Ji Canghai looked at the sky and exclaimed, "What a twist! The Snake Buddha Temple did not join forces with the Blood Cloud Cave, but instead joined forces with the Divine Sword Sect to deal with the Blood Cloud Cave!"
Ning Tai said with a smile, "The Snake Buddha Temple will do this, which will probably shock many people."
"After all, the Divine Sword Sect had quite a few conflicts with the Snake Buddha Temple in the past."
Chu Xuan nodded in agreement.
There are three major forces in the East Third Ring Road.
No matter which party deals with the other party, it must win over or control the third party.
Otherwise, even if you win a tragic victory, a third party will still take advantage of you.
Now it seems that the situation is clear.
Xueyunzi and Xuelingzi were defeated.
The monks in the Blood Cloud Cave suffered heavy casualties.
Nishang Island was saved.
And for a long time, there is no need to worry about being robbed by the demons in the Blood Cloud Cave.
Chu Xuan, Ji Canghai, Ning Tai and others were doing their own things.
Midnight.
Three figures returned to the sky above Nishang Island.
Yun Feijian said loudly, "The old demon Blood Spirit has been slain! The Blood Cloud Cave is completely annihilated!"
Chu Xuan took a closer look.
The three people are Yun Feijian, Deyuan and Li Qingfeng.
He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Li Qingfeng was there too.
It seems that the Blood Cloud Cave was completely plotted against by the Divine Sword Sect and the Snake Buddha Temple.
A few days later.
The storm subsided.
More and more evidence shows that the Blood Cloud Cave has indeed been completely cleared out by the Divine Sword Sect and the Snake Buddha Temple.
Even Xue Lingzi, one of the two great masters of the Divine Transformation Realm, was killed by Yun Feijian himself.
It's a pity that Xue Yunzi was lucky enough to escape from the Nascent Soul stage.
It's quite regrettable.
Chu Xuan exchanged information with Ji Canghai, Ning Tai and others and learned that Li Qingfeng had been looking for the whereabouts of the main island of the Blood Cloud Cave since early morning.
Xue Yunzi and Xue Lingzi have murderous intentions towards Yun Feijian, so the main island will definitely not be able to change.
Li Qingfeng searched all the way and finally found the main island. He killed all the demonic monks on it and destroyed the blood pool in the Blood Cloud Cave.
This blood pool is the true foundation of the Blood Cloud Cave.
Every time you go out to plunder, you consume blood cloud, which can be replenished through the blood pool.
Then Deyuan appeared from Nishang Island and joined forces with Yun Feijian to deal with Xue Yunzi and Xue Lingzi.
Because Deyuan was slightly stronger, Xueyunzi and Xuelingzi were defeated and fled.
When they retreated to Blood Cloud Island, they ran into Li Qingfeng who was coming towards them to kill them.
This created a three-to-two situation.
In the end, Xue Lingzi was killed and Xue Yunzi escaped from his Nascent Soul state.
It is extremely miserable.
The Blood Cloud Cave, which had been rampant in the East Third Ring Road for nearly a thousand years, came to an end just like that.
Whenever Chu Xuan thought of this, he felt quite strange.
If I hadn't been teleported to the East Third Ring Road, I would have killed the three Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators in the Blood Cloud Cave as soon as I landed on Green Leaf Island.
I'm afraid Xue Yunzi won't hold a grudge against Yun Feijian.
Ultimately, it will not lead to the destruction of the Blood Cloud Cave.
Chu Xuan chuckled a few times and then sent a message to Tao Zheng, He Zhao and others.
Tao Zheng and He Zhao are both still alive.
However, Kong Zhan and Jiao Yu both died in the chaos that day.
As alchemists, they are highly sought after by cultivators of the same realm.
The chaos that day had just begun when he was robbed and killed by monks who took advantage of the situation.
Chu Xuan didn't care much about it.
Anyway, we are all here to help him.
If these two die, there will be new people coming next time we recruit.
However, Tao Zheng, the Jindan cultivator, looked at him with extraordinary admiration.
Obviously, he felt that if Henry Chu had not closed down that day, Chidanzhai would have been looted like other shops.
This day.
Yun Feijian and Lu Rong arrived in front of the Pinming Pavilion one after another.
Yun Feijian frowned, "Are you sure that Yan Kun came here that day?"
Lu Rong nodded. "After they captured me alive, I heard the conversation between Yan Kun and Lai Shun. Lai Shun went to the He family, while Yan Kun went straight to this Pinming Pavilion."
"He had received intelligence early on that this Master He was highly skilled in alchemy and extremely wealthy."
"According to the cultivators in the caves surrounding Pinmingxuan, He Liang was seriously injured that day and walked out of the blood cloud."
