Chapter 429: Chapter 66: Secret Enhancent: Water Lord Palace Chapter 429: Chapter 66: Secret Enhancent: Water Lord Palace The turbid wax oil lted and dripped, while the candle softened and shortened.
The flickering fla left a congealed wax flower on the bronze oil lamp stand before finally sputtering out with a hiss.
The light in the cabin dimd instantly, causing Li Yan, who was feigning sleep in the hammock, to suddenly open his eyes. Seeing that it was only the oil lamp that had been extinguished and nothing strange had happened, and realizing it was nightti, he closed his eyes again.
The large ship bid farewell to Jiaozhou, setting sail for Zhejiang. Today marked the tenth day at sea.
Wang Sheng, having followed Li Yan’s instructions early on, had submitted a letter pleading guilty and then returned to Tongzhou with his family. Li Yan gave the conches imbued with Dragon Tiger Qi that he had collected from the Heavenly Queen Palace to Lady Hu and the Cai Clan. As for their future fortunes, that would depend on the family’s destiny…
The remaining characters, whether it was the Demon Immortal Hu San from the Tea Horse Departnt, Chai Xuan, the Dragon Tiger Office, or Qin Chenghuang, each saw their affairs wrapped up, bringing the Jiaozhou matters to a close.
Not long after setting out to sea, a strange occurrence took place on the ship.
Four or five young and strong crew mbers hurriedly approached Chen Yuewu, reporting that they heard a woman’s crying in their room at night and saw blood seeping out of the ship’s walls. So crew mbers, half-asleep at night, would open their eyes to see a blood-soaked woman with a fierce countenance on the cabin’s partition—a situation that caused quite a stir on the ship.
Li Yan knew this disturbance was triggered by the presence of the Dragon Tiger Banner, so he offered to swap rooms with the crew mbers.
Indeed, upon Li Yan moving in, there were no more cries or bloodstains in that room, right up to the present day.
And just like that, the disturbance settled down.
Besides that, the days at sea were extraordinarily tranquil.
During these sea-bound days, the crew mbers each busied themselves with their duties, occasionally enjoying the sea breeze on the deck during their leisure ti. Every few days, Cha Xiaodao would catch so seafood for everyone’s als, fitting into this role effortlessly and with his amiable disposition, he soon beca a favorite among the ship’s company.
As for Cao Yongchang, in the past, he would have certainly been mingling with the crew, gambling with dice, talking about won.
But ever since practicing martial arts with Li Yan, even though his skills hadn’t improved much, he truly reined in his impulsiveness.
Even without prompting, Cao Yongchang practiced his boxing daily as instructed by Li Yan and other than helping Cha Xiaodao, he was not seen causing any trouble.
Li Yan, on the other hand, spent most of his days cooped up in his room. With his als brought to him by the crew, he rarely left his quarters, except for the occasional chat with Cha Xiaodao.
One day, Qin Chenghuang visited him and spoke of many profound things. Combined with the experiences of this journey, they shaped a vague outline and suspicion in Li Yan’s mind.
It related not only to this fruit but also to Yan Fu and the movent of Yan Fu.
However, these speculations were currently baseless. His purpose for this voyage was still to find the missing Lady Dan and, at the very least, to ensure they both returned safely.
Li Yan was now almost certain that the Celestial Demon of Dragon Tiger Mountain, referred to by the locals, was most likely Lady Dan.
Why had she ascended Dragon Tiger Mountain, and how had she ended up at odds with Heavenly Master Tao? Nine-Winged Sudu, who had now recognized Qian Guang Cave’s Golden Mountain Old Ancestor as her godfather in Ganzhou, likely played a significant role in this…
His first move was to et with Nine-Winged Sudu at Qian Guang Cave to clarify what exactly had happened on Dragon Tiger Mountain. Then, under the pretense of returning the Dragon Tiger Banner, he would blend in and ascend the mountain, acting according to the situation.
This was Li Yan’s plan.
He wished to bring back Lady Dan, but that inevitably ant making enemies with the National Teaching Dragon Tiger Mountain. And Qin Chenghuang’s words, “As high as mountains and seas, as nurous as the stars in the Milky Way, unfathomably deep,” had beco a constant worry for Li Yan.
