Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 502: Mountain-Bearing Dragon Turtle

According to the usual practice.

With Shen Xuan’s consent, Xiao Changbing began recruiting cultivators from Flying Dragon Island to form an island protection team.

He and Chu Duanlang, Ding Yijin, Lin Zhongyue, each led a team of cultivators to defend Flying Dragon Island.

Actually, with the Island Protection Array in place.

Every major sea tide, the main attack of the Water Demons was concentrated at Divine Dragon Island’s harbor.

This was also the focal point of the Island Protection Array.

In other directions, although there were also attacks from Water Demons.

The intensity was far less than at Flying Dragon Island’s harbor.

As the major sea tide was about to arrive, various demon beast materials drastically dropped in price.

While spirit pills, talismans, array disks, magical artifacts, and other spiritual objects saw their prices skyrocketing daily.

The signs of the major sea tide were becoming increasingly apparent.

Experienced spirit fishermen all stopped and returned to the island, no longer going out to fish.

Xiao Changbing organized four teams of loose cultivators to establish a city guard, strengthening Flying Dragon Island’s defense system.

Flying Dragon Island’s market presented an unusual prosperity.

Some shops began to close.

Meanwhile, others saw business booming.

Celestial Fragrance Pavilion was one such place.

The prices of the little fairies inside soared.

Many cultivators wanted to enjoy themselves once before the uncertainty of life and death loomed. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Many male and female cultivators living together tacitly began dual cultivation.

With the arrival of the major sea tide, the number of loose cultivators gathered on Flying Dragon Island continued to grow.

There were roughly over five thousand cultivators.

Cultivators from nearby islands, all with any ambition to establish a foundation, chose to come to Divine Dragon Island for adventure.

Under the guise of seeking foundation establishment opportunities.

In reality, they simply wanted to hunt down a Tier Two Water Demon during the major sea tide, seize its demon core, and ask someone to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Therefore, cultivators on Flying Dragon Island were particularly enthusiastic about joining the guardian team.

Even five Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators came.

This allowed Xiao Changbing to breathe a sigh of relief.

Array formation became more manageable.

In his view, True Master Cold Jade visiting Flying Dragon Island personally.

If the Flood Dragon Demon King is wise, it will not attack Flying Dragon Island.

Their guardian teams were merely a formality.

Waving flags and cheering, that’s all.

No fierce battles were expected.

The Tier Three Demon Kings have all awakened their spiritual intelligence.

Encountering such strong figures like True Master Cold Jade should make them actively avoid confrontation.

...

In the days that followed.

The island masters of major sects like Spirit Sword Island, White Crane Island, and Flying Phoenix Island came to visit.

Shen Xuan declined their visits, citing the reason of being in closed-door cultivation, leaving everything to Xiao Changbing.

Belonging to Song Country’s seven sects, these island masters were from Divine Sword Sect, Thousand Mechanism Sect, and Golden Sun Sect.

When they arrived, they were full of worry.

When they left, each had a relieved expression.

Xiao Changbing did not directly answer.

His words hinted that Cyan Cloud Sect would have strong figures take action against that Tier Three Flood Dragon.

Dwelling here long-term, they were only wary of that Tier Three Flood Dragon.

Relying on their respective Island Protection Arrays to defend their Spirit Islands from being breached and dealing with other Tier Two Water Demons, they were still confident.

The island’s atmosphere grew increasingly strange.

Celestial Fragrance Pavilion was brightly lit, and business was booming.

The Pavilion Master urgently allocated many little fairies to save the day.

Many ambitious loose cultivators were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the major sea tide.

Normally, they slept at Celestial Fragrance Pavilion, spending money lavishly.

The ones truly worried were the smaller marginal sea islands without the strength.

Belonging to various cultivation clans.

Due to insufficient strength, they could only purchase marginal sea islands.

The weaker they were, the lower the island’s rank, and the greater the losses during the major sea tide.

This created a vicious cycle, making it difficult to develop.

Faced with such a major sea tide, these cultivation clans could only hold on desperately.

If they couldn’t withstand it, they would try to stay at high points where seawater could not flood, to fend off Water Demons.

Once the seawater receded, they could preserve their lives.

As for the mundane mortals and some Low Tier Loose Cultivators on the island, they were inevitably destined to become a meal for the Water Demons during the sea tide.