"He Liang claimed that Yan Kun was severely injured by him and fled in another direction."
Yun Feijian nodded slightly, "Yan Kun is in the late Nascent Soul stage. He was able to severely injure Yan Kun. He is quite a character!"
Lu Rong said in a deep voice, "Master, I asked He Liang to make healing pills for my Divine Sword Sect, but he refused."
"Instead, they closed down Chidanzhai."
"This person is like most people, only concerned with self-preservation. There's nothing worth talking about."
Yun Feijian smiled and said, "He Liang should be in Chidanzhai now, right?"
Lu Rong nodded, "Exactly."
"Let's go find him at Chidanzhai."
Lu Rong was stunned, but still nodded, "I will obey your orders."
A moment later, in Chidanzhai, Jinxiufang.
Henry Chu had just finished refining a furnace of Great Soul Spirit Pills when he heard Tao Zheng's respectful voice coming from outside.
"Meet Master Feijian!"
Chu Xuan let out a light exclamation, brushed off the smell of fireworks, and walked out of the alchemy room.
He bowed towards Yun Feijian and said, "Master Alchemist He Liang, greetings to Master Feijian."
Yun Feijian smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk."
Henry Chu blinked, "Okay."
The three of them walked into the reception room.
Chu Xuan and Yun Feijian sat down.
Lu Rong was standing beside Yun Feijian.
Yun Feijian suddenly smiled, "Friend He actually killed Yan Kun. I admire you."
Chu Xuan remained calm and shook his head repeatedly, "Why do you say that, Master? I am no match for Yan Kun."
Yun Feijian stared into his eyes for a long time, but could not see anything.
Then he chuckled, "Maybe I guessed wrong."
"After the three of us killed the Blood Spirit Demon, we obtained the life token of the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator in the Blood Cloud Cave from him."
"The life plate representing Yan Kun has been broken."
"Now that I think about it, maybe after He Xiaoyou severely injured him, he was picked up by someone during his escape."
Henry Chu nodded in agreement, "It's very likely."
Then he lamented, "I don't know who got such a great deal for free. I'm really envious."
Yun Feijian observed Chu Xuan for a long time without leaving any trace, but still could not see any problems, so he had to give up.
He suddenly said, "Friend He is very powerful. Would you like to join our Divine Sword Sect?"
Without waiting for Henry Chu to speak, he said, "Don't worry, I'm just a guest elder."
"From now on, the tax collected from running a shop on the territory of the Divine Sword Sect will be reduced to half."
"In addition, you can also receive a generous annual salary of twenty large spirit stones."
"There's no need for the guest elder to take any action. He only needs to pay a little attention to the order of this island on a daily basis."
"Every five years, you must complete a commission from the Divine Sword Sect, but it's not difficult."
Lu Rong was shocked when he heard this.
ah?
The position of guest elder is never given to anyone easily.
You must be strong and have a clean background.
Why would Master let a person with unknown background serve as a guest elder?
He was full of doubts.
But in this situation, it is not easy to say it directly, so I can only hold it in.
Chu Xuan seemed to be thinking about something.
Yun Feijian obviously saw something and planned to win him over to the Divine Sword Sect.
However, judging from the identity of this guest elder, it can be seen that Yun Feijian did not see through him.
Otherwise, he would not be a guest elder.
Instead, he politely invited him over and addressed him as a fellow Taoist.
To be honest, the identity of this guest elder is quite attractive.
However, Henry Chu still planned to find out the situation first before deciding whether to agree.
He thought for a moment, then said, "Can you give me a few days to think about it?"
Lu Rong stared blankly when he heard this.
You still need a few days to think carefully about such a good position as guest elder.
It's really infuriating.
He took a step forward and wanted to speak.
Yun Feijian held him down and nodded at Chu Xuan with a smile.
"It's normal for He Xiaoyou to have such concerns."
"That's fine, you can ask other cultivators outside."
"The integrity of our Divine Sword Sect is obvious to all. We will never do anything that would damage our reputation."
"I'll be staying on Nishang Island for the whole month. If you figure it out, come find me at the He family."
After saying this, he got up and left.
Lu Rong wanted to speak, but when he saw his master had left, he held his words back.
Then leave.
Chu Xuan said casually, "Tao Zheng, go to Xiao Chong Zhai and help me invite Fellow Daoist Ning over."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Tao Zheng nodded respectfully.
A moment later, Henry Chu met Ning Tai in the reception room.
Ning Tai was immediately surprised when he heard that Chu Xuan was recruited by Yun Feijian himself.
"Guest elder?"
"This is a huge benefit!"
