Eight months later.
The Green Sea was surging; the white sands ever constant; the scenery of Fish-Dragon Island remained as beautiful as ever.
Li Quanqing sat cross-legged on the dyke, practicing a defensive Low Grade spell.
"Water Lotus Barrier!"
This was a technique he had exchanged for in the family's Scripture Pavilion, after much contemplation, he was finally starting to grasp some of its essence.
He released his mana at his fingertips, directing the surging waves around him, turning them into layers upon layers of water shields in the shape of lotus petals, continually emerging.
The spirit of the Dao burst forth, the vast sea sprawled endlessly, and a water lotus materialized before him in the blink of an eye, soon dissolving into a sky full of falling droplets.
Droplet after droplet of seawater churned, instantly giving life to new water lotuses, filling the sky far and wide, all shrouded by the water lotus, dreamlike and illusory.
Pop! Pop!
