Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Master Black Tiger, don't worry. Master Yuanji and I will be traveling together on this trip to Penglai. We will look after each other and there won't be any setbacks."

What Jing Yu said made sense. His current combat power was not inferior to that of an ordinary Great True Man in the late Jindan stage. It was difficult for cultivators below the Yuanying stage to pose much threat to him. Even if a Yuanying True Lord was in a hurry, he would mostly shuttle through the void. Most of the time, he had a clear purpose, so how could he run into trouble halfway?

As for why he wanted to travel with Yuanji?

Firstly, he got along very well with Yuansi, and he was a nice person. It was better to have a playmate to relieve his boredom on the road than to travel alone.

Secondly, Jing Yu was also very envious of Yuanji's fate of [karmic body in previous lives], and also wanted to communicate more with Yuanji and connect their fates to see if he could get a lower fate.

"It's getting late, Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, let's get going."

Jing Yu nodded and waved goodbye to Song Jinghong and the others once again. The next moment, the two of them transformed into two streaks of light and sped off into the distance, gradually disappearing from everyone's sight...

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Three months later, the southern region of the Falling Star Sea and the Transformation Sea

“Wow…delicious!”

In a restaurant, Jing Yu and Yuan Ji were sitting on the seats on the second-floor balcony, each holding a bowl of delicious chicken noodle soup and eating it non-stop.

Unlike Jing Yu's slow and leisurely eating, Monk Yuanji's eating manners were a little unsightly. Perhaps because there was no meat in the Wanfo Temple, he wolfed down every meal on this long journey. He had a huge appetite, which made Jing Yu wonder if Yuanji had practiced some kind of physical training to strengthen his body through food supplements.

“It is said that the wave-treading chickens in Huashen Sea don’t eat feed on a daily basis. They are all free-range and only feed on the spiritual fish in the sea. Therefore, their meat is delicious. I thought it was just the boss’s exaggeration, but I didn’t expect it to be true!” Yuanji picked up a shiny chicken drumstick, opened his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp without even spitting out the bone, and drank it down with noodle soup.

"It's really good." Jing Yu praised. The chicken noodle soup was very much to his liking. Apart from other things, the two of them had very similar tastes in food. It was rare for them to eat together often.

"Boss, have another bowl!"

Yuanji swallowed the bowl of chicken noodle soup in three or four mouthfuls, and drank up the noodle soup with golden oil in one gulp. Then he put down the bowl and spoke loudly.

"Please wait a moment, senior. I will be there soon!" A young servant in the Qi training stage took the bowl of noodles, nodded and bowed, and retreated.

Jing Yu and Yuan Ji only showed their Foundation Establishment cultivation at this time. After all, Golden Core True Immortals were rare in such a small market. If two of them came at once, it would inevitably cause a commotion, so it was better to keep a low profile.

"Master Yuanji, how long will it take us to reach the central sea area of ​​the Southern Region [Suzaku Sea]?" Jing Yu took another mouthful of soup and asked slowly.

"It's still early." Yuanji smiled. "It's only been a few months since we left the Red Dust Sea. We've also crossed the [Helu Sea] and have just reached the [Hua Shen Sea]... The distance to the [Suzaku Sea], at the speed of a Jindan cultivator, will take at least a year or two."

"Once we reach the Suzaku Sea, there's a super-long-distance teleportation array that leads directly to Penglai Fairyland, the Zhongzhou Region. But there's still a queue. I estimate it'll take a few more months to reach Penglai."

Jing Yu sighed, "I grew up in Penglai Immortal Continent. Before I established my foundation, I wandered around the same place. Later, by chance, I came to the Red Dust Sea. I cultivated to the Golden Core stage and never moved again... Now, after such a long journey, I realize how difficult it is to travel far. Even a Golden Core cultivator has such a hard time!"

"Not to mention the difficulties and dangers along the way, few Golden Cores can afford the time alone!"

Yuanji sighed, "This is only possible now with the super-long-distance teleportation array. In the ancient times, even a Jindan cultivator would have to run himself to death just to cross the Falling Star Sea to reach the Penglai Immortal Continent!"

While the two were chatting, the Qi-cultivating servant came upstairs carrying two bowls of steaming chicken noodle soup. Following him were two foundation-building cultivators, a man and a woman, who also sat down on the second floor.

The male cultivator who was in the foundation-building stage said, "Waiter, give me one serving of mouth-watering chicken, one serving of boiled chicken, and two bowls of chicken noodle soup, quickly!"

"It is said that the Treading Wave Chicken in this market is a local delicacy. Wan'er, let's try it later."

The female cultivator frowned and said unhappily, "I heard that the Yunding Immortal Palace has reappeared in the southwest waters of the Huashen Sea. A large number of cultivators have already gone to search for it. We don't even have enough time to travel, so how can we have time to come here and enjoy some delicious food!"

The male cultivator shook his head and said, "This isn't the first time rumors of the Yunding Immortal Palace appearing. They've always been false. Maybe this time is fake too. We're just trying our luck... Besides, this Yunding Immortal Palace is a relic left behind by the Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch. Even if it really does appear, how can we, the Foundation Establishment cultivators, have any chance of seeing it? It's something only True Monarchs and True Immortals can hope for..."

Jing Yu and Yuan Ji looked at each other in silence.

Jing Yu asked with the secret sound transmission technique, "[Yunding Fairy Palace]? Master Yuanji, have you heard of it? The name sounds so grand, I wonder if it's a blessed land or a cave paradise."

Monk Yuanji shook his head and said, "Xuanjing, do you know the origin of the name of this [Transformation Sea]?"

Seeing that Jing Yu didn't know, Yuan Ji explained, "It is said that this [Spiritual Transformation Sea] once had a cultivator who overcame the tribulation of the Spiritual Transformation here and successfully passed it, advancing to the Spiritual Transformation realm, hence the name."

"But it's only been over 20,000 years since the end of the recent ancient times. Which of the Transformation Gods doesn't have a name? I've never heard of anyone achieving enlightenment in this Transformation God Sea. As for the recent ancient times, or even the medieval and ancient times? That's even more difficult to verify... Whether this [Cloudtop Immortal Palace] is real or fake is still a matter of debate."

"But perhaps it's a low-level secret realm, dubbed the [Cloudtop Fairy Palace]...Xuan Jing, are you interested in taking a look?"

"Forget it, let's not make things complicated."

Jing Yuyan said, "If it's just an ordinary secret realm, it's of little use to Jindan cultivators like us. But if it's truly a relic of the Divine Transformation Realm, I'm afraid more than half of the Yuanying True Lords in the entire Xianzhou Realm will come here. It's definitely not something we can get our hands on. We'd better concentrate on our journey."

"That's true." Yuanji shrugged, picked up another bowl of chicken noodle soup, and started drinking it.

After the two of them had their meal, they left the sea market and continued to fly towards the [Suzaku Sea]. After a few days of flying, they suddenly felt that the spiritual energy around them was disordered. Looking up, they saw thick dark clouds that almost covered the entire sky. For a moment, there were winds and rain, lightning and thunder, and a storm at sea was brewing.

"Strange, why is the spiritual power here so violent?"

Monk Yuanji raised his hand to feel the sea breeze passing through his fingertips, and his expression became solemn:

"No, this isn't a naturally occurring thunderstorm..."

"It's the battle between high-level cultivators that has set off a tide of spiritual energy here!"