I wanted to go down into the sea to see what was happening, but apart from the surging, disorderly Immortal Qi, there was practically nothing else inside. Although the Immortal Qi in the turbulence was extremely immense—far greater than usual—ordinary people could not use it for cultivation. The Immortal Qi inside alternated between sluggish and violent, while cultivation required a quiet and peaceful process. Once the two interfered with each other, cultivators could easily suffer cultivation deviation. Thus, the Immortal Qi turbulence offered cultivators more harm than benefit.
The Immortal Qi turbulence also marked the boundary between provinces. The nearby major sects all had their own methods of exploring the Immortal Qi turbulence. The jade slip left behind by Luo Shanyang, for instance, contained a map leading through the Inner Immortal Sea to Lei Province. Following the route on it would make the turbulence relatively gentler, preventing it from being as ferocious as the currents around us.
While waiting for the two beauties to bathe, I sat beside the Immortal Qi turbulence and observed the surroundings. The living creatures here had indeed developed an instinctive wariness toward the turbulence and would not approach it easily. Those that charged inside while chasing and fighting were usually torn to shreds on the spot, or had only a bloody, mangled tail left after their heads entered. It was quite horrifying.
I sucked in a cold breath and squeezed out a drop of blood for the Swift-Travelling Ghost. That fellow was not afraid of death at all. Energized as if it had been injected with stimulants, it bounded into the Immortal Qi turbulence. Since I had already taught it how to travel this stretch on the way here, it soon charged inside. Naturally, I was testing whether it could remain safe in there; otherwise,