"Twelve Pearl Seashells turned into light sources in Guixu, twelve shells, following a specific pattern, occasionally sweep across the dark clouds above their heads, providing some brightness for this underwater nation."
"Phoenix tried to consume a Pearl of the Sea, but her divine consciousness was forcibly repelled by something. It was evident that these pearls belonged to someone else."
"The area of the underwater nation seems not much smaller than that of the Huaxia. It has always been shrouded in heavy mist, and she doesn't know how many living beings there are. If there are few of them, she will bring them all back to the World of Waste and Void. If there are too many, and if they lose light, many tribes will wither away. Her karma will be greatly affected."
This requires flexible handling.
"Hoho hoho, fellow cultivators, you have come to my Yingzhou. May I ask what important matters bring you here?" A male immortal with an air of divinity and extraordinary temperament, holding a whisk, riding on a cloud of mist, approached from afar and landed before Phoenix and Long Ji.
"Yingzhou?" Long Ji, being a straightforward child, instinctively wanted to tell the truth.
Phoenix stopped her, as being kind-hearted and being straightforward were two different things.
Staring at the male immortal for a moment, she then revealed a smile.
"Daofriend, please allow me to introduce ourselves. We are greatly honored to pay you a visit. My people and I are here at the request of the King of Trade, leading a host of 330,000 children and youths. We have embarked on this journey to the overseas mountains to obtain the elixir of immortality for our king."
Long Ji gave her a peculiar glance, implying that she seemed to be spinning a tale effortlessly.
Glancing back at the crowd of shrimp soldiers and crab officers, especially giving a longer look to the old bear who was sticking out his tongue, she muttered to herself, "These children are too shoddy. Is our big merchant really on the verge of extinction?"
The male immortal's expression showed a hint of anger: "Please be careful, friend. My Yingzhou is the only sacred mountain in the world, not some overseas sacred mountain."
Phoenix hastily feigned confusion: "I speak out of turn, I speak out of turn. My humble self and my companions have traveled ten thousand miles, arriving at this sacred mountain from the other end of the sea, from the most western land. We truly have not recognized the true immortals."
The male immortal became a bit more irate: "The East Divine Emperor, the sacred elder of the Three Islands and Ten States, has long issued a imperial edict that immortals are divided into nine grades: the First is the Supreme Nine True Emperors, the Second are the Three True Emperors, the Third are the Highest Immortals, the Fourth are Flying Immortals, the Fifth are Spiritual Immortals, the Sixth are Immortals, the Seventh are Spiritual Beings, the Eighth are Flying Immortals, and the Ninth are Sages. Where is there any true immortal here? I see you truly don't know what you're talking about!"
Long Ji silently took out her flying sword and gave Phoenix a subtle hint, indicating that she wanted to know, "Ayu, can I cut this fool now?"
Phoenix gently shook her head, "I, a young and energetic Phoenix of ten years, am not even angered. What have you to be angry about, an old woman of twenty years?"
She examined the male immortal before her carefully for a moment. He seemed to have a cultivation level similar to hers, but this state seemed a bit off.
She bowed and said with respect, "Forgive our ignorance for not recognizing the sacred mountain. As your cultivation level seems to be similar to mine, should we not be considered fifth-tier spiritual beings in Yingzhou?"
The male immortal nodded, glad he did not have to reprimand her because of her cultivation level being the same as his.
Long Ji was eating and sleeping idly, eating many peaches, but still at the level of Immortal. Among the numerous heavenly water soldiers present, it was Phoenix who had the highest cultivation level, that of Xuan Immortal.