"Now that the Blood Cloud Cave has been eliminated, only the Divine Sword Gate and the Snake Buddha Temple remain on the East Third Ring Road."
"As a guest elder, you are almost more powerful than ten thousand people on Nishang Island."
"Even the guardians of the Divine Sword Sect here have to treat you with the utmost respect."
"As for the five-year commissions, I've looked into them before. They're all caravan escort missions, not difficult."
"It's an extremely difficult and important task, so why would they let outsiders interfere?"
Chu Xuan nodded slightly, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ning."
In the following days, he asked Ji Canghai again and asked He Zhao to inquire secretly.
The answers were similar.
In the end, Chu Xuan accepted the position of guest elder of the Divine Sword Sect.
Who doesn't like this good thing of getting money without much effort?
After the Blood Cloud Cave was largely destroyed, the East Third Ring Road fell into a rare peace.
Large islands such as Nishang Island and Baisha Island are becoming increasingly prosperous.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Chu Xuan made elixirs in Chidanzhai during the day, and returned to the Water Curtain Cave on Hailan Star to temper his body at night.
The body refining realm naturally entered the 44th level.
As he expected, after reaching the 44th level, the effect of the black devil whale meat was greatly reduced.
This means that he must find better monster meat to meet his needs for body refining.
During these three years, Chu Xuan did not forget to collect divine spiritual objects.
After killing Yan Kun, he got a bottle of Yunshen Juice from Yan Kun's storage bag.
Later, he made elixirs for others and received a bottle of Yunshen Juice as a reward.
"Shen Yun Juice, four bottles."
"One Spirit-Pregnant Branch."
"One vine of immortality."
Chu Xuan counted the spiritual objects he had on hand and couldn't help but frown.
It seems like it's just a little bit off.
Even if you add them all up, plus the more than 10% success rate of practicing the "Secret Method of Three-Turn Infant Transformation", it's only a little over 90%.
It would be better to get another spiritual object.
The success rate will be slightly over 10%.
That is truly enough.
"But, the Divine Transformation Items are so rare, very few people put them up for sale. How can I obtain them?"
Henry Chu sighed softly.
He often pays attention to the auctions organized by the Divine Sword Sect.
But in recent years, there have been no divine objects in the auction items.
Chu Xuan shook his head repeatedly, returned to Chidanzhai, and continued to refine the elixir.
After so many years of alchemy, his attainments in alchemy have reached the pinnacle.
There is no elixir for the Nascent Soul stage that he doesn't know how to make.
In addition, he also mastered a large number of strange and bizarre recipes for elixirs.
Although it is not used at the moment, it will come in handy someday.
At this moment, the sound transmission jade on Chu Xuan's waist vibrated slightly.
He picked up the sound transmission jade, and Ji Canghai's voice came out from it.
"The Frost Sword Sect of the East Second Ring Road is about to hold the Ten Thousand Treasures Conference. Would Fellow Daoist He be willing to participate?"
Chu Xuan subconsciously wanted to refuse.
"Oh...it's not about exploring the mysteries, I made a mistake."
Henry Chu smacked his lips.
He subconsciously thought that Ji Canghai was planning to invite him out treasure hunting.
You definitely can't just agree to something like that.
But this Wanbao Conference...
He had heard of it a long time ago.
The Frost Sword Sect in the East Second Ring Road holds this event every fifty years.
But something unexpected happened last time and it couldn't be held.
It should have been held nine years ago, but unexpectedly it was held ahead of schedule.
Such a large-scale auction is definitely far superior to the auction held by the Divine Sword Sect.
There must be a magical object!
By the way, you can also look for monster meat that is better than the Black Demon Whale.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Chu Xuan thought for a moment, then replied to Ji Canghai and asked him to have a chat at Chidanzhai.
A moment later, the two met in the Chidanzhai reception room.
As soon as Ji Canghai met him, he immediately took out a spiritual jade slip.
"Fellow Daoist He, this is the detailed list of auction items I received."
"However, this is just the information that has been circulated for the time being. The actual auction items must be more than what is listed here."
Ji Canghai smiled, "Friend He is very proficient in alchemy, so he should be able to put some pills up for auction."
Chu Xuan placed it between his eyebrows, and with a sweep of his spiritual sense, he could immediately see all the information.
There really is a magical object!
Not only that, there is also the meat of the demon beast in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm that he has been longing for.
"Yes, it's worth going to this Wanbao Conference."
Henry Chu nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Ji Canghai stood up and said solemnly, "Fellow Daoist He, I would like to ask you to refine a pill for me."
"After the matter is accomplished, I would like to offer you a low-grade spiritual weapon, the Small Canghai Bowl."
