Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 98 - 96: Island Master of Wuyin Island, the Mysterious Jade Bead

Chapter 98: Chapter 96: Island Master of Wuyin Island, the Mysterious Jade Bead

After a moment, the old man led the young boy to bid farewell to Zhang Yao.

"By the way, fellow cultivator."

Just before leaving, the old man’s eyes shifted as he cautiously spoke:

"Since you’ve eradicated the Yuwen family, Wuyin Island has become a masterless land again. What do you think about that..."

Evidently, he was coveting the spirit vein of Wuyin Island.

Generally, when cultivators break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, they choose to head north and leave the Lu Kingdom.

But Zhang Yao’s strength was formidable, leading him to speculate that Zhang Yao might be an outsider and thus might not have the desire to occupy Wuyin Island, which was why he asked.

"Wuyin Island..."

Zhang Yao smiled and said:

"To be honest, fellow cultivator, I intend to move into Wuyin Island for secluded cultivation."

"I hope you will spread this news to the cultivators of Celestial Capital Mountain and Kongqing River."

After suffering a great loss in the Wei Kingdom, Zhang Yao had become increasingly cautious.

He planned to first elevate his cultivation to the current stage’s limit in the Lu Kingdom before venturing out to seek breakthrough opportunities.

"I understand."

The old man nodded quickly and said:

"Rest assured, fellow cultivator, I will definitely make sure the news is well-known, and no one will recklessly disturb your secluded cultivation."

"Hmm."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly and said courteously:

"Then I shall trouble you, fellow cultivator."

After sending the old man and the young boy out of Panlong Ridge, he returned to the Land of Spirit Spring.

"Hmm, let me see..."

Zhang Yao sat in the small courtyard, carefully examining the largest and most chaotic portion of his spoils of war.

Many of the textbooks came from the human world, seemingly secret recordings of the imperial family; the jade scrolls were cultivation techniques and some spells, which should all have been left by the Liu family.

As for the various bottles and jars, they were not rare spirit pills, most were mundane elixir pills; Zhang Yao even found some deadly poisons that could seal one’s throat upon contact with blood.

"The Yuwen family truly had some interesting ideas..."

Zhang Yao continued to inspect the remaining items.

Soon enough, he discovered an odd object in Yu Wenhua’s storage bag.

"Hmm? What is this?"

He took out the object, which was a jade green bead, resembling some kind of elixir pill.

He squeezed it gently, finding it incredibly solid, harder than refined steel, yet it was obviously not metal, seeming to be of some wood or stone nature.

"There’s no reaction to magical power, so it shouldn’t be a magical artifact..."

Zhang Yao infused it with magical power, finding no response, causing his expression to subtly change.

In the cultivation realm, some strange and rare things, if their use is unclear for a while, often have significant backgrounds.

He suspected this item might be Elder Lady Liu’s treasure, perhaps even related to why the Liu family moved to the Lu Kingdom?

This speculation wasn’t baseless, as among all the spoils, only this jade green bead seemed most suspicious.

"Hmm, I’ll hold onto it for now."

Zhang Yao stored away the jade green bead, thinking to himself:

"When the opportunity arises in the future, I can attempt to explore the secrets behind it."

Over the years, the origins of the Liu family had long become untraceable; who knew from which cultivation realm they had moved into the Lu Kingdom.

Even if this cultivation clan truly harbored secret, it mostly would have been passed down orally and not recorded, and whether it was passed on at all was uncertain.

After all, the shell of the Liu family was gone, with only the Yuwen family remaining.

......

That afternoon,

Zhang Yao organized his belongings, flew away from Panlong Ridge, and moved into Wuyin Island.

He demolished the luxurious palaces on Wuyin Island and constructed a simple small Daoist temple, then made slight repairs to the array banners of the Jade Wave Array, setting them up again.

Before long, the news of the tyrannical Yuwen family being eradicated and a new island master arriving on Wuyin Island spread throughout the Lu Kingdom’s cultivation realm.

While many cultivators rejoiced, there was much speculation regarding the origins of the new island master, yet everyone was tactful and did not come to disturb him.

More than two months later, the spirit grass on the Land of Spirit Spring matured, Zhang Yao made a trip back to Panlong Ridge and harvested it completely.

After returning to Wuyin Island, he refined the spirit grass into Fasting Pills, expanded the spirit fields, and started planting spirit rice and spirit tea trees.

From then on, Zhang Yao stayed secluded, focused solely on cultivating on Wuyin Island, continuously enhancing his magical power and cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, seven years passed.

On this day, Zhang Yao was attending to the spirit fields, nurturing the newly planted second batch of spirit rice.

"Although the spiritual energy environment here is a bit lacking, it’s serene and free, making it a true treasure land."

Zhang Yao was in a very good mood.

After cultivating in seclusion on Wuyin Island for seven years, his cultivation progression was quite satisfactory, having broken through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer two years ago, and now was not far from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Even if the spiritual energy environment in the Lu Kingdom was poor, such cultivation speed was enough to satisfy him.

If he cultivated in Qingyunfang City, his cultivation speed could increase by nearly a half.

If he were in a thriving cultivation era like Da Li and could join a major sect and obtain ample elixir pills, his cultivation speed might be so fast that even he would be astonished.

"Buzz..."

Just then, the storage bag hanging by his side suddenly vibrated violently, as if something inside was constantly colliding.

"Hmm? What’s going on..."

Zhang Yao frowned, infused it with magical power, and scanned with his consciousness, immediately pausing in surprise.

Inside the storage bag, the spirit stones, elixirs, magical artifacts, and miscellaneous items were all quiet; only one item was darting around—the jade green bead!

"It’s actually this item."

Zhang Yao’s expression changed slightly, his mind swirling with thoughts.

He hesitated for a moment but still opened the storage bag; if left unattended, the storage bag would soon break apart.

"Whizz!"

The jade green bead flew out on its own, radiating dazzling green dawn light.

But it did not leave, instead, it circled Zhang Yao a few times before landing straight into his palm, ceasing its movement.

"This..."

Zhang Yao’s mind shook, a mysterious sensation arising out of nowhere.

It seemed, through the jade green bead in his hand, he sensed a certain place resonating with him, or rather with the bead.

"This place... Qin Province?!"

Zhang Yao identified the direction, his heart unable to help but tremble with surprise.

The location corresponding to this bead was actually within the Lu Kingdom and was not far from him.

"So that’s it..."

He immediately associated it with the Liu family.

Some mysteries that had lingered over the Liu family for years, he suddenly began to understand.

Staring at the jade green bead in his hand, his mind churned with thoughts:

"Back then, Lunan and many cultivators speculated that the Liu family moved to the remote Lu Kingdom to avoid enemies, but they were obviously wrong."

"Elder Lady Liu led her family into the Lu Kingdom, perhaps with another purpose, possibly closely linked to this bead."

"And as for Yu Wenhua..."

Years ago on Panlong Ridge, he felt something odd upon hearing of Yu Wenhua’s conduct.

Willing to sacrifice his own Immortal Dao path to care for his younger clan members, such a cultivator wasn’t one in ten thousand, but certainly extremely rare.

Now it seemed, Yu Wenhua clearly wasn’t merely considering his kin; he likely knew some inside information and had been waiting for the moment this jade bead would react.

But man proposes, God disposes—

The Yuwen family’s years of tyranny offended him, leading to their destruction and inadvertently leaving the jade bead in his possession.

"Hmm..."

Zhang Yao’s mind was still hesitant:

"Should I go and have a look?"