Chapter 279: Chapter 268: West Sea Infant Wails

Upon boarding the boat, Wang Wu carefully set down General Xuelang, while Li Da’s wife handed over a blanket and gave a friendly smile.

Her cultivation barely reached the Eighth Grade, probably due to years of hard work, she didn’t quite resemble a cultivator.

Her son, however, had cultivated to the Seventh Grade, it seemed the family’s resources were all tilted towards him.

This young man had some vitality, but more so was a strong sense of vigilance and unease, like a nervous little beast, presumably, he found it hard to understand his father’s actions – just accepting two strangers so rashly?

No doubt, though still young, he had already felt the hardships of life.

And his wife was merely a Ninth Grade cultivator; she had just started her cultivation journey, which was practically interrupted.

According to Madam Yu, pregnancy and childbirth are major taboos on the path of cultivation. Although it wouldn’t completely block the path, further advancement would be difficult.

Wang Wu nodded in thanks, covered General Xuelang with the blanket, and then sat down next to him.

Soon, Li Da activated the talismans on the sail, a strong wind gusted, and the fishing boat shot out like an arrow, the hull shimmering with spiritual light, good heavens, this fishing boat had quite the cultivation technology content.

Could it at least reach a speed of 100 li per hour?

Even more, because Li Da had only activated three sails, and there were six more sails yet to be activated.

Additionally, the hull seemed to have an air-floating device, allowing the hull to lift off the water; at full speed, five hundred li per hour should be no problem.

Although, this couldn’t even outpace the most basic Sword Control Technique, but in such an environment, there didn’t seem to be a better way.

After sailing for approximately an hour, with the night falling, Li Da stopped the boat and took out a conch horn to blow it loudly.

“Wooo…wooo…”

The deep conch horn sound echoed over the vast sea surface, seemingly carrying a mysterious power that could summon unknown existences.

General Xuelang glanced at Wang Wu with some concern, distrustful of the Human Race, but Wang Wu slightly shook his head; he felt no danger.

Then came a silent wait, and about a few minutes later, the sea water suddenly rippled with massive waves, as if a giant creature had surfaced from the depths of the sea!

In the blink of an eye, the giant creature emerged from the water, a massive Octopus Sea Demon as huge as a mountain. It had dozens of gigantic tentacles, each over a dozen li long.

But strangely, seated on the back of this Octopus Sea Demon was a stern Human Race elder, whose power was barely Fifth Grade.

However, the power of this Octopus Sea Demon was already at the Peak of Grade Three.

Wang Wu immediately understood, this was a Spirit Beast, and a Guardian Spirit Beast at that.

This elder’s ancestors had contracted with this Octopus Sea Demon, passing it down through generations. The elder’s family likely had been passed down for over ten generations, increasingly declining, but relying on this Octopus Sea Demon, they managed to live quite well.

At this moment, the dignified elder looked around and said gravely, “Younger Brother Li, this is not the agreed day, what brings you to the Sea Ruins?”

“Brother Chang, don’t blame me, I truly have important matters. These two are wandering Human Race people I encountered at sea; they have nowhere to go, so I thought of introducing them to become fishers. But you know, to be a fisher, one can’t do without a fishing boat, so this matter still needs to entrust you to help.”

“Nonsense!” The stern elder frowned, “You don’t even know their background and come to me, you’ll regret it if anything happens!”

Li Da only smiled bitterly, “What else can be done? The Human Race cultivators on the West Coast are becoming fewer, now totaling less than a hundred people altogether. I managed to bump into two Human Race people, I must lend a hand. Besides, we’ve been living poorly enough, all our possessions are these, normally just smuggling some Fragrant Honey, even Master Jade Bee couldn’t be bothered to raid us, there’s nothing much to plot for.”

“Brother Chang, please help us out!”

“Alas! You!”

The elder surnamed Chang sighed deeply, then looked towards Wang Wu and the others, but after looking for a while, he couldn’t make out much, so he lowered his head and said to the Octopus Sea Demon, “Grandpa Zhang, take a look for me.”

