Chapter 347 - 305: Taixu Immortal Island

Chapter 347: Chapter 305: Taixu Immortal Island

"If you are willing, Fellow Daoist, I can take you to see Taixu Immortal Island right now."

"However, you must swear an oath not to leak this information to anyone else."

Hearing Yang Qi say this, Jiang Zuo was actually quite relieved.

’A hypocrite would have made all sorts of promises, only to go back on their word later.’

"No problem."

After Jiang Zuo swore the oath, he followed Yang Qi and Yang Lin, flying deeper into the Bitter Sea Desert.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, may I ask which sect you hail from?"

Along the way, Yang Lin finally couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked.

"A very small sect, not worth mentioning. Besides, you two should be able to tell that the name I’ve given you isn’t my real one."

"I offended a powerful figure in the Cultivation Realm and had no choice but to flee to this desolate place to undergo my tribulation."

Jiang Zuo shook his head, his words a mix of truth and lies.

But Yang Qi and Yang Lin actually believed him.

"Offending a powerful figure is indeed troublesome. However, with your talent, Fellow Daoist, once you advance to the Manifestation Realm, I’ll have to pity that powerful figure instead."

Yang Qi said with a laugh.

"The Manifestation Realm... who knows how far off that is."

"Fellow Daoist Yang, you must have lived in seclusion in the Bitter Sea Desert for a long time. Does the Bitter Sea Desert truly have no end?"

Jiang Zuo chuckled, then asked curiously.

"As far as I know, it doesn’t."

"However, if you keep heading north, you might encounter the Tongtian River."

Yang Qi said after a moment of contemplation.

"The Tongtian River?"

"That’s right! A river that flows from the ground up into the sky!"

"But this is just something recorded in our Yang Family’s history. None of us descendants has ever actually seen the Tongtian River."

"So, you should just take it with a grain of salt, Fellow Daoist. Don’t take it too seriously."

Yang Qi nodded and explained.

’The Tongtian River...’

Jiang Zuo silently committed it to memory.

’In this world, there’s no smoke without fire. The human domain must still hold many unknown, extraordinary places.’

’In the Cultivation Realm, the existence of a river that flows to the sky wouldn’t be all that strange.’

Taixu Immortal Island was not close. The grandfather-grandson pair of Yang Qi and Yang Lin led Jiang Zuo for over half a month.

The gales around them grew increasingly fierce. A Cultivator would need to be at least at the Three Flowers Realm to venture this deep.

Then, one day, Jiang Zuo felt the winds ahead intensify to a shocking degree.

It was already impossible for a Three Flowers Realm Cultivator to advance any further.

Only a Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator could continue onward.

As the three of them ventured just a little deeper, a massive hurricane appeared before them.

This hurricane spun madly in place, like a colossal cyan pillar stretching to the heavens.

One could say that all the gales in the Bitter Sea Desert originated from this very hurricane.

"Fellow Daoist, Taixu Immortal Island is inside this hurricane. Once you pass through it, you’ll be able to see the island."

"However, you can’t see it just by passing through randomly."

"This hurricane is actually a type of Array. You must enter following a specific sequence of steps to see it."

"Otherwise, you’ll only see an endless hurricane when you walk in."

Yang Qi said, pointing at the massive hurricane.

He was willing to bring Jiang Zuo because finding the correct path required a high level of skill in Arrays, a deep understanding of this Hurricane Array, and the ability to memorize its changing patterns.

They weren’t worried that Jiang Zuo could memorize the path after being led through just once.

Simple memorization was useless; as soon as the Array shifted, the path would change along with it.

"Fellow Daoist, please follow me closely. Whatever you do, don’t get separated."

Yang Qi warned before stepping forward into the storm.

Jiang Zuo followed behind him and Yang Lin, observing carefully as he walked.

’Memorizing it in one go is indeed beyond my current skill in Arrays.’

’But if I spend some time studying it, based on the route we’re taking this time, it won’t be long before I can find the correct path on my own.’

Yang Qi’s pace was not fast. Amidst the violent hurricane, he frequently stopped and started, checking the Array’s shifts and the direction.

After the better part of half a day, the three of them finally emerged from the massive hurricane.

To say they had emerged was not quite right; in truth, they had reached the very center of the hurricane—the eye of the storm.

A giant hurricane still raged around them, but the spot where the three stood was calm and still.

After stepping out from the hurricane’s winds, Jiang Zuo immediately looked up at the sky.

