The Immortal Wife Is Like A Cloud

“Elder Hei Ze, I will take Hei Shuang with me now. Thank you for your help!”

After taking Hei Shuang, Su Jingzhen politely addressed the Black Marsh Water Python Ancestor.

Given the high status of Su Jingzhen and Qiu Yaoyao, there was no need for them to bow or be overly polite to the Blackwater Python Ancestor.

Upon hearing his words, the ancestor waved his hand dismissively. “There is no need to thank me. If anything, I should thank you, young friend Su. Perhaps it’s Hei Shuang’s good fortune to follow you. But I hope you’ll treat her well.”

“Of course,” Su Jingzhen replied with certainty.

Since Bai Suzhen was not his contract animal, Hei Shuang would be his first official contract. Of course, Su Jingzhen intended to treat her with special care.

After a brief chat with the Blackwater Python Ancestor, Su Jingzhen and Qiu Yaoyao didn’t stay long.

Soon, they left the Blackwater Marsh and left the depths of the Blackwater Gorge.

This time, at Hei Tong’s insistence, Qiu Yaoyao didn’t put her back in the spirit beast pouch. So the three of them continued on together.

Finally, she couldn’t contain herself any longer. “Su… Lord Su, I’ve been dying to know, how did you manage to pull off what you did back there beneath the Blackwater Marsh?”

Even though Hei Tong knew by now that Su Jingzhen belonged to the top ranks of the Heavenly Dragon Race, she still found it difficult to fully believe what she had witnessed.

How could someone at the True Embryo First Stage defeat ten powerful opponents without so much as a scratch?

The thought gnawed at her – did this mean that the supposedly pure-blooded descendants of the Blackwater Python were far weaker than they imagined?

Strictly speaking, it was a bit inappropriate for a contracted beast to speak so casually to someone of Su Jingzhen’s rank from the Heavenly Dragon Race.

However, Qiu Yaoyao showed no sign of reprimanding her. In fact, her expression suggested that she was curious as well.

At the beginning, Qiu Yaoyao had known that these ten descendants of the Blackwater Python wouldn’t be able to stop Su Jingzhen.

However, she hadn’t expected him to dispatch them so cleanly and effortlessly.

What puzzled her even more was that she hadn’t felt Bai Suzhen’s presence at all during the entire encounter while they were underwater.

In other words, Su Jingzhen truly relied on his own strength to defeat ten opponents alone and quickly ended the battle.

Su Jingzhen smiled faintly. “Do you really have so little faith in my abilities?

Demonic beasts, especially those from your Blackwater Python Clan, are mostly good at close combat.

I practice Body Cultivation and have the advantage of suppressing others with my bloodline. To defeat ten of them at once-is that really so hard to believe?”

His tone was light, and he didn’t elaborate further.

In truth, things had gone exactly as he said.

At the beginning of the battle, Su Jingzhen had been quite cautious.

However, once he realized that his opponents specialized in melee combat, he had completely rejected the idea of summoning Bai Suzhen’s power.

After all, with his Body Cultivation, it would be a personal embarrassment for him to fear the close combat prowess of the Black Water Pythons.

With the Black Brick and the power of the Great Desolate Creation Palm, even the formidable defenses of the Blackwater Pythons had crumbled under his full-strength attack.

In the end, everything had worked out by chance – it was a perfect match for his strengths.

On the other hand, if he had faced ten opponents of the same caliber underwater, where his Netherworld Ghost Technique couldn’t be fully utilized, he might have been forced to rely on Bai Suzhen’s strength after all.

Hearing his words, Qiu Yaoyao and Hei Tong exchanged glances and both let out a helpless laugh.

They knew that unless they went and asked the ten pure-blooded Blackwater Pythons that Su Jingzhen had thoroughly defeated, they wouldn’t get the whole truth from him.

“What are your plans next?” Qiu Yaoyao asked as she turned to him.

“Do you want to continue searching for more suitable demonic beasts in the Heavenly Dragon Race’s core territory, or do you want to go straight to the Tortoise Sect? Or do you want to retreat into seclusion for a while?”

It had only been three days since Su Jingzhen arrived in the Heavenly Dragon Race territory, and there were still countless things he could choose to do.

Many unique regions within the territory were known for their profound effects on cultivation.

It was common for new core disciples of the Heavenly Dragon Race to make significant breakthroughs after spending some time training in these mysterious places.

With Su Jingzhen’s extraordinary talent and potential, the results would probably be no different for him.

In fact, this was considered a golden period for him.

Although body cultivators often faced challenges in the broader cultivation environment, the Heavenly Dragon Race’s many resources and advantages would ensure that he could easily match the cultivation speed of qi cultivators.

For this reason, Qiu Yaoyao didn’t want to impose a specific course of action on Su Jingzhen.

“The matter of visiting the Tortoise Sect can wait,” Su Jingzhen replied thoughtfully.

“After all, the Tortoise Sect is not going anywhere, and their great Black Tortoise is not going to run away either.

So I’m in no hurry to go there.”

Inside the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, Little Green had already restored Su Jingzhen’s Immovable Tortoise Seal, so he didn’t feel any urgency.

Su Jingzhen’s intention in visiting the Tortoise Sect was simply to observe and see if Little Green could further refine or even improve the Immovable Tortoise Seal.

Although it was inevitable that he would go there at some point, it wasn’t something that required immediate action.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Yaoyao nodded.

She had no idea that Su Jingzhen was planning to take advantage of the sect’s techniques for his own purposes.

