The road is vague

Chapter 361 Hidden Wild Island
More than ten days later.

Hai Shu and Li Mo proceeded cautiously, encountering countless sea monsters from the deep sea along the way, before finally arriving at the so-called secret base.

Li Mo looked at the wild island that led to a barren, rocky mountain and couldn't help but look astonished.

"Fellow Daoist Hai, is this the secret base you mentioned?"

There are countless wild islands in the open sea.

However, even among wild islands without spiritual veins, there are differences in size.

The larger the island, the more likely it is to have land to grow crops and feed its population.

These barren rocky islands are not only unsuitable for growing crops, but they may also be outer islands that drifted from the forbidden sea and could disappear at any time. Therefore, they are often regarded as dangerous places by the locals, who rarely set foot on them.

The desolate island he arrived at from the Southern Wilderness Plains via an ancient teleportation array was just such a wild island.

"It's right here."

Hai Shu smiled slightly.

"After all, it's just a place for the organization's members to hold meetings and rest temporarily. This rocky mountain on Onojima is an incredibly huge geomagnetic rock that can effectively block divine sense searches."

After Hai Shu's explanation, Li Mo scanned the island with his divine sense and suddenly understood.

Indeed, as the other party said, this small island is a huge geomagnet. However, it will also have a strong restraining effect on his matrix puppets and combined attack puppets, causing the polar magnets in these puppets to become disordered and lose their original effects.

After the two landed, Li Mo followed Hai Shu into a hidden stone cave.

At the top of the cave was a moonstone emitting a faint glow. A gaunt old man with disheveled hair looked over and immediately showed anger upon seeing Li Mo.

"Fellow Daoist Hai, this is our secret base. How dare you bring outsiders here so casually!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Shu clasped his hands in a gesture of respect and sighed.

"Elder Tian, ​​you may not know this, but when Fellow Daoists Zhang, Ding, and I went to Starfish Island to set up the secret teleportation array, Starfish Island was invaded by alien gods. We had no choice but to break out separately. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Li's help, I would probably have been eaten by those alien gods. Besides, Elder Tian, ​​take a closer look and see who this Fellow Daoist Li is."

"kindness?"

Upon hearing this, the gaunt old man looked at Li Mo again with a gloomy expression.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, his previously gloomy face was immediately replaced by a look of surprise.

"Li Mo, the Primal Evil God Lord of Great Treasure Island!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo showed a hint of embarrassment.

Hai Shu smiled when she saw that Elder Tian recognized Li Mo's identity.

"Well, this is one of the three local rogue cultivators that the organization most wants to recruit in the Thousand Treasures Islands. He's also my savior. Right now, there's an invasion by extraterrestrial gods outside. Bringing him here shouldn't be against the rules, right?"

"Hahaha, of course it doesn't count!"

At this moment, Old Tian was all smiles, and his eyes were full of curiosity as he looked at Li Mo.

"Senior Soul Bone is still preparing for the mission down there. I wonder if the mission will continue after all these changes."

The Survival Society is clearly not just secretly building branches, but also planning something big.

"it is good."

Hai Shu smiled and gestured for him to follow, then quickly walked deeper into the cave.

"Senior Soul Bone is a grandmaster of puppetry in this era, and also the Nascent Soul Chief Manager in charge of the organization's expansion and construction of branches in this sea area. If you want to use the organization's teleportation array to go to the Lost Continent, as long as Senior Soul Bone nods, everything will be fine."

"Grandmaster of Puppetry?"

Li Mo showed a hint of surprise.

Master Xuanmu Linglu on Xuanwu Island was already a master of mechanical arts, only one step away from becoming a grandmaster, which was already surprising enough. I never expected that there would be a puppet grandmaster here.

Moreover, judging from his title of "Soul Bone Master," he is most likely a master of bone puppetry.

"By the way, who is the old man Bingyang that Elder Tian mentioned earlier?"

