Chapter 251 - 244: Impersonating Again

Chapter 251: Chapter 244: Impersonating Again

’The Thunder Whale is looking for me?’

A thought crossed Jiang Zuo’s mind. After giving the Cultivation Technique to Xiao and Cang, he flew toward the coast.

At the spot where he had previously undergone his Thunder Tribulation, Jiang Zuo found the Little Thunder Whale, just as he’d expected, whimpering.

On the shore, a few members of the Bone-piercing Tribe watched from a distance. When they saw Jiang Zuo flying toward them, they all hastily knelt on the ground.

When the Little Thunder Whale saw Jiang Zuo arrive, its cries became even more anxious.

"What’s wrong?"

Jiang Zuo landed beside the Little Thunder Whale and made contact with it.

A series of images was immediately transmitted to him.

’A Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator?’

In the images, Jiang Zuo saw a middle-aged Cultivator high in the sky before a massive island. With a great wave of his hand, he unleashed several spells of Magic, subduing two Thunder Whales.

The Little Thunder Whale was too small, so the Cultivator merely glanced at it, showed no interest, and let it go.

’This Cultivator only captured the two Thunder Whales. It seems he wants to tame them.’

’In that case, their lives aren’t in immediate danger.’

Jiang Zuo thought.

The two Thunder Whales were only at the mid-Fourth Order. If a Dao Fruit Realm Great Power wanted to kill them, they would have no chance of escape.

"Go. Take me to them."

Jiang Zuo said to the Little Thunder Whale.

Whether or not he could save the two Thunder Whales was another matter. If that Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator kept them on his person, Jiang Zuo would likely be powerless to help.

However, it was a rare opportunity to see another Cultivator, so he had to go check it out one way or another.

He had already planned to leave after upgrading the Pet Beast Spirit Garden. Finding the way back to the Cultivation Realm on his own would likely take a great deal of time.

If someone could lead the way, that would be for the best.

WHIMPER...

The Little Thunder Whale nuzzled against Jiang Zuo, then led him toward the island, swimming through the water.

Jiang Zuo had lived on an island in the Endless Sea for several years, but this was his first time truly exploring it.

It seemed the Endless Sea truly held many unknowns. As the Little Thunder Whale led Jiang Zuo forward, it frequently had to steer clear of certain areas of the sea.

Jiang Zuo asked the Little Thunder Whale why, and it replied that if they accidentally entered those zones, they could be swept into an unknown region of the sea, which was very dangerous.

Jiang Zuo’s brow furrowed. No wonder the Endless Sea was still classified by the Cultivation Realm as an extremely dangerous place.

’That being the case, I have to figure out how that human Cultivator got to this area, no matter what.’

Jiang Zuo wouldn’t rashly make contact with a Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator, but he figured that such an expert wouldn’t have come alone.

If he had brought subordinates with him, things would be much easier to handle.

Jiang Zuo asked the Little Thunder Whale, which immediately told him that many human Cultivators had come to that island.

At first, the human Cultivators tried to drive them away. Its parents refused to leave, and after being angered, they even injured several of the Cultivators.

Later, that powerful human Cultivator appeared and captured its parents.

’Excellent!’

Jiang Zuo’s spirits lifted at the news.

Because they traveled cautiously, it took the Little Thunder Whale and Jiang Zuo a good half-day to reach the vicinity of the island.

And as soon as they got close, Jiang Zuo could feel a dense Spiritual Qi swirling in the surroundings.

’There’s a Spirit Vein on this island! It might even be a medium-grade Spirit Vein!’

From a distance, Jiang Zuo could already see signs of human activity on the island.

Jiang Zuo didn’t rush to land on the island and alert the enemy.

There was a Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator on the island; he couldn’t take risks lightly.

After a moment of thought, Jiang Zuo released Xiaoqing and a few Third-Order Lush Wood Tortoises.

Lush Wood Tortoises were Spirit Turtles accustomed to living on land, but there was no issue with them operating in the sea.