Even the Qin Chenghuang from Eight Extres Peak held Heavenly Master Tao in such high regard. If his own level was only eight, what could he possibly do about Heavenly Master Tao?
Li Yan was now imnsely relieved that he had taken on the task of escorting the Dragon Tiger Banner of Yan Fu.
One only has one life, and each opportunity cos but once, every additional thod could an a greater chance of success.
And so, as Li Yan harbored such thoughts, the forty-nine-day deadline to subdue the Water Hag Corpse Worm arrived.
Li Yan sat upright, gathering a huge black water orb in his hands.
“The toxicity of the Water Hag Corpse Worm, completely eliminated under the flushing of Disaster Water! It has transford into a whole new species: the Shuiguang Worm.”
Shuiguang Worm: An aquatic scavenger with strong reproductive and decomposition abilities, capable of emitting visible light that spans a hundred tis its own size.
“Please imdiately transfer the worms into fresh and non-toxic regular water sources. Under the continued flushing of Disaster Water, the Shuiguang Worms will suffer mass deaths!”
As the water rippled, Li Yan slowly retracted the Disaster Water. The water mass visibly sped up, becoming transparent and indistinguishable from a normal water orb, except for the nurous halos within it, which were quite beautiful to behold.
[Inherited skill: Calamity Faction] has obtained a new secret enhancent: Water Lord Palace!
“Wu Zhiqi is the Huaiwo Water Lord. After subduing the water worms, one may construct the Water Lord Palace as a foundation within the Calamity Wave. All aquatic life that is tad can be reared in the Water Lord Palace, and a certain proportion of mud, plants, minerals, etc., will be absorbed.”
“Incompatibility among aquatic species may lead to conflicts and even skirmishes, and the Water Lord Palace must provide an environnt and food sufficient for the daily lives of the aquatic creatures. The Shuiguang Worms will serve as a light source, replacing the sun, to maintain the operation of photosynthesis for the plants within the Water Lord Palace.”
“Taming and keeping strong aquatic creatures will provide the walker with special ability enhancents.”
“The upper limit to taming and keeping aquatic creatures is influenced by the capacity of the Calamity Wave.”
Behind Li Yan, an image of the Emperor’s Daughter Gu Huo erged.
The Gu Huo Bird’s image flapped its wings and effortlessly passed through the deck, plunging into the depths of the Yellow Sea. Following that, Li Yan abruptly replaced the Emperor’s Daughter Gu Huo in the water, churning out countless white bubbles. If soone on the boat had been paying attention at that mont, they would have noticed an additional whirlpool with a two-and-a-half-ter radius on the surface of the Yellow Sea. Li Yan was frantically drawing in the seawater from the Yellow Sea.
Various sea grasses, corals, rock formations, big-headed fish, Golden Cuttlefish, Phosphorus shrimp, Yellow Croaker, Sturgeon, and other aquatic creatures from the Yellow Sea were all being absorbed by Li Yan for the construction of the so-called Water Lord Palace.
Regrettably, Li Yan’s Calamity Wave had a full capacity of rely 400 tons, which sounded substantial but was far from enough to sustain the activities of large aquatic animals. For example, at the bottom of the sea, Li Yan helplessly watched a tiger whale over ten ters long – a creature of such size simply could not be accommodated in his current stage of the Water Lord Palace.
At the sa ti, Li Yan had not found any so-called aquatic creatures that could provide special ability enhancents to the walker. It was akin to having scavenged an aquarium into the Calamity Wave.
However, the construction of the Water Lord Palace was not without its benefits for Li Yan. He could distinctly feel his control over water being much more like wielding his own limb, thanks to these aquatic creatures spread throughout the Calamity Wave.
If one must make an analogy, although Li Yan previously had a reserve of 400 tons of Calamity Wave, he could only simultaneously manipulate streams of water weighing about twenty tons and convert even less into Curse Water for use—only five or six tons.
Yet after constructing the Water Lord Palace, both these figures had doubled.
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