Demonic Beast's Trail

Rumble!

The monstrous aura surged and billowed, like a colossal sea beast pouncing, filled with the savage power to tear apart all living things.

What Evil Tiger Diagram? Compared to real demonic beasts, it was just an insignificant earthworm.

"This kind of life fluctuation is truly terrifying, exceeding mine by dozens of times!"

Chen Fusheng gazed into the distance. In the black mist, a massive silhouette burst out of the river, overturning a large ship. Then, it leaped down, opened its bloody maw, and swallowed it whole in an instant.

"Ah..." Dozens of fishermen were buried in the monster's belly.

Chen Fusheng was horrified. "This is a demonic beast, too powerful. Of course, it's best to call it a river monster, a monster that has become refined in the Black River."

Having grown up in the Star Gazing Manor since childhood, he had never seen such a grand scene. Fortunately, the treasure ship sped away at an extremely fast pace.

Mu Zhen regretted that if they were with an Other Shore Realm Star Master, what would they fear from demonic beasts? Hunting them would be a huge profit!

In fact, demonic beasts were extremely ferocious in the river. Even if they won with their strength, it would probably be more trouble than it was worth.

"Brother Lie, how many Star Stones is this treasure ship worth?" Chen Fusheng honestly helped to gut the fish.

"What, have you figured it out? Don't want to work hard anymore?"

Wang Lie smiled wickedly, "The lowest-grade treasure ship costs about five thousand Star Stones. Of course, that's just the empty shell. The biggest benefit Liu Bai got from the old woman... Senior Sister, is still the storage bag. That thing, hehe, is worth at least ten thousand!"

Chen Fusheng was numb. A 'ten-thousand Star Stone household' was a rare existence among the Outer Sect Disciples.

Moreover, where would he put it even if he bought a treasure ship? Equipping these things would require twelve thousand, and that was still the lowest grade.

"A few hundred Star Stones used to be a luxury for me, but for cultivators, they are all poor ghosts..."

Chen Fusheng knew that the Star Gazing Manor's Inner Courtyard had a Flood Dragon ship, magnificent and huge, with an unimaginable cost. It was a behemoth that roamed the Black River, a treasure passed down through generations of the Star Gazing Manor.

"Other Shore, ah, Other Shore!" Wang Lie grumbled. He had worked hard for several years, but had only accumulated two thousand Star Stones, far from enough for his future breakthrough resources.

Reaching the Other Shore Realm required either powerful spiritual power or resources!

The Star Palace specially forged cultivation rooms that allowed them to better resonate with the stars in the heavens, thereby detecting their own destined stars, but it cost three thousand Star Stones to buy cultivation time.

Mu Zhen was different. She had five points of spiritual power. Her cultivation speed and meditation perception were five times the standard of one point, and she could also rely on herself to explore the vast sky and adapt to her own destined stars.

In the Star Gazing Manor's ten-thousand-year history, there had been those who possessed seven points of spiritual power.

Seven points was also known as a Heavenly Star Master, ten times stronger than one point of spiritual power, a well-deserved pride of heaven!

After listening to Wang Lie's complaints, Chen Fusheng lamented that without talent in meditation, progress was destined to be difficult.

"Since the scriptures left by the Ancient Prodigy were burned, it's probably because they couldn't cultivate both paths."

"I wonder who created the Star Master path, the meditation method?"

It was already late at night.

The treasure ship was approaching the two-hundred-mile river area.

The sailing speed gradually slowed down, because too much noise would easily attract demonic beasts.

The stew on the stove bubbled, emitting an enticing aroma of fish.

Chen Fusheng suddenly felt hungry; he hadn't eaten since he started cultivating.

"Dinner's ready!"

Wang Lie lifted the pot lid, and the steam, along with the fish and medicinal fragrance, burst out. He said with a smile, "Haha, everyone, come and eat with a smile on your faces."

Liu Bai put down the mended fishing net and grunted, handing over ten Star Stones before starting to eat.

These Star Stones were naturally for the medicinal herbs. Old medicinal herbs of a certain age were inherently valuable. Originally, Wang Lie had returned the Star Stones Chen Fusheng gave him, but he shook his head, "Rules are rules."

"Haha, you kid, you're quick to learn and sell!" Liu Bai said with a laugh and a scold. He hated people who took advantage of others the most.

Chen Fusheng chuckled, filled a large bowl with fish, and sat down to enjoy it. The taste was not bad.

Wang Lie's skills were naturally no match for Old Huang's, but as the soup, along with the delicious fish, entered his stomach, he felt a ball of fire burning within him!