Chu Xuan was stunned.
Suddenly he asked, "What is your relationship with the Ji family of Ziyan Island?"
Ji Canghai smiled bitterly.
After a while, he said sadly, "To be honest, my original name is Ji Hai. I was expelled from the Ji family of Ziyan Island a hundred years ago, so I changed my name to Ji Canghai."
"The small Canghai Bowl was made by me. It is not as good as the real Canghai Bowl in every aspect, but it has also entered the ranks of low-grade spiritual weapons."
Chu Xuan was suddenly surprised and looked at Ji Canghai a few more times.
It was as if I was getting to know this blue-robed monk all over again.
The Ji family of Ziyan Island is one of the most powerful immortal cultivation families in the eastern ring of the Shattered Star Sea.
Many weapon refining shops sell magic weapons and spiritual weapons refined by the Ji family.
The entire eastern waters of the Broken Star Sea are known to everyone.
Soon after Chu Xuan arrived at Nishang Island, he learned about the existence of the Ji family.
At that time, he really didn't connect Ji Canghai with the Ji family.
Unexpectedly, this guy is really from the Ji family!
As for the Canghai Bowl, it is the Ji family's treasure!
This treasure can condense the water of the vast ocean.
The vast sea water is an excellent source of water for growing "wind-catchers".
The wind-catching grass is one of the top-grade spiritual objects used by the Divine Transformation cultivators to cultivate their Nascent Soul!
If Chu Xuan could obtain this small Canghai Bowl, he would not need to spend a large amount of spirit stones to buy spiritual objects for nourishing the essence when he enters the Spiritual Transformation Stage in the future.
You can cultivate this kind of spiritual creature by yourself!
Thinking of this, Chu Xuan nodded slightly.
"What kind of elixir does Fellow Daoist Ji want me to refine?"
Ji Canghai took out a pill recipe and presented it solemnly with both hands, "This is the pill."
Henry Chu took a glance and was suddenly surprised.
This pill is called "Hunyuan Water and Fire Pill".
The effect is to reconcile the conflict between spirit and body.
This pill has no effect on most people.
Only those cultivators who possess both water and fire bodies can suppress the backlash of the spirit on the physical body by taking this pill.
For cultivators with water and fire bodies, their cultivation is extremely rapid in the early stages.
Once the golden elixir is formed, the incompatibility between water and fire will become more and more intense in the body.
It is extremely difficult to enter the Nascent Soul stage.
Chu Xuan looked Ji Canghai up and down.
With his keen eyesight, he could naturally see that Ji Canghai was not that kind of cultivator.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.
Ji Canghai smiled bitterly, "I know what Fellow Daoist He is thinking. I am not such a spirit."
"I'm asking for this pill for a... friend."
He said helplessly, "This pill is extremely difficult to make. I have searched all the alchemists in the East Third Ring Road, but no one can make it."
"Last time, I gathered enough materials and hoped that you could refine it for me, but you happened to be closed at that time."
"Now I come again, offering you the small Canghai Bowl as a reward. I hope you will not refuse."
Ji Canghai bent over again and couldn't get up.
Henry Chu smacked his lips.
I always feel like something is wrong here.
But I can't say what.
But for him, this is a sure win.
Henry Chu helped him up and said, "I promise you."
"But I'm not sure I can accomplish it in one go."
Ji Canghai nodded gratefully, "It's okay, I'm lucky this time, I prepared three sets of materials."
"As long as you can succeed within three times, it will be fine."
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, focusing on the situation of the Wanbao Conference.
The two agreed to set off a year later, and then Ji Canghai left.
Chu Xuan turned around and went back to the alchemy room to start refining the Hunyuan Water and Fire Pill.
The Hunyuan Water and Fire Pill may be a little difficult for other alchemists.
But for Chu Xuan, who is proficient in alchemy and can easily refine most Nascent Soul stage elixirs, it is almost not difficult.
It was successful the first time.
As for the other two documents, they naturally went directly into his pocket.
Many of the materials for the Hunyuan Water and Fire Pill are quite rare spiritual plants and herbs.
He could just plant it and save it for later use.
"It's a pity that the merit soil has exhausted its energy and can no longer be used."
"I don't know when my merits will be enough to advance to the fifth level of the Golden Wheel."
Henry Chu smacked his lips.
Without the golden rain that cleanses the soul, the sweet rain from heaven, and other visions, the soil of merit naturally cannot replenish its energy.
only.
Every time the Golden Wheel of Merit is upgraded, it grows exponentially.
It took a lot of time to upgrade from the third level of the Golden Wheel of Merit to the fourth level.
As for the five-layered golden wheel of merit...
