A Bao had exhausted every trick, thinking he could rely on his glib tongue to hoodwink the half-grown child before him.
He had even secretly released over a hundred insects to relay information outward.
Yet he had not expected everything to be under Jing Qian's control.
Jing Qian kicked the corpse before him into the sea, netted several sea fish, and devoured them completely before continuing to sail onward.
The journey to HunZhou Island was now less than five days away. He slowed the boat, making it look exactly like an ordinary vessel.
Next, he entered the Void Realm, removed the precious materials from his body, and changed into the clothes Jing Qian had left behind.
His entire bearing transformed, turning him into a thin and frail-looking youth.
Jing Qian sailed on. After another day and night, the scenery before him suddenly changed!
Upon the clear, azure sea, a muddy suspended river rose grandly from the surface, disregarding every law of physics.
It was as though a turbid current had fallen from the edge of the heavens, utterly out of place against the blue sea.
This muddy suspended river was six hundred sixty-six feet, six inches, and six lines wide. It stretched forward until its end vanished from sight.
Looking into the distance, Jing Qian saw boats already sailing atop the suspended river.
This Muddy River was the only route to HunZhou Island. It had been created by a cultivator of immense Magic Power, who had planted a seventh-grade artifact in the sea.
The battered black-canopied boat did not slow as it sailed toward the Muddy River. It leaped upward and began slowly ascending along the river.
Jing Qian relaxed his control over the little boat, allowing the power of the Muddy River to carry him upstream.
Then he returned to the cabin, continuing to practice the Subduing Dragon Stance while resting and nourishing his body with essence energy.
For the next three days, he would not need to steer the boat. The power of the Muddy River would automatically carry him to HunZhou Island.
When Jing Qian had first heard of this suspended river, he had not dared believe that such astonishing might existed in the world!
But when he saw with his own eyes this never-stopping, fully automatic transport belt, all he could do was marvel!
He could not help developing a fierce yearning for higher cultivation!
Jing Qian stood at the bottom of the cabin, not allowing himself even a moment of idleness.
While calculating all the possibilities after reaching the island, he intertwined four strands of thread, attempting to weave them into a unique knot.
His Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny pattern was the core of his inheritance. It pointed directly toward the Soul Manipulating Demon Spider aspect and was also a righteous cultivation path extending from Lifeform Destiny to the aspects of living beings.
Jing Qian possessed a destiny pattern of the Sumeru level, ranked as a Golden Root, and his future was boundless.
His actual cultivation potential was far beyond that of cultivators who primarily cultivated the Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny pattern.
He had to try to find an inheritance technique compatible with Sumeru before deciding on his cultivation direction in the Dragon Elephant Realm.
However, this did not affect his cultivation of the Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny pattern in the slightest, nor his use of it as a source of increased strength.
The knot Jing Qian was weaving was an exceedingly intricate Seal Talisman, composed of over ten thousand branching structures.
His spiritual sense and Magic Power skillfully shuttled between the four strands. Each strand was an extension of his will, intertwining according to his thoughts.
He seemed to be playing a silent melody. Every movement was precise and flawless, revealing his profound understanding of this Seal Talisman.
This was the result of his research over the past month!
The sun set and the moon rose. The little boat had already climbed to an altitude of a thousand meters above sea level.
At last, Jing Qian completely wove the Seal Talisman!
The entire process had taken nearly seven shichen!
The moment the Seal Talisman was completed, an immense quantity of essence energy gathered around it. In the blink of an eye, it swept up the Seal Talisman and rushed into Jing Qian's sea of consciousness.
Within his sea of consciousness, the Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits destiny pattern surged forward and perfectly received the Seal Talisman.
Then the Seal Talisman vanished, while the essence energy that came with it instantly solidified into a White Fang Destiny Essence!
At the same time, his cultivation of Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits also advanced.
The Destiny Essence instantly replenished Jing Qian's depleted Magic Power and even pushed his Destiny Essence cultivation slightly higher.
He had finally refined the Essence Extraction Art!
The combination of Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits with the Seal Talisman Art was the complete foundation of cultivation!
Every successful weaving of a Seal Talisman was not only a way to rapidly replenish consumed Magic Power but also an opportunity for cultivation to advance!
Moreover, as the number of strands and his weaving experience increased, he could greatly shorten the time required for each weaving and simplify the structure of the Seal Talisman.
The Morning and Evening Destiny Breaking Scripture recorded that one predecessor had once compressed the casting time of this Seal Talisman Art to less than a quarter of an hour, while simplifying the Seal Talisman's structure by more than sixty percent.
That cultivation efficiency was undoubtedly dozens of times greater than Jing Qian's!
He still had tremendous room for improvement!
Jing Qian was extremely satisfied. At last, apart from Soul Severing, he had gained a method to replenish his Destiny Essence and improve his cultivation.
His awe toward the cultivation techniques of this world had also deepened.
The cultivation world gradually revealed before him was incomparably rich and substantial.
After completing this crucial cultivation, he glanced at his Destiny Stele:
Host: Jing Qian Lifespan: 150 years Destiny Essence: 13.14 (White Fang) Destiny Patterns: Sumeru (Golden Root), Tidal Wave (Blue Blood 1.3/10), Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits (Azure Wing) Destiny Techniques: Dragon Travel Technique, Seal Talisman Art Destiny Forging Opportunity: 4
His destiny patterns and Destiny Essence were enough to surpass the vast majority of Rogue Cultivators.
He was ready to face the new challenges ahead!
After sailing along the Muddy River for another two days, Jing Qian stepped out of the cabin.
The long-awaited HunZhou Island had finally revealed itself.
At the end of the Muddy River, a magnificent mountain towered before him, reaching a full three thousand zhang!
Before Jing Qian, the portion of the mountain below a thousand zhang had been cut all the way around along a vertical line by someone wielding immense Magic Power.
Nearest the sea was a thousand-zhang cliff as smooth as a mirror, stretching left and right until it vanished beyond the limits of sight.
To mortals, this was clearly a forbidden land where one could climb up but never come down, or descend but never climb back up!
The only way in and out of this great island was to follow the Muddy River upstream until reaching the cavern dock at its end.
The waters of the Muddy River plunged deep into a cave on the cliff, passing into the belly of the great island.
There, a massive dock had been built inside the cavern.
After passing through the dock and walking thirty li along the passageway until reaching the surface, one would finally arrive at the true HunZhou Island.
Jing Qian had learned from A Bao that the HunZhou Island before him was the sole sixth-grade Destiny Island in all HunZhou to have ignited a Purple Destiny Furnace.
The island's land area covered a full million square kilometers and was home to over ten million people. It was the political, economic, and cultivation center of all HunZhou.
By comparison, Crimson Pearl Island, which had only just ignited its Azure Burning Stove, was as tender as a fledgling chick.
Jing Qian stood at the prow, filled with anticipation as he entered the cavern.
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