Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 265 Blood Island

The Ink Sea is a peculiar sea area. The water here is full of black algae, even dyeing the sea light black, as if it is a dead zone.

But beneath the swirling waves, there is a vibrant world hidden. Countless sea creatures gather here, and monsters are born in an endless stream, and humans follow closely.

The Mo Sea has been the domain of the demon race for the past ten thousand years. Only a thousand years ago did the human race expand the border of the Yuqing Sea to this point, but they encountered fierce resistance from the demon race.

Over the past thousand years, the Ink Sea has become a battleground for the humans and the demons. Endless blood has flowed into the water, seeming to dye the inky black sea a little red. However, the human cultivators gradually gained the upper hand in the end.

On a medium-sized island occupied by the monks of Yuqinghai, buildings are lined up one after another, and lights of light rise and fall every moment. The market is densely populated and everything is in good order.

This medium-sized island is called Blood Island. It is named so because a thousand years ago, in order to capture this island, the monks of Yuqinghai suffered heavy casualties, and even three Nascent Soul monks died.

Blood Island is the only medium-sized island in Yuqing Sea. It has a medium-sized spiritual vein, but this spiritual vein does not belong to any sect. Instead, it is shared by all the cultivators in Yuqing Sea. Every sect and every independent cultivator is qualified to gain a foothold on Blood Island.

This is the bridgehead where human cultivators confront the demon clan in the Ink Sea. The market on the island is one of the two largest distribution centers for demon pills and demon beast materials in the Yuqing Sea. The other is the Kongyu Island Market in the Luanshi Sea, but its size is only half of the Blood Island Market.

There are six Nascent Soul cultivators stationed on the Blood Island. Every day, a large number of cultivators set out from here to hunt monsters, and many cultivators return covered in blood.

Compared with the markets on other islands in Yuqing Sea, the market on Blood Island appears much more messy. This is because every once in a while, the demon tribe will send a tide of beasts to attack Blood Island, intending to take back this nail that is deeply inserted into the center of the Ink Sea.

Normally, beast tides would not pose any threat to the Blood Island. However, during a beast tide three hundred years ago, a brilliant ninth-level transformed demon from the demon clan killed three Nascent Soul cultivators, including a Nascent Soul cultivator in the middle stage. He led the beast tide to break through the island protection formation and slaughtered all the human cultivators on the island. Only a few low-level cultivators were able to save their lives, which shocked the entire Yuqing Sea.

According to the rules set by human cultivators and the demon race, great cultivators cannot attack low-level cultivators at will. After all, the fight between the two sides is to compete for cultivation resources, not to fight to the death.

Although this ninth-level demon cultivator was not yet a great cultivator, he possessed strength that was no less than that of a great cultivator. With him guarding the Blood Island, the Yuqinghai cultivators counterattacked twice but failed to force the demon beast back.

But the Blood Island is too important to the human race. Without the Blood Island as a foothold, the Mo Sea will soon become the world of the demon race again.

In the end, the human race had no choice but to disregard their reputation. Three great monks came forward together and asked a great monk from Jiuxianzhou to come forward. They used their power and paid a large amount of precious cultivation resources and treasures to redeem the Blood Island from the demon race.

The demons naturally did not want to return the Blood Island to the human race, but the situation was stronger than they were, so they could only withdraw with hatred.

But before leaving, the demons razed the market town on Blood Island to the ground, and the spiritual vein was severely damaged, almost falling into a small spiritual vein.

After the human race took back the Blood Island, they spent a huge amount of money to nourish the spiritual veins, but it was still difficult to restore it to its original state.

The power of the island protection formation has been much lower than before. Since then, the beast tide has broken through the island protection formation twice, and the buildings in the market have become messy and simple.

After all, no one knows whether the shop and cave that you have worked so hard to build will be destroyed in the next beast tide.

The only exception is the strongholds of the three major sects on the Blood Island. The Zhenhai Sect, the Zhengqi League, and the Tianji Sect are very powerful. Among the six Nascent Soul cultivators on the island, three are always from these three forces. The industries of the three major sects have also suffered the least losses in all the beast tides.

