Chapter 423: Chapter 135: Scenery at Sea, Qing State and Ying State

"Everyone, don’t panic. This is my Guardian Puppet..."

Lin Chen gave Luo Ming a look.

Luo Ming took two steps back and stood beside the bed.

Seeing this, the worry on those people’s faces lessened a bit.

The two cultivators exchanged glances and looked at "Wang Lishan" next to Lin Chen.

"Taoist Friend Wang, it’s truly joyous that your nephew has awakened..."

"Is your nephew’s body all right now?"

Upon hearing this, the Martial Arts Puppet gave a human-like smile and nodded:

"Thank you all for your concern, Chen’Er still needs a few days of rest."

Lin Chen had an odd expression in his heart.

Where in the Cultivation Realm do you find such lifelike puppets?

If you didn’t use Divine Sense to perceive, you would truly think it’s a living person, it’s no wonder these cultivators were fooled.

The two cultivators exchanged glances again, nodded, and said:

"Alright, Taoist Friend Wang. Then we won’t disturb you any further... let your nephew rest well."

"In about two months, we should reach Yingzhou."

With that said, they closed the door and left.

As they left, the young girl gave Lin Chen a secret glance.

Lin Chen slightly frowned, vaguely remembering that when he was unconscious, this young girl said many things by his side.

After they left, the voice of the Martial Arts Puppet rang in Lin Chen’s ears again.

"Lin Chen, this fleet belongs to the Fufeng Clan on the East Sea coast of Qing State. They’ve been around for a thousand years, thriving on trading between Qing State and Yingzhou, they do have some influence..."

"They only go out to sea once every ten years, so encountering them when we were in trouble at sea was truly lucky."

Hearing this, Lin Chen nodded as well.

A fleet that sails once every ten years, and he met them.

The key is that they bore no malice, this luck is indeed quite good.

"Or is it really just luck?"

Lin Chen shook his head, in the Cultivation Realm, it’s more a matter of fortune than luck.

Carrying the karma of the Blue Star, and able to travel between two worlds, it’s not too much to say he carries great fortune.

Perhaps, it was precisely this fortune that saved Lin Chen this time.

Lin Chen thought of the old man he had just seen.

Even though his cultivation and Divine Sense were no longer there, Lin Chen still had keen eyesight.

Those two uncles were merely Golden Core Cultivators.

Only that old man, despite his age, was a genuine Nascent Soul Cultivator...

And to navigate through the Endless Sea Domain, even a family with a millennium of experience requires a Nascent Soul Cultivator to escort.

Otherwise, it’s certain death...

"A maritime trade fleet traveling between Qing State and Yingzhou?"

"Luck really is on my side..."

Lin Chen sighed.

In his current situation, returning to Qing State is obviously not an option for now.

Demon Monarch Huiyue, and possibly the Demon Sect might be hunting him down.

If he can reach Yingzhou, avoiding trouble for now seems like the best choice...

Lin Chen’s mind flashed with information about Yingzhou.

Among the Five Great States, each has its own characteristics.

Yunzhou is in the sky, while Yingzhou is at sea!

To be precise, Yingzhou consists of countless seaside archipelagos, perhaps not larger than a single continent.

But its distribution is extensive, scattered like stars across the Endless Sea Domain.

If one wishes to travel between Qing State, Demon State, and Central State, one must pass through Yingzhou.

Because Yingzhou is a resting place, comprising numerous islands.

Therefore, Yingzhou is very close to Qing State, and navigating the sea for a year might bring you there.

If it were other states, even years of sailing might not suffice...

And this is with a Magical Treasure Spiritual Boat, whose speed on the sea is not much slower than a Spiritual Boat in the sky.

Otherwise, it would take even more time.

Lin Chen shook his head and didn’t think too much.

The urgent priority is still to recover strength; once he has the power to protect himself, everything else will be manageable.

Feeling some strength returning to his body, Lin Chen sat cross-legged and consumed a few Healing Pills and Ox and Tiger Pills.

The pills took effect, and Lin Chen’s strength recovered a little, and his chaotic Magical Power was somewhat regulated.

Taking out a bottle of Spirit Liquid, Lin Chen took a small sip and continued to cultivate the Evergreen Technique to restore Magical Power.

In this way, a day and night passed.

The next morning, Lin Chen awoke from his cultivation.

His cultivation had recovered about half, roughly reaching Golden Core strength.

At the same time, his Divine Sense had also recovered significantly.

So Lin Chen left the room and went to the deck to chat with the cultivators on the ship.

In just half a day, Lin Chen learned a lot about the situation on the ship.

This sea-faring Spiritual Boat is not small.

There are hundreds of people aboard, all cultivators.

Half of them are bloodline cultivators of the Fufeng Clan.

This clan is a Nascent Soul Clan, very low-key, quietly making a fortune trading between the two states.

As for the other cultivators on board, most of them are experienced sailors.

They live in a few marketplaces along the coast of Qing State, making a living by trading via sea and fishing at sea.

The Endless Sea Domain is not without dangers.

Otherwise, Lin Chen’s over seventy Martial Arts Puppets wouldn’t have been damaged, leaving only one intact.

Even the most experienced sea ships, taking the safest routes, still encounter danger.

It’s just that the danger is much lessened.

From the mouths of these sailors, Lin Chen learned that the Fufeng Clan has a good reputation.

They have rich maritime navigation experience, rarely encountering accidents, and treat the loose cultivator sailors near their clan respectfully.