Henry Chu couldn't help but shook his head.
I'm afraid it will take dozens or even hundreds of years of tempering.
Nowadays, the merits gained from killing zombies are like drizzle.
I really don't know where there are more and better zombies.
Chu Xuan sighed lightly and took a look at the situation in the cave world.
The mirror fragments were still covered by debris and gravel.
As far as the eye can see, there is only darkness.
From time to time, some demonic insects flew around, as if cleaning the rock walls inside this huge cave.
Chu Xuan would take a look whenever he had time, and the scene was always the same.
However, this time, just as he was about to look away, he saw several balls of white light emerging from the rock wall on the other side.
That light is so familiar!
At that time, Xiao Renjie had lost his physical body and ascended to heaven with his soul.
"Another ascended person?"
Chu Xuan was quite surprised.
It took so many years for the three major countries to produce an ascended insect master, Xiao Renjie.
How come after such a short period of time, someone else has ascended to heaven?
Chu Xuan thought for a moment, and suddenly a surprising idea came to his mind.
There is more than one cave world!
The cave world where the Ten Thousand Insects Kingdom, the Flying Dragon Kingdom, and the Sky Cave Kingdom are located is just one of them.
Chu Xuan was amazed.
It seems that I have underestimated the cave world.
The ascended insect master obviously also realized that something was wrong and tried his best to escape.
But the sucking force from the giant insect's mouth is not so easy to avoid.
After a while, the struggling insect master and the demon insect soul were swallowed by the giant insect.
After devouring the soul, the giant insect fell into a long sleep.
With the soul strength of the Ascended Insect Master, it is obviously a bit difficult to escape from the giant insect's mouth.
Chu Xuan shook his head and looked away.
…
One year later.
Broken Star Sea, East Third Ring Road.
Ji Canghai came to visit again.
Chu Xuan handed Chidanzhai over to Tao Zheng, asking him to manage it well, and then boarded the ship with Ji Canghai.
He was not worried about what strange thoughts Ji Canghai was hiding.
After all, he has now reached the forty-fourth level of body refining.
Even if he faced a cultivator at the fourth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, he could easily defeat him as long as he got close to him.
On the deck of the ship.
Chu Xuan stood by the railing, looking at the unchanging Ruoshui Sea.
Ji Canghai's voice came from beside him.
"This building ship belongs to the Rare Treasures Alliance. It's called the Far Star and is a Goshawk-class building ship."
"If we sail alone with our building ship, the speed will be slow, and we may encounter robbers, which will only cause more trouble."
Chu Xuan nodded slightly.
After all, the Rare Treasures Alliance is a large sect, and it is possible that they have raised White Gloves in the Broken Star Sea.
Naturally, not many Tribulation Cultivators would set their sights on attacking such a large sect.
Moreover, having more people is actually a good thing.
It doesn't matter even if you get targeted.
As long as I run faster than others, danger can't catch up with me.
When the ship was about to leave the port, two figures suddenly flew over.
Chu Xuan looked closely and saw that they were two Divine Transformation cultivators, Li Qingfeng from the Divine Sword Sect and Deyuan from the Snake Buddha Temple.
The appearance of two Divine Transformation cultivators caused an extraordinary commotion.
The monks on the deck bowed and saluted.
Even the captain of the Far Star trotted out of the cabin to greet the two.
Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai also bowed to them.
Li Qingfeng smiled and nodded. When he looked around, he found Chu Xuan and was quite surprised.
He immediately walked towards Chu Xuan.
"My dear He, nice to meet you."
"Are you planning to go to the Wanbao Conference as well?"
Henry Chu smiled and nodded, "Exactly."
Deyuan also followed and looked Chu Xuan up and down for a few times. Then he put his hands together and said with a smile, "I heard that the Divine Sword Sect has a new guest elder."
"It must be the donor?"
Chu Xuan smiled and bowed, "Indeed, I am He Liang, and I am honored to meet you two masters."
The three of them chatted for a while.
Li Qingfeng and Deyuan entered the cabin.
As they were Divine Transformation cultivators, they naturally had the best cabins.
Ji Canghai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them leave.
He said helplessly, "When these two are around, I hardly dare to breathe."
Then he said with some envy, "Fellow Daoist He is so close to two great cultivators of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, yet he doesn't show the slightest fear."
"He is truly a role model for Ji!"
Ji Canghai said with emotion, "With Master Li and Abbot Deyuan on board this time, our safety is even more guaranteed."
"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist He is a guest elder of the Divine Sword Sect. If anything happens to the Yuanxing, Master Li will definitely lend you a hand."
Speaking of this, Ji Canghai's tone was quite envious.
