CHAPTER 68: CHAPTER 68: SEA-COVERING THUNDER

Shen Xuan was prepared, and instead of panic, he felt joy.

[Water Repelling Technique]!

Centering on Shen Xuan, the water within three zhang automatically parted.

The thunder power spread into the seawater near Shen Xuan, surrounding him, but it could never conduct to his body!

"This voltage is strong enough!"

Shen Xuan admired the thunder power emitted by the ink jade electric eel.

After a series of "crackling" sounds, the surrounding dozen or so silver-white arcs gradually dissipated.

As he expected.

Without the conduction of seawater, the thunder power of the ink jade electric eel had no effect on him.

He used [Water Repelling Technique] to part the surrounding seawater, creating a vacuum of three zhang around him.

And in a vacuum, electricity doesn’t conduct.

The thunder power of the ink jade electric eels was immense, capable of stunning other demon beasts and cultivators, but was of no use against Shen Xuan.

The ink jade electric eels displayed anthropomorphic expressions of surprise, their tails thrashing wildly. Under the lead of one, they once again burst into a dazzling display of silver-white arcs.

This time, the erupted thunder power was even stronger.

Still useless.

Shen Xuan instead proceeded calmly, closing the distance between them.

The ink jade electric eels realized too late, scattering in an attempt to escape.

Too late!

In Shen Xuan’s dantian, spiritual power transformed into a vast ocean, conjuring seven dark spirit fish shaped like blades.

They leaped from the ocean of spiritual power, exuding a violent and intense aura of destruction, sweeping over the Bishui Sword!

In the next moment, the seven eerie dark spirit fish, with extreme sharpness and biting cold, gleamed with an icy light, swiftly slicing toward the necks of the ink jade electric eels.

In just an instant.

The seven ink jade electric eels were all decapitated.

Shen Xuan acted quickly.

Parting the water around the dead ink jade electric eels, he swiftly collected their fresh blood and stored the bodies in the prepared storage pouches.

Fortunately, he had brought enough storage pouches, with ample space.

Seven ink jade electric eels!

Shen Xuan placed the storage pouches containing the bodies and blood of the ink jade electric eels into the beast bag he carried.

No one would imagine that the seemingly empty beast bag would hold ten storage pouches, containing the bodies and essence blood of seven ink jade electric eels!

Shen Xuan tightly wrapped the beast bag around his waist.

Then, he used [Water Escape Technique], moving three hundred zhang away in an instant, quickly disappearing.

Soon after he escaped.

A group of water cultivators hurried over.

"It’s the blood of the ink jade electric eels!"

One of them exclaimed in surprise.

However, seawater quickly flowed into his mouth.

All the others changed expressions, searching around for the ink jade electric eels.

...

Shen Xuan didn’t linger.

After using the [Water Escape Technique] a dozen times, he dove and swam using [Water Control Technique].

When he was a hundred li from the coast, he gradually sensed the presence of other water cultivators.

Above the sea were specialized spiritual boats for hunting.

Water cultivators casting techniques need to consume spiritual power and divine sense.

When they consumed too much, they must surface to rest and recover on the spiritual boats.

Water cultivators at the late stage usually could only sustain themselves underwater about twenty zhang deep for over an hour.

But Shen Xuan, with full water talent, could dive directly to the sea bed at a hundred zhang.

As long as he replenished his spiritual power, he could remain underwater for half a month without surfacing.

As he neared the shore, a violent surge of spiritual power suddenly erupted from the sea surface.

Shen Xuan’s body quickly sank.

Using [Insight Technique], he sensed more than a dozen cultivators engaged in magical combat on the sea surface.

"Most are water cultivators, who can display greater strength on the sea surface."

"Some are other elemental cultivators."

"It seems like a chaotic battle among four or five groups!"

Shen Xuan had no intention of joining the fight, restraining his aura, his body turning invisible, as he sought another route back.

At this moment!