The primary tactic was to sacrifice "human" casualties.

...

A month later.

On this day, Shen Xuan completed his routine cultivation.

He walked out of his practice room.

He stood at the peak of Flying Dragon Island’s main mountain, gazing out toward the east.

Faintly sensing a massive force gradually advancing from the eastern waves.

"The major sea tide has finally arrived."

His perception of the water’s movement was extremely keen.

A few days later, news began to spread.

The tsunamis brought by the major sea tide had submerged seven or eight small marginal sea islands.

The cultivators and mortals on the islands all became meals for the Water Demons.

The news reached Flying Dragon Island, and many cultivators grew excited.

Shen Xuan and Xiao Changbing, along with trusted confidants, made their way to the island’s harbor.

"Island Master, the major sea tide has erupted with waves over a hundred zhang high. Numerous Tier Two Water Demons are among the waves, attacking many islands with severe losses!"

Chu Duanlang said, his expression grave.

"With the speed of the advancing waves, they should reach our island in about two days."

"Is that so?"

Shen Xuan smiled slightly.

Chu Duanlang’s judgment matched his perception.

He was very clear.

The Flood Dragon had used the major sea tide to raise storms, directing seawater to flood the islands, devouring cultivators and mortals.

These Water Demons, once they had tasted human flesh, especially the flesh of cultivators.

They would repeatedly attack humans.

The flesh and blood of cultivators, nourished by spiritual qi, was an extremely rare and nourishing delicacy for the Water Demons, serving as a precious spirit pill for their cultivation breakthroughs.

In fact, human race cultivators view water demons in much the same way.

Everyone takes what they need, relying solely on their skills, without distinction between right and wrong.

...

Two days later in the morning.

The island’s guard team, along with numerous cultivators, gathered at the harbor.

Shen Xuan stood at the forefront, gazing at the sea surface in the distance.

More than a hundred miles ahead, the sea waves were only three to four zhang high, but they spanned a thousand miles in width.

Shen Xuan made an estimation.

When the great sea tide reached Divine Dragon Island, due to the barrier of the coastal dike, it should raise a violent water wall a hundred zhang high.

The natural mighty power it contained was something ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators could not withstand.

In Shen Xuan’s eyes, a bright light flashed.

He activated all of his techniques: Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eye Technique, Sharp-eyed, Smell and Taste, Ears Listening in All Directions, Insight, etc.

At this moment, he clearly perceived countless water demons hidden within the sea waves, forming a massive army of water demons, sweeping in.

Some of the water demons had abandoned their former grudges and were leading their respective races toward Divine Dragon Island.

Ferocious big-headed wolf fish, colorful Silver Hook Sea Snakes, massive toothed demon sharks, various forms of octopuses...

"What is that? It looks like a turtle!"

A cultivator exclaimed.

"Ah! That’s a Mountain Dragon Turtle! How could such a monster appear in the sea tide!"

An elder cultivator spoke with a grave expression.

Shen Xuan gazed intently.

A Mountain Dragon Turtle as large as a small mountain, weighing a hundred tons, with complex Dao patterns evolving on its back shell, carrying a demon mountain, rising and falling in the sea tide.

"Such tonnage and renowned for its defensive prowess, could it be the main force of the water demon’s army breaking the array?"

Shen Xuan secretly assessed.

This Mountain Dragon Turtle should be a True Pill Demon King.

On its back, the Dao patterns already possessed the power of an array.

It was a devouring demon array, able to absorb the life essence and spiritual power of creatures within a hundred zhang around it, becoming part of the demon mountain on its back.

"What’s that? Purple Lightning Dragon Eel? Why doesn’t the color look right?"

"What Purple Lightning Dragon Eel! That’s a Spirit Devouring Dragon Eel!"

A ten-zhang-long dragon eel, shaped like a flood dragon and completely silver-white, rolling and swimming in the seawater.

The Spirit Devouring Dragon Eel had a special flesh body, almost immune to all spiritual power attacks.

Furthermore, its perception of spiritual power was extremely acute, with a fondness for devouring the spiritual power essence within its prey.

That is, the Dao Foundation of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the Qi Sea of Qi Cultivation cultivators.