She just thought that since he had already made a deal with a Blackwater Python, it made sense for him to take the time to familiarize himself with the Dragon Control Art before making deals with other beasts.

However, before Qiu Yaoyao could comment on his plans, Su Jingzhen spoke again:

“There is one matter I need your help with, Sister Yaoyao,” he said earnestly.

“I need you to use your influence within the Heavenly Dragon Race and the Luo River region to help me. ”

Qiu Yaoyao’s eyebrows lifted slightly in surprise.

Su Jingzhen was asking her for a favor?

That was unusual.

And asking her to use her influence in the Luo River region made it even more unexpected.

Before she could inquire further, Su Jingzhen continued, “I need your help to find someone.

This person is extremely important to me-she’s the person I owe the most in the entire cultivation world.

Without her, I would be a corpse by now. But now I’ve lost track of her.”

As Su Jingzhen spoke, the image of Zhang Xiu’s gentle face floated before his mind’s eye.

Upon hearing his words, Qiu Yaoyao’s expression turned serious.

Su Jingzhen’s energy surged, and in a flash, he conjured an image in the air with a simulated aura.

The figure merged in front of them and hovered in front of the three of them.

“Her name is Zhang Xiu,” Su Jingzhen explained.

“She was once an ordinary cultivator from Linjiang City in Qingzhou. The last time I saw her, her cultivation was only at the Late Qi Refinement stage.

I have no idea what level she has reached now, or where she might be.

All I know is that she seems to have a connection to the Dao of the Sword.”

With that, Su Jingzhen activated the sword-shaped mark in his Niwan Palace.

The moment the sharp sword intent appeared, both Qiu Yaoyao and Hei Tong visibly trembled.

Although the trace of sword energy in Su Jingzhen’s hands was faint, it carried an overwhelming pressure and a deep, mysterious presence.

“This sword intent…

I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before,” Qiu Yaoyao murmured, her brow deeply furrowed.

Upon hearing her words, Su Jingzhen’s face lit up with excitement.

He was now certain that this sword intent was the same one that had carved the massive canyon on Clear Wind Mountain.

It was also the power that had split Bai Suzhen into two in the past.

The place where Zhang Xiu had once left an inscription was imbued with the same distinct sword aura.

Su Jingzhen’s thoughts grew heavier as Qiu Yaoyao confirmed that she had no immediate recollection of the sword intent of any known expert within the Heavenly Dragon Race.

Although several of the elders were skilled in swordsmanship, the sword energy Su Jingzhen displayed surpassed even the techniques of the most skilled swordsmen in the clan.

Strangely enough, the elders who could potentially wield such power were not known to have practiced the sword arts at all.

However, Qiu Yaoyao reassured him:

“Don’t worry. I’ll look into it when I return. For now, give me a trace of this sword intent.”

Without hesitation, Su Jingzhen split a piece of the Sword Intent from his Niwan Palace, encapsulated it in energy, and handed it to Qiu Yaoyao. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

“Is there anything else you want me to investigate?” she asked, feeling that Su Jingzhen wasn’t finished.

He nodded. “There is indeed one more thing – help me investigate Dantai Mingjing of the Dantai Clan.”

Qiu Yaoyao froze for a moment, her expression changing subtly.

“You mean Xuening’s grandfather, right?

I started making discreet inquiries about the Dantai clan after I brought you and Xuening back. It seems that this Dantai family has connections with a prestigious alchemy clan in Zhongzhou.

As for Dantai Mingjing… His identity isn’t as simple as it seems.

Even with the Heavenly Dragon Race’s information network, we haven’t been able to uncover anything concrete.

Although we have some influence in Zhongzhou, the Dantai Clan is no less powerful.

This should have been obvious when Xuening was accepted by the three elders as the First Sequence disciple.”

She gave him a knowing look.

“If you’re hoping to meet Dantai Mingjing, you might not have to actively look for him. A figure as enigmatic as him will probably reveal himself when the time is right.”

Su Jingzhen fell into a brief silence, then slowly nodded.

This result was not unexpected.

He had already suspected that Dantai Mingjing would make his move at the right time.

With the Heavenly Dragon Gathering, Su Jingzhen knew that his name would soon echo throughout the Luo River region.

If Dantai Mingjing and Little Ling had any intention of meeting him, they would eventually seek him out on their own.

There was no need for him to track them down.

But he didn’t know that Dantai Mingjing and Little Ling had already seen them a long time ago.

Then he asked again: “So, Sister Yaoyao, have you heard of this person named Jiuchi?”

He hadn’t forgotten about his one-year agreement with Ning Yao, but he was sure that if Jiuchi and Ning Yao wanted to meet him, just like Dantai Mingjing and Xuening, they would eventually come on their own.

After all, no matter how enigmatic Jiuchi seemed, in Su Jingzhen’s eyes, he was still just a dominant figure in the relatively wild and remote Qingzhou.

Qiu Yaoyao’s lips curled into a knowing smile.

“You’re looking for the little girl with heavenly spiritual roots, right?

Oh, by the way, she should be Zhang Xiu’s daughter.”

“But as for where they are now,” Qiu Yaoyao continued, “I don’t know. I’ll keep my ear out for you, but don’t get your hopes up too high.”

Although Qiu Yaoyao hadn’t specifically gathered all of Su Jingzhen’s background information during their trip to Qingzhou, she was aware of most of the major events.

After all, it was at Ning Yao’s Awakening Ceremony that Su Jingzhen had first made his mark.

Su Jingzhen bowed slightly in gratitude. “Thank you, Sister Yaoyao.”

“With the relationship we share, there’s no need for such formalities.”