CHAPTER 2513  DIVING IN

Now that they knew what they were up against, Lin Mu and his companions needed to overcome it.

"So how do we get past the barrier?" Crown Prince Feng Shun asked.

"Those who have Beast Bloodlines don't need to do much other than stimulate their bloodline aura, but the others will need some external help." Lin Mu said before explaining the method that Xukong had suggested to him.

"Hmm… Using Bloodline Crystals to generate an aura of beasts. That should be easy to set up." Daoist Chu replied. "Though, do we have enough of those?" he wondered.

Lin Mu also wondered the same as he had none of them left, having consumed all of them when saving Lady Kang. "I have a couple!" Someone in the group said.

"I have one too!" One by one all those that had them came forward, willing to contribute them.

"Let's see, we have about eight bloodline crystals now." Crown Prince Feng Shun checked them. From the eight, six were low tier immortal beast bloodline crystal while other were mid tier. "This might not be enough." Daoist Chu said, as he made some calculations. "Excluding the seven people with beast bloodlines among us, the eight bloodline crystals will only be enough to generate enough aura for about forty to fifty people." "We could always hunt beasts to make fresh ones." Lady Kang suggested. "Since we just need quantity and not quality, even weak beasts would be enough, since the extraction and refinement would be easier." Lin Mu's eyes lit up hearing that, as it was the perfect solution for their issue.

"Yes! That sounds great." Lin Mu could easily refine them.

"Very well, let's go fish!" Crown Prince Feng Shun said as he leaped off.

The others spread up as well and quickly began to hunt for any weak aquatic beast they could find. With the combined manpower of a hundred immortals, this process was very fast and within thirty minutes they had gathered more than enough beasts.

"This might just be enough for us to eat later too." Mei Nienzhen said seeing the thousands of fish they had caught with over half of them being caught by the Crown Prince who had simply electrocuted the water and let the corpses float up.

With that done, Lin Mu quickly began the refinement process. He used several of the cauldrons he had lying in his storage as well as others that were provided by Lady Kang and Crown Princess Shang.

He didn't have to work alone either, as there were more than enough cultivators within the group that could do refinement of Bloodline Crystal of at least a lower quality. Lin Mu, Crown Princess Shang, and about ten other people helped them refine as multiple cauldrons were activated.

A bloody scent filled the ship as well as the area around it as corpses after corpses of ocean beasts were piled into the cauldrons and began being heated.

A few hours later, several new Bloodline Crystals were produced.

The rest of the work was handled by Daoist Chu, who had set up a formation array to utilize the Bloodline Crystals to generate beast aura. The process was rather simple since all one needed to do was to stimulate the bloodline essence crystal in a basic crude manner with some Qi and they would release their beast aura.

But just releasing this aura wasn't enough, as it would be a temporary thing. Even if they allowed others to bathe in it, the aura would quickly fade away in the air or be washed out in the water.

As such, it needed to be contained in such a way that a steady release of it coated the body. owns © this.

For this, Daoist Chu and Lin Mu made modified Aura Sealing Talisman and combined them with a Qi Vessel Formation.

The Aura Sealing Talismans were meant to prevent one's aura from leaking out and were a type of Stealth oriented Talismans. But combining that with a Qi Vessel Formation, which could contain energies, meant that one could create a steady layer of Beast Aura around them that won't leak as fast.

"Alright everyone that doesn't have a beast bloodline take two talismans each!" Daoist Chu announced. "Also, for those that don't have specific defensive skills to withstand the water pressure, please take some defensive talismans from Lady Kang!" He added.

While most of the people in the group had decent cultivation, it didn't mean that their bodies were also strong. Even for those like Crown Prince Feng Shun, Crown Princess Shang and several others, withstanding the water pressure would only be possible with their own skills.

Not everyone might have skills that could withstand the water pressure for extended periods of time, thus it was better to have defensive talismans for it. Plus some defensive skills might also reduce their mobility, which would already be reduced underwater, thus they needed enough energy to spare for other things.

Only those like Lin Mu who had body cultivation or those with Beast Bloodlines might be able to withstand it just with their body strength alone.

By the time night rolled in, everyone was ready.

"Everyone follow me!" Lin Mu said as he dived straight in.

~SPLASH~

~SPLASH~~SPLASH~~SPLASH~~SPLASH~~SPLASH~

Everyone jumped after and began to sink into the water. They already had the defensive talismans active, but the modified Aura sealing talisman was left for the last moment.

Since it was already night, it was dark right from the surface of the water, thus everyone relied on their Immortal Sense to orient themselves. About five minutes later, they reached the point where Lin Mu had previously been.

There two snakes were waiting for their arrival.

"Master, we've surveyed the entire place as much as we could." Xiao Yin spoke first. "There's a lot to see, though most of the place is empty other than a few buildings." Xiao Yang spoke next.

"Guide us there." Lin Mu said as he looked at the barrier and passed through it. 'Phase.'

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