Chapter 919: Visiting the Kang Family at Canluan Lake

Chapter 919: Chapter 919: Visiting the Kang Family at Canluan Lake

"Seven Constellations of the Northern Black Tortoise, Palm—Wall!"

This time was merely to test the combat power of the Class VI puppets, so Shen Mo did not meet the enemy in his full peak state; he didn’t even reveal his Three-headed Six-armed Skill.

Seeing nine Killing Magic arts sweep toward him, the complex seals in his hands shifted, changing from the Horned Flood Dragon to the Wall Water Badger.

In an instant, a phantom shaped like a Pig Badger flew out, blocking before him. Nature’s spiritual energy and the power of calamity poured in without cease, blessing this Palm; tadpole-like patterns spread all over the Pig Badger phantom, radiating a momentum as unyielding as copper walls and iron ramparts!

Though the nine Magic arts were fierce, each possessing different powers, they had already consumed quite a bit of strength breaking the Horned Flood Dragon and the sky-filling thunder light earlier, and no longer had the force to penetrate the defense of the Wall-character Palm.

Meanwhile Shen Mo’s next Palm had already been struck out. The Jingmu An exotic beast turned into a prison that descended over the Nine-tailed Fox Puppet, directly locking it inside; whether it lunged left or darted right, there was no escaping!

After he had exchanged several blows with Qin Zhen, Zhao Lingyin began to move the Fairy Puppet. The Colorful Phoenix Fan appeared in the puppet’s hand, dozens of Earth Fire Spirit Flames leaping along its surface. Under the puppet’s Mana blessing, she suddenly fanned toward Shen Mo; heaven and earth instantly turned into a sea of fire, even the rock of the ground beginning to melt into molten slurry...

The Colorful Phoenix Fan was a top-grade profound artifact Shen Mo had obtained from Prince Yongzuo’s Underground Palace; the body of the feather fan was refined from the tail plumes of a Fire Bathing Colorful Phoenix.

This kind of spiritual bird will rack its brains to collect mountain fires, magma, phosphorus flames and other Spirit Flames of differing tiers, storing them within its tail plumes. When it flies, it is like a five-colored rainbow light, streaming brilliance, stunning beyond compare, using this to vie in splendor and seek a worthy mate!

Considering that layer of meaning, after Shen Mo obtained the Colorful Phoenix Fan, he treated it as a token of affection and gifted it to Zhao Lingyin.

Do not be deceived by how dazzling and beautiful this fan appears; its power is equally formidable. As the number of Spirit Flames within it increases and their quality continually rises, the fiery baleful force it fans out becomes ever more terrifying;

After over a hundred years of nurturing, this fan had already advanced to the level of a top-grade spiritual artifact. Zhao Lingyin had further infused it with several dozen Spirit Flames of different tiers. With the additional blessing of a Class VI puppet, the sea of fire fanned out was not to be underestimated; even Shen Mo felt his soul burning, stabbed with pain!

"Seven Constellations of the Western White Tiger, Palm—Beak!" he gave a low shout, striking out a Palm that possessed fire-avoiding effects.

...

After more than half a day, Zhao Lingyin and Qin Zhen’s souls could no longer endure, and they brought this training bout to an end.

Shen Mo was just about to offer some assessment when the Communication Talisman at his waist flared faintly with light. After reading it, he said to Qin Zhen, "Fellow daoist, interested in accompanying me on a trip to Canluan Lake?"

It was a talisman message sent by True Master Bian of the Dragon-suppressing Sect.

More than ten years prior, Shen Mo, unable to withstand True Master Bian’s persistent pleading, had dispatched the Possession Ghost Yang Chengxiong to escort him to the Kang Family’s ancestral land at Canluan Lake. Otherwise, with True Master Bian’s Golden Core Realm cultivation, he would likely have been eaten by demons midway.

After that, True Master Bian, under the identity of a rogue cultivator, lay low in the human kingdom by the lakeshore, secretly gathering related clues.

This time, he had transmitted several crucial pieces of information.

First, intelligence concerning the Kang Family’s currently living Formless Realm patriarch, Kang Yan.

Kang Yan and Immortal Master Cizi were not of the same generation. Only after Immortal Master Cizi entered the True Immortal cave mansion and disappeared for two thousand years did he descend into the world;

At a bit over one thousand years of age, he achieved Formless; now he is already four thousand five hundred years old and possesses cultivation at the Middle Stage of Wuxiang Realm!

