Chapter 58: Bouncing Everywhere

The jade slip recorded content pertaining to alchemy.

The first part was an introduction to alchemy materials, encompassing not only those from the human realm of immortality cultivation, but also materials from the side of the demon race.

Rather than being a mere collection of alchemy ingredients, it was practically an encyclopedic compendium.

The second part consisted of medicinal formulas, though for now, Feng Xi could only view a portion of them. The remaining part was heavily blurred, presumably accessible only after her strength increased.

It was precisely because the volume of information was so overwhelmingly massive that her spiritual consciousness had been unable to bear it, causing her to bleed from her seven orifices and pass out.

Feng Xi had no way to explain the jade slip to Jun Wen, so she simply claimed she was fine and immediately began digesting the information she had just received.

Although the contents of the jade slip had been directly "transmitted" into her sea of consciousness, she still needed to comprehend and internalize them.

Feng Xi started by looking through the alchemy materials, but as she read, she froze.

"Golden-horned Rock Centipede, Earth-tier demonic beast. The cultivation of an adult is comparable to the Golden Core stage of the human race. It favors carrion.

After capturing its prey, it injects venom into the body, waiting several days after the victim's death before consuming it.

The toxicity of this worm is rather unique; detoxifying pills take effect quite slowly, which may create the false impression that the detoxification has failed.

In reality, one merely needs to ingest a detoxifying pill, and the residual toxins within the body will slowly dissolve.

In about two hours, one can completely recover to normal.

The entire body of the Golden-horned Rock Centipede can be used as medicine, especially its horn and venom glands..."

In the book, her yet-unmet Senior Brother, Jiang Ji, had stumbled into the Turtle-back Mountain Secret Realm and been injured by an extremely rare venomous insect.

As luck would have it, Shen Zhilan had entered the secret realm and discovered him, claiming that this poison could only be neutralized by the blood of a supreme-tier Water Spiritual Root. Consequently, she had sliced her finger and used her blood to save Jiang Ji.

Jiang Ji felt immense gratitude toward Shen Zhilan, a gratitude that gradually transformed into infatuation, willingly playing the role of a devoted lapdog by her side.

And the result?

In order to obtain a Heaven-tier medicinal herb, Shen Zhilan sacrificed Jiang Ji to the fiend-demons of the Myriad-Fathom Demonic Abyss.

Jiang Ji's soul was scattered, never to reincarnate.

And that venomous insect was none other than the Golden-horned Rock Centipede.

A sarcastic smile appeared on Feng Xi's face. Nonsense! Only the blood of a supreme-tier Water Spiritual Root could neutralize it!

Shen Zhilan simply wanted Jiang Ji to be overwhelmingly grateful to her!

So that she could exploit him!

It was entirely unsurprising that Shen Zhilan could pull off such a stunt.

She even suspected that Jiang Ji getting poisoned in the first place was Shen Zhilan's doing!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? The secret realm was so vast, yet she just happened to cross paths with a poisoned Jiang Ji?

Fortunately, this jade slip had appeared just in time; otherwise, when the Turtle-back Mountain Secret Realm opened, she truly wouldn't have known how to detoxify Jiang Ji.

Coincidentally, a few days later, news arrived that a secret realm had been discovered at Turtle-back Mountain in the Hengling Mountain Range.

Those who met the bone-age criteria, possessed a cultivation level below the Nascent Soul stage, and were destined could enter.

Because the secret realm was discovered at Turtle-back Mountain, it was named the Turtle-back Mountain Secret Realm.

The sect leaders of the four major sects deemed this an exceptional opportunity for practical training, and thus reached a consensus to send eight direct disciples stationed at the borderlands to participate in the Turtle-back Mountain secret realm trial.

As for the borderlands, each sect would dispatch one additional elder to fill the vacancy.

Upon receiving the news, Xing Wu immediately sought out Feng Xi.

"Feng Xi, shall we travel together tomorrow morning? By then, you and Jun Wen won't need to fly on swords; you can ride our flying boat instead!"

