I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

”Too much bullying!”

”This Su Family is really too much, and that Formless Peak, relying on their deep foundation, they don’t take us seriously at all!”

At Red Moon River, on a Spirit Island rich in Spiritual Qi and shaped like a turtle’s back, a young man with an ordinary appearance but eyes full of worldly weariness looked at the vast blue waters of the river in the distance and shouted angrily.

”The Su Family is powerful, with many Mid-stage and Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, while we have only reached Foundation Establishment for a mere ten years. Naturally, they won’t take us seriously...”

Beside the young man, a pretty girl with a serene face couldn’t help but shake her head at these words.

”It’s all because of that Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape that transported Senior Brother Gu and fourteen other Daoist School prodigies to unknown places, leading to a shortage at our school and temporary rule changes. Otherwise, how could things be like this?”

Beside the two, another young man in a cyan Daoist Robe couldn’t help but sigh.

”Indeed, the competition for True Inheritance was supposed to start in these years, but with fifteen prodigies disappearing without a trace, who knows when they’ll return. The Daoist School had no choice but to delay the True Inheritance competition and broaden the age limit for True Disciples to 150 years.”

”Within 150 years, anyone with a bit of talent has reached Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, and some have even reached Late-stage, suddenly increasing the number of powerful contenders, leading to this complex situation...”

On the rock, a cultivator with a face showing signs of age, resembling an old peasant from the mortal world, also said helplessly.

These four were, of course, Ma Wu, Fu Hongling, Lvu Zijin, and Songg Shan.

Ten years ago, the four of them followed Gu Yuan in the expedition of the Red Moon River, gaining some merits and each obtaining a new Tier Two Spirit Island.

Originally, they planned to ask the Mountain Shifting Hall to move the Spirit Island back to the Cyan Peak Daoist School to cultivate around Jade Pot Peak.

But things always have unexpected turns.

The Spirit Islands in the Red Moon River are all connected to the Water Vein, a branch of a top-tier Tier Three Spirit Meridian, making the move extremely difficult.

Not only that, but the waters around the Spirit Islands are teeming with Spirit Fish, shrimp, and crabs, forming a natural aquatic Spirit Field.

Beneath the waters, there are also Spirit Pearls and Jade Pearls, along with various rare aquatic plants, dazzling to behold.

It’s safe to say that half of the resources in the Red Moon River’s Spirit Islands lie in the waters, with the islands merely serving as cultivation grounds.

Some from the Demon Race have even built Cave Mansions underwater.

If the Spirit Islands are moved, the aquatic resources would be lost to them.

So they simply moved their Cave Mansions to the Red Moon River to cultivate there.

After all, the entire Red Moon River has been fortified with a Grand Array, making it entirely the Daoist School’s territory, so it makes no difference where they cultivate.

Their islands were not far apart, centered around Heart-breaking Island, forming a crescent shape enclosing a vast expanse of water.

This water housed a type of Tier Two Spirit Fish known as ”Red Flame Snowfish.”

The flesh of this fish is delicious, containing Water and Fire Spiritual Power, neutral and harmonious, serving as a great supplement for Foundation Establishment cultivators, capable of increasing mana and therefore very rare.

Each Spirit Fish can sell for nearly a thousand Spirit Stones, comparable to certain Tier Two pills.

After all, consuming Spirit Fish as a Spiritual Meal has no pill poison, making it more suitable for long-term cultivation than pills in some respects.

Red Flame Snowfish don’t like long-distance travel, surviving only in waters rich with Water and Fire power, spawning every three years in quantities of around three hundred.

A single fish for a thousand Spirit Stones means three hundred fish amount to thirty thousand Spirit Stones!

This is already an exceedingly exaggerated figure.

If not for Gu Yuan’s great merit, resulting in the Daoist School leaving Heart-breaking Island to him, whereby Ma Wu and the others conveniently distributed the surrounding islands, it would be utterly impossible for them to occupy these waters alone.

Yet occupying them doesn’t mean they can guard them.

On the other side of their Spirit Islands, across a shoal, were several islands mirroring each other in a crescent shape, enclosing a water area.

The islands on both sides formed a circle together, tightly encircling the living waters of the Red Flame Snowfish.

The islands on the opposite side belonged to the Su Family and Formless Peak.

However, since Heart-breaking Island is a top-grade Tier Two Spirit Island, with the richest Spirit Meridian beneath it, most of the Red Flame Snowfish preferred the northern part of the water, often playing and spawning in it.

Out of three hundred Red Flame Snowfish, over two hundred and forty resided in the northern waters where Heart-breaking Island was located.

The southern waters had only a few dozen.

In the first three years, both sides’ waters were calm, with no crossings, each catching Spirit Fish in their own waters.

In the latter three years, Ma Wu and his companions only caught one hundred fifty Spirit Fish!

This year, it was time to catch Spirit Fish again.

They hadn’t even left the island when four small Spirit Boats were already crossing the shoal, slowly drifting towards their waters.

On each of the four Spirit Boats, someone was sitting cross-legged. Two of them appeared young, with only Early Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation.

But the two leading the way looked young yet exuded a steady aura, with deep-set eyes, rarely moving within the Daoist School, clearly not of the younger generation of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

”Su Youyue, a disciple from the previous generation of the Su Family, achieved Foundation Establishment at fifty-five and is now just over a hundred years old, already at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.”

”Bu Zhengyang from Formless Peak is also from the previous generation, over a hundred years old, with a cultivation even surpassing Su Youyue’s, just one step away from Late-stage Foundation Establishment.”

”Originally reclusive cultivators in the mountains, the moment the Daoist School relaxed the rules, they emerged, seemingly intending to carry the flags of the Su Family and Formless Peak, vying for that True Inheritance Position...”

Ma Wu looked at the two with a solemn expression.

All those transported by the Great Demon Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape were outstanding figures whose hands had touched the blood of the Earth Demon Realm Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape.

Among them, the leading figures of the Su Family and Formless Peak’s generation were also transported away and haven’t been seen for ten years.

The Su Family and Formless Peak haven’t made new decisions, seemingly waiting for those two prodigies to return.

But these two couldn’t wait any longer and began seeking other ways to compete for resources.

”Shameless!”

”If they want to compete for resources, they should seek out the disciples from the last generation who are at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment. Why trouble us?”

”Using strength to bully the weak, how can such a heart nature contend for True Inheritance?”

Fu Hongling couldn’t help but curse at this sight.

”Who told us to be easy targets? And with grudges against the Su Family and Formless Peak, troubling us lets them gain Spirit Fish and release frustrations by winning favor with their family and peak, why wouldn’t they?”

Lvu Zijin kept shaking his head.

”This may not be the only reason...”

Songg Shan, who resembled an old farmer, suddenly spoke up, his expression somewhat helpless.

”Senior Brother Songg, what’s the matter?”

Seeing this, Ma Wu and the others were slightly startled and asked.

”Before I came here, I was tending the Spirit Field for Senior Brother Gu on Heart-breaking Island and happened to see the river’s waters surging with overflowing Spiritual Qi, seeming to glimpse a Fish King!”

Songg Shan shook his head and smiled wryly.

”What, a Fish King?!”

Hearing this, Ma Wu and the others’ expressions changed.

Ordinary Red Flame Snowfish are just common low-grade Tier Two Spirit Fish that can enhance mana, but if a Fish King appears, it would be a top-grade Tier Two Spirit Fish capable of helping a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator break through to the Late-stage, with a twenty percent enhancement effect.