Exploring Immortality Cultivation

On a spirit boat, Chen Youjia put down her calculator, a hint of puzzlement between her brows.

Strange, truly strange.

She was one of the initial Wanfa Sect disciples recruited by Su Junyu, and naturally a core member of the Wanxiang Diagram's development team.

Unlike most developers who joined Su Junyu's plan out of interest or other reasons, Chen Youjia knew from the start that it was Wang Qi's idea. She joined initially with the thought of "helping Wang Qi."

She was more aware of the intrigue behind it than others.

"Could it be that Senior Brother managed to persuade Senior Feng?" Chen Youjia began to contemplate the possibility: "Senior Feng always seemed to appreciate him a lot, and he even called Senior Feng 'teacher' privately..."

Only a skilled hand with the immense power of the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror could update several versions overnight, right?

However, why deliberately wear a vestment robe called "Mi"? And what does that "good community" mean?

At this time, the fish-belly white of dawn appeared in the east. Chen Youjia stood at the stern of the boat, slightly disheartened.

Senior Brother... doesn't care about me at all, does he...

I wonder how he's doing over at the West Sea...

The Red Dust Heart Refining, could it just be an excuse to flirt with other girls...

Watching the sunrise inching upwards, her chaotic thoughts gradually calmed down.

Anyway, I'm about to see him soon... What should I say to him first when I meet him...?

"You bastard, you actually dared to be unfaithful behind my back"?

Slap him right away?

Or... just give him a hug...

Perhaps she was too engrossed in her own world. Chen Youjia didn't immediately notice the slightly salty sea breeze blowing from the West Sea.

It wasn't until the spirit boat shook that she snapped out of it.

Chen Youjia leaped off the spirit boat, floating in mid-air. At this moment, she received Chen Feng's telepathic communication—Look ahead! In front! A little to the left!

The ones who came to greet her were Chen Feng and Ai Qinglan.

Almost a year had passed since they last met, and Chen Feng and Ai Qinglan standing together already had the unmistakable aura of a couple, a testament to the harmony between them.

By now, Chen Feng was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, ready to form his core at any moment. He had begun his cultivation earlier, barely surpassing the "six-year Foundation Establishment" phase. Chen Youjia was not far behind, lacking just one critical push, but it seemed a core formation wouldn't happen anytime soon.

However, Chen Youjia's eyes fell on a little girl whom Ai Qinglan was holding by the hand.

Seeing Chen Youjia's puzzled expression, Ai Qinglan closed her eyes, "Jia'er... If you say she's my daughter, I'll fight you with all I have."

"Pfft..." Chen Youjia almost burst out laughing. She looked over at Chen Feng, who shrugged helplessly and said, "Actually, she is our new junior master's avatar named Xi... She's an artist who came to learn under our tutelage, different in status."

Wonder if fascinated particularly by "expressions" as a "foreign language," Xi's expressions were much richer than the serene and calm demeanor typical of Mi. [For Sea God Types, human body language and expressions are as alien as their written script, belonging to forms of communication that don't exist in Sea Sky, a "foreign language."] She hugged Chen Youjia's leg with a laugh, "So you're the friend of Lanlan and Xiao Feng! I like you!"

Once again, Chen Youjia fell into bewilderment. She truly hadn't dealt with such naturally familiar people before—especially those who take childlike liberties, endowed with the stature to be called "senior sister" by the likes of them.

"Senior Sister Xi, please don't be mischievous..." Chen Feng showed a troubled face, "Youjia, now that you've met, shouldn't you go back and handle your own tasks?"

"Hey hey! Xiao Feng, don't lump me together with you guys!" Xi said: "This avatar stuff, only part of my spirit is divided, it doesn't impact my body's work at all!"

This is also the wonder of Sea God Type consciousness. Their personalities can exist simultaneously in multiple places, completely sharing thoughts even without any discrepancies. Speaking to one of her avatars is equivalent to speaking with all of her avatars.

Currently, Xi's body is propagating at an unimaginable speed, with the azure-green microorganism communities in the seawater expanding, gradually encasing the entire sea border, and extending deeper into the ocean.

To Xi, this was a mere trifle. At her prime, her body spanned thirty million square kilometers, not as large as Mi, but still ranked among notable Sea God Types [though, there aren't many Sea God Types in Sea Sky to begin with]. Nowadays, she divides a part of her mind to manipulate her body, another to analyze the Heavenly Calculation Atlas, and the rest to roam freely around Langde City.

The childish nature fosters great curiosity, and everything in Shenzhou is utterly novel to her.

However, whether it's due to Chen Feng's prior stint as a novice teacher holding some unique intimidation over children, only after much persuasion did Xi finally let go of Chen Youjia.

Ai Qinglan led the ensnared Xi elsewhere. At this moment, Chen Youjia shed her facade worn before outsiders, her face turning cold: "Tell me, where is that heartless Wang Qi? Where exactly is he?"

