Thunder Eel

After swimming for several days, covering nearly ten thousand li, Zhou Er finally found a large island.

However, before Zhou Er could land, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator flew over and shouted:

"What Demonic Person dares to act presumptuously on Juqiao Island."

Although Zhou Er did not understand the words of the cultivator before him, he understood the meaning of the cultivator's words through his Spiritual Sense, realizing that he was being mistaken for a member of the Demon Race.

"I am Cang Er, not a member of the Demon Race."

Zhou Er leaped out of the water and quickly explained.

"Look at the scales on your neck, and you still claim you're not a Demonic Person!"

Seeing Zhou Er leap out of the water, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator activated the horsetail whisk in his hand, and a killing wind surged towards Zhou Er.

Seeing this, Zhou Er quickly dove back into the water, dodging the Foundation Establishment Cultivator's attack. Zhou Er poked his head out of the water and said:

"I can explain this."

"Who wants to hear your explanation! Juqiao Island does not welcome aquatic Demonic People. If you dare to offend again, we will have a True Person come and capture you."

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator, upon his first exchange with Zhou Er, saw how quickly Zhou Er reacted and immediately sensed that Zhou Er's strength was extraordinary, making him quite wary.

Zhou Er panicked upon hearing about a Golden Core True Person.

If a True Person really came to capture him, there would be no room for explanation. Thus, without hesitation, he immediately swam towards the deep sea, away from the commotion.

As he swam, Zhou Er gradually understood. He had merged with his Natal Gu Insect, the Azure Nether Poison Flood Dragon, and had many demonic transformations and demonic aura on his body.

Therefore, the people of Juqiao Island likely mistook him for a member of the Demon Race because of this.

However, Zhou Er could not separate his Natal Gu at the moment and could only leave with his half-demonic body.

Because he was wary of the Golden Core True Person on Juqiao Island, Zhou Er kept close to the seabed, not daring to surface and reveal himself, lest he be captured by the Golden Core True Person.

Now, Juqiao Island was definitely out of the question. With nowhere else to go, he could only return the way he came.

Because Zhou Er had been cultivating the Heavy Water technique, the immense pressure beneath the seabed was nothing to him.

After swimming underwater for another day and night, Zhou Er saw what appeared to be a figure near a coral reef in the distance.

Wondering why there would be a figure in the deep sea, the figure then swam towards him excitedly.

She had a pair of fish tails.

Upon seeing this, before even getting a good look, Zhou Er immediately turned and fled.

This must be a true aquatic member of the Demon Race, and undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

"Brother! Where are you from?"

The fish demon's shout came from behind.

Zhou Er didn't turn back, lest this demon race member eat him.

In this cultivation world, danger always strikes without warning.

"Brother, wait for me!"

Seeing Zhou Er not turn back, the fish demon said with a pout.

Then, a flash of lightning streaked through the water, and the fish-tailed maiden appeared before Zhou Er.

The maiden had loose blue long hair tied up, with a few strands of purple lightning often entwined in her hair, shimmering slightly as she moved.

Her eyes were a clear azure blue, curving into crescent moons when she smiled, her eyes lifting at the corners, exuding overflowing spirit energy with every glance, like hidden tidal lightning.

The maiden was unclothed, with only blue scales covering her vital areas.

"Brother! You can't outrun me!"

The maiden mermaid said with a smile.

"Who said I wanted to outrun you? I'm just going this way. Why are you blocking my path?"

Although Zhou Er was surprised by the maiden's strange speed, he wasn't too flustered, his face stern.

However, from the maiden's familiar words, Zhou Er understood that she probably mistook him for one of her own half-demon kin.

"Brother, where are you from? I've never seen you in these waters before."

The maiden said with a charming laugh, revealing a small row of fine teeth.

Zhou Er had just learned that the maiden was only a second-tier early stage demonic beast, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, posing no threat to him. He wasn't overly flustered and said indifferently, "I am an Azure Nether Poison Flood Dragon from the land, so naturally, you haven't seen me."

"Brother, you're a flood dragon too? So am I. My Thunder Eel Clan, we're practically relatives."

According to demon race bloodlines, the Azure Nether Poison Flood Dragon's bloodline was more advanced than the Thunder Eel's. The maiden excitedly reached out to grab Zhou Er's hand.

Zhou Er dodged her.

The maiden wasn't flustered or awkward, just smiling and saying, "Brother, my name is Lei Jiani. Do you want to come to my home as a guest? My father is the king of this sea."

Demon King, equivalent to the Golden Core strength of humans.

Zhou Er saw this and just coughed lightly, saying:

"I want to go home, so I won't be visiting your place."

Just kidding, that was a Demon King.

Who knew if Lei Jiani had some ulterior motive towards him.

Although she looked like a cute young girl now, who knew if she would try to trip him up.

"Then can you take me to your place to play, brother?"

Lei Jiani asked, her large Sky Blue eyes wide.