Once he finished speaking, the giant Octopus Sea Demon suddenly transformed into an elderly man with white hair, he fixed his gaze on Wang Wu for a moment, nodding, “This is human.”

He looked at General Xuelang for a moment, nodding, “This should be human too, but you have a bit of Demon Qi on you.”

“Other things, I can’t see, too singularly clean, but from my fifteen hundred years of experience, they most likely carry great troubles, I’d advise against getting involved with them, to avoid trouble. Of course, this could also be an opportunity, it depends on how you young rascals decide.”

With that, the Octopus Sea Demon dove into the water and disappeared.

At this moment, the elder surnamed Chang frowned for a moment, ultimately shook his head, “I’m sorry, my friend, and Younger Brother Li, we can’t take on such a huge risk, Grandpa Zhang’s word can’t be wrong.”

Upon hearing this, Li Da could only give Wang Wu an apologetic smile.

“No worries, thank you for your kindness, Brother Li. However, can I purchase some supplies from you?” Wang Wu was indifferent, if not for General Xuelang, he would have gone ashore directly to steal honey.

“Supplies? Hmm, not impossible, but what do you plan to use to pay? Listen, this isn’t the Great Wilderness, we don’t accept Immortal Alliance’s Spirit Tickets!”

The elder surnamed Chang still seemed somewhat resistant.

“Naturally not Spirit Tickets, it’s some unowned swords I picked up at the Northern Wilderness Battlefield, I wonder if they’re acceptable?”

Wang Wu said this, then casually took out a Sixth-Grade Sword, and the next second, the elder surnamed Chang’s eyes lit up instantly, even Li Da jumped off the fishing boat.

“Oh wow, friend, you should have said so earlier, supplies are no problem.”

The elder surnamed Chang shouted, and boats came pouring in from all directions, not too many, not too few, counting the one Li Da had, exactly twelve boats.

So, these guys were just waiting to gang up the moment things went awry.

Such slyness.

At this moment, already on one of the boats was a resourceful man shouting, “Brother Chang, Brother Li, as everyone knows, I’ve just advanced to the Sixth Grade, I desperately need a Sword!”

“Shut up, I’m in the Fifth Grade, and now only have a Seventh-Grade Sword, did I say anything?”

“Quiet, we’re all family, relatives marrying relatives, what’s the fuss about! Making outsiders laugh at us, that’s what. How should I address this friend?”

“Wang Zhige!”

“Ah, what a good name, clearly a discerning person, Younger Brother Wang, what do you want to exchange for this Sword?”

After a lively commotion, the elder surnamed Chang finally calmed the situation, preventing mutual bidding.

“I want to exchange for Spirit Essence.”

Wang Wu responded directly, he didn’t need anything else, just Spirit Essence, he and General Xuelang most lacked Spirit Essence.

Although currently his body doesn’t lack Qi Blood or Spiritual Qi, all of these are reserved for emergency battles and must not be used.

And as long as he can exchange for fifty thousand points of Spiritual Qi, he will have enough room to maneuver.

“Spirit Essence? I wonder how much Younger Brother Wang wants to exchange?”

“One hundred thousand dou!”

Wang Wu directly gave his price, one hundred thousand dou is one hundred thousand points, it’s not much, it’s truly not much. A Sixth-Grade Sword contains two thousand points of Refined Gold Spiritual Qi; using it casually could easily cause six thousand points of damage.

As soon as he made this offer, everyone started whispering, their eyes flickering with greed; however, one hundred thousand points of Spiritual Qi is not a small amount, and no one could afford it.

Seeing this, Wang Wu quickly added a sentence.

“You can use Spirit Pill, Spirit Grass, or meat from a Fifth-Grade or higher Sea Demon to offset the cost.”

This time it worked; a woman in her thirties shouted, “Stop fighting, I want this sword! Dad, quickly!”

Ah, the elder with the surname Chang is her father.

“Hehe, Younger Brother Wang, you see—”

“Sorry, no bargaining!” Wang Wu shook his head.

“Then I’d like to first see the quality of the sword.” The elder with the surname Chang was a bit uneasy.

