Ning Fan did not dive directly into the bottom of the Boundary River in front of the cultivators of Lingyun Pass. Instead, he flew far away from it before plunging into the river.

Diving to the river bottom was a terrifying action, akin to courting death in the eyes of the Eastern Celestial Cultivators. Ning Fan did not want to shake the morale of Lingyun Pass because of this.

Ning Fan knew well that the riverbed was extremely dangerous. However... hadn’t he captured a mermaid empress named Aflo and obtained a lot of intelligence about the Boundary River from her? Therefore, he was quite confident in moving freely beneath the river.

He already possessed seven Dragon-Horse True Spirits, but because they did not cultivate divine sense, he could not retrieve memory.

Aflo, being from a different race, also did not cultivate divine sense. However, by combining Mind Reading Technique and bewitching technique, Ning Fan was able to gather a lot of intelligence from Aflo’s mind.

This surprised Ning Fan: normally, Mind Reading Technique was ineffective on ordinary female different races; but for the half-step quasi-saint Aflo, it could be used. Why was this?

During the time Lingyun Pass was closed, Ning Fan interrogated Aflo three times. Of course, the captured Aflo didn’t know it was an interrogation. Ning Fan neither tortured nor forced her; he simply talked with her normally so she became unguarded.

Aflo was unafraid of Ning Fan killing her; she too possessed Exotic True Spirit, which was more advanced than the Dragon-Horse different race and very hard to kill. She was tight-lipped, glaring at Ning Fan no matter what he asked; and if she did open her mouth, it was to threaten Ning Fan to release her, or face revenge from the mermaid tribe, and so on...

Aflo was unaware that Ning Fan possessed Mind Reading Technique and did not realize that even if she kept silent, as long as her mind moved, much intelligence could still be gathered by Ning Fan.

If Aflo were in her normal state, as a half-step Quasi-Saint, Ning Fan wouldn’t have been able to use Mind Reading Technique to peep into her mind.

However, now that her divine skills were sealed by bewitching technique, Ning Fan could probe her thoughts comfortably and gain a substantial amount of intelligence about different races.

Without this intelligence, no matter how bold Ning Fan was, he wouldn’t have rashly dived to the riverbed. This descent was not an impulsive act, but the result of his careful deliberation. It seemed bold, but he was very confident.

Plop.

As Ning Fan jumped into the river, circles of sealing power spread far from the water’s surface; these were seals left by the Purple Dou Immortal Sovereign on the Boundary River.

After Ning Fan’s thorough purge and extermination, the Eleven Path’s water surface was virtually cleared of different races. But below the water, it remained a lair of dragons and tigers, with different races swimming all around.

Many nearby different races sensed the entrance wave and some curious ones immediately came to see if an Eastern Celestial Cultivator had sneaked into the riverbed.

Several horizontally swimming Henggong Big Fish first floated over, briefly checking, and realizing it wasn’t an Eastern Celestial Cultivator that entered but a koi fish.

That koi fish, naturally, was transformed by Ning Fan.

The ability to transform into a koi fish was due to his consumption of a Dao Carp’s fish eye years ago, which cultivated within him a faint trace of koi tribe demon blood.

After gaining information from Aflo, Ning Fan bought some tools via the Ancient Kingdom Trade Array. With minor disguising, he managed to mask the demon aura of koi tribe demon blood as the aura of a different race.

This was an extremely bold move!

Other Eastern Celestial Cultivators entered the riverbed cautiously, hiding their forms. However, Ning Fan did the opposite, openly disguising himself as a different race and moving freely underwater!

"Lu’ana? Saimosaimo, Kakalutiye."

Several Henggong Big Fish spoke in the language of the Shui Clan, inquiring about Ning Fan’s identity.

Ning Fan, having learned some basic conversations of the Shui Clan from Aflo’s memory, was able to comprehend the gurgling conversation unlike other Eastern Celestial Cultivators. It translated as such. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Who are you? Sneaking around, which race’s cultivator are you?"

Since he hadn’t legitimately studied the Shui Clan language, Ning Fan’s fluency was limited, but he could barely handle basic conversations. Knowing the danger of speaking too much, he answered in very simple Shui Clan language.

"I am a cultivator of the Tiancong Fish Clan."

"Tiancong Fish Clan?" The Henggong Big Fish showed slight disdain as they heard this.

The Tiancong Fish Clan wasn’t a powerful clan of the Eleventh Waterway; not even one Immortal King was in the clan, only some Eternal Immortal Venerables overseeing it, which made it pitifully weak, even weaker than some descendants of powerful tribes.

