Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Outside the Sea-watching City was the boundless ocean. But as practitioners, no creatures in the sea could harm them, except for evil beasts.
Jin Yao dragged Zhou Bao out of Sea-watching City. Once they stepped out of the city gate, they started flying in the direction towards the depths of the sea. Obviously, Jin Yao had installed his temporary den in the sea.
Sure enough, after flying for over two hours, Jin Yao descended on a desolate island. The pneuma on this island was quite thin. After all, to be able to find a place filled with pneuma like the Azure Heaven within the Infinite Star Sea would just be wishful thinking.
This was a coral island, with an area around a dozen square kilometers. There were several small hills on the island; it looked a little hazy because of the inhibitions Jin Yao had set upon them. The moment Jin Yao arrived on the island, he broke the inhibitions and led Zhou Bao to his hiding place, which turned out to be a small cave.
I discovered this place by accident. This cave leads to a place about 10 miles under the sea surface, linked by a tunnel. Though the environment is not very good, it’s a great place for hiding a spirit!” Ushering Zhou Bao into the zigzagged tunnel, Jin Yao explained as they walked ahead. “This cave is a natural cave and it has a cold pool at one end. Thanks to the cold pool, I finally insulated the spirit of the Psychic Jade Talisman by dropping it into the bottom of the pool. If there had been no cold pool, I would have to use my Dharma power daily to suppress it. That would be pretty troublesome.”
“You can just throw this jade piece away. Why go through all this trouble?”
“How I wish I could just throw it away! At first, I was curious, and thought about refining this Psychic Jade Talisman. As a result, I left my spirit on it. Even if I throw the jade away, your Jia Family still can track me down by examining the spirit lingering in it; this might even be achieved faster than finding this jade itself.”
“You really went for wool and came home shorn!” Looking at Jin Yao’s wry smile, Zhou Bao could not help laughing. This guy was rather unlucky. He thought he had received such a windfall but could not put it to use, and in the end, he was caught in a dilemma and even had to take the Three Body Divine Elixir. How pathetic was that!
For practitioners like these two, walking through a 10 mile long passageway was no problem. They sped up and arrived at the end of the coral cave in a few seconds. As Jin Yao had described, there was a cold pool there.
The existence of this cold pool suggested that there should be a spirit vein under the pool. However, since Zhou Bao already possessed an entire macro world, this kind of spirit vein was totally worthless in his eyes. But Jin Yao seemed to be very interested in the spirit vein.
“The thing is just at the bottom of this cold pool. But before I take it out, I hope Brother Jia can execute some concealing skills first. Otherwise, the second this thing surfaces, the Jia Family will sense it!”
“No problem!” Zhou Bao smiled. Several jets of azure light shot out from his sleeves and stuck to the vital points of the cave. At once, grey smoke swirled around and the space within the cave became an independent space, totally separated from the outside world.
“Bravo!” As the change occurred in the place, Jin Yao involuntarily let out an exclamation. Standing in this space, he could not sense any movement from the outside world; even his own divine thoughts were enclosed within the space. But the eeriest thing was that this originally small space appeared to be boundless under the cover of the grey smoke. Meanwhile, he was unable to detect anything peculiar except for the cold pool before him.
“Just a small trick. But it’s handy to isolate the spirit!” Zhou Bao smiled, ignoring the exclamation of Jin Yao. Today. Considering his cultivation and status, compliments from a low-ranked man like Jin Yao meant nothing to him.
“Hee hee, if this is just a small trick, then my whole life must be as demeaning as that of a dog!” Hearing Zhou Bao’s words, Jin Yao heaved a sigh, and then he lifted a hand and the cold pool in front of them started rippling.
Shortly after that, a black iron box floated up from the bottom of the pool.
No sooner had the black iron box appeared, then Zhou Bao distinctly detected the fierce vibration and the violent fluctuations of Dharma power coming out from inside the box. Due to the power that was locked up in the iron box, only a small portion managed to seep out, and it was this occurrence that had terrified Jin Yao for days. He was afraid that a portion of power would escape and transmit the location of the Psychic Jade Talisman to the Jia Family.
However, once this portion of power dispersed, the surrounding grey smoke engulfed it immediately. Given that Zhou Bao’s Yin and Yang Dust Formation could mimic a macro world, resist the Thunder Tribulation and trap a Human Immortal, a Pure Yang Celestial Device like this Psychic Jade Talisman did not pose any threat to the formation.
Feeling the Dharma power in this box being absorbed by the surrounding grey smoke, Jin Yao was finally relieved. He carefully opened it, revealing the jade inside.
