Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 102: Endless Sea

Two days later, Fang Hong returned to White Desert Mountain in Sand Country, entering the hidden cave with practiced ease.

Everything inside the cave remained the same, silent and cold; it seemed no one had discovered this place yet.

To be safe, Fang Hong casually refined a set of formation tools for the "Hidden Mountain Formation" and arranged them around the cave entrance.

This formation could hide the entire cave entrance from sight; as long as no Core Formation Cultivator came to investigate closely, they wouldn’t find this place.

After making the arrangements, Fang Hong didn’t delay at all, taking some spirit stones from his storage bag and scattering them onto the formation eyes at the four corners of the teleportation array.

As he continuously surged his magic power, the teleportation array gradually lit up with a faint glow, and formation patterns began to emerge on the ground.

During the activation of the formation, Fang Hong took out the "great teleportation token," infused it with his magic power, and placed it in front of him.

This was his key protection for this cross-domain teleportation, ensuring the entire process was foolproof.

"Damned Zhao Emperor, I, Fang Hong, will remember this grudge of assassination!" Fang Hong said irritably.

As soon as he finished speaking, a pillar of white light rose from the formation, enveloping Fang Hong’s entire body.

His figure gradually blurred in the white light, finally vanishing completely inside the cave with a "swoosh," and the teleportation array returned to tranquility.

A white light flashed before Fang Hong’s eyes, and in the next instant, he arrived in an eerie spatial tunnel.

The great teleportation token emitted waves of white light, carrying him as he continuously traversed through the spatial tunnel.

Fang Hong’s eyes darted around incessantly; this was his first time personally experiencing long-distance teleportation, and the sight before him filled him with amazement.

He didn’t dare move at all, fearing he might fall into a spatial crack and have both his body and soul destroyed.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a white light streaked overhead, causing the spatial tunnel to vibrate violently.

When Fang Hong opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar grotto.

Fang Hong looked around; it was a crude grotto with no exit passage. There was an open-air hole about ten feet wide overhead, and the formation platform beneath his feet was overgrown with various weeds.

Fang Hong breathed a sigh of relief. The teleportation was successful, and it seemed no one had been here for a long time, which meant his current situation was safe.

Just then, Fang Hong keenly noticed a salty, fishy scent permeating the air, a unique smell quite different from the continental aura he was familiar with.

With a thought, Fang Hong leaped up and flew out of the grotto’s opening.

When he stood in the air overlooking the surroundings, he was completely stunned.

"This is... the sea?" Fang Hong muttered to himself, a look of pleasant surprise on his face.

Before him was a boundless azure ocean, shimmering with light, the waves crashing against the reefs with a rhythmic roar.

Fang Hong was overjoyed; it seemed he had truly arrived in the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain, as the scenery before him was very similar to the descriptions in ancient records!

The ancient records also mentioned that the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain was full of life, possessing a large number of marine Demonic Beasts and cultivation resources; he hoped it wouldn’t disappoint him.

Afterward, Fang Hong flew in a circle around the small island. It was only about ten miles long and wide, barren inside with thin Spiritual Qi and no greenery; it was likely a deserted island that no one cared about.

The teleportation array was built inside a small hill and was quite hidden; unless some cultivator was bored out of their mind, they probably wouldn’t come to this godforsaken island.

Fang Hong left a formation seal restriction around the island, and after determining a direction, he turned into a streak of red light and flew away.

He didn’t know much about the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain and needed to find some local residents for information.

After flying continuously for over half a day, Fang Hong encountered many small islands, but there were no signs of human life on any of them, nor even a trace of a Demonic Beast.

Unwilling to give up, he simply dived into the sea to check the underwater situation, but only saw ordinary fish and shrimp, with no sign of Demonic Beasts.

Fang Hong couldn’t help but feel a bit depressed. This was different from the ancient records; weren’t Demonic Beast resources supposed to be abundant? He had flown for so long without encountering a single one... Perhaps the Spiritual Qi here was too thin for humans or Demonic Beasts to make it their home, Fang Hong consoled himself.

Out of necessity, Fang Hong had no choice but to continue flying forward.

Fang Hong flew in the direction of the rising sun. According to ancient records, the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain was located to the east of the Heavenly Azure Continent; if he kept flying east, he should be able to find signs of humans.

Finally, after flying continuously for three days, Fang Hong finally saw human figures.

It was a wooden ship over a hundred feet long sailing in the ocean, with several figures on board.

However, the ship was currently in danger, surrounded by twenty Long-beaked demon birds that launched occasional raids, letting out "ga-ga-ga" screeches!

The several cultivators on the ship were continuously casting spells to drive away the attacking Long-beaked demon birds.

Standing high in the sky, Fang Hong took in the scene. These Long-beaked demon birds were merely Level 1 monsters, and the cultivators on the ship were also at the Qi Refinement Stage; it was the perfect chance to ask them for information.

"Quick, quick, quick! Kill these long-beaked birds!" a burly man in blue on the ship shouted loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a streak of red light flashed across the sky. All the long-beaked birds in the air died and flew in one direction, sucked into the demon gourd by Fang Hong to be refined into spirit pills.

These low-level spirit pills didn’t help him much, but they could be saved for Little Rainbow to eat.

Fang Hong’s figure flashed, moving with great speed, and in the blink of an eye, he landed on the wooden ship.

The Qi Refinement Stage cultivators on the ship were startled by Fang Hong’s sudden appearance. Fang Hong’s powerful aura, in particular, left them terrified; this was definitely a cultivator at Foundation Establishment or above!

The cultivators quickly jogged over, and the burly man in blue leading them greeted him respectfully: "Greetings, Senior. This humble one is named Li Qing, the captain of this ship’s guards. Thank you for your rescue just now!"

Fang Hong was momentarily stunned when he heard the burly man’s accent. The language he spoke was somewhat similar to that of the Heavenly Azure Continent but with some differences; Fang Hong could roughly understand what he meant.

So Fang Hong nodded in response: "Mm, I have some questions for you. Just answer truthfully."

The burly man in blue was also stunned upon hearing Fang Hong’s accent.

Why did this Senior’s speech sound somewhat archaic? However, he didn’t dare to speculate too much and immediately replied: "Whatever Senior wishes to ask, this humble one will surely answer truthfully."

"Do you have a map? Bring it out for me to see," Fang Hong inquired.

"Yes, yes..." The burly man hurriedly fumbled a jade slip out of his storage bag and handed it to Fang Hong.

Fang Hong took the jade slip and infused it with magic power. A light-screen map appeared in the air, along with his current location.

It was a rough map, inscribed with densely packed islands.

There were both large and small islands, and each one was labeled with a name; those without names were likely uninhabited.

Among these island groups, one large island caught Fang Hong’s attention. Located in the center of the cluster, it was vast in area and labeled with the three characters "Four Seas Island."