Shi Feiyang asked Wu Qingyang, "Weren't you in the East Sea? How did you end up in the North Sea?"

Wu Qingyang let out a long sigh, "I originally thought that among the Four Seas, the East Sea was the most vast and, receiving the Vitality from the Eastern Jia Yi Wood, was most suitable for nurturing life. Little did I expect, after you visited the island last time, you got into a big fight with someone. It was earth-shattering..."

He was just a clam spirit. No matter how many years he cultivated, he didn't have much in the way of divine skills. His means of survival were quite limited, and the Treasure Beads he produced were highly coveted by cultivators. Ever since he became sentient, he had been trying to find ways to hide himself.

That day, he gave away many Treasure Beads to Shi Feiyang out of fear for his life. Later, when Shi Feiyang was dueling with someone, the skills he witnessed made him tremble with fear, daring not to stay any longer. He fled in the night, and on his journey, he encountered several cultivators in combat, Demon Beasts tearing and devouring each other, and scenes of cultivators killing Demon Beasts for their treasures—all unspeakably bloody and violent. He was almost scared out of his wits.

He figured that since the East Sea had a good environment, it would be the destination of choice for both humans and demons. Therefore, he decided to flee to places with harsher conditions. Among the Four Seas, the North Sea had the worst environment, prompting him to escape there in the end.

Unfortunately, he did not know that among humans there was a saying: "The greater the waves, the more precious the fish!"

The North Sea was bitterly cold and had a hostile environment, but the Demon Beasts that grew in such conditions were stronger in battle, and the natural treasures on them were even more valuable. The North Sea was the smallest in area among the Four Seas, but the number of cultivators was not any fewer than in the East Sea, making the density even greater...

He was extremely anxious, hiding here and there until he finally ran to the Black Sea, where he was still caught in a trawler's net.

Shi Feiyang looked at the young man-shaped figure in the light and said, "When I last saw you, it seemed you weren't capable of this."

Wu Qingyang replied, "I don't know what happened exactly. That night, there was an extremely faint fragrance in the air, which after I smelled it, allowed my Divine Energy to merge with it. I comprehended the mysteries of Heaven and Earth Harmony, and I had a breakthrough that allowed me to form my Lifebound Embryo after being stuck for hundreds of years."

It seemed that the Heaven and Earth Harmony Fragrance that Shi Feiyang had prepared for Lady Bao Xiang and Zhuge Jingwo that day had also contributed to his advancement in cultivation.

Shi Feiyang said, "The Lifebound Embryo that a different kind has cultivated for hundreds of years is extremely precious, you must hide it well and never show it to anyone lightly."

Wu Qingyang sighed, "Of course, I know that, but I had no choice. I need to gather the Sun and Moonlight to stabilize the Primordial Embryo, and as soon as I perform my spells, the Treasure Light shoots up to the sky, making it hard to conceal. These two people came specifically for my Lifebound Embryo, and they lied to me saying they wanted my Rainbow Pearl."

Shi Feiyang looked at the two people, horribly ugly, bound in place, like Zombies, unable even to move their eyes.

"They are both evil and strange, just kill them off!"

Before he could take action, Wu Qingyang stopped him, "Dragon God, please wait. These two almost cost me my life today; we can't let them off so easily. The man who helped me choose my name years ago passed to me the Curse Ghost Skill; he told me to gather some Water Ghosts to be bound by my side as slaves, to command at my will. When encountering an enemy, they could be sent to block the attacks, too. In the past, I was too kind to do such a thing, and I was always thinking that if I did no harm to others, they would not harm me, and if I committed no evil, there would be good karma. But that did not prevent me from repeatedly facing calamity. Now that my Primordial Embryo has just formed, I can take their Primordial Spirits to be bound by my side, to serve as my minions."

Shi Feiyang naturally did not object.

Wu Qingyang made another request, "My secret technique requires the Essence Blood of a living person, so I ask Dragon God to release them for now. If they turn into ice corpses, they won't be of any use."

