Chapter 35: This Is Too Metaphysical!
"What instructions does the County Princess have?"
Although the cultivator's tone carried some respect, he was extremely displeased in his heart. You, a little girl, dare to question Immortal Chen? This was a mighty expert who had suppressed the Red Pavilion with a single sword and sent the demon race fleeing in panic.
"It's just a few spirit stones. This County Princess has plenty. Just say how much you need."
County Princess Ji said proudly, showing off the storage ring on her finger to the three of them.
"Interesting, truly interesting."
Chen Xuan couldn't help but laugh and tease.
"What are you laughing at?"
County Princess Ji glared at Chen Xuan with displeasure. If there weren't a powerful enemy before them, she would have dealt with these two fellows long ago.
"Just thought of something happy."
Chen Xuan smiled at Zhao Youqian beside him. "Brother Zhao, this is the first time I've seen someone show off their wealth in front of you."
Zhao Youqian looked with disdain. "Just a mere County Princess from a marquis kingdom—hasn't seen the world. If this young master wanted to, buying the entire Jin Kingdom wouldn't be a problem."
Hearing someone look down on Jin Kingdom, County Princess Ji immediately became angry and said loudly:
"What big talk! If you have the ability, bring out the spirit stones. This County Princess wants to see just how many spirit stones you have!"
"Open your eyes wide and watch!"
Zhao Youqian took out a storage ring from his waist, put it on his hand, and lightly waved it. Immediately, a crashing sound was heard.
Spirit stones poured out like a mountain collapsing, and in the blink of an eye, they piled up into a small mountain over ten meters high.
Silence. Everyone on the ship instantly went quiet seeing this scene.
Everyone was dumbfounded looking at this pile of gleaming spirit stones. Several people's eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Top-grade spirit stones!"
Leng Li said expressionlessly, but his tone rarely carried a hint of astonishment.
"At least several hundred thousand."
Senior Brother Li said with a shocked face. He had never seen so many spirit stones in his life. At this moment, he was tempted.
However, he didn't act. Someone who could bring out so many spirit stones definitely wasn't an ordinary Dao Foundation cultivator—they might have all sorts of treasures hidden on them.
One careless move and he would be the one suffering. Better to observe first.
"Dumbfounded, aren't you?"
Zhao Youqian put away the spirit stones on the deck with a disdainful look, then turned to Chen Xuan. "Brother Chen, you were right. Any man with tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones in assets becomes extraordinarily handsome."
"Mm, that move of yours was indeed handsome."
Chen Xuan gave a thumbs up with admiration. This fellow's technique for showing off was becoming more and more practiced.
"With so many spirit stones, why do you still want to open the protective barrier?"
County Princess Ji's tone also weakened. Her family was indeed wealthy, but bringing out so many top-grade spirit stones was difficult. That display just now was at least several hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones—converted to low-grade spirit stones, that would be tens of billions.
Moreover, someone who could bring out so many spirit stones at once definitely wasn't ordinary. Just who was this person?
"Do I look like the kind of person who would throw my own money into the water?" Zhao Youqian said with contempt.
"Go open the protective barrier."
Chen Xuan ignored the shocked crowd and called out to the cultivator who was still in a daze.
"Oh, okay."
The cultivator looked at Zhao Youqian with admiration, then hurried toward the control cabin, thinking: How can I get in good graces with that Immortal Zhao?
"Junior Brother Leng, leave these small fries to you and the Ascension Bureau people in a moment."
Chen Xuan specifically instructed. In his view, these sea demons alone couldn't possibly sink all ships—there must be a big one hiding in the dark.
What he needed to do was wait for that big one to come out, then cut it down with one sword. Only then would the experience points be maximized.
"Yes, Sword Guardian Senior Brother."
Leng Li didn't ask why. He never asked why anyway—just quietly being a cold-blooded sword cultivator was enough.
"Brother Chen, what do you mean by this?"
Zhao Youqian asked curiously.
The others who had just come back to their senses also subconsciously looked at Chen Xuan. For some reason, ever since seeing that mountain of spirit stones, these two people before them suddenly seemed taller, more mysterious.
"Fishing."
As soon as Chen Xuan spoke, the light curtain on the ship instantly disappeared. Large numbers of sea demons descended from the sky and were soon fighting with the cultivators on the ship.
