Chapter 54: Sea Eye Mystic Crystal

Huai Qing wrapped a trace of his vital energy around Shark Sea’s Yuan Ying, annihilating the soul within it before storing the Yuan Ying in his own storage bracelet.
“Unfortunately, this Yuan Ying only possesses water-type energy. If it were a wood-type Yuan Ying, it could help me break through to the middle stage of Yuan Ying,” Huai Qing thought as he swam through the water.
Huai Qing’s soul had already reached the middle stage of Yuan Ying; all he needed now was enough wood-type energy to make a one-time breakthrough. However, Shark Sea practiced water-type cultivation techniques, and his Yuan Ying was filled with water-type energy, which was of no help to Huai Qing’s progression.
Huai Qing’s direction of movement was actually back the way he came, aiming for the bottom of the ice pillar. Needless to say, he was determined to obtain the treasure he sought in this journey at all costs.
At that moment, Wannian Fu Hai, who had driven away Master Han Yue, was once again swinging his iron staff, continuously striking the ice pillar.
Boom! Boom!
The iron staff, with its immense force, struck the ice pillar, producing a loud rumbling sound, but only a small piece of ice broke off, showing just how hard the ice pillar was.
Yet, Fu Hai seemed addicted to it. Perhaps after sleeping for countless years, he needed something to do now. Discovering the rhythmic sound of striking the ice pillar and the satisfaction of breaking off more ice after each strike, Fu Hai kept hitting it tirelessly.
The pleasure of hitting the ice pillar had surpassed even the joy of obtaining the Sea Eye Mystic Crystal.
Suddenly, Huai Qing’s figure appeared!
“Haha, how interesting! Just drove away that guy in the middle stage of Yuan Ying, thinking there would be nothing left to play with. Who would have thought you, a guy in the early stage of Yuan Ying, would come right here? Interesting, very interesting!” Fu Hai stopped striking the ice pillar upon seeing Huai Qing reappear and shouted happily.
Huai Qing looked at Fu Hai with pity, already drawing his jade sword, and said calmly, “You turtle, do you really think you’re invincible just because of your shell?”
Although Fu Hai’s eyes were as narrow as thin lines, his vision was sharp. Seeing Huai Qing’s look of utter disdain, he became furious. Especially since Huai Qing dared to mock his defenses—this was utterly unforgivable to Fu Hai.
Just moments ago, his shell had protected him from Master Han Yue, who was in the middle stage of Yuan Ying. Yet now, Huai Qing, in the early stage of Yuan Ying, ignored his shell entirely. Fu Hai was enraged and naturally listed Huai Qing as a target to be killed!

“Human, I really can’t imagine what kind of mind allows you to return calmly. Very well, since you despise my turtle shell so much, I’ll let you attack three times to show you just how strong my defense is.” Fu Hai laughed in fury, seemingly willing to save face by asking Huai Qing to attack first.
Huai Qing’s expression immediately changed, showing a hint of ecstasy before turning anxious again. He was confident he could break the turtle shell, but after all, this Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle was at the late Yuan Ying stage. If it resorted to self-destruction in a desperate move, Huai Qing still had concerns.
However, since Fu Hai had asked Huai Qing to attack, it seemed he truly thought he was invincible.
“Fine, since you insist so much, I’ll come and attack you. Let me tell you, the sword in my hand is a mid-grade treasure weapon, extremely sharp—be careful!” Huai Qing replied promptly.
Thinking it wasn’t enough to ease the Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle’s worries, he deliberately downplayed his jade sword, which was actually of top-grade spiritual weapon status, as just a mid-grade treasure weapon.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Fu Hai felt even more confident. If the late Yuan Ying stage Han Yue had failed to kill him with a mid-grade treasure weapon, the early Yuan Ying stage Huai Qing surely couldn’t do it either.
Fu Hai transformed into the form of the Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle and lay motionless on the seabed, waiting for Huai Qing!
Huai Qing didn’t hesitate either. He formed a sword gesture, brandished his jade sword, and charged straight at the turtle, aiming to kill it with a single strike.
Suddenly, as Huai Qing approached rapidly, the Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle moved. Its massive turtle head snapped upward, its huge mouth opened, and it spat out a blast of true energy. The energy then transformed into rings of water, trying to trap Huai Qing.
“Wretched human, do you really think I’ll let you attack me for free? How foolish!” the Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle shouted happily.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle was scheming, but Huai Qing was well aware of it.
Seeing the waves of water approaching, Huai Qing immediately swung his jade sword. The true energy on the sword turned into a streak of light, slashing at the incoming water rings.
Pop!
The water rings collided with the light and instantly turned into water, dissolving into the sea.
“What! What level of magic weapon is this sword of yours? How could it easily disperse my true energy?” The Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle panicked, still relieved that he had taken the initiative to attack earlier—otherwise, Huai Qing’s sword strike would have really hurt him.
“All you need to know is that you will die today!” How could Huai Qing reveal the true nature of his jade sword? It was his secret.

