Mirage Rain Phantom Mother, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast

Heartsea City, on a deserted seaside beach.

Feeling the sea breeze wash over her face, Lan Fozu said contentedly, "As expected, the ocean suits us better."

"Yeah." Su Ming echoed her as he lounged on a beach chair, sipping juice.

Although he possessed the Three Divine Martial Souls and could not truly be considered a sea Soul Master, meaning he did not suffer the weakening that other sea Soul Masters experienced when they went ashore.

Whether in his previous life or this one, he had grown up by the sea. Su Ming was simply accustomed to this kind of environment.

"I wonder how Lan Fei's search in the ocean is going?" Su Ming then thought of Lan Fei.

Lan Fei was the Ten Thousand Year starfish who had escorted Su Ming and Lan Fozu back to Idle Fish Village back then.

Because of his unwavering loyalty to Demon Empress's family, Su Ming had taken him in as one of his own.

That way, they would have a rather capable helper once they entered the ocean.

Naturally, Su Ming would not let that Ten Thousand Year starfish work for nothing.

Here, the saying that when one person rose to prominence, even their chickens and dogs ascended to heaven was no joke.

Given the Starfish clan's loyalty, as well as Demon Empress and Lan Fozu's connection, there would be no problem making him a divine official in the future.

As for why he was called Lan Fei—

It was something he had strongly insisted upon after learning Lan Fozu's name.

"Brother, the soul beast you're looking for this time is just as scarce and rare as that Mirror-Shadow Jellyfish from over a year ago."

"Besides, this time you need a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring."

Lan Fozu, who had settled back into her chair, began explaining things to Lan Fei.

Then she continued, "Brother, just trust Lan Fei."

"It won't be long. When we meet at the appointed time next, he'll definitely bring us good news."

"Yeah, all we can do is place our hopes on Lan Fei." Su Ming nodded in agreement.

Hunting Sea Soul Beasts was already far more troublesome than hunting soul beasts on land.

It was only because Su Ming possessed the ability Listening to the Sound of All Things that he could communicate with Sea Soul Beasts and even persuade some of them.

Otherwise, he would have had to hunt Spirit Rings like ordinary sea Soul Masters, boarding a ship and personally heading out to sea to search the waters bit by bit.

"Exactly, Brother. We should just relax and enjoy ourselves during this time." Lan Fozu said with a cheerful smile.

But her real intention was not in what she said. She wanted to spend more time alone with Su Ming here.

At the thought of returning to the Heavenly Dragon Sect and facing one and a half enemies, Lan Fozu could not help feeling weary.

Meanwhile, at the boundary between the coastal waters and the deep sea.

A massive Ten Thousand Year starfish was rapidly searching for something.

This Ten Thousand Year starfish was Lan Fei.

He had come to the border between the shallow sea and the deep sea to search for a Ten Thousand Year Mirage Rain Phantom Mother for Su Ming.

The Mirage Rain Phantom Mother was a jellyfish-type Sea Soul Beast unique to the rain-mist waters at the boundary between the deep sea and coastal waters.

Those with ten thousand years of cultivation often had umbrella-shaped bells three zhang wide, half-transparent and grayish-blue, with thousands of slender, water-silk-like tentacles hanging from their edges.

"Judging from the miasmic rain on the surface just now, the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother living here should have ten thousand years of cultivation."

"Rather than making the little princess and Young Master Su Ming come all this way later, I might as well knock this fellow out and bring her straight to them."

"That way, I can give Young Master Su Ming a surprise and make the little princess happy..."

As he searched, Lan Fei suddenly came up with an excellent way to earn some credit for himself.

In his eyes, this plan was simply perfect.

He would save the little princess and Su Ming time and trouble, while Lan Fei himself could demonstrate even greater value through this operation.

"Yes, that's what I'll do!" The more Lan Fei thought about it, the more excited he became, and he unconsciously sped up his search.

As for whether he could handle the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother, Lan Fei was extremely confident.

He might only be a starfish with a little over twenty thousand years of cultivation, but his species was no ordinary starfish.

He was one of the renowned Red-Thorn King Starfish, feared by countless Sea Soul Beasts and sea Soul Masters alike.

When hunting, they used their suckers to latch tightly onto their prey, then released the dark-red poisonous thorns they normally kept concealed.

These poisonous thorns were incredibly powerful. They could easily pierce a prey's skin and inject a special toxin that paralyzed it.

When they encountered a formidable enemy, their arms could easily split apart, allowing them to abandon a limb to survive and flee at high speed.

After all, how could a Sea Soul Beast race that had followed both the former and current Deep Sea Demonic Whale King possibly be ordinary?

"Little Lan, let's head back to the hotel."

After relaxing on the beach for an entire day, Su Ming looked at the gradually darkening sky and prepared to take Lan Fozu back.

"Got it, Brother." Hearing this, Lan Fozu obediently rose to her feet and took the initiative to pack their things.

And so, for several days in a row, Su Ming and Lan Fozu toured Heartsea City, relaxing as they waited for the day of their next scheduled meeting with Lan Fei.

Lan Fozu had been utterly satisfied these past few days.

After all, this was their world for two.

There were no outsiders and no rivals to disturb them or ruin the atmosphere.

Of course, Su Ming had not been idle while they toured and relaxed.

He had never forgotten about purchasing Whale Rubber.

His haul had been fairly decent as well.

Heartsea City truly deserved its reputation as a major coastal city with thriving trade.

Sea Soul Masters from the surrounding coastal cities all sold their ocean harvests in the markets here.

"What a shame. It's still hard to stumble upon Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber." Su Ming spoke with slight regret.

Lan Fozu, standing beside him, "mocked" him. "Brother, have you read too many storybooks?"

"How could a treasure like Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber be so easy to find by chance?"

"Yeah, opportunities are something you can encounter but cannot seek." Su Ming nodded in agreement. "I was being too greedy. Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber really wouldn't appear so easily."

Hunting Sea Soul Beasts was difficult to begin with.

Hunting Sea Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old was even more difficult.

Not to mention that a treasure like Whale Rubber only existed in powerful whale-type Sea Soul Beasts, raising the difficulty yet again.

Therefore, the appearance of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber on the market was no exaggeration to call exceedingly rare in the human world.

The Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber that Huo Yuhao had stumbled upon in the original story was truly the sort of luck that only came from winning the lottery.

After all, people knew next to nothing about Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and could only judge it based on their experience with lower-year Whale Rubber.

Even Huo Yuhao would have missed out on such a tremendous opportunity if Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress had not been in his mind.