Being such a weak clan and Ning Fan’s displayed cultivation not being strong, just about Fragmented Thought—which made sense with his thin koi blood incapable of faking a strong Shui Clan aura.

As a result, the Henggong Big Fish had no desire to waste words with Ning Fan, and after briefly questioning, they simply turned and swam away.

They only needed to confirm that the one who entered the water wasn’t an Eastern Celestial Cultivator and had no plans of chatting with a weak Tiancong fish.

Seeing he deceived the first group of different races, Ning Fan’s confidence soared. He propelled his giant koi demon body, swimming deeper into the water. Along the way, he’d occasionally meet other different races coming to question him. Ning Fan remained unperturbed and used his Tiancong Fish identity as a cover to bluff through.

Blame it on the vastness of the different races; not even all Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings among them were known, let alone a simple first-step fish with Fragmented Thought cultivation.

Thus, Ning Fan indeed moved unimpeded beneath the water, freely acting.

Now his spirit sense had increased greatly; although the magnetic force beneath the water was stronger than at the surface, Ning Fan’s spirit sense wasn’t entirely blocked. He could still perceive a range of several thousand zhang; not too far, but enough to not lose direction underwater.

He also secretly held a Treasure-searching Compass in his fish mouth to navigate. In this way, his familiarity with the riverbed’s directions was nearly as good as that of a genuine different race.

All around him, there appeared not the slightest inconsistency to reveal his identity!

Ning Fan’s objective for diving to the riverbed was very clear—to stealthily take away as much of the different races’ Gloomy Wood reserves as possible for alchemy and cultivation enhancement.

However, according to Aflo’s intel, although the riverbed had large quantities of Gloomy Wood, they were all owned possessions, controlled by major Shui Clans.

The Tiancong Fish Clan was one of the clans overseeing Gloomy Wood mines, but because the clan was weak, the quantity of Gloomy Wood in their hands couldn’t compare to those of large clans.

Of course, it was still far more than what the Eastern Heavenly Powers had.

The different races did not believe in pill cultivation; they’d build their clans directly atop Gloomy Wood mines. Different races above eternal levels would directly extract spiritual energy from the Gloomy Wood to refine and cultivate.

According to the information provided by Aflo and the coordinates from the Treasure-searching Compass, Ning Fan roughly determined the underwater location of the Tiancong Fish Clan and swam in that direction.

Ning Fan displayed his carp blood cultivation, which was merely at Void Fragmentation, so he couldn’t swim too fast in front of other different races. Fortunately, the Shui Clan didn’t rely solely on their own cultivation speed while swimming underwater, they could ride the water currents to greatly increase their speed.

After catching the water currents, Ning Fan’s speed wasn’t slow either. Within just a few days, he had swum to the territory of the Tiancong Fish Clan.

What came into view was an imposing coral mega-city, with colorful coral’s precious radiance illuminating the dark riverbed brightly like daylight. Despite the underwater being perpetually dark, this city never experiences night.

At the city gates, three ancient characters were written in different race’s script.

Ning Fan naturally didn’t recognize these characters, but he had inquired from Aflo that the city’s name was [Gouyu City].

The Tiancong Fish’s different race, every member of the clan cultivates an eccentric divine skill known as the Gouyu. This skill is almost a symbol of the Tiancong Fish, but unfortunately, Ning Fan was merely a fake fish, so he naturally wouldn’t know it.

But he wasn’t afraid of being recognized by the Tiancong Fish Clan.

This time, Ning Fan’s identity was that of an expatriate clan member returning to the Tiancong Fish Clan for the first time.

The reproduction of different races is extremely indiscriminate, whether on the water’s surface or at the bottom, there are scattered insect eggs everywhere. These eggs can hatch into a large number of juvenile different races, although not all juveniles survive to adulthood. Most will die prematurely, eaten by other juvenile different races. The ones who prevail through natural selection will definitely be elites, and when they grow up, they will heed the call from deep in their bloodline, traveling thousands of miles to return to their clan to receive their clan’s strong guidance and arrangement.

Upon arriving at Gouyu City, Ning Fan was immediately detected by the patrol big fish for his Tiancong Fish Clan aura and lack of cultivating the Gouyu divine skill.

As such, these patrol big fish naturally mistook Ning Fan for a little fish recognizing their ancestors and returning to the clan, without suspecting his identity, though they still needed to follow procedure and question him a bit.

