"It's time to go see that little girl Daji, lest she be harmed by a fox spirit."
Wang Xuan stepped out of the room, his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot, appearing directly in Daji's boudoir.
At this moment, the young girl Daji was meditating and cultivating. She had been practicing the technique taught by Wang Xuan for three years and had actually reached the perfect third level. She had even stepped halfway into the early fourth level, which surprised Wang Xuan.
"Your talent has not disappointed me. You have reached this level in just three years. Although your father provided you with a lot of resources for cultivation, it has not disappointed my intention to teach you cultivation techniques."
Wang Xuan sighed softly, and the sound reached Su Daji's ears, startling the young girl, who let out a piercing scream!
After all, Su Daji was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. Suddenly, a strange man broke into her boudoir without her noticing. How could she not be terrified?
Fortunately, Wang Xuan was prepared and had already set up a barrier to isolate the noise in the room; otherwise, it would have alerted the servants of the Su family and caused Wang Xuan more trouble.
Wang Xuan watched calmly. After a moment, Su Daji finally calmed down, recalled Wang Xuan's words, and tentatively asked, "Could it be that you are the master who taught me the cultivation technique three years ago?"
Chapter 282 Little Daji Becomes a Disciple
"It seems you still have some doubts." Wang Xuan said expressionlessly, reciting the cultivation technique he had taught Su Daji three years ago, word by word.
He had only recited a hundred words when Su Daji was already certain that Wang Xuan wasn't fooling her. She quickly said, "No need to continue reciting. Daji thanks you for your kindness in passing on your teachings, senior!"
Wang Xuan's lips curled up slightly, and he said with amusement, "Even now, you still call me senior?"
Su Daji immediately understood and changed her address to "Master!"
Her voice carried a hint of coquettishness, which pleased Wang Xuan greatly.
After establishing their master-disciple relationship, Wang Xuan revealed some secrets to Su Daji: "Now the emperor of the Shang Dynasty has offended the goddess Nuwa, and Nuwa has sent the three demons from Xuanyuan Tomb to wreak havoc on the vast land of the Shang Dynasty."
"Among them, the fox spirit, the leader of the three demons of Xuanyuan Tomb, has taken a fancy to your body and wants to use it to infiltrate King Zhou's side and wreak havoc in the harem."
Upon hearing this, Su Daji said somewhat fearfully, "Master, you are so powerful, you must be able to stop that fox spirit from harming me, right?"
“The Nine-Tailed Fox is acting on the orders of the Sage Nuwa. If I dare to disrupt this, I’m afraid I’ll incur Nuwa’s hostility directly.” Wang Xuan shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to do anything. “Moreover, there are treacherous ministers around King Zhou who have told him that you are beautiful. King Zhou has probably already issued an edict to take you into the palace as his concubine.”
This is not the low-level world that Wang Xuan has experienced before. The Shang Dynasty may seem like a country of mortals, but in fact there are countless cultivators, and quite a few of them have even become immortals.
For example, Wen Zhong, the Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, was no less skilled than Wang Xuan was now!
Wang Xuan might be able to protect Su Daji and help her escape, but the temple can't be hidden forever. King Zhou has already made up his mind to marry Su Daji and is willing to start a war for it!
In the original story, the Shang Dynasty army ravaged the army of Marquis Su Hu of Yizhou and even captured Daji's brother, which is why Daji had no choice but to enter the palace.
When Daji heard what Wang Xuan said, her face turned deathly pale, and she looked pitiful.
Keep in mind that she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. In Wang Xuan's previous life, she would have been just a child!
In this ancient society, girls married relatively early; getting married at fifteen or sixteen was considered quite normal.
If it had been a year or two later, Su Daji would most likely have already married, and this disaster could have been avoided.
After scaring his little apprentice for a while, Wang Xuan said, "It's okay. Anyway, all that Nine-Tailed Fox needs is your body. I'll release your primordial spirit and reshape a body for you. I guarantee your aptitude and talent will be even better than your current one."
But Su Daji was unwilling. Just the thought of her body being possessed by a nine-tailed fox spirit and having to fool around with that old man, King Zhou, made her feel uneasy.
"Master, since you are so powerful and can create a physical body, why not create one exactly like mine and give it to that nine-tailed fox demon!"
Wang Xuan nodded and said, "That's a good idea. However, the reason why the nine-tailed fox wants to possess you is not only because it wants to take over your body, but also because your destiny contains the Phoenix's essence!"
"Only women with the destiny of the Heavenly Phoenix have the hope of becoming empresses. What the Nine-Tailed Fox truly wants to seize is the destiny of the Heavenly Phoenix within your soul!"
