CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: BIG PROFIT

Just at the moment Ji Yuan escaped the surface of the water, the black mist that had been penetrating his body with the lake water dispersed.

He exhaled a long breath; otherwise, hiding underwater, even if not killed by the Ghost Island Master, he would have drowned.

However, just as Ji Yuan broke through the water and his body hung in mid-air, the Ghost Island Master initially waved the black banner in his hand, and the two black mist ghost heads flew over again.

Ji Yuan urged the White Water Flying Sword to meet them.

Immediately, the Ghost Island Master pointed several times towards the void with both hands; each light tap unleashed a pale blue spiritual light.

Water Drop Finger!!

Ji Yuan was extremely familiar with Water Drop Finger!

This old thief, he can actually use this spell... Ji Yuan fell into the water, but was caught by the White Boat Dharma Ship, and the incoming Water Drop Finger was blocked by the Dragon Armor Shield.

Utilizing this, his body also retreated a few more feet.

Seeing that the flying sword had already been entangled by the black mist ghost heads, Ji Yuan also raised his hand and pointed wildly several times.

The pale blue spiritual lights shot out as if not costing any money.

Earlier, the Ghost Island Master could only withstand the backlash pain after casting just five or six Water Drop Fingers in succession, but at this moment, Ji Yuan... he continuously cast sixteen Water Drop Fingers without showing any reaction.

"What?!"

At the moment Ji Yuan’s Water Drop Finger was unleashed, the Ghost Island Master was startled as well.

Momentarily distracted, the two black mist ghost heads were hit and scattered to pieces by Ji Yuan’s Water Drop Finger, enabling the previously entangled White Water Flying Sword to break free and charge once more towards the Ghost Island Master.

After a brief moment of surprise, the Dharma Ship sank, and his figure immediately disappeared into the lake.

This time, it was his turn to enter the water.

Ji Yuan returned the flying sword with a wave of his hand and the White Boat beneath his feet sped away.

Just as he thought of escaping from here, the black mist originally floating on the lake began tumbling endlessly; he had fled several miles, yet he still hadn’t rushed out of this black mist.

Strange, strange indeed, this black mist initially covered barely a mile, but now even after coming out so far, why am I still within this black mist?

Unexplainably, two words suddenly flashed in Ji Yuan’s mind.

Array!

This effect could only be achieved by an array; the black banner in the Ghost Island Master’s hand is most likely the array flag.

Yet, how could a small Cloud Rain Marsh, held by a mid-stage Qi Cultivation individual, have an array? Could it possibly be related to the sect inheritance he mentioned?

Since escape was futile, Ji Yuan stopped running away.

He slowed down the speed of the Dharma Ship beneath him while quickly contemplating a method to break the scenario in his mind.

Regardless of whether it was the magical artifacts the Ghost Island Master used, or the array he activated, Ji Yuan viewed them as wicked things.

So, naturally, he thought of the Red Crown Blood in his Storage Bag, a positive and strong substance.

Whether or not it could break the array wasn’t the main concern, but surely it would have some effect.

With a firm heart thought, he retrieved a bottle of Red Crown Blood, first sprinkling a few drops, which the flying sword promptly swept past, quickly leaving a few stains of blood on it.

Wherever it passed, the black mist was sliced open like a curtain.

There was a chance!

This Cock’s Crown Blood could indeed break open the black mist!

Ji Yuan poured half of the Red Crown Blood onto the flying sword’s blade, then drove the flying sword to continuously carve through the black mist.

In just a breath of time, he had finally carved out a passageway.

As he sailed on the Dharma Ship out through it, he immediately saw the Ghost Island Master sitting cross-legged on the black boat, appearing to have been waiting for some time.

"You do have some skills, even possessing Red-crowned Chicken’s Cock’s Crown Blood."

The ghost island tugged at the corner of his mouth, seemingly showing a mocking smile.

Ji Yuan’s heart was thrown into a panic; without hesitation, he immediately deployed the high-grade Talisman, Water Escape Talisman, which he had purchased for over twenty Spirit Stones.

His figure instantly disappeared from the lake surface.

Yet, just as he vanished, an enormous golden dharma seal suddenly fell from the air, crashing onto the lake surface.

"Boom——"

The dharma seal hit the water, instantly creating a massive tumult of waves.

With the high-grade Talisman, the Golden Seal Talisman missed, the Ghost Island Master slapped his thigh, and stood up suddenly, "You dog thief!"

Before he could act again, Ji Yuan’s cold voice already resounded in the distance, "Now you get to taste how it feels to be crushed."

Before Ji Yuan’s voice even faded, a word radiating intense golden light appeared out of nowhere and was suppressed down towards the Ghost Island Master.

Similarly, it was the high-grade Talisman, Demon Suppression Talisman!

