The location of the Immortal's Cave Mo Yaoqing chose was in the depths of the Eastern Sea. Most of the sea beasts that appeared here were in the fifth or sixth rank, and occasionally there were seventh rank beasts.
The fifth and sixth ranks were equivalent to the early and middle stage of the Core Formation realm for human cultivators, while the seventh rank was equivalent to the late stage of the Core Formation realm, which was just right for Mo Tiange.
Of course, this was the depths of the Eastern Sea. Fighting sea beasts on the sea might be more difficult than on land, but human cultivators were stronger than demon beasts in fights of magical powers, even if they lived in the sea.
As long as they didn't run into a group of sea beasts, Mo Tiange was confident she could handle them. Even if she couldn't defeat them, she could still escape.
With that in mind, Mo Tiange started to make some preparations.
For example, what if they were besieged?
Moreover, even though she hadn't seen any sea beasts that were above the seventh rank, there might be eighth rank sea beasts that would appear. She couldn't just wait until she encountered one before making her preparations.
According to reason, Mo Yaoqing's valley was the best place to hide. With such powerful restrictions, presumably, even eighth rank sea beasts wouldn't be able to rush in. If she couldn't enter the Virtual Sky World in time, she could just rush inside and stop the sea beasts outside.
However, as soon as she came out of the cultivation room, the restriction was immediately restored. Logically speaking, the Seven Extremes Formation should also be restored. If she wanted to go in again, she would have to break the formation.
For this reason, Mo Tiange had to spend some effort.
At first, he wanted to try to open another path in the valley, but he found that the restrictions set by Mo Yaoqing were too powerful. Even if he was inside, it was very difficult to break them.
Later, she wanted to modify the Seven Ultimate Formation. However, as soon as she entered the Seven Ultimate Formation, she found that she could come and go freely!
She was incomparably astonished. The formation had obviously been restored, but the spiritual aura inside was still chaotic, just like when she had first arrived. Why didn't it attack her at all when she entered?
In the end, she tried again and again and found that the Seven Extremes Formation wouldn't attack her at all since she had the Eight Trigrams of Tai Chi in her hand.
Upon discovering this, Mo Tiange was overjoyed. In that case, she didn't need to open any restrictions or break the Seven Extremes Formation.
A mere Tai Chi Eight Diagrams was already so powerful, so how powerful would Mo Yaoqing's natal magic weapon, the Soul-Frightening Bell, be?
Mo Tiange couldn't help but be fascinated.
Unfortunately, that was Mo Yaoqing's natal magic weapon. She'd already passed away, so that magic weapon should've been destroyed.
However, her own natal magic treasure was not bad either.
The Heaven and Earth Fan in her hand was originally conceived by Mo Yaoqing. In Mo Yaoqing's notes, she spoke highly of this treasure. Unfortunately, the materials needed were too difficult to find, so she couldn't make it.
Mo Tiange, on the other hand, obtained the bone of a divine dragon from the Distant Past era by chance.
Once Mo Tiange finished arranging her escape route, she stepped on the cloud and flew around the island several times.
The spirit veins on this island were ordinary, and they were also sealed by Mo Yaoqing with restrictions, so there was only a very thin spiritual aura left. Because of that, only ordinary sea beasts would swim nearby on ordinary days; demonic beasts were rarely seen.
It was only after Mo Tiange ran a little further away that she finally found sea beasts in the fifth rank and above.
Upon discovering sea beasts, Mo Tiange didn't hold back at all. As long as the sea beasts were lower than the sixth rank and had two or less, she would use her Heaven and Earth Fan and flying sword to directly take their lives and seize their beast cores.
Sea beasts below rank six were no match for her.
The reason why demonic beasts were so tyrannical was because of their physical bodies. Although human cultivators' physical bodies were much weaker than demonic beasts', they possessed intelligence. With their powerful refining techniques, they created magical treasures that were much stronger than demonic beasts' physical bodies.
The Illusory Formation carried by the Heaven and Earth Fan was precisely the nemesis of demonic beasts.
They had low intelligence and couldn't distinguish between real and fake Illusory Formations. Under the power of the Heaven and Earth Fan, they foolishly bumped into it and became turtles in a jar.