Su Daji is an important part of the Investiture of the Gods. Did she really think that she could wreak havoc on the harem by just possessing the body of any beautiful woman?
Only by seizing Su Daji's Heavenly Phoenix Fate can one become the Empress, overthrow the Queen, and take her place! More importantly, the Heavenly Phoenix Fate can conceal demonic energy, so most cultivators cannot detect the anomaly within it.
Since Su Daji refused to give up her original body, Wang Xuan did not make things difficult for her and quickly came up with a solution for her.
A beam of white light shot out from Wang Xuan's fingertip. It was one of the innate sources he obtained by refining the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl. Most of it was used to forge the Eternal Cauldron, leaving only one percent of the source.
Even just one percent of innate essence is enough to create a body with exceptional talent, at least far superior to Su Daji's current body!
Wang Xuan then separated 80% of this innate source and directly injected it into Su Daji's body to enhance her talent.
As for the remaining 20% of innate essence, Wang Xuan spent a long time kneading and finally created a body exactly like Su Daji's.
"My good disciple, I will teach you a method of creating a clone. You can refine this body into a clone, and then transfer your Heavenly Phoenix destiny into this clone. If the Nine-Tailed Fox wants to possess you, just let it possess this clone."
Su Daji finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodding her head repeatedly and thanking her master.
Ten days later, Su Daji had completely refined that clone and transferred her Heavenly Phoenix Fate to it.
In order to prevent the nine-tailed fox from discovering any flaws, Su Daji's true form could no longer stay in Yizhou City. Since Wang Xuan was also planning to leave, she followed him and left Yizhou City together.
After leaving Yizhou, Wang Xuan planned to build a cave dwelling first. He would be staying in this world for a considerable time and needed to find a place to settle down.
"Back in the East Sea Dragon Palace, I called myself a rogue cultivator from the East Sea. I might as well find a small island in the East Sea to settle down temporarily."
Wang Xuan made the decision happily, and with his newly accepted apprentice, he set off in a beam of light and flew quickly, arriving at the coast of the East Sea in no time.
It has only been a little over three years since he sponged off the Dragon Palace of the East Sea. It is estimated that the experts of the Dragon Palace of the East Sea are still looking for him.
He wasn't worried. He concealed himself and wandered around the sea for a while before discovering a deserted island.
This island is over 50 kilometers wide from east to west and over 120 kilometers long from north to south, making it a relatively large island.
More importantly, there is a small spiritual vein on this island, with spiritual energy that is two to three times more concentrated than in other places!
"I've really struck gold! I've found such a great place!" Wang Xuan grinned. His cultivation level was extremely high, and all he needed to do to raise the cultivation level of this clone was to consume countless amounts of spiritual energy.
Although the cultivation environment on this island is far inferior to that of blessed lands, those blessed lands already have owners, making this one of the better places that Wang Xuan can occupy.
Wang Xuan descended upon the island, his escape light illuminating the land. He then rapidly unleashed thousands of sword energies, instantly creating seven or eight stone houses on the ground.
Chapter 283 The Mischievous Kid Makes a Scene at the Sea
There were seven or eight stone houses, which was more than enough for Wang Xuan and Su Daji to use.
After establishing a place to live, Wang Xuan set up an array around the island, including defensive and concealment arrays. Once the array was completed, the entire island disappeared from the sight of outsiders.
Although Wang Xuan's clone was only at the mid-stage of the seventh rank, his true body was already at the peak of the eighth rank, a half-step into the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm. In addition, he constantly comprehended the Xuan Tian Dao, so his understanding of laws and Dao was extremely profound. The formation he set up was enough to withstand attacks from a peak seventh-rank cultivator.
This was only because he lacked high-quality array-setting materials, and it didn't take him very long. If he were given enough materials and allowed to put all his effort into setting up a defensive array, it could even withstand attacks from mid-to-late stage eighth-tier enemies!
After setting up the formation, Wang Xuan settled down on the island to hone his physical body and improve his cultivation.
In his spare time, he would also occasionally guide Xiao Daji in her cultivation.
Su Daji's talent was already quite good, and with the addition of a trace of innate essence bestowed by Wang Xuan to improve her physique, her cultivation speed was extremely fast.
In just three months, she had already broken through from the third-order perfect realm to the fourth-order early stage. Her words would drive countless people crazy with envy.
Just a few days after Su Daji's breakthrough, a series of monstrous waves suddenly surged up in the East China Sea. Waves hundreds of meters high rushed in, crashing against the defensive formations surrounding their island, only to be shattered by the formations.