"Hey, brat, where do you come from?" The language used for questioning was, of course, the different race’s language.

"Wa...water surface." Ning Fan replied using the somewhat unfamiliar different race language.

Seeing Ning Fan’s unfamiliarity with the different race language, several patrol big fish immediately held him in disdain.

Those of higher aptitude among different races generally learn the language automatically through bloodline memory upon reaching adulthood.

Only those of low aptitude among different races would speak haltingly, with incomplete language skills.

From within, the several patrol big fish already regarded Ning Fan as a mediocre talent, and thus became less courteous when speaking to him. They only pointed out the procedures for recognizing ancestors and sent Ning Fan into Gouyu City.

Ning Fan was quite content not to waste words with these patrol guards, as he understood the principle that the more one says, the more mistakes they make.

After acknowledging one’s ancestors, the expatriate different races first need to go to the Elders’ Court where the clan elders are located, to undergo enlightenment.

Gouyu City is very large; the city alone can accommodate millions of Tiancong big fish. Furthermore, due to the uniform architecture of Gouyu City, Ning Fan had to ask for directions many times before finding the location of the Elders’ Court.

At that moment, the Elders’ Court had already gathered thousands of first-step cultivation little fish, awaiting the enlightenment ceremony. All of them were Tiancong Fish who came to recognize their ancestors.

Every day, numerous little fish would return from afar, but Elder Yu, who presides over the Elders’ Court, couldn’t possibly come daily to enlighten these little fish.

Only on the first and fifteenth of each month in the Shui Clan calendar does Elder Yu appear. Today was merely the seventh in the Shui calendar, meaning there were still eight days before Elder Yu would arrive.

Ning Fan blended in among the crowd of Tiancong little fish, quietly waiting with plans to linger there for eight days.

He wasn’t worried about staying underwater for too long; if a battle broke out at Lingyun Pass, he would immediately rush back. This matter wasn’t a problem.

During the wait, he occasionally activated the Treasure-searching Compass, secretly probing for mineral deposits in the area.

If the Treasure-searching Compass was accurate, beneath Gouyu City lay deposits of over a hundred jin of Eight Hundred Million Years Yin Chen Wood.

It’s known that even a fist-sized piece of Eight Hundred Million Years Yin Chen Wood could incite a formidable conflict among the East Heaven Immortal Emperors, let alone over a hundred jin of it. If all were refined into pills, who knows how many bottles of Immeasurable Pill could be made...

Ning Fan suppressed his yearning heart, refraining from directly seizing these Yin Chen Woods.

The underlying veins of different races are interconnected underwater; if he were to seize them directly, the different races’ Quasi-Saints would undoubtedly detect it—though the Eleventh Path lacks Quasi-Saints, other waterways do! If other matters arose, those different races Quasi-Saints would cross domains to interfere with Eleventh Path’s affairs; but if any clan’s Yin Chen Wood vein was destroyed by someone, a Quasi-Saint would immediately arrive to ask for accountability. This matter holds utmost importance in the minds of different races, seeming far more serious than the trouble Ning Fan caused on the Eleventh Path...

Upon contemplating this, Ning Fan couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled.

He certainly didn’t wish to draw the different races’ Quasi-Saints, yet he was determined to obtain the Yin Chen Wood here.

So, how could he discreetly extract the Yin Chen Wood from here without being detected... he pondered deeply.

This waiting lasted for eight days.

Every day, numerous Tiancong Fish returned from afar, gathering at the Elders’ Court awaiting enlightenment. When Ning Fan arrived, there were only several thousand little fish in the courtyard; by the fifteenth day, there were already over ten thousand little fish.

These little fish did not converse among themselves, as each knew that those participating in the same enlightenment ceremony were competitors, with no need to forge friendships.

The Tiancong Fish Clan’s enlightenment is quite bloody, reportedly requiring thousands upon thousands of fish to fight in chaos, and the surviving few would qualify to receive Elder Yu’s enlightenment, formally joining the Tiancong Fish Clan.

Those little fish who managed to reach the Tiancong Fish Clan were already elites selected through natural processes and then further chosen through bloodshed, making it unsurprising that the different races’ strength generally exceeded that of the same level East Heaven cultivators.

When Elder Yu arrived at the Elders’ Court, what he saw was the scene of tens of thousands of little fish quietly waiting, and he was quite satisfied with their orderly behavior.

This was an odd big fish standing upright, using his forked fish tails as feet and his fins as hands.

