Fishing

Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal had originally thought Qing Huan would refuse, and were somewhat disappointed. Now hearing his agreement, they beamed with joy and said, "Then it's settled. Once we two have made some preparations, we'll set off together."

"Mm."

Having reached an agreement, the two Universe Masters turned and departed.

But Qing Huan carefully pulled out a Communication Tablet and said, "Teacher? Are you there?"

The message was sent, yet the Communication Tablet remained silent, as if Shi Yan had not received his disciple's transmission.

However, Qing Huan was not anxious. He leisurely cultivated in the Black-Veined Stone Pillar Space, calmly awaiting Shi Yan's reply.

Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal needed to return to the Primal Universe to arrange matters for their races. This round trip would still require a month or so.

With the time acceleration of the Black-Veined Stone Pillar Space, that was over a hundred years, so his time was very ample.

But Shi Yan did not keep his little disciple waiting that long. After about half an hour, Qing Huan received Shi Yan's response.

"What is it?"

Still so concise.

And Qing Huan maintained his rambling style: "Teacher, where are you now? Is it dangerous? You haven't run into something again..."

Before the message was sent, Qing Huan received another reply from Shi Yan.

"Get to the point, or we'll have a practical sparring session when I get back."

"..."

With his teacher's warning hanging over him, Qing Huan had no choice but to delete all the nonsense and cut straight to the heart: "Teacher, about how long until you return to the Inner Domain of the Universe Boat?"

"About a hundred years or so." Shi Yan gave a rather vague, lengthy number.

There was no helping it. The dangers in the core region of the Universe Boat could not threaten the Guardian Tower, but some areas designed primarily for "trapping enemies" were extremely troublesome.

The Guardian Tower was unafraid of the dangers within the Universe Boat, but given the Universe Boat's stability, it was not something the Guardian Tower could ram through.

At the very least, the Guardian Tower, under the control of its master Shi Yan, was incapable of colliding with the Universe Boat.

Thus, within those maze formations, Shi Yan could only follow the rules of the maze, which required a considerable amount of time.

One had to know that outside the core region, ten years was enough for a True God to reach any explored part of the Universe Ocean.

"A hundred years? That's quite a while, but it should be about right..." Qing Huan pondered Shi Yan's answer, his mind constantly calculating.

After a long moment, Qing Huan sent another message to Shi Yan: "Teacher, please try to be as quick as you can. Let me know when you reach the Inner Domain."

"What are you up to now?"

Faced with Qing Huan's strange transmissions, Shi Yan questioned him bluntly.

"Hehe... Teacher, now that the Blood Orchid Ancestor is dead, don't you want to take revenge on the God Eye Race? We need to let that God Eye True Master know that we master and disciple are not to be trifled with." Qing Huan sent a long message to Shi Yan.

"...Watch your limits. Don't throw your own life away. When I get back, there are plenty of ways to take revenge on the God Eye Race." After a long pause, Shi Yan sent this paragraph.

Returning to the Inner Domain of the Universe Boat would take a hundred years. With the time acceleration of the Guardian Tower, Shi Yan was confident he could reach Tenth Order strength before returning to the Inner Domain.

By then, with his full set of treasures, he would have Eleventh Order combat power. In critical moments, by burning divine power to execute "Countercurrent," he could even unleash a few Twelfth Order attacks.

With such strength, among the several True Lords of the God Eye Race, those without a palace-type Supreme True Treasure as a turtle shell would die on contact, no questions asked.

But the God Eye Race was not stupid. Once a True God fell, the remaining True Lords would definitely shrink back into their Miniature Universes at the first opportunity.

Shi Yan was no World Beast; he had no way to threaten a True God hiding in their Miniature Universe.

What Qing Huan's plan was, Shi Yan did not know. But if that kid could lure out a few more True Lords of the God Eye Race, Shi Yan would be happy to see it happen, as long as he didn't go too far and lose his life.

Qing Huan was also a top-tier existence among Universe Masters. Shi Yan believed he knew what he was doing. Besides, Shi Yan was now countless light-years away; he couldn't stop whatever plan Qing Huan had. He could only advise him not to go overboard.

Faced with Shi Yan's advice, Qing Huan agreed readily. Then he put away the Communication Tablet, and a sinister smile crept onto his face.

He had no good expressions for his enemies.

"Now I just wait for Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal." Qing Huan calculated in his mind.

Although he was determined to teach the God Eye Race a harsh lesson, precisely because of that, he could not afford to be impatient.

Above all, he could not let the God Eye Race detect any obvious hostility.

Fortunately, the Flowing Cloud Sea was currently showing unusual activity, with rumors of a treasure appearing. Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal had come to invite him to explore together, which happened to give him an opportunity.

"My strength as a Universe Master is my best camouflage. As long as I stir things up a bit, there's no worry that some True Lord of the God Eye Race won't come out to establish their authority." Qing Huan sneered inwardly.

Fifth Order Universe Masters were not numerous in the Universe Ocean, but not exactly rare either. At least, not enough to draw the attention of the seven True Gods of the God Eye Race. And judging from the incident where five True Lords of the God Eye Race surrounded and killed the Blood Orchid Ancestor, the True Gods of the God Eye Race were likely to be provoked and dispatched with some probability.

