Chapter 239: Fairy Whisker
The Water Mansion was pitch black, dark as ink.
Only sporadic glowing water algae dotted with faint light, illuminating the floating mud and sand in the undercurrent, making them faintly visible.
At this moment, between Chen Shun’an’s eyebrows, a clear flowing cloud pattern appeared, shining brightly and emanating divine might.
In the depths of his eyes, a scorching golden light flashed, instantly piercing the darkness, making the surroundings clearly visible.
He stood up tall, and the murky yellow river water silently parted under his feet, like a tamed giant beast voluntarily exposing its back.
From the depths of the Water Mansion, he ascended step by step, his posture leisurely, as if not walking in the rushing river, but strolling in his own courtyard.
White Flower Snake clearly sensed the dense, almost terrifying divine might on Chen Shun’an’s body, scaring it into coiling into a ball, becoming a snake pancake.
But in the next instant, with a thought from Chen Shun’an, he controlled the water flow and scooped up White Flower Snake.
“Do not fear.”
Chen Shun’an’s calm voice came, and White Flower Snake timidly raised its head, its emerald slit pupils reflecting Chen Shun’an’s face, which blended gentleness, majesty, and intimacy.
White Flower Snake coiled its body, its four-to-five-foot snake form wrapping around Chen Shun’an’s arm, leaving the Water Mansion with him.
Around them, those four or five lesser demons, like Catfish Spirit and Giant Prawn, looked at White Flower Snake with extremely envious and jealous gazes, slowly following behind Chen Shun’an.
At this time, Chen Shun’an no longer needed to hold his breath for a long time to survive underwater.
He directly breathed through his nose, water flowing into his nostrils and mouth, rising and falling with his lungs, as if he possessed underwater breathing, even making Chen Shun’an feel more comfortable and at ease than breathing on land.
“Part!”
Chen Shun’an shouted lowly, and three feet in front of him, a transparent light screen suddenly appeared, parting to the sides and forming an underwater corridor.
“Gather!”
The surrounding water flows instantly converged, turning into several thick water bands that wrapped toward a group of giant-mouthed viperfish over a hundred zhang away, each seven or eight feet long.
The viperfish were startled, thrashing their tails to flee, but were tightly bound by the water bands; the more they struggled, the tighter the bands constricted, forcing their scales to slightly flip outward.
“Press!”
Chen Shun’an uttered a magic decree, and the water pressure around the viperfish suddenly surged.
The river bottom already had astonishing water pressure, and now it was like being crushed by a thousand-jun boulder; the viperfish’s fins instantly twisted and deformed, their huge bodies slightly contracting under the pressure, continuously spitting out strings of bubbles from their mouths, their eyes full of pain and fear.
Meanwhile, the group of lesser demons behind Chen Shun’an said nothing, only continuously bursting out wishes.
【Wish+4】
【Wish+4】
【Wish+3】
…
In this way, after some experimentation, Chen Shun’an roughly understood the effect of the 【Part Water】 authority and dispersed the water pressure.
These viperfish, having survived the ordeal, immediately swam away in a flash, not looking back, likely to migrate their entire clan to other waters in the future, passing down generation after generation that this place was a forbidden zone not to approach, engraved into their bloodline inheritance.
The 【Part Water】 authority lived up to its name: parting waves, clearing paths, delineating water boundaries, allowing Chen Shun’an to control water flows within a certain range and weight.
Currently, this range and the weight of water controllable seemed linked to Chen Shun’an’s intent and physical strength.
“This mysterious ability cannot be granted by the Martial Path… spells? No, not right.”
Chen Shun’an’s eyes showed contemplation.
Spells at least required consuming magic power and the status boost from different cultivating immortality realms.
But Chen Shun’an’s current 【Part Water】 was almost instinctive; apart from bringing slight fatigue to his body and intent, he detected no other consumption.
It was as if the ‘Part Water’ authority, once fully awakened, was an innate ability for Chen Shun’an, no different from eating or drinking.
“This is the power of a deity’s authority? Especially since Water Origin Great Emperor is an innate divine being, needing no enfeoffment and born knowing it, so once the 【Part Water】 authority is fully welcomed back, there are no restrictions?”
Moreover, this authority would step by step improve with Chen Shun’an’s life leap and divine position upgrade, until finally, with a single thought, he could summon heavenly rivers, flood the cosmos, and bestow sweet dew and jade dew on all under heaven.
Moreover, Chen Shun’an had a premonition that if he used divine power to wield the 【Part Water】 authority, its effects would strengthen to different degrees.
In this instant, River Jindu, or any place with water, had completely become Chen Shun’an’s home turf!
He was more demonic than great demons in the water!
“According to Tianxuan, aside from those with immortal roots who directly enter the path to cultivate immortality as immortal seeds, most immortals enter the Dao through Martial Arts, and the length and aptitude of the immortal root obtained from 【Meridian Opening】 vary with the difference in Slaying the Six Thieves realm.”
“Before Slaying Three Thieves, Meridian Opening yields only 1-3 inches of white hair; for example, Tianxuan entered the path at Slaying Two Thieves realm, obtaining 2 inches of white hair immortal root, with limited foundation and only a certain probability of breaking through to 【Qi Absorption】 realm.”
“Afterward, each additional thief slain adds one inch to the immortal root upon entering the path, up to six inches of green hair at Six Thieves perfection, with a great chance of cultivating to 【Qi Absorption】 or higher realms.”
“Beyond six inches of green hair is nine inches of purple hair, with supreme mysteries; whether in magic power thickness, sacrificial refining speed for magic tools and talisman treasures, or comprehension aptitude for cultivation methods, there is a qualitative leap.”