With a thought from Shi Feiyang, the Prohibition Technique dissipated, and the two people fell stiffly to the ground. Their hands, feet, noses, and ears were all frozen stiff, lying there for a good while before they were able to stagger to their feet again, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing incessantly, "Dragon God, spare our lives! Dragon God, spare our lives! We have been blind..."

Shi Feiyang didn't want to listen to that and asked Wu Qingyang, "What do you need to do for your spell?"

By then, Wu Qingyang's stature was only just over three feet tall, seated amidst a cluster of seven-colored radiance, which made him appear even smaller, "It requires taking their heart's hot blood…"

The skinny man kneeling on the ground saw they were about to make a move and hurriedly said loudly, "I know of a treasure, less than three thousand miles from here! If the Dragon God would spare our lives, I am willing to reveal the location of the treasure!"

"What treasure is it?" Shi Feiyang asked.

"It's a thousand-year-old coral."

"What use is that?" Shi Feiyang remembered that in Geng Peng's Qiankun Bag, there were several thousand-year-old corals, "That's not so rare. Maybe if it were ten-thousand-year-old, it might be somewhat useful."

The man hastened to say, "Actually, there's a huge coral reef there, and indeed at the center lies a ten-thousand-year-old coral, but it's rooted under the ocean's eye, and due to the suction of the North Pole's Sun Primordial Magnetic Qi, all Magical Treasures and Spells are ineffective there, hence no one has harvested it, taking only some thousand-year and hundred-year-old minor corals around the edges."

"I just said that a thousand-year-old is useless, and then you have a ten-thousand-year-old? Aren't you playing tricks on me?"

A Dragon Claw descended from above, enveloping the man with the weight of Mount Taishan.

The man trembled with fear, continuously kowtowing without stopping, "It's true! It's true! I came to the Black Sea this time just to harvest thousand-year corals to refine a Magical Treasure, I didn't expect to encounter the Colorful Clam expelling pearls, and that's when I had ill intentions… If the Dragon God doesn't trust us, you can restrain our Primordial Spirits, and once I take you there, after you see the ten-thousand-year-old coral, then you can let us go free, how about that?"

"Aren't you afraid that after I see the ten-thousand-year-old coral, I won't let you go?"

The man gave a bitter smile, "My life is in Your hands now; my fate is naturally at your disposal."

Shi Feiyang thought for a moment and said to Wu Qingyang, "I happen to be able to use the ten-thousand-year-old coral to refine a Magical Treasure…"

Wu Qingyang quickly waved his hand, "Everything should prioritize what the Dragon God needs. My main reason for taking their lives is because I hate that they attempted to kill me earlier, and if I don't get my revenge, I won't feel at ease. Since they can offer a treasure to the Dragon God, that could just barely be considered recompense."

Shi Feiyang felt this little clam spirit was very articulate, "Then you should come with me to take a look. If it turns out to be false, I'll help you turn them into Ghost Slaves. I know a method even better than yours. If there really is a ten-thousand-year-old coral, and I obtain the treasure, I will not treat you unfairly, and I'll at least give you a Magical Treasure for self-protection."

Shi Feiyang asked the two men to stand up and inquired about their names; the skinny one was called Liu Yu'an, and the other, uglier one was named Mi Tuo.

Upon hearing this, Shi Feiyang laughed, as it turned out it was these two. These two characters were also quite extraordinary in the original story. If it was them, then this matter of the ten-thousand-year-old coral likely had some credibility.

With the plan set, Shi Feiyang exhaled a puff of cloud, taking along a Colorful Clam and the two humans, and departed from the reef following the direction indicated by Liu Yu'an, flying straight toward the deeper parts of the Black Sea.

This stretch of ocean was within the North Sea, known as the Black Sea. Because further north lay Long Night Island, where during the year, sunlight was visible only for two hours at the summer solstice, with the rest of the time engulfed in darkness. The Black Sea was not far from there, and with seldom sunlight, cloaked in endless gloom, and the water being deep, it presented a thick black color; hence it was named.

Standing on the cloud, Liu Yu'an held a three-tiered golden compass in his left hand, his right hand ceaselessly making calculations and directing the way, finally pointing to a spot, "There's no doubt it's right here!"

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