After walking for most of a day, the dense forest began to thin out. The distance between the trees widened, and the ground beneath our feet changed from rotten leaves to sand.
The sea breeze arrived first.
A salty smell passed through the cracks in the trees and hit his face, bringing with it a damp feeling.
After walking another hundred or so steps, at the end of the forest, the vision suddenly opened up.
Vast Waves Sea.
The gray-blue sea surface spreads to the skyline, connecting with the sky. There is only a faint boundary between the sea and the sky, which is almost invisible. The waves come from a distance, hitting the black rocks one after another, breaking into a piece of white foam. The moment the water splashes, there is a faint spiritual light in the foam, as if something is dissolved in the sea water.
The sea breeze was strong, making several people's clothes rustle.
Liu Suifeng took a deep breath and frowned again. "This smell is a bit strong!"
"Spiritual Qi The concentration is very high." Liu Suifeng closed his eyes and felt it, then said when he opened it, "It is several times higher than ordinary sea water. If this place is used to decorate the water attribute Spirit Gathering Formation, the effect should be surprisingly good."
"Those three sentences of yours are true to your profession." Du Heng smiled.
Several people began to take out Water-Drawing Jade Talisman from Storage Bag.
The jade talisman was distributed uniformly before departure. It was three inches long, two fingers wide, and completely white, with a circle of fine patterns engraved on it. It was specially used to collect seawater from the Vast Waves Sea, and the task required each person to take one.
Lin Chuan took the lead, walked to the beach, and immersed the jade talisman in the sea water. The waves came and went, and the patterns on the surface of the jade talisman slowly lit up, starting from the bottom and spreading upward little by little. The spiritual power in the sea water was slowly sucked into the talisman, and the color of the jade talisman gradually changed from bright white to light blue.
In about half a cup of tea, the Spirit Rune on the jade talisman changed from dim to full, and the whole body glowed with blue Yingying light. Lin Chuan put the jade talisman away and nodded to everyone.
Seeing that the process went smoothly, others came forward one after another.
Qin Tiexin walked to the beach, bent down and pressed the jade talisman into the sea water. The sea water was bone-chillingly cold, and as soon as his palms entered the water, he felt a chill running up his arms. He frowned slightly, but did not shrink his hand. He waited for the jade talisman to be charged before he took it back.
Liu Suifeng didn't rush away after getting the water. Instead, he squatted down, dipped his hand in some sea water and brought it to his mouth. As soon as he took the water, he grinned and took several sips.
"It's salty and bitter, much worse than ordinary sea water."
Du Heng rolled his eyes at him. "This is for sampling, who asked you to drink it? Why, have you drank other seawater?"
Liu Suifeng frowned. "I tasted it out of curiosity when I was a kid, but it wasn't as bitter as this."
Ling Shuyao said next to him, "Vast Waves Sea's seawater Spiritual Qi is abundant, but it contains a special toxin that is not suitable for monks to absorb directly. Ordinary water purification pills cannot filter it clean, so it must be refined with special Law Artifact. I I read a miscellaneous book before and said that some Rogue Cultivator didn't know how powerful they were, so they directly poured seawater into Dantian and used it as Spirit Stone. As a result, the meridians were eroded by toxins, Dantian was crippled, all cultivation was lost, and the whole person became a useless person."
After saying that, Ling Shuyao looked at Liu Suifeng strangely.
Liu Suifeng's face turned pale, and his voice was a little wavy. "Ah? Toxin?? Nothing will happen?? Come on, come on! Xu Ying! Give me Antidote Pill!"
He rummaged around in the Storage Bag. Xu Ying held back his laughter, took out a small white bottle from his own Storage Bag, poured out a Antidote Pill and handed it over.
Ling Shuyao looked at his appearance and laughed out loud, "It's okay, the small amount you tasted can't hurt anyone. Those people directly treated a large amount of seawater as Spirit Stone's practice and soaked in seawater for several days before what happened. Your mouthful can't even poison an ant to death."
Liu Suifeng put Antidote Pill into his mouth, and rinsed his mouth with water several times. In the end, it was not enough, so he took out a cleaning charm and patted it all over his body, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
After the water collection was completed, it was still early, so the few people did not leave in a hurry, but instead observed at the beach.