"No, don't follow me."

Zhou Er said quickly, and then hurried away.

Lei Jiani, however, was like a cockroach that couldn't be gotten rid of, still sticking close to Zhou Er, saying:

"Brother! In this Vast Seabed, meeting is fate."

Zhou Er didn't respond, just kept rushing towards Yueya Island, afraid that a third-tier Earth Demon King would come chasing after him.

Fortunately, when Zhou Er swam to Yueya Island, no one came chasing after him.

"Brother! So this is your home! My cultivation is still weak, I can't go ashore, so I'll see you off here. I'll come find you to play in the future."

Lei Jiani said with a smile.

"Go back! Be careful on your way, don't run into any sharks."

Once Zhou Er reached the shore, he felt a sense of security, and was no longer afraid of Lei Jiani.

"Brother! What's there to be afraid of with sharks."

Lei Jiani was, after all, a mid-tier second-rank half-demon, so she naturally wasn't afraid of ordinary sharks.

Although he had nothing to do, Zhou Er still decided to stay on the island for a few days first, cultivate Moon Absorption, and get rid of Lei Jiani.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Big Mouth flew over to report that some of the Demon Race were loitering around the Shallow Beach.

Zhou Er rushed over and saw Lei Jiani holding a cluster of exquisite Coral, with beautiful shells and pearls inserted into it, saying:

"Brother! These are treasures I found last night, do you like them?"

Lei Jiani said as if presenting a treasure.

Zhou Er scanned these items and said:

"What do you mean by that?"

"I just thought it was pretty and wanted my brother to see it."

Lei Jiani said.

"Oh!"

Zhou Er nodded slightly and left.

For the next few days, Lei Jiani came to find Zhou Er every morning, sometimes bringing him gifts, sometimes singing to him.

Zhou Er naturally did not accept the gifts.

However, Zhou Er could tell that Lei Jiani's liking for him was unreserved.

He guessed it was a yearning for the bloodline of the Flood Dragon lineage.

After all, among the Demon Race, especially the Water Race, the Dragon Race was supreme.

Lei Jiani's father was a Demon King, and perhaps he had a method to enter the Golden Core stage.

If you can't find the book by its title, you can try searching for the author, maybe they just changed the name!

He could use this girl.

But Zhou Er was also afraid that this was a trap, with the intention of making him go into the sea.

So, he still had to test Lei Jiani.

Therefore, in the following days, Zhou Er slowly improved his relationship with Lei Jiani, chatting with her for half a day.

Lei Jiani saw that her sincerity had moved Zhou Er, and they talked and laughed happily every day on the shallow beach.

From Lei Jiani, Zhou Er also learned some things related to the Demon Race.

Normal demons, only when they reached the fourth tier, which was roughly equivalent to the human Nascent Soul stage, could they shapeshift, establish their own race as the Demon Race, and become elders of their race. Otherwise, they were uncivilized Demonic Beasts.

Demonic Beasts were despised by both the Demon Race and the human race.

As for the descendants of the Demon Race, depending on the quality of their bloodline, they had human and demonic characteristics from birth.

It's not right to say human, it should be Dao Body.

Primordial Spirits created humans in their own image, so humans are the beings most Fit to the Dao, hence the Demon Race, as they cultivate to the end, become closer and closer to humans.

Among the Demon Race, the closer their appearance is to humans, the higher their bloodline.

Like Lei Jiani, whose upper body had human characteristics, was already considered relatively high-level.

Zhou Er, being someone with hands and feet, almost indistinguishable from a human except for some scales and fangs, was practically a higher-tier existence.

Generally, only direct descendants of fourth-tier Demonic Beasts could achieve this.

This was why Lei Jiani mistakenly believed Zhou Er had a high-tier bloodline.

Of course, Lei Jiani didn't know that Zhou Er was a Devilish Cultivator who had fallen due to practicing evil arts.

Zhou Er certainly couldn't expose himself. Given the current situation, the Demon Race and Human Race were hostile towards each other and didn't see eye to eye.

If he revealed his human identity, he might invite a fatal disaster.

As his conversation with Lei Jiani deepened, Zhou Er learned that her father was a Demon King of the nearby five thousand-mile sea area.

Above the Demon King was the Heavenly King, a fourth-tier Demonic Beast, comparable in strength to a Nascent Soul True Lord.

And above the Heavenly King were the Gods.

Currently, there were four Dragon Gods in the shallow sea, one in each cardinal direction.

In the deeper abyss, there were even more Gods, but some of these Gods were sealed by the Dragon Gods, while others kept a low profile.

After counting the Gods in the sea, Zhou Er discovered that the Spirit Transmutation combat power in the sea seemed to be greater than that on the Wansheng Continent.

The only Spirit Transmutation combat power Zhou Er had heard of on the Wansheng Continent was the Demon Venerable of the Xiantian Demon Sect five thousand years ago, along with three True Lords who sealed the Demon Venerable.

