Unsheathed

Zhao Yao had followed his grandfather's arrangements when leaving the Jewel Small World on the ox-drawn carriage all those years ago, and he had gone to an immortal force in the central region of the Eastern Treasured Vial Continent near the sea in the west to begin cultivation.

Halfway through his trip, however, he had come across a young boy with a birthmark on his glabella. The young boy referred to himself as Embroidered Tiger.

In the end, Zhao Yao had handed over the spring seal given to him by Mr. Qi. After all, the young boy was none other than Imperial Preceptor Cui Chan of the Great Li Empire.

Among the most recent batch of students in the private school of the small town, Zhao Yao was the student who had accompanied Mr. Qi the most. Li Baoping and the other children, including Song Jixin whom he admired greatly, couldn't compare to him in this regard.

Zhao Yao had continued his journey to the immortal force, and relying on the secret cultivation technique and two immortal tools that Cui Chan had given him in exchange, he had managed to transform misfortunes into fortunes every single time.

In the end, Zhao Yao had arrived near the immortal force, with the ox-drawn cart already trundling over to the foot of the mountain. However, it was at this moment that the haggard Zhao Yao had suddenly changed his mind and abandoned his ox-drawn carriage, going as far as to untie the ox and grant it freedom.

Afterward, he had traveled by himself toward the sea in the west, eventually finding an immortal ferry station that he had only heard others talk about in the past. He had boarded an immortal ship and traveled to the immortal islands that were located beyond the Lone Hanging Sea, and he had then boarded another immortal ship and continued in the direction of the Middle Earth Divine Continent.

Casting one's gaze over the entire Eastern Treasured Vial Continent, only Old Dragon City and its surrounding areas had ferry stations with intercontinental ships. Moreover, most of these intercontinental ships were merchant ships from Stalactite Mountain. Thus, if cultivators in the Eastern Treasured Vial Continent wanted to travel to the Middle Earth Divine Continent, they would have little choice but to employ the same method as Zhao Yao, taking many short to medium distant trips on the immortal ships of the immortal forces along the way.

After completing more than half of his journey, the immortal ship that Zhao Yao was traveling on had encountered a huge calamity, with a locust-like swarm of flying fish blotting out heaven and earth as they rushed over and smashed the immortal ship to smithereens.

Zhao Yao and most other passengers plummeted into the sea, with some passengers instantly dying on impact. Zhao Yao had survived thanks to the protection of an immortal treasure, but being lost in the vast sea was essentially the same as receiving a death sentence anyway. It was only a matter of time before he became fish feed.

Two Golden Core Tier cultivators from the immortal ship had wanted to soar into the air and flee, with one of them attempting to fly up and charge through the swarm of flying fish. However, they had eventually died in despair and been reduced to ashes among the seemingly boundless swarm of flying fish. The other had witnessed this and immediately understood the perilous danger, so they had fought through their exhaustion and hurriedly dived into the sea.