Chapter 512: Chapter 287: Sword Cuts Down the Cloud-breaking Whale, Zhao Xuan’s Astonishment!

"Next, it’s the second Cloud-breaking Whale."

Then, Qi Chuan turned his head and looked at the Cloud-breaking Whale that had come to the rescue.

"Wooo!!!"

Just as he turned around, Qi Chuan heard a whale’s cry filled with endless fury, accompanied by a deep sense of sorrow, echoing throughout the nearby sea.

In addition, a terrifying demon beast’s pressure, like a raging storm, descended from the sky, enveloping Qi Chuan’s body, giving him a heavy feeling.

Swish!

Qi Chuan didn’t see the figure of the Cloud-breaking Whale.

But he saw a huge, bright white outline, carrying enough power to strike fear into Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators, rushing towards him at breakneck speed.

Even before the move landed, the entire seawater in Qi Chuan’s area was quietly disintegrating.

However, looking at such a scene, Qi Chuan’s face showed little panic, instead, a smile emerged.

"The remaining Cloud-breaking Whale seems harder to deal with, likely a male?"

"Still, there’s only one left, easier to handle."

"This trip to Thousand Cloud Reef, though somewhat troublesome, managed to secure the two Cloud-breaking Whale Demon Pills successfully, which is pretty good."

Qi Chuan’s voice carried a breath of relief mixed with joy.

"Human-Sword Unity."

Then, four familiar words came from Qi Chuan’s mouth.

The next moment, dazzling rays of light erupted once again amidst the gradually disintegrating seawater.

Within the light, a Sword Shadow of the Sea Level Sword reappeared.

Swoosh!

Following a piercing sound, the sword immediately enveloped with astonishing sharpness, slashing forward again.

Soon, under Qi Chuan’s effort, this sea area finally returned to calm. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Rippling.

Flowing seawater washed over the two massive corpses of the Cloud-breaking Whales, demon blood seeping into the ocean current, creating a wordless sense of silence.

Meanwhile, Qi Chuan busied himself among the two gigantic demon corpses.

Collecting demon pills, cutting high-value demon beast materials, and so on.

After quite some time, he finally finished.

"Really almost exhausted."

Qi Chuan wiped his sweatless forehead, sighed, and spoke.

This battle, handling one male and one female Cloud-breaking Whale, was indeed quite perilous.

Luckily, when he arrived at Thousand Cloud Reef, the male Cloud-breaking Whale wasn’t there, giving him the opportunity to break them one by one, only then successfully taking them down together.

That’s Qi Chuan.

If it were other Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivators, even encountering one Cloud-breaking Whale would be difficult to handle, potentially facing life-threatening risks.

"With these two Cloud-breaking Whale Demon Pills, two furnaces of Nascent Soul Pills are guaranteed, better hurry back and refine them."

"Additionally, the Star Demon Tower of Nebula Pavilion is indeed a good place; when lacking demon pills in the future, visiting there to buy some Tier Four Middle Grade Sea Demon information ensures no shortage of demon pills."

Qi Chuan appeared somewhat pleased, pondering internally.

Swoosh!

Immediately, Qi Chuan’s slightly fatigued figure turned into an Escape Light, shooting towards the surface of the sea.

...

Several days later.

Feixing Island, Demon Hunting City, within the Ninth Layer of Star Demon Tower.

"Supreme Elder."

At the staircase entrance of the Ninth Layer, a figure of a Core Formation Cultivator appeared; he walked to Zhao Xuan’s front, saluting, and spoke respectfully.

"What’s the matter?"

Zhao Xuan lay on the bamboo chair, eyes half-closed, speaking without opening his eyes, indifferently.

"Supreme Elder, it’s news from Thousand Cloud Reef." The Core Formation Cultivator said.

"Thousand Cloud Reef?"

Upon hearing, Zhao Xuan opened his eyes, frowned, and said, "Isn’t that the reef island where the Cloud-breaking Whale appeared? Previously, this news was sold to Qi Chuan of Beihua State’s Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect. Such quick news?"

"Yes."

"What exactly is the news."

"It’s... we have confirmed that both male and female Cloud-breaking Whales have been slain." The Core Formation Cultivator bowed his head and said.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan couldn’t help but be taken aback, his eyes involuntarily widening.

