn’t encountered these three today, Jiang Yuebai could have predicted that they would certainly make moves behind the scenes. After all, the obsession of the Heavenly Star Sect and the Xiong Family was to capture the Yunping Mountain Range where the Heavenly Interence Sect resided.

And as for the Fang Family, seeing how they couldn’t kill Anan, they would definitely harbor resentment against the Heavenly Interence Sect for taking her in, or rather, even without Anan, the Fang Family would still suppress the Heavenly Interence Sect because of the Earth Spiritual Realm.

When the enemy advances, I will retreat; when they retreat, I will pursue—when attending the Qingyun Conference, she didn’t need to target anyone else, just these three families, rallying everyone together to ensure that their disciples couldn’t even pass the preliminary selection, and then we’ll see what they can do.

She needed to quickly digest the power of the Kunpeng Eye and swiftly break the constraints of Immortal Monarch Chongmin to return to her true form.

Before the Qingyun Conference, she still needed to gather the Memory Jade from past conferences, understand the rules, investigate the profiles of prodigies from each realm, and devise countless strategies to feel at ease.

With an urgent heart, Jiang Yuebai dove back to the riverbed to continue her cultivation as a drop of water.

Little did she know, the things she contemplated were already being carried out by many within the Heavenly Interence Sect, all because of the tactical handbook she had produced years ago in the maze of Kongfang City in the Earth Spiritual Realm.

Stimulated by her, gathering information before battles, developing strategies, simulating scenarios, and conducting practical drills had all become ’fine traditions’ among the cultivators of the Earth Spiritual Realm.

Underwater, Jiang Yuebai found that simply collecting Spiritual Energy wasn’t entertaining; she sought out various chaotic energies in the river, absorbing them entirely into her body to observe any transformations.

Sometimes she would drift with the current, flowing past the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, witnessing the rise and fall of the sun and moon, the interchange of Yin and Yang, and the changes of the seasons.

Other times, she would transform into fog and gather into clouds, rain falling upon the earth, turning into nourishing dew for plant life, witnessing from within how water nurtures all living things.

During this time as water, Jiang Yuebai transitioned from initial discomfort to complete freedom, as if she truly became a drop of water in the universe, endlessly cycling along various paths.

She experienced an unprecedented relaxation and tranquility, wholly immersing herself in the transformations of water and her insights about it.

The fusion of the Kunpeng Eye and the chaos body accelerated, as Jiang Yuebai perceived the changes of Yin and Yang in the universe, gradually transforming the power in the Kunpeng Eye into pure Taiyin and Sun Power, making it her own.

The originally chaotic grey mist of her true form began to show characteristics of water due to the infusion of Taiyin and Sun Power, laying a foundation for the vitality that nurtures all things.

Within the Immortal Palace, Jiang Yuebai’s true form resembled a misty phantom, with her entire being gradually integrating with the Spiritual Energy within the palace.

In the Lotus Platform Small World, turbulent winds swirled and waves roared, with the power of the Kunpeng Eye and the Yin Yang Double Thunder forming seawater, swept up by raging winds as if a dragon absorbing water, transforming into the purest power and coursing through every part of Jiang Yuebai’s chaos body.

Evenly distributed, compressed and condensed, causing her cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, rapidly approaching Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

The sound of a creature resembling both a whale and an eagle echoed unexpectedly in the Lotus Platform Small World, causing the old Rong Tree on the main island to tremble with excitement, while Bai Jiuyou put down the hammer and looked up, eyes slightly shaking.

A massive silhouette seemed to glide across the sky within the dense clouds, disappearing in an instant.

Meanwhile, a colossal shadow swiftly sank beneath the deep sea beyond the main island.

At the same time, Immortal Monarch Chongmin abruptly opened his eyes from his place of seclusion.

"I underestimated your insight."

Originally, it had always been Immortal Monarch Chongmin who used his Kunpeng Eye to lead Jiang Yuebai’s Kunpeng Eye to decompose and release its power.

At this moment, Jiang Yuebai had caught up, able to independently decompose the Kunpeng Eye without Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s guidance.

This indeed spared Immortal Monarch Chongmin the effort, allowing him to concentrate on experiencing a certain essence that Jiang Yuebai, at her current realm, could not yet perceive, to complete his Dao Fruit.

Immortal Monarch Chongmin suddenly felt as if he were being driven to work, chuckling bitterly, hastening to immerse himself fully, fearing that Jiang Yuebai would absorb too swiftly and he would miss the opportunity.

Jiang Yuebai happily continued devouring, while Immortal Monarch Chongmin, unwilling to interrupt her rare state of enlightenment, was ’urged’ into a state of unending labor pains.

The sky of the Nine Rivers Realm turned cloudy once more!