Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 289 Flying Magic Treasure

"There were at least two other Golden Core cultivators on this giant ship besides Zi Yan!"

Du Fan's eyes flashed, and he instantly made a judgment. As a result, he immediately withdrew his divine sense obediently and dared not scan indiscriminately anymore.

"There's one more thing we can be sure of: this boat is definitely not some kind of flying magic tool. Its speed is comparable to that of Elder Qiao Jiangnan's paper fan from the Seven Star Merchant Alliance back then. So this boat... should be a flying magic treasure!" Du Fan thought to himself.

"This room is for you. You can focus on your training here from now on. Our journey will take about two months. Let's try to improve your strength before we reach Fallen Leaf Island, so that we can increase our chances of survival."

Zi Yan suddenly stopped, turned around, pointed to a door not far away, and said calmly. At the same time, she flicked her wrist, and a small bottle flew out and hovered steadily in mid-air in front of Du Fan.

Du Fan's expression shifted, and he couldn't help but feel slightly surprised. At the giant ship's current terrifying speed, it would still take two months to travel? In that case, the distance between Crescent Island and the so-called Fallen Leaf Island was indeed quite far.

Without a moment to think, he instantly grabbed the small bottle in front of him with a blurry motion and quickly popped the cap off. When he scanned it with his divine sense, his expression froze slightly, and his once fiery eyes instantly dimmed.

Du Fan had expected something valuable from a gift from a powerful Golden Core cultivator, but upon closer inspection, his heart skipped a beat. The small bottle contained only ten ordinary-quality Ginseng Qi Pills…

Du Fan felt a pang of disappointment, but he dared not show it on his face. He could only feign surprise and exclaim in an exaggerated voice, "Ah! It's actually a Ginseng Qi Pill! Thank you so much, Senior Zi Yan, for bestowing this pill upon me. I will definitely do my best to cultivate and will not let you down."

"Very good." Zi Yan glanced at Du Fan, a hint of satisfaction showing on her incomparably beautiful face. After nodding slightly, she immediately turned around, her skirt swaying, and slowly walked away into the distance.

Du Fan glanced at the woman's back, shook his head imperceptibly, sighed softly, and then moved swiftly, arriving at the room Zi Yan had pointed to. Without any hesitation, he immediately pushed open the door and entered.

Adjoining the room was a spacious hall, over ten feet long and wide. The hall was bright and clean, spotless, with tables and chairs neatly arranged and various decorations simple yet rustic, giving the room a unique charm.

Du Fan paid no attention to any of this. After scanning the room with his divine sense, he immediately followed a side door in the hall and went straight to the cultivation room in the suite.

The cultivation room was small, only about three zhang in length and width. Unlike the outside, which was made entirely of wood, the walls were made of a material similar to bluestone bricks. On the bluestone walls, there was a faint green light flowing around. This spiritual light should be a restriction with some special function.

In the center of the cultivation room, there was a dark green futon about half a zhang in diameter. Next to the futon was a black jade slip about the size of an egg. Du Fan guessed that the contents of this jade slip were mostly the method to control the restrictions in this room.

After closing the door to the cultivation room, Du Fan immediately walked to the futon, sat down cross-legged, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the jet-black jade slip instantly transformed into a stream of light and shot into his hand.

Next, he no longer cared about anything and immediately separated a wisp of his divine sense, which penetrated into the jade slip.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Du Fan withdrew his divine sense from the jade slip, and a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.

Without saying a word, he suddenly raised his arm and formed a not-too-complex hand seal, instantly striking a certain spot on the wall.

The next moment, the surrounding walls suddenly shone brightly with green light, and a series of buzzing sounds came out. Before long, countless green lights intertwined and flashed wildly, and immediately transformed into a huge green light screen.

Then the buzzing sound slowly disappeared, and the cultivation room returned to calm. Only a layer of green light curtain several inches thick remained, clinging tightly to the surrounding walls, shining brightly, completely enveloping the cultivation room, making it airtight.

"Originally, I planned to quickly pass through the stabilization period using the pale yellow demon core, then go out to sea to kill a large number of low-level demon beasts, collect enough deep yellow demon cores, and then begin to improve my cultivation to the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage."

But now it seems that his previous cultivation plan has been completely disrupted, and now he can only focus on the Hainan Rendez-Vous competition. "Sigh." Du Fan sighed.