After that, no more deeds of True Lords were passed down.

However, despite the abundance of Gods in the sea, they were weakened by a third when they came ashore.

Therefore, the Dragon Gods were only active in the sea.

Other Water Race and Demon Race creatures also did not come ashore, and the situation was relatively harmonious.

Only the islands in the outer sea lived in constant fear of attacks from the underwater Demon Race.

As Zhou Er and Lei Jiani grew closer, Lei Jiani told Zhou Er about her eldest sister.

Lei Jiani's family had three sisters in total.

"Cang Gege! I'm only telling you this. You absolutely must not tell anyone else, otherwise my eldest sister will definitely blame me if she finds out."

Lei Jiani said with utmost seriousness.

"Don't worry! I live on this island, how would anyone else know?"

Zhou Er said with a smile.

Having lived alone on the island for over ten years, hearing some gossip was quite entertaining.

"My eldest sister Lei Jiaxin saved a human cultivator before and fell for him. She tried every means to shed her fish tail and go ashore."

"But we haven't reached the Heavenly King realm, so shedding our fish tails isn't easy. She went to Aunt You and asked for the spiritual medicine to shed her fish tail."

"This spiritual medicine could help her transform into human form early, but the price was losing all her cultivation."

"My eldest sister made a promise with that human cultivator. He said if she came ashore, he would marry her. So, even if she lost all her demonic power, she had to go ashore."

"Later, after she came ashore, she discovered that the human cultivator already had a Dao Companion and an eight-year-old child. He betrayed my eldest sister's deep affection."

"In a fit of rage, my eldest sister killed his entire family."

"Humans always betray people's hearts. They deserve it in the end!"

As she spoke, Lei Jiani looked quite pleased with herself.

Hearing this, Zhou Er's heart skipped a beat.

Because he also planned to deceive this little Thunder Eel girl.

Seeing Lei Jiani's hatred for humans to the bone, he felt he might be in some danger.

"Wait, didn't your sister lose all her cultivation? How could she kill those human cultivators? Those human cultivators must not be easy to deal with!"

Zhou Er pointed this out.

Lei Jiani pouted and smiled, revealing her small fangs. She said with a smile:

"Cang Gege, your Azure Nether Poison Flood Dragon clan has the Qingming Cold Poison. My Thunder Eel clan also has a secret poison."

"So that's how it is."

Zhou Er nodded. It seemed Lei Jiani had many more Divine Abilities.

The escape technique that appeared before him in a flash of lightning was one of them.

"Little sister Jiani, you've been by my island for a few months. Won't your father worry about you?"

Zhou Er asked.

"I already told him not to worry about me."

Lei Jiani said with a smile.

To win the heart of the one she loved, one naturally had to put in great effort.

As long as Zhou Er was willing to pay attention to her, and look at her every day, she could stay here.

After Zhou Er chatted with Lei Jiani and saw that the sky was getting dark and he was about to begin his Moon Absorption cultivation, he returned to the island.

While cultivating, Zhou Er was still thinking about one thing.

The islands by the sea were not lenient towards the Demon Race, so he definitely couldn't sneak onto the island.

Currently, if he wanted to reach the Golden Core stage, he could only rely on Lei Jiani's Demon King father.

He was already in his forties, and because he cultivated Poison Cultivation, he didn't have many years left to waste.

At most, he had thirty years. If he couldn't get a chance to form a Golden Core, everything would be in vain.

Although living off a woman was not honorable, especially off a woman of the Demon Race, and it was also accompanied by danger.

However, Lei Jiani was different from Zhu Yan. Lei Jiani would not control his life.

Moreover, in this relationship, Zhou Er held the initiative.

If he were to become Dao Companions with Lei Jiani, it would definitely not be as miserable as it was now in Bashui City.

On the contrary, Lei Jiani would still be under his control.

Of course, the premise was that Lei Jiani could not discover his human identity.

Otherwise, given Lei Jiani's current state, she would probably swallow him alive.

However, this matter could not be rushed.

After more than a month of interacting with Lei Jiani, and after he had grasped Lei Jiani's family situation and personality, he felt that the time was right.

On this day, Lei Jiani finished singing a love song of the Thunder Eel Clan to Zhou Er during their casual chat.

She suddenly realized that Zhou Er had not left.

Normally, Zhou Er would leave at this time, deliberately avoiding her affections.

"Cang Gege! What do you think of my singing?"

Lei Jiani asked, her face flushed.

In her more than thirty years of life, she had only sung for Zhou Er.

She had heard her sister sing these songs to an Unfaithful Man before, and then she slowly learned them.

"Jiani, you sing very well. After spending more than half a year together, I've found that you are indeed a good girl. However, you know, I'm not a casual person."

Zhou Er said seriously.

After the witch Zhu Yan, Zhou Er had become cautious about matters of the heart.