Above the boundless azure sea.
A Flying Boat raced past, leaving a silvery-white trail across the sky.
Li Ping stood at the bow, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Not long ago, after failing to sell the intelligence that "the Great Harmony Society was the mastermind behind Guan Qianzai's death" at Shadowkill Tower, he had also taken the opportunity to obtain updated intelligence on Chao Xuan of the Heavenly Thunder Sect.
The result held no surprises. Chao Xuan was still holed up in the Azure Cloud Mountain Range, showing no intention of leaving.
Li Ping made an estimate and found that Chao Xuan had less than sixty years of lifespan remaining.
In less than a sixty-year cycle, his lifespan would run out and he would pass away in meditation, yet he showed no anxiety at all.
After inwardly marveling at how Chao Xuan had withdrawn into his shell like a tortoise, Li Ping bought the latest map of the Eastern Sea in Spirit Firmament City. Only then did he leave the city and fly toward the Eastern Sea.
His destination was a stretch of the Eastern Sea called the Torrent Region. Far from the coastline, it lay at the boundary between coastal waters and the deep sea, so high-tier demon beasts appeared there relatively often.
Even when human cultivators wanted to establish lineages and build up their forces in the Eastern Sea, they would stay as close to the mainland as possible to avoid harassment by high-tier demon beasts.
Li Ping was looking for a third-tier high-grade spirit vein to use as nourishment, so naturally, he could not seek out islands inhabited by cultivators and mortals.
It was not that he doubted his own strength. With his abilities, he could easily pick a soft persimmon to squeeze and drive away