Cultivation begins in the endless sea.

Chapter 79 So Many Treasures!

However, they had signed a "Heavenly Contract" at the time, so that demon must have known the danger.

Moreover, I can clearly sense that the jade gourd is right near this fritillary bulb.

Just as the lion-nosed man was puzzled, a sudden alarm bell rang in his mind. He opened his eyes abruptly and crushed a string of beads in his hand without thinking. Instantly, a bright white light screen appeared in front of him, just enough to block a small black sword that suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

The lion-nosed man reacted with lightning speed. As his protective orb blocked the small sword's attack, he slammed his hand on the ground, his entire body shifting several meters to the side. At the same time, he stomped his legs, using the force to smash through the cave's stone (sirly skin) wall with a single punch, appearing in the deep sea…

"It's you!"

The man with the lion's nose narrowed his eyes upon seeing Lin Qing and instinctively spoke.

"You are human, why did you steal the Spirit Dew?"

Lin Qing glanced at the lion-nosed giant opposite him, unable to figure out which sect the man belonged to, so he had no choice but to probe him in a low voice.

The man had only lost his composure for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and merely sneered upon hearing this.

"The treasures of heaven and earth belong to those who possess them! Since you've come here seeking death, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Before he finished speaking, he began to swing his fists incessantly, his entire body unleashing a dense barrage of punches towards Lin Qing…

"interesting."

Lin Qing nodded. He knew they were in the sea, yet this person's fist techniques were so fast and fierce, no less than the sea monster Black Pool they had encountered before.

Since he had thought of the Black Pool, Lin Qing used the Five Elements Water Escape technique to quickly flash by, opened his mouth and spat out a drop of Heavy Profound True Water, which flew towards the lion-nosed man.

The lion-nosed man revealed a mocking smile, calmly took out a black gourd from his storage bag, grabbed it with his large hand, and the gourd mouth suddenly opened wide, emitting a powerful suction force, trying to suck up the Chongxuan True Water!

Lin Qing's eyes narrowed.

Since this technique was perfected, it has been invincible and unstoppable. Today is the first time that it has encountered a rare treasure that can be countered.

Seeing this, Lin Qing crossed his hands, intending to retrieve the Chongxuan True Water, but felt a powerful suction force that forcefully swallowed the ball of true water into the black gourd!

Lin Qing was now truly alarmed.

It should be noted that that drop of Chongxuan True Water weighed a full two thousand jun (a unit of weight), yet it was taken away so easily.

Unbeknownst to him, the lion-nosed man was also astonished, for he knew all too well the power of his own treasure gourd.

"A great reputation truly reflects the worth of its people."

The two exchanged a wary glance. Lin Qing's expression remained unchanged, but a thought struck him, and he asked:

"Brother Qian, aren't you afraid that stealing the Spirit Dew will bring disaster upon the Qian family?!"

As expected, the man opposite him changed color and was about to retort when Lin Qing took advantage of the moment to close in with his Five Elements Water Escape technique. At the same time, his Heavy Wave Palm quickly condensed in the water and suddenly grabbed at the lion-nosed man from the right, while the man spat out a wisp of three-colored sword energy from the left!

In the critical moment, the lion-nosed man first activated his internal energy and suddenly sank down, while his robes bulged to their limit, creating a grayish protective shield...

"Pfft—"

The robe blocked for less than a moment before being torn to shreds by the three-colored sword energy, which struck him squarely in the chest.

However, with that brief respite, the lion-nosed man's body flashed with an earthy yellow light, and he had already pushed his body-refining technique to its limit.

"Well-"

A string of red blood droplets bloomed in the seawater. The three-colored sword energy did not kill him in one blow, but only left a deep sword wound on his chest!

"That was close, just a hair's breadth away..."

The lion-nosed man's face turned ashen. He gritted his teeth and swallowed several pills. Then, as Chonglan Palm materialized out of thin air, he suddenly pulled the jade pendant around his neck and threw it.

