"Fellow Taoists, no need for further courtesies, let us set out now."
Following the crowd, they entered the grand formation; after a flash of golden light, they only felt darkness before their eyes. When they could see again, they had arrived at a seaside, a light salty fishy sll entering their nostrils.
"Speed is of the essence in warfare," said the elderly general with white hair, surveying the surroundings. He quietly took out a golden dragon boat the size of a date pit from his storage ring. As the boat caught the wind, it expanded and stopped only when it reached a kiloter in length.
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The sea was azure blue, and the sky was clear.
Shen Island, dense with trees and lush with vegetation, experienced autumn winds and rising waves, with a light mist weaving through the air.
Being an important base for the Illumination Organization's Mirage Pavilion faction, the island remained engulfed in an atmosphere of fervor and joy at the mont.
Passing through the thin fog, the scenery changed once again; the previously lush vegetation vanished, replaced by an enormous tree over nine ters tall.
This tree resembled a bull with hide, tassels, and yellow snakes. Its leaves were like silk, and its wood resembled the plant nad 'xiu.'
On the gigantic silk-like leaves, vivid patterns of birds, beasts, hanging dragons, and divine bells grew, appearing extrely mysterious.
On the island, oak barrels were opened, and many dazed and ragged n were seen pouring clear liquid toward the roots of the great tree from these barrels.
With the pouring of the clear liquid, a faint red mist of blood energy erged from the heads of these ragged n, rging into the liquid and being absorbed by the divine tree.
After several repetitions of this cycle, with so individuals collapsing in between, dazed villagers and traders in similar attire continued to erge from underground caverns on the island, taking over the task.
At this mont, atop the crown of the divine tree, an old woman with white hair and a youthful appearance, leaning on an odd squid-headed cane, watched the bustling scene below with a faint smile on her face, leisurely sipping tea.
Behind the old woman stood a beautiful female cultivator, gently fanning with a fan as large as a banana leaf.
In front of the old woman, a voluptuous and enchantingly beautiful woman was softly reporting sothing.
"Yi Chengzi, that junior, has been conferred as State Preceptor by Great Qin?"
"I've seen the footage of this person contending in magical combat with Xue Lingzi of the Controlling Spirit Holy Puppet Sect at the Great Qin Legal Assembly. It seems that Great Qin is just so-so; those people fail to recognize the signs of the tis, foolishly attempting the impossible," said the old woman with a light chuckle while tapping her squid-headed cane on the ground.
"But, Granny You, there are wild rumors outside that Yi Chengzi has already achieved Breakthrough Limit True Monarch. I have here the Liuying Jade from his Breakthrough Limit ceremony, which truly was an extraordinary spectacle. Granny, would you like to take a look?"
"After the Great Qin Legal Assembly, I had once tried to inhabit a body to speak with this person at length, hoping to persuade him to join the Mirage Pavilion. Unfortunately, he shattered the body I inhabited without even a word."
The enchantingly beautiful woman spoke with a hint of regret.
"Flower Soul, these years you've been active outside, while Granny has guarded the divine tree on Shen Island. Granny has seen your contributions."
"This ti, with the anomalous changes between heaven and earth, our sacrifice to the Jianmu Divine Tree will certainly succeed in one fell swoop, allowing His Majesty Asna's avatar to descend. When such a great contribution is established, the rewards will surely not miss you, so why bother with a figure who fails to recognize the tis?"
"Flower Soul, you should focus on the human sacrifices. The tree requires more resources and offerings for its roots than Granny estimated, and now the offerings for summoning His Majesty Asna's descent are sowhat insufficient."
"Child, without truly engaging with soone, judging a person's cultivation level solely on their aura will lead your five senses to be deceived and misled."
"It's famously said that hearing is false and seeing is..."
Just at that mont, the old woman's pupils suddenly narrowed, seeing a streak of golden light approaching at an indescribable speed.
"Be careful!"
An alien force suddenly manifested, pushing the enchantingly beautiful woman to the side. The old woman's gaze hardened as she pointed her magic wand from afar, and a green octopus shadow imdiately swept out to confront the golden light.
Boom~
The green and golden lights collided, and just as the enchantingly beautiful woman showed a hint of joy of surviving a disaster, the golden light suddenly bent and transford into a fierce dragon head, swallowing half of the enchantingly beautiful woman's body.