In seawater, its speed was extremely fast, instantly draining the spiritual power of its prey upon contact, turning it into a skeleton.

Shen Xuan glanced at it once and then looked away.

The Spirit Devouring Dragon Eel was not as formidable as the Mountain Dragon Turtle; it was merely a Fake Pill Demon King.

At the harbor, many cultivators saw the Mountain Dragon Turtle and Spirit Devouring Dragon Eel in the sea tide, with grave expressions.

Shen Xuan instead released his perception, searching for the silhouette of the Overturning Sea Flood Dragon within the waves.

After a long observation, he couldn’t find it.

"This Overturning Sea Flood Dragon is indeed troublesome!"

Shen Xuan speculated that the Overturning Sea Flood Dragon might have shrunk its demon body, restrained its aura, hiding among the water demons.

The distance was too far; even with his perception comparable to the Golden Core level, he couldn’t detect its aura.

"Forget it, it will appear eventually!"

As Shen Xuan watched the waves roar in, he suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit rise in his heart.

"Who would have thought that I, Shen Xuan, could once be a hero who turns the tide!"

Since arriving in the Cultivation Realm, he had always been focusing on his own wellbeing, unwilling to intervene in others’ affairs.

It was because he lacked the strength to do so.

Even he was living in a difficult situation, barely surviving in the crevices.

The world is filled with suffering.

Even with a myriad of methods, he dared not easily deploy them.

Without the backing of strength, any improvement would lead to his downfall.

...

"Boom!"

Wave after wave crashed against the island’s shores, forming a violent water wall over a hundred zhang high.

The Island Protection Array lit up its spirit shield.

Countless water demons manifested within the water wall, baring their fangs and claws at the Island Protection Array.

Xiao Changbing directed the Island Protection Array, issuing commands repeatedly.

At the control area of Divine Dragon Island’s array, Ding Yijin guarded with eight clan members.

Spirit Qi sharp arrows condensed on the array’s spirit shield, shooting at various ugly water demons.

In no time, many water demons were struck by the spirit qi sharp arrows, wailing as they fell into the seawater.

Bloody water bubbled from the wounds, attracting fierce attacks and devouring by other water demons.

Shen Xuan stood at the harbor, searching everywhere for the aura of the Overturning Sea Flood Dragon.

"Could it be that it hasn’t come?"

At this moment, the sea waves raised by the sea tide continued pounding the island’s shores.

The water demons increased in number, and their ranks kept rising.

The Mountain Dragon Turtle was approaching, only a few miles away.

Such tonnage, its destructive power, is imaginable.

Chu Duanlang steered the Divine Dragon’s warship, standing guard by the island, ready to engage at any time.

Xiao Changbing looked at the Mountain Dragon Turtle, his expression solemn.

Five Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators, each leading a team of cultivators, stationed around the four directions.

Two of the teams were beside Shen Xuan, eager to strike.

"The great sea tide is here! Flying Dragon Island is under full lockdown. Fellow Daoists, rest assured, Flying Dragon Island is as solid as gold soup, with strong cultivators taking action, the water demons cannot reach the shore!"

Xiao Changbing infused Dao intent into his voice, shouting loudly.

His voice was clear, transmitting miles away.

Most cultivators sighed in relief.

Xiao Changbing was a veteran of Flying Dragon Island, living here for over a hundred years, always known for his steadiness.

"Fellow Daoists, the Cyan Cloud Sect has always been clear with rewards and punishments. For all our fellow Daoists on Flying Dragon Island, any water demon killed, the battle merits gained can be exchanged at the sect for spiritual objects. Spirit Stones, Spirit Pills, Magical Artifacts, Talismans, Cultivation Techniques, Inheritances, and even Foundation Establishment Pill, all are available!"

Xiao Changbing released a Jade Scroll, forming a light screen in mid-air, filled with dense words.

It was the method of calculating battle merits, the spiritual objects that could be exchanged, and their prices.

The most prominent was the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Only requires ten thousand battle merits.

Exchanged for three thousand Spirit Stones.

Behind the Foundation Establishment Pill, besides the common Spirit Gathering Pill, True Essence Pill, Essence Stabilizing Pill,

also added were two extremely rare Spirit Pills.

Cold Jade Pill and Life Extension Pill.

The effects of these two kinds of Spirit Pills were annotated afterward.