Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1976: 518:

A month had passed.

Where the Great Dream Marsh met the Starry Sky Sea.

"Fine, head back now and watch over the home properly."

Clad in a flowing green robe, Lu Changsheng's elegant and striking features turned toward the Sea Splitting Mysterious Dragon Whale, now significantly bigger than previously.

Though journeying alongside it proved highly practical across these vast oceans, it attracted far too many eyes.

Soon enough, word would spread through the Starry Sky Sea about Xuanmu Taoist traveling with a Fourth Rank colossal whale as his spiritual pet.

For this venture into the Starry Sky Sea, Xuanmu Taoist served as Lu Changsheng's chosen pseudonym.

After all, what traveler reveals their true identity?

"Understood, master."

"Time to move, Golden Peng."

Lu Changsheng then glanced at the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng, its form shimmering with dark radiance, and commanded.

Human Clan cultivators had ways to conceal their appearances, and demonic beasts possessed similar abilities.

Yet the Golden Peng's camouflage left something to be desired; under full strain, it would prove difficult to uphold.

Still, it sufficed for Lu Changsheng's needs.

His goal was to keep his fame as Yangming True Master from echoing into the Starry Sky Sea and stirring up needless complications.

"Screech!"

With no further chatter, the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng swiftly bore Lu Changsheng aloft, soaring in the direction of the Feiyan Archipelago.

...

After ten days, Lu Changsheng reached a market within the Feiyan Archipelago.

He had come here once years prior when dispatching his son Lu Quanzhen, so the surroundings felt familiar, leading him straight to the intelligence shop etched in his memory.

"Well, after years in seclusion, I require the most recent details on the Starry Sky Sea's key factions, plus notable occurrences."

Lu Changsheng settled in leisurely, sipping tea as the attendant served him.

"Recent details on the key factions?"

The attendant showed mild astonishment yet responded politely, "One moment, please, Senior."

Shortly after, an elegant and attractive woman emerged bearing a tray holding multiple jade slips. With a soft smile, she stated, "Senior, here are the up-to-date details on the Starry Sky Sea's key factions, for a total of nine thousand spirit stones..."

"Hmm."

Lu Changsheng flung a high-grade spirit stone her way, then lifted the jade slips one by one, scanning them via his divine sense.

The details on the Starry Sky Sea's key factions remained largely unchanged from seventeen years back.

In truth, the shop's intel seemed so outdated that over a decade brought scant revisions.

The recorded major events appeared mostly insignificant to him, including petty disputes between a handful of Nascent Soul stage forces.

"Kunpeng Nest, emergence of the Kunpeng Egg..."

Yet one report seized Lu Changsheng's focus.

Three years prior, whispers circulated in the Starry Sky Sea about the Kunpeng Nest's appearance.

A year and a half later, the secret realm fell apart. Tales claimed a Kunpeng Egg had surfaced, prompting myriad factions across the Starry Sky Sea to hunt for it relentlessly.

"Appeared three years ago, secret realm accessible over two years ago, then it crumbled one and a half years ago, concluding..."

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes a touch, noting how the timeline aligned with his son Lu Quanzhen undergoing soul-searching and fleeing the secret realm.

"From the account, this Kunpeng Nest qualifies as a Nascent Soul tier secret realm, while Quanzhen was merely at early Core Formation. What possessed him to rashly venture inside?"

Reflecting on the secret realm's perils, Lu Changsheng sensed irregularities.

His son Lu Quanzhen, ambitious and ruthless as he was, understood limits and avoided wagering his life on fleeting rewards.

"Perhaps this Kunpeng Nest offered some unique temptation tailored to him?"

Lu Changsheng mused, reflecting on his son's cultivation method.

Without lingering, he skimmed the intel rapidly.

Beyond the Kunpeng Nest, little else mattered to Lu Changsheng, prompting his swift departure.

"Hold on, Senior."

The elegant woman called out to Lu Changsheng abruptly, "If I'm correct, Senior, you're a wandering cultivator?"

"Oh? And why do you say that? Hoping to enlist me?"

Lu Changsheng halted, chuckling softly as he asked.

Apart from Bi Lake Mountain, he harbored plans for Red Leaf Valley Market and Great Dream Immortal City.

He knew such intel vendors typically linked to regional dominant clans.

Frequently, upon spotting skilled wanderers or loose cultivators, they attempted recruitment to discreetly uncover origins.

"Senior, with your long seclusion, should you seek a faction to affiliate with, our Yuhai Pavilion could be ideal..."

The woman promptly described her group's status, noting active recruitment of cultivators with various perks and advantages upon joining.

"Does your faction provide access to Infant Transformation Elixirs?"

Lu Changsheng hesitated briefly before inquiring.

"???"

The woman's face stiffened in confusion.

Her features then spasmed faintly as she mustered a strained grin, answering, "Well... naturally, we lack anything like that."

"In that case, no thanks."

Lu Changsheng shook his head while replying.

In fact, he had pondered serving as a guest elder for some faction to quickly amass data on available Fourth Rank spirit lands and Infant Transformation Elixirs.

Otherwise, fumbling about blindly on his own, he couldn't predict when such intel might surface.

Regarding buying intel outright.

Typically, premium details weren't available publicly and demanded specific qualifications and barriers to obtain.

"A mere Core Formation wanderer fantasizing about the [Infant Transformation Elixir]—truly like a toad craving swan flesh, pure delusion! Our Yuhai Pavilion's Supreme Elder toiled for the Fu Hai Sect a full century, amassing countless deeds, just to assemble Nascent Soul materials..."

As Lu Changsheng vanished from sight, the woman muttered resentfully to herself.

No matter the place, the Infant Transformation Elixir remained extraordinarily scarce.

Even forces at the Nascent Soul level struggled to supply it consistently.