Green Sea Desert
The very name Green Sea Desert was an oxymoronic truth that Lin Fan had created with his Blaze Ring Generator. However, a few were benefiting from it, and one group that benefited the most was rare clam collectors.
The thing about rare clams was they tended to hide in impossible places for the average fisherman to reach. They were known to dwell deep beneath undersea mountains where the depth crushed both bones of Ocean and Forbidden Stage Cultivators alike. Likewise, they also were hidden by the beautiful illusions cast by the natural tide of Spiritual Energy in the Green Sea.
Not today, though, as the once deep trenches were now precipices that could be climbed down in a single day. Besides for being a great hiding places, the mermaids that lived in these parts were completely exposed to the sun and looked extremely amorous and attractive to the lucky fisherman searching these parts.
One such man could've been Wan Lin's father, but he wouldn't dare go outside. Instead, another fisherman was gazing at a clam next to a beautiful mermaid. The water shared between them was no more than that of a few gallons, and he saw no reason to let the clam to keep its affectionate position by her side.
The rarest clams, including the Red Star Clam, the Phoenix Pearl Clam, and the Ocean's Diamond Clam were all in plain site with hardly any defenses up. Without water, these clams couldn't cultivate pearls anymore, and were left defenseless...
However, behind the pearls, in a small mountain, was a man resting in the center of thousands of expensive pearls created by a single Red Star Clam. Normally, he'd be screaming for joy at finding so many cultivated Red Star Pearls, but not today. His fear was that soon he'd be fished out of the sea and gutted, filleted, and shipped as parts to the Water Race Emperor.
His only hope was that the assassins sent after him wouldn't think to check in a treasure room of pearls. Aside for the small bunny next to him, there seemed to be nothing monitoring him in the room.
'Wan Lin... You... you promised me daughter that you'd use that body of yours to get me help... However, I'm running out of food while I've heard rumors that you and your sister are intoxicated every night enjoying the great sensations Lin Fan offers you...'
'If I'm not mistaken, I had to do a lot to make you two with your mother! Even when your mother was gone every night working hard with her boss, I still made you Wan Lin! I'm sure of it! I'm sure I'm not going to live...'
"Hey... you got nothing to worry about..." A small dragon appeared and rolled into the bed of pearls... "Lin Fan sent help... It's me and my best partner... A wolf with a powerful worm in its stomach..."
"So... so Lin Fan isn't only doing my daughters? He's actually pursuing helping me?"
"He's doing your daughters..." Lightning Woo began to growl as he walked towards the wall with cautious steps... "However, strange question... How have you been going to the bathroom?"
"It smells horrible! Absolutely horrible!" Pluck added as Lightning Woo had trouble mantaining his balance. The smell was so bad it smelled like sulfur dioxide mixed with rotten eggs and Lin Fan's bed after a long night of torture and enjoyment...
"Come out..." Lightning Woo growled as he wobbled towards the wall... "I know you're there assassin... Come out now or I'm going to have you taste your own flesh!"
"Calm down... I'm not an assassin..." A small girl that looked like Mimi Fan pushed herself out from behind a wall with a dagger in her hand... "I ran away from the Dragon King, and I didn't know a good place to hide, so I thought to go here..."
"You... you look and smell like Mimi Fan? Are you two related..."
"I heard my father had hundreds of women one night when he was drunk... I might be a consequence of that night..." The little girl sighed and tossed the dagger into the wall as her lips trembled...
"Damn it... Why can't I ever find a good place to hide! This dumb fat man had to come here and ruin it!"
"I'm a fishermen! This isn't even close to the Dragon Kin territory! Don't complain about me being here... What's a little girl like you, with a wok in her hand and a knife in her other, got to complain about!"
"My real name..." The little girls lips trembled as she sadly lowered her head... "They took my name... I don't remember my name, and I ran here... I ran here as fast as I could after I lost my talent!"
"They can't just take a talent can they?" Lightning Woo shook his head as the little girl sat down and nodded her head with a sullen and downcast expression... "How can someone just take an ability? I thought you'd have to have children to make someone have your abilities..."
"The Dragon King finds little girls like me, and strips them of their abilities after they reach a certain point... I was watching a man named Lin Fan fighting this dumb dragon and the next moment I forgot my name!"
"I couldn't even do alchemy anymore! I also had a wound in my chest that just missed my heart!"
"Lazy work..." Pluck shook his head as foot steps echoed into the cave... "It looks like we got followed Lightning Woo... They must have realized you were related to Lin Fan, and decided to follow you..."
"We... we did..." Two large burly men walked into the cavern and smiled as their bodies rapidly grew...
One appeared to double in size while the other tripled in size and grew three arms.
The arms also began to grow spikes and fire began to surround the extremely tall man while the smaller man began to swirl with water before both shot towards each other. The two elements then intertwined and seemed to form a beautiful girl that appeared and walked towards Lightning Woo.
It was a fusion skill that the two could use together called Lightning and Fire Queen. Its strength was close to the Enchanted Realm, and it's abilities were enough to stop most Forbidden Realm opponents...
Lightning Woo began to growl and started to glint with lightning as the two men laughed and slowly walked towards him. Suddenly, though, they were surprised to see a giant water serpent had appeared behind them.
The Lightning and Fire Queen tried to turn around and attack, but the smaller man had already been eaten. Lightning Woo shook his head?
He obviously could tell where the men were by his scent, and left the serpent in the wall. As one got devoured, he sighed and let the other one run away before his body flashed and instantly pierced through his chest.
Blood shot onto the mermaid basking by the Red Star Pearls as she smiled as the fluid rained down on her face. Lightning Woo didn't have the heart to tell her it was blood as she amicably licked it with a violent fervor...
"Well... Fat man... It's time to go..." Pluck said as he sighed and looked at the small little girl... "You too... We have someone who looks just like you..."
"Mimi Fan, right?" The little girl nodded her head as she sighed and hopped on Lightning Woo's back... "The Dragon King wants her spiritual roots more than anything else... I'm warning you guys... Keep her away from the tournament at all costs!"