Chapter 4861: Unexpected Discovery

A short while later, Daoist Master Butian and Yanyao returned.

“We’ve deduced it. Let’s depart immediately!” Daoist Master Butian announced.

“That fast! Was everything deduced?” Dou Huai asked.

“Pretty much. There are quite a few locations, so we’ll have to investigate them one by one. There are certainly traps laid by Xing Shen, so we need to proceed cautiously. We should bring more people,” Daoist Master Butian suggested.

Yan Li nodded and instructed Yanyao, “Gather the personnel immediately and notify Daoist Friend Hu from the Beastmen tribe. We will go to the Sea of Gui Xu together to search for Xing Shen.”

Yanyao acknowledged the command and departed.

The Sea of Gui Xu was a boundless expanse of purple water. Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky above, and numerous cracks, like spiderwebs, could be seen in the void.

With a thunderous roar, a massive blue light shot skyward, simultaneously unleashing a powerful wave of energy. The energy wave rapidly spread out, diffusing in all directions and creating colossal waves, making a grand and mighty spectacle.

A streak of green light flew out from the depths of the sea. A deafening beast roar resounded, and the green light stopped, revealing a shimmering green dragon boat. Wang Changsheng and his three companions stood on it.

The sea churned and surged, and an immense monster appeared on the surface.

The monster had a fish head and a human body. Its gaping maw revealed a row of sharp teeth, and it held a blue trident. Blue spiritual patterns covered its body, and judging by its aura, it possessed the cultivation of a mid-stage Daoist Master.

“All of you, stay here!” the monster’s tone was icy.

Just then, the sea churned, and a massive blue pearl flew out from it, heading straight for the monster.

A look of alarm appeared in the monster’s eyes, and it quickly swung its trident to meet the pearl.

The trident collided with the massive blue pearl, producing a dull thud. The monster’s body was sent flying backward uncontrollably, and it spat out a mouthful of vital blood.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Changsheng chanted an incantation, and the massive blue pearl transformed into a streak of blue light and flew back. The Sea-Stabilizing Pearl had already been upgraded to a Heavenly Dao artifact.

With a set of Heavenly Dao artifacts in hand, Wang Changsheng’s strength had greatly increased.

The monster had mastered over a thousand types of Great Daos, but none were Supreme Daos. Wang Changsheng and his companions were searching for a Daoist Master and had arrived here, only to encounter a mid-stage Daoist Master realm expert. It seemed that the Daoist Master they sought had been killed by this monster.

The monster used its Dao Realm to trap Wang Changsheng and his companions. Wang Changsheng and his companions joined forces to break through the Dao Realm, thus escaping. If the opponent had mastered a Supreme Dao, it would have been difficult even for a complete set of Heavenly Dao artifacts to break through their Dao Realm.

The green dragon boat glowed with dazzling green light and vanished as a blur.

“Not so fast!” the monster roared, transforming into a streak of blue light and giving chase.

A quarter of an hour later, the monster stopped above a desolate island ten thousand li in circumference. Wang Changsheng possessed a flying Heavenly Dao artifact, so the monster couldn’t catch up at all.

The monster could only give up and return the way it came.

Trillions of li away, in a certain azure sea.

A green dragon boat floated above a desolate island. Wang Changsheng and his companions stood on the green dragon boat. Wang Qiulin held a piece of green beast hide, which bore numerous characters. Each line of text indicated the location of a Daoist Master.

Wang Qiulin took out a golden jade pen and crossed out a line of text.

“There are still five locations. I wonder if he’ll be there,” Wang Qiulin said with a frown. They had investigated multiple places at the fastest possible speed, with scares but no actual danger, but had not found Xing Shen’s whereabouts.

“Xing Shen is a Daoist Master after all; he must have considered these issues. Regardless, this is still a viable path. Let’s keep looking! Hopefully, we can find him,” Wang Changsheng said.

With Wang Qiulin’s deductions, they didn’t need to travel to too many places. It would be best if they could find him, but it wouldn’t matter if they couldn’t.

He chanted an incantation. The green dragon boat glowed with a green light and flew swiftly towards the southwest.

After flying fifty million li, a vast white mist sea lay ahead, its end nowhere in sight.

Wang Changsheng used his divine sense to investigate, found nothing unusual, and controlled the green dragon boat to fly into the white mist sea.

An hour passed, but the green dragon boat still hadn’t flown out of the white mist sea.

“Something’s not right!”

Wang Changsheng threw a punch, striking a certain spot in the void. The void tore open, and a giant blue fist flashed out, disappearing into the white mist sea. The white mist sea churned, but nothing unusual happened.

“A Dao formation! There’s actually a Dao formation here. Could we have stumbled into Xing Shen’s hideout?!” Wang Qiulin said somewhat nervously.

“Probably not. Otherwise, he would have controlled the Dao formation to attack us already,” Ye Haitang analyzed, taking out a small mirror that shimmered with light. The mirror surface glowed with a dazzling golden light, emitting a golden ray which struck the white mist sea, but nothing unusual happened.

After a moment, a deafening roar came from within the white mist sea. A golden light shot into the sky, and the white mist sea churned and slowly dispersed.

Wang Changsheng and his companions stood on the green dragon boat, looking towards a hundred-thousand-li island in the distance.

They had stumbled by accident into the coverage area of a Dao formation.

A thunderous rumble came from high in the sky, and massive ten-colored immortal lightning bolts struck down, heading directly for the four of them.

Wang Changsheng frowned and summoned a small golden umbrella. The golden umbrella spun, releasing a thick golden light screen which enveloped them.

Ye Haitang brought out tens of thousands of black formation flags. With a change of her incantation, these flags emitted dazzling black light, flying towards the desolate island’s surroundings and submerging into the sea around it.

She took out a black formation disc and cast various incantations into it. Countless black mists surged out, engulfing an area hundreds of millions of li in circumference, enveloping the desolate island and Wang Changsheng’s group.

Using a formation to break a formation!

The massive ten-colored immortal lightning bolts struck down, vanishing into the black mist sea without a trace. The void where the desolate island was located twisted and deformed, with numerous cracks appearing. The sea churned and surged, and gigantic whirlpools formed.

A few moments later, a massive green light shot skyward, piercing the clouds.

The black mist sea churned and slowly dispersed. Wang Changsheng and his companions stood at the foot of a steep peak, with a cave several zhang in size not far away.

A giant ape puppet beast walked out of the cave, holding a golden storage bracelet in its hand.

Wang Changsheng’s divine sense swept over the golden storage bracelet, finding nothing unusual. He then took the storage bracelet from the giant ape puppet beast. With a gentle flick of his wrist, a golden glow swept past, and a large pile of items appeared on the ground.

“An Enlightenment Stone!” Wang Ruyan exclaimed in surprise. Her gaze fell upon a golden, fist-sized stone. The golden stone emanated waves of Dao essence and shimmered with spiritual light.

She picked up the golden stone, confirmed it was an Enlightenment Stone. This was the core material for refining the Ten Directions Enlightenment Talisman.

Besides the Enlightenment Stone, there was also a Heavenly Dao artifact.

Wang Changsheng and his companions each picked up a jade slip and immersed their divine senses into them.

After a while, they finished examining the contents of all the jade slips.

“It was actually a Daoist Master from the Heavenly Dream Divine Palace!” Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised.