Chapter 1329: Chapter 22: This Jianghu

Shentu Hongye was over forty years old, yet he appeared as a young man in his early twenties.

Thus, he absolutely refused to believe that the young scholar behind him, who looked clean and composed, was truly as young as he seemed. The thought of him raising a hand to fish in the East Sea, fearing he was not just an old monster over sixty years old who maintained a youthful appearance through technique, made him feel as if his intentions were thoroughly seen through. His mouth felt dry as he sensed strands of Sword Qi pointing at over three hundred major acupoints around his body, so he had no choice but to say:

“Senior, the junior, only heard rumors, mere snippets…”

“Speak.”

Shentu Hongye smiled wryly and said, “Well, Senior…”

“The junior doesn’t know much, but it seems that the Supreme Sect Leader in our sect has grievances with the Dongfang Clan. This time, he plans to personally enter the origins of the Dongfang Clan on Penglai Island and compete with the people of the Dongfang Clan. If the Dongfang Clan wins, then it’s nothing; if our sect wins, they want the Dongfang Clan to cede the rights to Penglai Island.”

“As for the reasons behind it, the junior truly doesn’t know…”

Wang Anfeng circulated the Diamond Sutra Qi mechanism of Buddhism, and under the faint sensing of Telepathy, knew that Shentu Hongye wasn’t lying. Shentu Hongye felt uneasy and suddenly sensed that the hand behind him was withdrawn a bit, feeling greatly relieved, and he staggered a few steps forward.

Wang Anfeng waved his sleeve and said lightly:

“Since it’s so, I have a sword for you to deliver to your Sect Master.”

Shentu Hongye felt greatly relieved and said, “The junior will certainly deliver it to the Senior.” Then he extended both hands, thinking it was the keepsake of the master before him, but he noticed that Wang Anfeng neither had a sword nor meant to retrieve one. He hesitated, then realized something, and his expression changed slightly.

Wang Anfeng extended his right hand, drew up a stream of seawater, and condensed it into a sword.

With a motion of his right hand, Sword Qi and Sword Intent poured out. Shentu Hongye instinctively retreated. That Sword Intent instantly sliced through the largest sail on the Flying Flood Dragon Ship, leaving a distinct sword mark on the luxurious ship, with the Sword Intent sharp, causing the entire ship to shake repeatedly.

Sword Qi and Sword Intent gleamed brightly.

Shentu Hongye’s face paled.

A moment later, Wang Anfeng returned to the original ship, and the Flying Flood Dragon Great Ship wobbled away.

Ma Xiangyu looked at Wang Anfeng, not knowing what to say, and finally blurted out, “What did you just do?”

Wang Anfeng did not conceal and said:

“Delivered a sword for the Sect Master.”

Ma Xiangyu scratched his head and asked naively, “Deliver a sword? But the Sect Master isn’t here, how did you deliver the sword?”

Miao Zhiquiao retracted her gaze, took a deep breath, and said:

“Some swords don’t need to be delivered personally.”

She then bowed to Wang Anfeng and said:

“Miao Zhiquiao of the Jade Dragon Sect has met the Senior, thank you for your righteous intervention…”

Wang Anfeng lifted the fishing rod in his hand, with a straight hook underneath the fishing line, and said with a smile, “Willing bait; in the end, I haven’t caught anything fit for the pot, but that Flying Flood Dragon Great Ship can be considered a catch, right? At least now I’m not an idle person on board.”

Ma Xiangyu was still puzzled, but Miao Zhiquiao exhaled, said solemnly:

“Though this catch can’t be made into a meal, it’s worth a thousand or ten thousand pounds of fish meat.”

“The Senior can stay on the ship for as long as he wishes.”

Wang Anfeng chuckled; the Exotic Beast whale and marine creatures seemed to know the absence of danger, once again emitted a rumbling sound and floated to the surface. The sea waves surged instantly, a broad blue tail fin lashed out, emerging from the water, spanning several feet wide, and as it fell, the water surface roiled, causing the whole ship to sway a bit.

Ma Xiangyu cursed, gripped the rope on the ship tightly to steady himself.

Miao Zhiquiao rushed to the edge of the ship, the whale emerged, revealing a wide and flat head. Miao Zhiquiao extended her hand, touched the head of the approaching whale, which let out a gentle call, while Wang Anfeng stood on the ship, sighing inwardly.

Previously guessed the whale was immense, but now seeing both head and tail, estimated it’d be around forty feet in length.

Even larger than the Flying Flood Dragon Great Ship with thirteen giant sails that required two hundred people to row together to propel, he then felt slightly stunned, seeing on the side of the whale’s body an embedded Thunderbolt Spear.

