Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1412: Chapter 528: Rebuilding the Combat System_2

In years past, the Cheng Family would dispatch low-order cultivators to patrol and guard this island.

But from some point onwards, Sea-viewing Cliff became the forbidden area of the Cheng Family; idlers and others were barred from entry.

Not only that, but clouds of white mist rose and formed, blocking the prying eyes of the outer world.

Where Small Mirror Lake Manor was located.

Cheng Dou looked anxiously at the tall female figure standing before him.

”Seventh Sister!”

Cheng Haixin curled her lips, showing a carefree demeanor.

She tilted her head and glanced at her elder brother, then said with a smile, ”It’s no use calling me; that elder has recently gone into closed-door cultivation, and I can’t curry favor with him.”

Cheng Dou frowned. ”Is there really no way? Or is it that you don’t want to? Didn’t he give you a token for free access to Sea-viewing Cliff? You could just visit more often...”

”Visit for what?” Cheng Haixin’s smile gradually vanished. ”Are you asking your own sister to warm his bed?”

Those words were difficult to hear.

Cheng Dou shook his head, saying with frustration, ”That elder, though he’s highly murderous, still acts on principles. Submitting yourself to him would not be disgraceful. Moreover, becoming the consort of a Golden Core Cultivator is a blessing that many low-order female cultivators envy but cannot obtain.”

”How about you take that blessing for yourself, then?” Cheng Haixin retorted sharply.

Cheng Dou’s expression stalled, but he quickly pointed at himself.

”Would that I were born female.”

Cheng Haixin was stunned for a moment, almost thinking she had heard wrong.

Cheng Dou sighed, ”I’m not being unreasonable, brother. It’s just that Yan Nantian has put too much pressure on me. If I’m stuck at my current realm and can’t achieve Perfection, problems will arise. But once I reach Foundation Establishment Stage Perfection, I will inevitably face Yan Nantian’s persecution. I can’t flee like the Gang Leader of the Flood Dragon Gang and leave the island. If I go, the grand Cheng Family will have no Great Cultivator to hold the fort and will instantly sink to a minor power, which would only make our situation worse.”

”Seventh Sister, you have to understand me!”

This time, Cheng Haixin fell silent.

Being not in the right place, one should not seek the right job.

But her elder brother’s years of endurance, effort, and struggle were all seen by his younger siblings.

For the development of the Cheng Family, everyone had exerted their utmost strength.

Their second uncle Cheng Ji, despite his old age, still personally went to sea to steer the helm.

Her fourth brother, Cheng Haichang, was stuck at the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment realm, but still had to board the monster hunting ship to open up financial avenues for the Cheng Family, without any time for peaceful cultivation or closed-door cultivation.

Compared to them, she had been under the family’s protection for years, cultivating smoothly to the Foundation Establishment stage without ever having contributed to the family.

Such behavior was indeed unfair to the other hardworking members.

Seeing her silent, Cheng Dou perked up and added fuel to the fire:

”If you get closer to Elder Qingyang and persuade him to drive Yan Nantian away to seize the 36 Flying Swallow Islands, then they will become the realm of the Cheng Family. And then I can also make a breakthrough to the Golden Core Period. Once successful, I shall be a Golden Core Cultivator, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Elder Qingyang!”

”Seventh Sister, think about it. By then, your Dao Companion will be a Golden Core Ascendant Master, and your elder brother will also be a Golden Core Cultivator. Let alone the Flying Swallow Islands, you will be able to stride across all the nearby islands, big and small.”

”Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

At this moment, Cheng Haixin felt somewhat indecisive.

The immortal cultivation life she had imagined was not like this.

She had thought that once she reached Foundation Establishment, she would become a True Cultivator able to traverse the seas and comprehend the Great Dao Path.

But now the family burden weighing on her made her feel breathless.

Taking advantage of the moment, Cheng Dou took hold of the woman’s arm and fervently said, ”Whether the Cheng Family can rise and unify the 36 Flying Swallow Islands all depends on your decision. Seventh Sister, don’t disappoint me, and don’t let down the spirits of the Cheng Family members who have died in battle over the past century!”

Cheng Haixin opened her mouth, and in the end, she could only give in resignedly.

”Then I’ll try going up the mountain again.”

...

The sea breeze was salty, and the mist was ethereal.

The incredibly beautiful woman, with a trace of melancholy in her expression, held the token and walked alone along the small mountain paths of Sea-viewing Cliff.

As she walked, she pondered, and her thoughts were a mess.

Unwittingly, she arrived at the rough cave mansion that had been opened merely three months ago.

She instinctively activated the token and entered the cave mansion.

But the empty cave mansion made her pause.

”Elder Qingyang isn’t here?”

”Where has he gone?”

”He hasn’t already left, right?”

Suddently, a pallor crossed her cheeks.

She did not dare report immediately to her elder brother, for fear of disappointing him, so she decided to wait here first.

From the arrangement of the cave mansion, it seemed Elder Qingyang had not yet departed.

Just wait a bit longer!

...

On the boundless azure sea.

Five massive sea serpents, each several zhang in length, swam gracefully in the deep sea.

Interacting with each other, they formed a circle that enclosed a hundred li of maritime territory.

It looked like they were on guard.

Their gazes occasionally shot towards the sky, where a man in black stood against the wind, floating in the air.

Suddenly!

The man in black leisurely pushed out a palm towards the sea down below.

This palm carried not the slightest hint of the mundane.

But the moment the palm imprint came into being, shifting from white to red, it radiated endless high heat.

Not only that, a wisp of blue emerged on it.

As the palm imprint landed on the calm sea surface, from stillness to motion, in just an instant!

Boom!

A thunderous blast echoed across hundreds of li of sea territory.

Deep within the sea, a gigantic five-finger imprint crater stood out conspicuously.

Within the crater, not a drop of sea water remained, only endless blue flames swirled.