The convenient door opened. What greeted them was darkness, and a sky with sparse stars which were barely discernible. But those insignificant lights were not enough to dispel the darkness.
Here was where Chen Pingdao had been hiding. A secret cave within a settlement in Pointe-Noire, Gangde, Africa.
Bai Jing waved her hand and the Bright Light of the Sea of Misery flew out, hovering above the company. Its flashing lights immediately illuminated their sight.
Whoosh!
An arrow suddenly streaked towards the Bright Light of the Sea of Misery.
Bai Jing waved her hand vigorously, and the Bright Light of the Sea of Misery swerved to one side, avoiding the arrow.
Ning Tao said loudly, "Senior Chen, what do you mean by this? I've brought my family to visit you and yet you welcomed us with an arrow! Since you don't welcome us, we shall leave. Then I will message my WeChat group and..."
Before Ning Tao c
Five days later.A few thatched cottages were built in the cave and were divided between the team. Yin Molan chose the one near the river, while Bai Jing, an "outsider" like Yin, built her cottage right next to the one of Qing Zhui and Jiang Yu. As the neighbor of Ning Tao, she could hear Ning Tao's footsteps as soon as he stepped inside Qing Zhui's house.Apart from the cottage for living, Ning Tao also found a karst cave in the mountain that served as a perfect place for practice and refining pills. Though Sky Clinic was the best choice for gathering spiritual energy and refining pills, one could hardly practice kung fu in such a narrow space. When it came to common pill refining, it was better to be done in place with spiritual energy so that the pills could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Obviously Sky Clinic wasn't meant for that. They could refine pills without the spiritual field but that would be a waste of spiritual material. The d
It was freezing cold in the north, yet it was sunny and pleasant in Hainan. The beaches of the demon village were empty, apart from a few women of alluring figures who were mending fishing nets. Docked at the shabby jetty were a few of the most rudimentary kinds of wooden boats which required manual paddling.Such a scene was no stranger to Ning Tao. It was the same as when he had come here previously with Zhang Chengdong, the imperial Qing physician.A woman noticed Ning Tao and greeted him. Instantly, the gazes of the few women who were weaving nets collectively fell on Ning Tao.Ning Tao lifted his Heavenly Gem Magic Garment hood, then raised his hand up high, waving it. "Good day, beautiful ladies. May I ask if your chief is at home?"A female fish demon suddenly shrieked. That voice was like the scream of a dolphin.In an instant, a huge group of fish demons charged out of the palm tree forest from the back of the
Coral reefs, seaweed, and colorful fishes. The wonderful underwater world was presented before Ning Tao. For a view which required others to be in diving suits to enjoy, he could enjoy it casually like having a leisurely walk in the park.A hundred yards, two hundred, three hundred...As they dived deeper, the place got darker.A school of fish suddenly swam towards him, like a charging army of soldiers and horses.Yang Sheng plunged into that school of fish and disappeared.Ning Tao also paused in his tracks and took out the refined tactical flashlight and refined Mauser pistol from his small medicine chest.He had already interacted with the demon village's fish demons twice in total. If he still did not know what that glance from Yang Sheng and Bao Zhimei meant, then he really deserved to die.A piercing bright light shone towards that school of frenetically swimming fishes. That light beam
It was completely quiet in the deep sea. Even the water was still. Stepping on the reefs and soil underwater, Ning Tao headed forward. He felt like he was traveling in a time that had long been exterminated, and he was the only person left in the whole world.Nevertheless, such a sense of loneliness was nothing in comparison to the sense of loneliness felt when reciting the third line "There is no end in this sea of karma, I drift alone in its midst" of "Your Text". It was nothing worthy of mentioning. Without reciting it, he could still effortlessly adapt to this environment.He did not find the cave which Yang Sheng mentioned. Rather, the refined tactical flashlight had incidentally shone on a sunken ship. It was most probably a merchant ship of ancient times. The ship's anchor had rusted and seaweed grew all over its broken deck. There were some deep-sea fish swimming around the seaweed and deck, escaping once they were alarmed by the light.
Under the furious storm, a merchant's vessel was sinking in the wavy sea.A woman in luxurious traditional Chinese clothing was praying in the cabin, with her palms together and kneeling on the floor.She was Yang Yuhuan.The view was still and silent.Ning Tao's eyesight moved to a table next to the woman, on top of which was a sea map made of animal skin, with an area particularly circled out.He briefly scanned the map and a thought crossed his mind. "Could it be the location of the Time-suspending Tower? Is that magic tool still sleeping at the bottom of the sea or has it been found?"His eyes fixed on the map, memorizing every detail of it.The still image moved, changing to another scene where a woman in red replaced the ravishing Yang Yuhuan.It was her again.The woman in red wore a smile on her lips.A whispering sound appeared in Ning Tao's mind
Ruan Tianyin was "crushed" by Ning Tao, but fortunately, the vase stayed sound. Ning Tao carefully placed the vase on the beach and reached his hands out to Ruan Tianyin. With a grateful smile, he said, "Thank you, Ms. Ruan."He meant to pull her up.Ruan Tianyin shook her head, her voice was weak, "I can't. I broke my bones.""What?" Ning Tao was shocked, as he was "embedded" into Ruan Tianyin's body and didn't feel any quiver on landing. He didn't expect to break her bones.Besides, do clams have bones?Before he could ask that question, Bao Zhimei raised her hand and shouted, "March together!"Wahhh!Dozens of mermaids flocked to him."Stop!" Yang Sheng yelled angrily, "Bunch of idiots! From now on, Doctor Ning is our head! Even I need to address him as master, how dare you move him! Do you wish to rebel?"The crowd of mermaids stopped at once and looked at each ot
All the spiritual materials had been acquired. Next up would be refining the fourth version of the Ancestor-seeking Elixir.Inside the cave, a few people stood around The Authentic Ambergris brought back by Ning Tao. Everyone was filled with curiosity and shock."Tao, why is this thing a little..." Jiang Hao seemed to be recalling something. "It smells a little like baijiu. Are you sure this is the ambergris from a real dragon?"Ning Tao said, "Of course I'm sure. I have personally taken this from the dragon skeleton. It can't be wrong.""Are there really dragons in this world?" Qing Zhui looked shocked."That dragon skeleton was about a hundred yards long, tens of yards high..." Ning Tao briefly described. "It's not time yet. If there is a chance in the future, I will take you to see it."Qing Zhui said, "Then I must really properly pay my respects. After all, it's the remains of a dragon deity."
This was eerie, yet there were also signs leading to it.Inside the allergic state to the third version of Ancestor-seeking Elixir, Ning Tao had already vaguely experienced the distortion of space. He was already very surprised to sense a slight distortion in time and space, and this time there was even a crack!Could it be that the completed Ancestor-seeking Elixir really possessed the ability to manipulate time?Ning Tao could not believe it at all. No matter how powerful the Ancestor-seeking Elixir was, it was only a type of elixir. How could a mere elixir manipulate time and space?Yet, the seemingly stretched convenient door before him appeared very much like a passage of time and space warped together.There was no flashback to the past, no lady in red. Only a warped crack.Still, just when Ning Tao was overwhelmed with shock and clueless about what had happened, something inside the crack seemed to