The White Ape clan resided on a small island in the East Sea, an area rich in spiritual energy, home to tens of thousands of White Apes, young and old.
Upon landing on White Ape Island, guided by Fei Yu, Xiao Fei concealed his aura, disguised himself as a junior at the Qi Condensation stage, and infiltrated the island.
He immediately employed the Earth Evasion technique, burrowing deep underground to excavate a space where he could hide and heal his injuries.
This time, he had been entangled by a Nascent Soul stage sea serpent, nearly being ground into paste.
Fortunately, his Golden Arhat Body technique had reached a certain level of proficiency, and coupled with Fei Yu's saliva hindering the sea serpent's performance, he managed to cling to life.
However, the flesh and skin around his body were mangled, and many of his internal organs were ruptured. He was a bloody mess, a truly horrifying sight.
Xiao Fei had already consumed a Saint Luo Pill, and his body was now slowly recovering, starting from his internal organs.
The shattered organs gradually regrew, and the flesh, torn into a paste-like state, began to reassemble...
While Xiao Fei was recuperating deep underground, the Nascent Soul stage Black Flood Dragon had already pursued him to White Ape Island.
It circled the island several times, confirming that its quarry had not left. Only then did it ascend into the air and, with a single claw strike, shatter a stone mountain on the island, killing several young apes in the process.
The White Ape clan was considered a major clan in the East Sea, but they were far inferior to the Black Flood Dragon clan; they were not on the same level.
Therefore, the Black Flood Dragon, suspecting that a demon from the White Ape clan had killed and plundered a demon outside Black Flood City, attacked without any psychological burden.
"How dare you! Who dares to act so presumptuously on my White Ape Island!"
A White Ape, radiating killing intent, flew out from the island. Upon seeing that it was a Black Flood Dragon, its expression softened considerably.
"May I ask if there is some misunderstanding, fellow Daoist?"
"Hmph! Your White Ape clan dares to kill and plunder outside my Black Flood City, slaughtering countless passing demons, and even killed one of my Black Flood Dragon clan's envoys at the Nascent Soul stage.
If White Ape Island hands over the culprit, this matter will be considered settled!"
The Black Flood Dragon's demeanor was arrogant, showing no regard for the White Ape clan.
"Fellow Daoist, there must be some misunderstanding. For some time now, none of our clan's Nascent Soul experts have ventured out."
"I have tracked you all the way here, and you still wish to deny it!"
The Black Flood Dragon clan's expert maintained a firm stance, showing no inclination to compromise.
"Quickly hand over the culprit, or I shall flatten White Ape Island."
"Fellow Daoist, do not push your luck too far! My White Ape clan is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded at will."
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The Black Flood Dragon and the White Ape engaged in a prolonged verbal sparring match, their back-and-forth arguments proving inconclusive. Ultimately, the matter had to be settled through combat.
Although the White Ape clan's strength was inferior to the Black Flood Dragon clan's, they were, after all, defending their home. If they couldn't win in a one-on-one fight, they would resort to a group assault. Naturally, they would not suffer a disadvantage.
Xiao Fei, healing underground, sensed the combat fluctuations above the island and realized that he had indeed brought a formidable enemy to the White Ape clan.
Taking advantage of the ongoing battle above and the fact that he had not yet been discovered, he quietly burrowed from underground directly into the ocean and swam away.
However, he dared not appear in the guise of a White Ape anymore. Instead, he changed his appearance.
He was now a giant green-skinned frog, standing upright on its hind legs, eight feet tall, with bulging eyes and a mouth that stretched to the back of its head. With a wide opening of its mouth, it croaked, "Gua!"
The sound was exceptionally loud.
It wasn't due to any peculiar preference, but rather because the demons in the sea were all strangely shaped, making them difficult to disguise and imitate.
For example, some fish lacked limbs altogether. Even if he could successfully transform into a fish, shrimp, or crab, he would be unable to adapt to their swimming methods in a short time.
Only these four-legged demons were suitable for his current disguise.
Yet, there were truly not many four-legged demons in the sea.
The most numerous in the East Sea were likely sea turtles, but sea turtles crawled.
Xiao Fei tried extending his neck and limbs, gesturing to gauge the movement. He found this way of moving truly uncomfortable.
After Xiao Fei transformed into a green-skinned frog and swam a considerable distance, he looked back towards White Ape Island.
Violent spiritual energy fluctuations were still emanating from that direction; the battle had not yet ceased.
However, this was a matter between the White Ape clan and the Black Flood Dragon clan, and it had nothing to do with him, the green-skinned frog.
Only after he had moved far away from White Ape Island did Xiao Fei mount Fei Yu and swim towards Little Desolate Island.
Upon returning to his cave dwelling on the small island, Xiao Fei immediately activated the cave dwelling's protective formations and entered the space with his divine soul.
Inside the space, a large number of demon corpses were already piled up, each bearing talismans to prevent spiritual energy loss and decay.
Among these corpses, the body of a giant sea serpent was the most conspicuous. Even as a corpse, it still exuded a powerful aura.
Xiao Fei tore off the sealing talismans from these corpses, lifted them one by one, and placed them on the prepared jade square.
After a period of diligent work, he had found a total of one Nascent Soul corpse, eighty Golden Core corpses, and several hundred Foundation Establishment corpses.
He had committed quite a bit of bloodshed for this jade altar.
Fortunately, the jade altar required races other than humans, which somewhat alleviated Xiao Fei's sense of guilt.
If it had required human flesh and blood, he truly didn't know if he could have gone through with it.
After he had laid out all these corpses on the jade square, he projected a set of complex incantations towards the altar.
As the incantations were cast, the altar emitted a dazzling light, so bright that Xiao Fei couldn't open his eyes.
From the boundless void, a pillar of light descended, landing upon the altar.
Accompanying this pillar of light was a vast heavenly might, which made Xiao Fei feel an overwhelming urge to prostrate himself in worship.
However, being within this space, he was the master of this world, and no one could subdue him.
He relied on a special power within the space to withstand this pressure from the upper realm.
After a long while, the pressure disappeared, and the light completely extinguished.
The numerous demon corpses that had been laid out on the jade square had all vanished. The jade floor was spotlessly clean, not a single trace of blood remaining.
Xiao Fei, disregarding the vanished demon corpses for the moment, looked at the jade altar.
Indeed, an item had appeared on the altar.
"It's successful!"
After months of hard work, and nearly being ground into paste by the sea serpent, the sacrifice was finally successful today.
Xiao Fei hurriedly approached the altar. On it rested a jade slip, inscribed with the words "Spirit Calming Art."
"Spirit Calming Art?"
Xiao Fei picked up the jade slip with some confusion and sent his divine sense into it to investigate.
However, the moment his divine sense touched the jade slip, a massive amount of information surged towards him.
This information was incredibly vast, flooding into his sea of consciousness and nearly causing him to explode.
Even though he managed to withstand it, he was rendered unconscious for a long time before he could process and receive the information.
After a few more moments, Xiao Fei had a clear understanding of this Spirit Calming Art.
It was a simplified version of an immortal technique. Normally, one would condense a rune within their body using their divine sense. During combat, this rune could be unleashed, immobilizing the opponent's soul, leaving them helpless and at the mercy of their attacker.