Thinking to save where possible, saving fish while saving people, Wang Anfeng stepped on the wind and landed on the whale’s head. This marine Exotic Beast’s head was extremely wide too, enough for a dozen or so people to stand simultaneously. Since it was an intelligent Exotic Beast and comprehended Wang Anfeng saved its life, the whale remained still, quietly floating at the surface.

Wang Anfeng looked at the enormous Exotic Beast, almost resembling a mountain peak, hesitated inwardly, uncertain if his Medicine King Valley’s methods would work on such a Heaven and Earth being. After pondering, he activated a technique to mobilize the Qi mechanism, the energy spreading from under the feet, rapidly expanding.

Flowing through the body of the whale, it helps to strengthen its physique.

The voice of the exotic beast relaxed and lightened.

This method was not originally a tradition of the Medicine King Valley, but was learned from Third Master Hong Luoyu.

It’s meant to match with that extremely ill-tempered thin red horse, using Qi Mechanism to enhance the strength of the mount’s legs. Thoughts dispersed slightly, imagining if this massive whale were really handed over to the Third Master, the consequences might be somewhat terrifying.

A thin horse that can use staff techniques and leg techniques, intelligent and fierce.

Such a massive exotic beast, and naturally intelligent, what could it learn? Beneath the sea, there is an invisible force pressing from all directions, highly suitable for External Cultivation and honing. If such an exotic beast were taught External Cultivation like Iron Shirt…

No, no, no…

Wang Anfeng slightly shook his head.

With such a huge body, if it could really be cultivated, the naturally generated Qi Mechanism would be unmatched even by a Grandmaster.

Moreover, this exotic beast resembles a Kunpeng, the Third Master might want to teach it skills from the Divine Thieves Sect.

However, the martial arts of the Divine Thieves Sect all naturally improve movement technique speed, and if these have the same effect on such exotic beasts…

Wang Anfeng’s expression was slightly frozen, looking down at the extremely friendly whale.

Before his eyes, as if seeing such a large being, charging with a speed of over three hundred miles per hour, or even a thousand miles per hour, trained in External Martial Arts, shining with blinding golden light, crashing head-on.

Islands would be smashed, wouldn’t they?

Wang Anfeng’s temple twitched slightly, and he suddenly felt inexplicably guilty towards that thin horse, and the imaginary big black bear that learned Vajra Subduing Demon Palm; compared to this thing, those two were not demons at all.

Then he made up his mind not to let the Third Master come into contact with such exotic beasts.

The whale emitted a gentle cry.

Wang Anfeng withdrew his thoughts, smiled apologetically, using Qi Mechanism to control the wound under the Thunderbolt Spear, then reached out to grab the spear, lightning flowing immutably on it. However, Wang Anfeng himself had cultivated top-notch Thunder Department techniques, with a soft shout, he exerted strength to pull out the Thunderbolt Spear.

Compared to the whale’s enormous body, what would be a fatal piercing wound for humans was just a negligible minor injury; the most lethal Qi Mechanism was also severed by Wang Anfeng. For common exotic beasts, the domineering Qi Mechanism contained in the move would be like poison, easily causing great harm.

After the Qi Mechanism was broken, the remaining wound could probably heal in a day given the whale’s physique.

Wang Anfeng patted the whale, preparing to return to the ship, intending to head straight to Penglai using the ship; the whale suddenly shook its head, Wang Anfeng was slightly startled, noticing the plea he could feel from the whale, he stopped his actions, pointed to himself, and said:

“Do you need me to help with something?”

The whale emitted a light, cheerful cry.

Wang Anfeng pondered for a moment, nodded, then spoke to several people on the ship: “Well, please wait here for a moment. If I can’t return shortly, head to the nearest island.”

Miao Zhiqiao naturally agreed without further mention.

Wang Anfeng sat cross-legged on the wide head of the whale, patted it, and smiled:

“Let’s go.”

The forty-zhang-long whale emitted a low hum, its voice like thunder, its massive tail fin swung and broke through the water, then heavily slapped down, and under the surge of waves, the whale swam forward at an extremely fast speed, disappearing into the distance in the blink of an eye.

Between the sea and sky.

The ship swayed uncontrollably due to the large waves, Ma Xiangyu cursed enviously, clinging tightly to the hemp rope, yet still unable to stand steadily, swaying on the ship; Miao Zhiqiao clutched tightly to the ship’s edge, watching the whale breaking through the water, watching the forty-zhang-long whale head, a scholar in a blue robe sitting cross-legged atop, breaking through three thousand feet of water, whispering softly:

“Riding the sword across the great river, exhaling to climb Kunlun, the Bai Family contends, Sword Qi drunkenly shatters the earth a thousand feet, the strong man carrying the cauldron crossing mountains and rivers on foot, so… they were not wrong.”

“In this Jianghu, there truly are such people.”

PS: Here’s today’s update…

Returned to the village today to help clean the elderly’s courtyard.

So, taking a small leave… just four thousand three hundred words~