The more Mo Tiange killed, the more proficient she became. She gradually understood the various uses of the Heaven and Earth Fan and became handy.
Two months passed quickly. During this time, she hunted one sea beast a day on average and had accumulated fifty to sixty beast cores.
However, gradually, she couldn't find any sea beasts. In the past few days, she flew very far away from the island, but she still couldn't find any traces of sea beasts.
It couldn't be that she killed all the sea beasts in the vicinity, right?
Mo Tiange was puzzled.
The sea was much wider than the land, so how could there only be so many sea beasts?
She forgot that the sea beasts she killed were all high rank sea beasts. Even if the sea was vast, it was impossible for there to be endless high rank sea beasts for her to kill in the nearby waters.
However, Mo Tiange was somewhat addicted to killing. In order to find sea beasts, she ran farther and farther away.
Stepping on the Cloud-Treading Boots, Mo Tiange stared at the calm sea. Suddenly, she saw a splash. Her sharp eyes found a cyan tail, and her divine sense suddenly strengthened. Sure enough, a sea beast was diving to the sea at an extremely fast speed. Judging from the spiritual aura emitted from its whole body, it should be a fifth rank demonic beast.
A flying sword immediately appeared in her hand. With a flick of her sleeve, the flying sword pierced downwards at lightning speed, bringing with it a surge of spiritual aura. It rushed to the surface of the sea and pierced the green scaled tail.
"Roar!"
With a dull roar, the sea beast suddenly jumped out of the sea, swinging its tail and gliding, trying to shake off the flying sword.
"Sea Dragon?" Mo Tiange was a little surprised to see the appearance of this sea beast.
Of course, Sea Dragons weren't real dragons; they were just a kind of sea race that was similar to dragons.
They were much shorter than dragons, had short wings, and were more suitable for swimming in the water. They had no horns and sharp teeth.
Their bodies were covered with cyan scales, which looked very similar to dragons.
Although they weren't real dragons, Sea Dragons could be regarded as very useful sea beasts. According to ancient records, Sea Dragons' skin and bones were very tough and good materials for refining tools.
However, Sea Dragons were very rare among sea beasts. She had been busy here for more than two months, but she had only seen one Sea Dragon, and it had escaped.
Since there was a Sea Dragon in front of her, and it was only in the fifth rank, she certainly couldn't let it go.
Mo Tiange unfolded the Heaven and Earth Fan, rushed down, and spread the fan. Layers of mountains and rivers pressed down on the Sea Dragon.
The Sea Dragon's tail was still nailed to her flying sword, so it couldn't dodge. It was immediately covered tightly.
Seeing this, Mo Tiange shook her arm, took back her flying sword, and was about to stab down and kill the Sea Dragon.
At this time, there was a sudden fluctuation at the bottom of the sea, and a powerful spiritual aura came up from the bottom.
At the same time, the surrounding sea surged, and the wind and waves were strong.
Mo Tiange furrowed her brows and looked around. Could it be that some kind of powerful sea beast had appeared?
The spiritual aura fluctuation became clearer and clearer. Mo Tiange was sure that it was a seventh-rank sea beast!
Although it was a little difficult to fight against a seventh-rank sea beast, it wasn't impossible.
She thought for a moment and decided to kill this Sea Dragon first, then fight against this seventh-rank sea beast.
But just as she was about to throw the flying sword in her hand, a voice came to her mind. "Stop!"
Mo Tiange was shocked.
It was a voice transmission through divine sense!
This sea beast can actually understand human language?
Waves as high as several dozen feet were set off on the surface of the sea. Mo Tiange had no choice but to fly higher to avoid the waves.
At this time, the Mosasaurus that she had trapped began to roar and twist excitedly.
Then, a sea beast broke out of the water.
It was also a Sea Dragon, but it was much larger than the fifth-rank Sea Dragon she trapped. Its whole body was covered with blue scales, glowing with a faint golden light, and its slender eyes were staring at Mo Tiange deeply.
At this moment, Mo Tiange felt that this pair of eyes contained endless vicissitudes and wisdom.
Seventh-rank sea beasts should have very low intelligence. Only when they reached the eighth-rank could their intelligence be comparable to that of humans.
"Human!" Looking at this pair of eyes, Mo Tiange heard the voice in her mind again. "Don't hurt my children!"