The jade tablet flashed, erecting a shield several meters in size that blocked Chonglan's palm strike. He then quickly applied several talismans to his chest wound to suppress the relentless erosion of the three-colored sword energy...

"Mid-stage Foundation Building..."

Lin Qing's expression also became extremely solemn. He hadn't expected that the person in front of him was not only incredibly strong physically, but also had cultivated his magic power to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and possessed an endless array of magical artifacts.

Upon realizing this, he suddenly sheathed the Meteor Blade, activated the Five Elements Water Escape technique, and transformed into a water line without a sound, just like a water snake, ready to escape.

"Go!"

The lion-nosed man sneered, raised the black gourd high, and aimed the mouth of the gourd at Lin Qing. Instantly, a powerful suction force burst out, forcibly interrupting Lin Qing's Five Elements Water Escape!

"Without Qinglan Tianpo's Five Elements Water Escape, it's still lacking something."

Lin Qing sighed inwardly, and the lion-nosed man noticed the slight panic on his face.

The lion-nosed man channeled his magical power, pulling out a black-patterned token. He chanted incantations, continuously pouring his power into it. The token immediately began to spin rapidly, emitting a powerful, surging aura of malevolence that swept through the surrounding space, enveloping Lin Qing, who had already slowed down considerably…

Only then did the lion-nosed man dare to breathe a slight sigh of relief. His face was ashen, and even a year ago, when he had just entered the mid-stage of his cultivation, he had almost lost his composure and was showing signs of collapse.

He kept absorbing the pills he had swallowed, barely managing to gather a powerful spiritual force to disperse the Chonglan Palm and free up the jade tablet. But when he did, his face turned pale with horror!

"impossible!"

A dark, ring-shaped magical artifact floated above Lin Qing's head and slowly rotated. The surrounding pitch-black aura, like a blooming lotus flower, carried him step by step as he slowly walked towards them.

"How is that possible!"

Lin Qing remained silent. He clapped his hands, and the white jade gourd flew out, its mouth aimed at the lion-nosed man. Then, he spat out eight drops of Chongxuan True Water in one breath!

With the help of this extraordinary treasure, Lin Qing no longer needed to use up most of his magic power in a single strike, as he had done during his trip to the demon's lair.

In a life-or-death situation, the lion-nosed man chose the lesser of two evils. He decisively channeled his magical power into the jade tablet, then tossed it in front of him to block the eight drops of Heavy Profound True Water. He himself was then struck hard by the Heavy Profound True Water and sent flying backward...

"You...I..."

The man with the lion's nose immediately fainted.

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes, seeing that the man's aura was indeed on the verge of collapse. He cautiously approached, about to sever the man's head with a flick of his meteor blade, when the lion-nosed man suddenly sat up, his eyes wide open, spitting out a jet of blood, before falling backward to the ground.

The blood arrow was extremely fast, and in the rush, Lin Qing only had time to cross his hands to block it in front of him.

"Ding!"

Lin Qing was thrown back several steps by the immense force, and a flush appeared on his face.

The blood arrow was barely blocked by the Silver Wing Chain!

The meteor blade seized the opportunity to twist and sever the lion-nosed man's head.

Lin Qing activated the Beast Taming Ring, instantly capturing the wisp of primordial spirit that was about to escape from the head and storing it inside the ring.

Then Lin Qing patted his storage bag, put the corpse into it, carefully cleaned up the scene, retrieved the memory bead he had buried earlier, and finally escaped into the Three Star Conch Boat, quickly leaving the place.

With his full power, four days later he appeared not far from a mudflat inhabited by demons, where he had been diving deep into the sea after the battle of the market.

Now that he had established his foundation, he was naturally more confident in avoiding those sea monsters.

Upon arriving here, he retrieved the lion-nosed man's corpse and then his faint primordial spirit...

"Fellow Daoist Lin...I am..."

The moment it was taken out, the primordial spirit hurriedly tried to say something. But Lin Qing rubbed his hand together, completely annihilating its soul…

As soon as his primordial spirit perished, his physical body began to collapse inward, squeezing out pieces of crystal-clear spirit stones that scattered all over the ground...