Chapter 998: The Old Beggar's Identity_2

Chapter 998: Chapter 308: The Old Beggar’s Identity_2

Shen Chongming nodded, “I thought so too…”

The situation he encountered was too strange. Including the old beggar and that unknown sense of surveillance, he seemed to have been targeted by two unknown presences.

His consciousness returned to his body, and Shen Chongming immediately manipulated the flying vessel with all his strength, not hesitating at all to consume Spirit Crystals, just wanting to quickly leave this place.

The flying vessel suddenly accelerated, dragging a long trail of flowing light flame as it flew into the distance.

Time passed quickly, soon a year went by.

In the course of a year, after stops and starts, and some setbacks along the way, Shen Chongming finally reached the Return Sea Cliff.

Seeing that the Spirit Crystals on him were already running low, and now his position was still nearly 200,000 miles away from the sea area where Yangnao Land was located.

Shen Chongming instantly recalled the second reward task he received from Wuxiang Zen Temple.

To go to a nameless island at the junction of Snowy Sea Cliff and Return Sea Cliff to eliminate a group of Demon Loose Cultivators.

The task description was that the strength of this group of Demon Loose Cultivators wasn’t too strong, at the Middle to Late Stage of Fetal Breathing.

There are nine people, and the task reward is five thousand Spirit Crystals.

Shen Chongming estimated that five thousand Spirit Crystals would be enough for him to reach the sea area where Yangnao Land was located.

He felt regretful, as during this year, to avoid that unknown surveillance and the old beggar, he dared not linger in some markets and forces along the way.

The Sea Soul Crystals on him also didn’t have a chance to be sold.

He initially planned to discreetly sell some Sea Soul Crystals, hoping the Spirit Crystals obtained could buy some good things for his family.

But now it seems he can only give up.

In the azure sky, Shen Chongming sat cross-legged at the bow of the flying vessel, took out the Sea Map given by Zhou Xuan, compared it with the task received at Wuxiang Zen Temple, to roughly determine the position of the Demon Cultivators.

Putting away the Sea Map, Shen Chongming stood up and immediately manipulated the flying vessel heading towards the right front.

The flying vessel skimmed over the vast ocean, stopping above a sea island about a hundred miles in circumference.

From the flying vessel, Shen Chongming’s Divine Sense swept the entire island, but showed a trace of disappointment on his face.

No one was there.

There were no signs of cultivators on the island.

The task prompt from the Wuxiang Zen Temple only had a rough range, saying that the group of Demon Cultivators was on one nameless island in this sea area.

“Forget it, let’s go down and rest for a while.”

From the outskirts of the Snowy Sea Cliff to this place, a journey of two hundred thousand miles, he had spent it on the flying vessel, this time he wanted to go down for some meditation, and check whether the places with faint spiritual power fluctuations on the island had any Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

With a thought, the flying vessel flew directly towards the island below.

Upon landing on the island, for safety’s sake, Shen Chongming again swept the entire island carefully with his Divine Sense, ensuring no one was there, not even Demon Beasts, then felt at ease to boldly put away the flying vessel, and flew towards the nearby low mountain with faint spiritual power fluctuations.

“Is this a Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit?”

When he arrived on the summit of the low mountain, looking at the seven-foot-tall small tree emitting a faint purple halo in front of him, Shen Chongming showed joy on his face.

In the years spent recuperating at the Ice God Palace, he used his relationship with Zhou Xuan to borrow many miscellaneous books beyond cultivation classics from the library of Ice God Palace, gaining some understanding of common Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and Spiritual Plant Treasure Medicine in the Cultivation Realm.

Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit belongs to the fourth-grade Spirit Fruit, its fruit can be taken directly when mature, for cultivators with Water Attribute Spirit Root, this Spirit Fruit can purify spiritual power and eliminate some pill toxins accumulated in the meridians due to long-term use of elixirs.

Considered as an excellent auxiliary Spiritual Object by Water Attribute Spirit Root cultivators who have reached Fetal Breathing Perfection and prepared to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

This item can also be used to make elixirs, the elixir refined from it also has the effect of eliminating pill toxins.

Though not as effective as directly consuming the Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit, it is favored because it can be taken by all Immortal Dao cultivators, gaining love from some Fetal Breathing Realm cultivators.

Looking at the dozen fist-sized fruits hanging on the seven-foot fruit tree before him, emitting a faint purple glow, Shen Chongming immediately flashed to the front, wanting to collect all these Lushu Purple Leaf Fruits.

These Spirit Fruits might not be of much use to him, but there are numerous juniors in the family who could use them.

At worst, taking them to the market, one can also sell for dozens of Spirit Crystals, which is considered an unexpected windfall.

Shen Chongming just stretched out his hand to pick a Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit, before he could put it into the Storage Bag, a figure suddenly jumped out from the nearby bushes, directly snatching the Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit from his hand!

This sudden change made Shen Chongming shocked, and under the stress response, a terrifying thunder burst from him!

Thunder electric arcs turned into dozens of Thunder Spears, shooting towards the shadow that snatched the Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit!

Boom!

The terrifying Thunder Spears exploded the mountain rocks and shrubs in that area into powder!

Shen Chongming’s Divine Sense madly swept through that area amidst the flying smoke!

After a moment, when the smoke cleared, a figure slowly appeared amidst the debris.

Seeing the figure, Shen Chongming couldn’t help but narrow his pupils, immediately feeling a chill rushing from his soles to the top of his head!

The old beggar!

The figure eating a Lushu Purple Leaf Fruit in front of him was the same strange old beggar he previously encountered at Dragon Binding Mountain!

The other party had unknowingly crossed an eighty-thousand-mile sea area, following him to this nameless island!

He hadn’t noticed the other party trailing him along the way, how did he cross such a vast distance to arrive here?