Chapter 599: Beihai

Linjia was a small village near Tianchang city.

After arriving, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan rented a small hut and settled down.

"How long will you retreat?" Zhen Yuan asked

"One month at most." The double answered and Zhen Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"That long?" He asked.

After all, one real month was equivalent to seven and a half space years.

"I only need a few days to research the recipe." Shen Xu said and quickly continued

"I will use the rest of the time to refine pills and weapons. We need to earn more immortal stones." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Okay. I will also retreat to draw talismans and make formation disks." He said.

One real month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the two exited their training room and exchanged a glance.

A moment later, Zhen Yuan pulled Shen Xu into his arms and lowered his head to kiss him.

"Shall we rest for a while?" He muttered but Shen Xu didn't answer.

Instead, he pushed the person into their bedroom and the two sang a song of harmony for another real month.

After a long bath, the two exited their bamboo hut and went to the peach garden.

"Have you figured it out?" Zhen Yuan asked and Shen Xu nodded before speaking.

"I have researched three recipes." The double said and raised his chin with a proud expression.

"I worried that we would not be able to find some of the ingredients so I prepared more recipes." He explained and Zhen Yuan nodded in approval.

"It's a good idea." He said but soon frowned.

"Are you missing many ingredients?" He asked.

"My favourite recipe is missing two ingredients: the red and green sea lettuce, and the golden pearl oyster." He said and quickly continued.

"Fortunately, both can be found in the same place."

"Where?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"Beihai." Shen Xu said.

Beihai was a tier one city in the Northern region of the immortal realm.

Because it was on the shore of the Beihai Sea, the city often experienced sea beast tides and was a famous destination for martial artists and sword cultivators.

"Are the two ingredients rare?" Zhen Yuan asked and Shen Xu fell into thought before shaking his head.

"They are neither too common nor too rare. We should be able to get them when we go to Beihai city." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"What about the pure light water..., will you use it in your dish?" He asked.

"It's not necessary but I may choose to use it depending on the circumstances." Shen Xu said.

Soon after, the two exited the space and left the village.

As usual, they entrusted their pills, weapons, talismans, and others things to puppets to sell.

[Ayuan, do you want to check if more nine-colour soul stones have appeared?] Shen Xu asked and Zhen Yuan smiled.

[It's only been a few months since we looted all the sky stones in Tianchang city. Let's not push our luck.] He said and Shen Xu chuckled.

[You are right. It won't be too late to come back in a few years.] He said.

After that, the two boarded a teleportation array and went to Beihai city.

Beihai city was unlike Wuhu city and most other tier one cities.

Although it was prosperous, most of the population was rough around the edges and the streets were lined with weapons, pills, and talisman shops.

"Let's explore the shops first before thinking of the sea." Zhen Yuan suggested and Shen Xu agreed.

However, the two didn't immediately begin exploring.

Instead, they found a popular restaurant and ate a sumptuous seafood feast while listening to gossip.

Unfortunately, the gossip was all about sea beasts and Beihai city so the two listened without much reaction.

After lunch, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan left the restaurant and began searching for the two ingredients.

As luck would have it, they found a batch of red and green sea lettuce in one of the shops, but they didn't find golden pearl oysters even after searching the entire city.

"We have no choice but to go to sea." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded.

"We don't have enough time to search blindly. Let's buy information about golden pearl oysters." The double said and Zhen Yuan didn't object.

Having decided, the two went to several seafood shops and bought information about golden pearl oysters.

"Golden pearl oysters live in deeper waters than ordinary oysters." Shen Xu said and pointed at a place on a map.

"Fishermen have often found golden pearl oysters in this area." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Let's go there first." He said.

Although Beihai city was known for sea beasts tides, the tides were not year round. Rather, there would be small tides at least three times a year and a big tide once a year.

As for super-large tides, they would appear every ten years and from what Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan had learned, neither a large nor a super-large tide was expected in the next few months.

After preparing, the two boarded a ship and went to sea.

"Ayuan, do you think Mo Ling, Dongfang Jing, and Chen Yi will go to Hefei city to look for us?" Shen Xu suddenly asked.

After all, his name had become famous because of the food festival.

Considering this, Shen Xu couldn't help but wonder if the three would go to Hefei city to look for him and Zhen Yuan.

"Maybe not." The man said and began explaining.

"Dongfang Jing and Mo Ling have masters. They may not be able to go to Hefei city for the time being."

"As for Chen Yi..., he is wanted and going to Hefei city at this time is not a good idea." He said.

"You are right." Shen Xu said.

Five months passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, the two went to two areas but didn't find a single golden pearl oyster.

On this day, the ship arrived at the third spot and was ready to stop but a loud roar suddenly broke the peace.