Hai Shu looked at Li Mo with a surprised expression.

"Naturally, he is the only Nascent Soul stage cultivator in your Thousand Treasures Islands. Fellow Daoist Li, you don't even know that?"

Li Mo gave an awkward smile.

Although he had heard rumors of a Nascent Soul stage human cultivator in the Thousand Treasures Islands, he had never heard of the other party's Dao name.

What also intrigued him was that the Survival Society had listed him and another person as the three most sought-after rogue cultivators on par with this Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Who exactly is this last person?

After a while.

A brightly lit hall appeared ahead. The three people who were meditating there noticed it and looked over. When they saw that Hai Shu had brought an outsider, they all looked surprised.

Upon seeing this, Hai Shu smiled confidently.

"Let me introduce you. This is Master Li Mo, the famous mastermind behind the Great Treasure Island in the Thousand Treasure Islands."

"what!"

"Are you Li Mo, the one who wreaked havoc in the Wushan Island secret realm, and the mastermind behind the Primal Evil God of Dabao Island?"

"This……"

These members of the survival club were all from other islands or the lost continent, and as outsiders, they couldn't help but show surprise and curiosity when they saw this wanted criminal who had been the most prominent figure in the Thousand Pearl Islands in recent years.

For members of the Survival Society, being wanted by gods from all over the world is the greatest honor.

Li Mo hadn't expected his reputation in the Thousand Pearl Islands to be so great. It seemed Hai Shu's analysis was correct; most of the deities of the Thousand Pearl Islands likely considered him a member of the Survival Guild.

The reason they were willing to go to any lengths to capture him was because of the Survival Society behind him, not because of Wushan Island.

"I am indeed Li Mo, but the matter of Wushan Island is nothing but a rumor, and there are many misunderstandings involved..."

At this time.

A stone door slowly opened, and a fair-skinned, balding old man stepped out. His face showed both the decisiveness and ruthlessness formed by countless cruel battles, as well as a touch of compassionate gentleness. He looked at Li Mo.

Upon seeing this, Hai Shu and the others all stood up, clasped their hands in greeting, and bowed.

Li Mo dared not presume, and similarly clasped his hands in a salute.

"Greetings, Senior Soul Bone."

"No need to be polite."

Soul Bone Master looked at Li Mo.

"Our Survival Guild is dedicated to saving savages and unorthodox cultivators from all over the world. We are recruiting people of goodwill from all regions to join us in building a peaceful and prosperous world ruled by humans. Would you be willing?"

"I must first cross the Forbidden Sea to see the outside world on the main continent before I can decide whether to join your organization. For this, I need to use your organization's teleportation array to go to the Lost Continent. I wonder if your organization could do me a favor?"

The hall fell silent as everyone turned to look at the Soul Bone Master.

After a moment of silence, the Soul Bone Master suddenly looked at Hai Shu.

"Why didn't Zhang Lu and Ding Si come back with you?"

"At that time, Starfish Island was invaded by alien gods, and the situation was critical. The three of us decided to break out separately. I was able to escape only with the help of Fellow Daoist Li."

As she spoke, Hai Shu's voice grew softer and softer.

"I see."

Soul Bone Master looked at Li Mo and said, "How about this, Your Excellency, you should stay here and rest for a while. After some time, I will give you a definite answer. What do you say?"

"it is good."

After Li Mo agreed, the Soul Bone Master nodded, returned to the side room, and closed the stone door.

The five people in the hall then began to chat, one after another. However, they all expressed a strong curiosity about the secret realm of Wushan Island. Li Mo had no choice but to tell them about the situation in the Seven Star Corridor and some speculations about the ancient times, which immediately drew sighs from the other four.

"The ancient cultivators comprehended the creation of heaven and earth, and their strength was far beyond our imagination today. Otherwise, we would not have fallen into the state of demons and monsters ruling the world."

The monk surnamed Wang sighed.

