Chapter 780: The Soul-Crying Beast awakens!

“A terrifying large ship, black and gray mist.”

Through Lu Lingjing’s narration, Honglian learned that Lu Changsheng had encountered some danger, making it difficult for him to return in a short period.

As for his safety, she wasn’t worried.

After all, her husband was a powerful being who had reincarnated and entered the mortal world. What danger could he not resolve?

“Lingjing, you’ve worked hard on this trip back.”

Honglian said to Lu Lingjing, who was standing before her, immense in size and radiating a sense of oppression.

The pressure from the Heavenly Sword Sect still inevitably caused her some stress.

Now that the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale had returned to guard the Great Dream Marsh, Honglian’s heart felt instantly at ease, without any worries.

As for supporting the Yue Kingdom, she had no such thoughts. She only wanted to protect the Great Dream Immortal City and wait for Lu Changsheng to return.

“Madam, you need to be careful of a person wearing blue armor.”

At this moment, Lu Lingjing seemed to remember something and said to Honglian.

One reason she had returned this time was that she couldn’t find her master, Lu Changsheng. The other reason was that she had been troubled by a blue-armored person, and she was worried that he would cause trouble for Great Dream Immortal City.

“Blue-armored person?”

Honglian’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, feeling a bit confused.

“Yes, I was sleeping at the time, waiting for master to come back. Then this blue-armored person suddenly came and asked me about the Kunpeng egg. He even attacked me while talking. Seeing that master hadn’t returned, I was worried that he would come home to find you all, so I hurried back.”

Lu Lingjing, with her enormous body like a dark and golden mountain towering in the boundless sea, stood and explained to Honglian.

“???”

Upon hearing this, Honglian felt a bad premonition in her heart and quickly inquired about this blue-armored person and the situation with the Kunpeng egg.

Lu Lingjing wasn’t clear about the specifics. She only vaguely said that Young Master Quanzhen was inside the Kunpeng egg, and many people were looking for it at the time, and she had found it.

As for why the blue-armored person knew she had found the Kunpeng egg, she didn’t know.

“Kunpeng egg!?”

Although Honglian didn’t know why Lu Quanzhen would be inside the Kunpeng egg.

But just by the name, she knew this egg was incredibly precious, likely related to the legendary True Spirit Kunpeng.

“If it really is a Kunpeng egg, even Nascent Soul True Monarchs wouldn’t be able to sit still.”

Honglian’s expression was solemn. She roughly understood the whole story. Her husband’s trip out, along with the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, had resulted in them obtaining a Kunpeng egg right under the noses of many Nascent Soul experts in the Star Constellation Sea.

Although the Kunpeng egg had fallen into her husband’s hands, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Star Constellation Sea had not given up and were still searching for its whereabouts.

She pondered for a moment, her beautiful eyes like stars in the night sky, sacred and solemn. She then raised her hands, her slender and long jade fingers quickly outlining and transforming, forming a sparrow-snake.

“Lingjing, let me check your condition.”

Honglian said to the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, wanting to check if there was any residual True Spirit energy on her body.

“Okay.”

If Honglian had suddenly attacked her without her consent, she might have been angry.

But since the other party had asked and the spell was not harmful, she readily agreed.

As the sparrow-snake swam around her massive body, Honglian seemed lost in thought and then asked her when the blue-armored person had found her and when she had last had close contact with the Kunpeng egg.

“Except for when master called me for help, I’ve been watching the Kunpeng egg in the lotus the rest of the time…”

Upon mentioning the Kunpeng egg, Lu Lingjing couldn’t help but drool again.

Honglian, being a fourth-grade beast master, nodded. She knew that the blue-armored person had most likely sensed some residual energy of the Kunpeng egg from Lu Lingjing at that time.

She frowned and asked again, “Lingjing, where were you in the Star Constellation Sea at that time, and why did it take you so long to come back? Did you encounter any dangers along the way?”

She and Lu Changsheng had experienced the speed of the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale and knew that no matter how large the Star Constellation Sea was, the latter shouldn’t have taken so long to return.

Upon being asked by Honglian, Lu Lingjing immediately became annoyed, stating that she didn’t know the way and asked other demons for directions, but those demon beasts also didn’t know the way, causing her to keep taking the wrong turns.

As for dangers along the way, she hadn’t encountered any, except for someone secretly observing her, but she had beaten them away.

