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After seeing other top-tier Water Attribute magical artifacts, Zhou Er ultimately returned to the platform where the Lingyuan Jar was displayed.

"I'll take this one!"

Zhou Er turned to Gu Fan and said.

"Brother Er, we can't deal with the spirit fish inside this. Buying it would be a waste of Spirit Stones."

Although Gu Fan was willing to spend Spirit Stones on Zhou Er, it didn't mean she was foolish.

Bringing this thing back would purely be for decoration.

"Sister Fan, these spirit fish in the Spirit Fish Jar have lived for at least thirty to forty years. You know the lifespan of spirit fish. Ordinary first-tier spirit fish only live for twenty to thirty years, second-tier double that, with a maximum of sixty years. These spirit fish are locked in the Lingyuan Jar, without food or drink, and insufficient spiritual energy. Their lifespan is greatly reduced. In my opinion, these spirit fish won't live much longer. If we take it back, we only need to wait a few years for the spirit fish inside to die."

"Moreover, with these spirit fish inside, we can also bargain with the family and get this Lingyuan Jar for a cheaper price."

Zhou Er said quietly.

After hearing Zhou Er's words, Gu Fan, who was very familiar with spirit fish, thought about it. It made sense, but she still hesitated.

"Sister Fan, you know I cultivate Heavy Water. Just the water storage effect of this Lingyuan Jar would be of great help to me."

Zhou Er took Gu Fan's hand and said softly.

Gu Fan also cultivated the Bi-Sea Tide Sound Technique and naturally knew the value of a hundred cubic meters of water storage space.

However, the resources consumed by top-tier magical artifacts were not a small amount.

Looking at Zhou Er's eager eyes, Gu Fan finally sighed and said:

"If you like it, then this is it."

Afterward, Gu Fan and Zhou Er bargained with the Patriarch, Gu Xingjian, and finally bought the Lingyuan Jar for two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

This almost depleted their savings from the past few years. Zhou Er knew he owed Gu Fan a lot again.

When you owe too much, you don't worry about it anymore. He would repay it slowly in the future.

Carrying the Lingyuan Jar, the two returned to Fanhua Island.

"Brother Er, you need to be careful not to get injured by the ferocious fish in this Lingyuan Jar."

Gu Fan cautioned.

"I know."

Zhou Er nodded. He would naturally be careful.

Upon arriving in the room, Zhou Er scanned the Lingyuan Jar with his Spiritual Sense, entered it, and found the Man-eating Spirit Fish inside.

The Spirit Fish was estimated to be the size of a human head, its body dark red, especially its fins, which were as red as blood.

The Spirit Fish sensed Zhou Er's Spiritual Sense and immediately became ferocious, swimming back and forth wildly, resisting Zhou Er and preventing him from Refining the magical artifact.

"Little thing, I'll give you one chance. If you behave, I'll spare your life."

Zhou Er conveyed his thoughts through his Spiritual Sense.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The Spirit Fish responded.

"No killing then!"

Zhou Er slowly applied his Foundation Establishment pressure, contending with the Spirit Fish.

If he could negotiate, Zhou Er didn't necessarily have to kill this ferocious fish.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The Spirit Fish stirred up Water Waves in the Lingyuan Jar, its killing intent undiminished.

Zhou Er's Spiritual Sense was almost injured by the frenzied Spirit Fish, so he immediately withdrew it from the Lingyuan Jar.

It was clear that negotiation with this Spirit Fish was impossible, so Zhou Er equipped the Lingyuan Jar into his Equipment Slot as he had planned.

[Name: Zhou Er]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage (0.37%)]

[Equipment Slot (3/3): Lingyuan Jar, Golden Cicada Slough, Storage Bag.]

[Unsolidified Attributes: Water Affinity (Green), Cicada Concealment (Green), Void Breaking (White).]

[Solidified Attributes: True Essence Flow (White), Blood Qi Abundance (White)...]

After waiting for a moment, Zhou Er removed the Lingyuan Jar from his Equipment Slot and checked it again with his Spiritual Sense.

At this time, inside the Lingyuan Jar, there was only a dead fish floating on the Water Surface, its soul extracted.

Taking the fish out of the Lingyuan Jar, they could have an extra meal tonight.

"I didn't expect this ferocious fish to die after we got home," Gu Fan said, drinking the fish soup, quite surprised and fortunate.

This way, the Lingyuan Jar could immediately function.

"Yeah! Maybe the Spirit Fish was already nearing its end, and the bumps on the road caused it to kick the bucket."

Zhou Er smiled faintly.

This second-tier spirit fish meat, after a long stew, was very delicious.

After Foundation Establishment, one could already abstain from eating.

However, Zhou Er possessed the Taotie Attribute, which could convert food into cultivation. Therefore, he still ate many Bigu Pills daily.

He could now fully digest two Bigu Pills in a day, and this large pot of fish soup before him would soon be finished.

After eating the fish soup, Zhou Er returned to his room and began refining the Lingyuan Jar.

Several hours later, Zhou Er finished refining the Lingyuan Jar.

Upon completion, Zhou Er poured out all the Spirit Water from the Lingyuan Jar and then stored the Heavy Water he had previously refined within the jar.