A huge island floated silently in the sky above their heads.

"Taixu Immortal Island!"

Jiang Zuo said slowly.

"That’s right! This is Taixu Immortal Island!"

"Fellow Daoist Gu, do you plan to go up and set foot on the island now?"

"The giants on the island are incredibly powerful."

"When I planned to land on the island before, one of the giants merely glanced at me, and I lost the courage to descend."

Yang Qi sighed.

He had already given Jiang Zuo a rough description of the island’s giants on the way here.

"Let’s go up and have a look first. Based on your experience, Fellow Daoist, we should be fine as long as we don’t actually land on the island."

Jiang Zuo said.

With a flicker of his form, he took the lead and flew upward.

The three of them soon flew up to the same altitude as the Immortal Island.

The Immortal Island was shrouded in mist, with numerous giant trees growing upon it.

Jiang Zuo narrowed his eyes, having already activated his Sight Rune Technique.

But Taixu Immortal Island was enveloped in a massive Array, and under the Sight Rune Technique, he could only see a vast blankness.

However, as if sensing the visitors, a giant over ten meters tall appeared at the edge of the Immortal Island.

"Scram!"

The giant’s voice, like a clap of thunder, came rolling over.

Jiang Zuo was relatively unaffected, but when Yang Qi and Yang Lin heard the sound, they both spat out a mouthful of blood and plummeted toward the ground.

Jiang Zuo flickered into motion, caught the two of them, and returned to the ground.

On Taixu Immortal Island, the giant stared at Jiang Zuo’s retreating back in surprise.

’What’s going on?’

’Even someone at the Manifestation Realm shouldn’t have been able to withstand that shout.’

’How is this mere Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator seemingly unharmed?’

’Whatever. As long as he didn’t set foot on the Immortal Island, my duty is done.’

Jiang Zuo carried the two men and descended to the ground.

However, when they were still a thousand meters from the ground, his gaze suddenly sharpened.

There was another figure on the ground.

This person seemed to have followed the three of them into the center of the hurricane.

If he hadn’t also been affected by the giant’s shout, he might have remained hidden.

"Oh no! Fellow Daoist Gu, you absolutely cannot let this person escape!"

"He’s from another Hidden Clan nearby that has always been at odds with our family."

"But they don’t know the secret of Taixu Immortal Island. If he takes this secret back with him, I’m afraid word of the island will spread to many more people very quickly!"

Yang Lin wasn’t too heavily injured. He had simply been caught off guard. That single word, "Scram!", contained a power he couldn’t resist, which made him lose control of his body. However, he was still conscious.

Seeing the figure below, he said urgently.

"Oh?"

Jiang Zuo’s figure blurred as he shot toward the man at full speed.

For the current Jiang Zuo, a distance of a thousand meters was nothing but an instant.

The figure below was surprisingly only at the Three Flowers Realm. He must have used some special method to withstand the hurricane and follow them all the way here.

Startled by Jiang Zuo’s terrifying speed, the man gritted his teeth and leaped into the hurricane beside them.

He had wanted to follow their path back out, but there was no time.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Jiang Zuo locked onto the man with his Divine Sense, and a third-tier Spiritual Sword appeared in his hand.

The Spiritual Sword flashed like a bolt of lightning, piercing into the hurricane.

"Aaargh!"

A blood-curdling scream echoed from within the hurricane, and then there was only silence.

"Barring any surprises, he should be dead."

Jiang Zuo said.

A Three Flowers Realm Cultivator couldn’t withstand a single strike from him.

"Incredible skill, Fellow Daoist. Still, I never expected the giants on the Immortal Island to be so terrifying. A single sound, and I was completely unable to resist."

"Even with you leading the way, Fellow Daoist, I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to take a single step on the Immortal Island."

Yang Lin said with a bitter smile.

Before, he only knew that the giants on the Immortal Island were powerful and that they were no match for them.

But he never imagined they would be so monstrously strong.

"That was a type of Rhythm Attack. If you two can find a Spiritual Artifact that can defend against Rhythm Attacks, you might be able to go up and give it a try."

"However, the giants’ true power doesn’t lie in this sound-based attack, but in their own inherent strength."

"Even if I were to go up and fight them now, I wouldn’t gain any advantage."

"I’ll have to at least master some Divine Techniques before I have a chance of holding my own against them."

Jiang Zuo said truthfully after a moment of contemplation.