Chapter 1702: Chapter 1702

Chapter 1702: Chapter 1702: Secrets of the Summit

Not long after Baili Mingyue and the others left, Fang Bai leapt up to the summit of Black Tortoise Peak under the cover of night.

The peak of Black Tortoise Peak rises nearly ten thousand meters above sea level. Standing at the summit, Fang Bai could see the entirety of Black Tortoise Island.

Fang Bai focused his gaze in the direction where Baili Mingyue and the others had left, and faintly, he could see Baili Mingyue’s graceful silhouette.

At this moment, Baili Mingyue had already walked dozens of miles away. Perhaps suddenly sensing something, she turned her head to glance at Black Tortoise Peak, her eyes capturing the figure standing atop the summit.

“Who is that person?”

Baili Mingyue’s heart was slightly stirred.

With her temperament, if it were any other time, she might have returned to the summit of Black Tortoise Peak to take a look.

But at this moment, having just advanced to the Thunder Tribulation Realm, her heart was filled with joy, eager to share the news with her master, and so she didn’t pay much mind to the figure on the peak, quickly heading off amid the compliments of several senior brothers.

“Little girl, we’ll meet again later.”

Fang Bai smiled faintly and turned to walk towards a protruding stone on the summit.

The summit of Black Tortoise Peak was quite expansive, spanning over a hundred meters in each direction. It was originally covered with thick, solid ice and snow, but during Baili Mingyue’s crossing of the Heavenly Tribulation, the lightning had swept the ice and snow away, revealing the hard mountain underneath.

The protruding stone, more than a person’s height, stood on the eastern side of the summit and was left unharmed during the recent lightning assault. Thɪs chapter is updated by Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

Fang Bai stood to the west of the stone, his gaze falling on a pair of palm prints above it.

The palm prints were over an inch deep, left by someone unknown from years past, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to have been there for quite some time.

From the palm prints, Fang Bai sensed a lingering familiar aura.

That aura belonged to Baili Mingyue, indicating that she had interacted with the palm prints not long ago.

“I never thought that this secret I left behind tens of thousands of years ago would be discovered by Mingyue, no wonder her cultivation progressed so quickly… Ha, it’s her fortune!”

Fang Bai smiled to himself.

He extended his palms, aligning them with the palm prints on the stone.

The palm prints were the “key” to activating a formation left by Fang Bai tens of thousands of years ago.

With his palms aligned with the prints, Fang Bai channeled the Water Element Art and infused a wisp of Water Spirit Qi into the palm prints.

Suddenly, the central area of the summit, about ten meters square, began to stir. Brilliant light flashed, revealing intricate array patterns and complex runes.

These patterns and runes intertwined, forming a uniquely intricate formation disk.

Fang Bai had set up this formation disk in a past life. Only martial artists who practiced Water System Techniques could use it.

To activate this formation disk, one had to be a martial artist with an Innate Water Spirit Root and infuse a wisp of pure Water Spirit Qi into the palm prints on the stone.

Baili Mingyue happened to meet these conditions.

Not long after arriving at Black Tortoise Island, Baili Mingyue discovered the palm prints while playing on Black Tortoise Peak and, by a stroke of luck, activated them.

The formation disk set by Fang Bai had absorbed massive amounts of pure Water Spirit Qi from the world over tens of thousands of years. This pure Water Spirit Qi remained and was extremely beneficial for martial artists of the Water System.

Since then, Baili Mingyue frequently trained within the formation disk, her cultivation level advancing at a staggering pace, finally reaching the Thunder Tribulation Realm today.

This formation disk was regarded by Baili Mingyue as her personal secret, never mentioned to anyone, including her master.

At this moment, having reactivated the formation disk, Fang Bai discovered that the pure Water Spirit Qi stored within was almost exhausted, clearly used up by Baili Mingyue during her training over the years, accounting for her rapid progress in cultivation.

Fang Bai had intended to find this formation disk at the summit of Black Tortoise Peak to train for a few days before heading to the Eastern Desolate Continent by sea. However, to his surprise, it had been discovered and used by Baili Mingyue.

Thinking of Baili Mingyue’s excitement upon advancing to the Thunder Tribulation Realm, Fang Bai couldn’t help but chuckle.

Now that the formation disk held little pure spirit energy, it wasn’t much use to Fang Bai for training. After inspecting it, he shut it down, thinking that in a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, the formation disk would gather a large amount of pure Water Spirit Qi again, offering a fortuitous opportunity for another destined individual.

After standing on Black Tortoise Peak for a moment, Fang Bai then descended and left the peak.

“Those two old guys, they never give up!”

At the base of Black Tortoise Peak, Fang Bai sensed the lingering presences of He Polang and Hai Dongsheng, knowing they had not moved far from him.

Even though he was targeted by two powerful third-level Thunder Tribulation realm experts, Fang Bai had no fear. He knew that both He Polang and Hai Dongsheng were wary of each other and maintained a balance, making neither take the initiative to attack him.

After descending from Black Tortoise Peak, Fang Bai strolled slowly on the island, encountering many other experts who were traveling on the same sea vessel.

Among these experts, some coveted Fang Bai’s Blood Blade, their eyes alight upon seeing him. However, as Black Tortoise Sect disciples frequently patrolled the island at night, no expert dared make a move against Fang Bai.

All around Black Tortoise Island, Fire Spirit Stones were embedded, their dazzling light used for illumination, giving the entire island a nocturnal brightness like a sleepless island.

Fang Bai walked and stopped intermittently, unconsciously arriving at the Martial Artists Trading Market on Black Tortoise Island.

Even deep into the night, the trading market remained bustling. The primary goal of the experts disembarking from the two sea vessels was to trade cultivation resources with Black Tortoise Sect disciples.

Though Black Tortoise Island was isolated in the sea, Black Tortoise Sect disciples often journeyed to the four continents of the Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Desolate, bringing back a variety of cultivation resources.

These resources were all extraordinary, some capable of enhancing a martial artist’s physical strength, others of healing damaged meridians and limbs, and some of increasing the chances of advancing realms… Ultimately, many of these resources were rare treasures seldom seen in ordinary times.

The passengers aboard each sea vessel passing by Black Tortoise Island came from all over, bringing with them rare cultivation resources, perfect for exchanging with the disciples on the island according to their needs.

When Fang Bai entered the trading market, many experts had already picked the resources they required and were engaging in intense bargaining.

Fang Bai wandered casually through the market, sensing the aura of various cultivation resources, checking if there was anything he needed.