This was a round-shaped milk-white jade pendant, which emitted a mild light. Dense Dharma power swirled about in its milk-white light as if it was about to break out. But there were numerous odd patterns and talismans inscribed on the inside of the box. It was due to those patterns and talismans that the Dharma power had been tightly locked up in the box. But apart from this Psychic Jade Talisman, there were four extra Spiritual Stones in each corner of this box, which shone with a blazing light. At the sight of the lights of those Spiritual Stones, Zhou Bao realized that those were highly rare TopGrade Spiritual Stones. He was surprised that Jin Yao had used those Spiritual Stones in this inhibition. What stunned him more was that even with four pieces of such Top Grade Spiritual Stones, they were unable to wholly suppress the fluctuations of the Dharma power inside the Psychic Jade Talisman. That was why Jin Yao had to resort to using the power of the cold pool.
“This is the Psychic Jade Talisman! It is really amazing! Brother Jin, I could tell this is a precious item just by one glance. But how could those practitioners sell it to you as a low-level celestial device? And how come you thought about refining it?”
“I never expected this. At first, it was not so eye-catching as it is now. It looked just like any jade pendant sending forth the fluctuations of a low-level celestial device. But when I tried to refine it, there was a reaction and it became like what it is now. That’s the moment when I realized something was wrong!”
“I see!” Zhou Bao nodded, and then, he lowered his head as if he was carefully examining this Psychic Jade Talisman. “If that’s the case, I have a way to restore this thing to its original state.”
“Really?” At this, Jin Yao jumped up in amazement. “Young Brother Jia, don’t trick me. I’ve tried out a lot of ways, but none of them has worked!”
“This is a unique technique of my Jia Family. It’s not hard for me!” Zhou Bao easily made that up. He had discovered the wonders of this Psychic Jade Talisman. But since he was pretending to be an Individual Immortal, he could not just sort out this Psychic Jade Talisman devised by several Venerables. However, if he claimed that he could fix this problem with a unique technique passed down in the Jia Family, that would make sense. Anyway, Jin Yao did not suspect Zhou Bao at all, for it was no secret that powerful families like the Jia Family might have some secret skills.
As Zhou Bao’s fingertips waved gently, jets of scattered light flashed, then landed on the Psychic Jade Talisman and completely oppressed the fluctuations of the Dharma power in the Psychic Jade Talisman.
“Perfect, really perfect! Now, I’m finally relieved!”
“You don’t have anything to worry about and you don’t need to return it anymore!” Zhou Bao cracked a smile.
“Hee hee!” Hearing this, a trace of greed flitted across the eyes of Jin Yao. For an Individual Immortal like him, a Pure Yang Celestial Device was quite appealing. But soon, he stifled his greed with great determination. Although Zhou Bao explained that the technique was a unique skill of the Jia Family, judging by the incantation Zhou Bao recited and the abstruse hand gestures he had made, Jin Yao was sure that this technique was not something a normal Individual Immortal could master. The fact that Jia Qingping’s strength which was publicly known, was already above his, made him quickly dismiss any greedy ideas he had.
“This object is indeed precious. But it belongs to your Jia Family after all. Anyway, you are the who erased its spirit. If I continue to refine it, problems may arise. Since keeping it with me would only create problems, I’d better give it to somebody else.”
“That’s reasonable. I didn’t realize that you have so much foresight!” Zhou Bao beamed. He lifted his hands and the Yin and Yang Dust Formation leaped into his sleeves. “Now, could you show me the Hidden Treasure?”
“Er—” Jin Yao’s expression went a bit slack. “Though most of those practitioners are Level Two or Level Three Individual Immortals and the strongest one among them is merely a Level Four Individual Immortal, there are quite a number of them, so I’m afraid you and I are not strong enough to fight against them. Let me—”
“I know you’re going to find several other friends, but that’s not necessary. Now, I am quite interested in the Hidden Treasure and those practitioners. Thus, I’m not going to wait any longer!” Zhou Bao interrupted him.
“Er, but they—” Before Jin Yao could finish his words, a stream of majestic spirit flooded out from Zhou Bao and permeated the entire space of the cave.
Level Three Individual Immortal.
Level Four Individual Immortal.
Level Five Individual Immortal.
Level Six Individual Immortal.
Level Seven Individual Immortal.
…
Jin Yao sensed that the rank of Zhou Bao’s Dharma power had soared up at an incredulous speed. In just a few seconds, Zhou Bao transformed from a Level Two Individual Immortal to a Level Seven Individual Immortal.
Level Seven Individual Immortal!
At this point, his eyeballs nearly popped out of its sockets in shock. How could Jia Qingping rise from a Level Two Individual Immortal to a Level Seven Individual Immortal in such a short period? Could it be—
“You have been hiding your actual strength!”
“Got to. I’m too young to have such strength!” Zhou Bao shrugged and uttered one more sentence, “Tell me, with our combined strength, can we have a look at the Hidden Treasure now?”
“Sure, of course!” By now, Jin Yao was thoroughly chilled at this discovery. One of the reasons he had approached Zhou Bao was that he recognized him as the prodigy in the Jia Family, but another reason was that he thought he could take advantage of this young man. Despite his outstanding strength, Jin Yao believed that he was fully capable of deceiving this inexperienced boy. However, never could he have imagined that this young teen could possess such strong powers.
