Looking at the "lifespan" column, Zhao Sheng's smile deepened.
The Spirit Race bloodline is truly miraculous; their lifespan of up to 149 years easily surpasses that of ordinary humans.
This is only a fragmented bloodline. If it were a pure-blooded spirit race, who knows how many years their lifespan would be? They could probably easily exceed three Jiazi (60 years) and be comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
What a blessed race!
After a sigh, Zhao Sheng turned his gaze to talent.
Absolute rationality: Temporarily suppressing emotions and desires, viewing all things with extraordinary reason, and handling all matters with absolute rationality. The price is the gradual loss of emotions and desires.
The talent for absolute rationality is extremely strange!
Zhao Sheng once tried it, and at that time he felt as if he had become a high-level artificial intelligence. He was without joy or sorrow, without love or hate, and his thinking, memory, logic and reasoning abilities were instantly and greatly enhanced. He always had a superhuman feeling of being fearless and omnipotent.
Absolute rationality. It's terrifying, but also exhilarating, and very addictive!
However, its price was even more terrible. After trying it once, Zhao Sheng decided that he would not use it unless absolutely necessary.
Zhao Sheng looked down further and saw a large area of gray in the talisman section.
The gray color represents a seal, meaning that with his current cultivation level, it would be difficult for him to draw such a talisman.
Zhao Sheng counted and found that there were only twenty-four first-order talismans that could be drawn. The most valuable of them was the invisibility talisman, while the others were better than nothing.
After putting away the data panel, Zhao Sheng pondered for a moment, then his body emerged from the cave like a fish and swam towards the sea.
...
A day later, the sun shone on the ocean, the sea breeze howled, and waves rolled up, making the sea surface sparkle.
On the boundless blue sea, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the distant surface. The shadow sped forward, breaking through countless waves and causing the seawater behind it to part to both sides, creating a large amount of white foam, which looked like a white line from a distance.
Sudden,
The white line suddenly snapped, and the black shadow instantly grew larger. A huge and slender white swordfish leaped out of the water and, as if gliding, flew a full ten feet before falling back into the sea.
Ah, one more time!
Zhao Sheng rode on the swordfish, facing the sea breeze that stung his skin, his expression one of boundless excitement.
He patted the swordfish's bald head, and the giant swordfish, which was very intelligent, swung its tail vigorously, using the power of the seawater to leap high out of the water once again and fly forward at high speed.
Swordfish are as fast as galloping horses on land!
In just half an hour, the man and the fish swam more than a hundred miles, making them an excellent helper for traveling.
Because there was no nautical chart, Zhao Sheng did not know his exact location, only roughly estimating that he was on a certain shipping route in the outer space.
The Shattered Star Sea is incredibly vast; no one knows its exact size.
Cultivators divide the Shattered Star Sea into the Inner Star Sea, Outer Star Sea, Ocean, and Unknown Sea according to the scope of human activities.
The inner and outer star seas together constitute the fragmented star sea in a narrow sense.
Because the Inner Star Sea was the earliest to be developed and has the largest island area, its spiritual energy concentration is generally higher than that of the Outer Star Sea. Therefore, it is the most prosperous place with the largest number of humans, making it a must-contest place for sects and cultivation families.
The Inner Star Sea is roughly circular, centered on the Star Algae Sea, with the outermost ring consisting of the first defensive island chain with the Thirty-Six Constellation Islands as its core.
The vast area extending from the first island chain outwards to the second defensive island chain is known as the Outer Sea, which contains countless islands.
The second defensive island chain is centered on Dragon Head Island, with 108 secondary core spirit islands below it, including Dragon Horn, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Scale.
Among them, Qionggui Island, where the Zhao family resides, is one of the "Dragon Scale" level spirit islands.
The second island chain is extremely important, bearing the heavy responsibility of defending against attacks from the distant ocean demon race. Whenever the demon race launches a sea monster tide, it has to withstand the fierce attacks in the early stages of the tide, resulting in heavy casualties each time.