Wang Wu readily tossed it over.

The old man sized it up thoroughly, even infused Spiritual Qi and controlled it for a while, truly praising it highly.

Joking aside, these are the swords prepared by noble families on the Human Race side, absolutely superb.

Absolutely generous with materials.

“Good, good, good! Deal!”

The elder with the surname Chang was straightforward, loudly brought in the Octopus Sea Demon, and pulled out from its mouth a large gourd over ten meters long and several meters wide, but it wasn’t a Spiritual Essence Gourd, rather a common low-grade gourd. This item can store a large amount of Spiritual Qi, although it leaks slightly and isn’t easy to move, it’s indeed very useful.

Wang Wu also took out his Spiritual Essence Gourd, which immediately caused a gasp of amazement. Although these Human Race Cultivators had never been to the Great Wilderness, their knowledge was considerable.

Spiritual Essence Gourd, extremely precious.

For a time, many faces showed a glimmer of greed.

However, ultimately, they were awakened by a cough from the elder with the surname Chang.

“Grandpa Zhang was right, the two of you truly brought a big trouble, our small household cannot afford to provoke you. Please rest assured, we definitely won’t leak any news, from today onward, we never met you two, please, on account of us both being of the Human Race, let us off lightly!”

This guy!

Wang Wu just smiled, directly throwing the Spiritual Essence Gourd over, then took out another Sixth-Grade Sword.

“Please fill it up for me, everyone needn’t worry, my wife and I truly are just passing through.”

With that, he also tossed the second Sixth-Grade Sword over, conducting a fair transaction, honest and without deception.

His goodwill is laid bare, if you don’t want it, do as you please.

“Good! Then let’s make a fair trade!”

The elder with the surname Chang accepted the Spiritual Essence Gourd, filled it with Spiritual Qi in one go, and without hesitation, tossed it back. Judging by the confident demeanor of these people, they’re not someone they could afford to provoke.

The best outcome is for everyone to regard each other as simply passing by, transaction completed, never met.

“Thank you!”

Wang Wu put away the Spiritual Essence Gourd, very satisfied with such a result, cupped his fists in gratitude, then turned to the somewhat dumbfounded Li Da, smiling:

“Brother Li, thank you for pointing the way earlier, a token of appreciation, please accept it.”

Wang Wu took out an Eighth-Grade Sword and handed it over; this family was quite decent, life at sea is tough, he couldn’t help much more.

“T-t-this, how can I accept!” Li Da, face flushed with excitement, lost all composure of a fishing cultivator; he hadn’t expected that the man he just met was this generous, wasn’t it just giving directions?

“Accept it, consider it as buying Brother Li’s small boat.”

Wang Wu gently applied force with his right foot, the rope tethering the small boat snapped, and the boat drifted away.

But just at this moment, Li Da’s newborn grandson suddenly cried loudly, followed by all the babies on the other fishing boats crying fiercely as well, no amount of coaxing helped, very eerie.

Wang Wu was shocked too, initially thinking something bad happened, fearing misunderstanding by these people, he stopped immediately; unexpectedly, the previously reticent General Xuelang suddenly spoke softly: “Crying Baby Curse?”

“What?”

Wang Wu didn’t understand.

“Legend has it, a Demon Emperor in the West Sea grows bored easily, killed the Demon Queen, then transformed into a Witch with resentment, appearing once every fifty years, causing all infants within a thousand miles to cry, and the one crying the loudest will transform into a Crying Infant Beast after twelve hours, disappearing into the boundless sea without a trace.”

General Xuelang spoke lightly, though his voice was small, it sent chills down the spines of everyone on the ship.

Wang Wu felt chills too.

“Is this true?”

“I don’t know, it’s my first time witnessing it.”

“Then how to break the curse?”

“You want to rescue them?”

“Of course, it’s only right to save them when encountered!”

Wang Wu said matter-of-factly, General Xuelang seriously glanced at him a few times, then nodded, “Find the witch and kill it, the curse will lift itself, but it’s best to hurry, the twelve hours before, are the time for breaking the curse.”

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