The location of the mixed Yin and Yang Qi Grass is not far from the Blue Wave Island, about ten thousand li away.

    Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and others rushed to the distant waters after harvesting the silken thread.

    Now that everyone has been in the Yueyue Cave for over five and a half months, most of the necessary items have been gathered. As long as they complete the last two tasks, they will be able to return smoothly. Everyone naturally wants to finish these tasks as soon as possible.

    Normally, with Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, and others' speed, it would take one or two hours to reach the destination.

    However, once inside the range of the Sun and Moon Gush Spring, there were clearly more cultivators around. To avoid trouble and not cause too much noise, everyone slowed down their flying speed instead.

    About dusk, Chen Yun and his party arrived at the destination water area.

    With few landmarks here, Wu Kejiu still lifted his hand and said, "Gentlemen, we have arrived."

    Zhang Youcai fixed his eyes intently on the water below, more than a hundred meters down, "The Mixed Primordial Qi Grass is located about a hundred li deep in the underwater area below. There is a Deep Cold Long Beard guarding that side, so we must act carefully."

    Chen Yun looked at Wu Kejiu and said, "Wu Master, you can plan the specific actions."

    Qin Ming, Gao Chen, and Zhang Ling also looked at Wu Kejiu.

    Wu Kejiu grunted, "Among us, the most powerful are Mr. Chen, Master Qin, and myself. Therefore, the person who will draw the attention of the Deep Cold Long Beard should be chosen from among us three. Just to be on the safe side, none of us three can go to draw the Deep Cold Long Beard's attention alone. So, here's my thought: Master Qin and I will lead about twenty or thirty people to divert the Deep Cold Long Beard elsewhere, while Mr. Chen will lead Zhang Youcai and the others to pick the Mixed Primordial Qi Grass. Once we have it, we should immediately send a secret message so that we can withdraw promptly."

    Attracting the Deep Cold Long Beard is definitely more dangerous.

    Wu Kejiu's willingness to take the lead and do the task is indeed very honorable.

    Chen Yun disagreed: "Please allow me to speak a bit presumptuously. Amongst all present, perhaps my cultivation level is not the highest, but my combat strength is the strongest. Attracting the Deep Cold Long Beard is such a dangerous task. If something happens in the middle, without me as backup, many fellow cultivators might be injured or killed. Therefore, I will take charge of attracting the Deep Cold Long Beard with Qin Ming leading the team, while you, Master Wu, take Zhang Youcai and the others to gather the spiritual roots."

    Wu Kejiu said, "Mr. Chen, your words are naturally reasonable. However, fifty years ago, only me and Zhang Youcai had been to this place. If we go together, how will you and the others find the location? If you truly care about us, it would be better for us to go with you and let Qin Ming lead Zhang Youcai and the others to gather the Mixed Primordial Qi Grass."

    It just needs to ensure everyone's safety.

    Chen Yun agreed, "Very well."

    The others had no objections.

    Zhang Youcai took the opportunity to express his gratitude by bowing to everyone, "I thank all of you for joining in the gathering of the Mixed Primordial Qi Grass today. I want to remind you one thing first: The heavenly and earthly spiritual root is not something that must be obtained. If the risk is too great, please consider saving your own lives first."

    "Good."

    "We will be careful."

    "Alright, those with higher cultivation should follow Mr. Chen and Master Wu, and the rest should follow me."

    Qin Ming led about a dozen people and dived into the water first.

    Chen Yun and Wu Kejiu, accompanied by Long Niu Sanjiu and Gao Chen, followed by others, also quickly entered the water.

    ...

    In the water.

    Wu Kejiu, Long Niu Sanjiu, and Ding Xu, as well as others, covered their bodies in Qi to prevent water from affecting them. Moreover, they had not yet become immortals and needed to breathe. They could only rely on their internal Qi to ensure that they could remain without breathing.

    Once this Qi is depleted, they will immediately drown in the water.

    When Chen Yun first entered the water, he was preparing to release a real Qi.

    Who would have thought that the Qi generated by the first transformation of the Fei Ling Yu Fu Jing, which filled every inch of his body, automatically began to operate, pushing the water aside by his side. The distance wasn't far - probably only an inch or so - but precisely because of this, Chen Yun didn't feel any pressure from the water, and even felt that this Qi was constantly transforming the slight trace of spiritual energy in the water into something that benefited his body, allowing him to breathe without using his nose and maintain a state of respiration.

    This feeling was incredible.

