Chapter 560: Chapter 561: Stealing the Luminous Pearl
What girl doesn’t love beauty? It’s quite normal for her to collect a few garments on ordinary days.

Even if it’s inconvenient to wear them in public, admiring them alone can be a special kind of pleasure.

She just hadn’t expected to be discovered by another man today, and the very thought made her blush with shame.

That gentleman wouldn’t think she was a wanton woman, would he?

Long Xue was anxious, her gaze never leaving the seventh floor, but she soon realized that something was amiss. Surely entering a room shouldn’t take this long?

Since the man had entered the room, he hadn’t shown his face again, completely obscuring what he was doing inside.

The other cultivators had noticed as well, and once again, whispers spread among them.

“Hey, what do you think that guy is doing in Immortal Long’s boudoir?”

“What else could he be doing? He’s a man, and inside an immortal’s private chamber. It’s obvious what’s meant by that, isn’t it?”

“Heh heh heh, a man after our own hearts!”

“You flatter me, but I didn’t expect that brother not only to have great strength, but also exceptional stamina. He’s truly out of the ordinary in every aspect!”

“If they were to become a couple, I wonder if the immortal could withstand it.”

“Cough cough, shush, stop it, Immortal Long is watching…”

The gathering of cultivators was abuzz with conversation, but then they caught Long Xue’s murderous gaze fixed on them. They trembled inwardly and immediately fell silent.

On the fifth floor, Situ Guixiong’s face was fierce and terrifying. He wished his eyes could burst from their sockets as he stared intently at the movements on the seventh floor.

“Damn that guy, fooling me out of Spirit Stones, stealing the honor that should have been mine, and now he even dares to snatch my woman!”

“Immortal Long’s boudoir, even I have never entered. What right does he have?”

Situ Guixiong yearned to tear the man apart and drink his blood. A young man intruded into the private chambers of the immortal and stayed for so long, threatening to ruin Long Xue’s reputation.

And all of this should have belonged to him!

Where did this cultivator pop up from?

Even if your talents are great, your cultivation level strong, so what?

You’re just another young genius after all. To provoke the Situ Family is to have only one outcome: death!

It seems after Xiaobai, there will be another name added to the Situ Family’s kill list.

“After I get out of here, I will make sure you wish you were dead!”

…

At the same time, Xiaobai had soundlessly approached the highest Luminous Pearl atop the Linglong Pagoda.

Only upon getting closer did he realize that the pearl wasn’t just emitting light. Inside, a mermaid-like creature from the Sea Clan lay dormant, its bones being the reason the Luminous Pearl radiated devastating light.

“It seems this strange creature is the source of power,” Xiaobai muttered to himself as he reached out and gently touched the Luminous Pearl, which didn’t react at all. The creature inside appeared to have lost its Primordial Spirit, leaving behind nothing but an empty shell.

The abundant Spiritual Power within the Luminous Pearl was all emanating from this skeletal remains.

“This must be the legendary Mermaid’s Essence, pity that only an empty shell remains. If it were alive, it could probably be burned for a long time,”

Li Xiaobai reached out and with a sweep of his hand, he collected the gigantic Mermaid’s Essence from the Eastern Sea into his Space Ring. In an instant, the great source of light disappeared, and darkness engulfed the interior of the Linglong Pagoda.

In the thick darkness, one couldn’t see their own fingers, and the many talented cultivators striving to climb the steps below plunged into chaos.

“What’s going on, why did it suddenly get dark?”

“It’s not just dark, the huge Luminous Pearl above has vanished!”

“How is that possible, why would the Luminous Pearl disappear?”

“Where is Immortal Long?”

“It was that cultivator, it must have been his doing. There was only he on the seventh layer, I was wondering why he had not shown his face for so long, it turns out he was secretly plotting to steal the Luminous Pearl!”

“That pearl is many times larger than a regular Eastern Sea Mermaid’s Essence, and the Spiritual Power contained within is also incredibly dense. The reason why there is so much Spiritual Power to replenish on these steps is all thanks to that Luminous Pearl. If it was really stolen, we wouldn’t be able to climb freely afterward!”

“Damn it, I knew that guy had ill-intentions, but I didn’t expect him to be so audacious, to this extent. First, he used a series of odd behaviors to numb us, pocketing treasures on the side, and then suddenly, he showed his true fangs. Immortal, you must catch him, don’t let him escape!”

The cultivators exploded in collective uproar. The huge Luminous Pearl could be said to be one of the foundations that supported the existence of these steps. Now that it had been stolen, without the supply of Spiritual Power, how were they to continue struggling to climb?

That big shot was cutting off their path to becoming stronger!

Long Xue’s expression also changed; she had noticed early on that the newcomer cultivator’s behaviors and movements were a bit strange, not quite right, but she was caught off guard by his intrusion into her boudoir and had her footing disrupted.

Without realizing it, he had stolen the Mermaid’s Essence from the Eastern Sea, and stored within that Luminous Pearl was the skeleton of an ancestor of the Eastern Sea, with its flesh containing a massive amount of Spiritual Power, a rare and precious resource.

If it were stolen, the loss would be not just resources but also the face of the Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea. Even she could not escape the accountability of her clan.

Her gaze immediately turned icy, and her figure flickered like a phoenix soaring through the ninth heaven, swiftly ascending from the first layer, and she called out sharply, “Bold thief, the remains of my Eastern Sea ancestor is not for your coveting, leave it behind!”

A powerful oppressive force trembled and swept across the wilderness; the entire Linglong Pagoda trembled slightly at this moment. The fearsome power of the Primordial Spirit swept across, and the majority of cultivators present were oppressively pinned to the ground without the ability to move.

It was only at this moment that the cultivators reacted, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief. This Immortal Long was so powerful!

The pressure she brought even surpassed that of the Linglong Pagoda; what cultivation level could this be?

Peak of Transcendence Tribulation Stage?

Great Perfection of Transcendence Tribulation Stage?

“Is this the strength of an Immortal? The granddaughter of the Old Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, she is so formidable!”

“As cultivators from the same Transcendence Tribulation Stage, I cannot believe I am completely immobilized by her Primordial Spirit Power, and moreover, she isn’t even targeting us directly, it’s merely the aftershock!”

“The world of true geniuses is terrifying to such an extent!”

“It’s laughable that I had fanciful thoughts about her before, the gap between us is too great, we are simply not worthy of her!”

The cultivators prostrated on the ground, their spirits filled with fear. With just a slight exhibition of her strength, Long Xue made it so that they couldn’t even stand up—truly terrifying!

Meanwhile, on the third layer of steps.

Within the crowd, an unassuming looking cultivator quietly extended his hand, pulling off the Human Skin Mask on his face, revealing a sly grin.

“Heh heh, Mermaid’s Essence from the Eastern Sea, in my hands now!”