Inside the Pet Beast Spirit Garden, there were also several Fourth-Order Lush Wood Tortoises.

However, the Fourth-Order ones had already grown to an immense size and were unsuitable for reconnaissance.

After receiving Jiang Zuo’s instructions, Xiaoqing took the few Lush Wood Tortoises to scout the area around the island.

Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense had greatly improved, allowing him to communicate with Xiaoqing and the others even from a great distance.

Essentially, whatever they saw would appear in Jiang Zuo’s field of vision.

Jiang Zuo then released two Xue Haiqings, letting them fly high into the sky to look down upon the island below.

Soon, a series of images was transmitted back, giving Jiang Zuo a general understanding of the situation on the island.

’So many human Cultivators.’

’Are they preparing to build a base on this island?’

’Building a base in the Endless Sea... what great sect is this?’

’No, the way these human Cultivators operate seems a bit familiar...’

’There’s no mistake. It’s the Celestial Eye Black Pupil!’

A large number of Cultivators were active on the island.

After observing them, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but be amused.

He never would have expected to run into the Celestial Eye Black Pupil pioneering a new territory in the Endless Sea.

If they had been unknown human Cultivators, Jiang Zuo would have been hesitant to act against them.

After all, he wasn’t the type of person to attack others without reason.

But when it came to the Celestial Eye Black Pupil, Jiang Zuo had no reservations whatsoever.

After scouting a while longer, Jiang Zuo also found the location of the Little Thunder Whale’s parents.

They weren’t caged. Instead, several black, nail-shaped Magical Artifacts had been driven into their bodies.

A Cultivator from the Celestial Eye Black Pupil was issuing various commands to them.

The slightest disobedience would cause the nail-like Magical Artifacts to release a burst of the Power of Thunder, giving the two Thunder Whales a severe shock.

’I can’t act myself. If I alert the Celestial Eye Black Pupil, it will make my future plans much more difficult.’

’But I don’t need to be the one to save the Little Thunder Whale’s parents.’

With that thought, Jiang Zuo recalled the Xue Haiqings, Xiaoqing, and the Lush Wood Tortoises.

Then, Jiang Zuo summoned four Fourth-Order Lush Wood Tortoises.

After applying a Talisman with a concealment effect to each of them, Xiaoqing set off with the four Lush Wood Tortoises.

The one taming the two Thunder Whales was a Three Flowers Realm Cultivator.

He was completely unaware that Xiaoqing had already approached stealthily with the four Lush Wood Tortoises.

While he was shouting loudly, a ray of Cyan Light shot from Xiaoqing’s mouth.

PFFT!

The Cyan Light flashed past. Before the Three Flowers Realm Cultivator could even react, he was killed by the single strike.

A Lush Wood Tortoise leaped out of the sea, bit down on the Cultivator’s corpse, and dragged it into the water.

"A Fourth-Order Sea Beast is attacking!"

"Quick, get Elder Ren over here!"

The nearby Cultivators fell into a panic.

’Another Fourth-Order Sea Beast?’

Ren Yelin received the message and hurried over.

But by the time he arrived, there was no longer any trace of the Sea Beast on the coast.

Not only that, but the two Thunder Whales he had captured earlier were also gone.

’Did it come specifically to rescue the Thunder Whales?’

’Hmph! I shouldn’t have been soft-hearted and let that Little Thunder Whale go!’

’However, I placed a restriction on both of those Thunder Whales. Let’s see how far they can run!’

After briefly listening to the reports from his subordinates, Ren Yelin snorted coldly.

Pinching his fingers to divine the direction of the two Thunder Whales, his body shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

However, only halfway there, his figure suddenly froze.

The auras of the two Thunder Whales had vanished completely.

’Did they escape through one of the Endless Sea’s Chaotic Space Domains?’

’Forget it. You got lucky!’

Ren Yelin thought resentfully.