    "The first transformation of the Fei Ling Yu Fu has become impervious to blades and arrows, fire and water. It seems I don't need to use any water avoidance techniques; my body can automatically avoid water."

    This is undoubtedly great news for Chen Yun.

    Because regardless of what happens next, it will not affect his combat power.

    The group moved forward by pushing water with their Qi while also communicating and identifying directions.

    A hundred li underwater is almost impossible for ordinary people to reach. Not only is it a question of breathing or not, but the enormous water pressure is not something that human bodies can withstand.

    You see, in the world of Chen Yun's previous life, even divers who undergo special training and are equipped with all kinds of exquisite equipment can only reach a Guinness World Record depth of just over 300 meters.

    If freediving, the world record is only 170 meters.

    For unaided diving, the world record is 102 meters.

    Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, Long Niu Sanjiu, and the others were wearing no equipment at all, so they naturally belong to the category of unaided diving.

    Although everyone has the Qi to withstand the water pressure, as they gradually sink deeper and deeper to over two hundred meters, the immense water pressure still causes some people's Qi to accelerate.

    Only Chen Yun was unaffected, as his body was far too strong.

    After about a minute, the group finally reached a depth of over three hundred meters.

    At this time, Wu Kejiu used his magical powers to transmit sound: "Gentlemen, have you seen the dark red rocky outcrops in front of you?"

    Chen Yun looked ahead and found that there was a roughly hundred square meters wide, two-story-high irregular rock, about a thousand meters away from him. The rock was dark red, as if the blood of some living creature had splashed onto it.

    "Saw it."

    "Is that where the Deep Cold Long Beard appears?"

    Long Niu Sanjiu and Ding Xu also responded to Wu Kejiu using their magical powers.

    "Hmm." Wu Kejiu said with a serious tone, "The Deep Cold Long Beard often sleeps on these dark rocks. Because it sheds its shell periodically, it will spray some red liquid during this process. Over time, the red liquid erodes the rock, forming a type of extremely cold stone. If we can obtain such a stone and use it to create an ice-freezing type of artifact, the power may not be as strong as Mr. Chen's ice ring. However, the coldness released by such an artifact would be virtually identical."

    Chen Yun only now realized that the dark red reef ahead was a valuable item.

    However, since he possesses the Ice Ring, there is no need for him to collect the ice-frozen reef stone.

    Indeed, everyone has no interest in collecting the ice-frozen reef stone. Who would care about it when they have to face a fierce spirit beast comparable to a high-level cultivator next?

    As they approached the rock, everyone started to scatter around in a planned manner from all directions, surrounding the rock.

    Since Chen Yun and Wu Kejiu had the highest cultivation levels, they naturally needed to attract the attention of the Deep Cold Long Beard directly, so they stood in front.

    He finally saw what the Deep Cold Long Beard looked like.

    This was a creature similar to the Antarctic krill, but with two huge claws resembling those of a lobster, and its body was also quite large, estimated to be about ten li long.

    The Deep Cold Long Beard seemed to be sleeping, with its eyes wide open but showing no signs of movement.

    "What a big shrimp! I wonder what it tastes like."

    Chen Yun couldn't help but start thinking incoherently.

    While lost in thought, Chen Yun heard Wu Kejiu's voice, "Mr. Chen, I'm going to cast a spell to wake the Deep Cold Long Beard. When it chases me, you use your magic to disturb it. Then the other cultivators will continue to disturb it and change its chasing direction until it surfaces. Remember, once you notice it approaching any of the cultivators, be sure to cast a spell to draw its attention and prevent it from harming anyone."

    Chen Yun answered, "Okay."

    Wu Kejiu did not say anything else and directly released a beam of red light, striking the hard shell of the Deep Cold Long Beard.

    Although this red light was just a probing attack and did not unleash Wu Kejiu's true power, the opponent was an upper-level cultivator, so even a casual strike could not be too weak.

    However, Chen Yun could see clearly that when this red light hit the Deep Cold Long Beard's armor, there was no ripple caused, and it was instantly absorbed by the armor. It seemed as if the Deep Cold Long Beard had the ability to absorb magical power.

    The next moment, the Deep Cold Long Beard was instantly awakened, and its two eyes began to roll. It locked onto Wu Kejiu, the one who had attacked it.

    Chen Yun felt that the undercurrents had suddenly become intense.

    Suddenly, the Deep Cold Long Beard transformed into a dark red light, flowing rapidly towards Wu Kejiu. It raised its huge claws as if it wanted to cut Wu Kejiu in half at once.

