DIV Chapter 41: Another Storm Arises

Just past the hour of midnight that night, golden light appeared.

[Divination has been refreshed]

[Today's Divination: Auspicious]

[You go to Bright Moon Lake and use your escape technique advantage to successfully obtain the precious first-tier superior-grade spiritual medicine "Turtle Spirit Fruit," with no accidents occurring during the process]

The divination was auspicious! Li Chang'an immediately felt at ease. After all, Bright Moon Lake was outside the market, so he had to be somewhat cautious.

"I heard that this Turtle Spirit Fruit can not only accelerate the growth speed of turtle-type spiritual beasts but also enhance their foundation, providing some help for their future advancement," Li Chang'an silently pondered, very much anticipating that Turtle Spirit Fruit.

Before long, Big Yellow returned from outside, bringing news about Zheng Jinbao.

"Zheng Jinbao is still waiting?" Li Chang'an was thoughtful. He naturally knew what Zheng Jinbao was waiting for. However, that fellow would never get what he was waiting for.

Late at night, Zheng Jinbao was anxious and sleepless. His brow was tightly furrowed as he paced back and forth in his courtyard, occasionally glancing toward Li Chang'an's residence.

"It's been two whole days, why is there still no news?" These two days had been quite torturous for Zheng Jinbao. He had paid a hefty price but still hadn't received any reply.

To prevent Wei Sen from taking money without doing the job, he had signed the strictest spiritual contract with Wei Sen. Once Wei Sen broke the contract, he would suffer severe backlash!

"He can't possibly break the contract. Could he have failed?" This thought suddenly flashed through Zheng Jinbao's mind. But he quickly shook his head, feeling this thought was somewhat absurd.

"Impossible. He's a professional at this. He's even killed quite a few experts at the late stage of Qi Refining. How could he possibly fail to kill a Li Chang'an?" Zheng Jinbao thought this way. He didn't believe Li Chang'an had the ability to counter-kill Wei Sen.

The difference in strength between the two sides was simply too great. On the surface, one was at the eighth layer of Qi Refining while the other was only at the third layer of Qi Refining, a world of difference!

"Perhaps he's just worried about being detected by the ancestor and is waiting for a suitable opportunity." Out of trust in Wei Sen, Zheng Jinbao decided to wait a few more days.

The next day, Li Chang'an hurriedly left his residence. He changed his aura, disguised himself as someone else, left the market, and headed straight for Bright Moon Lake.

"This Bright Moon Lake is also a treasure land. The last time I came here, I obtained a first-tier mid-grade talisman inheritance," Li Chang'an arrived at the lakeside, gazing at the shimmering lake surface.

Subsequently, he cast the Minor Five Elements Escape Technique, silently entering the lake to search for that Turtle Spirit Fruit.

About half an hour later, Li Chang'an's figure paused, his eyes fixed on one direction.

"Eh? There's actually an unexpected harvest." What appeared in his line of sight was a deep blue stone block. It lay quietly in a pile of messy water grass, its aura unremarkable with nothing particularly special about it. If one wasn't careful, it would be easy to overlook.

"Sky Blue Stone, a first-tier mid-grade water element treasure, suitable for refining water element magical artifacts, and can also allow water element spiritual beasts to absorb the spiritual power within," Li Chang'an thought.

This type of gemstone could be used to assist in the growth of water element spiritual beasts. Perfect for the Mysterious Water Turtle!

Li Chang'an's eyes lit up with joy as he grabbed the gemstone and stored it in his storage bag.

"Bright Moon Lake truly is a treasure land!" He confirmed this thought once again.

Although Bright Moon Lake wasn't located on the market's spiritual vein, it was very close to the spiritual vein. This area contained more concentrated heaven and earth spiritual energy than ordinary regions, making it easier for various treasures and demon beasts to be born.

He had heard that cultivators had fished valuable spiritual fish from here.

"There should still be many water element treasures and water element spiritual beasts in this lake that haven't been discovered," Li Chang'an pondered.

Over the years, quite a few cultivators had come to the lake to search for treasures. But most could only explore the outermost ring. The deeper in, the deeper the lake water became. The central area was pitch dark, and just looking at it would instill fear in many people.

