The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 141 Xiaoyuan Island

The sun was rising, its warm rays piercing through the thin clouds and shone on a market town on the island. Beside the tall market gate, pillars carved with spiritual crystals shone brightly, attracting the attention of passing monks.

In the market, stalls are scattered everywhere. One stall owner holds a jade box with fragrant herbs in it, attracting cultivators to ask questions; the weapon refiner next to him displays the magic weapon that has just been made, with light flowing and runes appearing. In the air, monks flying on swords shuttle back and forth, their sleeves fluttering; on the ground, people are shoulder to shoulder, some stop to watch, some bargain, and the noise is endless.

In the distance, a magic circle was shining brightly. It was a short-distance teleportation array unique to the outer sea. Monks came in and out from time to time, bringing rare treasures from foreign lands, adding a bit of prosperity and mystery to this market.

In front of a stall selling low-priced spiritual herbs, two young monks were bargaining with the stall owner over the price of a plant of Samadhi Huiyang Grass.

One of the shorter boys looked curiously at his older brother and the vendor negotiating the price.

"I've already said that the spiritual yang essence in your Samadhi Huiyang Grass is much rarer than usual, which greatly reduces the value of this spiritual herb. I'm already very sincere in offering you fifty spirit stones. Why do you want me to add five more spirit stones?" Li Yiyan said dissatisfiedly.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist, don't worry, fellow Daoist, this Samadhi Huiyang Grass took me three years to cultivate with great effort. Even if its value has greatly dropped, fifty spirit stones is still too low." The vendor was an old, thin and dark-skinned man with a Taoist bun in his hair and wearing thin, old gray clothes.

"In this case, I will only state a price, fifty-three spirit stones. If it is not acceptable, we will not buy it." Li Yiyan said with a straight face.

"Okay, okay, three more pieces are fine, three more pieces are fine." The dark and thin old man immediately agreed with a smile.

So the two of them exchanged money and goods, and the deal was done.

Li Yiyan secretly put the Samadhi Huiyang Grass into the wooden box. This spiritual herb was of great help to the Fire Virtue monks in refining spiritual medicines and elixirs. He collected it for many days for his master's practice and finally bought this spiritual medicine.

My master is a legendary Shaoyang cultivator, and a rare sword cultivator known for his decisiveness in killing. In addition to practicing sword skills every day, I practice cultivation, and this Samadhi Huiyang Grass is one of the few rare spiritual objects that can promote the master's practice and benefit him.

He collected the spiritual herbs and said to his junior fellow apprentice with a smile, "Junior apprentice, come on, I'll take you to buy some delicious spiritual meat! This time we can save a dozen spiritual stones and go to the restaurant for a meal!"

"Okay! Senior brother! I'm craving for the ginseng-flavored rabbit meat at Lingyun Restaurant! Let's go!" The little boy became excited when he heard it, and pulled his senior brother to the restaurant.

Li Yiyan smiled and followed his junior brother. This was his closest junior brother. They had been relying on each other to escape the disaster from the huge waves until that day when they met a long-haired swordsman on the beach. He used one sword to split the huge waves that destroyed the entire tribe on their island and killed countless sea monsters in it. The waves were like a tide of blood.

The swordsman rescued the two of them, brought them back to Xiaoyuan Island, and accepted them as registered disciples. He is now their master, Zhuiyi Zhenxiu.

The two of them walked through the bustling market town and came to a spirit list. Seeing the huge crowd gathered there, they couldn't help but stop and take a few looks out of curiosity.

"Brother, what is written on this spirit list?" The younger brother looked at the notice in front of the spirit list curiously.

Li Yiyan peered through the gap in the crowd, stared at the French words on the spirit list, and read: "

Zhenhai City Wanted Order:
Zhenhai City specially announced to all cultivators in the outer sea that a sect on the inner island was plotting against the true cultivators of Linglong Sect, and was wiped out by the Linglong Sect with thunderous force. The sect leader was prevented from escaping and rushed to the outer sea through a secret passage. If any cultivator can provide the whereabouts of the sect leader, he will be rewarded with a Dao-building Pill.

If you can get his corpse, you will be rewarded with a top-grade spiritual weapon.

If you can capture him alive, you will be rewarded with a top-grade spiritual object!
This person's name is Chen Guan, a Jinde Taoist monk. His magical power is the ability to escape and change. He is also proficient in the puppet spiritualism technique that has been lost in the outer sea for a long time...

If you have any findings, please report to the Zhenhai City stronghold in the major markets!"

Li Yiyan, who had just read it out of curiosity, felt a sudden shock in his heart after seeing the characteristics of the wanted man.

"Brother, puppetry, that is..." The younger brother seemed to have remembered something and wanted to speak.

Li Yiyan suddenly had an idea in his mind and interrupted his junior brother, "Come on, I'll take you to eat some meat. Don't worry about this wanted order."

After saying that, he took his junior fellow apprentice's hand and walked out of the crowd.

After walking quickly out of the crowd, Li Yiyan was trembling in his heart, because he had indeed seen the puppetry that his junior brother had just talked about.

My master's Taoist school is said to be an ancient Taoist school passed down from the inner way, and one of the spiritual skills among them is the refining of puppets!
He even saw with his own eyes during one of his meetings with his master that Uncle Changqiu put away the small puppet on the table with an expressionless face and said some meaningful words to his master.