"If one day our leader, Aurora Mystic Maiden, is able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, the status of our Survival Society will be fundamentally elevated!"

"Unfortunately, more than ten years ago, when the leader was secretly spying on the newly promoted Neon King of the Blood Dragon Clan, he was unexpectedly discovered by the Blood Dragon Clan Chief and was besieged by the Blood Dragon Clan Chief and the Neon King, both of whom are Spirit Transformation Kings. Although the leader managed to escape by virtue of his extreme speed, he was seriously injured and may not be able to advance any further for the next hundred years."

"Alas, fate is unpredictable. Our leader has devoted himself entirely to the human cultivators. If it weren't for that, with our leader's talent, he would probably have already advanced further on the main continent..."

Li Mo could easily glean this from their words.

The leader of the Survival Guild is named Aurora Mystic Maiden, a newly promoted Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator of the Misty Blood Dragon Clan, or rather, a Spirit Transformation stage king named Neon King.

This female cultivator, who was in the late Nascent Soul stage, was actually able to escape from two Nascent Soul stage kings of the Misty Blood Dragon Clan. Even in the main continent, such strength would make her one of the strongest Nascent Soul cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, enough to rival General Chen Youyou of the Qian Kingdom who was currently fighting in the Southern Barbarian Lands.

This is even half a level stronger than the King of Slaughter.

Although the King of Assassins is known as the number one assassin in the world, he is ultimately only skilled in underhanded methods such as assassination from behind. He can deter ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, but he is clearly inadequate against the top-level Nascent Soul cultivators who can survive against Deity Transformation cultivators.

After all, no one would believe that the deterrent power of a Nascent Soul cultivator would be less than that of the so-called King of Assassins.

After everyone gradually quieted down, Li Mo, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon, secretly observed the changes in the True Demon Avatar while pondering the matter of the Multiverse Chaos Thunder Dao once again.

With each increase in the power of his True Demon Avatar, he could vaguely sense that a certain evil god grass had been transformed into an evil grass physique by an unknown creature, thus indirectly affecting the order of heaven and earth in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

In the Lost Seas, alongside the Evil God Grass Disaster, there are three other major disasters: Cannibal Island, Extraterrestrial Bait, and Mirage.

Does that mean there are at least three more ancient creatures hidden in various parts of the Lost Sea?

No.

The actual number may be even higher.

Their order is simply more subtle, or it doesn't manifest as a disaster.

"It seems that... to embed one's own order into the world, the creatures of this realm need to actively seek it out and accept it, or to become a legend passed down by word of mouth and inspire fear. In short, it must have a great influence. So how can one cleverly integrate one's own dualistic chaotic lightning?"

So far, he has only unleashed the Dual Chaos Lightning twice, and his understanding of it is clearly still lacking. He must wait until his soul recovers before he can try it more and comprehend its principles and truths.

However, this will also cause another problem.

Each time he unleashes the Dual Chaos Thunder, his soul is weakened to some extent, and even if it recovers, he can never reach his peak again.

From this perspective, this method of seeking the Tao seems to be a path of cultivation with no turning back.

As he repeatedly unleashed the dualistic chaotic lightning, he was able to gain a clearer understanding of the principles and laws within it. However, if he failed to grasp the essence and could not integrate it into the world like the order of the evil grass, then with the severe loss of his divine soul and the significant depletion of his foundation, he might not even be able to forcefully break through the bottleneck using magic power in the future, thus completely cutting off his escape route.

"Let's think it over carefully and consider it thoroughly before making a decision."

One is the path of cultivation with no way back, the other is the cultivation of continuous accumulation.

The former is the common cultivation method of cultivators in ancient immortal mountains and holy lands. Only those with inferior aptitude would be forced to continuously accumulate magical power and break through various realms.

The latter is the main cultivation method for cultivators in the current Dharma-ending Age. The order of heaven and earth is restricted by the constraints of the Dharma-ending Age, and they are forced to make steady progress.

(End of this chapter)