Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

However, after some investigation, they hadn't found any clues about the murderer.

This made the old turtle incredibly angry, to the point that it issued a deadly order—if there were still no results after three days, then all the Water Devils nearby would be buried with it!

Once these words were spoken, countless Water Devils were greatly frightened, and some fourth-order Water Devils had not expected the old turtle to be so crazed.

You see, although these Water Devils were indeed not as powerful as it, many of them came from formidable forces, and behind them stood a fifth-order Great Devil!

But they also couldn't take the risk. What if the old turtle really went mad? If the forces behind them couldn't arrive in time, or even decided not to act, wouldn't they truly lose their lives?!

Some Water Devils left the sea area overnight, while others continued to investigate, not letting go of any tiny details. The latter were mostly descendants of the old turtle's bloodline, or some Water Devils that wished to take the opportunity to pledge loyalty to the old turtle.

Three days went by in the blink of an eye, but no Water Devil found the murderer, let alone any clues.

Just as the Water Devils were at their wits' end and the old turtle's aura became more terrifying, a third-order sea snake devil suddenly stood out, saying, "Ancestor, I have seen a very important clue in the memory of a minor devil!"

Having said this, it started casting to project the memory it mentioned.

It was none other than the scene of Li Zhirui riding away at high speed with Spirit Light!

The other Water Devils beside it were envious that the snake devil might gain the old turtle's favor, and they were also shocked at its ruthlessness, for it was clear that it had searched the Spiritual Souls of a vast number of minions to get the result!

Possibly thousands of Water Devils had died during the snake devil's soul-searching in these short three days.

"A human race cultivator!" The old turtle had never imagined that its most cherished offspring would die at the hands of the human race, and now the situation had become very complicated.

As a fourth-order Water Devil, it couldn't enter the Inner Sea!

Moreover, this was just the memory of some minor devil. Most importantly, they didn't know who that human cultivator was or what they looked like—how were they supposed to seek revenge?

Could it possibly kill all the human Nascent Souls? This was clearly not something a fourth-order Water Devil could do, not even if it was fifth-order or sixth-order!

It was arrogant at times, but it knew whom to pick on. No matter how arrogant, would it dare to cross the human race's bottom line? This made the old turtle feel extremely frustrated.

And judging by the direction the human had left in, they were probably long gone from the Outer Sea.

"Sigh," the old turtle sighed internally, thinking: Perhaps this is fate!

But to let go of its hatred was also unlikely. After all, it had lost its most valued child—its species' hope for growth. It could only suppress the grudge for the time being.

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Meanwhile, on another note,

Li Zhirui sped along and, in just one hour, had left the Outer Sea, thus escaping from danger.

His speed also slowed down, for maintaining such velocity previously required a vast amount of mana. Unless it was an emergency, he wouldn't waste so much mana on travel.

Despite having left the Outer Sea, he was still very far from Wanxian Island. After all, they had been traveling north for years. Now, wanting to head south to go home, at the very least, it would take several months of flight.

"Da Qing, you take over the Spirit Boat. I'll go into the space and help you refine the Qinggui bloodline," Li Zhirui called out Da Qing from the space.

"Alright! Jiu, you go ahead and get busy! There won't be any problems with me steering the Spirit Boat," Da Qing urged eagerly.

Li Zhirui knew that Da Qing was anxious and didn't delay any further, immediately flashing into the space to start the bloodline refinement.

Compared to that fourth-order Thunder Serpent from before, this Qinggui was much easier to deal with. After all, the difference in realms was apparent. In just one hour, Li Zhirui had refined the bloodline.

"Eh?"

Li Zhirui stared at the floating globule of blood, if his perception just now wasn't wrong, there was a high-level tyrannical pressure!

To be on the safe side, he carefully sensed it and found that although the pressure was very faint, it indeed existed.

"Could it be that one of Qinggui's parents broke through the Bloodline Shackles and evolved upwards?" The thought flashed through Li Zhirui's mind instantly.

This was the most reasonable guess!

If it was indeed so, then Da Qing's future path would be a bit smoother.

After sealing the blood into a jade bottle, Li Zhirui went to check on Xiaoqing and found that his injuries had almost healed. He could officially start refining Spiritual Objects in seclusion once they returned to Wanxian Island.

He then went to check on Cang and found that it was just like usual, coiled on those three stalks of Dragon Breath Spiritual Tea, inhaling and exhaling Spiritual Energy. Upon seeing Li Zhirui, Cang merely nodded its head.

It was quite strange; Cang had been very lively and active before, but after breaking through to the third-order, it became calmer. If not for the fact that the Spiritual Soul contract between Li Zhirui and it hadn't changed at all, one might suspect it had experienced Soul Possession.

After much thought, Li Zhirui could only find one reasonable explanation: that after Cang's breakthrough, it had received a massive amount of the Dragon Tribe's ancestral memories. These allowed it to grow rapidly in a short period, leading to some changes in its temperament.

It's necessary to say, the Dragon Tribe truly lives up to being a top-tier race. The ancestral memories are received in many segments because if all the memories were to be transferred at once, that immense torrent would instantly overwhelm and dumbfound the recipient!

Seeing Cang cultivating so diligently, Li Zhirui did not want to disturb it, and so, he turned and left the space.

"Jiu, how did it go? Was the refinement successful?" Da Qing saw Li Zhirui appear and asked eagerly.

"Of course, and there was even an unexpected surprise!" Li Zhirui said with a smile as he shared his discovery.

A spark of radiance suddenly burst in Da Qing's eyes. With this, it now had the hope of breaking through to the fifth-order!

Quickly changing his thoughts, he couldn't help but worry, saying, "Won't its parents come looking for revenge on us?"

"That's possible."

After being reminded, Li Zhirui remembered that this matter wasn't entirely beneficial, but he quickly shook his head and laughed, saying, "Don't worry. Regardless of how strong its parents are, they dare not go against the rules set by the human race."

If the opponent were to initiate a beast tide with its own strength, let alone whether it could find the Li family, even if it did, it would only be some low-order Water Devils which wouldn't pose any threat to the Li family.

"So don't worry about this matter. Just adjust your state well and concentrate on refining the bloodline." Li Zhirui reassured.

"En, don't worry Jiu, both Xiaoqing and I will definitely succeed!" Da Qing assured earnestly.

Bloodline evolution was not an easy or simple matter; the process was extremely painful!

Li Zhirui smiled upon hearing this, "If both of you break through to the fourth-order, the Mana feedback will save me several years of time."

Although the key to breaking through Divine Transformation lay in the Spiritual Soul, it didn't mean that Mana was not important. Without substantial and pure Mana, how could one safely pass the Thunder Tribulation?