Chu Xuan smiled, "I have just become a guest elder of the Divine Sword Sect, so Master Li will naturally take care of me."
He didn't think as beautifully as Ji Canghai thought.
He was just a guest elder of the Divine Sword Sect, not a disciple trained by him.
There is no such thing as sect friendship.
If something really happens to the Yuanxing, it is impossible to rely on others for rescue.
You still have to rely on yourself.
As for the two Divine Transformation cultivators aboard, their safety is even more guaranteed...
This kind of thing is even harder to say.
Perhaps, because Li Qingfeng and Deyuan boarded the ship, there were even stronger robbers secretly targeting this ship.
"We still have to be extremely careful..."
Chu Xuan paid attention to every monk who boarded the ship and remained vigilant at all times.
Ji Canghai suddenly seemed to remember something, "Oh right, I heard that a group of Tribulation Cultivators have been active at the junction of the Third and Second Ring Roads recently."
"They came and went like the wind, robbing many merchant ships, even the fleet of the Treasure Alliance."
"I heard that even the Frost Sword Sect can't do anything to them."
Henry Chu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "What are these robbery cultivators called?"
Ji Canghai thought for a moment, "They don't have names, but I heard they all wore black clothes, so the Frost Sword Sect named them the Black Thieves."
Chu Xuan nodded slightly. "Even the B-level forces can't do anything to them. It seems that the leader of these black-clothed bandits is very likely a Divine Transformation cultivator."
Ji Canghai nodded in agreement, "I hope we don't run into the black-clad thieves."
"Otherwise it will be difficult."
Henry Chu didn't say anything, just nodded.
He also doesn't want to encounter a calamity cultivator.
What if even Li Qingfeng and Deyuan can't handle it?
He has to take action.
That's not good.
In the following days, Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai practiced in their respective cabins.
Occasionally come to the deck to get some fresh air.
The venue of the Wanbao Conference is "Jinlei Island", one of the four major islands in the East Second Ring Road.
The island is rich in a kind of spiritual creature called "Golden Thunder Bamboo", hence the name.
The Yuanxing set out from Nishang Island on the East Third Ring Road and headed west, making many turns along the way.
In addition, you need to buy resources on some islands and sell them on other islands.
Some people get on and some get off along the way.
Therefore, it takes a full twenty days to reach Jinlei Island.
However, the Wanbao Conference will take another half a year.
There is no shortage of these twenty days.
For those who practice cultivation, twenty days pass in the blink of an eye.
Cross your calves like this and sit down like this.
Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.
The trip went unexpectedly smoothly.
They neither encountered the strange wind that had been wreaking havoc in recent times, nor did they encounter the black-clad thieves that had been giving the Frost Sword Sect a headache.
Even the monks working on the Far Star were a little surprised.
Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai strode down the deck.
A scene of vibrant life and flourishing things immediately comes into view.
Looking around, there are pavilions and towers everywhere.
There are also flying eaves and flowing tiles hidden under the blue sea and sky.
Directly in front of Chu Xuan and others was a flat and wide square.
The square is filled with stalls of all shapes and sizes.
Many monks of lower realms rely on this port to make a living.
In the air, there were many Nascent Soul cultivators piloting flying magic weapons and shuttling through the clouds.
Not to mention anything else, just the scale of this port is enough to show that the prosperity of Jinlei Island far exceeds that of Nishang Island.
After all, this is only one of the three ports on Jinlei Island.
There is only one port on Nishang Island.
Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai walked down the ship side by side.
Ji Canghai laughed heartily, "The black-clothed thieves must have known that two Transformation Masters were also on the Yuanxing, so they didn't dare to attack!"
Henry Chu nodded and said, "Let's find a place to stay temporarily."
However, before the two of them could take a single step, many foundation-building cultivators swarmed over.
"Senior! I am a cultivator born and raised on Jinlei Island! I can take you wherever you want to go! All it takes is one medium-sized spirit stone every three days!"
"Senior! I can do it too. I only need one medium spirit stone every four days!"
"Senior, my price is even lower, just one medium-sized spirit stone every five days!"
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
The cultivator who earned a medium-sized spirit stone every five days was beaten up on the spot and thrown far away.
Ji Canghai burst out laughing.
However, facing these enthusiastic foundation-building monks, he was obviously a little overwhelmed.
Chu Xuan's face turned cold, and then a surge of spiritual power erupted.
With a wave of his sleeves, the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator was fully revealed.
Those foundation-building monks who swarmed over were blown away.
Several monks who were very close were even blown so hard that they staggered and fell on their butts.
The other monks showed fear and quickly retreated to make way.
Chu Xuan's face was indifferent as he walked out with big strides.
