Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 807: Chapter 813: Harvest

With Li Zhirui’s strength, a few thousand miles would take less than half an hour, but his main purpose was to relax and ease his strained mental state, so he progressed at the leisurely pace of one enjoying the scenery.

”Since I started on the path of cultivation, I’ve been busy with no time to relax. Only now, as I look at the sea with appreciation, do I realize how many beautiful sights I’ve missed.”

Li Zhirui witnessed a giant sun slowly rising from the seabed; he saw countless schools of fish playing and fleeing; he saw raging winds and the boundless waves of the Boundless Sea...

These sights, though common, gradually calmed his mind.

Xiaoqing and Cang also put aside their arduous cultivation for the moment, accompanying Li Zhirui to appreciate the scenes they had neglected numerous times before.

Because of their situation, the journey of just a few thousand miles took the three of them a full five days to enter the deep sea.

”Such rich Water Spiritual Energy! And various Laws related to the Great Tao of Water.” The former could be sensed by all three, but only Li Zhirui could ’see’ the latter.

Among the myriad Laws, Li Zhirui also saw the Purification Principle, but that was to be expected, as it is a derivative of the Great Tao of Water.

”No wonder it can nurture countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!”

Li Zhirui sighed with some regret, saying, ”Such a pity, this vast treasury is beyond the reach of the human race.”

The near sea might be the domain of the human race, but compared to the essence of the distant sea, the former was insignificant.

This was one reason why the human race’s influence in the near sea had been limited over the years: large forces did not set their sights on it, and expansion there was restricted by the size of the islands, far less convenient than on the mainland.

Small forces had to contend with occasional invasions by Sea Devils, beast tides, and other problems.

”If we encounter any Sea Devils later, you two will have to deal with them yourselves, I won’t intervene,” said Li Zhirui.

This was also part of a pact between the human race and the Sea Clan: Fourth Order Sea Devils were not to enter the near sea, while Divine Transformation Cultivators were prohibited from taking action in the distant sea.

”Understood.”

Xiaoqing acknowledged and began to use Secret Techniques to search for the whereabouts of nearby Sea Devils. His Eagle Eyes were not just for show; once he used the Secret Technique, he could see for hundreds of miles around.

”Found it!”

Xiaoqing charged in the direction of the Sea Devil first, with Cang following closely behind, and Li Zhirui casually keeping up.

Boom—

The moment the two sides came into contact, a fierce battle erupted.

Li Zhirui, on the other hand, stood at a distance, concealing his aura and watching them fight.

Xiaoqing’s attacks were sharp, keen on pressing the advantage. Once he spotted a flaw, he would burst forth with all his might, always hoping to settle the battle in one fell swoop.

Cang preferred to crush opponents with overwhelming power, acting only after careful planning. Once he took action, it was with the intent to capture the enemy outright.

However, compared to Xiaoqing, who had rich combat experience, Cang had much less.

That was the difference between them. When Xiaoqing followed Li Zhirui, Li Zhirui’s cultivation was not high, and he needed to exert himself in battle, even being the main force.

But by the time he made the pact with Cang, Li Zhirui was already a Golden Core Late Stage Cultivator. Afterward, his cultivation advanced rapidly, and a newly hatched Flood Dragon, no matter how exceptional its lineage, was only First Order and couldn’t be of much help, so Cang had little combat experience!

”Hmm, seems like this impromptu relaxation trip has yielded quite a few benefits,” Li Zhirui said with a light laugh.

Not only did it resolve his own mental state issues, but it also exposed Cang’s shortcomings, and he incidentally obtained a Fourth Order Water Devil.

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”Clan Leader, someone has discovered an emerging Secret Realm in the Boundless Sea!”

”What did you say?”

Upon hearing this Elder’s words, Li Mingzi immediately stood up from his seat and asked urgently, ”Are you certain that the clansman discovered a Secret Realm?”

”That clansman is waiting outside the hall right now. He claims to have seen it with his own eyes and has recorded it on a Memory Stone,” the Elder hurriedly replied.

”Bring him in at once!” Li Mingzi exclaimed, unusually excited.

The main reason for his eagerness was that the Li family controlled too few Secret Realms!

A mere handful did not befit the status of a Nascent Soul family.

Although Li Zhirui could create Spirit Realms, there was no small difference between Spirit Realms and Secret Realms, the biggest being their size!

Even the worst Grade One Secret Realm spans a hundred miles.

The specifics were unclear to them, but it was said to be because Secret Realms were attached to the world’s membrane, able to absorb Chaotic Spiritual Energy and grow.

Aside from very few areas, the Spiritual Energy in most parts of a Secret Realm matched its Grade, with regions similar to Spirit Veins and Spirit Caves where Spiritual Energy was dense.

That is to say, obtaining a Secret Realm was like gaining a Spirit Land several hundred miles in size. Simply by laying down a Boundary Array, or using Boundary Fixing Stones, one could control the Secret Realm and move freely in and out.

The key to controlling the Secret Realm with the former method was to plant a Spirit Plant of a higher Grade within the realm, using it as the core of the Array to control the entire realm.

The latter method was straightforward: melt most of the Boundary Fixing Stones into the Secret Realm, then craft the remaining portion into a Magic Artifact to open and close the portal.

Over the years, the Li family had unintentionally obtained a single Boundary Fixing Stone. If the new Secret Realm turned out to be of lower Grade, they naturally wouldn’t use such a precious item.

But coming back to it!

The clansman, who had been waiting at the door, entered the great hall with great excitement upon being summoned, bowed respectfully, and said, ”I greet the Clan Leader and the Elders.”

”Where is this Secret Realm? Do you know its Grade?” Li Mingzi let him sit down and asked eagerly.

”The Secret Realm is three hundred miles southeast of Wanxian Island. I don’t know its Grade because the location of the Secret Realm’s emergence is actually underwater. I stumbled upon it whilst pursuing a Second Order Sea Devil,” the clansman reported truthfully.

”I will gather some Golden Core Cultivators to accompany you right away, and a team of our clansmen will follow shortly after!”

Li Mingzi promised, ”You will not be denied credit for discovering the Secret Realm. Once we ascertain the Grade, we will give you your reward.”

”Thank you, Clan Leader!” The clansman was overjoyed. Was this not the reward he had hurried back for?

Li Mingzi nodded and immediately used the Clan Leader’s Jade Token to summon seven Golden Core Cultivators who were free to join him in rushing to the area where the Secret Realm was emerging.

Within a quarter of an hour, a massive Third Order Spirit Boat took to the skies, following the trail left by the first group of clansmen.

The Spirit Boat was an extremely sophisticated Magic Artifact. In order to build one capable of carrying more clan members, the Li family had put considerable effort into this area.

Fortunately, they succeeded!

The Cloud Whale, this was the name the Li family had given to the new type of Spirit Boat. It could carry thrice the number of people as ordinary Third Order Spirit Boats, and its speed had not dropped either.