Chapter 3757: 墨月石、玉玄子(今天没了)

A stout old man in a blue robe was locked in combat with Wang Yang, protected by a vast expanse of blue seawater. Red flames clashed with the blue seawater, erupting in a large cloud of white mist.

The sea surface froze at an astonishing speed, with tens of thousands of miles of ocean frozen solid. A massive white flood dragon then lunged forward.

The old man in the blue robe was greatly alarmed and quickly conjured five short knives, shimmering with blue light. They transformed into five streaks of blue light and struck towards the white flood dragon.

The five blue short knives struck the white dragon's body, emitting a muffled "clanking" sound, and then bounced back.

The seawater churned violently, and a towering wave crashed towards the white flood dragon. The white flood dragon then spewed out a white halo. As the towering wave met the white halo, it instantly froze, becoming a white ice wall.

The Law of Ice!

The white flood dragon's tail swept out suddenly, striking the old man's protective spiritual light. The old man in the blue robe was sent flying backward, his protective spiritual light dimming.

Hail began to fall from high in the sky; large amounts of white hail descended, striking the old man's protective spiritual light one after another.

After a series of muffled "thumping" sounds, the old man's protective spiritual light grew even dimmer. A streak of white light shot forth, piercing his protective spiritual light.

The old man in the blue robe felt a chill in his chest as a long spear, shimmering with white light, pierced through him. A surge of extreme cold erupted, his body rapidly froze, turning into a human-shaped ice sculpture.

The white spear lightly shook, and the ice sculpture shattered into pieces. A gourd, shimmering with white light, appeared and collected the old man's Nascent Soul.

By this time, the remaining three True Immortal cultivators had also been eliminated. Their strength was inferior to that of Xu Yifeng and Xie Yunhong, making escape difficult.

Ye Haitang and others also activated their formation to eliminate Xie Yunxin and her group of four. Without a treasure similar to the Immortal Breaking Mirror, and with Ye Haitang and several other True Immortal cultivators controlling the formation, Xie Yunxin and her group, who were at most mid-stage True Immortals, were simply unable to break out of the formation and escape.

Wang Changsheng performed soul-searching on their Nascent Souls, acquiring much useful information.

The highest-level Opening Aperture secret techniques of the Xu Family, Heavenly Beast Sect, and Xie Family could open five apertures, but there was only one such technique. Techniques for opening four or three apertures were more common.

Opening the fourth aperture required the aid of immortal pills, and their refining materials were hard to find. The ten True Immortal cultivators who attacked had only opened two apertures, so their strength was vastly inferior to Wang Changsheng's group.

True Immortals who could open three apertures were considered high-ranking members in the Xu Family, Xie Family, and Heavenly Beast Sect, while those who opened four apertures were considered ancestors. True Immortals who opened five apertures were extremely rare in the history of all three families.

True Immortal cultivators with slightly greater strength were all on the Chaos Continent, killing Chaos Beasts to plunder cultivation resources.

You don't know until you compare, and once you do, it's startling.

Wang Changsheng had initially thought that opening his fourth aperture wasn't particularly strong, but now it seemed he had overestimated other True Immortal cultivators. Wang Ruyan then took out the Immortal Transmission Mirror and contacted Wang Qingshan.

Soon, Wang Qingshan's voice came from the Immortal Transmission Mirror: "Ninth Aunt, what happened?"

"The Xie Family, Xu Family, and Heavenly Beast Sect teamed up, sending ten True Immortal cultivators to attack Qinglian Island. We've captured them all. Have you attacked Heavenly Beast Island yet?" Wang Ruyan asked.

"We're about to make our move. Do we need to change our plans?" Wang Qingshan asked.

"No, that won't be necessary. We've acquired some intelligence which should be useful to you," Wang Ruyan briefly explained.

Wang Ruyan then summarized the intelligence they had gained from soul-searching.

There were still over ten True Immortal cultivators on Heavenly Beast Island, with no late-stage True Immortals among them, which was good news for them.

"Excellent! With such a small number of people, our chances of taking Heavenly Beast Island are even greater," Wang Qingshan said with a smile.

