Cultivation begins in the endless sea.

Chapter 58 A Woman in Cloud Garment

"Pfft—"

Before the triumphant voice of the Black Sea's black light primordial spirit could fully fade, it was violently crushed by Lin Qing's large hand.

The remaining half, not knowing how to escape, actually used the surging evil energy to soar upwards and disappear.

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes, nearly capsizing from his carelessness.

In desperation, he suddenly activated the Beast Taming Ring, and the dark ring instantly released ripples to resist the huge impact.

"Click..."

Even the invincible Beast Taming Ring showed signs of strain.

Without hesitation, Lin Qing crushed the second-tier talisman that his ancestor Lin Canglan had exchanged with the Li family patriarch before setting off.

A shimmering blue light formed a barrier. After replacing his Beast Taming Ring, he spat out a drop of Profound True Water to hold in front of him, and then used the Five Elements Water Escape technique to quickly escape from the place.

"Splash—"

Lin Qing flashed and appeared in a small cave. Although the time had been short, Lin Qing had used several powerful magical abilities, so he was slightly tired as he looked around.

To the left of the cave dwelling, a curtain of water hangs down, and further away, a high platform stands, with a thick, surging bloodlust emanating from it.

The stone wall on the right was unusually dry, with a pale green glow intermingling with the white light on the wall, illuminating the graceful figure of a woman below.

The woman's black hair clung to her flawless, jade-like cheeks, her delicate, translucent earlobes, her long, slender neck, and a bead of sweat dangling precariously from the tip of her nose. Her moon-white robe, soaked by the water curtain, clung to her curvaceous figure like a thin veil, revealing a breathtakingly alluring charm.

It was Li Xiaoshuang!

She was clearly caught off guard by someone barging in. Her slightly closed eyes snapped open instinctively, and amidst a mixture of shame and annoyance, she forced herself to remain calm and said:

"Is that Fellow Daoist Lin?"

Lin Qing's gaze paused slightly, sweeping over her, but he couldn't help but look at her more closely, finally taking in her extremely beautiful face with great interest.

"Is that Fellow Daoist Li?... We meet again."

Beads of sweat silently dripped from Li Xiaoshuang's nose, staining the moon-white robe on her chest. She bit her lip, her voice still trembling slightly:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, would you be willing to step back a few steps?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing slightly withdrew his gaze, turned his body slightly to the side, and asked with a half-smile, "Has Fellow Daoist Li encountered some trouble?"

Seeing this, Li Xiaoshuang couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart. She bit her lip and slowly said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have any supremely yang spiritual items to help your junior sister?"

After she finished speaking, her cheeks flushed red, and she lowered her head.

"A supremely yang spiritual object?"

Lin Qing was taken aback upon hearing this, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He took out a piece of jade bamboo, about the thickness of three fingers and the length of a hand, which was entirely emerald green, from his storage bag.

It is the Green Spirit Bamboo, a companion spirit of the second-tier spiritual vein of Wanling Island. It contains fire within the wood element and carries a trace of supreme yang spiritual energy.

"Junior Sister Li, do you think this item might be useful?"

After saying that, he casually tossed the Green Spirit Bamboo, which landed steadily in front of Li Xiaoshuang.

"It's actually a second-tier Azure Spirit Bamboo?"

As a second-tier talisman maker, Li Xiaoshuang naturally knew that the Azure Bamboo was the material for the body of the talisman brush.

She nodded slightly, flicked her fingers to guide the Azure Spirit Bamboo, and drew out a wisp of fire spirit energy from it, channeling it into her palm.

Her face then turned from pale to white, and then from white to red. Finally, she took out a golden jade and placed it on her forehead. She circulated her inner energy and adjusted her breathing. Her whole body was enveloped in mist and she stood up amidst the swirling clouds.

At this moment, her clothes were restored to their original state, but she no longer wore the plain white veil, revealing her slightly flushed cheeks.

"Junior Sister Li Yunshang thanks Senior Brother Lin."

