I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

Lu Xin answered that he had only ridden one type of flying treasure ship.

Divine Dream Fairy suddenly realized, "Fellow Daoist Lu shouldn't be from the East Sea, right?"

Since Lu Xin had only mentioned matters of the Desire Realm earlier and hadn't revealed his origins, she asked this question.

Lu Xin nodded and then learned from the conversation that the East Sea had more water than land, so this Wind-Riding Boat could fly in the air and travel in the water.

Therefore, it was very common here.

It was basically an essential means of transportation.

As the conversation continued, Lu Xin learned more about the local customs, and then the two formally got to know each other.

Lu Xin reported his origins, and the Divine Dream Fairy also said her name, Xu Shenmeng.

After that, they didn't chat much. Xu Shenmeng focused on the direction, while Lu Xin returned to a cabin to start cultivating.

In the blink of an eye, more than three months passed, and the Wind-Riding Boat stopped.

Lu Xin walked out of the cabin and saw Xu Shenmeng standing at the bow of the boat. She turned her head to look at him and said, "You're out. We've arrived."

Lu Xin nodded and glanced around.

This was a wide sea area with no islands. Occasionally, a few sea beasts could be seen surfacing.

They weren't too strong.

On the other side in mid-air, another Wind-Riding Boat could be seen hovering, presumably the teammates Xu Shenmeng had mentioned earlier.

"They arrived before us. Let's go over."

Lu Xin naturally had no objection and followed Xu Shenmeng as they flew out and arrived in front of that Wind-Riding Boat.

Seeing them arrive, the Wind-Riding Boat's light shield disappeared, revealing five figures, three men and two women, all with Nascent Soul cultivation.

Lu Xin sized them up.

Only the leading man in the middle was in the late stage of Nascent Soul, and his gaze clearly sharpened after seeing him.

The remaining two men and two women were all in the early and middle stages of cultivation.

"Fairy Shenmeng, you've finally arrived." The late-stage Nascent Soul man was quite enthusiastic, and then subtly inquired, "Who is this fellow Daoist?"

Xu Shenmeng briefly introduced Lu Xin.

The late-stage Nascent Soul man cupped his fist and said, "So you are a fellow Daoist from the Southern Region. I am Bian Jiangli from the Fire God Palace of the Earth-Ranked force Fire Spirit Island. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Lu."

Earth-Ranked forces had Integration Stage cultivators.

His saying this naturally had a demonstrative meaning.

The surrounding people could clearly hear the meaning behind his words. Xu Shenmeng frowned upon hearing this, but didn't say anything.

"Is this a boring rivalry?"

Lu Xin shook his head inwardly. As long as they didn't do anything out of line, he didn't care. He cupped his fist in return, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Bian."

Seeing that no conflict arose, the others quickly reported their names.

After everyone exchanged greetings, Bian Jiangli said, "The Sea Demon Ruins are below. According to calculations, the underwater tide will erupt in the coming days. Let's hurry to the ruins and wait."

Everyone had no objections. Soon, Bian Jiangli led the team, cast a water-avoidance spell, and plunged into the seabed.

This dive was tens of thousands of miles deep. The group arrived in front of two broken stone pillars and could see a transparent light curtain in the middle of the stone pillars.

"The ruins are behind this. Next, we wait for the tide to erupt," Bian Jiangli said.

Lu Xin sensed it and felt that this light curtain wasn't very strong. He could shatter it with one punch.

However, just as he was considering whether to break it open and enter now, a loud laugh came from above in the water:

"Bian Jiangli, why didn't you invite me to help you with such a dangerous task as exploring the ruins?"

Six people came down from above. The one laughing was a late-stage Nascent Soul man standing in the middle.

"Crap, why did he come?"

Next to Lu Xin, an early-stage Nascent Soul man looked very unhappy. The others were similar.

Xu Shenmeng explained in a low voice, "The other party is a direct disciple of the Earth-Ranked force Yin Kui Palace, named Shen Futu. The people behind him are also from Yin Kui Palace."

"I just don't know why they came here." Her expression was solemn.

Seeing her expression, Lu Xin knew that the Yin Kui Palace didn't have a good reputation.