As the elder fish of the Tiancong Fish Clan, he possessed cultivation at the Shattered Thought Peak, ranking as the fourth most powerful authority, second only to the clan’s three Eternal Immortal Venerables.

Elder Yu’s gaze swept over the fish below faintly, subtly activating his bloodline perception. He discovered that among the tens of thousands of fish below, there seemed to be several promising individuals with extremely high blood concentrations. Still, whether they were truly promising would require confirmation through combat.

"Follow me to the slaughterhouse!"

With a detached phrase, Elder Yu exited through the back gate of the Elders’ Court, and the crowd of little fish immediately swam after him.

Behind the Elders’ Court’s sands was a vast land demarcated by formations inside, containing countless fish bones; it was where previous enlightenment little fish battled.

Following Elder Yu’s order, tens of thousands of Tiancong Fish swam into the slaughterhouse. As the entrance closed, the fight began!

Even though he was mentally prepared, Ning Fan was still surprised by the disregard for life shown by the low-tier foreign races. It is said that even ants cling to life, let alone the Eastern Celestial Cultivators; which one of those Different Race Immortal Emperors is not afraid of death?

However, this rule does not apply to the low-tier foreign races.

The low-tier foreign races possess very low intelligence; even if they can speak human language, they only have extremely low cognitive abilities.

They do not understand how to enjoy life.

They retain the wildness of natural creatures.

They only know about natural selection, having almost no feelings about slaughter or life.

To them, slaughter is a very common thing, even if it leads to death, it does not matter.

Ning Fan revealed his fish body cultivation, which was at the Void Fragmentation realm, yet there were still some Harmonious Spirit and Golden Core grade Tiancong Fish attacking him without fear, only greed.

They wanted to eat Ning Fan’s fish flesh!

They wanted to drink Ning Fan’s high-grade fish blood!

How blind!

Ning Fan naturally would not stand still and let the enemies kill him. If he wanted to blend into the Tiancong Fish Clan, he needed to show military achievements in this initiation ceremony to temporarily join this clan.

The fight was unavoidable!

Here, the strong are respected!

Swallow!

Ning Fan’s fish mouth opened wide, directly swallowing the attacking Tiancong Fish.

This action not only did not scare others but also incited more Tiancong Fish’s ferocity, all attacking him.

He naturally did not miss any, swallowing them all whole.

This scene fell into Elder Yu’s eyes, lighting up his gaze, which then turned into a sinister smile.

"This little guy seems not bad. Although his bloodline is not strong, his ferocity is far more terrifying than other little fish. He could be taken under the sect, raised a bit older, then kill him for refining jade..."

Ning Fan did not know at that moment that he had attracted Elder Yu’s evil intentions; even if he knew, he would not care. A mere Shattered Thought Peak does not have enough qualification to plot against him.

Elder Yu did not only target Ning Fan; among this group of little fish were several other good candidates, whose ferocity was not as strong as Ning Fan but whose bloodlines surpassed him. It’s hard to say who is better.

Half an hour later, the formation door of the slaughterhouse opened.

Only about a hundred little fish, including Ning Fan, survived the slaughterhouse; the rest were all buried in the chaos.

Even though Ning Fan did not deliberately showcase himself, his strength was still seen by Elder Yu as the best among them.

"You did well! From today on, you are real members of the Tiancong Fish Clan! Next, I will arrange residences for you and impart your clan’s basic cultivation techniques. You can freely move around in Gouyu City, but without my permission, you cannot leave the city for a hundred years, remember that!"

"Remembered!" the little fish said in unison, foreign races have always been absolutely obedient to orders.

Ning Fan is not one of those obedient Tiancong Fish; he naturally would not obey the other’s command.

If he wanted to leave, he could depart the Tiancong Fish Clan at any time, but as the Gloomy Wood was not yet acquired, he was not anxious to leave.

He needed to think of a way to stealthily take away the Gloomy Wood from here.

Finally, Ning Fan and the others were assigned to the lower district of Gouyu City. To live in a more upscale district requires military achievement points; obviously, these newly returned clan members do not possess those qualifications.

Everyone had a single fish dwelling, a shell-shaped building with simple decoration, after all, it was just the lower district.

Ning Fan arrived at his fish abode, slightly surprised.

His fish abode, though simple, was notably more spacious compared to others who began the initiation at the same time, furnished with coral lamps for lighting — a treatment other abodes did not have.

"That Elder Yu seems to give me special treatment, I don’t know if it’s kind or malicious intentions..." Ning Fan smiled meaningfully.