"Boom!"

A terrifying blue thunderbolt struck directly into the sea.

The next moment.

The violent power of thunder spread along the seawater.

A large number of fish and shrimp in the sea flipped over.

The water cultivators above Shen Xuan were shocked, some even stunned by electricity.

Other water cultivators quickly fled from the thunder.

Shen Xuan had already dived to the sea bed.

Over thirty zhang deep.

The power of the blue thunder was strong, but it couldn’t conduct to him here.

After penetrating ten or so zhang of seawater, it dissipated.

"The thunder cultivator is quite powerful, able to conduct over ten zhang, probably in the late stage of Qi Cultivation."

Shen Xuan remembered, ordinary lightning usually conducts about two zhang in seawater.

The thunder cultivator engaged in the sea surface battle could exert six to seven times the natural lightning’s power, quite formidable!

"If he encountered me..."

"Forget it, we have no conflicts, and he’s not after me, so I’ll let it go this time!"

A late-stage thunder cultivator on the sea surface isn’t even a match for Shen Xuan.

He had reaped a rich harvest this time and was eager to steal the ink jade electric eel’s talent and master the thunder techniques of the sea; he didn’t want to complicate matters.

If he returned empty-handed, he might have to surface and see if there were any treasures to gain.

Shen Xuan shook his head, quietly bypassing the combat area.

Once he landed on a remote stretch of the coast, he sped toward Yunyuan Immortal City.

Just before reaching the city gates, he retracted the [Invisibility Technique] and revealed himself.

Nearby, a few mid to late-stage Qi cultivators were startled by Shen Xuan’s sudden appearance.

"This person has mastered the [Invisibility Technique] tremendously!"

These cultivators exchanged glances, tacitly making way for Shen Xuan to proceed first.

Shen Xuan, disguising as an empty-handed cultivator, registered at the city entrance and leisurely returned home.

Entering the practice room.

Shen Xuan took out the ink jade electric eels from the storage pouches.

He began to steal the bloodline talents of the ink jade electric eels.

Extracting twelve jin, about a tenth of the amount.

After the golden light of the Mysterious Jade Talisman passed.

[Stealable Talent: Sea-Covering Thunder, Absolute Thunder Dao Body, Sharp Teeth and Fangs]

Shen Xuan chose the [Sea-Covering Thunder] talent.

[Talent: Sea-Covering Thunder (16/100)]

[Dao Rhyme: 438]

This was just a tenth of the ink jade electric eels’ essence blood.

Shen Xuan calculated.

With the essence blood of five ink jade electric eels, he could steal the [Sea-Covering Thunder] talent.

"So now, I have two complete, and five severely blood-drained ink jade electric eel corpses to deal with."

Handling these ink jade electric eel corpses was somewhat troublesome.

Shen Xuan wasn’t a professional and didn’t dare to take reckless action for fear of damaging valuable parts.

Whether eel meat, the electric organs in the tail, or the eel’s eyes, teeth, bones, and internal organs, they all held tremendous value.

Shen Xuan estimated that a two hundred jin ink jade eel should sell for nearly a thousand spirit stones.

However, these demon beast corpses are challenging to preserve.

Over time, the Spiritual Qi within would begin to dissipate, and the price would drop drastically.

Zhao Chunsheng definitely couldn’t handle this.

With a cultivation realm at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, he could only manage middle-grade demon beasts.

Upper-grade demon beasts held too much interest, and Zhao Chunsheng couldn’t suppress those covetous hearts.

Moreover, with a family to protect, he was vulnerable to others’ threats.

"It seems I have to try Ruan Siting of the Bishui Sect!"

As a sect steward, he’d at most lower the price, unlikely to resort to outright robbery.

Having made up his mind, Shen Xuan thought no more.

He first had a good sleep to rejuvenate.

The next day, after packing the ink jade electric eels into seven storage pouches, he headed straight to the Bishui Sect’s shop.