"Senior brother, why to such an extent!"

The Ghost Island Master panicked, hurriedly shouted a phrase, then swiftly slapped a talisman onto himself.

In an instant, countless black scales grew from the black robe he wore, and a phantom of a black serpent appeared, its head raised high, defending him against the descending Demon Suppression Talisman.

Despite this, the black scales on his robe continued to fall off.

Although Ji Yuan couldn’t see the origin of the high-grade Protective Talisman the Ghost Island Master had just used, he knew the Demon Suppression Talisman naturally countered this kind of demonic cultivator!

So he didn’t waste this opportunity, raising his hand to send out the White Water Flying Sword to assist.

The Flying Sword, stained with Cock’s Crown Blood, seemed even more effective than the talisman, effortlessly slashing off the black scales.

Under the combined assault, the black serpent phantom shattered even faster.

The Demon Suppression Talisman also dimmed.

The Ghost Island Master sank his figure, and suddenly shouted loudly. He summoned the Black Banner Array Flag placed at the bottom of the water, grabbed it with one hand and twisted it.

The White Water Flying Sword was trapped within the array flag.

But compared to before, the blood-stained White Water Flying Sword almost escaped several times... the array flag wouldn’t hold for long.

At this moment, Ji Yuan again extended his hand and pointed several Water Drop Fingers directly at the pale-faced Ghost Island Master.

The latter sneered and did not evade, just raised his hand to summon the Skull Token to block in front.

Though the Water Drop Fingers were strong, they had little effect against the Protective Magical Artifact, even though two streams of Spiritual Light barely penetrated the token but were blocked by the magic robe on the Ghost Island Master.

Seeing the Water Drop Fingers explode into water droplets, the Ghost Island Master secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the last moment, he seemed to see a streak of red light amidst the exploding water droplets.

Like the heart of a blossoming flower...

He immediately sensed something wrong, but felt it was a bit too late.

Because that red light instantly pierced through the defenses of the talisman and magic robe, reaching his eyes, and finally... entering his brow.

The Ghost Island Master groaned, his body instinctively knocked backward by the red light.

The array flag that had wrapped around the Flying Sword lost control, immediately scattered, and the White Water Flying Sword regained freedom, growing longer in the wind, transforming into a three-foot blade.

A flash of the pure white sword light passed, and a large head flew away.

Ji Yuan, approaching on the White Boat, still felt uneasy, raising two fireballs to incinerate the Ghost Island Master’s head and corpse completely.

Finally falling onto his Dharma Ship, only the somewhat damaged magic robe, black array flag, skull token, and a storage bag remained.

Ji Yuan quickly approached, and as he swept past, all the spoils of war disappeared.

He also retrieved the White Water Flying Sword and life-snatching needle.

Soon, he found the body of Wei Caishan at the initial point of confrontation. But she, being in the early stage of Qi cultivation, had no storage bag.

The only magical artifact she had was that Dharma Ship.

Ji Yuan took the Dharma Ship and the jade box hidden in her chest, then a drop of Corpse-Dissolving Water fell, erasing all traces.

Relying on his remaining spiritual power, he urged the White Boat to swiftly leave the area.

After such a prolonged battle, alongside the loud disturbances and the use of four high-grade talismans, attention was undoubtedly drawn from those with intentions.

It was natural to quickly avoid the area at this point.

Less than half the time of an incense stick after Ji Yuan left, two flying boats descended from the sky.

"Who was fighting here? The movements were so significant!"

"Judging by the aura, it seems it was a later-stage fight, possibly with casualties... This is not far from Jing An Fang, let’s ask that old man from the Ge Family if he knows anything."

The two late-stage Qi cultivators who had arrived from afar quickly urged their flying boats to continue on.

Initially, Dharma Ships could only be operated on the water surface, mid-level vessels could submerge in water, while advanced ships could be called flying boats.

Because these could not only be operated on the water surface but were also flying magical artifacts.

Soon after these two left, a few more emerged from the water, just peeking their heads above the surface, but upon sensing the residual aura, they fled in haste.

The area where late-stage Qi cultivators had just fought wasn’t suitable for those in the middle stage.

One wouldn’t find many fools among those who reached the middle stage in Cloud Rain Marsh.

Ji Yuan continued to steer the Dharma Ship, leisurely wandering this Cloud Rain Marsh while holding a Spirit Stone to recover his depleted spiritual power.

After a day of wandering around, ensuring no one was tailing him, and with his condition fully restored, he finally found a nearby reed marsh, packed up the White Boat, and swiftly entered the thicket. He reached back and took out the Ghost Island Master’s storage bag.

Without the restrictions, his spiritual power penetrated it.

With just a glance, he knew... this venture had been immensely profitable!

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