"Be careful. The Heavenly Beast Sect has a long heritage and might possess mid-grade immortal artifacts or second-tier immortal talismans. Don't be careless," Wang Ruyan exhorted.

"Understood, Ninth Aunt." Wang Qingshan agreed.

Wang Ruyan put away the Immortal Transmission Mirror and said with a relieved smile, "With the intelligence we provided, Qingshan and the others should be able to take Heavenly Beast Island more easily."

"Ninth Uncle, how about I lead some people there? We might be able to help," Wang Qingjing offered.

Using a flying immortal artifact for travel, they wouldn't take long to reach Heavenly Beast Island.

"With over thirty True Immortal cultivators and a treasure like the Immortal Breaking Mirror, breaching Heavenly Beast Island won't be a problem," Wang Changsheng stated. "There might still be enemies attacking Qinglian Island. We are perceived as soft targets by other factions, so we must be vigilant."

Wang Qingjing was only an early-stage True Immortal and couldn't influence the outcome of the battle. With Wang Qingshan, Wang Mengbin, Wang Yidao, and Xia Sibing all having opened four apertures, there shouldn't be any issues.

"Return to your posts, guard the island well, and strictly prevent enemy sneak attacks," Wang Ruyan instructed.

Wang Qingjing and the others acknowledged and left one after another.

The ten True Immortal cultivators possessed a considerable amount of wealth, including over ten thousand immortal essence stones alone and more than forty low-grade immortal artifacts.

The Flaming Pearl and Flaming Mirror were quite powerful, especially the Flaming Mirror, which could restrain other immortal artifacts. In addition, there were many other materials.

Upon returning to Qinglian Peak, Wang Changsheng entered a secret chamber. The Qinglian Creation Cauldron was placed in the center of the room. With a flick of his right hand, he took out a black, block-shaped object that felt cold to the touch.

This object was found in Xu Yifeng's storage bracelet. Xu Yifeng had exchanged it with a True Immortal rogue cultivator, and it was said to be an incomplete immortal artifact.

Xu Yifeng hadn't yet figured out its origin when his family dispatched him to support the Heavenly Beast Sect, so this half-finished item fell into Wang Changsheng's hands.

Wang Changsheng opened the lid of the Qinglian Creation Cauldron, tossed the object inside, closed the lid, and infused it with immortal essence energy.

After the Qinglian Creation Cauldron absorbed a large amount of immortal essence energy, the lotus patterns on its body lit up brightly.

After a short while, Wang Changsheng opened the cauldron's lid and looked inside. There were dozens of materials, among which a piece of jade as black as ink caught Wang Changsheng's attention. The jade's surface had some silver patterns.

"This is Mo Yue Stone!"

Wang Changsheng was somewhat surprised. Mo Yue Stone was the core material for refining first-tier immortal puppets, and immortal puppets were rare commodities in the Tianchen Sea Domain, mainly because Mo Yue Stone was scarce.

"Yu Xuanzi!"

A thoughtful expression appeared on Wang Changsheng's face. Xu Yifeng had obtained this item through an exchange with Tian Xuanzi, and it was unknown where Tian Xuanzi had acquired it.

If he had the opportunity in the future, Wang Changsheng wanted to meet Yu Xuanzi.

With the Qinglian Creation Cauldron in hand, refining immortal artifacts or immortal puppets would be very convenient.

The Wang family had always been collecting refining methods for immortal puppets but had not succeeded. Immortal puppets had last appeared on the market in the Tianchen Sea Domain hundreds of thousands of years ago, when Hundred Refining Island held a large-scale auction, offering two first-tier immortal puppets in exchange for cultivation resources.

Hundred Refining Island was one of the nine major powers in the Tianchen Sea Domain, with no fewer than twenty Golden Immortal cultivators. It possessed immense strength and was proficient in artifact refining.

Hundred Refining Island's territory was quite far from the Nine Immortals Sect, but their relationship was decent, with no deep-seated grievances at least.

The Qinglian Creation Cauldron could revert incomplete immortal artifacts back into raw materials. However, incomplete immortal artifacts were rare, so acquiring even one was considered good fortune.

Wang Changsheng collected the materials from the cauldron, intending to use them for artifact refining.