“Lingjing, you should go and stay in the sea eye for now. If there is danger, escape into the other deep seas. I will call you through transmission if something happens.”

Honglian immediately sent out her divine sense, and then said with a very solemn expression, realizing that the Nascent Soul forces of the Star Constellation Sea had noticed Lu Lingjing.

Or rather, when Lu Lingjing was looking for the Kunpeng egg, she had already been noticed by some Nascent Soul level forces in the Star Constellation Sea.

It was just that she had been inside the Heavenly Origin Treasure Emperor Lotus, her heavenly secrets were isolated, and she hadn’t shown herself, causing these Nascent Soul cultivators to be unable to find her.

But when she appeared in the Star Constellation Sea, she was instantly noticed by these forces, and a Nascent Soul True Monarch had perceived the residual energy on her body, knowing that she had come into contact with the Kunpeng egg.

It was just that as a True Spirit level demon beast, ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs were no match for her, so the blue-armored Nascent Soul and the cultivators who observed her along the way didn’t dare to confront her head-on.

“The blue-armored person that Lingjing mentioned should belong to a certain force in the Star Constellation Sea. Although he knows that Lingjing has been in contact with the Kunpeng egg, he is not her opponent. Even if he invites others to help, he will definitely invite trustworthy friends.”

As a Nascent Soul True Monarch in her previous life, Honglian was very clear that an opportunity like the Kunpeng egg was incredibly precious even to Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

So they would absolutely not want too many people to know about this matter.

And inviting friends to help was also a very troublesome matter.

Not only did they have to ensure that the other party was trustworthy, but their strength couldn’t be too strong, otherwise it would easily lead to their own interests being harmed.

“Okay.”

Compared to Mysterious Whale Island, Lu Lingjing preferred to sleep in the sea eye.

However, as a fourth-grade transforming demon king, although she appeared somewhat simple and foolish, she was just naive and inexperienced, not stupid. From Honglian’s serious tone and expression, she sensed that something was wrong and asked, “Madam, is there any danger?”

“Yes, the blue-armored person and the others should be Nascent Soul forces from the Star Constellation Sea. They noticed you when they were looking for the Kunpeng egg…”

“And you were in contact with the Kunpeng egg for a long time inside the Heavenly Origin Treasure Emperor Lotus, so when he found you, he sensed the Kunpeng egg’s energy on your body.”

Honglian explained to the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale.

The reason the blue-armored person hadn’t continued to cause trouble was likely that he had gone to seek reinforcements or to gather magical treasures and methods to deal with Lu Lingjing.

The reason cultivators could contend with and hunt demon kings of the same level was by relying on various divine abilities and magical treasures.

Just like the early years of Meng Wuchen and his wife, they had used methods to deceive the intelligence of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Although Lu Lingjing had crossed the boundless sea from the Star Constellation Sea to the Great Dream Marsh, Honglian dared not be careless in the slightest about such matters.

Knowing that the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale was in Great Dream Immortal City, if the Nascent Soul forces from the Star Constellation Sea came looking, it would be a disaster infinitely more dangerous than the pressure from the Heavenly Sword Sect.

“Ah”

After listening, Lu Lingjing suddenly realized that she had caused trouble and might have brought bad people home.

However, she immediately said, “Madam, don’t worry, that blue-armored person can’t beat me.”

Although she had only recently been promoted to the fourth grade, she was very confident in her strength.

This was also a common characteristic of most demon kings: they were inherently arrogant and didn’t know what fear was.

“The reason he hasn’t come yet is likely that he has gone to find helpers, and after knowing your strength and methods, he will go to search for demon-hunting magical treasures.”

Honglian, who was once a fourth-grade beast master, knew the nature of demon beasts and patiently explained.

Lu Lingjing was a bit unconvinced, thinking that even if another blue-armored person came, she could still beat them.

However, under Honglian’s patient persuasion, she still nodded in agreement, preparing to return to the sea eye to rest first.

“Wait a moment. I’ll go and prepare some things for you and then go with you.”

After Honglian finished speaking, her body was surrounded by flowing radiant light, concealing her energy, and she quickly returned to Great Dream Immortal City.

Not long after, Honglian prepared several kinds of precious healing spiritual medicines and heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and hurried back to Mysterious Whale Island. She gave these healing spiritual medicines to the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, telling her she could eat them if she was injured.

