Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Weiyuan Immortal City, Nine Nether Blood Sea
On the surface of the sea.
The Golden Sword Orchid’s bow rose high, its white sails billowed, and it rode the wind, cleaving through the waves!
"The feeling of being out at sea... it’s actually quite nice..."
Luo Qing’e stood at the bow, her eyes filled with wonder as she took in the ocean vista.
This generation of the Luo Family’s direct lineage had few mbers with Spiritual Roots. For her own safety, Luo Qing’e had rarely ever left Donglong Island.
Su Ye walked up behind her, wrapped his arm around her slender waist, and whispered teasingly in her ear.
"So you like it now? When we first boarded... a certain soone was feeling terribly seasick..."
"Ngh..." Luo Qing’e let out a soft, coquettish whine.
"It was just seasickness... It’s nothing!"
After their playful banter, Luo Qing’e smoothed back a stray strand of hair and rested gently against Su Ye’s chest.
"The wind is strong out here... Shall we return to our room?" Su Ye chuckled softly.
"Mm," Luo Qing’e’s reply was as faint as the buzz of a fly. She nodded, a faint blush creeping up her slender, swan-like neck as a look of anticipation filled her eyes.
...
The upper-deck cabins.
Next to the captain’s cabin, in another exquisitely decorated room.
Luo Xiyin was sitting cross-legged on the bed, regulating her breathing and circulating her energy.
Suddenly, her ears twitched. She could hear a faint noise coming from the room next door.
Luo Xiyin froze, not quite processing it at first.
A few breaths later, it dawned on her, and her face flushed red.
’Hey... It’s still dayti!’
’This is just... too much...’ Luo Xiyin thought, trailing off.
But on second thought, she figured it was... normal for a newlywed couple to be so intimate, right?
’Still... we’re so close. Have they considered my feelings at all?’
Luo Xiyin bit her lip, her face flushing crimson as she grew flustered with embarrassnt.
After a good while, she had an idea. She put up a sound-proofing barrier, finally able to relax.
’Phew... quiet at last...’
Luo Xiyin resud her ditation, regulating her breathing.
But a few minutes later, her eyes fluttered open again, a flicker in her gaze.
Gazing at the wooden wall separating the rooms, Luo Xiyin unconsciously twirled a lock of hair around her finger and muttered to herself.
"I... I’m just worried..."
"Worried the younger ones don’t know restraint, that’s all..."
Using this excuse to convince herself, Luo Xiyin’s Divine Sense stirred and passed through the wall.
A cultivator’s Divine Sense had endless miraculous uses, capable of perceiving images and sounds...
"Nghh..." Luo Xiyin covered her face with her hands, her face and ears burning red!
’Is it really that pleasurable?’
...
「One month later.」
In the waters ahead of the Golden Sword Orchid, a vast and majestic immortal city was faintly visible!
Nurous spirit ships were converging upon it, while others departed from it, setting sail on the wind.
It was a scene of bustling activity, with countless sails vying for passage.
Even large, three-masted and five-masted ocean-faring vessels looked like model toys beneath the immortal city’s towering walls, which stood hundreds of feet high.
The city walls were covered in countless branded talismans and restrictive arrays, all coalescing into a swirling, blood-red hue.
"A Tier Three grand Array..."
Su Ye gazed at the Array from a distance. That blood-red light sent an inexplicable chill through his heart, making his skin crawl.
"Your spiritual perception is quite sharp, Husband." Luo Qing’e, dressed in a flowing gown, ca to Su Ye’s side and praised him.
"The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array has refined and accumulated the souls of tens of millions of living beings. Cultivators with keen spiritual perception do indeed feel discomfort from it..."
"Hm?"
"The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array? Tens of millions of souls?"
Hearing this, the corner of Su Ye’s mouth twitched as he grumbled internally.
’Is this place really an immortal city and not so demonic lair?’
"Waging a war of expansion is never easy, and Weiyuan Fortress was at the heart of the shipping lanes. During the war, there was fighting almost every day!"
"Only by deploying a Blood Path Array—using war to fuel war and growing stronger with every battle—could they fend off the tide-like onslaught of the natives."
