Chapter 1229: Encountering Tianfeng by Chance

The Golden Whale Sea is home to a creature known as the Golden Whale Beast. These massive demonic beasts are skilled in water escape techniques. Once tamed, they provide great assistance to their owners, whether for travel or combat. Many immortal cultivators desired to capture and tame a Golden Whale Beast, but unregulated hunting led to a drastic decline in their numbers. It is now rare to see Golden Whale Beasts above the third rank.

The Seven-Aptitude Sect capitalized on this, breeding Golden Whale Beasts for sale. Given the slow reproduction rate of these beasts and the sect's deliberate monopoly on the trade, wild Golden Whale Beasts have become exceedingly rare.

Golden Whale Island is a large island that, from high above, resembles a gigantic golden whale floating on the sea. Every hundred years, the Seven-Aptitude Sect hosts a Whale Hunting Convention. Participants capture wild Golden Whale Beasts, with the first-place winner receiving a hefty reward.

The Whale Hunting Convention had been held many times. In reality, there were few wild Golden Whale Beasts left for cultivators to capture. The convention gradually evolved into a celebratory event, attracting large numbers of cultivators from various regions to Golden Whale Island for trade or to exchange cultivation experiences.

During the convention, the Seven-Aptitude Sect deployed numerous disciples to patrol and maintain order.

Wang Jing, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Seven-Aptitude Sect, was leading a patrol that day.

Suddenly, a prolonged roar echoed, like the bellow of some large wild beast.

Wang Jing quickly pulled out a pale golden hexagonal jade disk from his pocket. As he cast a spell seal, a panicked female voice abruptly cried out, "Senior Brother Wang, something terrible has happened! A Skywind, a very powerful Skywind, is heading towards Golden Whale Island! I... Ah!"

"No good, a Skywind is coming! Retreat quickly! Immediately sound the alarm and notify Uncle Sun and the others." Wang Jing quickly gave orders. He pulled out a pale golden talisman and threw it high into the sky.

Once the golden talisman reached the sky, it abruptly burst open, transforming into the ethereal image of a massive golden whale. The golden whale could be seen within a radius of five thousand li.

Skywinds are a common natural disaster in the cultivation world of the South Sea. They vary in size, and if one is unlucky enough to encounter a powerful Skywind, even a Nascent Soul cultivator could perish. However, Skywinds of that magnitude are exceedingly rare.

Just then, the previously clear sky suddenly darkened, and a fierce gale began to blow. A blue tornado, over five hundred zhang tall and a hundred zhang in diameter, appeared on the distant horizon, swiftly sweeping towards Wang Jing and his group. An ear-splitting howl emanated from everywhere the blue tornado passed.

"Oh no, the Skywind is here! Retreat quickly!" Wang Jing was startled. The more powerful the Skywind, the faster it moved.

"Huh, it seems a senior is being chased by the Skywind." A streak of green light appeared on the distant horizon, negligible compared to the blue tornado.

The seawater suddenly churned violently, as if boiling.

"Rumble!"

After a tremendous roar, dozens of blue water pillars, each five zhang in diameter, shot up from the seabed, striking towards the blue tornado. The blue tornado easily shattered the dozens of blue water pillars without losing any speed. However, the green light intensified, and before long, the light reached Wang Jing's position.

The green light was, in fact, a several-zhang-long green flying boat with a blue lotus pattern on its hull. Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue stood inside the green flying boat, their expressions filled with panic.

Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue had been resting on a deserted island when, unexpectedly, a powerful Skywind suddenly emerged. Wang Changsheng personally witnessed the Skywind pulverize a small island. Skywinds are natural disasters, and this particular Skywind grew larger as it moved. Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue tried to avoid it, but the Skywind was too fast and kept pursuing them.

"Oh, Seven-Aptitude Sect disciples, come aboard!" Wang Changsheng uttered a soft exclamation, and with a flick of his sleeve, Wang Jing and the others involuntarily flew onto the green flying boat. With a flash of green light, the green flying boat carried everyone upwards, moving at high speed.