Battle cries rose throughout the deck. Chen Xuan stood there calmly. Occasionally, a few who didn't know better came over, and Zhao Youqian killed them all.
Gradually, the number of sea demons on the deck decreased.
Hwah!
Suddenly, a roar came from the sea.
The sea demons on the deck, hearing this roar, retreated like the tide as if they had encountered their natural enemy.
Splash!
The sea surface suddenly surged with monstrous waves, rolling toward the large ship.
Just as Chen Xuan was about to draw his sword, Li Yue, who was in a panic, took out the Sea-Calming Bead and shouted, "Stabilize!"
The waves instantly calmed. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second, they saw the monster hidden in the waves!
It was a monster with three flood dragon heads. Its entire body was covered with blue scales, each of its four limbs had three claws, and a pair of red wings trailed a long tail behind.
The moment the monster appeared, the ship stopped!
Bang!
When he saw this monster, Li Yue was so frightened that he didn't even notice the Sea-Calming Bead falling from his hand. His legs were trembling uncontrollably.
Cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain. Using all his strength, he shouted, "Th-this is a Unity Realm peak Three-Headed Insect, one foot already stepped into the Fish-Dragon Realm. R-run!"
But no sound came from the deck. He subconsciously turned his head and found that there were few people still standing.
The guards that Junior Sister Ji brought were directly slumped on the ground, shivering.
"S-senior Brother, it's not that I don't want to run—I can't move at all! Wuu wuu"
County Princess Ji hugged the ship's mast and burst into tears. She wanted to go home. This wasn't fun at all.
Tap, tap, tap...
Just then, footsteps sounded. Though not loud, in this environment, they were exceptionally clear.
Everyone subconsciously looked in the direction the sound came from. They saw Chen Xuan walking calmly toward the bow of the ship, his face even showing a hint of excitement.
This scene not only dumbfounded everyone but even the Three-Headed Insect in the sea was stunned.
It usually loved torturing and killing creatures passing through these waters, especially enjoying seeing their fearful and panicked appearances before death.
Today, it actually encountered someone who wasn't afraid. The Three-Headed Insect looked carefully and discovered this kid was actually just a mortal.
"You're not afraid of me?"
"Why should I be afraid of you?" Chen Xuan asked with a puzzled expression.
"Interesting little fellow, but you're still going to die." The head in the center of the Three-Headed Insect spoke.
"I've heard many fellows say that before. But do you know what their final outcome was?" Chen Xuan asked unhurriedly.
"What?"
The left head of the Three-Headed Insect asked.
"Their outcome was naturally death!"
As soon as Chen Xuan spoke, his sword was unsheathed.
"Haha, this mortal is mocking you."
The right head of the Three-Headed Insect laughed.
"You're courting death!"
The left head of the Three-Headed Insect shouted angrily. Just as it was about to open its mouth, it saw a flash of sword light, and then it lost consciousness.
Clang!
The moment Chen Xuan's sword fell, the left head of the Three-Headed Insect suddenly dropped off.
Seeing this scene, both the Three-Headed Insect and the people on the deck were dumbfounded. What just happened? Why did a head suddenly fall off?
"Huh!"
Chen Xuan said with surprise. "My sword actually didn't cut off all three of your heads at once. This is too metaphysical!"
At this moment, Zhao Youqian's voice came from behind. "Brother Chen, this Three-Headed Insect is a descendant of the ancient variant Nine-Headed Insect. It possesses a divine ability—no matter what attack, it can only cut off one head at a time."
Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Chen Xuan's face. "In that case, I'll strike twice more!"
The Three-Headed Insect heard this and didn't get angry. Instead, panic appeared on its face. Escape, it must escape. This mortal was strange!
Clang!
Chen Xuan raised his sword and struck down, and the right head also fell off.
The Three-Headed Insect took this opportunity to plunge into the sea with a splash, thinking: I don't believe you can still cut me once I'm in the sea.
"Want to escape? Too late!"
Before Chen Xuan finished speaking, his sword had already fallen.
Boom!
After a sword qi entered the sea, the originally blue sea water suddenly turned scarlet. A white light flew out from the sea and entered Chen Xuan's body...
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