With such a commotion, how could Su Daji possibly concentrate on her cultivation?
She curiously looked outside the formation for a while, and saw a huge red ribbon hanging down from the clouds and falling into the sea, stirring it violently and creating a huge whirlpool in the entire East China Sea.
"Master, something terrible has happened! Someone is causing trouble around our island!" Su Daji was a little scared and hurriedly ran over to Wang Xuan to complain.
Poor thing, she was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who had never seen such a scene before. She had to complain to her master and teach that troublemaker a lesson!
Wang Xuan opened his eyes, released his divine sense, and scanned his surroundings.
He soon learned the reason for this drastic change: it was because the mischievous Nezha was causing havoc in the East Sea!
When Wang Xuan read the story of Nezha's havoc in the East Sea in his previous life, he thought Nezha was incredibly powerful and that the Dragon Palace of the East Sea was full of villains!
But when Wang Xuan matured, his perspective on things changed.
Especially since he was in the East China Sea at this moment, he could see countless dead and injured creatures in the East China Sea, including many aquatic creatures that had gained sentience!
Nezha is indeed a hateful brat. It's one thing for him to come to the East Sea to play, but why does he have to stir things up in the East Sea with his Hun Tian Ling?
He stirred things up and had his fun, but he didn't realize how much bloodshed he caused!
The Third Prince of the East Sea went to settle accounts with him, and without saying a word, he beat the Third Prince of the East Sea to death, even pulling out his dragon tendons.
The reason why Nezha was forced to his death was entirely due to his own reckless self-destruction, which led to him being plagued by calamities!
Originally, none of this concerned Wang Xuan; he had no time to help Li Jing and his wife discipline their son.
However, Wang Xuan is currently staying on an island in the East China Sea. He was affected by Nezha's disturbance in the sea, and his adorable little apprentice was also frightened. He must teach that brat a lesson!
"By the way, this brat has several acquired spiritual treasures. For example, the Hun Tian Ling he's using now is a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure. Once I snatch it and refine it, I can give it to my good disciple for self-defense!"
Wang Xuan glanced at Xiao Daji and told her to stay at home obediently, while he used an invisibility spell to quietly slip into the seabed of the East China Sea.
A moment later, he arrived near the East Sea Dragon Palace and saw a red ribbon flying overhead. He quickly summoned the Treasure-Dropping Coin.
"Whoosh!"
The palm-sized copper coin had wings and directly rolled up Nezha's Hun Tian Ling, severing the connection between them, and fell into Wang Xuan's hands.
Having succeeded in his attack, Wang Xuan did not linger there and quickly flew back to his own island.
Although Nezha still possesses many treasures, such as the K-spear, the Universe Ring, and the Wind-Fire Wheels, all of which are acquired spiritual treasures.
But Wang Xuan had already taken one item as his limit. If he took more, he would definitely anger Nezha's master, Tai Zhenren.
In the sky, the mischievous Nezha was having a great time when he suddenly realized that the Hun Tian Ling he was holding tightly was gone. He was stunned for a long time and couldn't come to his senses.
"Where did this little thief come from, daring to steal even my precious treasure!"
A moment later, Nezha roared and plunged into the East Sea in the direction where the Hun Tian Ling had disappeared.
Looking in the direction Nezha went, it was right where Wang Xuan had just been standing, which was next to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
Wang Xuan had long since disappeared, so Nezha blamed the East Sea Dragon Palace, believing that the people there had stolen his Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon).
Because of Nezha's previous mischief, the aquatic creatures in the East Sea Dragon Palace had suffered heavy casualties and were preparing to settle accounts with Nezha. However, Nezha came to their door on his own initiative, and the villain accused them first. How could the East Sea Dragon King tolerate this?
Before the Dragon King of the East Sea could make a move, the Dragon King's third son had already rushed over and engaged Nezha in a fierce battle.
Nezha is still young. Although he has exceptional talent, his current cultivation level is only at the late stage of the sixth rank, which is similar to that of the Third Prince of the Dragon. The two fought fiercely and were evenly matched.
When the Dragon King of the East Sea saw that his son had made a move, he decided to observe first. This child was not even 10 years old, yet he already possessed such powerful cultivation; he must have an extraordinary background.
What the Dragon King of the East Sea didn't expect was that after Nezha had exchanged dozens of blows, he had become somewhat impatient and directly summoned the Universe Ring, smashing it fiercely at the Third Prince of the Dragon.
The poor Third Prince of the Dragon King didn't even have time to react before his brains were smashed open and his primordial spirit was shattered!