There are some things scattered on the coast, most of which are the remains of spiritual materials washed ashore by the waves. Some have lost their spirituality and become gray, like ordinary Shitou. Some of them still have a faint light, flickering in the cracks of the rocks. I don't know if they were left by monks who fought on the beach before, or if someone was buried in the sea, and the relics were pushed to the shore by the tide.
Qin Tiexin squatted down and used the Zen staff in his hand to poke at the wreckage. There were sword tips that were broken into two pieces, and pieces of wood that were soaked white by the sea water. He pushed them away one by one, and suddenly stopped.
He stuck his Zen staff on the ground, reached into the crevices of the rocks with his one arm and groped for a moment, and took out a few thumb-sized ore crystals.
The crystal was dark blue and translucent, with a surface as smooth as glass, and faint lines of water waves inside.
"Water attribute spiritual material, Crystal Stone." Qin Tiexin handed the ore to Lin Chuan, "The quality is not high, but the advantage is the large quantity. It is useful for forging water attribute armor or weapons."
Lin Chuan took it, sensed it with his spiritual power, nodded and said, "Yes. This thing is rare on the market. There are very few water-attribute spiritual materials in Heavenly South Domain. Being able to pick these up can be regarded as a small fortune."
"Let's look for it together." Ling Shuyao took a step forward, bent down and carefully looked at the cracks in the rocks. Her eyes were very good, and the ores hidden deep in the cracks were invisible to her. She found them very quickly, and her movements were light and accurate when she found a piece.
Several people spent a quarter of an hour searching along the nearby coastline.
The ores in the crevices of the reef are not precious, and are of varying quality. Some are large and some are small. The big ones are as big as walnuts, and the small ones are only as big as soybeans. But there are hundreds of small ones in total, which is a good windfall. Lin Chuan put it away together and divided it up after going back.
After collecting the ore, Qin Tiexin stood up, looked casually at the sea in the distance, and suddenly froze.
Very far away, at the junction of the sea and the sky, you can vaguely see a looming light curtain. The light curtain is light blue and stretches across the sea, almost blending with the sky. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it at all. It is like a layer of gauze, extending from the sea to the end of the line of sight, with no end.
"That's the boundary of the Vast Waves Sea." Lin Chuan followed his gaze and said softly.
"Border? What is beyond the border?" Qin Tiexin asked.
Lin Chuan shook his head. "I don't know."
Ling Shuyao stood aside, looking at the light curtain, pondering for a moment and said, "I saw a record in an ancient book. It said that beyond the sea of Heavenly South Domain, there is another large area at an unknown distance. In ancient times, the two sides used to communicate with each other. Merchant ships came and went. The monks communicated. Until one day, a war broke out. The high-level monks suffered heavy casualties, and even the Spirit Vein on the seabed was broken. Legend has it that a monk was able to completely isolate the border between the two sides with a large Law Power. This barrier was the formation deployed at that time."
She paused and then added, "But those are records from thousands of years ago, and most of them are unofficial history, so they cannot be taken seriously. I tend to think that this is some kind of naturally formed prohibition, not man-made."
Liu Suifeng looked at the light curtain curiously. "What kind of power does it take to isolate an entire sea?"
"At least it has to be Nascent Soul Peak, or even Spirit Transformation Stage." Ling Shuyao said, "But it happened thousands of years ago, who knows whether it is true or not."
Du Heng put away the last ore and patted the gravel on his hand. "It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, it has nothing to do with us. With our cultivation level, if we want to cross Vast Waves Sea, it is enough to feed the fish."
Lin Chuan looked at the sky and saw that the sun was already heading west. The sea breeze was stronger than when it came, and the waves were also higher.
"Let's go." Lin Chuan said, "The task of fetching water is completed. We have to get to the next stop before dark."
The few people put away their things and turned around and walked towards the dense forest. Qin Tiexin walked a few steps and looked back at the light curtain in the distance.
The light blue barrier stretches quietly across the sky, as if it separates two worlds.
On the other side of the barrier, is it Azure Xuan Region? Or is it another large domain?
The sea breeze blew over and turned the hem of his clothes up. He withdrew his gaze and followed the team, his figure disappearing into the shadow of the dense forest.