An Alchemist's Path to Eternity

Chapter 804: Fellow Daoist, Let's Talk This Through Calmly! (Teaser)

The Flying Swallow Archipelago had changed hands for barely five years. Among the archipelago's upper ranks, there were constant complaints that the people were being worked to exhaustion. Yet for those at the very bottom, the discourse was entirely different.

Because of Luo Chen's staggering demand for medicinal materials, the cultivators of the major families had exhausted every means by contributing money and manpower to gather them. But cultivators were limited in number. As a result, many of the tasks were delegated to mortals. And for mortals, this was a tremendous opportunity. It was a chance to catch the attention of the immortals and change their own fate! Thus, they were ready for work and full of enthusiasm.

At several key docks, the number of mortal martial artists far exceeded what it had been five years earlier. It was precisely because of this that, when a tsunami stretching hundreds of li along the coastline came crashing in, the mortals were the first to notice it.

"The weather's fine and I couldn't feel any earthquakes. How can there be a tsunami?"

"Weird, but whatever. It's just a small one."

Compared to the truly catastrophic tsunami they'd seen before, this one was indeed nothing worth mentioning. The mortal martial artists at the docks did not panic. They gathered up their goods and retreated inland with practiced agility. But they had barely taken a few steps before something went wrong.

"Help!"

Cries for help rose one after another, causing those already ahead to instinctively turn back. Only then did they realize that while the tsunami was not massive, it was astonishingly fast. It was as if some gigantic beast was churning the sea and driving the waves forward.

"Damn, are...