The Storm Rises Again

Just past the Midnight Hour.

Golden Light appeared.

[Divination Result Refreshed]

[Today's Divination Result: Auspicious]

[You went to Bright Moon Lake and, taking advantage of your evasion technique, successfully picked the precious High-grade First Tier Spiritual Medicine, the "Turtle Spirit Fruit." No accidents occurred during the process.]

The divination result was Auspicious!

Li Chang'an immediately felt relieved.

After all.

Bright Moon Lake lay outside the Marketplace, so he had no choice but to be more cautious.

"I heard that this Turtle Spirit Fruit can not only speed up the growth of turtle-type Spiritual Beasts, but also strengthen their foundation. It may even help with their future advancement."

Li Chang'an silently pondered, greatly looking forward to that Turtle Spirit Fruit.

Not long after.

Da Huang returned from outside, bringing news about Zheng Jinbao.

"Zheng Jinbao is still waiting?"

Li Chang'an fell into thought.

Of course, he knew what Zheng Jinbao was waiting for.

However.

That fellow would never live to see it.

Late at night.

Zheng Jinbao was anxious and utterly unable to sleep.

His brows were tightly furrowed as he paced around his courtyard, occasionally glancing toward Li Chang'an's Residence.

"It has been two whole days. Why is there still no news?"

These past two days.

Zheng Jinbao had truly been suffering.

He had spent a hefty sum, yet had received no reply whatsoever.

To prevent Wei Sen from taking the money without doing the job, he had signed the strictest Spirit Contract with Wei Sen.

If Wei Sen violated it.

He would suffer a severe backlash!

"He cannot possibly breach the contract. Could he have failed?"

That thought suddenly flashed through Zheng Jinbao's mind.

But he quickly shook his head.

The idea simply seemed absurd to him.

"Impossible. He specializes in this line of work. He has even killed quite a few late Qi Refining stage experts. How could he fail to kill a mere Li Chang'an?"

Zheng Jinbao thought so.

He did not believe Li Chang'an had the ability to kill Wei Sen in return.

The gap between their strengths was simply far too vast.

On the surface.

One was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, while the other was merely at the Third Layer of Qi Condensation. They were as far apart as heaven and earth!

"Perhaps he is simply worried about being noticed by the Old Ancestor and is waiting for a suitable opportunity."

Out of trust in Wei Sen.

Zheng Jinbao decided to wait a few more days.

The next day.

Li Chang'an hurried out.

He changed his aura and disguised himself as someone else before leaving the Marketplace and heading straight for Bright Moon Lake.

"Bright Moon Lake is quite a treasure land too. Last time I came here, I obtained a mid-grade first-tier Talisman Inheritance."

Li Chang'an arrived at the lakeshore and looked at the rippling water.

Then.

He used the Lesser Five Elements Escape Technique.

Without making a sound, he entered the lake and began searching for the Turtle Spirit Fruit.

About half an hour later.

Li Chang'an abruptly stopped, his eyes fixed in one direction.

"Hm? There is actually an unexpected gain."

What appeared in his sight was a deep-blue stone.

It lay quietly amid a tangled patch of aquatic grass, its aura utterly ordinary and without anything remarkable about it.

Without paying close attention.

It would have been easy to overlook it.

"Azure Stone, a mid-grade first-tier Water Element treasure. It is suitable for refining Water-element magical artifacts, and it can also allow Water Element Spiritual Beasts to absorb the Spiritual Energy within it."

This gemstone could assist the growth of Water Element Spiritual Beasts.

It was perfect for the Profound Water Turtle!

Delight flashed in Li Chang'an's eyes. He grabbed the gemstone and stored it in his storage pouch.

"Bright Moon Lake truly is a treasure land!"

He confirmed that thought once again.

Although Bright Moon Lake was not located on the Marketplace's Spiritual Vein, it was very close to it. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in this region was denser than in ordinary places.

It was more likely to produce all kinds of treasures and Demonic Beasts.

He had once heard.

That cultivators had caught Spirit Fish worth a small fortune here.

"There should still be many undiscovered Water Element treasures and Water Element Spiritual Beasts in this lake."

Li Chang'an pondered.

Over the years, quite a few cultivators had entered the lake to seek treasure.

But most of them could only search the outermost ring.

The farther inward one went, the deeper the water became.

The central region was pitch-black. Merely looking at it was enough to fill many people with fear.

