Amidst the wild waves, a wisp of cyan smoke rose gracefully.

At first, this smoke was not particularly noticeable.

About twenty miles away, on a small island called Glazed Island on Canxing Lake, Chi Jie was standing on a peak of the island with two personal guards. He looked up into the distance, gazing at the towering white waves in the distance.

Chi Jie's eyes were wild, his thoughts drifting back to the moment he finally met the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch after going through numerous twists and turns.

It was a deep night then, the wind swaying shadows along the lake, sparse starlight fell coldly, and in the clusters of aquatic grass, insects chirped continuously.

Chi Jie held the token borrowed from the Mo Family, gritted his teeth, and lit the light talisman on the token.

The Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch had not yet appeared, but Chi Jie's heart was pounding, for some reason, an immense pressure seemed to come invisibly.

For a moment, Chi Jie even wanted to turn and flee.

Later, it was a stone by the lakeside that tripped him, causing him to fall on the spot.

He didn't really escape, but when he looked up into the starry night, he saw a giant serpent shadow as if out of mythology.

The serpent shadow was so tall, it seemed to obscure the entire sky.

The starlight dimmed beneath the giant shadow, and the giant serpent opened its mouth: "Who are you? Why are you holding my old friend's token?"

Chi Jie wanted to reply, but his voice got stuck in his throat.

Just as he was anxiously frustrated, almost about to resort to his trump card, the giant shadow suddenly wavered, and the hundred-zhang serpent seemed to vanish, replaced by a tall, imposing figure.

Only then did Chi Jie finally regain his voice, dispelling the fear in his heart, and stated his intentions.

However, the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch was not easily fooled, nor would he be driven easily.

The various benefits Chi Jie promised, such as: "If the Water Monarch is willing to assist, I'm willing to offer ten pounds of Dragon Blood Sand, three ounces of Profound Frost Condensation Dew, and a piece of a Stellar Sinking Wall!"

Each of these treasures was a rare wonder.

Especially the Dragon Blood Sand, which was rumored to be a deep-sea marvel used by a true dragon to abrade its old skin during molting.

It was stained with the blood of a true dragon, and after long periods of absorption and transformation, it finally nurtured into a peculiar fierce treasure.

For any water-dwelling demon race aspiring to become a dragon, if they could consume a substantial amount of Dragon Blood Sand and extract its true dragon power, their chances of becoming a dragon would naturally greatly increase.

But ten pounds of Dragon Blood Sand, compared to the enormous size of the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch, was indeed too little.

The Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch stood silently under the starlight, not speaking, but looking at Chi Jie with an extremely peculiar gaze.

The gaze held an unfathomable deterrent power, yet seemed to say: Are you the fool... or am I?

Chi Jie trembled, racking his brains, and suddenly a spark of inspiration struck: "Let the Water Monarch be informed, that Chen Xu is truly a prodigy unseen in nearly a century in the Seven Prefectures of the South.

He hadn't even participated in the provincial exams yet ascended to the Profound List of Great Li's Splendor Record.

Composed several poems, each turning into Cyan Smoke.

He slew the Ghost King, extinguished the evil path, and his cultivation combat power was also beyond expectation.

This young man, to achieve such feats at his age, surely his destiny, bloodline, literary fortune, and literary qi are all extraordinary.

So called to have the fortune like a dragon, describes such individuals!

And the best part is that, in contrast to many aristocratic families' prodigies, Chen Xu comes from ordinary roots.

He has no foundational backing, so if the Water Monarch acts against him, just frame him with a few charges.

For example, this Chen Xu has been behaving mysteriously, not walking the righteous path, secretly extracting Canxing Lake water veins, and cultivating an evil technique!

Otherwise, how could it be explained that he had such cultivation strength at such a young age?

If the Water Monarch could extract his literary fortune and bloodline, would it not surpass ten pounds, a hundred pounds, or even a thousand pounds..."

"Mind your words!"

The Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch suddenly spoke.

This sudden voice interrupted Chi Jie's complacent speech.

Chi Jie's heart trembled, hastily stopping his words.

For a moment, his heart secretly simmered with anger, biting his teeth silently, yet still putting on a smiling face and cupped hands, saying: "Yes, yes, I misspoke, that Chen Xu... who even needs charges framed on him?

Water Monarch, in my hand are the very evidence of Chen Xu practicing an evil technique!

This is why I came to seek your justice."

Chi Jie's words were truly a play of deception.

Clearly with ill-intentions, yet in an instant, he pretended to request the Water Monarch's justice.

Under the starlight, a soft laugh could be heard.

The starlight had long departed, and now the sunset turned into dusk, painting the vast sky.

Chi Jie stood on the small peak on Glazed Island, seeing the giant waves surge in the distance, the sound of water roaring, unable to help but let out a long sigh of relief.

It was coming, the outcome he wanted was about to unfold.

With the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch pressing, even if Chen Xu could have cultivation comparable to the Condensing Pill, so what?

One must know, the mana of the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch was at least at the Golden Core level.

Say no more, just in size alone, this Water Monarch surpasses the human race cultivators a hundredfold.

And at any time, larger size means an advantage!

Chi Jie's eyes were wild, countless emotions boiling in his chest.

