: The Rogue Cultivator Qing Yi

The flushed lady was filled with doubt and unease. Suppressing her turbulent thoughts, she recalled for a moment and then spoke with a hint of uncertainty.

"I overheard them talking and they mentioned that they were heading to a place in the southeast called 'Thunder Vortex Reef,' but I have no idea how far away it is."

She hesitated, clearly wanting to persuade Lu Jianghe not to put himself in danger.

Ultimately, they had to consider the other party's status as a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Lu Jianghe seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled calmly.

Although his aura was calm, there were still chilling ripples of energy beneath his green robe.

"Since you know that staying here is a death sentence, why not try to leave? As a Core Formation cultivator, what if you could escape with these human cultivators?"

Upon hearing this, the flushed-faced lady's face showed a mixture of bitterness and despair. She sighed, "This sea area, spanning nearly a thousand miles, is the lair of that transformed great demon. The outer sea is vast, and our group is too conspicuous. We will definitely be spotted by the demon beasts and will have no chance of escape, not to mention that we have to bring so many mortals with us..."

Lu Jianghe observed this calmly and said, "How will you know if you don't try?"

He then raised his hand and pointed in the direction he had come from.

"You can leave in this direction. I've already cleared out all the low- and high-level demonic beasts in the Thousand Mile Sea. I don't expect any new demonic beasts to roam or interfere in the near future. With your Core Formation stage cultivation, if you're lucky, it should take you at most two or three months to reach Qiyuan Island."

Upon hearing this, Lady Fu's eyes finally showed a flicker of interest.

The pearl divers, who were imprisoned in iron cages on the mountainside, gradually showed signs of life on their previously ashen and numb faces, and a faint light rekindled in their eyes.

But none of them spoke at this moment; they all looked at the flushed lady.

They had already resigned themselves to their fate and planned to just wait to die here.

Since this powerful Nascent Soul senior has personally pointed out the way forward...

If we continue to cling to despair, it would only make us seem ungrateful and ungrateful.

Furthermore,

Who wants to die?

Witnessing Lu Jianghe's astonishing feats of slaying the demons on the island, and the powerful confidence hidden beneath his calm tone...

The blushing lady's last breath finally dissipated.

What I said before was nothing more than a desperate statement of self-abandonment.

As a Core Formation cultivator who has cultivated for a hundred years, who would willingly wait to die here?

At this thought, the instinct for survival and the responsibility for his younger sisters instantly took over.

She looked up, and tears finally streamed down her withered cheeks, unable to be held back any longer.

Inside the cage, the flushed woman prostrated herself before Lu Jianghe, her voice suppressed, on the verge of tears.

"With flushed face, I express my deepest gratitude to my senior for his life-saving grace!"

Even though her body was nearly withered, her deep-rooted allure remained undiminished.

Before her arched back, the mountains on her chest still stretched the loose robe into a full curve, revealing her exquisite figure.

Only when I lowered my gaze did I see clearly that there was a small mole on the tip of her nose. Far from being a minor flaw, it added a touch of stunning beauty to her already exquisite appearance.

Even though she has been worn down by hardship, her figure remains graceful and captivating.

Although she was still a virgin, Lu Jianghe had to admit that the woman in front of him was a natural beauty.

A flushed face?

A good name.

Lu Jianghe said, "Then I'll leave the rest to you, young lady."

He had no time to appease the crowd, nor did he intend to make any promises.

Two Nascent Soul stage transformed demon beasts returned to their lair and began fighting. Although he was confident that he might not lose, protecting the many human cultivators on the island would be extremely difficult.

Instead of being hesitant, it's better to take the initiative and "block the door".

The flushed lady slowly stood up, her magical power surging slightly, and the iron cage was instantly shaken and collapsed.

She hovered in the air, bowing respectfully to Lu Jianghe, her figure appearing even more graceful and captivating.

"I blush with embarrassment, and I will do my utmost to live up to the expectations placed upon me by my seniors."

Lu Jianghe was about to give another word of advice when he suddenly turned his head and stared in a certain direction.

His brows furrowed almost imperceptibly at first, then a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The words that were on the tip of his tongue remained unspoken.

Lu Jianghe turned around and suddenly transformed into a sharp streak of light, heading towards the southeast direction mentioned earlier, towards the sea area called "Thunder Vortex Reef," and soared into the sky.

He left in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

From the shadow of the reefs on the edge of the island that had been in sight, the space rippled like water, and a figure dressed in a scholar's robe quietly appeared.

He had a thin, middle-aged face and wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

"My goodness! Such terrifyingly sharp spiritual perception! It's simply frightening. I was almost detected. What kind of sword cultivator is this? The ferocity of his killing intent and the overwhelming aura are unheard of. If other sword cultivators saw this, how could they still have the face to call themselves sword cultivators?"

The man smacked his lips, his eyes filled with incredulous curiosity.

Sensing his aura, it turned out he was also a Nascent Soul cultivator.

This person is Qing Yi, a rogue cultivator from Nanhe Island. His main purpose in venturing into such a deep sea is to find a suitable spirit pet.

Cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea often personally nurture or capture powerful spirit beasts.

These high-level spirit beasts often play a crucial role in battles.

Even for some top-tier spirit beasts, it takes considerable effort for a Nascent Soul cultivator to break free from their entanglement.

Besides spirit beasts with rare bloodlines, mutated spirit beasts are even rarer.

Some of these seventh-tier mutated spirit beasts possess special innate abilities that would be troublesome even for Nascent Soul cultivators.

As a rogue cultivator, Qingyi Jushi came to this place with the intention of finding a powerful spirit pet of the sixth rank or above to increase his own strength.

He did indeed arrive at the island a step earlier than Lu Jianghe.

Or rather, the two arrived almost one after the other.

When Lu Jianghe first arrived on this island, there were many demonic beasts on the island, and their auras were mixed and chaotic. In addition, he was focused on investigating the situation and did not notice Qing Yi, who had been hiding nearby and whose aura was almost perfectly concealed.

If Lu Jianghe hadn't interfered, Qing Yi, by his very nature, would probably have concealed himself and carefully surveyed the situation on the island.

After all, the island is inhabited by several seventh-tier demonic beasts, and there are even remnants of what appears to be an eighth-tier transformed demonic beast, making it extremely dangerous.

As a Nascent Soul cultivator of the human race, he naturally wouldn't sit idly by and ignore the situation before him.

But this situation cannot be resolved by acting rashly.

We need to plan carefully before we act.

He was weighing in his mind which method had the least risk, the highest chance of success, and could both save lives and allow him to escape unscathed.

However, all his plans had not yet been put into action.

Lu Jianghe then came over.

What happened next almost made this well-informed Nascent Soul cultivator drop his jaw in astonishment!

(P.S.: Happy Lantern Festival, dear readers!)