Not only is it famous in the East Sea of Qing State, but its reputation is even greater in Ying State.

This is because nearly half of the families in Ying State live by maritime trade.

At the same time, as Lin Chen had guessed, that elder was indeed the patriarch of the Fufeng Clan, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The two cultivators were his grandsons, both Golden Core Cultivators.

As for the young girl, she was the old man’s youngest granddaughter.

At just seventeen, she set out to sea this time to broaden her horizons.

After getting a rough understanding of the situation on the ship, Lin Chen relaxed quite a bit.

In front of him, a bearded Foundation Establishment sailor raised a cup and whispered:

"Taoist friend, your luck is really good!"

"Your uncle took you and you’ve heard you’ve been adrift at sea for days and haven’t encountered a sea demon?"

"I heard you were being hunted by enemies... forced to escape?"

Lin Chen pursed his lips after hearing this and feigned a bitter smile:

"Alas, it’s indeed a helpless situation!"

"To tell the truth, I originally lived in Wenda City, with a decent family situation, but unfortunately, while traveling, I was hunted by enemies..."

"Alas, in the current situation, I don’t know when I can return home..."

On this sea vessel, hardly seeing land for a year or two at a time, even cultivators find it a bit dull, so the crew like to gossip and brag.

What Lin Chen said was naturally also a way to inform the Fufeng Clan through the crew’s words that he had no ill intentions.

Once healed, he would disembark upon reaching Ying State.

After hearing Lin Chen’s words, the ship’s cultivators immediately widened their eyes in excitement.

"Brother Lin comes from Wenda City?"

"Gosh, I’ve heard Wenda City is built in the sky, is that true?"

These crew members were evidently very interested in Lin Chen’s experiences.

Although their cultivation wasn’t bad, they spent most of their lives at sea, rarely enjoying the prosperity of Wenda City.

"Of course. Not just the sky? Wenda City is divided into four districts: east, west, south, and north. The most famous building in the north district is the Drunken Immortal Tower, and the newly opened Celestial Life..."

Lin Chen was enthusiastically chatting with a group of crew members.

They listened with shining eyes.

At some point, a little girl also joined in.

It was the girl seen in the room earlier.

Fufeng Xiaoya.

Every time Lin Chen spoke of romantic affairs, the girl would blush furiously, covering her face.

The cultivators on the ship were mostly bold, not too shy about matters between men and women, and quite interested in them.

Just as Lin Chen was chatting enthusiastically with a group of crew members, suddenly the sea vessel shook violently.

At the same time, an invisible shield enveloped the entire Spiritual Boat.

On board, almost all crew members instinctively took out magical treasures for protection.

Some of the newer crew members with little maritime experience looked a bit nervous.

Lin Chen kept all this in his eyes.

Soon he saw the Patriarch Fufeng leave the vessel, and outside the Spiritual Boat, there were fluctuations of magical combat.

Three breaths later, Patriarch Fufeng leaped onto the deck, tossing over a sea beast more than a zhang in size.

"Haha, a Third Tier sea beast, don’t be alarmed."

Patriarch Fufeng nodded to his two grandsons.

The two Golden Core cultivators stepped forward, smiling:

"Let’s feast tonight, shall we eat sea beast meat?"

Hearing this, some aboard cheered, while others complained.

"Why sea beast meat again? I’m sick of it..."

"Ah, say less! This is Third Tier sea beast meat, very beneficial for cultivation!"

Lin Chen observed all this, joining the crowd.

The sky gradually darkened.

By evening, a group of crew members gathered on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze, grilled fish, and fish soup.

Under the protection of the array, the scents and sounds on the ship were hard to detect within the sea domain.

Lin Chen was among them, drinking a bowl of fish soup, warming up his body.

"Tsk tsk, this sea beast’s meat quality seems quite remarkable, much like the Hu Deer meat, yet for Body Cultivators, it’s several times more effective."

Lin Chen silently noted this information in his mind.

Demon beasts that can be consumed directly and are beneficial for a cultivator’s cultivation are indeed good demon beasts!

"In the vast Endless Sea Domain, sometimes sea caravans rely on fishing for survival. Once reaching Ying State, perhaps I can bring some back to Blue Star?" Lin Chen thought quietly.

While eating, the two brothers from the Fufeng family came over.

These two were twins, one named Fu Fengchen, the other Fufeng Xingchen.

Fu Fengchen was the older, more steady one.

Fufeng Xingchen was the younger, with a more extroverted personality. He came over, handed a piece of fish meat, and asked:

"Little Lin, where’s your uncle? Why hasn’t he come out to eat something?"

"Now that you mention it, he hardly seems to eat anything since he came aboard..."

Lin Chen paused in his speech and just laughed:

"My uncle likes quietness, his cultivation technique is special, and he seldom eats, having avoided grain for many years now..."

Hearing this, the Fufeng brothers nodded and didn’t ask further.

Life on the sea is leisurely and long, provided there are no dangerous situations.

...

Meanwhile, countless distances away from Lin Chen.

Wenda City, Medicine Mountain.

A figure burrowed back into Medicine Mountain.

"Finally broke through! Late Golden Core... hehe, from now on, at least I’m no longer the lowest in cultivation!"

"Ah, otherwise, how would I have any face as a master?"

Han Jihai shook his head, happily returning to Medicine Mountain.

Yes, half a year ago... he really went into secluded cultivation.

He just sought tranquility, opened a cave dwelling deep in the mountains and old forests...