The Righteous Alliance is slightly weaker among the three major sects, but it has the strongest financial resources. The shops and businesses in the market town are connected together, some are magnificent, some are exquisite and elegant, with different styles.

The largest area among them is naturally the Zhengqi Pavilion, but it is not open to the public. Only the monks of the Zhengqi League can enter it.

On this day, two monks walked into the Zhengqi Pavilion side by side. One of them was thin, with a white face and no beard, and had a somewhat feminine temperament. The other was tall and strong, with a dignified appearance and wearing armor. They were Yuan Lang and Li Luo, who had a good relationship with Chen Yuan.

Li Luo looked calm, but Yuan Lang had a frown on his face and a gloomy expression.

After they left Hanxing City, they came to the Mohai to hunt monsters. In the first year, they teamed up to kill a level five Mo Diamond Turtle and a level five Phantom Fire Python.

Moreover, the demon core of the fifth-level Phantom Fire Python contained a trace of Red Dragon bloodline, and it was sold for thirty high-quality spirit stones, allowing the two to make a small profit.

But their luck seemed to have run out in the first year. In the next three years, they gained nothing. Even if they found a level five monster, they were unable to keep it.

This time, they had just returned from hunting monsters, but found nothing. They finally spent three months and found a level five sea yaksha. However, the sea yaksha was very alert. It threw down one of its front paws, dived into the depths of the sea and escaped.

The two have been working together for a long time, and it is not uncommon for them to have no results for three years. However, Li Luo remains calm and unmoved.

However, Yuanlang was stuck at the bottleneck of the middle stage of Jindan, and his cultivation had stagnated for more than ten years. His state of mind had become a little more impetuous than before, and he found it a little difficult to accept this.

He came to the deacon on duty today, showed his guest token, and asked in a low voice: "In the past three months, has a guest elder of our alliance named Chen Yuan come here?"

"Please wait a moment, Elder Yuan." After checking the guest token, the deacon in the middle stage of foundation building responded respectfully, then took out a jade slip and started to check.

After a while, he withdrew his consciousness and said respectfully, "Reporting to Elder Yuan, I have checked the records of the past three months and do not find Elder Chen's name."

Yuan Lang's face became even uglier. He snorted and turned to walk out of Zhengqi Pavilion.

Li Luo shook his head slightly and followed Yuan Lang out.

The two did not walk far, but turned into an alley, came to a quiet courtyard, and sat down in the main hall.

The Blood Island Market is protected by a large island protection formation, and every inch of land is valuable, so renting a cave dwelling is extremely expensive.

Even though the two of them were Jindan cultivators, they could not afford it, so they simply lived in the house provided by the Righteousness League for guest elders. Although it was a little small, it was quiet and safe.

Most of those independent cultivators can only open caves on their own outside the market town and cannot be protected by the island protection formation. Fortunately, the beast tide has not erupted for a long time, so there is no need to worry about being killed by monsters.

After the two sat down, Li Luo looked at Yuan Lang, who had an unpleasant expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Yuan, hunting monsters depends on luck. Monsters are so cunning. It's just that there has been no harvest for three years. This was a common occurrence in the past. Why should you be upset about it?"

Yuan Lang said: "Brother Li, you worry too much. I would never take such a thing to heart."

Li Luo asked: "Why does Brother Yuan look unhappy?"

Yuan Lang said with a gloomy face: "Fellow Daoist Chen once made an agreement with you and me to come to the Ink Sea to hunt monsters together, but now four years have passed and there is still no news from him. Could it be that he forgot about this agreement?"

Li Luo frowned, "At the beginning, Fellow Daoist Chen and I agreed that he would come to Blood Island to meet us in a year at the earliest or several years at the latest. Now only four years have passed. After a while, he should be here."

Yuan Lang sneered: "After some time? Then we have to wait three years, four years, or ten years?"