She bowed gracefully.

Hearing this, Lin Qing was somewhat surprised and asked curiously, "Is Fellow Daoist Li Xiaoshuang or Yunshang?"

Li Yunshang finally calmed the strange emotion in her heart and smiled faintly.

"Junior Sister's original name was Li Yunshang... Xiaoshuang's name is that of a cousin."

"The clan allowed my younger sister to travel outside under the name Xiaoshuang in order to protect Yunshang."

Lin Qing's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Yunshang's face again before speaking:

"That's quite a coincidence. My full name is Lin Yunqing. The clan is used to calling me Qing'er, so they also call me Lin Qing."

"Yunqing... Yunshang..."

Lin Yunshang murmured softly, her cheeks flushing crimson once more.

"Gulp, gulp..."

Just as the two began to speak, a series of gushing sounds of water suddenly came from the high platform not far behind them…

The two exchanged a glance and, without saying a word, took a few steps back.

"Junior Sister Yunshang, what exactly is that thing on that high platform ahead?"

After a slight hesitation, Li Yunshang quickly replied, "I originally intended to find the blood essence pool of the Hei clan, but when I passed through the water curtain, I was swept away by a massive amount of evil energy and almost suffered a qi deviation."

"We haven't had a chance to check out the blood pool on the high platform yet."

Just as Lin Qing was about to reply, a blood-red lotus flower suddenly emerged from the blood pool on the high platform.

At first, the lotus was just a bud the size of a fist, but in the blink of an eye, it grew into a huge red lotus the size of a water vat.

"Gagaga..."

"You two are still here..."

In the middle of the red lotus, a stamen suddenly stretched out, reaching the edge of the high platform.

The sound of the sea monster came from the top of the flower's stamen. Lin Qing narrowed his eyes and saw that the small part of the Black Sea's primordial spirit was actually attached to this strange blood lotus.

"Since you didn't leave..."

"...Then leave your life behind!"

The Black Sea wielded the Blood Lotus and began to pound the Blood Pool.

A deluge of tiny, blood-red arrows burst forth from the pool of blood, piercing through the water curtain and hurtling towards Lin Qing and Li Yunshang.

Li Yunshang instantly activated a fire talisman, which sizzled and turned the blood arrow to ashes. A look of urgency appeared on her beautiful face: "Senior brother, I'll hold on for now. Use whatever powerful methods you have!"

"good!"

Lin Qing didn't hesitate. He threw out the Yuan Yi Cauldron, covering his head with its massive weight. Then, he transformed into a streak of azure light, rushing through the water curtain and heading straight for the blood pool...

"Splash—"

As expected, when passing through the water curtain, a surging evil aura swept across the sky, but it was blocked by Yuan Yiding. In less than half a breath, Lin Qing was able to pass through using the Five Elements Water Escape technique.

"Boom—"

Yuan Yiding was suddenly dropped and crashed to the ground, clearly already severely damaged.

Lin Qing had no time to feel sorry for her. With her Meteor Blade swirling around her, she knocked away the many stamens of the Blood Lotus one by one.

"Prepare to die!"

Black Sea and Lin Qing were only a few steps apart.

Lin Qing saw that the pool was as red as blood, emitting wisps of bloody aura. The Black Sea roared and tore off the petals of the Blood Lotus one by one, turning them into a blood cloud the size of a robe and swallowing them!

Lin Qing didn't say much. He gathered the spiritual energy in his chest and opened his mouth to exhale a three-colored sword energy that shot towards the location of the lotus pod at a speed three times faster than the blood cloud!

"Bang-"

As expected of the sword aura killing move of the Condensed Sword Technique, the eerie blood lotus instantly disintegrated under this sharp sword aura, and Hei Hai didn't even have time to shout...

"What? Danger!"

Lin Qing suddenly shifted to the side, and after a brief vacuum of divine sense in front of him, a blood-red lotus petal, which was hidden somewhere, pierced his chest with incredible speed in an instant!

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