The reason for choosing to depart the following morning was twofold: first, the gates of the secret realm had not yet fully opened, leaving an abundance of time.

Second, this was, after all, the borderlands, making nighttime travel rather unsafe.

Hearing Xing Wu's words, Feng Xi replied with a beaming smile:

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I was just about to look for you!

Fifth Senior Brother was feeling awkward about troubling you, but I think friends don't need to be so courteous. Whenever there's a need for help, one should just speak up generously."

Xing Wu nodded: "Exactly, exactly! Jun Wen is just too petty-minded!"

Jun Wen: "..."

I didn't say a single thing, okay?!

However, he was already accustomed to taking the blame for his little junior sister, so he couldn't be bothered to argue.

After Xing Wu left, Feng Xi began urging the little black ball to "go fishing."

She needed to bring back some fresh catches for Xiao Baidao and the elders to taste, and she also had gifts to give. To say nothing else, since she was hitching a ride on the Beast Taming Sect's flying boat, it wouldn't do not to show some token of appreciation!

Furthermore, the spiritual energy within the seafood of the Endless Sea was dense, and taking them back to sell would also generate a massive profit.

The little black ball felt utterly miserable!

The spiritual pets of other people enjoyed fine food and drinks alongside their masters, but look at it—catching fish out here in the middle of the night!

Driven by the little black ball, various kinds of seafood leaped onto the shore one after another, thrashing and bouncing wildly!

Feng Xi put her hands behind her back:

"Fifth Senior Brother, do you know why this seafood is jumping ashore?

It's all because of my beauty!

From now on, the Northern Region Continent will have a new idiom to describe beauty, called 'Flying Fish and Plunging Shrimp'!"

Jun Wen: "..."

As long as you're happy.

Just as things were bustling with lively activity, an angry roar echoed from afar.

A massive sea beast's head emerged from the pitch-black ocean surface, its pair of golden eyes flashing with a fierce glint—it was precisely that Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant.

The little black ball, currently "fishing," was so frightened it almost flattened into a small black pancake!

It hurriedly and sneakily flew back onto Feng Xi's body.

Since everyone's attention was entirely focused on the Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant, and the little black ball itself was merely a mass of mist, no one noticed.

Feng Xi scolded through her spiritual consciousness:

"Look at how spineless you are! You've completely disgraced my reputation as the paragon of the human race!"

The little black ball retorted indignantly: "That's a Nascent Soul mid-stage sea beast! Isn't it normal for me to be scared?! Aren't you scared?"

Feng Xi let out a cold snort, then channeled her spiritual energy and shouted toward the Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant:

"In the middle of the night, what are you howling blindly for?!

Do you have any self-awareness at all? A trashy mid-stage Nascent Soul creature like you, and you still have the nerve to bellow here?

Come on, if you've got the ability, grow wings and fly up right now!

Let you and me fight three hundred rounds!"

The Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant: "..."

If I could grow wings, I'd bloody well change my name to Golden Eagle!

Feng Xi continued, "Never mind that you didn't grow wings; even if you had, I'd snap them off and use them as a fan!

What are you glaring at?

Glare at me again and I'll gouge out those dead fish eyes of yours and step on them like bubbles!"

The Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant was practically dying of anger!

Yet it dared not approach the shore because it could sense the aura of a Soul Formation cultivator.

Therefore, it could only angrily thrash its tail, stirring up monstrous waves.

Feng Xi curled her lips: "Even if you thrash until the end of time, the ocean won't be thrashed dry, so what's the point of thrashing so hard!

Can't I just scoop up a little seafood? Look at how petty you are!

What, do you want to sacrifice yourself for me to eat?

Tsk tsk, I really wouldn't care for it, because you're too ugly! I couldn't bring myself to bite!"

...

Feng Xi spent a full half-hour chewing the creature out, until the Golden-eyed Blood Sea Elephant literally rolled its eyes in anger and floated up onto the surface of the sea.

Everyone: "..."

She forcefully berated a Nascent Soul-stage sea beast until it fainted?

Is, is this even a mouth?

This is even more formidable than a flying sword!

Killing people without leaving a trace!