Ecstasy, anticipation, pride, disdain...

Joyful and anticipating his goal's achievement, as for pride and disdain, it wasn't hard to understand.

No matter how extraordinarily talented Chen Xu is, or how immense the mana of the Shimmering Star Lake Water Monarch, they both ended up being toyed with by his mere words.

As for his true purpose, there was not much to it.

He just… also desired Chen Xu's literary fortune and talents.

If he could obtain the spiritual bones of this prodigy, who else in this world would dare call themselves a genius in his presence?

Hahaha!

Why should he, Chi Jie, be banished from the Capital City, while those two bastards at home could stay by the side of the Fifth Prince?

He wanted to prove himself, to make the Fifth Prince realize that his choice was wrong, terribly wrong!

One day, he would return to the Jade Capital with a vengeance.

By then, what would the Fifth Prince be?

He would have to bow at his side, becoming just a…

Chi Jie's heart was filled with such wild thoughts, it nearly burst through his skull.

His face twisted, his eyes manic, yet the smile at the corner of his mouth drew up in a bizarre manner.

Just as it stretched higher and higher, unexpectedly, he heard an exclamation from beside him: "Young master, look, that is, that is…"

It was his personal guard, who was shouting in shock with wide eyes.

Chi Jie was furious and was about to scold the guard.

Yet he saw between the distant water and sky a curl of cyan smoke, at first meandering and winding.

In just a moment, it suddenly grew, and in the blink of an eye, that cyan smoke somehow thickened dramatically.

It was like the fiercest beacon in the vast desert;

Or like a divine dragon breaking through the waves in a sky-high tide;

The divine dragon leaped, like an immortal sword pointing to the heavens, piercing through the surging waves on the boundless lake, scattering the scattered pearls of jade across the sky.

The cyan smoke pointed straight to the clouds, charging into the depths of the sky!

The swaying tower ship fell silent for a moment, everyone on board almost losing their voice at this strange spectacle.

Meanwhile, on the distant Glazed Island's Glazed Peak, Chi Jie's eyes widened, his pupils nearly popping out.

He could not believe it, refusing to accept it, muttering frantically: "No, impossible, how could it be?

How can such cyan smoke exist in the world? Even if this person produced a Cyan Smoke Poem, how could it be this billowing dragon smoke?

I don't believe it, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

But no matter the disbelief, everything was a fact.

Indeed, it might be rare for a Cyan Smoke Poem to instantly produce dragon smoke upon emergence.

After all, poetry and essays often require widespread recital or the passage of time to be validated.

Only through extensive and profound recital, or hundreds, thousands of years ingraining into people's hearts, can such a vast momentum be truly formed to move hearts through the ages.

But Chi Jie did not know, that in this world, besides poetry and essays, other things could also generate cyan smoke.

For example, when Ning Siyu completed the "Celestial South Water Scripture," it almost generated cyan smoke.

Unfortunately, "Celestial South Water Scripture" was only "almost generating cyan smoke," falling short of true achievement.

And now, on the tower ship, Chen Xu drew the final stroke of a full set of blueprints, and the cyan smoke, turning from virtual to real, created a powerful aura that shattered the giant wave in front of the tower ship into nothingness!

Even Chen Xu was astounded. He intended to make a grand spectacle to counter the "public opinion war" of the Celestial South Dao's talents.

Yet he didn't expect that just a set of keel waterwheel blueprints could produce such magical phenomena upon completion.

The cyan smoke pierced the sky, soaring high and refusing to dissipate.

On the desk in the cabin of the tower ship, Wei Yuan and Ah Shi were stunned.

On the desk, there were more than ten sheets of blueprints accompanying the cyan smoke floating in the void, streams of cyan smoke rising above these blueprints, and at the edges of the blueprints, there appeared faint flashes of golden light.

At first glance, these golden lights swirling around the blueprints seemed somewhat dim.

But upon a closer look, like Wei Yuan and Ah Shi did, they suddenly felt that what shimmered around the edges of the blueprints was more than just golden light?

These… they were like the blades of divine weapons!

Such sharp and piercing light chilled to the bone.

Ah Shi couldn't help but let out a soft "yikes," quickly leaping to the side.

Meanwhile, Wei Yuan stood with his mouth agape, staring blankly at everything before him.

Yet the transformation in front of him did not stop.

Chen Xu discovered that ever since he completed the set of blueprints, the Innate Qi within his dantian was being frantically extracted.

He could sense that he could interrupt this extraction at any time if he wished.

But if he stopped the extraction, then these blueprints would merely remain as "blueprints."

Before the cyan smoke emerged from the blueprints, Chen Xu would have thought there was nothing wrong with the blueprints being just "blueprints."

But now that these blueprints had already induced various phenomena, Chen Xu, not being a fool, naturally could speculate that the blueprints were undergoing some kind of magical transformation.

So, not only did he not interrupt the infusion of his Innate Qi, he even accelerated its conveyance.

Whenever his true qi seemed insufficient, he didn't wait for the automatic recovery and regeneration of his true qi, but immediately increased his Tri-Attribute.

Boost, boost, boost!

An endless tide of immense power burgeoned within him, transforming into Innate Qi, then surging into the blueprints floating before him.

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