Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, but Thunderbolt Taoist Sect

If you suggest to Tian Shanzi that you go out for fun, he will refuse without hesitation. If you invite him to a banquet with a group of strangers, he can simply disappear on the spot right in front of you.

However, if you tell him there will be scallops at the banquet, and you can guarantee that there are varieties he has never seen or eaten before, Tian Shanzi can be easily lured away.

"What do you mean by 'taking advantage'? I just took advantage of Tian Shanzi's hobby, and I wasn't lying."

Regarding the description of "abducting people," Liu Qingyuan made a complaint, saying that he had only taken advantage of Tian Shanzi's fondness for seafood scallops. Indeed, such dishes were available in the Dragon Palace. He had even specifically mentioned Tian Shanzi's preference to the Third Prince, instructing him to cater to his tastes and start from that angle.

He never lied to Tian Shanzi from beginning to end, and invited him and everyone else to the Dragon Palace for a banquet with great sincerity.

"Say that to yourself, Kenji..."

Yuan Wuxiang paused for a moment, as if he was thinking of a suitable adjective.

"...That's quite unusual."

"Silver Flying Master, your description makes it sound like Wu Jianzi doesn't always tell the truth."

"Your friends might have something to say about this, Jianzi."

"Aren't my friends right here? You, and Tian Shanzi... wait, where's Tian Shanzi?"

As they were talking, they realized that the person they were talking about was not here. They had clearly agreed to come to the Dragon Palace for the banquet together, so how could the person have disappeared all of a sudden?

"There's no sign of them. Let me see where they went."

Liu Qingyuan raised his hand across his brow, searching for Tian Shanzi's figure. They were currently at sea, with the Dragon Palace just below. Tian Shanzi himself was a blue-type innate being, and if he wandered too far and blended into the scenery, it would be difficult to find him.

They weren't worried about the other party not coming, with a scallop feast hanging in the air. Tian Shanzi was able to overcome her social anxiety for the sake of the scallops.

Previously, Tian Shanzi had been operating within the East Sea region, and most of the sea spirits had seen him. Due to his outstanding appearance and unfathomable temperament, coupled with the fact that the Third Prince of the East Sea had invited him several times without success, Tian Shanzi's reputation in the East Sea gradually grew. However, he was always alone, and some minor demons would often try to get close to him, only to be ruthlessly slapped back into the sea by Dao Feng Tian Shanzi.

Tian Shanzi hasn't arrived yet, probably because he's been entangled with some monster again. After all, he's not good at socializing, and if the other party is quick to dodge the wind or appears at a tricky time, they could easily capture Tian Shanzi in one fell swoop, which could really delay his journey.

"We should have him come with us."

If a group of people were together, no daring monster would dare to step forward. Unfortunately, this suggestion was rejected by Tenshinji from the beginning, and he decided that he would come to the Dragon Palace himself, while the others could do as they pleased.

He could accept traveling with only one or two people, but this time it was two groups traveling together. There were as many as four or five innate Daoists here. Even if it was for the scallop feast in the Dragon Palace, traveling with so many people was still too much to handle.

What was Tian Shanzi doing at this moment? This might seem a bit disjointed, but he was slaying a snake...

Having been active in the East China Sea for so long, and with such an eye-catching appearance, Tian Shanzi has encountered some audacious monsters who wanted to cause trouble. However, due to his overwhelming strength, he could usually send them back into the sea with just a fan or even a whisk. He rarely encountered situations where he could use a sword.

But this time it's a bit special. Besides the snake demon, there's also a mortal here. The snake demon is huge and coils around the person, making it impossible for them to break free. At this moment, it even bites the person's nose and drinks the flowing blood. If the Dao Wind Fan is used, it will blow the person and the snake away together.

Moreover, unlike the previous monsters, apart from a few troublemakers who wanted to cause trouble, most of them thought that Du Tian Shan Zi was an immortal who came to the East Sea for a visit. They just wanted to get close to him and ask for a chance to be guided by the immortal. They would be fine if he just fanned them away with his fan.

But since this giant snake can drink human blood, it means it can also eat human flesh. A demon with evil intentions must not be allowed to live.

Then, the Heavenly Fan Sword was drawn. The man who was bound and unable to move only saw a flash of cold light before his eyes. The giant snake on his body, which was thicker than a water bucket, stopped moving instantly. With a "thud", the snake's head fell to the ground, rolling with blood dripping from its head. Finally, it rolled into the small puddle formed by his blood, where human blood and snake blood mixed together.

Although the giant snake was dead, everything happened too fast. At this moment, the decapitated snake body was not completely dead and was still coiled around its prey. Given the size of the snake, it would be difficult for the person being coiled to break free from this "cage" without help.