With True Master Bian’s status and vision, he still could not learn how Kang Yan’s true strength compared to ordinary Formless cultivators. After all, beyond the Realm, the power of those who tread the path of cultivation also hinges on the Dao they have achieved, their cultivation methods and magic, magic treasures, and other factors.

Second, after Immortal Master Cizi’s remnant soul escaped the True Immortal cave mansion, he indeed returned to the Kang Family ancestral land.

This point did not surprise Shen Mo. A Formless remnant soul is a great tonic for many demons and monsters, and Immortal Master Cizi, having lost his Dao Body, suffered a massive drop in strength and was forced to seek the shelter of his birth clan. Otherwise, it was highly likely he would have died in the maw of that unknown Demon.

Third, the reincarnated body of Fulong Immortal Master—the Silver-haired Child—had once rampaged through Canluan Lake several decades ago.

Because he caused an enormous commotion, quite a few well-informed individuals came to know the Silver-haired Child’s identity and the detailed process of Patriarch Ciji’s betrayal of him!

Later, the Silver-haired Child’s rampage grew truly excessive, provoking Kang Yan to intervene. The two exchanged blows briefly, for about ten breaths. Thereafter, the Silver-haired Child completely vanished, and the time he lost contact with the Dragon-suppressing Sect also matched perfectly.

This indeed confirmed that the disappearance of the Silver-haired Child was truly related to the Kang Family’s Formless Realm patriarch, Kang Yan...

With these messages in hand, Shen Mo used the Divination Treasure Mirror to cast hexagrams and deduce. In his heart he now had seventy percent certainty that the Silver-haired Child had not perished, but was suppressed at the bottom of Canluan Lake!

Now that Shen Mo had achieved Formless and his Realm had stabilized, it was time to make a trip to the Kang Family.

There were two causes.

First, back in the True Immortal cave mansion, Immortal Master Cizi had struck at them. Were it not for some unknown mighty force suppressing things and for Shen Mo and the others’ own strength, they likely would have died at this man’s hands.

Moreover, Immortal Master Cizi had taken Fulong Immortal Master’s Storage Bracelet; the spiritual items and resources within were originally meant to be divided among Shen Mo, the Silver-haired Child, Qin Zhen, Kang Haoxiu and the others. Even if this man now existed only as a remnant soul, Shen Mo still had to seek him out to settle the Cause and Effect.

Second, the Silver-haired Child had "shared hardship" with Shen Mo and Qin Zhen. In the future, if the Longevity Demon Lord achieves True Immortal and comes to settle accounts with them, there will be one more person to share this Longevity race Demon True Immortal’s "wrath"!

Facing Shen Mo’s inquiry, Qin Zhen pondered for a moment, then agreed.

"If this trip goes smoothly, there is no harm. If we end up in conflict with that Kang Family Formless Realm, we’ll have to rely on Shen’s Skills. After all, although I possess Class VI puppets, if we truly start fighting, I fear I can only preserve my own life."

Shen Mo smiled and nodded. A Middle Stage Wuxiang Realm powerhouse was still not someone he feared like a tiger!

It was just that this matter did not touch upon his own core interests. If unnecessary, he did not wish to form a vendetta with Kang Yan, adding stumbling blocks to his path of cultivation for no reason.

Therefore, how to rescue the Silver-haired Child, demand the Storage Bracelet, and how to settle Cause and Effect with Immortal Master Cizi all needed careful consideration.

After a brief silence, Shen Mo plucked a patch of cloud from the sky, shaping it into a finely crafted visiting card, then imprinted his own soul aura upon it.

Qin Zhen had intended to imitate him, but Shen Mo stopped her with a word. Though she possessed Class VI puppets, her true Realm was still Divine Bridge Realm; leaving her soul aura behind would only invite Kang Yan’s schemes!

After that, he raised the Soul Refining Flag and summoned the Possession Ghost Yang Chengxiong (Horse Groom Lv), instructing it to deliver the visiting card to the Kang Family at Canluan Lake.

Having completed all this, Shen Mo was in no hurry to set out. He took the Heaven Patrolling Boat House from the Sword Zone space, then one by one summoned the Ghost Bride and the other three Sixth Rank Demon Soul Generals as well as several dozen Class V Demon Soul Generals, arranging them upon the deck.

Only then did he call Zhao Lingyin and Qin Zhen. The three of them flew together into the Boat House palace, steering the Boat House slowly toward Canluan Lake!