The more Li Yiyan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. An obscure feeling in his heart seemed to be telling him that his own sect was related to the sect on the Zhenhai City wanted list. However, reason told him that there were so many sects on the outer sea islands, and just having a puppet sect was nothing and was probably just a coincidence.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, so he hurriedly bought the spirit beast meat and took his junior brother back to the island to take a look.

After leaving the market, Li Yiyan released the flying magic weapon Water Cloud Cover, which transformed into a cloud and led his junior brother to the southeast. This sea area is full of islands and is one of the most chaotic areas in the Wanzhu Sea. There are more than a dozen true cultivation islands.

The Xiaoyuan Island where they live is definitely a well-known place in Wanzhu Sea, only because there are three famous true cultivators on the island, each of whom is famous in the area.

Uncle Changqiu, the oldest master on Xiaoyuan Island, is a well-known seventh-turn upper-level true cultivator, and he is also a sword cultivator. More than ten years ago, at the Thousand Islands Alliance Conference in Wanzhu Sea, he fought against several eighth-turn great true cultivators and did not lose. He became famous all over the world and was admired by sword cultivators all over the world.

The second is his master, Zhuiyi Zhenxiu, who is also a well-known sword cultivator. What's more, he is a Shaoyang sword cultivator. He has become a fifth-turn Zhenxiu before he was three hundred years old. He once fought against a seventh-turn upper-level demon cultivator and retreated calmly. He is very famous among the human cultivators in the Wanzhu Sea.

The third one is Lingshui Zhenxiu, who has always been a reclusive and seldom takes action. This uncle has lived on the island for many years, teaching the Dharma, giving lessons, and answering questions for the disciples on the island. His Taoism is so high that he can answer any question asked, which makes all the disciples admire him.

As the wind blew over the clouds, Li Yiyan felt more and more uneasy. The little junior fellow beside him was only fifteen years old and had just entered the Qi Refining realm. He only coveted the delicious meat of the spirit beasts in the restaurant.

The magic weapon flew for hundreds of miles. Li Yiyan carefully kept an eye on the surroundings, fearing that he would encounter any thieves. It seemed that there were more thieves coming and going today than usual.

After a day and a night, he flew across the sea along the island and finally saw a huge island in the distance.

Just this one look made his soul fly away and he was so frightened that he stood there in a daze.

Even the junior fellow apprentice beside him was stunned by the scene before him, his body shaking uncontrollably as he stared at the sea ahead.

On the Xiaoyuan Island not far away, the sea water was rolled up in all directions. Huge waves rose high like a water wall, trapping the Xiaoyuan Island under the center of the whirlpool waves, as if the dark waves were going to swallow up the entire Xiaoyuan Island.

Above the waves, more than a dozen figures stood high in the air, and each of them exuded a powerful aura of true cultivation.

The old man and the young man in the lead had such a strong aura that it was suffocating. Faintly, one could see clouds gradually gathering in the sky, shining on the huge waves.

At the bottom of Xiaoyuan Island, countless sea monsters were frantically climbing up from the whirlpool and attacking the dimly lit formation curtain.

Many monks had gathered in the distance to watch the fun, but they were a hundred miles away and no one dared to step forward.

"This..." The corners of Li Yiyan's mouth trembled. He looked at the scene in horror. The home where he had lived for decades seemed to have fallen into an abyss.

"What the hell is going on?"

The sound of monks' discussions not far away reached Li Yiyan's ears.

"Xiaoyuan Island is a famous island in Wanzhu Sea. There are high-ranking Changqiu Great True Cultivators on it! Who dares to attack Xiaoyuan Island?"

"Can't you see this? The only one who can cast a spell to trap the entire Xiaoyuan Island in the abyss, apart from a high-level true cultivator, is naturally a sea creature!

I'm afraid that Xiaoyuan Island has provoked some sea tribe? I just don't know if it is a big shot from the Wanzhu Sea or Shangxuan Sea!"

"How come there are still true cultivators of our human race up there? Why are our human race teaming up with the sea tribe to fight against their own people?"

"I heard that it is related to the wanted order issued by Zhenhai City. It seems that this Xiaoyuan Island is involved with the rebellious sect in the inner island. Zhenhai City personally sent more than a dozen true cultivators! Even the sea clan is involved!"

Li Yiyan stared blankly at Xiaoyuan Island in the whirlpool of huge waves, feeling a sense of panic in his heart. Those people were all real cultivators, and any one of them could crush him to death with just a finger. Even though he wanted to do his part for the island, it seemed that rushing forward would only lead to his death.

"Dang~"

A loud bell sounded in the air, and a middle-aged man announced in a loud voice: "When we are doing business in Zhenhai City, all outsiders should retreat! If you get close, I will kill you regardless of life or death!"

"It is Zhenhai City indeed!"

Li Yiyan felt his vision go dark, and he muttered to himself, "It's over! It's over!"

Zhenhai City is one of the top forces in the outer sea. Apart from the royal families of Shangxuanhai and Wanzhuhai, as well as the Taoist traditions of the Lei family and the Dugu family, Zhenhai City is the most powerful!
In the sky, the old man in the lead had a cold face, his hands behind his back and he said condescendingly: "Everyone on Xiaoyuan Island, listen up. The fugitive that I am looking for in Zhenhai City is hiding on your island. Activate the formation immediately and let us search for him!
Otherwise, if there is resistance, no one will be spared!"

(End of this chapter)