Chen Fusheng's eyes lit up, and he devoured the food. The heat surged through his body like magma, rapidly raising his body temperature and causing him to sweat profusely.

"This is great, so great!"

Chen Fusheng became more and more addicted to eating, continuously sweating as he consumed the tender fish with the spicy soup.

He even discovered that the hot sweat he was excreting was bodily impurities!

His flesh and blood had a sense of clarity, completely different from his usual cultivation.

Moreover, he deeply felt that his physical foundation was becoming stronger!

"This is nourishment, nourishing the foundation of my physical body. The stronger the foundation, the stronger my physique, and the higher my growth potential."

As he ate, Chen Fusheng turned around and noticed the strange looks Wang Lie and the others were giving him. Only then did he realize that he was emitting smoke all over...

"Chen Fusheng, do you have a special physique?" Liu Bai noticed that Chen Fusheng's blood and Qi were surging, like a large furnace burning.

The moment Mu Zhen looked over, a wave of masculine aura rushed towards her, causing her heart to beat slightly faster, and she couldn't help but tighten her legs.

Mu Zhen's beautiful face showed a strange expression as she truly looked at Chen Fusheng. Could he be of a pure Yang body?

Chen Fusheng knew he couldn't hide it, and nodded, "I just succeeded in Star Attraction, and I felt like something in my body awakened. I don't know what kind of physique it is."

"Chen Fusheng, you really have dog luck." Liu Bai was extremely envious. If he had such a fierce physique, his senior sister would have to worship him!

Moreover, with Chen Fusheng's current state, his body was obviously absorbing the nutrients from the fish, indicating that his physique still had room to grow.

On the other hand, they relied on refining their Qi Sea, and even though they could also nourish their physical bodies, the potential for improvement was too small.

"Even if Star Masters in the three realms don't focus on the physical body, it's still very important for the future." Mu Zhen suddenly said.

Liu Bai lowered his head and ate. Coming from a large family was different; they talked about the future all the time...

Of course, Mu Zhen had another sentence she didn't say: without a mental power value of five points, there was no future to speak of.

"Fusheng, after we go back, I'll teach you the Vajra Fist. Hone your physical body well."

Wang Lie didn't take Mu Zhen's words to heart either, because achieving the Other Shore Realm meant there was hope of becoming a Star Official!

Beyond the three realms? They had never thought about it.

"By the way, Old Liu, you need to prepare a bigger fishing net for the next time we go out on the river," Wang Lie said with a hearty laugh.

"Easy, easy," Liu Bai readily agreed. The stronger his physique, the faster he could cast the net. This little teammate needed special attention.

Conversely, while Qi Sea energy could be used to control the casting of the net, it couldn't match the more delicate control of pure physical strength.

Chen Fusheng, with his keen senses, noticed Mu Zhen glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally.

He looked towards the young woman reclining on the bow of the boat, her graceful figure wrapped in a black dress, her fair legs long and slender, her waist delicate, her magnificent chest draped with black hair, and her cold, beautiful oval face glowing with a jade-like luster.

As Chen Fusheng's gaze traveled from bottom to top, reaching her limpid autumn eyes, she glared at him fiercely.

Chen Fusheng quickly lowered his head to eat, which made Mu Zhen shake her head and smile slightly. She turned her head to look into the distance, the night wind lifting her hair and ribbons, making her appear as white as jade in the black mist.

Wang Lie quietly turned to the side and whispered, "What are you gawking at, kid? She is the direct daughter of a wealthy family in Tian Yuan City. Keep your eyes in check."

Chen Fusheng's body trembled. The Star Gazing Manor leaned against the Black River to the east, Tian Yuan City to the west, and primeval forests to the north and south.

Tian Yuan City had a population of over ten million, and those qualified to be called wealthy families all had Star Master experts sitting in their mansions. He had not expected Mu Zhen to have such a great background, no wonder the Inner Sect Disciples were all pursuing her.

Wang Lie and Liu Bai didn't dare to have any designs on her either, and Mu Zhen joined the team to break through her cultivation bottleneck. She was about to reach the Other Shore Realm!

"Other Shore Realm, the Qi Sea gives birth to natal Star powers, and combat power increases by at least ten times!"

Just as he thought of this, Chen Fusheng fell silent, wondering what grade of Star Huang Li had been recognized by?

Natal Stars were graded from one to nine. Huang Li had five points of psychic power. If she was lucky, she could be recognized by a sixth-grade Star, while seventh-grade Stars were collectively called Heavenly Stars, eighth-grade were Dao Stars, and ninth-grade were Saint Stars!