Who knew what Monsters were hidden within?

"I cannot take risks."

Li Chang'an slightly shook his head, abandoning the idea of exploring the lake's depths.

Treasures were good, but one had to be alive to claim them.

He did not want to encounter an overly powerful Water Demon.

Then.

Li Chang'an continued searching for the Turtle Spirit Fruit.

Another half hour passed.

He found two more Water Element treasures, yet still did not discover the Turtle Spirit Fruit.

"The divination result should not be wrong. Keep looking!"

Li Chang'an did not grow discouraged and continued his search.

Time flew by.

A quarter of an hour later.

At last.

His eyes lit up as he looked in one direction.

"Found it!"

In that direction.

There was an entirely green Spirit Fish, about five feet long. Its scales gleamed all over its body as it rested amid a clump of aquatic grass on the lakebed.

Beside it was a faintly glowing bubble of Spiritual Energy.

Inside the bubble.

Was the Turtle Spirit Fruit.

"As expected, it has already matured."

Li Chang'an did not act immediately. Instead, he slowly adjusted his aura.

He swallowed several pills to replenish the Mana he had expended using the evasion technique, restoring himself to peak condition to ensure that nothing went wrong.

"This Green Scale Fish should be waiting for a suitable opportunity to swallow the Turtle Spirit Fruit, using it to break through its bottleneck and advance from First-tier Early-stage to First-tier Mid-stage."

Li Chang'an could tell.

This fish had already reached the threshold of advancement.

Although the Turtle Spirit Fruit was most effective for turtle-type Spiritual Beasts, it was ultimately a Water Element Spiritual Medicine and was effective for most Water Element Spiritual Beasts.

"However, this thing is not fated to be his."

Li Chang'an's figure flashed, swift as lightning.

He shot straight toward the Turtle Spirit Fruit!

Whoosh!

He pushed his evasion technique to its limit and arrived before the Spiritual Energy bubble in almost an instant.

Boom!

Li Chang'an shattered the bubble with a strike.

He seized the Turtle Spirit Fruit and stored it in his storage pouch.

At this moment.

Inside the Marketplace.

Chu Daniu hurried along, a trace of anxiety on his face as he rushed toward Li Chang'an's Residence.

Early that morning, a rumor had somehow begun circulating.

The rumor claimed.

That the Zheng Family's Mid Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor had escaped the Secret Realm only by using a forbidden technique that consumed his lifespan.

He did not have much time left to live.

"I do not know whether this news is true or false. I must let Big Brother Li know as soon as possible!"

Now, everyone in the Marketplace was uneasy.

There were even rumors that the Foundation Establishment Ancestors of the Cao Family and the Wu Family were about to attack the Marketplace!

A short while later.

Chu Daniu arrived outside Li Chang'an's courtyard.

"Big Brother Li, are you home?"

He called out anxiously.

But after waiting for quite some time.

No one came out to open the door.

Chu Daniu became even more anxious and was just about to pound on the gate.

At that moment.

A surprised voice rang out.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, why are you here?"

Hearing this.

Chu Daniu turned around and found Liu Yue and the others.

"Fellow cultivator Liu, Fellow Daoist Wang, Fellow cultivator He..."

He cupped his hands toward the Low-grade Talisman Masters.

Liu Yue's pretty face held a puzzled expression as she asked him:

"Fellow Daoist Chu, did you come to see Senior Luo? Could it be that you still want Senior Luo to take your Big Brother as his disciple?"

She knew very well.

That Chu Daniu had gone to great lengths to get Li Chang'an accepted as a disciple.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, your Big Brother is truly rather stiff and wooden. Senior Luo does not like people of his kind."

As she spoke, a trace of helplessness flashed across her face.

Last time.

She had discovered that Li Chang'an could draw High-grade Talismans, and that his talisman drawing skills far surpassed those of the other Low-grade Talisman Masters.

She had originally wanted to get closer to Li Chang'an.

But Li Chang'an was completely insensitive to romance, as stiff as a Puppet.

Now.

She had long stopped thinking about Li Chang'an and was focusing all her attention on Luo Kun.

"Fellow cultivator Liu, you have misunderstood."

Chu Daniu shook his head and pointed at the spacious Residence behind him.

"I came to see my Big Brother."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

A flash of disbelief crossed Liu Yue's bright eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, are you saying that your Big Brother Li Chang'an lives here?"