"Idiot, didn't expect this, did you? Here I can make turns."
The dragon head ford by the halberd actually spoke human language, taunting as it spoke.
It emitted wave-like ripples all around itself, its sharp power slicing through the space, leaving a fist-sized dent on the old woman's squid-head staff before piercing the sky like a roaming dragon, flying back to Yi Chen's hand.
Atop the prow of the Sea-Splitting Dragon Boat, the Taoist stood against the wind, his gaze dominating!
Yi Chengzi, Yi Chengzi, World-Shaking Pure Yang Yi Chengzi arrived at Shen Island after several traversals through space on the Sea-Splitting Dragon Boat.
Yi Chen grinned towards an empty area in the sky and smiled, "Fellow Taoists of the Heavenly Sea City, you've followed all this way, it's ti to show yourselves."
A ripple in space, and three burly n in azure armor suddenly appeared with frowning faces, "State Preceptor bringing many experts to our Heavenly Sea City territory aroused our curiosity, so we followed, truly sorry."
"Hehe, that armor set on you is quite interesting, blending seamlessly with the sea here; even I almost missed it in my carelessness.
Enough of the idle talk; lately, I've been cultivating my temperant, and seeing you belong to the Heavenly Sea City, if you wise ones want to leave, I won't keep you. If you stick around to cause trouble, I will kill!"
After saying this, Yi Chen looked toward a dozen unlucky fellows on the deck.
Along the way, to prevent any leakage of information, any cultivator who passed by or looked one ti too many was caught.
The three burly n exchanged glances and hurriedly retreated; as long as it wasn't targeted against their Heavenly Sea City, they didn't intend to wade into these muddy waters.
"State Preceptor, I, WuShanzi, was just curious and took an extra look, and you are magnanimous. Since you also arrived, please let go."
On the deck, a cultivator bound by golden ropes like a bound maggot quickly pleaded for rcy when he saw the situation.
He truly cursed his luck; just by pausing to gaze at a grand golden vessel breaking through the waves while he was out treasure-hunting at sea.
WuShanzi was proficient in water evasion techniques and had a record of escaping from the hands of seventh level Dao Mastery practitioners, only to be caught as easily as a chick by the imposing Taoist.
"Stop talking crap, if you had no guilt, why did you run? If after I'm done and find you really were wronged, at the foot of Falling Dragon Mountain, there are a thousand acres of wasteland; you're good at running and strong, help till that land, and I, the state preceptor, will let you go."
Yi Chen grinned at the unlucky fellows on the deck, showing a row of big teeth.
At this mont, while Yi Chen was speaking, the veteran general Wang Jian had already led a thousand elite cultivators in black armor, pulling out a bizarre black flag more than three ters long from behind them and thrusting it into the roiling sea.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the black flag turned as smooth as jade; the Sea-Splitting Sky-Banishing Formation was instantly set up, executed as smoothly as if it had been rehearsed countless tis.
"Truly elite, as expected of the Great Qin's Black Banner Army specialized in beheadings." Yi Chen sighed softly upon seeing this.
"How dare you, Mirage Pavilion has always kept our waters separate from yours; what exactly do you plan to do? Does Great Qin intend to go to war with our Illumination Organization?" The old woman holding the squid-head staff saw this and her expression changed drastically as she floated above the island, yelling at the white-haired general.
Unfortunately, her fleeting look of panic betrayed her.
"Lady Yu, aren't you curious why the State Preceptor regards the great formation above your Shen Island as nothing, and why we know the exact location of your Shen Island?"
"Why?" the old woman couldn't help but question in confusion, just then, her expression dramatically changed.
A jade hand suddenly appeared behind her.
Boom!
"Lady Yu, how is my 'Silk Pulling Divine Skill'?"
A crisp laugh full of mockery echoed through the area, "Being able to fan you for three years, you can die in peace."
The beautiful female cultivator moved swiftly, leaping to stand beside Yi Chen and the white-haired general, casually crushing the fan in her hand into fragnts.
"You! You are Lian Caiyi!" the old woman was both shocked and furious.
"Lin Luo pays respect to General Wang Jian!"
"Lian Fellow Taoist, long ti no see, your cultivation now seems to be far above that of this general," the white-haired general Wang Jian laughed heartily.
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