Chapter 459: Chapter 203: The Relationship Between Mount Daiyu and the Celestial Court (2)

When Luo Qingyao learned that her senior brother was setting off again, she naturally requested to accompany him.

Fan Wubing shook his head and declined, "I have to face this alone."

He didn’t explain further. However, Luo Qingyao had known Fan Wubing for five or six years and understood him. She didn’t act willfully and said softly:

"Alright, I’ll wait for you here."

"Not going out to uphold justice?"

Luo Qingyao chuckled, "I’m not one to pursue justice blindly. It all goes by feeling."

Xianchan grasped Fan Wubing’s hand, pursing her lips slightly, her eyes fixed on him, her eyebrows slightly furrowing inward.

"What’s wrong, Xianchan?" Fan Wubing asked.

Xianchan’s gaze remained steady on him, then she shook her head slowly.

"Does that mean ’nothing’?" Fan Wubing tentatively voiced her thoughts, "Or... should I not go?"

Xianchan slightly parted her lips.

Was she going to speak? Fan Wubing couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous, wondering what her first words might be.

But she closed her mouth again, releasing a heavy sigh.

Fan Wubing pondered for a moment, then said softly to her, "Xianchan, I know you’re worried about me. But I must go, otherwise, I won’t be able to understand the path I should take next."

Xianchan, hearing these words, felt a bit disheartened, but ultimately gave a faint smile.

Fan Wubing rode on the mighty dragon avatar, heading toward more distant seas.

Upon reaching the Sea of Eternal Life, there were four people on the dragon’s head, and midway, Yan Hui had joined them, but now, only he remained. No matter where he was or what time it was, whenever he looked up, he could always see the scarlet wound on the sky, which now appeared like a slowly opening eye.

This phenomenon was continuously growing.

Initially, only the Sea of Eternal Life could witness it, then the northern lands, followed by the Changsheng Continent, and it continued spreading across the world. Such a scene naturally drew the attention of all major forces in the world, who sought to understand what was happening in the Sea of Eternal Life. Upon hearing that the Daoist School’s Wangxian Pavilion was conducting a trial there, they felt relieved.

Although the Daoist School rarely meddles in secular affairs, they take matters involving their reputation very seriously, especially trials like these, ensuring that there won’t be any mishaps.

Based on the earlier words of that Red-clothed Daoist, the Heaven Nurturing Cauldron was carried by the ancient creature Bixi. Bixi wandered around the Sea of Eternal Life, and its location was completely unpredictable.

However, for someone like Fan Wubing, who possessed the Life Dao, it wasn’t a difficult task.

As long as Bixi was still alive and hadn’t deliberately concealed its vitality, it could be found using the "Map of All Living Creatures" of the Life Dao.

Fan Wubing immersed himself in his "Dao", unrestrained, on the dragon avatar, nodding slightly and visualizing in his mind the "Map of All Living Creatures" condensed by the Life Dao.

He focused all his spirit on the Sea of Eternal Life.

The Fire of Life of various creatures, like stars, illuminated his mind, one by one, flickering. Every moment witnessed both death and rebirth, and due to the Sea of Eternal Life’s ever-changing space, numerous Fires of Life appeared like a constellation of stars, moving with the celestial cycle.

The advantages of a "mind’s desire" were apparent at this moment.

If one’s soul wasn’t strong enough, a mere glance at this Map of All Living Creatures could shatter their being into fragments, leaving nothing behind.

Even for him, finding the desired target among such a vast number of Fires of Life wasn’t an easy task.

Since the seabed was teeming with large groups of creatures, some particularly bright and dazzling Fires of Life appeared on the Map of All Living Creatures, which, upon closer inspection, turned out to be thousands of sea beasts moving together.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of distinguishing them.

He regarded this as a trial, a test for himself, focusing on finding that pinnacle moment.

...

Fu Manman and Bai Yihuan moved downward along Da Chun’s trunk, immersing themselves in the seawater.

This was an Immortal Tree, rising from the depths of the sea to the surface, having existed for countless years, preserving its primitive aura in the Sea of Eternal Life, with rings upon rings of growth. Its structure had long surpassed the concept of a "tree" and resembled a fantastical world.

Various marine creatures depended on it for existence.

From sprawling coral reefs extending hundreds of miles to almost invisible sea worms.

Every crevice and raised part of its bark harbored creatures of different forms and colors. They secretly observed the two human women from the land, assessing whether they could successfully prey on them.

An octopus, its skin almost identical to Da Chun’s bark, launched an attack. Its tentacles, covered with suction cups, peeled off a layer of silt on the surface and voraciously extended toward the two, stirring up a mass of fine white bubbles and causing chaotic, irregular ripples. Suddenly, a ray of sunlight fell into its gaze. This was peculiar, as a deep-sea creature like itself seldom saw such light.

The light appeared abruptly and unusually in its vision.

When it realized, each of its tentacles was shimmering. However, the light wasn’t beautiful or gentle; it was cold and swiftly severed its tentacles from its body. With no resistance or struggle, it was engulfed by this light that had suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Fu Manman and Bai Yihuan sailed on a bubble formed by concentrated vitality, gliding over it.

"Amazing!" Bai Yihuan marveled, "Dead at a glance. Sister Fu, did you cultivate some sort of ’Death Glare’ technique?"