Upon seeing this, the Heavenly Fan fell to the ground, slicing the giant snake's body into several pieces, allowing the people who were entangled to crawl out.

This is a small island in the East China Sea, relatively close to the coast. Because of its beautiful scenery, people occasionally come here by boat to enjoy the view. However, due to its relatively remote location, not many people can find this place.

Tian Shanzi caught so many scallops and seafood that he couldn't possibly eat them all raw. He needed tools and seasonings to start a fire and grill them, and these things were only available near the coast. Fortunately, he had the Light Transformation cheat device, which allowed him to fly directly from the desolate deep sea to inhabited coastal islands.

He came to this island to retrieve something he had left there, but he never expected to encounter a giant snake attacking him.

Zhang Sheng, who was attacked by the snake, did not expect this. He was a man who loved to explore and hunt. He had heard that the ancient island in the East China Sea had flowers that bloomed all year round, beautiful scenery, and few people. This was exactly what he wanted.

So Zhang Sheng prepared wine and food, asked for directions, and sailed there alone, without thinking about what to do if he couldn't find it. Luckily, he found it.

"There's another snake spirit... the one in red!"

Zhang Sheng crawled out of the giant snake's corpse. He had been lying on the ground and couldn't see what had happened. He only knew that someone had saved him. When the snake's head was cut off, the snake's blood sprayed onto his face, making his vision blurry. Looking ahead, he saw the hem of the attacker's clothes after he landed, and a sword that looked strange to him, shaped like a spear.

After he broke free, his first words were not to thank the other person for saving his life, but to remind them that there was another snake demon nearby.

When Zhang Sheng disembarked and set down his things to enjoy the scenery, he encountered a radiant woman dressed in red. She claimed to be a prostitute from Jiaodong who had come here with the young master Hai.

He hadn't expected anyone to arrive before him, but there was no Young Master Hai here, only a woman in red standing before him. Upon inquiring, he learned that Young Master Hai had gone elsewhere for sightseeing, and she was too tired to walk any further, so she was waiting here.

Because the destination was remote, no one was willing to go on a sea adventure with Zhang Sheng. Enjoying the scenery alone would inevitably be lonely. Now that this woman was with him, it was exactly what he wanted, so he invited her to sit down and have a drink.

During this time, they asked who the young master Hai was, since he could take prostitutes out to sea, he must be from a wealthy family. But the woman didn't reveal anything until a strong wind blew across the island and the sound of grass and trees breaking could be heard. Then the woman said that the young master Hai had arrived.

Only then did he realize that the so-called "Sea Prince" was a giant snake monster thicker than a water bucket. When the giant snake appeared, the woman in red had already disappeared.

If the young master Hai is a snake demon, then the woman he had been chatting happily with before was probably also a snake.

"There was a woman in red who was with this young master of the sea."

"Your injuries are not serious. This place is too dangerous to stay in for long. Let's go."

Tian Shanzi glanced at the snake's head lying in the pool of blood. "Young Master Hai, this giant snake actually has a name." He put Zhou Tian Dao Feng back into Dao Feng Tian Shan. When he arrived, the woman in red was nowhere to be seen. Even though Zhang Sheng had warned him, Tian Shanzi wouldn't actively seek her out unless she came looking for trouble or harming anyone.

He just came to pick up some things; he had to rush to the Dragon Palace for a banquet and didn't have time to worry about these things.

"Since you have a boat, leave as soon as possible."

Learning from Ma Ji's experience with the ox, Tian Shanzi chose a distant spot as soon as he landed, ensuring the other side didn't get close, and then disappeared before warning them to leave.

"This immortal...?"

Zhang Sheng finally managed to get up and saw the other person's face clearly. He was shocked to realize that he had encountered a celestial being from the sea. Just as he was about to speak, the figure in front of him disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The other party disappeared so quickly that Zhang Sheng thought he was hallucinating from blood loss, but the giant snake broken into several pieces on the ground and the snake's head in the pool of blood indicated that everything just now was not a hallucination.

A gust of wind blew by, and Zhang Sheng, covered in blood, shivered from the cold. The giant snake had only bitten his nose and was drinking his blood. The large patches of blood on his body were from when the snake's body was cut open. Remembering that there was another one on the island, he decided to heed the snake's advice and leave as soon as possible.

Since he came out to enjoy the scenery, Zhang Sheng did not bring any change of clothes on the boat. He only had one spare coat, but since his body was soaked in snake blood, this coat was not very effective.

His return covered in blood would surely frighten people, but Zhang Sheng himself wouldn't believe such a bizarre experience unless he had experienced it firsthand. In order not to be mistaken for a madman when he returned, he took the giant snake Hai Gongzi's snake head with him to prove that what he said was true.

When Zhang Sheng returned to the ship and was about to set sail, a strong wind suddenly blew in from the sea, pushing him and the ship forward, but there was no sign of the ship capsizing.