Li Luo frowned even more tightly, and said in a heavier voice: "Brother Yuan, what do you mean? Without Fellow Daoist Chen, we won't hunt monsters or practice?"

Yuan Lang was stunned for a long while before he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Li is right. I have been a little unstable recently." "In the past three years, the two of us have been running around in the Ink Sea and encountered several monsters, but in the end we got nothing. It's inevitable that I have wild thoughts in my mind."

"Sometimes I think that if Fellow Daoist Chen was here, I wouldn't have failed at all, but at least I would have gained something. But I feel a little resentful towards Fellow Daoist Chen. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Li."

Li Luo's expression eased a little: "Why do we have to say these lies between you and me? It's good that Brother Yuan can figure it out."

"Even if Fellow Daoist Chen doesn't come to Mohai, we still have to hunt monsters. But if we rush for quick success and gain instant benefits, blame others and let the foreign monsters take advantage of us, that would be bad."

"Practicing is also about cultivating the mind..." Yuan Lang sighed, "Brother Li, I've thought about it. There are fewer and fewer level five monsters in this Ink Sea, and they are all very cunning. Why not give it a try in the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea? How about it?"

Li Luo pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, since our race controls the Blood Island, we naturally have the upper hand in the Ink Sea. The surviving monsters are all very cunning, so let's go to the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea and take a look."

Yuan Lang showed a happy expression, and Li Luo said: "It's just that the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea is the world of the monsters. You and I have shallow cultivation, so we must be careful and don't go too deep into it."

"How about this, I will go to the Righteousness Pavilion tomorrow to buy some information about the Sea of ​​Thousand Monsters, so as not to accidentally enter the territory of the transformed monsters."

Yuan Lang smiled and said, "Brother Li, you are worrying too much. Even if we enter the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea, we dare not go deep. The transformed monsters are all in the depths of the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea. How can you and I encounter them?"

"I heard that a cultivator from the Tianji Sect who was in the middle stage of the Jindan period accidentally discovered a thousand-year-old spiritual herb while hunting monsters in the Wanyao Sea. He was rewarded with two bottles of cultivation elixirs by the sect. If we can also have such an encounter, breaking through the bottleneck will be just around the corner."

Li Luo frowned slightly. He didn't like Yuan Lang's ambitious character, but they were close friends, so he didn't know what to say. He could only pass it by and continue discussing the matter of entering the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters to hunt monsters.

An hour later, the two finished their discussion, Li Luo stood up to say goodbye, and Yuanlang personally escorted him out of the courtyard.

Although the two are good friends, they will not live in the same place. Li Luo's residence is nearby, only a few dozen feet away.

When the two of them walked out of the courtyard gate, a monk came over from the alley and said loudly, "My two Taoist friends, how are you?"

The man who came was dressed in a white shirt, with eyes as bright as stars, sword-like eyebrows and a smile on his face. It was Chen Yuan that Yuan Lang and Li Luo had just mentioned.

When the two saw Chen Yuan suddenly coming here, they were both stunned and then went to greet him.

Yuan Lang was delighted and laughed: "Fellow Daoist Chen, I hope you are doing well. Brother Li and I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time!"

Li Luo smiled slightly, and saluted, his heavy armor rustling. "Fellow Daoist Chen, I am honored to meet you."

Chen Yuan returned the greeting and said, "I have some trivial matters to deal with, which delayed me for a few years. I came here today to fulfill the appointment. I hope you two Taoist friends will forgive me."

"Daoyou, you are too polite. Brother Li and I just mentioned you, and you came unexpectedly. It really gave us two a big surprise." Yuan Lang, who had been feeling resentful just now, welcomed Chen Yuan into the courtyard with a smile on his face, and his words were very enthusiastic.

Chen Yuan did not refuse and followed the two into the main hall. The host and guest sat down, and Yuan Lang immediately served them spiritual tea.

Chen Yuan picked up the teacup, sipped a few sips of the tea, praised it, then put it down and said with a smile, "Did you two fellow Taoists gain anything from hunting monsters in the Ink Sea for the past four years?"