How could he not notice the undisguised greed in Elder Yu’s eyes during their final conversation?

The other might want to plot against him, hence the special treatment, but what does it matter? Would he fear a Shattered Thought Peak?

Standing still, letting the other kill — the other could not kill him; this is the difference in level.

"But surprisingly, the Tiancong Fish Clan’s cultivation technique seems to have its meanings ... This clan’s strength is not strong in the Boundary River, but its origins are unexpectedly significant..."

The little fish who passed the initiation ceremony all received the reward of three Inherited Fish Scales. On the scales are inheritances, swallowing and refining the scales can obtain the inheritance.

After using the Inherited Fish Scales, Ning Fan’s expression suddenly turned serious, casting a shadow.

The first Inherited Fish Scale contained the foreign race’s text and language.

The second Inherited Fish Scale contained the deep, long history of the Tiancong Fish Clan.

The third Inherited Fish Scale contained some basic entry-level techniques and divine skills of the Tiancong Fish Clan.

With his photographic memory and the help of the Inherited Fish Scales, Ning Fan only took half a day to learn all the Tiancong Fish Clan’s language. From now on, his foreign race language was no longer half-baked.

From the second fish scale, he learned about the ancient history of the Tiancong Fish Clan. It turns out that the different race suppressed by the Purple Dipper Immortal Emperor at the Boundary River are actually the descendants of the Ziwei Immortal Emperor!

This matter is scarcely known among the Eastern Celestial Cultivators, and Ning Fan was extremely shocked upon suddenly learning of it.

He also explained some of the doubts in his heart.

No wonder the divine skills of these different races are extraordinary, with many having a strong Profound Sect aura. As it turns out, they are inherited from the Ziwei Star Domain!

Purple Dipper, Purple Dipper, Ziwei Northern Dipper!

Back then, the Purple Dipper Immortal Emperor obliterated the Ziwei and Northern Dipper Immortal Domains, yet in the Dreamland Realm preserved the bloodlines of the enemy’s descendants. First the Northern Dipper descendants in the Slaughter Hall, now the Ziwei descendants beneath the Boundary River. Is the Purple Dipper Immortal Emperor truly so magnanimous to tolerate these enemy descendants, or is there some other scheme...

Ning Fan’s gaze deepened, yet he naturally couldn’t think of an answer.

After a long while, he settled his distracted thoughts, swallowed the third piece of Inherited Fish Scale, and received the heritage.

In his memory instantly appeared the contents of the first scroll of the [Twelve Holy Scrolls of Sky Cong].

These contents only included the Tiancong Fish Cultivation Techniques and divine skills from before the Golden Core Stage. Ning Fan did not pay much attention to the Golden Core Stage, but there were two aspects that greatly caught his interest.

One was the name of the Tiancong Fish Clan’s cultivation technique.

Twelve Holy Scrolls of Sky Cong... It seems what he obtained was merely the first scroll of the Twelve Holy Scrolls, yet the cultivation technique carries a "Holy" word. Could it be that this is actually a Saint-level cultivation technique?

Or perhaps, this "Holy" word is not literal, just an adjective...

The other aspect that caught Ning Fan’s interest was a divine skill documented in the first scroll of the Twelve Holy Scrolls.

[Langya Heavenly Hook Jade]...

This divine skill is the symbol of identity for the Tiancong Fish Clan and is also the origin of the name for Gouyu City.

What Ning Fan obtained was merely the entry-level method of Langya Heavenly Hook Jade, not overly profound content.

Even so, he was attracted by the introduction of Langya Heavenly Hook Jade.

Beneath the Ziwei Immortal Emperor, three hundred Saints served, among them one known as the Langya Ancestor, who is the forefather of the Tiancong Fish Clan.

The greatest skill in Langya Ancestor’s life is precisely the Langya Heavenly Hook Jade. It is one of the very few divine skills capable of directly enhancing the power of Dao Weapons. It allows for the cultivation of the Heavenly Hook Jade and the embedding of the Heavenly Hook Jade within Dao Weapons. However, if one merely uses the Heavenly Hook Jade for killing, its power is not strong.

Were it other divine skills, Ning Fan might not be too interested.

But the Langya Heavenly Hook Jade can be embedded on Dao Weapons, enhancing their power, undeniably intriguing Ning Fan.

If he cultivates the Langya Heavenly Hook Jade, it might surely make the Reverse Sea Sword more powerful. Dao Weapons, Dao Weapons, accompany one’s life; Ning Fan is rather indifferent towards magical treasures but pays great attention to Dao Weapons. After all, the Reverse Sea Sword has become his primary means of attack, and should the power of the Reverse Sea Sword advance further...