With a single strike, he shattered the True Energy of the Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise. Huai Qing continued to charge at it at full speed. Although there were no fluctuations in True Energy on his jade sword, no one doubted its immense attacking power.

Panicked, the Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise realized that Huai Qing was not hindered by the seawater at all and was closing in rapidly, able to strike its body in the blink of an eye.

“Turtle Swallows the Sea!” the Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise roared. It opened its massive mouth wide, aiming at Huai Qing, and began frantically sucking in seawater. Its plan was clear: use the suction power in its belly to slow Huai Qing down before attacking with True Energy.

“It’s useless. Since I’ve returned, I must kill you,” Huai Qing said calmly.

His jade sword was swung again—a flash of light as it shot straight for the tortoise’s head. The Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise panicked and immediately stopped sucking water, instead unleashing all the True Energy it had gathered, forming a tortoise-shell shape to block the attack.

Boom!

The beam struck the True Energy shell, cutting through it and continuing toward the tortoise’s body.

“What!” The Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise never expected its True Energy defense to be insufficient even to block that beam. In desperation, it turned around and used its shell to withstand the attack.

Using its head would mean losing it; using its shell gave it a sliver of hope—such was the thought that flashed through its mind.

The beam hit the tortoise’s shell with a clang, leaving a long, thin crack. The shell, wide enough to span a hundred meters, now had a crack along its diagonal, as if it were about to split in two.

“Good luck I used my shell to block it,” the Ten-Thousand-Year Tortoise thought gratefully, then decided to flee immediately.

Seeing that the beam hadn’t killed the tortoise outright, Huai Qing realized at once that the beam had been weakened by the tortoise’s True Energy, which was why it had only managed to scratch the shell without penetrating its body.

“Where do you think you can run?” Huai Qing shouted angrily as he saw the tortoise rapidly shrinking to the size of a palm-sized sea turtle and trying to escape at top speed.

As he spoke, Huai Qing swiftly swung his jade sword again. A flash of light, and it was instantly at the turtle’s side, creating an energy barrier that prevented the turtle from escaping no matter how hard it struggled.

Huai Qing rushed over immediately, swung his sword once more, and the beam sliced straight across the turtle’s back.

Crack!

The turtle’s back was instantly cut open, revealing the flesh beneath its shell.
“I refuse to accept this!”
Suddenly, the turtle grew enormous again, returning to its original form, and while healing itself with its vital energy, it roared in anger.
“If you refuse, what can you do?” Huai Qing smiled and swung his jade sword once more.
This time, the stream of light was even brighter, piercing straight into the body of the ancient turtle. The energy contained in that light instantly destroyed everything inside it.
At the same time, a young turtle-shaped Yuan Ying appeared from the turtle’s abdomen and quickly sank toward the seabed, trying to burrow into the soil there.
How could Huai Qing let the ancient turtle’s Yuan Ying escape? That would reveal the secret of his jade sword. He swung his sword again, this time forming a circular beam that instantly enveloped the Yuan Ying and killed the turtle’s soul inside.
“Ah, another Water-type Yuan Ying,” Huai Qing said gloomily as he grasped the Yuan Ying.
With the death of the ancient turtle, its massive body remained on the seabed. Without hesitation, Huai Qing cut the shell into pieces and stored them in his storage bracelet. That shell was excellent material—perfect for crafting defensive armor.
Now, Huai Qing reached the bottom of the ice pillar, still holding his jade sword.
“I’ll take a look now to see what treasures lie beneath this ice pillar!” Huai Qing said with a smile.
He swung his sword!
The ice pillar, which the ancient turtle had struggled so hard to break, shattered instantly under the stream of light, and the entire pillar began to tilt and collapse.
Huai Qing delivered a few more strikes, completely destroying the ice pillar, before finally seeing the treasure he had come looking for: a fist-sized crystal in the shape of an eye. The crystal was deep blue and transparent, resembling a human eye, with spiritual energy flowing within it, as if the eyeball were moving—full of vitality.
“The Sea Eye Mystic Crystal!”
Huai Qing exclaimed in shock and reached out to grab it.
Ice… extreme ice!
When his hand was still ten meters away from the Sea Eye Mystic Crystal, he felt that extending it any further would freeze his hand.
“What to do? This Sea Eye Mystic Crystal is too cold; I can’t take it,” Huai Qing thought anxiously.
Besides being unable to obtain the crystal, Huai Qing also felt his vital energy was depleted. He needed to replenish it before returning to the seabed.
Soon, Huai Qing returned to the surface, took out his Cloud-Piercing Boat, sat inside, and immediately swallowed pills to restore his vital energy.

Not long after, two Cloud-Piercing Boats appeared in the sky. On one of them were Huai Jin and Huai You, while on the other were Qu Yi and other disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage. Behind these two Cloud-Piercing Boats came another one, carrying the five Golden Core stage disciples from the Fire Moon Sect.