Against The Heavens 107 Opening Of The Ocean God's Graveyard.

Fang Ying had quite a few contacts in the Tian clan, her communication jade carrying the marks of almost all the disciples that entered this compet.i.tion. And these people, in turn, would have contacts of their own in both the Tian clan and the other clans and sects. All she had to do was send out one or two messages which would then end up being spread further and further, each new person that learned of the news would send them along, causing it to spread even faster.

Li Yang had nowhere near as many connections as Fang Ying, there was only one mark in his communication jade, only one person he could contact. And that person was Xiang Wuying, a Yuan clan disciple that hadn't even entered this compet.i.tion. As such, Li Yang spread the message in a different, but much simpler fas.h.i.+on, he sent the news directly to the Yuan clan using the jade that they had fused into his chest. The Yuan clan could not afford to disregard news like this so they notified the other disciples in the compet.i.tion, having all of them check the validity of the news.

According to Fang Ying, Tian Zheng or the others had yet to send over any news about the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard, so they either didn't know or they had come to an agreement. Even if they had come to an agreement to work together, Li Yang didn't really care. He would throw any wrench he could into their plans, and it would be and Fang Ying who snagged all the best resources from the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard.

The news quickly spread, every single person in the hidden realm quickly learning about the opening of the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard. And what spread along with the news was utter chaos, countless cultivators rus.h.i.+ng to Cloud King city so that they could head to the Cloud G.o.d's Garden. The Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard was what had allowed the Tian clan to take the top position among all the clans, none of the clans and sects would allow their disciples to miss this occasion.

Of course, an added benefit of this chaos was that even if Tian Zheng and Xiong Xieren had made some type of agreement, they would most likely be forced to break it now. If Tian Zheng gave up on the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard and helped Xiong Xieren and the Puppet G.o.d Sect, he would be branded a traitor to the Tian clan the moment they learned of it, he had no choice but to compete with Xiong Xieren the moment the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard fully opened.

As for Li Yang and Fang Ying, none of the chaos affected them in the slightest. Fang Ying knew where the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard was located so there was no need for the two of them to locate a map first, they could quietly wait for it to fully open. Only after it opened could they enter it and figure out what to do next, after all, neither of them actually knew what to expect inside the Ocean G.o.d's graveyard, the only other time it had ever opened was many years ago.

As such, right after sending out the news about the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard, Fang Ying grabbed onto Li Yang's hand and the two left the underground cave they had created. Fang Ying chose their direction, saying that she had something she wanted to show him in the place where they were supposed to originally meet. They walked hand in hand, keeping a leisure gait as they took their time, Langshen sauntering a bit behind them.

Li Yang had already told Fang Ying about his life after he was reborn so now it was her time to tell him what she had experienced. She told him about her life in the valley village where she met Langshen and was then picked up by her master, she told him about her somewhat challenging first years in the Tian clan, about the hunting mission where she had awakened her past memories, as well as about all the things she had done to look for him.

With their cultivation, even a leisure gait made it so that they moved faster than a galloping horse, it only took them a little over two days to reach the spot that Fang Ying had picked out for their meeting. The place she had picked was rather close to the eastern edge of the Cloud G.o.d's Garden, only about two days walk away from the actual edge of the continent, it could easily be reached if one followed one of the countless rivers that meandered across the continent.

This part of the continent was covered in a vast ocean that was as blue as the sky above them, not a single cloud visible over the ocean. But strangely enough, despite going all the way to the edge of the continent, none of the water fell over the edge, it seemed to be held in place by some strange force. There were several small islands dotting the ocean, Fang Ying leading Li Yang to one of the smaller islands, no larger than a hundred meters across. The island was covered in small orange flowers that waved about in the gentle ocean breeze, making for quite a captivating sight.

Fang Ying swiped her interspatial ring, a completely open and circular pavilion made from white wood appearing in front of the two. The pavilion didn't have any decorations or engravings and it only held a single table in the center, a circular bench encircling the table. Li Yang looked at the pavilion, letting his hand slide over the wood, which had been neatly polished and cleaned.

"You prepared one of these, huh? It really has been a while since we got to use one."