Whenever Zhao Sheng thought about the current state of the Zhao family, he couldn't help but think of the saying, "Born in hardship, die in comfort."
He never expected that the second wife, who was once hopeless, would stage a remarkable comeback when facing the extinction of their clan, putting on a great show of unity and hard work.
Back then, the second wife moved to the Shattered Star Sea in haste. Being unfamiliar with the place and the people, she didn't even have a Foundation Establishment stage. In the end, she was assigned to a remote and isolated island in the Outer Star Sea.
Apart from the spiritual veins, everything else has to be started from scratch.
In the early years, the second wife's family suffered terribly and was on the verge of extinction several times.
At this crucial moment, the second wife produced a formidable figure, Zhao Xuanji.
This person possesses three spiritual roots, is exceptionally intelligent, and is both wise and brave. He first successfully joined the Tianyang Sword Sect, and later became a disciple of a Foundation Establishment Level 9 cultivator.
He successfully established his foundation at the young age of forty-four. He then led the Zhao family to establish a firm foothold, and the family's power grew day by day.
A century later, Zhao Xuanji, who had advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage, finally seized ownership of Qiong Turtle Island from a declining family after decades of planning, and became one of the top 100 cultivation families in the Outer Sea.
Unfortunately, even such a powerful person could not overcome the tribulation of Core Formation, and finally passed away on Qionggui Island more than fifty years ago.
More than fifty years later, the Zhao Clan of Qionggui has four Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a hundred Qi Refining members. Its close relatives spanning five generations number over three hundred thousand.
More than five generations of the clan not only reside on Qiong Turtle Island, but are also scattered across many islands in the Outer Star Sea, with a very small number of branches even migrating to the Inner Star Sea.
Lost in thought, the swordfish carried Zhao Sheng for over two hundred miles without him realizing it.
As the last rays of the setting sun fell on Zhao Sheng's face, a black dot suddenly appeared on the sea.
Zhao Sheng caught a glimpse of the black dot out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly woke up. He then twisted the swordfish's head, flicked its tail, changed direction, and quickly swam toward the black dot.
A moment later, the black dot grew larger and larger, gradually revealing the shape of a three-masted ship, which was no smaller than the Dongqiong.
Zhao Sheng stood up and landed on the swordfish's back, his eyes narrowing involuntarily.
At this moment, he could clearly see that three large, dazzling dragon-shooting crossbows stood prominently on the bow and both sides of the ship. They were 30% larger than the ones he had set up in Rotten Peach Mountain in his previous life. The black iron crossbow bolts on the racks were covered with runes, each as thick as a thigh and easily over 16 feet long.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng felt a sense of malice towards the ship.
The moment malice arises, the sense of danger is immediately activated.
In an instant, the three-masted ship was suddenly shrouded in black, with red and yellow lights leaping out from all over the ship, and two thick black wisps of smoke churning endlessly on the second deck.
Zhao Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and a sudden, extremely dangerous feeling arose in his heart.
At this point, he began to have second thoughts.
However, before he could make a move, a figure suddenly flew out from the bow deck and sped toward him.
A few breaths later, a colossal, bald giant with a fiery red beard, standing atop a massive trident, looked down at him.
"Hey kid, where's your boat? Sunk?"
The giant's voice was as loud as thunder and as loud as a lion's roar, making his ears ring.
Zhao Sheng suppressed the urge to pick his ears and gave the giant a very sincere smile: "Senior, I was robbed by demonic bandits before, but I managed to escape. After several days of wandering, I finally drifted here."
"Hmm, Qi Refining Level 3, so-so! Get on the boat with me!"
Without giving Zhao Sheng a chance to object, the giant waved his hand and released a black iron chain as thick as a wrist. The chain flew out like a snake and wrapped around Zhao Sheng's body in a few moments.
Then the giant man used the iron chain to easily pull Zhao Sheng away from the sea and quickly flew onto the big ship.
Whoosh!
The chains were retracted, and Zhao Sheng stood on the deck, stretching his arms. He turned to look at the group of shirtless men approaching him, and a sincere smile returned to his face.
"Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Dingtian!"