Chapter 196 - Reinforcements from Thousands of Kilometers Away
The news of the emergence of the Penglai Sacred Mountain of Huaxian mythology at the Eastern Sea spread all over the world in a single night.
While the common folks were still in the dark about what had just happened, the cultivators of truly supreme statuses all headed out to the island as soon as they were able to.
Lu Xuan naturally caught wind of the news as well.
“So Penglai Island, the sacred mountain out in the sea, has emerged, then?” Lu Xuan frowned. He knew little of the island back in his past life, but he knew that Penglai Island was the first island of such a nature to emerge.
Due to the memories inherited from his past life, he knew full well that the Peach Tree of Immortality on the island was real as well. However, it was unknown just how much that peach tree of the legends had degraded over the years.
But then again, the fruits of that tree would still have no problems boosting one’s cultivation and enabling one to reach new heights.
The fishermen who went onto the island did not eat more than some fruits; they just happened to pluck some trees they found, yet they managed to awaken their latent cultivation nature and powers just like that. This served as a testament to that particular tree’s existence and powers.
Lu Xuan also knew a thing or two about the other two sacred mountains besides Penglai Island.
“What happened?” Lu Xuan asked.
Yun Sheng continued, “Fleets from all nations are getting close to Penglai Island under the pretense of military exercises, especially the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy, which is now facing off against our own East Sea Fleet. We’ve placed a lockdown on all news regarding all the happenings from the common folks, or we risk having a world war break out.”
Lu Xuan replied, “I see.”
He bid his family farewell and headed to Lu Province. He rode another helicopter out to the ocean right away.
It was already midnight by the time he got there, and he was finally able to catch a glimpse of Penglai Island. Despite being out in the middle of the ocean, the island looked dazzlingly bright.
The place looked as if it was an island made of lapis lazuli, with the actual material of the island’s makeup being totally unknown, and said material enabled the place to glow in the dark of night.
Lu Xuan’s Delusion-breaker Eyes made it so that the place appeared as clear and bright as it was during the daytime, despite it being the middle of the night.
He was able to see from afar that several fleets were closing in on the island from all directions, making the waters very congested.
The warships looked like tiny islands on their own.
The flags on those ships indicated that they were mostly from four powerful countries—Huaxia, the USA, Japan, and South Korea. They were also fleets from other smaller countries, but none were able to compare to those four, be it in terms of numbers or build.
Among those four, it was clear that the USA, Japan, and South Korea were allies, and Huaxia was facing off against all three alone.
A surface-to-air missile was launched, zipping past from afar without warning before Lu Xuan was able to get a closer look at things.
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