"Is this true?"

"It is true!"

"Truly strange... strange indeed..."

Zhao Xuan’s eyes showed a thoughtful expression, muttering.

The news of one male and one female Cloud-breaking Whale at Thousand Cloud Reef was something Star Demon Tower had only recently learned.

Recently, this Sea Demon news had only been sold once, so only Qi Chuan knew about it.

As a result, shortly after Qi Chuan purchased this news, the male and female Cloud-breaking Whales at Thousand Cloud Reef were slain.

No need for verification, anyone could tell this matter was undoubtedly Qi Chuan’s doing.

However, isn’t this news coming too fast?

This period of time was insufficient for Qi Chuan to return to Beihua State to bring backup.

Most likely, after Qi Chuan left Star Demon Tower, he proceeded directly to Thousand Cloud Reef, and upon arrival, immediately took action, killing the male and female Cloud-breaking Whales resulting in this situation.

Yet judging by Qi Chuan’s strength, dealing with two Tier Four Middle Grade Sea Demons at Thousand Cloud Reef, especially Cloud-breaking Whales of this kind of sea demon, Zhao Xuan couldn’t believe such a thing happened!

"Could it be that recently Qingyun True Monarch, the First Supreme Elder of Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, accompanied Qi Chuan to Demon Hunting City, and after Qi Chuan purchased Sea Demon information at Star Demon Tower, the two joined forces at Thousand Cloud Reef to slay the male and female Cloud-breaking Whales?"

Zhao Xuan could only guess this way.

Moreover, he felt this is most likely the case; there is no other possibility.

"This Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, truly formidable, tsk tsk, an Immortal Sect with dual Nascent Soul Middle Stage, yet both the First Supreme Elder and the Second Supreme Elder have such powerful strength, truly rare..."

Zhao Xuan clicked his tongue in amazement.

Two Nascent Soul Middle Stage, desiring to slay one male and one female Cloud-breaking Whale, is extremely difficult.

Any individual with slightly weaker strength would be impossible to accomplish this.

Therefore, both Qi Chuan and Qingyun True Monarch’s strength must be exceptional.

Previously, Zhao Xuan only knew Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect was an Immortal Sect with dual Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Yet these dual Nascent Soul Middle Stages, with such formidable strength, was something Zhao Xuan hadn’t anticipated.

"Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect... hmm... I reckon in the future Qi Chuan will visit Star Demon Tower again for Sea Demon information, it’s worth building a good relationship with him to forge goodwill with Nebula Pavilion..."

Zhao Xuan internally mused.

This was also Nebula Pavilion’s recent strategy.

Despite being a Divinity Transformation Influence, Celestial Star Palace has suppressed nearly half the Chaotic Demon Sea territory for close to ten thousand years, overtly and covertly, they have unknown numbers of foes.

And as Nebula Pavilion, which split from Celestial Star Palace, even if powerful, in order to survive, it must only retract its edge and cautiously manage to do so.

Otherwise, any arrogance will inevitably lead to collective attacks, collapse wouldn’t be far.

Therefore, the strategy of Nebula Pavilion recently was not only retracting its influence and fortifying its existing territory, but also reaching out to powerful cultivators and influences, working to build goodwill, improving the external environment.

Thus, as the external environment improves, barring any major accidents, Nebula Pavilion can continue as a Major Sect, passing on safely.

Meanwhile, stronger cultivators and influences like Qi Chuan and Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect are precisely the targets of Nebula Pavilion.

At this moment, Zhao Xuan was already thinking about how to show goodwill to Qi Chuan during his next visit to the Ninth Layer of Star Demon Tower.

...

As for Zhao Xuan’s internal thoughts, Qi Chuan naturally had no way of knowing.

Leaving Thousand Cloud Reef, Qi Chuan headed straight back to Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect.

Upon returning to his Cave Mansion, Qi Chuan immediately began to refine the two Cloud-breaking Whale Inner Cores into Nascent Soul Pills.

Several days later, under Qi Chuan’s effort, two furnaces of Nascent Soul Pills were successfully refined.

In the first furnace, four pills were formed with two wasted pills.

In the second furnace, five pills were formed, with only one wasted pill.

The pill formation rate was quite satisfying, and these elixirs would sustain Qi Chuan’s cultivation for quite a long time.