The Endless Sea contained countless Chaotic Space Domains. Accidentally entering one would get you teleported to an unknown location.

It had already been extremely difficult for the Celestial Eye Black Pupil to find this island in the Endless Sea.

It was for this very reason that the Celestial Eye Black Pupil was preparing to establish a base on the island.

It was practically impossible for other human Cultivators to find their way here.

...

After collecting the Thunder Whales into his Pet Beast Spirit Garden, Jiang Zuo returned to a safe location before releasing the two large and one small whale.

Jiang Zuo was now both an Array Master and a Talisman Master, so the restriction on the Thunder Whales was not complicated for him.

He observed it for a moment, then helped them remove the restriction. The Magical Artifacts nailed to their bodies were also taken out by Jiang Zuo.

The two large and one small Thunder Whales’ favorability toward Jiang Zuo immediately increased greatly.

Jiang Zuo asked them to stay in the Pet Beast Spirit Garden for the time being. The Little Thunder Whale had no objections, and after a moment of hesitation, its parents also agreed.

Their hesitation was because the sea area within the Pet Beast Spirit Garden seemed too small, and there were hardly any Sea Beasts inside.

The sea within the Pet Beast Spirit Garden had been created by Jiang Zuo temporarily adding a large amount of seawater, so its area was naturally not large.

However, once the Pet Beast Spirit Garden was upgraded into a Little World, everything would be different.

After receiving Jiang Zuo’s promise, and also sensing the auras of several Spirit Beasts with noble bloodlines within the Spirit Garden, the two Thunder Whales finally agreed.

As for Jiang Zuo, he took advantage of the night to sneak back to the island.

Jiang Zuo wasn’t up to any mischief, exactly; he was just preparing to impersonate a member of the Celestial Eye Black Pupil again.

He was all too familiar with the Celestial Eye Black Pupil. The people here definitely wouldn’t all know each other.

And in the middle of the Endless Sea, they would never imagine that someone would infiltrate their ranks.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Zuo transformed himself and became a materials handler for the Celestial Eye Black Pupil.

After several days of observation, Jiang Zuo learned that the two Array Masters in charge of setting up the Array were looking for a few people with some knowledge of arrays to assist them.

Jiang Zuo immediately went to sign up.

The two Array Masters were both old men of a considerable age.

One was surnamed Duan, and the other was surnamed Chen.

The difference was that Master Duan was rather fat, while Master Chen was rather thin.

After Master Duan briefly tested Jiang Zuo’s foundational knowledge of arrays, Jiang Zuo became one of the assistants for the two masters.

This island was called Endless Island by the Celestial Eye Black Pupil.

The two Array Masters were tasked with setting up a top-tier, Fourth-Order grand defensive Array for Endless Island.

In terms of scale, it was already comparable to the Sect Protection Arrays of some smaller sects.

The Array itself wasn’t terribly difficult, and the two Array Masters’ skills were not weak.

However, engraving the Inscriptions and refining the Array Flags and array materials required a vast amount of time.

Even with the two masters working together, it would be impossible to finish in less than five or six years.

The two Array Masters’ method was to refine the materials and set up the array simultaneously.

After all, the beasts of burden for the Celestial Eye Black Pupil were the best in the world.

They would never cause any destruction, much less steal these precious array materials and Array Flags.

Unfortunately for them, they didn’t know that a major villain had infiltrated their team.

On Endless Island, Jiang Zuo’s daily work, aside from assisting the two Array Masters, mostly consisted of dismantling the materials they had painstakingly laid out and replacing them with low-grade materials as camouflage.

At the same time, Jiang Zuo secretly set up a grand array along the island’s Spirit Vein to drain it.

Occasionally, Jiang Zuo would also capture some Sea Beasts and toss them into the Pet Beast Spirit Garden.

And just like that, in the blink of an eye, Jiang Zuo had been a member of the Celestial Eye Black Pupil for nearly four years.