Chapter 733: 304. Second-Rank Opportunity, a Chance to Quickly Enhance Cultivation (Chapter combined as one)_3

Huangtian sighed, then fixed his gaze on the gourd-like orbs of light hanging from the gourd vine.

The faint outlines of two distinct orbs could be seen, one to the left and one to the right. Huangtian’s eyes brightened once more, "It’s not just one, but a pair?"

Lei Jun, seeing this, nodded slightly as well.

However, at the moment, the gourds still hadn’t fully taken shape.

The surge and baptism of Spiritual Energy had revived the dead vine, but it seemed they were still missing one final opportunity to truly form the Brahman Qi Immortal Gourd.

Huangtian noticed this and his expression grew grave, glancing all around in search of a solution.

Lei Jun, on the other hand, already had an idea, "No wonder it must happen at midnight, it’s to seize the very moment when yin and yang of heaven and earth shift."

And the last ounce of opportunity rested on Lei Jun himself.

If he didn’t come, Xiaozhou Island could never have birthed this second-grade opportunity today.

Huangtian’s withered vine might well have gone to waste too.

*So, they would wait in silence for midnight’s arrival... Lei Jun worked to settle his mind.*

Huangtian refused to give up as well, trying every method he could to further spur the gourd vine, hoping to let the Brahman Qi Immortal Gourd fully form and mature.

After watching for a while, Lei Jun drew back his gaze, letting the other man fuss as he pleased.

Because Spiritual Energy from all around was converging and wind and rain howled across sea and sky, a special light-fog had formed here; but, for now, it wasn’t enough to draw attention from afar.

Master Lei remained outside the island; without betraying any emotion, he discreetly helped Lord Huang of the Heavenly Principle’s Imperial Court to layer extra concealment over the area, making it even less likely for the anomalies here to be discovered.

Meanwhile, Lei Jun continued patrolling the surroundings with the Great Celestial Mirror, observing the bigger picture of the battle’s evolution.

The victory on the Great Tang side was as good as certain. Having confirmed this repeatedly, Lei Jun could then safely watch the tides rise and fall here on Xiaozhou Island.

He suddenly felt a subtle shift in his heart.

The Great Celestial Mirror started checking the sea chart for these waters.

Then, the mirror light turned in the direction of Fish Star Island, which the perfectly neutral lot had mentioned.

Lei Jun himself had been focused on guarding the Brahman Qi Immortal Gourd here on Xiaozhou Island, and neither had the heart nor the time to spare for Star Domain Island.

But he found himself somewhat curious—since that perfectly neutral lot had mentioned there could be a fifth-grade opportunity at Fish Star Island, what, exactly, would it be?

Since he was already busy tuning the Great Celestial Mirror, Lei Jun simply shifted his perspective that way.

Just like Xiaozhou Island, Fish Star Island was, at this moment, an uninhabited and desolate place.

But, affected by the sweeping, roiling changes in Spiritual Energy, it too had begun to transform.

After watching a while, Lei Jun suddenly noticed a familiar stranger stepping into view, setting foot on Fish Star Island.

Chen Yi.

Seeing him here took Lei Jun wholly by surprise.

The other man, at a glance, still appeared to be at the Sixth Heavenly Realm, but what Taoist Law now governed him was unclear, for his methods had shifted and could not be easily discerned.

Still, Chen Yi’s calm—yet risk-taking—nature had not changed.

This time, he had risked the perils of all-out war; ever since arriving in these waters, he’d proceeded with great caution, finally waiting until both sides were so caught up in their struggle that no one could mind anything else, and then made his move, striking out to look for whatever it was he sought.

This time, he had actually found something.

Unlike Xiaozhou Island, where a near miss with a tsunami had triggered a world-shaking transformation in the energies of the land—

At Fish Star Island, even though wind and rain swept across the isle, the water level near a simple, makeshift harbor was falling.

After much searching effort, Chen Yi finally uncovered the object that had caught his attention.

A vast Blood Coral was rising up out of the sea floor.

Though the water hampered his view, Lei Jun, peering through the Great Celestial Mirror, couldn’t see it clearly.

But there was no doubt, the Blood Coral hadn’t always lain in the seabed around Fish Star Island.

Just as at Xiaozhou Island, it was only now—with the cycling and disruption of global Spiritual Qi—that the Blood Coral had briefly appeared in this world.

Where it outshone the Brahman Qi Immortal Gourd was that this Blood Coral surfaced all on its own, no other means required to hasten or awaken it.

Still, to Lei Jun, this item held limited value.

*It stood to reason, then, that it would be assessed as a fifth-grade opportunity.*

But to someone steeped in strange Taoist Laws and the legacy of the Blood River Sect like Chen Yi, this Blood Coral was clearly a treasure that perfectly suited his current cultivation, enough to make it worth the risks he’d taken.

As Lei Jun watched through the Great Celestial Mirror, Chen Yi still appeared calm, but his eyes kept flashing with excitement.

*He was getting ahead of himself.*

Lei Jun looked at him, unbothered.

Through the Great Celestial Mirror, he already saw someone else approaching Fish Star Island.

Another familiar face, albeit not one he’d dealt with directly before.

Former Shu Mountain Sect Elder—Liu Dongzhuo.

Back in the early days of the Mount Shu Sect’s internal chaos, Liu Dongzhuo had feigned death and gone into hiding on the orders of Fu Dongsen, Hong Jie, and Wei Qiyue.

But, as it turned out, it was also he who exposed the secrets of Mount Shu.

Afterward, along with Fu Dongsen, Hong Jie, and the others, he fully severed ties with Mount Shu and entered the Mortal Tao Country.

During the earlier Dragon Tiger Mountain battle, only the inner elite of the Mortal Tao Country had taken the field.

Since the Taiyi Primordial Tower and Qingxiao Manor were mobilized, the Mortal Tao Country lost their foundation at that time; high-level Seventh Heavenly Elders like Liu Dongzhuo had to stay behind to guard the junior disciples and thus never headed for Dragon Tiger Mountain.

*As a result, the Mortal Tao Country had retained some of its Primordial Qi.*

Still, with both the Taiyi Primordial Tower and the Qingxiao Manor gone, they were like duckweed without roots—now scattered, forced to hide, their survival precarious.

*Lei Jun hadn’t expected that, with the Great Tang and Heavenly Order cultivators clashing so fiercely on the East Sea, Liu Dongzhuo would choose to appear so stealthily.*

Of course, the former Shushan Elder clearly didn’t intend to join the fray directly.

*Lei Jun guessed that his real target was Chen Yi himself.*

*Back then, letting Chen Yi slip away after the treasure hunt left the whole Mortal Tao Country unsatisfied, and now they wanted him back.*