Heavy Water was not easy to refine. Zhou Er had spent several months before, and had only managed to refine one cubic meter of double-heavy water.

This one cubic meter of Heavy Water, when placed into the Lingyuan Jar, only covered a thin layer at the very bottom.

It would take many more years to fill the Lingyuan Jar.

However, there was no need to focus on accumulating Heavy Water now. He should solidify the Water Affinity attribute first.

[Water Affinity (Green): Easier to absorb Water Attribute Spirit Energy. When cultivating Water Attribute techniques, efficiency increases by fifty percent.]

[Solidification Condition: Stay in a place with abundant Water Attribute Spirit Energy for ten thousand hours.]

The solidification condition required staying in a place with abundant Water Attribute Spirit Energy.

Their Fanhua Island was located in Jingyue Lake, surrounded by water. Descending underwater, finding a place with abundant Water Attribute Spirit Energy was not too difficult.

However, there was one point. Although he had already reached Foundation Establishment, he could only hold his breath underwater for a few hours at most. He could not yet survive completely underwater.

And the solidification condition required staying in a place with abundant Water Attribute Spirit Energy for ten thousand hours, which was a huge amount of time.

If he frequently swam to the surface to breathe, it would waste a lot of time.

Fortunately, he had a solution.

The Water-Avoiding Bead.

[Water-Avoiding Bead: After consumption, one can breathe freely underwater for a certain period.]

[Equipped Attributes: Underwater Breathing (White).]

[Underwater Breathing: Can breathe freely underwater. Underwater movement speed +25%. Unaffected by water current impacts.]

[Solidification Condition: Stay in water for one thousand hours.]

[Equip?]

This Water-Avoiding Bead was also a common spiritual item on the island, produced from a variety of spiritual shells. Island residents used it when they wanted to harvest spiritual materials from the deep water.

Before, Zhou Er had seen this attribute, but at the time, he felt the solidification condition was a bit difficult to complete, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Now it was perfect. He could combine it with Water Affinity and solidify it underwater together.

Thus, Zhou Er removed the Storage Bag from his equipment slot again and placed the Water-Avoiding Bead into the empty equipment slot.

Now, he could go underwater to seek a spiritual land rich in Water Attribute Spirit Energy.

Before going into the water, Zhou Er informed Gu Fan.

"Sister Fan, I plan to find a place near Fanhua Island that is rich in Water Attribute Spirit Energy to cultivate," Zhou Er said.

"Where are you going? Besides the fishing grounds, some places underwater are not safe," Gu Fan said with some worry.

"Sister Fan, I'll go down and take a look first. I know my limits and will never take risks lightly," Zhou Er said with a smile.

Gu Fan wanted to persuade him further, but in the end, she complied with Zhou Er's wishes.

However, she was still worried, so she searched for a suitable location near Fanhua Island with Zhou Er.

With the Water Affinity attribute, Zhou Er's perception of Water Attribute Spirit Energy far surpassed ordinary people. He quickly found a cave.

However, inside the cave, there seemed to be a Crayfish nesting.

This Crayfish was larger than the Lobsters Zhou Er had seen in his previous life, with a pair of clawed legs extended like iron pincers.

"Brother Er, I'll go call Sister Bai over to deal with this Lobster together, and then you can cultivate in this cave," Gu Fan said.

This big Lobster was a high-level Rank 1 Demonic Beast, and it was an aquatic Demonic Beast. Its combat strength increased underwater, making it difficult to deal with.

Of course, for the current Zhou Er, it was not a difficult matter.

"No need, Sister Fan, you should go back first. I'll handle things here myself."

Zhou Er smiled slightly, then dived into the water and summoned the Ruyi Ring.

Seeing Zhou Er intrude into its cave, the lobster in the water instantly sprang towards him, its pincers opening and closing, about to clamp onto Zhou Er's head.

Although Zhou Er was surprised by the lobster's speed, he wasn't overly shocked. While the lobster was fast, it was still three points weaker than him.

Zhou Er blocked the lobster's pincers with just his Physical Body.

He also seized the opportunity to place the Ruyi Ring on the lobster's head, then shrunk it.

The lobster sprang its tail, trying to escape, but the Ruyi Ring was stuck fast on its head.

The giant lobster's eyes were swollen from the Ruyi Ring's constriction, its head about to explode. The Ruyi Ring stopped shrinking.

"Submit or die?"

Zhou Er gave the giant lobster a choice.

The giant lobster was only a first-tier Demonic Beast. It knew at that moment that the person before it was far stronger than itself. It immediately stopped, holding up its two pincers, its two bulging eyes about to explode.

After all, it was a Spirit Beast. Although its intelligence was limited, it knew its place.

"Since you've chosen to submit to me, you'll guard the entrance from now on!"

Zhou Er transmitted his intentions through his Spiritual Sense.

The giant lobster swayed its two claws, unsure how much of his meaning it had understood.

Zhou Er had taken over the giant lobster's cave and even made it guard the entrance. It seemed a bit excessive.

However, the cave was originally snatched by the giant lobster; it wasn't its from the start. The giant lobster should be grateful just to have kept its life.

Zhou Er thought for a moment. It was indeed time to give the giant lobster a name, so he said:

"From now on, you'll be called Dalong."

Afterward, Zhou Er could occasionally use the Beast Taming Sutra to slowly tame this giant lobster. As for the Ruyi Ring on its head, Zhou Er didn't intend to remove it for now, lest Dalong escape later and he wouldn't be able to find it.

After subduing Dalong, Zhou Er saw Gu Fan swimming over. He stepped forward, wrapped his arms around her waist, and brought her ashore.

"Sister Fan, you should go back first. I'll stay here and cultivate diligently. I'll come ashore once every ten days, so you don't need to wait for me."

Zhou Er gently stroked Gu Fan's wet hair and said.

"Then what if I miss you?"

Gu Fan said with some reluctance.

"You can just come here to find me."

Zhou Er said.

He would not let romantic entanglements delay his cultivation.

Although Gu Fan was reluctant, she would not delay Zhou Er either. After a brief moment of intimacy with Zhou Er, she used her spiritual energy to dry her clothes and returned to Fanhua Island.

After seeing Gu Fan off, Zhou Er swam back to the cave, cleaned out the silt, and the entire cave became clean and the water much clearer.

The entire cave was shaped like a gourd, with two chambers.

Zhou Er hid in the inner chamber, leaving Dalong to guard outside, while also setting up a small restriction at the cave entrance.

With everything prepared, he sat cross-legged in the inner chamber and began to cultivate.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. As Zhou Er was cultivating, Dalong outside sent out a Water Wave to alert Zhou Er that someone was coming.

Zhou Er knew it was likely Gu Fan coming to find him. After stopping his cultivation, he left the cave.

"Sister Bai, Sister Fan."

Zhou Er saw Gu Fan and Bai Zhuozhuo waiting for him on the shore.

"Son-in-law, I'm preparing to go into seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment, so I need you to come out and look after things on the island."

Bai Zhuozhuo said to Zhou Er.

"Okay."

Zhou Er nodded. Returning to the island for ten days to half a month was nothing.

Bai Zhuozhuo decided not to return to Bashui Immortal City to go into seclusion; she would stay on Fanhua Island.

Fanhua Island also had a Seclusion Chamber, and the Spirit Energy was decent.

Zhou Er would be guarding Bai Zhuozhuo. However, Bai Zhuozhuo had protected them for so long before, so Zhou Er guarding her for a bit was nothing.

Five days later, Bai Zhuozhuo emerged from seclusion. Her temperament had become even more cold and sharp, and her skin was much smoother.

With just a brief observation, Zhou Er knew she had successfully reached Foundation Establishment.

"Congratulations on successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, Sister Bai."

Gu Fan also noticed the change in Bai Zhuozhuo and knew she had succeeded on her first attempt.

"Sister Bai! Congratulations."

Zhou Er said as well.

"Thanks to Miss and Son-in-law for guarding me."

Bai Zhuozhuo was very humble, and even after successfully establishing her foundation, she did not show off.

"Sister Bai, what are your plans next?"

Zhou Er asked.

"What plans can I have? I still plan to stay on Fanhua Island and practice my sword. The Sword Manual left by my master is enough for me to comprehend for a lifetime."

Bai Zhuozhuo said.

The spiritual land of Fanhua Island was already enough to accommodate at most two Foundation Establishment Cultivators practicing, so she had no intention of leaving.

Of course, she might not have any other good places to go.

"Then Sister Bai, you can continue to stay on the island to cultivate. I will double your salary."

Gu Fan said.

Although Bai Zhuozhuo voluntarily stayed behind on Fanhua Island, Gu Fan still paid her a salary every year.

It was previously around three hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones per year, and now it has increased to six hundred.

For a Foundation Establishment Expert, this income is considered above average.

"Miss, there's no need. I don't have that many places to use Spirit Stones."

Bai Zhuozhuo was not too concerned about these things.

"That won't do. I can't let Sister Bai waste her time for nothing."

Gu Fan insisted.

In the end, Bai Zhuozhuo haggled and settled on a price of five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Because Bai Zhuozhuo successfully established her foundation, the entire Fanhua Island celebrated for a few days.

Zhou Er also relaxed a little and stayed on the island for a few more days.

On this day, just as he was preparing to leave Fanhua Island, he heard an islander shout that there was a corpse.

Everyone immediately went to check. Zhou Er also took a look. It was a corpse that had swollen up from being soaked in Lake Water, its skin had turned dark purple.

The corpse was floating on the Water Surface, seemingly drifting towards Bashui Immortal City.

"Could it be that some Cultivator Robber is causing trouble nearby again?"

An islander guessed nervously. The events of two years ago were still vivid in their memories.

Bai Zhuozhuo's Spiritual Sense swept over the Corpse carefully, and she immediately recalled something.

"Don't get close, that's a Poison Corpse Bomb from a Wugu Dao Devilish Cultivator."

Bai Zhuozhuo said sternly.

Hearing Bai Zhuozhuo's voice, everyone immediately moved away from the swollen Corpse.

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