"After the war, the Tier Three grand Array was so deeply integrated into Weiyuan Fortress that it beca difficult to replace."
"Moreover, the accumulated souls of tens of millions of natives and demon beasts have pushed this Array’s power to Tier Three Peak, making it almost a quasi-Tier Four Array!"
"It is precisely by relying on the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array that the immortal city was able to secure a degree of autonomy."
Luo Qing’e explained, her words flowing smoothly.
’Right... I forgot about that.’
Weiyuan Immortal City was born from the forr Weiyuan Fortress!
It was the staunchest bastion of the Yaoguang colonizers in this sea region!
Weiyuan! To awe the distant lands!
’The natives are vicious, but the thods of the Yaoguang colonizers are ten, even a hundred tis more so.’
’Then again... if you weren’t more vicious than the natives, how could you ever hope to conquer territory and occupy the spiritual islands?’
Su Ye shook his head, sighing with emotion.
...
Approaching Weiyuan Immortal City.
Luo Qing’e presented a Token, and the Golden Sword Orchid bypassed the crowded main harbor, entering a separate VIP channel.
"Welco, everyone... Greetings, Ancestor!"
Several cultivators from the Luo Family were waiting at the port to welco them.
"Mm..." Luo Xiyin nodded faintly, not saying much.
Seeing their Ancestor was present, the local Luo Family cultivators beca even more attentive.
As an old, established Foundation Establishnt family.
The Luo Family had so businesses, influence, and permanently stationed cultivators in Weiyuan Immortal City.
Their main business was dealing in demon beast at, selling the catches from the Luo Family’s Demon Hunting Ships. They also operated a talisman shop.
Their power base wasn’t large.
But having been rooted in the immortal city for a long ti, their information channels were excellent, and they enjoyed certain privileges.
They were also able to handle all the mundane arrangents for food, clothing, and lodging, ensuring a comfortable stay.
Following the guidance of the Luo Family cultivators.
Soon, Su Ye and the others arrived at a cultivator’s residence in the inner city that the Luo Family held on a long-term lease.
’Not bad at all...’
Su Ye looked around. The residence was exquisitely decorated and fully furnished; he couldn’t see anything they needed to buy.
Furthermore, thanks to a Spirit Gathering Array, the Spiritual Qi concentration reached high-grade Tier Two, rivaling or even approaching the levels at Luoyue Mountain.
This left Su Ye quite satisfied.
’The Luo Family cultivators stationed here are very thoughtful...’
"Ancestor... Huh?" Luo Qing’e was about to offer the best residence to Luo Xiyin.
But Luo Xiyin simply shook her head, chose the most secluded residence for herself, and flew inside, the door slamming shut behind her!
Whether it was a coincidence or not, the residence she chose was the farthest one from the one assigned to Su Ye and Luo Qing’e.
...
「Half a month passed in a flash.」
Su Ye had a rather leisurely ti, happy to be a hands-off manager.
Everyone has their own specialty, and so he left the task of spreading the news about the anomaly in the sea region to Luo Qing’e.
Luo Qing’e was intelligent and shrewd. Her thods were brilliant, showing no obvious design.
She used the Luo Family’s shops to leak subtle, veiled pieces of information, planting seeds of speculation in the minds of Loose Cultivators.
Then, she would release fragnted bits of information step by step, allowing the Loose Cultivators to piece together the truth for themselves.
People are always more inclined to believe what they’ve figured out for themselves.
According to the Luo Family’s intelligence network, several down-on-their-luck Loose Cultivator demon hunting teams were already planning to head to the Dongning Sea Region to try their luck.
’Not bad, not bad at all...’
Su Ye was delighted. Half of his goal in coming to the immortal city had been achieved!
’Next... I need to acquire spirit ship components and so Spiritual Objects for cultivation...’
’Conveniently, the immortal city is holding a grand auction, and the Luo Family has a VIP invitation...’
With over three thousand Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch, Su Ye was now quite wealthy.
’Besides... acquiring spirit ship components benefits the entire family. It wouldn’t be going too far to use a little of the family funds, would it?’
Su Ye mused.
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