My Optimized Immortal Life

The speed of the boat in the water seems very slow, but it is actually much faster than a carriage. Especially since Qiubo Lake is so large, the boatmen can move around freely.

"Boatman, what's the history of Qiubo Lake?"

Looking at the endless Qiubo Lake in front of him, bored Chen Qing couldn't help but chat with the bearded man holding the boat pole.

"This Qiubo Lake does have some history." Seeing Chen Qing's question, the man slowly explained. "According to my ancestors, Qiubo Lake was originally a huge basin ten thousand years ago. The small reefs you see now are actually the peaks of several small hills."

The man pointed to several nearby reefs exposed on the lake. These reefs were not big, only a few feet square, and were where the boatmen usually docked their boats. Now that the man pointed them out to Chen Qing, he realized that these were actually the peaks of the mountains.

"Boatman, Qiubo Lake was originally a basin, so how did it become a lake now?"

Chen Qing asked.

"It's said that tens of thousands of years ago, an immortal passed by here and saw a dragon committing evil. He killed the dragon, and the dragon's body turned into this vast Qiubo Lake, filling the entire basin. This is a story passed down by our ancestors. I don't know if it's true. I've lived for so many years and haven't seen any immortals."

The man stroked his beard and spoke calmly.

"Is that so?"

After hearing this, Chen Qing secretly shook his head and couldn't help feeling a little funny. You are going to see the immortal soon.

I'm afraid the boatman never thought that one day he would have the honor of carrying a legendary "immortal".

However, tens of thousands of years ago.

This timing was a bit tricky. Chen Qing pondered secretly. According to his understanding, tens of thousands of years ago, it was the end of the ancient cultivation era. In the ancient books that have been passed down, there are vague records of the end of the ancient cultivation tens of thousands of years ago. The Song Kingdom's cultivation world where Chen Qing is now actually just developed ten thousand years ago.

It is said that in the ancient era of cultivation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and there were countless cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages. Even the top cultivators in the Spirit Transformation stage numbered hundreds. That was the true golden age of cultivation. However, for some unknown reason, there was a gap between the ancient era of cultivation and the present, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is no longer as abundant as before.

"Sir, what would you like to eat?"

Before he knew it, an hour had passed since Chen Qing boarded the boat. The boatman saw that Chen Qing had been sitting there for the entire morning and couldn't help but ask.

"I wonder what the boatman has here?"

Chen Qing sat for the whole morning. Although he was a cultivator, a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage was not able to practice fasting, so he felt a little hungry at this time.

"You can cook a pot of autumn neck fish. This fish is a specialty of Qiubo Lake and can only be found in this lake."

The man clapped his hands and went into the cabin to get busy. The boat stopped in the lake, moving with the water, which was quite comfortable.

Chen Qing sat at the bow of the boat, looking at the lake. The water was clear and sparkling, but with his eyesight, he could only see about twenty meters below the lake. The rest was hazy darkness.

It didn't take the boatman long to cook the fish. After a while, he invited Chen Qing into the cabin.

After entering the cabin, Chen Qing sat down at a small square table. The boatman placed a small pot of freshly cooked autumn neck fish and a pot of wine on the table.

Seeing Chen Qing sitting down, he said, "Sir, please take your time to eat. It will take another half an hour to reach the farthest place our boats can reach."

Chen Qing nodded and began to enjoy the small pot of autumn neck fish.

The fish meat is full of freshness and fragrance when you put it in your mouth. The soup is also full of the aroma of fish meat, without any fishy smell. I don’t know how this boatman cooks it.

Since Chen Qing traveled through time, he had never tasted fish soup as delicious as this one, and he couldn't help but start to eat it with relish.

Half an hour later, the boat arrived at a place where fog began to form and the lake surface in front of it became unclear.

When they stopped at a reef, the boatman said helplessly, "Sir, my boat can't enter the front. Where do you want to get off?"

"Right here."

Chen Qing took out another ingot of gold from his sleeve and handed it to the boatman.

"That's not possible." The boatman was shocked when he saw Chen Qing take out a piece of gold.

"No problem, just consider it as your reward for bringing me here."

Chen Qing smiled.

Without waiting for the boatman's response, Chen Qing took out the Qingye magic weapon from his storage bag and jumped onto the Qingye.

The boatman was so shocked when he saw this that the gold in his hand fell down and rolled on the boat.

“…I have seen the immortal.”

After a long while, the boatman finally reacted and said hurriedly.

Chen Qing just smiled and said nothing more. He flew into the fog in the green leaf boat and disappeared without a trace.

"I never thought that I, Old Man Li, would one day meet the legendary immortal."

Old man Li sighed and said that this was his destiny.

However, Chen Qing did not pay much attention to Old Man Li at this time. After he entered the fog, he immediately felt that the concentration of spiritual energy between heaven and earth had increased a lot, which made him happy. The increase in the concentration of spiritual energy meant that there must be a spiritual vein nearby.

Riding the Green Leaf Boat, Chen Qing flew inward for a while, and finally an island appeared in front of him. He could see many people walking on it, and there were also monks like Chen Qing riding flying magic tools traveling between the islands.

Chen Qing drove the Qingye Boat and landed at the port of the island.

As soon as he got off the Qingye Boat, a young man in cloth came to Chen Qing.

"Master, this is your first time visiting Qiuye Island, right? My name is Wang Er, and I grew up on the island. I can introduce you to some of the island's conditions."

The young man had a flattering look on his face and kept calling him "Immortal Master". Chen Qing saw that he had no spiritual roots and understood that he must be a descendant of a family brought to the island by some cultivators. Although this boy had no spiritual roots, he had some eyesight and could immediately spot a stranger like Chen Qing in the crowd.

Chen Qing didn't mind letting him introduce the situation of Qiuye Island to him.

After putting the Qingye Boat back into the storage bag, Chen Qing took out a spirit stone from the storage bag and threw it to the other party. He smiled and said, "Then tell me about this Qiuye Island."

Wang Er hurriedly took the spirit stone and stuffed it into his pocket. He smiled and said, "Okay, Master, let's talk while we walk."

Chen Qing nodded and followed Wang Er towards the center of the island.

"This Autumn Leaf Island was discovered five hundred years ago by a Jindan cultivator named Tianhua Zhenren. He accidentally entered Autumn Leaf Lake during his travels. In addition to this Autumn Leaf Island, there are two other islands, namely Honglin Island and Linghua Island. All three islands have a primary spiritual vein, and the one on Linghua Island is a medium-sized spiritual vein. After Tianhua Zhenren explored these islands, he moved some of his friends and his own family to these three islands. However, after Tianhua Zhenren passed away, many independent cultivators also came to these three islands, and eventually they became the gathering place for independent cultivators today... Now, the Three Island Alliance founded by Linghua Zhenren governs the three islands."

Wang Er slowly told Chen Qing the development history of the three islands, so that the latter had some understanding of the situation here.

After entering the market on Qiuye Island, Chen Qing asked Wang Er to leave and went to see what the difference was between the market here and the one in Maple Valley.