Quick Wear Beauty

The undercurrents deep within the pool carried a cool aura. Li Guang sat knee-high on a smooth blue stone, her body surrounded by faint water ripples.

Over the past three months, she has already figured out a cultivation method that suits her—since she cannot use the mermaid pearl to store spiritual power, she gathers water spiritual energy and circulates it continuously within her body to temper her physical body.

Li Guang's tail shimmered with gold; according to inherited memories, only the royal family of the Merfolk possessed golden tails.

But it's clear she's not a pure merfolk demon, just a merman. She has human blood in her veins; perhaps one of her parents was human. However, with her parents' whereabouts unknown, she doesn't know her origins. Perhaps she'll find out once she returns to her merfolk clan.

According to the inherited memories, the Merfolk in the East Sea of ​​the cultivation world are separated from Qingzhou, where the boundary marker is located, by crossing five states and then traveling tens of thousands of miles into the East Sea.

If we don't improve our strength as soon as possible and reunite with our people, it will be a long and uncertain journey. We can't even cross these millions of miles, let alone face the dangers we might encounter along the way.

Since she is not a pure merfolk, she can abandon the merfolk's cultivation methods and switch to human cultivation methods, but that is not easy.

Even if the original owner wasn't very strong, he had still reached the third level of Qi Refining over the years.

After losing the mermaid pearl, her strength declined. If she were to start cultivating again, she would have to destroy her original foundation. She couldn't be too hasty, lest it damage her physical constitution.

She will continue to live in the world as a human cultivator.

At this moment, she was guiding a stream of newly absorbed water elemental energy to cleanse the meridians in her arm when she suddenly felt the pool water tremble violently, as if a huge rock had crashed into the water.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of powerful spiritual energy emanated from above, carrying the sharpness and heat unique to sword cultivators, almost boiling the pool water.

"What's going on? Qiqi, are there people outside? Who are they after? This place is very remote, it's not like we're in the cultivation world."

Qiqi quickly said, "There's a life-or-death battle outside! That sword light missed its target and came hurtling towards us! Luckily, there's a defensive formation underwater. These people are so bored, coming all the way to the mortal realm to fight. Thankfully, it's not near a city, or how many mortals would have died!"

Something blocked the light above the pool, causing uneasy ripples to spread across the once emerald green surface.

She dared not delay, quickly took out a yellow paper talisman and held it in her palm. The moment she injected spiritual power, the talisman transformed into a pale blue halo that enveloped her entire body—this was a concealing talisman she had made herself before. Now that she was in this world, she could use all the talismans she had stored in the cultivation world.

Fortunately, the physical bodies of demons are relatively strong, and she could withstand the gradually increasing temperature of the pool, but the countless fish around her suffered.

After doing all this, she slowly floated to the surface, only letting her eyes peek above the water, while simultaneously concentrating her water elemental power in her eyes.

Merfolk already possess eyesight far exceeding that of ordinary people, and now, enhanced by spiritual power, they can penetrate the thin mist and see clearly the scene high in the sky.

Two figures were locked in fierce combat: one dressed in white, wielding a long sword whose blade flashed like a bolt of lightning, each swing accompanied by a sharp, piercing sound; he was a sword cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

The other person was dressed in black, bare-handed, and his fists made a crisp sound like metal clashing as he swung them. He was surrounded by a faint earthy yellow aura, clearly a body cultivator at the first level of Foundation Establishment.

Normally, people with lower cultivation levels cannot see the specific cultivation rank of those with higher cultivation levels than themselves. However, this is not the first time Li Guang has cultivated, so she can see it with a small spiritual artifact. This can be considered one of the benefits of traveling through time and space multiple times.

"Qi Refining level 12 against Foundation Establishment level 1... How did this sword cultivator offend a body cultivator? Did he chase them all the way from the cultivation world to the mortal world?" Qi Qi wondered. "Body cultivators are known for their defense and strength, and Foundation Establishment is a whole level higher. No matter how exquisite the swordsman's swordsmanship is, he can't overcome the difference in cultivation level!"

Li Guang held her breath, her eyes fixed on the battle.

The white-robed swordsman's swordsmanship was indeed exquisite. His sword light was as cunning as a snake, always managing to avoid the black-robed body cultivator's fists and strike at the opponent's weaknesses from tricky angles.

However, the body cultivator's internal energy was so powerful that when the sword tip pierced it, it could only produce a string of sparks, not even scratching the skin.

"Clang!" The black-clad body cultivator seized an opening and punched the white-clad sword cultivator in the chest, causing the latter to stagger back several steps, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Mingye, you little brat, do you think you can stop me with your meager skills?" The black-clad body cultivator's voice boomed like a bell, filled with arrogance.

"Hand over the 'Longevity Secret,' and I'll spare your life!"