Ning Fan chuckled, pleased with gaining an unexpected reward.

However, looking at the Tiancong Fish Clan, there aren’t many who cultivate Dao Weapons. Most merely use the Heavenly Hook Jade to directly harm enemies, naturally leading to low power, unjustly sullying their ancestor’s great name.

It’s not that the members of the Tiancong Fish Clan don’t want to cultivate Dao Weapons; it’s indeed that their path doesn’t follow a conventional cultivation route. Over the eons, these different races have drifted further and further from the Ziwei Immortal Cultivators’ cultivation methods, not cultivating Dao Weapons, divine sense, or transforming into human forms—instead, they began evolving into mutant demons and demon beasts...

Fortunately, Ning Fan hasn’t yet thought of a safe method to extract the Gloomy Wood, though he doesn’t mind blending into the Tiancong Fish Clan to learn some of their unique skills.

As for the method to secretly extract the Gloomy Wood... let him ponder over it more and see if there’s a mutually satisfactory solution.

To condense the Heavenly Hook Jade requires absorbing the Water Essence Force from the heavens and earth. Ordinary Void Fragmentation would need thousands of years to condense a Heavenly Hook Jade.

But of what cultivation is Ning Fan, after only three days, he condensed a Heavenly Hook Jade, slightly reducing the Water Essence Force around Gouyu City.

This so-called Heavenly Hook Jade is a transparent light talisman shaped like a hook. Once cultivated, Ning Fan immediately embedded this light talisman onto the Reverse Sea Sword.

Before long, an extremely small hook-like talisman appeared on the sword’s body of the Reverse Sea Sword; without close examination, it’s virtually imperceptible.

Ning Fan scanned with his spirit sense and discovered that after embedding the Heavenly Hook Jade, the power of the Reverse Sea Sword indeed increased slightly—though just a little bit, but if he were to embed thousands of Heavenly Hook Jades onto the Reverse Sea Sword...

At the moment Ning Fan cultivated the first Heavenly Hook Jade, Elder Yu, who was in closed retreat at the Elders’ Court, suddenly sensed it and abruptly opened his eyes, dumbstruck.

In fact, the fish houses he arranged for the tribe were all secretly implanted with restrictions so that he could perceive whoever cultivated a Heavenly Hook Jade.

Elder Yu never expected that merely three days into joining the Tiancong Fish Clan, Ning Fan would succeed in cultivating the first Heavenly Hook Jade.

This speed is simply unbelievable! If Ning Fan was of the legendary bloodline of the Tiancong Fish Clan, perhaps he might possess such cultivation speed during Void Fragmentation. But according to his investigation, Ning Fan’s fish bloodline is clearly very thin...

"Could it be that the old man actually saw wrong? Could it be that this boy deliberately concealed his bloodline level upon entering Gouyu City? Humph! It must be so! Surely he already learned before arriving in Gouyu City that the old man likes to harm outstanding fellows of the same tribe for cultivation, hence the deliberate concealment... A mere Void Fragmentation can even fool the old man’s discerning eyes, which must be due to some chance. Moreover, having such a mindset is far more impressive than those lower-order Shui Clan members."

"What a pity, what a pity! No matter how many chances you have, eventually you are just a Void Fragmentation! You can very well cultivate the Heavenly Hook Jade in this Gouyu City; the more Heavenly Hook Jades you cultivate, the greater the benefit when the old man kills you! The old man has decided to use you as the main ingredient in advancing to the Eternal Immortal Venerable Realm!"

Elder Yu chuckled sinisterly, summoned a few large fish guards, and instructed them.

Soon after, a large batch of rewards was delivered to Ning Fan’s fish house, all saturated with immensely strong Water Essence Force, celestial materials, and treasures beneficial for cultivating the Heavenly Hook Jade; quite a few are rare spiritual medicines unavailable in the Eastern Heaven.

Ning Fan calmly accepted these rewards.

He was well aware that the fish house contained restrictions capable of sensing the formation of the Heavenly Hook Jade, but he did not care about this restriction.

When one’s strength vastly exceeds that of the enemy, all intrigue and schemes lose effectiveness. Ning Fan was completely unafraid of Elder Yu’s plots against him because in his eyes, the other was merely a clown.

"Very well, then let your Tiancong Fish Clan’s vast resources supply my cultivation!"