Ji Canghai showed gratitude on his face and hurried to catch up.
Not long after, the two arrived at an inn called "Dragon and Tiger Inn" and stayed there temporarily.
However, the prices of the inns here are also quite staggering.
Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai each spent half a year on it, which required a total of fifty medium-sized spirit stones.
You have to know that this is just an ordinary guest room with only a spirit gathering array.
Compared to usual times, the price has increased at least ten times.
It is estimated that the price is deliberately driven up as the Wanbao Conference is about to be held.
Under normal circumstances, one only needs to show the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator and the innkeeper will understand.
But now, Jinlei Island is full of Nascent Soul cultivators.
The innkeeper had seen this many times, so naturally he was not afraid anymore.
Chu Xuan didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he just let him go.
After entering the room, Henry Chu still did the same old thing.
First set up various traps and mazes.
Make sure that if a sudden attack occurs, you won't have time to react.
That night.
There was a knock on the door.
Ji Canghai's voice came from outside.
"Friend He, I heard that the night market on Jinlei Island is quite good. Should we go for a visit?"
Henry Chu shook his head slightly.
What are you shopping for?
Generally speaking, when visiting this kind of night market, you are likely to encounter playboys from big families.
Once you get involved with this kind of person, there will definitely be a lot more trouble.
He just wanted to collect intelligence in peace and wait until the Wanbao Conference was held to buy a divine object.
In this way, one can naturally enter the stage of spiritual transformation.
There's no need to stir up trouble.
Across the door, Henry Chu said calmly, "I suddenly had an epiphany, so I won't go out for the time being."
"Friend Ji, go shopping by yourself."
Ji Canghai was a little surprised when he heard this, "Fellow Daoist He wants to have an epiphany?"
He thought for a moment and said, "It's boring for me to wander around alone, so I won't go out. I'll just protect you outside."
After saying that, he sat down cross-legged in front of Chu Xuan's door and didn't go anywhere.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh.
This Ji Canghai is quite a good person.
At the same time, in another place on Jinlei Island.
A burly monk walked into the inn and booked a room.
After entering the guest room, he immediately set up a formation to ensure that he would not be detected by people outside, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He sighed with emotion, "I didn't expect that the Wanbao Conference would actually have a token from the Tianxing Palace."
"The Frost Sword Sect auctioned it as a rare, top-grade magical weapon, clearly unaware of its true value."
A gleam flashed in his eyes, "I must get it."
"This is my only chance to return to the Zhenyue Sword Sect."
His face was resolute and courageous.
If Henry Chu were here, he would be able to recognize his identity at a glance.
Iron Jun.
He was once a monk of the Mingyue Society in the South Third Ring Road.
In the Baji Palace, he handed over a treasure and was able to leave through a random teleportation formation.
Like Chu Xuan, he was also teleported to the East Third Ring Road.
However, his luck was not very good.
The landing point was an unknown deserted island, but it was also the secret hiding place for a group of robber cultivators.
As soon as he landed, he came face to face with these robbery cultivators.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, took out the flying boat from the storage bag and ran away.
After escaping by chance thanks to the speed of the flying boat, he was attacked by a monster again.
After stumbling and falling, he arrived at an unknown deserted island.
There were no calamity cultivators or monsters on that nameless deserted island, but instead there were the ruins of the Tianxing Palace.
It is only about one-fifth the size of the complete Tianxing Palace.
He obtained a broken token from it, which contained the incomplete inheritance of "Tianxing Gong" and could also open a secret library in Tianxing Palace.
However, the secret vault is located in the remaining ruins of the Tianxing Palace.
Seeing that he could obtain the complete "Tian Xing Gong", how could he give up?
Practice and search all the way.
Suddenly I learned that the Frost Sword Sect was about to hold the Ten Thousand Treasures Conference.
Among the items for auction is the token of Tianxing Palace.
He took a boat to Jinlei Island.
"Although I have accumulated a lot of spirit stones, whether I can bid for the token still depends on fate."
"I hope others can't see its true purpose."
Tiejun sighed.
…
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
Chu Xuan stayed in the inn most of the time and rarely went out.
But every time I go out, I have a strong purpose.
Either to purchase some rare treasures, or to gather intelligence.
The method of gathering intelligence is also very simple.
All you need to do is go to the tea stalls and pubs where there is a lot of traffic.
There were many monks talking and discussing there.
A lot of information naturally flowed into my ears.
In addition, Ji Canghai would share the information he had obtained with him from time to time.
In this way, Chu Xuan's understanding of the Wanbao Conference, Frost Sword Sect, and Jinlei Island increased day by day.