"At that time, during the Lian Island Grand Competition, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it will be inconvenient for me to unleash that white skeleton, and that talisman wood will only have enough power for one strike, so it cannot be used easily. Besides, this talisman wood was left for that scoundrel, Master Ma."

"If we're careful, the Xuanmu Silkworm could be used, but it has the same limitations as the Fumu Silkworm for a short period, only capable of one strike. And with an average of at least six hundred people participating in the Alliance Island Tournament, the matches will inevitably be one after another, so we can't rely too much on the Xuanmu Silkworm."

"It seems that my strength will not be fully utilized in the competition. I will have to rely on my own strength most of the time. The only means I can use are those two magical weapons and the talisman technique..." Du Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Against a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage, a low-grade magic weapon is a fairly sharp means of attack, but talismans are not so effective.

Unless it's a special high-level talisman that Wanbaoshan accidentally used during the outer sect competition of Qingzhou Kongsang Sect, it might have some effect against cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining stage. However, Du Fan doesn't have such a talisman.

"If I still have time and opportunity before the competition, I'll find a cultivation shop and buy some, just in case," Du Fan thought to himself.

"Aside from external forces, it's not easy to improve one's own strength in a short period of time. After all, there are many constraints here, and the methods I used when I was cultivating in the past are basically unsuitable for this place."

"Although the restrictions activated in this cultivation room have a certain defensive power and can also block divine sense from probing, I dare not recklessly rely on these restrictions to keep all my secrets on this flying magic weapon."

Du Fan's mind raced, and he immediately abandoned his plan to cultivate using pills and essential oils. Who knew if his every move here would be constantly observed by those old guys on the boat?

His eyes flashed, and he continued to think, "A demon core needs the aid of a core-dissolving elixir to be consumed. The core-dissolving elixir is a forbidden item on Crescent Island, so the demon core cannot be taken out here either."

After a long while, Du Fan had no choice but to take out the small bottle that Zi Yan had given him earlier. He opened the bottle and poured out a Ginseng Qi Pill.

Looking at the tiny pill, no bigger than a fingernail, Du Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes. With a flick of his arm, he swallowed the pill instantly. Then, he closed his eyes, and the Water-Guiding Technique within his body suddenly began to circulate, and he started cultivating.

Du Fan's actions were merely a feint, a covert maneuver. In reality, he only used a small portion of his mental energy to control the operation of the Water Transport Technique, giving the illusion that he was using the Ginseng Qi Pill to enhance his cultivation.

He focused most of his attention on cultivating those basic physical techniques, and when possible, he was unwilling to reveal his talent in martial arts cultivation.

In fact, Du Fan's caution inadvertently saved his life.

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Meanwhile, in another hall of about an acre on the second floor of the giant ship, three cultivators sat cross-legged together, talking in hushed tones. One of them, a beautiful woman in a purple dress, was none other than Zi Yan, who had just parted ways with Du Fan.

Beside the woman were a lean, seemingly seventy-year-old man and an old woman with gray hair and cloudy eyes.

The lean old man was someone Du Fan had met once before. He was Chen Da, one of the two Golden Core Protectors that Du Fan and Ding Lan had met when they first arrived at Crescent Island two years ago. He was the other one besides Zi Yan.

In this hall, besides the three people sitting cross-legged, there was another person present.

This person was a middle-aged man, dressed in a brown brocade robe, of medium build, but with an extraordinary appearance. His cultivation level was the highest among the four people in the room; he was a powerful expert in the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

He was sitting cross-legged against a wall with his eyes closed, it was unclear whether he was cultivating or doing something else.

"Protector Chen, I heard that the island lord personally summoned you before your departure. I wonder what she said to you?" Zi Yan asked Chen Da softly with a smile on her face.

"Nothing can be hidden from Fairy Ziyan, but there's nothing to hide about this matter. When the Island Lord met with me, she naturally spoke about the upcoming Sea and Sky Grand Competition," Chen Da said with a slight smile.

"Oh? What did the island lord say about the inter-island competition?" Zi Yan's eyes suddenly shifted, and she couldn't help but ask.

"What else can I say? Of course, it's a few words of encouragement, the benefits promised to us after the competition, and a few points to note for our trip." Chen Da's answer was rather vague, clearly indicating that he didn't want to say more, which made Zi Yan and the white-haired old woman roll their eyes.