How dare he not come to greet me!

Chen Feng sighed softly: "This... Youjia, the news that follows might not be good..."

Chen Youjia squinted her eyes: "Which vixen is he with?"

Chen Feng didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "This... this... Youjia, it's actually not like that..."

"Wang Qi, he's... missing."

"What?" Chen Youjia grabbed Chen Feng: "What did you say?"

"Wang Qi is missing." Chen Feng cast a Heart-Cleansing Light on Chen Youjia, then said: "Wang Qi's old friend, the second place of his cohort, the young master of the Ai Family, Ai Changyuan, went out to sea to train with a Nascent Soul Grandmaster and a few old classmates a few days ago for some unknown reason."

"Then... something happened, not sure what. There are rumors of a Transformation Dragon Clan, others of high-level Sea Demons, and even a ridiculous one about Ancient Method Remnants. In short, in that battle, the Ai Family's low-grade Nascent Soul Ai Changguang was severely injured, and then Wang Qi... went missing..."

Chen Youjia's face slightly twitched, then she nodded: "Oh, I see."

Chen Feng was surprised: "Hey, Wang Qi is missing, you know? And it's in the West Sea! The Sea Demon's territory..."

"Wang Qi? Wanfa Sect's Wang Qi?" At this moment, Xi's voice came over, "So, you guys have been worried about this person these days... If it's Wanfa Sect's Wang Qi, then there's no need to worry, Mi Zheng is with him, there won't be any danger!"

"'Mi'?" A trace of doubt flashed through Chen Youjia's mind.

Is that "Mi" the person who uploaded the Wanxiang Diagram yesterday?

Xi, Mi... judging by this naming style, is it another girl?

Chen Youjia breathed a slight sigh of relief, but felt a bit displeased. She asked: "Is Ai Changyuan still in Langde?"

"Langde has an Ai Family's Other Mansion." Chen Feng replied: "Now you're..."

"I want to find him to understand the situation."

The Ai Family is one of the prominent families in Shenzhou, though due to the saying 'A gentleman's grace lasts for five generations and then fades', having only produced one Yuanli Master at the pinnacle of Carefree, the Ai Family has not been as strong as the ever-growing Bo Family, but the status of Yuanli Master is very high, and the Ai Family still enjoys the legacy of this genius. The Ai Family's Other Mansion was not hard to find, and soon, Chen Youjia met Ai Changyuan.

Because Chen Youjia had a father of not low status, and also had some achievements herself, she had a notable reputation among the younger generation. Ai Changyuan, thinking that Wang Qi had been in the Wanfa Sect for many years, assumed it was normal to have a few acquaintances within, thus did not hide anything, telling what could be told, and even plainly saying "cannot say" for parts the Immortal Alliance required to be confidential. After talking for about half an hour, Chen Youjia left the Ai Family's Other Mansion.

At the moment she stepped outside, the calm facade on her face disappeared, and what replaced it was a chill.

——Wang Qi, you are something! Really bringing girls around... What Su Junyu said doesn't seem entirely false...

Ai Qinglan came over, asking: "Jia'er..."

"See, that guy just won't die as long as he has a calculator with him, Senior Feng is always watching..." Chen Youjia glanced at Langde City: "Since there's no need to worry about him, let's go see what's up with the cat sneaking a taste..."

"Hey hey, Jia'er, calm down... This situation is definitely Wang Qi's fault... I know Xiao Miao as well..."

"Don't worry, I'm very calm now, not planning to act..."

Ai Qinglan put a hand to her forehead: "With that look on your face, your persuasion is weak... Xiaofeng! Stop taking care of the kids! Come over here quickly!"

Meanwhile, deep in the West Sea, the sleeping Yue Luo Liu Li felt a strange sensation. She lifted her head from between her arms, shook it, and then carefully sensed.

They're coming...

The enemy... is coming...

Her spirit lifted, wanting to immediately counterattack. But suddenly, a sense of weakness welled up.

"Damn it..."

The Life Flame has taken most of her Essence Qi to repair her physical body, now her body feels empty, not a trace of strength can be gathered!

"Damn it... this aura seems like... that group of monkeys..." Yue Luo Liu Li thought resentfully. The outside enemy mainly consisted of Ancient Method Practitioners, with nearly a hundred at the Nascent Soul stage as the main force, eight at the Divine Separation stage, and three with Divine Power Demon God, one of which was a dragon-like being close to a Demon God.

"If my combat power was intact, these guys wouldn't be a match at all!"

However, she also knew that if the number was sufficient, Ancient Method Practitioners could actually be harder to deal with than the Demon Clan.

Although Ancient Method Practitioners were not as powerful individually as the Demon Clan, relying on their inherited bloodline talent, they had advanced teamwork, arrays, and other strategies that surpassed Sea Demons!

Yue Luo Liu Li glanced at Wang Qi, still asleep, and whispered: "Trouble!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please consider voting or subscribing at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)