Looking at this Sea Dragon, Mo Tiange narrowed her eyes slightly. This was the first time she had talked to a demonic beast.
"Who … are you?" she asked tentatively.
The Sea Dragon floated in the air, gently flicked its tail, and communicated with her again through divine sense. "I'm the ancestor of the Sea Dragons in this area."
"Oh …" Mo Tiange nodded. "You can understand human language?"
The Sea Dragon looked at her and opened its mouth. "I've lived for nearly ten thousand years. In my early years, I was the spiritual beast of a powerful cultivator, so I also understand human language."
"A cultivator?"
The Sea Dragon shook its head and looked like it was nodding. "Yes, this cultivator has died. After his death, the spiritual beast contract expired, and I was free. I've lived here for thousands of years."
Hearing this, Mo Tiange narrowed her eyes.
Thousands of years, a powerful cultivator, and a spiritual beast … Could it be Mo Yaoqing's spiritual beast?
But she didn't ask immediately. Instead, she asked, "You're just a seventh-rank demonic beast. How can you live for so long?"
The Sea Dragon said, "Our Sea Dragon Clan has the bloodline of the Primordial Divine Dragon, so we're different from these low-rank demonic beasts."
This sentence was full of pride. Obviously, it was very proud of its bloodline. "The lifespan of demonic beasts is different from you humans. Besides, the lifespan of us Sea Dragons is far longer than that of ordinary demonic beasts. It's very common for us to live for tens of thousands of years at most."
"I see …"
The Sea Dragon nodded and looked at the Little Sea Dragon, who was still trapped in her Heaven and Earth Fan. "Human, you've been here for several months. In these months, you've killed most of the high-rank demonic beasts in this area and almost killed a member of our Sea Dragon Clan.
If you go on like this, all the high-rank demonic beasts in this area will be killed by you. At that time, you'll attract a catastrophe! "
"What catastrophe?"
Mo Tiange asked. The relationship between humans and demonic beasts was one of killing and the other being killed, so she was not bound by morality and didn't feel that she had done anything wrong.
The Sea Dragon said, "Our Sea Clan still has a group of seventh-rank sea beasts that haven't been dispatched. Your behavior has angered us. If you go on like this, we'll besiege and kill you."
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "If you can kill me, I won't have anything to say."
The Sea Dragon blinked and anger appeared in its eyes. "Don't go too far!
Although we demonic beasts are not as good as you humans in fights of magical power, you're only equivalent to a sixth-rank demonic beast. If a dozen seventh-rank demonic beasts besieged you, are you sure you can escape? "
Mo Tiange paused, slowly put away her smile, and glanced at the Sea Dragon. "Then what do you want?
You're not just here to warn me, are you? "
"Warning?
Sort of, "said the Sea Dragon." But I want to reach a consensus with you. "
"Oh?
What consensus? "
The Sea Dragon looked at the Little Sea Dragon below and said, "Let it go. From now on, don't kill any sea beasts here."
Mo Tiange said calmly, "Then what can I get?"
"If you don't kill anymore, then we seventh-rank sea beasts won't besiege you.
In addition, I'll give you a secret as repayment. "
"A secret?" Mo Tiange thought for a moment and smiled again. "If you're strong enough, are you afraid that I'll continue to kill?
Even in exchange for a secret? "
Hearing her words, the Sea Dragon's eyes were filled with anger, and it shouted in a deep voice, "Human!
The reason why we don't want to fight with you is that you're very strong. Even if we can besiege and kill you, demonic beasts will be sacrificed.
We, the Sea Clan, have lived here peacefully for many years. We don't want to get involved in the killing, not because we're afraid of you! "
Mo Tiange didn't speak.
She knew that the Sea Dragon was right. Besieged by a dozen seventh-rank sea beasts, even if she could escape, it would be very dangerous.
Besides, she had already taken advantage of them. If she still didn't want to stop, she would be asking for a mile after taking an inch.
But although she thought so, she couldn't show weakness in words.
She smiled slightly and looked into the Sea Dragon's eyes without fear. "Well, I admit you're right. I don't want to fight with a dozen seventh-rank sea beasts.
But I'd like to hear your secret and see if it's worth it for me to stop. "