“While Martial Dao Grandmaster Meridian Opening yields not nine inches of purple hair, but the legendary immortal hair! With unique spiritual light, transcending root dust, pointing straight to the true Great Dao—this is why various Daoist Academies so fervently pursue and compete for Martial Dao Grandmasters.”
Chen Shun’an silently compared the differences and connections between the Immortal Path and Martial Path, verifying his own strength.
This also meant there was a huge chasm between Martial Dao Grandmaster and True Intent Perfection martial artists.
Or rather, the two realms did not continue or connect, with an extremely strong sense of severance.
This led to True Intent Perfection entering the path yielding six inches of green hair.
But once achieving Martial Dao Grandmaster, as long as this grandmaster was willing, upon entering the path to cultivate immortality, they could obtain immortal hair!!
Clearing yin dregs and extinguishing corpse qi—this passage was as hard as ascending to heaven, blocking 99% of the world’s True Intent Perfection martial artists.
“Referencing Tianxuan, with my current strength, on land I am roughly equivalent to a mid-【Meridian Opening】 immortal who entered the path after Slaying Four Thieves; if using all means in a desperate fight, I should match late-【Meridian Opening】.”
“In water, borrowing the 【Part Water】 authority, hmm, but still far from a 【Qi Absorption】 immortal’s opponent… but self-preservation should not be difficult; worst case, dive into a thousand-zhang abyss, as long as I can outrun them.”
“Yu Xiaoquan entered the path after Slaying Four Thieves, possessing four inches of green hair, now a late-【Meridian Opening】 immortal, and has the 【Canglong Panxi Ge】 fate, with inexhaustible magic power…”
“Not to mention that old toad!”
Chen Shun’an regarded Tianxuan as a unit of combat power and immortal realm floor tile, silently assessing his own strength.
But still found it somewhat vague.
He also discovered that due to differences in immortal root aptitude, the strength gap between immortals could be worlds apart.
A six-inch green hair immortal might even cross realms to kill enemies, abusing a one-inch white hair immortal in the same 【Meridian Opening】 great realm.
But as realms reach 【Qi Absorption】 and above, the immortal root aptitude gap gradually narrows; same-realm immortals are all stunning geniuses, likely returning to the situation where one higher sub-realm is like one higher heaven, with realm gaps hard to cross.
“Continue cultivating! Do not slack off!”
The joy from Grass Talisman Perfection and the full awakening of the 【Part Water】 authority quickly faded.
A faint sense of crisis surged in Chen Shun’an’s heart again.
He immediately returned to the Water Mansion.
He patted White Flower Snake, which quite sensibly slipped off his wrist, swam to the floorboard, and resumed serving as Chen Shun’an’s flesh cushion.
After consuming great medicine, eating two Precious Fish he carried, and taking a shallow sip of Ran Yi Calming Water, resting briefly to recover, Chen Shun’an continued operating the 【Northern Star】 method.
But this time, he surprisingly noticed that his nascent spirit growth speed was actually a bit faster!
Grass Talisman Perfection made Chen Shun’an as comfortable in water as returning to the womb.
Indirectly, it also made his blood qi flow more smoothly, his thoughts more unimpeded, with an effect akin to cultivating in a Cave Heaven Blessed Land.
In reality, the water cave where Chen Shun’an now stayed was just casually excavated by General Huang in the deep water area of Three Forked Road, containing no Dao Rhyme or spiritual qi.
If Chen Shun’an truly found a treasured land at the river bottom that gathered water origin, with terrain converging it, this god-assisted effect would likely be even more pronounced!
“By this calculation, if I always cultivate the 【Northern Star】 method in water, the original ten years needed would shorten to seven or eight years?”
Chen Shun’an felt both surprised and somewhat regretful.
Fortunately, after Grass Talisman Perfection, he only needed to accumulate 10 points of divine power to upgrade Divine Aspect·Ran Yi Fish to Four-Legged Ran Yi Fish.
“Mud Pill Grows Golden Lotus, scales turn to water, can enlighten aquatic creatures’ intelligence, cleanse their impure bodies… this seems like two effects; the former acts on the mud pill, likely related to intent and divine essence, perhaps able to help me achieve 【Northern Star】 perfection in one go.”
Chen Shun’an increasingly felt that choosing Ran Yi Fish as his second divine aspect was a wise decision.
It had a twice the result for half the effort effect on True Intent Realm cultivation!
As for Chen Shun’an’s increasingly hard-to-hide strength changes and intent growth, they could be explained by Three Refinements Martial Body and Slayer of Intent.
After all, possessing either one would already make one a genius of outstanding talent; any strange occurrences could be explained.
What? But you, Chen Shun’an, cultivated too fast?
No way around it; this is the change after simultaneously having Three Refinements Martial Body and Slayer of Intent—it’s just like that; you don’t have it, so I can’t explain it to you!
However…
Chen Shun’an looked at the spiritual mushroom rootlets drilling out from his palm, still playfully swaying left and right in the water flow, sometimes wanting to root in the turbid sand, sometimes wanting to cultivate under the moon.
Chen Shun’an exhaled strength, shattering these rootlets one after another.
His nascent spirit shone brightly, brushing toward his body.
Corpse qi and yin dregs dispersed one after another, as if they had never existed.
The stronger the nascent spirit, the more abundant the corpse qi and yin dregs.
Chen Shun’an couldn’t help sighing,
“Time to discuss the Dao with Qingchen again.”