Half a quarter-hour later, Wang Changsheng and his companions appeared above a colossal blue water barrier. The highest point of the blue water barrier was a hundred zhang above the sea, resembling a giant inverted porcelain bowl encompassing Golden Whale Island. Ripples spread across the blue water barrier, and a several-zhang-wide opening appeared. Wang Changsheng steered the green flying boat inside.

An island resembling a whale came into Wang Changsheng's view. There was a large cluster of buildings on the island, covered by a pale blue light barrier. Wang Changsheng formed a spell seal, and the green flying boat slowly descended onto Golden Whale Island.

A burly man in a golden robe and a plump young woman in a red dress flew out from within the blue light barrier, landing in front of Wang Changsheng.

"Disciples pay respects to Grandmaster Ma and Grandmaster Han." Wang Jing and the other Seven-Aptitude Sect disciples immediately bowed, not daring to show any disrespect.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, I am Ma Xin. Thank you for saving our sect's disciples." The man in the golden robe cupped his fist at Wang Changsheng and spoke politely.

"It was nothing. Fellow Daoist Ma, the Skywind is heading towards Golden Whale Island. Can it be blocked?" Wang Changsheng asked curiously, as it was his first time encountering a Skywind of such magnitude.

"Hehe, naturally, there's no problem. If Fellow Daoist Wang doesn't mind, you could lend a hand." Ma Xin chuckled, looking confident.

At this moment, the Skywind also caught up. The Skywind was over a thousand zhang tall and five hundred zhang in diameter, obscuring the sky and sun. It passed through two small islands, which immediately shattered and turned to dust.

The blue tornado struck the blue water barrier, causing it to immediately indent as if it could collapse at any moment. Ma Xin and the young woman in red simultaneously took out palm-sized nine-cornered blue formation plates and cast spell seals into them. The seawater within the blue barrier suddenly began to boil, surging towards the barrier, which rapidly expanded.

With an earth-shattering crash, the blue water barrier abruptly tore apart and vanished without a trace. The blue tornado then swept directly towards Golden Whale Island. Wang Changsheng and Fairy Ziyue's expressions tensed. If this hadn't been a large market town with powerful enough restrictions, they would have fled long ago.

Ma Xin and the young woman in red exchanged glances, and their spell seals changed. A massive quantity of seawater surged skyward, forming a blue water peak over five hundred zhang tall, which then crashed down onto the blue tornado.

Boom!

The blue water peak collided with the blue tornado, producing a deafening roar. Both dissipated simultaneously, and a visible wave of air quickly spread out, heading straight for them. Wang Changsheng extended his right hand and grasped the air, causing a blue water wall over thirty zhang high to rise from the ground, blocking their path.

After a loud crash, the blue water wall exploded, and the powerful air wave continued to sweep forward. Numerous demonic beast corpses floated to the surface of the sea, their internal organs shattered. Wang Changsheng flipped his palm, and with a flash of blue light, the Grand Clarity Soul-Slaying Blade appeared in his hand. He gripped the blade with his right hand, and its edge turned golden.

With a flash of golden light, a golden blade-light over a hundred zhang long shot forth. Wherever the golden blade-light passed, the seawater abruptly split in two, revealing an abyss over ten zhang deep.

Rumble!

The golden blade-light shredded the powerful air wave. After flying a thousand zhang, the golden blade-light submerged into the seabed and vanished.

Seeing the Grand Clarity Soul-Slaying Blade in Wang Changsheng's hand, a flicker of surprise crossed Ma Xin's and the young woman in red's eyes. They could naturally tell that Wang Changsheng's magical treasure possessed considerable power.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Wang, this magical treasure of yours is quite powerful!" Ma Xin chuckled and said courteously.

"Fellow Daoist Ma, you flatter me. I was merely dealing with an inanimate object," Wang Changsheng said modestly, putting away the Grand Clarity Soul-Slaying Blade.