Kui means facing the sun, and Yin Kui means the meaning of Yin and Yang, presumably it is an Acacia Sect.

"Shen Futu, what are you doing here?" Bian Jiangli, despite his ugly face, still asked.

"What? Is this your Fire God Palace's territory?"

Shen Futu sneered, then looked at Xu Shenmeng, his eyes lighting up, "Fairy Shenmeng is indeed here. It seems I didn't come to the wrong place."

Bian Jiangli angrily said, "Don't be unreasonable! I'm asking you why you came here!"

Shen Futu withdrew his gaze from Xu Shenmeng, took out a remnant soul, and said playfully, "Bian Jiangli, look who this is?"

Bian Jiangli's expression changed when he saw the remnant soul, but before he could speak, the remnant soul opened his mouth, "Haha, Bian Jiangli, didn't expect me to still be alive!"

His laughter was mixed with resentment.

Then he said with a flattering expression, "Lord Futu, this humble one really didn't deceive you, right? Please look at the matter of my promised body..."

"Don't worry, I, Shen Futu, always keep my word."

Shen Futu guaranteed with a smile, then directly crushed him to death.

Then he said, "I say, Bian Jiangli, how could you not even completely kill a small Nascent Soul? You even needed me to help you clean up the mess. Tell me, how are you going to thank me?"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Bian Jiangli with a smile that was not a smile.

Bian Jiangli's face became even uglier. He took a deep breath and said, "What exactly do you want?"

Shen Futu seemed to enjoy seeing his expression very much, looking refreshed, "What else could I want? Of course, I want to explore the ruins with you, but everything must be under my control."

"Don't even think about it!"

Everyone understood that the other party wanted them to be cannon fodder and explore the way.

"This isn't a question of whether you want to or not."

Shen Futu shook his head with a light laugh. Then, behind him, the five people who hadn't spoken all along revealed a momentum.

The original three people who were in the middle stage of Nascent Soul were actually in the late stage of Nascent Soul, obviously having been hiding their strength all along.

The other two were not weak either, with middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivation.

"What?"

Faced with this sudden change, Bian Jiangli and others couldn't help but change color. Four late-stage Nascent Souls and two middle-stage Nascent Souls, this strength far exceeded their side.

Even a man and a woman couldn't help but retreat quietly.

"How is it?" Shen Futu smiled.

Everyone didn't say anything.

A man behind Shen Futu licked his lips and said, "Senior Brother, what nonsense are you talking to them? Just take them down directly. That Fairy Shenmeng is yours, and the remaining two are ours."

The two women's expressions were very ugly upon hearing this.

Xu Shenmeng's expression was also icy cold.

Shen Futu shook his head and said, "You don't understand. The most important thing when dealing with prey is the process of playing with them, but you have reminded me."

Then he looked at Xu Shenmeng with a lewd smile and said:

"Fairy Shenmeng, I mainly came this time for you, one of the Ten Beauties of the East Sea. I wonder if you would be willing to become my Dao companion?"

Before Xu Shenmeng could speak, Bian Jiangli stood up and angrily said, "Shen Futu, you are being presumptuous!"

"What? Do you want to stop me?"

Shen Futu narrowed his eyes, suddenly revealing a look of realization, "I almost forgot, I heard long ago that you, Bian Jiangli, wanted to kiss her fragrant lips. Now, are you standing up to be a hero to save the beauty and win her favor?"

As he spoke, the people of Yin Kui Palace dispersed and directly surrounded them.

They seemed ready to attack at the slightest disagreement.

Bian Jiangli's expression was solemn, because several auras had been faintly locking onto him.

"I'll give you a chance, get out of the way, or I'll let you die now!"

Shen Futu stepped forward and said.

Feeling the several auras, Bian Jiangli's face showed a struggle, and finally he gave way, not daring to look back at Xu Shenmeng's expression.

"That's right."

Shen Futu's face once again rose with a playful look.

At this time, Xu Shenmeng transmitted her voice to Lu Xin, "Brother Lu, this time the ruins exploration is over. I will release an illusion to confuse them later. Pay attention not to be affected, and then let's scatter and escape."

Lu Xin thought for a while and responded, "No need for such trouble."