    Wu Kejiu was not interested in fighting, and as soon as he saw the Deep Cold Long Beard make a move, he quickly shot upwards.

    His speed was fast, but the Deep Cold Long Beard was even faster.

    Chen Yun knew that he couldn't just watch like that, otherwise, the Deep Cold Long Beard would definitely tear apart Wu Kejiu in a matter of a few breaths.

    He immediately called upon the true Qi within his body, condensing the water flow into an ice lance about seven or eight zhang in length and thrusting it at the target.

    Crack.

    The ice lance struck the Deep Cold Long Beard's armor and was directly shattered into countless ice crystals, floating in the turbid water flow.

    Perhaps due to Chen Yun's magic, the Deep Cold Long Beard, which was originally chasing Wu Kejiu, suddenly turned its head and stared at Chen Yun's location. Then it opened its mouth and charged towards Chen Yun's location.

    Chen Yun did not engage in combat with the creature either; he simply used his magic to shoot upwards.

    He couldn't use Zongdi Jin Guang (Golden Light to Leap the Land) and Tu Duan (Earth Escape) in the water, nor could he use Yufeng (Master of Wind) and Tengyun (Cloud Ride). He could only rely on his own strength. This way, his speed was definitely not fast.

    In the blink of an eye, the Deep Cold Long Beard had arrived.

    Watching the giant claw coming down, Chen Yun was about to cast the Bagua Body Protection Charm to defend.

    But before Chen Yun could make a move, Long Niu Sanjiu had already cast an attack using a sword spell made of dark Qi.

    The Deep Cold Long Beard was once again attracted to the attention, and it chased after Long Niu Sanjiu.

    Chen Yun immediately realized that this spirit beast, although having an incredibly strong body, seemed to have a low IQ. It would chase whoever attacked it and wouldn't use "energy attacks." Instead, it would rely solely on "physical attacks."

    With that in mind, it would be relatively simple to distract and lead it away from here.

    As expected, when it was about to catch up to Long Niu Sanjiu, Gao Chen cast another spell to disturb it and attracted its attention once more.

    Thus, from then on, each of them took turns using spells to disturb the Deep Cold Long Beard, attracting it to chase after them.

    The Deep Cold Long Beard's intelligence was so low that it was being manipulated by everyone, chasing towards the surface continuously.

    After about two or three minutes, Chen Yun and the others, including Wu Kejiu and Long Niu Sanjiu, had managed to lead the Deep Cold Long Beard to the surface through their combined efforts.

    Chen Yun was about to launch the next wave of distraction.

    Suddenly, Qin Ming transmitted a message, "Gentlemen, we have obtained the Hunyuan Qi and Blood Grass. You can leave quickly now."

    Upon hearing this, the thunderous light in Chen Yun's hand extinguished. He didn't hesitate to ride the clouds and fly towards the west direction as agreed.

    Wu Kejiu, Long Niu Sanjiu, Gao Chen, and the others also burst through the water surface and used flying techniques to make their way.

    Today, both tasks were particularly smooth. Whether it was the water repellent items or the Hunyuan Qi and Blood Grass, they were all obtained with little effort.

    Perhaps because of the ease, Chen Yun suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart. His intuition told him that these two tasks seemed to have exhausted everyone's accumulated good fortune, and something might happen next.

    In the end, Chen Yun's thought just emerged, and an endless sea of flames appeared in the sky.

    Feeling the intense energy fluctuation, Chen Yun hurriedly looked up and saw that dense, fist-sized, scorching flames were falling at an rapid pace, resembling a meteor shower.

    Judging from the scale, the cultivator who cast this unknown fire-based spell must be at least a high-level cultivator!

    The temperature of these flames was extremely high. Although Chen Yun was still a thousand meters high in the air, he felt the intense heat as soon as he rose to the surface of the water. The water surface kept boiling and popping up one bubble after another. Moreover, many aquatic creatures were directly baked to death by the high temperature, turning over on their backs and floating to the surface of the water. A whiff of seafood smell drifted over.

    The sky was densely packed with flames!

    There is a Deep Cold Long Beard staring at you from below the water!

    Chen Yun's situation along with Wu Kejiu and Qin Ming et al. was immediately in great danger!

    Who?

    Who is attacking us?

    Chen Yun's first reaction was that someone had been secretly following his group and then, at the most critical moment, cast a powerful spell to attack!

    (End of this chapter)