When the two of them had first met, Fang Ying had been sitting in a pavilion just like this one. It was in pavilions just like this one that the two of them had spent quite a long time together, sometimes spending days or even weeks just sitting in one, just enjoying the presence of each other without saying a single word. Fang Ying also traced the pavilion, a gentle smile on her face as she sat down by the table and took out a small clay jug and two gla.s.ses.

"Of course I prepared one. Unlike you, I know how to prepare properly ahead of time. Come, I think you'll enjoy this one."

Li Yang didn't comment on her statement, sitting down on the other side of the table, accepting one of the gla.s.ses, which Fang Ying had filled with a light red wine that released the faint scent of apples. Langshen looked at the two entering the pavilion, rolling his eyes for a short moment before vanis.h.i.+ng into a ripple in s.p.a.ce, checking out the surrounding islands. Li Yang sipped the wine, his eyes opening wide when he recognized the flavor.

"Old Man Chao's wine? Is that old goat still kicking?"

The taste of this wine was exceedingly familiar to him, he had drunk it with Zhao Feng and the others quite a bit in the past. The only one who had been able to make the wine was a wrinkly old man called Situ Chao, but they simply called him Old Man Chao due to his wrinkly appearance and unknown age. Fang Ying finished her cup of wine in a single sip, looking at the scene in front of her with a content smile.

"No, I don't think he still lives, I haven't heard anything at least. This wine is a replica I had the best winemaker in the Tian clan make. She was rather annoyed at how much I pestered her, but it ended up pretty good in the end, almost the exact same as in the past."

She poured herself another cup, filling up Li Yang's again at the same time. Both of them proceeded to savor the wine and the scenery, none of them needing to say a word, just their presence was enough for the other. The hours quietly pa.s.sed, Fang Ying pointing towards the edge of the continent once the sun started setting.

"Look, that's what I wanted to show you. Familiar, isn't it?"

Li Yang turned his head slightly, his gaze landing on the scenery Fang Ying wanted to show him. The sun was just moving below the edge of the continent, the orange light dyeing the ocean and the sky a deep orange. The sky and the ocean blended together, the line between the two of them becoming completely indistinguishable. Li Yang looked at the scene with a soft expression, his expression somewhat distant.

"Of course it's familiar. We killed Su Qing on a planet that looked just like this area. What was it called again, Ocean's Heart?"

Ocean's Heart had been one of the stranger planets they had ever visited, it was a completely square ocean just floating through the universe, a large sun rotating around it. As for Su Qing, she had been a very strong cultivator who had wounded Bai Yawen and Ye Ning in a battle. He and Fang Ying had tracked her down and killed her after having chased her over several planets. Fang Ying's lips curled up slightly, her eyes staring intently at Li Yang.

"Bzzt, wrong. We killed Su Qing on the Western Sun planet, the one controlled by those strange fire porcupines. There was something else that took place on Ocean's Heart planet, I'm sure you'll remember it if you just give it a bit more thought."

Li Yang rolled his eyes slightly, thinking back to the past in an attempt to remember what she was talking about. After a bit of time, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as he remembered things properly.

"Right, that did happen on Ocean's Heart."

Fang Ying's lips curled up even more as she leaned on the table and pushed her face closer to Li Yang, who in return turned his head to the side, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. Fang Ying tilted her head slightly, continuing to push with a faint smile.

"Come on now, tell me, just what happened on Ocean's Heart?"

Li Yang glanced at her out of the corner of his eyes, trying to come up with some sort of excuse. In the end, he could only let out a sigh and down his cup of wine.

"It was on Ocean's Heart that you beat me in a duel for the first time."

The two frequently dueled each other, it was a good way for them to test out new moves and see if they had any weaknesses. But as Li Yang had been more suited for combat, he had won most of the duels. But the duel on Ocean's Heart became his first loss, quite a bad one too, it could be said to be a stain on his previously stellar achievement. Fang Ying's face bloomed into a faintly victorious smile, filling up Li Yang's cup with some more wine while talking.

"Yup yup, quite badly too, you didn't even stand a chance from the start, did you? If I remember correctly, you never even got to land a hit on me, am I wrong?"

The loss could only be called disastrous. There was no need to even talk about landing a hit on her, he hadn't even been able to touch the hem of her robes before losing. Li Yang drank some of the wine, clicking his tongue in defiance.