"No wonder they can't break through the Reincarnation Era... The last Reincarnation Era, and instead of seeking breakthroughs, they spend all their time fighting and killing over worthless face." Qing Huan openly despised the God Eye Race's way of doing things.

Under Shi Yan's teaching, he had also learned many secrets of the Universe Ocean, including the secret of breaking through reincarnation.

In Qing Huan's view, the current actions of the God Eye Race were utterly baffling.

After a bit of grumbling, Qing Huan resumed his cultivation, adjusting his state.

A month later, Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal arrived together. The three then set off together, heading toward the Flowing Cloud Sea.

The Flowing Cloud Sea was an extremely dangerous place in the Inner Domain of the Universe Boat.

Although its name sounded like a scenic landscape, in truth, the "clouds" of the Flowing Cloud Sea were composed of freezing ice mist and vapor. A Universe Venerable would die upon contact, and even a weak Second Order Universe Master, without a powerful treasure for protection, could not stay there for long.

The entire Flowing Cloud Sea is composed of this kind of "cloud," which is also the origin of the so-called "Cloud Sea."

But if that were all, it would be far from a dangerous place for powerful Universe Masters of the Fourth Order or even Fifth Order.

In reality, within the Flowing Cloud Sea, there are many small strands of special cold qi hidden among the flowing clouds, known as "Eternal Freeze Cold Qi."

This Eternal Freeze Cold Qi is formless and colorless, extremely concealed. Once touched, even a top-tier treasure would be directly frozen and shattered.

For ordinary Universe Masters, without a Peak Treasure Armor or a Peak Palace Treasure, no one could survive under these special cold qi.

Those Universe Masters who possess such two types of treasures are extremely rare, and most of them are Fourth Order or even Fifth Order Universe Masters.

Aside from that, other Universe Masters can only rely on highly concentrated mental focus to observe their surroundings, detecting the Eternal Freeze Cold Qi in advance when it approaches, and then evading it.

But the flow of Eternal Freeze Cold Qi follows no pattern at all, which means that to venture here without a Peak Treasure for protection, one must maintain high concentration at all times.

Once engaged in combat with other experts, it becomes even more dangerous. And if the opponent is an expert equipped with a Peak Treasure Armor or a Flying Palace Treasure, relying on the advantage of being unafraid of Eternal Freeze Cold Qi to fight relentlessly, that would be nothing short of a tragedy.

Therefore, the vast majority of Universe Masters do not frequent places like the Flowing Cloud Sea.

But perhaps precisely because of the special environment of the Flowing Cloud Sea, where even top-tier treasures can be easily destroyed, every treasure produced here is without exception a Peak Treasure.

Thus, with the recent unusual activity in the Flowing Cloud Sea, Universe Masters from all sides could no longer restrain themselves.

Lord Jueyun of the God Eye Race, who was stationed in the Flowing Cloud Sea, after making a few attempts, no longer dared to obstruct Universe Masters from other races from entering the Flowing Cloud Sea. Instead, he contacted his race to quickly send reinforcements to compete for the treasures.

For a time, the Flowing Cloud Sea, which had rarely seen experts, became bustling with activity.

"Banyan Fire, Ripple Crystal, let me make this clear to you two first. With so many experts in the Flowing Cloud Sea now, even if the three of us join forces, it's best to avoid conflicts with others as much as possible. Our priority is to find the treasures." Qing Huan said to his two companions.

"Of course." Lord Ripple Crystal immediately nodded.

Qing Huan had a Peak Treasure Armor to protect himself, but the two of them did not. Once they engaged in combat with other Universe Masters, they would undoubtedly be in great danger.

Everyone was here for the treasures; no one wanted to lose their life.

None of the three had particularly good palace-type treasures, so they traveled by a combination of flight and Teleportation.

The Flowing Cloud Sea was located deeper within the Inner Domain than the Black-Veined Stone Pillar Space, and the journey required passing through many dangerous places.

However, ever since Shi Yan obtained a detailed map of the Universe Boat, he shared a copy with his little disciple.

Now, the map of the Universe Boat's Inner Domain in Qing Huan's hands was extremely detailed, even revealing some very secret paths that could bypass many dangerous areas.

Lord Banyan Fire and Lord Ripple Crystal were initially somewhat skeptical of Qing Huan's navigation, but later they could only express admiration.

"Banyan Fire, could this Lord Liuyan have encountered some kind of opportunity again? How does he know such a hidden path?"

Lord Ripple Crystal and Lord Banyan Fire communicated secretly through telepathy.

At this moment, the three were rapidly advancing through a deep cave. The entrance to this cave was a tiny hole many times smaller than a pinhole, located deep within a lake.

Under normal circumstances, unless by extreme coincidence, no expert would ever notice such a place, let alone imagine that entering through that tiny hole would lead to a cave passage wide enough for two people to walk side by side, bypassing two dangerous areas in total.

"Hard to say." Lord Banyan Fire was also puzzled. "But logically speaking, it's been less than a hundred years since we last parted ways with this Lord Liuyan. Could his luck really be that good?"

"Perhaps that's the case. If this Lord Liuyan really had some opportunity, he certainly wouldn't go around advertising it." Lord Ripple Crystal speculated.

"What luck."

The two exchanged thoughts for a while but couldn't come to any conclusion, so they simply attributed it all to Qing Huan's good fortune.