Yuan Lang shook his head and sighed: "To be honest, Brother Li and I were lucky when we first came to Mohai. In the first year, we killed a black turtle and a phantom fire python with the blood of a red dragon."

"But I had bad luck for the next three years. I finally found a few monsters, but they all escaped."

Li Luo said in a deep voice: "The monsters in this ink sea are extremely cunning. Brother Yuan and I will work together to defeat a level 5 monster. If you want to keep it, it depends on luck."

"Fellow Daoist Chen is here today. From now on, if the three of us join forces, we won't be afraid of the monster escaping."

Yuan Lang nodded heavily: "Yes, I just discussed with Brother Li that we want to enter the Sea of ​​Thousand Monsters to hunt monsters. Now that Fellow Daoist Chen is here, we don't have to take the risk of going to the Sea of ​​Thousand Monsters."

"The Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters?" Chen Yuan's eyes flashed. "Since the two Taoist friends are interested, I think there is no need to change it. The Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Monsters is densely populated with monsters, and it is easier to find their traces."

"This……"

Li Luo and Yuan Lang looked at each other, and Li Luo said in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist Chen, the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea is the world of the monsters, and it is far more dangerous than the Ink Sea."

"Although the three of us have joined forces, we are all cultivators in the early stage of Jindan after all. If we encounter a level 6 or level 7 monster, the risk will be extremely high."

Yuan Lang also advised: "The Mohai is much better, most of them are level 5 monsters, and there are not many level 6 and level 7 monsters. Although the harvest will definitely be smaller, it is safer and more reliable."

After all, they were all independent cultivators, and their mentality was mainly to seek stability. After seeing Chen Yuan, they changed their minds and wanted to hunt monsters safely in the Mo Sea rather than taking risks in the Ten Thousand Monsters Sea.

Chen Yuan changed his tone and said, "Well, you two Taoist friends have been hunting monsters in the Ink Sea for many years, so you have more experience than me. I will follow your advice."

Seeing that Chen Yuan listened to their advice, they both breathed a sigh of relief and turned to talk about the specific details of hunting the monster.

Since they were going to stay in the Ink Sea to hunt monsters, Yuan Lang and Li Luo were very experienced and it only took them half an hour to discuss everything. The main thing was that the two of them introduced the situation in the Ink Sea to Chen Yuan and passed on their experience.

The three of them agreed to rest for seven days before setting off to go deeper into the Ink Sea. Chen Yuan stood up to say goodbye and came to a yard not far from where the two lived.

After entering the courtyard, he activated the formation and went to the training room to meditate and restore his true energy.

After he escaped from Wuchen Island a year ago, he let Lu Qing go as he was told and fled far away, stopping at a remote and deserted island in the Qingliu Sea.

After his injuries recovered, he refined the remaining Black Water Snake Demon Pill into two Demon Yuan Pills, added them to the remaining one, swallowed them, and practiced in seclusion. His cultivation level increased slightly.

After he refined Zhu Yan's true blood, his true essence became pure and rich. Compared with ordinary cultivators in the early stage of Jindan, his cultivation progress was much slower.

Fortunately, the demonic power of the fifth-level Yaoyuan Pill is comparable to that of the Youyun Pill, and is better than ordinary early-stage pills such as the Fucen Pill and the Linghai Pill. Although there are only three of them, they still have a certain effect.

However, Youyun Pill is also effective for cultivators in the middle stage of Jindan, but Level 5 Yaoyuan Pill is not effective.

After coming out of seclusion, Chen Yuan rushed to Mohai. He had previously agreed with Li Luo and Yuan Lang to meet at Zhengqi Pavilion in Xuedao Market, so he came here directly to inquire about the whereabouts of the two.

The deacon told Chen Yuan the residence of the two men. He first went to visit Li Luo's residence, but no one answered. He then went to Yuan Long's residence and finally met the two men.

(End of this chapter)