The reason for this Wanbao Conference was that the East Second Ring Road experienced a tsunami some time ago, and a large number of treasures were turned out from underground and the seabed.
Many people have the idea of selling their treasures.
In addition, the Rare Treasures Alliance also joined in.
This is why it was held in advance.
The lobby of Dragon Tiger Inn.
Chu Xuan and Ji Canghai sat opposite each other.
The two ordered some spiritual food and chatted while drinking tea.
Ji Canghai lowered his voice, "Fellow Daoist He, I recently got some interesting new information."
Chu Xuan, "Let me hear it."
Ji Canghai whispered, "The Frost Sword Sect and the Treasure Alliance have a deep connection."
"The Frost Master Leng Jixin of the Frost Sword Sect was once the head manager of a caravan under the Rare Treasure Alliance."
"Later, for some unknown reason, he left the Rare Treasures Alliance and came to the Broken Star Sea to establish the Frost Sword Sect."
"Later, the Frost Sword Sect unified the East Second Ring Road and became the undisputed power here. Their relationship with the Rare Treasure Alliance gradually faded."
Chu Xuan seemed to be thinking about something.
Quite interesting.
In this way, the Frost Sword Sect was probably the white glove of the Treasure Alliance in the past.
After unifying the East Second Ring Road, they became more powerful and broke away from the Treasure Alliance.
Now, for some unknown reason, they have joined forces to hold this Wanbao Conference.
Chu Xuan suddenly asked, "Does Fellow Daoist Ji know about Hai Zhen?"
"Many monks seem to know very little about this."
Ji Canghai nodded, "I come from the Ji family, so I know a thing or two."
He asked in return, "Does Daoist He know about Qifeng?"
Chu Xuan nodded, "I know. It appears once every fifty years or so, and many Divine Transformation cultivators avoid it."
Ji Canghai added, "Strange winds, strange fog, and seaquakes are the three great natural disasters of the Shattered Star Sea."
"A strange wind comes once every fifty years, a strange fog comes once every hundred years, and a seaquake comes once every five hundred years."
"The strange wind and fog both appeared from one part of the Shattered Star Sea and blew towards another direction."
"As long as people evacuate in time, there are very few casualties."
"Of course, these are not fixed times. Sometimes they are earlier, sometimes they are later, but generally they follow a certain pattern."
"These three natural disasters, the strange wind and strange fog, are purely natural disasters. Cultivators are afraid to avoid them."
"Only in a seaquake are there both danger and opportunity."
"Although even cultivators in the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm are very likely to perish in a seaquake, a large number of treasures emerge after each seaquake."
After listening, Henry Chu nodded.
I see.
It turned out to be a natural disaster similar to the strange wind.
The two continued chatting.
As they chatted, Chu Xuan asked Ji Canghai for whom he was refining the Hunyuan Water and Fire Pill.
Ji Canghai scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "This is my personal matter, please don't ask."
Henry Chu smiled, "I'm afraid it's because of love."
Ji Canghai's expression became even more uneasy.
Even became famous.
Henry Chu took a sip of tea and smiled faintly.
It can make a man give so selflessly.
Obviously it's because of love.
He was indeed a little curious about who the other party was.
After all, Ji Canghai is indeed handsome, and he also makes a living by refining weapons, so his level is not low.
More importantly, he was born in the Ji family of Zi Yan Island.
Who wouldn't like this kind of conditions?
After a brief exchange, Henry Chu returned to the guest room.
Ji Canghai continued to wander outside.
However, although Ji Canghai always used the excuse of listening to music in a brothel, Chu Xuan always felt that he was looking for someone.
Another two months passed.
The Wanbao Conference is about to be held.
More monks came to Jinlei Island.
The guest rooms are overcrowded.
Those monks of lower realms even have to live in the wilderness.
Or they may live on their own flying boat or ship docked at the harbor.
And in a stone pavilion at the highest point of Jinlei Island.
Two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, playing a game of chess intently.
The thin middle-aged man plays white, and the short and fat middle-aged man plays black.
After a while, the thin middle-aged man exhaled lightly and smiled slightly, "Thank you, thank you. After all, I am still better."
The short and fat middle-aged man looked at the white pieces on the chessboard that had been strangled to pieces by the black dragon, and his mouth twitched suddenly.
"If you didn't know, you would think you won."
"Leng Jixin, you are so shameless."
He paused, then added, "Is everything done? The Great Elder specifically requested that we obtain the exact location of the Tianxing Palace ruins."
The thin middle-aged man smiled and said, "Don't worry, the news has spread, and the people from Baji Palace will come to you."
"We just need to follow him and we will find the true remains of the Heavenly Star Palace."