Of course, not to mention Saint Star Masters, in the tens of thousands of years of Tian Yuan Star Observation Manor's history, only one Heavenly Star Master had emerged, and a sixth-grade Star qualified one to compete for the top ten disciples!

Currently, more than ten pounds of Yellow Orange Fish had been swept away. Wang Lie used the remaining spicy soup to concoct a large pot of crabs, river shrimp, and river mussels.

Chen Fusheng ate and drank heartily, so full that he could barely walk. His whole body was also sticky, and somewhat agitated, he grabbed the corner of the boat with one hand, submerged his body in the water, and took a cold bath, feeling as if he had shed several layers of skin.

Climbing back onto the boat, dripping wet, Chen Fusheng circulated his energy to dry his clothes, feeling refreshed.

He closed his eyes and cultivated, pushing the medicinal power in his body to nourish his physique, and his various indicators had obviously and effectively improved!

"Dietary supplements can comprehensively improve the physical body. I can feel my internal organs getting stronger, and I will soon be able to advance to the Third Heaven."

"Hmm? The skin and flesh are hardening, and the muscles and bones can continue to grow!"

"I always feel that if I continue to cultivate, my skin and flesh will become invulnerable to swords and spears, and my bones will be as strong as gold, jade, mountains, and rocks. The path of the physical body is truly wonderful."

"Once I complete these two stages, and then train my internal organs, the realm bottleneck will be secondary to me."

Chen Fusheng pondered his cultivation path. It was already late at night. He used Star Stones to charge the Spirit Snake Diagram for cultivation, and he even wanted to try charging the Flood Dragon Diagram.

However, he shockingly discovered that after dozens of Star Stones were exhausted, the Flood Dragon Diagram only emitted a trace of light...

"I still need to make money!"

The next morning, the treasure ship moved slowly, stopping and starting, casting its net three times in between.

Liu Bai had already been scolded into self-isolation by Wang Lie. He had cast the net twice and pulled up a chamber pot, not knowing which bastard had thrown it away. What was infuriating was that there was only one tadpole in the chamber pot.

Wang Lie immediately mocked him, saying that he had already offered his goods.

As for the third time, Mu Zhen pulled up dozens of pounds of fish, but they were all worthless.

Because of the first harvest, Chen Fusheng was entrusted with an important task by his teammates. He lay down to conserve his energy, waiting for his teammates' net-casting coordinates!

Chen Fusheng didn't want to stand out. He cast the net five times in succession, pulling up about a hundred pounds, neither too much nor too little, just right.

Liu Bai was a little impatient. The consumption was not proportional to the gain.

"Demonic beasts, very powerful demonic beasts, retreat quickly!"

Mu Zhen spoke, and the treasure ship changed direction to retreat. However, in less than half an hour, the fluctuations of demonic beasts appeared again in the distant mist!

Wang Lie frowned. Encountering two in a row? This was not a good sign.

The treasure ship quickly changed its course, but to their horror, they discovered traces of demonic beasts again!

"What the hell is going on? This is too unlucky!" Liu Bai cursed. Currently, they were in the 250-mile river area, but they encountered demonic beasts in all directions.

Wang Lie decisively ordered to stop the ship and remain silent.

Chen Fusheng lay on the bow of the ship, his palm submerged in the river water, sensing more than a dozen fierce beast fluctuations, distributed relatively far away.

"That's not right, these demonic beasts are swimming around like crazy, as if they are searching for something?" Chen Fusheng was puzzled. They shouldn't be regarded as targets for hunting, right?

It gradually darkened, and the surrounding black mist became more and more intense. The vast Black River was more like a giant beast choosing people to devour, full of dangerous fluctuations.

The treasure ship extinguished its light and drifted with the waves. Wang Lie and the others patrolled the surroundings. It was unwise to leave now.

"Hmm? A strong lunar fluctuation, could it be..."

Chen Fusheng suddenly sensed a group of special fish, traveling at a very fast speed. Could this be Spirit Fish?

He even discovered that the special fish were approaching here, less than thirty feet away!

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a silver fish leaped out of the water, about the thickness and length of an infant's arm, absorbing the moonlight and starlight in the sky as it wagged its tail, and then plunged into the river, causing a large splash.

"Silver Moon Spirit Fish!" Mu Zhen's big black gem-like eyes glowed!

"Boom!"

Just as Liu Bai was about to locate it, Chen Fusheng suddenly turned over and stood up, grabbed the silver wire iron net, turned around coldly, and shook it out with a whoosh. "Are there any brothers who like fishing? I grew up by the river when I was a kid. Casting a net is very difficult. I still like to fish in the river, even though I can't swim."