The King of Black Fog

Chapter 1276 - 566: Passing the Fifth City

The coastline looked like a mirage, and the flying boat continued to sail for another month, still hovering at the horizon.

But the four were not in a hurry at all.

"This should be the final test." Turquoise Pool said lightly.

The flying boat was moving in the opposite direction, but the four didn't mind, as Li Changzhou steered the boat and continued dreaming of being the 'winner', envisioning the future of their voyage through the cosmos.

This ambition might seem unremarkable.

But his resolve is no less than that of someone who wishes to establish grand achievements.

Li Qianxia lay at the stern of the boat, legs crossed, munching on immortal grapes, with a small grill beside her where meat raised in the world of honey jars was roasting.

The immortal grapes were juicy and delicate, and the grilled meat was an exquisite taste; she ate contentedly.

"Having crossed several mountains, hey!" she threw a grape into her mouth.

"And over several rivers, ah~~" she took a sip of jade liquid.

"Chi Mei Wang Liang, there are so many monsters, eat my old grandpa... I'll eat some grilled meat first!" She directly picked up a piece of beef from the coals.

After eating, she rubbed her fingers in the Secret Sea to wash off the grease.

Around the flying boat were densely packed, colorful fish; eating any one of them would vastly enhance one's constitution, making one's innate ability unmatched.

"Shoo shoo shoo!" Li Qianxia waved her hand to throw away a red fish that had bitten her finger.

It wasn't an act, she truly didn't care.

What constitution? What bloodline? Is it as fun as rowing with my brother, Lanlan, and sister Yao?

No, she, Li Qianxia, truly didn't care about these.

She already had eternal life and ageless youth; she could see the magnificent scenery herself; what attraction did the Secret Sea still have for her?

This was Li Qianxia's own path.

In simpler terms, it was being lazy, pursuing personal happiness; deeper, it was yearning for freedom; elevated to the level of great paths, it was pursuing carefree transcendence.

During this period, Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool also understood the goals they wished to pursue.

If passing through the Fifth Holy City means one must become a 'victor', none of them would make it.

But if that's the case, then it cannot be helped; one shouldn't change their will just for being a 'victor'.

"You got the lyrics wrong." Yang Qinglan flipped through a book with her jade-like hand, casually commenting to the singing Li Qianxia.

A Heavenly Position expert cannot forget the past; the only reason for singing wrong must be having remembered wrongly.

"The song is called 'A Broad and Wide Path to Tong Tian', so why stick to the lyrics? Having the essence of the song in your heart is enough; the words don't matter." Li Qianxia shook her crossed legs, looking very carefree.

Turquoise Pool laughed: "Qian Xia has already realized."

"That's right." Li Qianxia instantly became smug, "If I were to fetch the True Scripture, the Spiritual Mountain would be under my feet, and Tathagata would move Great Leiyin Temple to my doorstep."

"No, I'd find it noisy." Li Changzhou, sharing a home with Li Qianxia, wasn't pleased.

Then he laughed again: "But it's good that Qian Xia has a relaxed mindset. In 'Journey to the West,' Tang Seng took 14 years to fetch the scriptures, while we've only been going for four years and ten months. He underwent eighty trials, but we've only dealt with five cities, so don't worry."

"It'd be nice if it were as simple as Journey to the West." Turquoise Pool laughed.

Journey to the West might indeed be a test, but many monsters were the mounts of myriad gods, which is undeniable, so whether Journey to the West is difficult or not depends on one's perspective.

Li Qianxia, satisfied after eating, lay back down with her hands behind her head: "The boat is starting to move back."

She sighed and said, "It's a bit troublesome. Whether I can become a saint doesn't matter to me, but if others become saints, it will affect us."

"If I can't become a saint, I will risk not having [Heavenly Will·Fate], and I'll use 'Fake Winner State' to destroy the Nine Holy Cities."

Just as Li Changzhou finished speaking, there was a thud as the flying boat ran aground.

The three were stunned for a moment.

Holding her book, wearing ancient style blue clothes, Yang Qinglan lifted her face like beautiful jade, a gentle breeze teasing strands of her hair as they danced onto her face.

They had just been on the boundless sea, the flying boat had been heading in the opposite direction to the coastline, how did it run aground?

Li Qianxia jumped up, looking at the island before her.

The island wasn't large, with only a single pool, its water brilliantly colorful, misting wisps of fog.

Looking carefully, the mist seemed like endless runes.

More than being information, it was a feeling of memories rising in the hearts of the four - this was the Mother Womb Source Pool, the reward for passing the Fifth Holy City.

It could transform them, further enhance their constitution, bloodline, and innate ability, but there was only one pool, and the water inside was dependent on 'quantity' based on performance.

The Fifth Holy City didn't prohibit Players from teaming up, but whether they could pass this round mainly depended on the ship owner's performance.

The other passengers, as long as they didn't make a major mistake, could pass along with the ship owner.

When they finally reached the shore, faced with this Immortal Pond, what would they do?

Logically, the ship owner should take the largest share, but would the others agree?

Of course, teamwork applies to a ship, but once ashore, they're no longer on the same boat, so ideas might change.

"Did we really pass the test?" Li Qianxia was somewhat in a daze.

In the past seven months, drifting on the sea, they had passed Fog Shadow Island, seen the secret chapters of saints on it, the damaged holy artifacts, and the ruined Cosmic Seeds.

They had seen supreme scriptures that describe the Secret of the Cosmic, theoretically able to reach 'Cosmic Extremes' in every aspect.

Speed of light, physical body like supreme materials, will like 'darkness'... when each 'supreme' combines, it can achieve the ultimate where strength increases nine million times per second compared to the previous second.