Who knew what monsters were hidden inside?

"Can't take risks," Li Chang'an shook his head slightly, dismissing the thought of exploring the deep waters of the lake. Treasures were good, but one had to be alive to enjoy them. He didn't want to encounter water demons that were too powerful.

Subsequently, Li Chang'an continued searching for that Turtle Spirit Fruit. After another half hour, he had gathered two more types of water element treasures but still hadn't found the Turtle Spirit Fruit.

"The divination shouldn't be wrong. Keep looking!" Li Chang'an wasn't discouraged and continued searching.

Time flew by rapidly.

A quarter hour later, finally, his eyes brightened as he looked in one direction.

"Found it!" In that direction, there was a spiritual fish with an entirely green body, about half a zhang long with scales that gleamed all over. It was resting in the water grass at the lake bottom.

Beside it was a spiritual energy bubble that flickered with dim light. Inside the bubble was precisely that Turtle Spirit Fruit.

"Sure enough, it has ripened," Li Chang'an didn't act immediately but slowly adjusted his aura. He swallowed several pills to recover the magical power consumed from casting escape techniques, adjusting his condition to peak state to ensure no accidents would occur.

"This Green Scale Fish should be waiting for a suitable opportunity to consume the Turtle Spirit Fruit to help itself break through the bottleneck and advance from first-tier early stage to first-tier mid-stage," Li Chang'an could tell.

This fish had already reached the threshold for advancement. Although Turtle Spirit Fruit worked best on turtle-type spiritual beasts, it was still a water element spiritual medicine and was effective for most water element spiritual beasts.

"However, this item has no fate with him," Li Chang'an's figure flashed, swift as lightning, heading straight for that Turtle Spirit Fruit!

Swoosh! He pushed his escape technique to the extreme, arriving in front of that spiritual energy bubble almost instantaneously.

"Boom!" Li Chang'an shattered the bubble, grabbed the Turtle Spirit Fruit, and stored it in his storage bag.

At this moment, within the market, Chu Daniu was walking hurriedly with a trace of anxiety on his face, rushing toward Li Chang'an's residence.

Early this morning, a small rumor had somehow spread. The rumor said that the reason the Zheng family's mid-stage Foundation Establishment ancestor was able to escape from the secret realm was because he had cast a forbidden technique that overdrafted his lifespan. His remaining lifespan was not much.

"I don't know if this news is true or false, but I must let Brother Li know as soon as possible!" Now, the entire market was in a state of unrest. There were even rumors saying that the Foundation Establishment ancestors of the Cao and Wu families were about to attack the market!

Moments later, Chu Daniu arrived outside Li Chang'an's courtyard.

"Brother Li, are you home?" he called anxiously.

But after waiting for quite a while, no one came out to open the door. Chu Daniu became even more anxious and was about to knock forcefully on the door when a surprised voice rang out.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, what are you doing here?" Hearing this, Chu Daniu turned around and discovered it was Liu Yue and others.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, Fellow Daoist Wang, Fellow Daoist He..." He cupped his hands toward these several low-grade talisman masters.

Liu Yue's pretty face showed confusion as she asked him, "Fellow Daoist Chu, are you here to find Senior Luo? Don't tell me you still want Senior Luo to take your big brother as a disciple?"

She was very clear that Chu Daniu had put considerable effort into getting Li Chang'an to become a disciple.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, your big brother's personality is really too rigid. Senior Luo doesn't like that type," she said, a trace of helplessness flashing across her face.

Last time, she had discovered that Li Chang'an could draw high-quality talismans, with talisman drawing skills far superior to the other low-grade talisman masters. She had originally wanted to get closer to Li Chang'an. But Li Chang'an was completely oblivious to romantic hints, as rigid as a puppet.

Now, she had long stopped thinking about Li Chang'an and focused all her attention on Luo Kun.

"Fellow Daoist Liu has misunderstood," Chu Daniu shook his head, pointing at the spacious residence behind him.

"I'm here to find my big brother."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned. In Liu Yue's bright eyes, a trace of disbelief flashed.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, do you mean your big brother Li Chang'an lives here?"

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