Then, she gave the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale a fourth-grade escape talisman and a fourth-grade defensive talisman that Lu Changsheng had left behind earlier.

As for offensive talismans, there wasn’t much need.

As a fourth-grade transforming demon king with True Spirit bloodline, a single attack from the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale was far superior to such a fourth-grade offensive talisman.

Even the fourth-grade escape talisman and defensive talisman were just in case.

After instructing the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale, Honglian returned to the sea eye with her.

Along the way, Honglian continuously used divine abilities to disperse her and the Rifting Sea Mysterious Dragon Whale’s aura, so as not to attract unnecessary trouble.

Land of Eternal Night.

Under the pitch-black, heavy night sky, the tent guarded by Thousand Bamboo Sprout and Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng was like a pure land isolated from the world.

During these days, Lu Changsheng and Yun Wanshang had been immersed in the dual cultivation method, trying to awaken their dormant blood energy and magic power.

However, this dual cultivation was not always male-female harmonious dual cultivation.

After the Yin and Yang energies were consumed, Yun Wanshang would use the spiritual energy as a medium to make their Dao Foundation Golden Cores resonate, thereby achieving the intersection of the sun and moon, the mutual sensing of Yin and Yang, helping Lu Changsheng slowly nurture new Yin and Yang energies.

And when Lu Changsheng’s Yin and Yang energies were conceived and regenerated, they would continue to be used to nourish the spiritual energy.

This method, which seemed to be a cyclical process of “stepping on the right foot with the left foot to ascend to the heavens,” was incredibly compatible and natural on the two of them, as if they were a match made in heaven.

Even Yun Wanshang herself was surprised.

Back then, she had cultivated with the help of Lu Changsheng, partly to use his Yin and Yang energies to re-nourish the spiritual energy of her Spiritual Jade Phoenix Marrow Body, and partly to cultivate the 《Su Nu Reincarnation Art》 with Lu Changsheng’s help.

It was just that Lu Changsheng’s cultivation was too shallow at that time, only at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Even though they had dual cultivated for several years, this cultivation method had only barely reached minor completion.

But now, during this cultivation process, she felt that her Su Nu Reincarnation Art was advancing by leaps and bounds.

This cultivation method, obtained from the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm, was extremely profound.

Once cultivated, it could maintain the body’s state at its peak condition at all times.

Even if she were to break through to Nascent Soul at the age of four hundred or even five hundred, her body would not become an obstacle.

If she could cultivate this method to great completion, not only could she maintain her peak state forever and extend her lifespan without reducing it due to maintaining her state as she aged, but she could also allow the cultivator to instantly undergo reincarnation.

Within the reincarnation illusion, she could accumulate profound foundation, turn the虚 into the 实, and then in the future, use cultivation fortune to complete the foundation gained from the illusion, reversing the order.

If she truly cultivated the 《Su Nu Reincarnation Art》 to great completion, even without a Nascent Soul Pill, she would have absolute confidence in breaking through to Nascent Soul.

If there was a suitable fourth-grade spiritual land, she even had great confidence in breaking through to Earth Dao Nascent Soul!

“True Master, my Yin and Yang energies are ready.”

After a long time, Lu Changsheng saw that the Yin and Yang energies surrounding his Golden Core on his Dao platform were slowly condensing and said.

Yun Wanshang just gave a soft “Mm” and then didn’t say anything.

“True Master, you should at least give some response or feedback.”

Lu Changsheng saw the once majestic female knight with her beautiful eyes tightly closed and not speaking, and couldn’t help but say helplessly.

Seeing that Yun Wanshang still didn’t speak, he stepped forward, cupped her beautiful face, and kissed her lips.

“Cultivate, what are you sticking your tongue out for!?” Yun Wanshang opened her beautiful eyes and said with a flushed and annoyed expression.

“True Master, I am a man. If you don’t give any feedback, I really lack motivation.”

Lu Changsheng said with a face full of grievance.

Yun Wanshang glared at the man in front of her with her beautiful eyes, and then let him do as he pleased.

A moment later, their lips parted.

Lu Changsheng gazed at the beautiful woman before him with gentle and affectionate eyes and said in a low voice, “True Master, I feel your heart rate accelerating. This means you also feel more sensation this way, right?”