"Tch, that's only because you cheated. Had we fought like normal, I would have won."

Fang Ying had won because the moment the battle started she had used her poison to have all the living beings in the ocean beneath them to enter a frenzied state, just barely having them listen to her orders. Facing the simultaneous attack of all the living beings on a planet was too much, especially for the caught off-guard Li Yang. Fang Ying burst into a light giggle when she heard his response and saw his pouting face, pouring herself some more wine.

"Don't whine just because you didn't think about using the terrain to your advantage, a win is a win."

Had Li Yang just been given a second to react, he could have used his lightning to kill everything living in the ocean beneath them, rendering Fang Ying's efforts moot. Fang Ying leaned even closer, looking intently at Li Yang while slightly tilting her head.

"Or what are you saying, do you wanna have a duel right here and now? You were always so adamant about neither of us ever holding back, so I'll make sure to treat you, someone who can't even tell me his location, really gently and thoroughly."

Only now did Li Yang understand why she had insisted on meeting here and digging up that shameful loss of his, it was because he hadn't told her his location when he sent her the messages. Truly, a woman was a being that would hold a grudge. Li Yang could only raise his arms in defeat and do his best to placate the beast in front of him, the days quickly pa.s.sing while he was appeasing Fang Ying.

A week after the two reached the promised spot and sat down in the pavilion, the seal on the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard had reached its weakest point, it would temporarily vanish in a few days. Fang Ying and Li Yang put away the pavilion, Langshen joining them again before the three of them headed for the location of the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard.

The Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard's location was actually rather close to their current location, only a three day run away. It was located in the vast ocean that made up the eastern part of the continent, the only sign that something was strange about the area being countless glowing runes that formed a ma.s.sive array. Normally these runes would be hidden, but as the seal was weakening, the runes became visible, marking the location of the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard.

Fang Ying and Li Yang were sitting in the air high above the runes, using a piece of solidified s.p.a.ce as a platform they could sit on. Five days after their arrival, the last of the light-green runes vanished, a ma.s.sive whirlpool appearing in the ocean, sucking in everything in the surroundings. Li Yang and Fang Ying could feel that there was a thin membrane of s.p.a.ce located at the halfway point of the whirlpool, there was clearly another hidden realm located past that membrane, the actual Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard. The moment the last rune vanished, the expressions of Li Yang and Langshen changed slightly, turning solemn. Fang Ying, not having felt what they had, quickly questioned them.

"What is it?"

Li Yang didn't immediately respond, his eyes narrowing as his gaze nearly drilled a hole into the whirlpool. After a short moment of silence, the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.

"Divine Beasts, several of them even. They probably forgot to hide the aura of their blood after having been locked up here for so long. They retracted their auras as quickly as they could, but I was still able to sense them thanks to my own bloodline."

He had sensed the auras of several Divine Beasts the moment the last seal vanished. He hadn't been able to check how strong they were, they had pulled back their auras too fast for that. But he had been able to sense at least six different auras, meaning that there were at least six different Divine Beasts within the Ocean G.o.d's Graveyard, a rather incredible number. Li Yang's lips curved up further, revealing his sharp canine teeth as his smile turned ferocious.

"Ying'er, those Divine Beasts, I need as much of their Essence Blood as possible. With it, I should be able to awaken Jinwu and the Shenlong twins."

It would be a while before Li Yang could kill a cultivator at the Celestial Immortal realm and steal his Essence Blood, so he thought he would have to wait for quite a while before he could wake up Jinwu and Shenlong again. But now, with the presence of several Divine beasts confirmed, he could kill them and harvest their Essence Blood for Jinwu and Shenlong. Fang Ying nodded her head, her brows furrowing slightly.

"You say that, but I don't think just the two of us are enough to take on several Divine Beats."

They didn't know just how strong these Divine Beasts were, but no matter how low their cultivation was, they would still be Divine Beasts, killing them would not be easy. Li Yang continued to smile, stretching out his arm and pointing at the countless groups of people that had gathered around the whirlpool.

"Why should we do it with just the two of us? There's plenty of people here, I refuse to believe that not one of them will be drawn to the Divine Beasts and try to fight them out of greed. With so many people here, I expect that the Divine Beasts are going to have quite a rough time."