But the strong wind came suddenly, and its direction was different from the sea wind. Recalling his escape from the snake's mouth, when the Sea Prince appeared, a strong wind was blowing. Zhang Sheng thought that another snake had come after him, and he was so scared that he covered his head and lay down in the boat.

Therefore, he did not see that although the strong wind came strangely and the sea was rising and falling, the boat was moving surprisingly steadily, as if an invisible hand was pushing the small boat forward.

When the wind stopped, Zhang Sheng straightened up and looked around. He found that the ancient island behind him had long since disappeared, leaving only an endless sea. Looking ahead, he could see a few scattered fishing boats in the distance, indicating that he was not far from the shore.

……

"Young Master Hai? There is indeed such a character in the East Sea, but he is just a second-rate snake demon with some cultivation, who can only frighten mortals."

Tian Shanzi arrived at the Dragon Palace as promised. When asked where he had been, he simply recounted his experience of slaying the snake.

The title "Young Master Hai" sounds impressive, but he's actually a nobody. It took the Third Prince a long time to remember it.

"That demonic serpent's cultivation method is substandard. It likes to drink human blood. It will find a small, vulnerable member of its kind who needs protection and instruct the person to lure mortals. Then it will capture people and drink their blood. This thing only dares to move around near the coast. If you kill it, you kill it. Immortal Master, you don't need to worry about it."

What the Third Prince cared about most was that he had finally managed to invite his benefactor to the Dragon Palace. It hadn't been easy. For someone as dignified as the Third Prince of the East Sea, repaying a debt of gratitude had been fraught with twists and turns.

Although Tian Shanzi was standing there, there was still a distance between them, but at least he managed to invite the person over. It was just that his previous habitual thinking had gotten the better of him, and he thought that cultivators were far removed from the mortal world and did not eat human food. He had not grasped the other person's preferences and did not know that he could use scallops to lure people over... cough, invite them over.

If the Third Prince had known earlier that Tian Shanzi liked scallops, he would have definitely prepared a special feast for his benefactor. The Dragon Palace has no shortage of seafood, so hosting a seafood banquet would have been a piece of cake.

"I never expected the immortal to like scallops. You really can't judge a book by its cover."

"I think it's quite obvious."

Hearing the Third Prince's sigh, Liu Qingyuan came closer.

"Tian Shanzi's preferences have always been out in the open; you can tell just by looking at him."

"I really didn't see that."

"That's how you should look at it."

Liu Qingyuan used his whisk as a conductor's baton, gesturing in front of the Third Prince.

"Look, don't the decorations on the shoulders of the fan look like scallop shells?"

"?"

The Third Prince was truly surprised that people could be viewed from this perspective. You know what, you really have to believe it.

"Right? People say that people born in the primordial era dress in flashy clothes, but our clothes are full of information and at the forefront of fashion."

"The senior is just fooling people again."

Ling Ziling couldn't help but complain, "You wear scallop shells because you like them? Did you even ask Tian Shanzi about this idea? You can't just make things up because the person is standing far away and not paying attention."

"If that's the logic, then Juan Shoutian, wouldn't you have to wear cakes on your body and carry them with you at all times? ... Friend, don't really think about it, I was just joking."

Seeing that Juan Shou was naively thinking about the possibility of wearing the "cake" on his body, Yuan Wuxiang quickly stopped him from having this idea. He could help carry the cake, so he didn't have to actually wear it on his body.

At this point, the method of analyzing innate appearance to obtain information had already shifted to other people.

"The clothes we wear are all carefully designed. For example, I have a friend who comes from a Confucian family and is very rich. His motto is to be extravagantly gorgeous. He wears his wealth on his body. Unfortunately, my friend Long Su is too much of a homebody and doesn't want to come."

"If that's really the case, then why does Ah Zhen look like that in real life?"

It's not that Duanmie Chanti is unattractive, but compared to Ren Yunzong's appearance, the two have such different styles that Ling Ziling still can't get used to it.

Think of his nephew, Ah Zhen, who is so fair-skinned and handsome. There are no dark-skinned people or people covered in gold tattoos in Duanmie's family. Who did Duanmie Chanti inherit this from?

"If that's the case, Sword Master, you should get a black belt."

"That's what Juan Shoutian said."

"Why?"

Wearing all white with a black belt looks rather out of place.

"Because it is filled with the traces of the Black Water Sword Immortal." xN

Everyone present spoke in unison, including Tian Shanzi, who stood at a distance and seemed not to notice anything, but had heard it with both ears.

"..."

Well, they've all gone astray.

At this moment, a puff of white smoke suddenly rose from the ancient dust behind him.

"How could you agree even to Gu Chen's suggestion?!"