The giant loach ship shuddered, and a cannonball containing three attributes—ice, fire, and poison—was launched towards the Squid King.
Watching this scene, Lin Yi thought to himself, "Let's call this move the 'Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Cannon'."
The Squid King is enormous, and its Ice-Fire-Poison Dragon Cannon is incredibly fast, hitting its target every time.
The water was constantly vibrating underwater, and waves were rising one after another on the surface.
After taking several hits, the squid king realized that its tentacles could not attack the agile giant sea loach, and it could only take the hits but could not fight back. Finally, it stopped trying to withstand the attack and turned to run away.
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Chapter Sixty-Two: Immortals are a Dream, First Arrival at the North Sea
The Squid King ultimately couldn't escape Master Lin's clutches. After a chase, it had no choice but to admit defeat and beg for mercy.
Lin Yi emerged from the giant sea eel and said, "I'm about to set sail and need an experienced guide. If you're willing to lead the way, nod your head. If not, I won't make things difficult for you; I'll just make you a pot of squid soup for dinner tonight."
Upon hearing this, the Squid King hurriedly nodded.
Lin Yi flicked his finger, and a speck of blood flew from his fingertip and landed inside the Squid King's body.
This is a spell from the Blood River Great Art, called the Blood God Soul Locking Curse. Lin Yi used it with the Blood River True Water as his foundation, so he naturally mastered it.
This squid king was also quite shrewd. He knew that once he was forbidden, he could no longer resist. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to submit when the "thief" was under his roof.
"Who did I run into with bad luck? I was just having a nice swim in the sea when someone forcibly placed a restriction on me and made me their servant! I don't know if these people will release me after they ask me to lead the way, or turn me into a stew. I've lived in the sea for hundreds of years, and this flesh of mine is quite nourishing..."
The Squid King thought to himself, but dared not be negligent on the surface. He rolled over and transformed into a kind-looking young man, though he looked a little mature. He said in a deep voice, "My name is Wu Hai. I have been swimming in this sea for seven or eight hundred years and have been to many places. Wherever my lord wants to go, I will lead the way."
Lin Yi nodded and said, "Come in with me."
"Yes, my lord," Wu Hai replied.
After entering the Great Sea Loach, Lin Yi told the two Su sisters to rest, then summoned Zhu Caiyun from the Qiankun Cauldron and casually planted a Blood God Soul Locking Curse on her to prevent the spider demon from having wild thoughts all day and not working properly.
The two Su sisters followed him voluntarily to repay a debt of gratitude, while Wu Hai and Zhu Caiyun were forcibly subdued by Lin Yi. Due to their different levels of loyalty, their treatment was naturally different as well.
In the days that followed, the giant loach, under the control of Wu Hai and Su Huan, traveled northward.
Susan stayed in her cave within the Qiankun Cauldron to continue trying to cultivate Crimson Fire Yuan Copper Wood, while the Spider Demon took care of the medicinal fields.
Lin Yi would steal moments of leisure from his busy schedule to sometimes refine pills and sometimes try his hand at crafting weapons. These small efforts yielded some results.
Before we knew it, more than three months had passed.
The giant loach encountered no trouble along the way.
This is because if this secret vessel were to unfurl its sails on the sea, it would be over ten zhang long from front to back. Even when submerged in the sea, although its size would be slightly smaller, it would still be eight or nine zhang long. This size would not be small even in the vast ocean.
Ordinary fish and shrimp would avoid it like the plague, and even powerful sea monsters, seeing that this golden-scaled loach was somewhat strange, dared not approach it casually.
Although some overseas cultivators saw the golden-scaled loach and had the idea of catching it, the underwater world is different from the surface. The large loach can avoid most trouble by sinking.
Occasionally, someone might try to ambush them, but since the Great Sea Loach is a magical artifact controlled by a human, it naturally avoids them and doesn't foolishly run headlong into them.
On this day, Lin Yi threw all the waste residue from the failed weapon forging to Zhu Caiyun, instructing her to diligently cultivate the Gourd Sword Technique.
Although the spider was extremely unwilling, it dared not disobey and could only continue its cultivation reluctantly.
A few days ago, she finally mastered the second talisman of the Dragon Transformation Technique, refining the "True Fire Seed" and "Five Metal Gourds" within her body in one fell swoop, and obtaining the Golden Dragon bloodline, the rarest of the nine types of true dragons.
Having traveled non-stop these past few days, Lin Yi had long since grown tired of the scenery at sea, so he developed a desire to study it, and tormented the spider demon to the point of near death.
After arranging for the spider demon to continue her cultivation, Lin Yi escaped from the Qiankun Cauldron and arrived at the Great Sea Loach.
"My lord, we have entered the North Sea area," Wu Hai said, bowing.
Lin Yi glanced around and saw that the weather outside was getting colder and colder, and the scenery along the way was very different from when he entered the sea.
If you travel by land and head north, you will enter the territory of the Northern Demonic Sect. However, if you travel by sea, although you are also within the Demonic Sect's territory, the Dragon Palace nominally still has jurisdiction over it.
However, the North Sea has a cold climate and harsh environment, and no dragon prince or princess in the Dragon Palace is willing to come here to expand their power. Instead, they send some criminal officials of the Dragon Palace who have committed crimes to the North Sea to suffer hardship.
The situation was similar within the Demonic Sect; apart from those who needed to cultivate in the bitter cold, no one was willing to come to the North Sea.
Lin Yi let Su Huan and Wu Hai rest inside the Qiankun Cauldron, then put away the Great Sea Loach and found an island to stay on temporarily.
The island was barren, covered only in rock, cold to the touch. Without some level of cultivation, one simply couldn't survive in such a place.
Lin Yi strolled on the island. The surrounding sea was turbulent with waves, and the sky was gloomy, weighing heavily on one's heart.
If it were an ordinary person, faced with such divine might, they would probably be terrified and unable to control themselves. But Lin Yi was able to appreciate this scene as a beautiful sight.
Let the winds and waves rage, I stroll leisurely in my courtyard.
A wave crashed towards him, and Lin Yi took a step forward, landing on the crest of the wave.
"This is the charm of cultivation, turning past dreams into reality. Transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements. Living as long as heaven and earth, shining as brightly as the sun and moon, one can travel to the stars and explore the depths of the netherworld."
Lin Yi stood on the crest of a wave, his gaze fixed on the north. He only knew that there was a Celestial Peng in the North Sea who inherited the true teachings of the Western Sect of the Demonic Path, the Great Peng Free and Unfettered Technique.
The Gengjin Divine Wind technique cultivated in this method originally consisted of two elements: metal and wind. However, metal can generate water, and the Great Roc possesses water-based magical power, which can transform the Gengjin Divine Wind into formless true water.
This invisible true water is also one of the seven innate true waters, known as the "thief of all waters," and is adept at eroding and mimicking the magic power of others, which is precisely the purpose of Lin Yi's trip.
After resting for half a day, Lin Yi transformed into a fire crow and continued on his journey.
After flying for a few days, ice floes occasionally drifted across the sea, and the fish living in the sea became strange, either with unusually thick scales or extremely large bodies, relying on thick layers of fat to keep warm.
Lin Yi occasionally felt a sudden urge to eat, so he would go down and catch a few sea fish, which the Su sisters would then cook and let them taste. They both found the fish to be incredibly delicious and succulent.