The weather around the Vast Sea was very pleasant. There were not many white clouds in the sky, and the sun shone brilliantly upon the surface of the water, causing it to sparkle.
At the center of the sea, on a small island, Yuchi was holding the fishing rod as usual.
Apart from fishing, he also cultivated.
It had been six months since the incident at the Black Heaven sect. Yuchi had no idea what had happened after that, nor did he want to.
To him, that chapter was already closed. In any case, the Black Heaven sect was not a particularly powerful sect. After he left the Vast Sea, he would travel around and perhaps take a look at some of the other sects. If he managed to find one or two powerful opponents, it would have been worth the effort.
However, there was still half a year before he was ready to leave the Vast Sea.
After he had killed the Vast Sea Dragon King, a few other opponents appeared one after another in the six months. They were all in the dao realm, but they could not be compared to the Dragon King.
From this, it could be seen that the Vast Sea Dragon King had not lied to him about being the strongest one here, nor about the number of powerful creatures here.
Yuchi had fished in the Netherworld Sea for ten years. During those ten years, the most powerful creatures he had encountered were the three kings. Other than Medusa, he had not encountered any other Dao realm existences there. In less than two years in the Vast Sea, he had already encountered four ancient creatures who had reached the Dao realm.
Hence, if the Vast Sea really went to war with the Netherworld Sea, the Vast Sea would most likely emerge victorious. However, the Vast Sea Dragon King had also said Medusa was more powerful than he was.
Just as Yuchi was pondering on this matter, a notification appeared in his mind.
[Fishing difficulty level: Grade C]
A C-grade fishing difficulty meant that Yuchi’s success rate was 100%.
He put down his fishing rod and jumped into the Vast Sea. By the time he came ashore again, he received a new notification.
[Catch: Vast Sea – Hornless Dragon]
[Grade: Fifth-grade Dao aura]
[Attribute: Dragon ]
[Skill 1: Dragon spine]
[Skill 2: Dragon’s might]
[Skill 3: Dragon’s rage]
[Skill 4: Dragon physique]
[Skill 5: Dragon scales]
[Skill 6: Dragon palm strike]
[Introduction: The Vast Sea Dragon King’s daughter was very powerful and talented. Unfortunately, she died young.]
This dragon lady was indeed very powerful. She had reached the fourth-grade of the Dao realm. She was even stronger than the sect master of the Black Heaven sect, even though she had been dead for many years. However, the end result of the battle was the same.
[Name: Yuchi]
[Constitution: 1.42 million]
[Strength: 1.3 million]
[Speed: 1.52 million]
[Dao aura: Third-grade (64%)]
[Skill 1: Dragon spine (Level 8). Like the Vast Sea Dragon King, your spine is extremely strong, and can disperse the soul of the opponent!]
[Skill 2: Netherworld bloodsucking (Level 3). Like a Nether Swordfish, when you kill an enemy, you can extract the blood essence from your enemy’s body to increase your own strength!]
[Skill 3: Hellfire Dance (Level 3) Like a Nether Swordfish, you can summon a hellfire tornado to attack the enemy.]
[Skill 4: Dragon Palm Strike (Level 8). Like the Vast Sea Dragon King, your fists possess extremely immense physical strength. A single palm strike can destroy a city.]
When the skills of the dragon lady were shattered into fragments of the Heavenly Dao and integrated into his sea of consciousness, Yuchi’s Dao aura was further enhanced.
His Dao aura increased from the third-grade (64%) to the third-grade (87%).
It would not be long before he would reach the second-grade, and perhaps in the future even surpass the Dao realm.
“Another six months… after another six months, I’ll leave the Vast Sea.”
No matter how exciting the world out there was, he was willing to forgo all that and wander around fishing for the rest of his life, so long as there were worthy opponents to be fought.
…
Another three months passed.
Today, the old monk and the red-crowned crane arrived at the small island where Yuchi was, trembling with fear.
“Senior, my apologies for disturbing you, but there’s something I want your opinion on.”
As Yuchi stared blankly at him, the old monk quickly told him what had happened…
Nine months ago, when Yuchi had just left the Black Heaven sect, the old monk had decided to return to the human cities to see what the human race was like now.
After all, it had been a long time since he had returned, and he also wanted to see how his old friend was doing.
Thus, he and the red-crowned crane flew toward the human cities, and ended up in the same city Yuchi had left, as that was where his old friend was.
As fate would have it, this old friend was an acquaintance of Yuchi’s, the master of the martial arts library, the same old man who had had a few simple conversations with Yuchi, and the one who had a granddaughter named Yuan Yuan.
As the old monk and the old man reminisced about the past and the incidents that had occured, the more they talked, the more they sensed that something was wrong. In the end, they realized that the senior they were talking about was actually the same person, which was Yuchi.
What a small world it was!
Incidentally, the old man, who had been practicing martial arts, suffered a qi deviation, so he did not have many years to live. Before he died, the thing he wanted to do the most was to see Yuchi again. He wanted to learn as much as possible about the deeper things related to martial arts and cultivation, and then summarize this information into a book so that the future martial artists of the human race could comprehend and cultivate on the right path.
The old monk had sought out Yuchi for exactly this matter.
He wanted to ask Yuchi if he could go back to the human city and meet the old man.
Of course, he was just trying his luck, as Yuchi did not seem to hold any attachment to the human race.
He had always been an outsider.
The old monk himself knew this well. After all, he would see Yuchi sometimes. The latter was always wearing his signature cold and calm expression. His constant loneliness and indifference made even him, a monk who was used to life in solitude, shocked.
How could there be such a person in this world who could live alone for so many years without communicating with the outside world?
What was the purpose of his powerful strength?
What was he trying to achieve by becoming stronger…
And why did he have to fight those barbaric ghosts and monsters?
The old monk could not understand Yuchi at all.
Therefore, after making this request, the old monk was prepared to hear the word ‘no’ from Yuchi’s mouth.
“Okay, you can go about your tasks. I’ll head back now.”
The old monk was stunned.
When he finally came back to his senses, he was overjoyed!
He had never expected Yuchi to actually agree.
By the time he decided to say something, Yuchi had already left the island and was quickly approaching the human city.
His reasoning was simple.
Since the human race wanted to stand on their own two feet again, then he, Yuchi, would help them a little.
This would not take too much of his time. In fact, given his current level of strength, he did not even need a full day to reach the human city.
A figure flitted across the wilderness at high speed.
While running, Yuchi became a little distracted, as two figures appeared in his mind.
Qin Lanyu and Fengyi.
It had been quite some time since they contacted each other. After all, phones could not be used outside the city, and his was damaged after all that fighting anyway.
He wondered how those two were faring.