“You’re making me angry!” Yun Wanshang couldn’t help but retort.

“No, this is the feeling of a pounding heart.”

Lu Changsheng said, his hand slowly moving along her flat abdomen.

“Lu Changsheng! I warn you, don’t go too far!”

Even though she was no match for Lu Changsheng, Yun Wanshang still displayed the dignified and noble demeanor of the former Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall.

“True Master, we rely on each other. Whether we can survive and leave this place and this world is still unknown. Why do you keep suppressing yourself?”

Lu Changsheng sighed softly and said, “I really want to know your true feelings.”

He kept using words to tease Yun Wanshang, similar to how Ling Xiaodong continuously tested Zheng Yiyun’s bottom line. It was a process of conquest from body to heart.

Lu Changsheng knew that if he couldn’t completely conquer Yun Wanshang in the Land of Eternal Night, then after leaving this world, given her temperament, after learning about Chu Qingyi’s matter, she would likely not see him again, and it would be difficult for them to have much interaction.

Upon hearing this, Yun Wanshang felt as if her heart was tightly grasped by an invisible large hand.

How could she not know Lu Changsheng’s intentions?

She even knew exactly what he was thinking and what his purpose was.

It was just that after more than two years of contact, getting along, and talking, she realized that Lu Changsheng not only had an unusual relationship with his disciple Xiao Xiyue, but also with his disciple Chu Qingyi.

In such a situation, how could she, as his master, still be with him?

If they hadn’t been trapped in the Land of Eternal Night and fallen into such a predicament, and if she hadn’t just experienced the illusion and her heart was fragile, she would never have been able to convince herself to dual cultivate with Lu Changsheng for healing.

But at this moment, Lu Changsheng’s words struck deep into her heart.

Whether the two of them could survive and walk out of this forbidden mountain range and leave this world was still an unknown.

Although after awakening their blood energy and magic power, they had a great chance of surviving and walking out, and then tearing apart the heavenly light to leave, who dared to say it was absolute?

For example, regarding tearing apart the heavenly light to leave, she only knew about it through some rumors and records, and had never seen it.

If they couldn’t survive and leave here and return to the outside world, then whether it was the Nascent Soul Dao or this emotional entanglement, it would all be nothing more than a fleeting dream.

Lu Changsheng felt Yun Wanshang’s delicate body stiffen slightly and immediately said softly, “Changsheng knows True Master’s thoughts.”

After saying that, he no longer forced her, but just lowered his head and kissed her moist red lips, slowly circulating his cultivation. He knew that such things were related to each person’s temperament and could not be rushed.

Yun Wanshang’s attitude towards Lu Changsheng had softened considerably at this time, and the ice in her heart seemed to be quietly melting.

Cultivation knows no years.

Unconsciously, Lu Changsheng and Yun Wanshang had cultivated for more than half a year.

There is always a reward for effort.

After more than half a year of dual cultivation, both of their states had greatly improved, especially Yun Wanshang.

However, perhaps because they were already deep within the mountains, no mutated creatures or strange beings had appeared during this time.

In this situation, Lu Changsheng and Yun Wanshang had not chosen to change locations.

Mainly, in such a mountain range, they really didn’t know where it was safe.

Especially since neither of them knew where they were in the mountain range or which direction to leave, it was better to cultivate here.

During this period, Lu Changsheng consumed some of the many spiritual medicines he had obtained with Yun Wanshang, and gave the rest to the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng.

The latter was also suppressed after entering this world. If it could awaken some demonic power and use its physical divine abilities, its combat power would be greatly increased.

This day, Lu Changsheng felt some movement from his spirit beast bag.

It was the Soul Devouring Beast!

Since the Soul Devouring Beast entered a state of complete dormancy, turning into a black cocoon emitting a faint glow, there had been no movement.

Previously, in urgent situations, he had even considered calling out the Soul Devouring Beast to keep watch, but the black cocoon it had transformed into showed no response.

“The Soul Devouring Beast has advanced to the fourth grade!?”

Lu Changsheng’s heart filled with joy and anticipation.

The Soul Devouring Beast restrained many evil demons and ghosts, and could even directly devour ghost kings of the same level.

And the strange creatures here were similar to ghost cultivators and resentful spirits.

If the Soul Devouring Beast woke up, he would gain a great power and no longer need to worry about the dangerous and terrifying situation.