Celestial being

"Returning to the Void Realm great monks, no matter where they are in the Izumo Realm, are rare existences. Senior, don't look at the vast sea area under the jurisdiction of Dongji Palace and the huge number of spiritual islands, but it can provide the cultivation of the returning Void Realm monks. There are only more than a hundred spiritual islands, and this has already limited the number of monks who can return to the void." Sikong Zhan said with a smile.

Are there only more than a hundred seats?

Yuan Ming groaned and asked again: "Then if you want to occupy a spiritual island, do you need to buy it from Dongji Palace?"

"Senior, do you want to settle down in the East Extreme Sea?" Sikong Zhan asked with a raised brow.

"I have this plan." Yuan Ming nodded.

"With your seniors' cultivation level, if you want to join Dongji Palace, they will definitely not refuse. As long as you successfully join Dongji Palace, they will assign you a matching spiritual island based on your cultivation level. After that, You just need to obey the orders from Dongji Palace and complete the tasks issued by Dongji Palace on time." Sikong Zhan thought for a moment and replied.

"Do I have to join Dongji Palace?" Yuan Ming frowned slightly.

"Senior, if you don't want to join Dongji Palace and be restricted by others, there is another way." Sikong Zhan saw this and said immediately.

"What solution?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Submit one million spiritual stones to Dongji Palace and obtain a challenge order. With this order, you can challenge the owner of any spiritual island in the East Ji Sea. As long as you can defeat the opponent, you can replace him. , becoming the new owner of this spiritual island." Sikong Zhan said.

"Does this mean that we are not under the control of Dongji Palace?" Yuan Ming asked after hearing this.

"The island owner who succeeds in the challenge is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Dongji Palace, but in most cases, he does not have to obey its orders. But correspondingly, once an enemy invades, the Dongji Palace will not step in to help. It can only You have to deal with it yourself. In addition, a certain number of spiritual stones must be handed over to Dongji Palace every year as a fee for owning the island." Sikong Zhan said.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming nodded thoughtfully. Both methods have their own pros and cons, so there is no need to rush to make a decision for the time being.

Sikong Zhan answered all questions along the way and helped Yuan Ming gain a basic understanding of the situation in the East Pole Sea.

Towards evening, the flying boat across the sea finally landed and arrived at Huayun Island.

Huayun Island is a small island that looks like a plum blossom when viewed from a high altitude. The top is covered by clouds and fog all year round. The island has abundant water vapor, lush vegetation and abundant spiritual energy. It is three points better than Changchun Island.

When the flying boat landed slowly, it could be seen that lights were on all over the island, and smoke was rising everywhere. The smoke connected with the clouds, forming a very unique picture.

Yuan Ming glanced around casually and saw many ports built on the edge of the island. Fishing boats were lined up neatly. On the pier, adults were busy sorting out the catch, and children were playing and shuttled among them. lively.

"This island is very lively, but there are so many mortals?" Yuan Ming asked with a smile.

"Haha, not only Huayun Island, but almost every island is home to a large number of mortals and low-level monks. If you become the master of an island, you will also have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting these mortals and low-level monks." Sikong Zhan He smiled and said.

At Yuan Ming's request, everyone landed at the pier by the sea and walked back along the road leading to the island.

Sikong Zhan led Yuan Ming to the front, and his son Sikong Zhuo was fine after a long journey of cultivation. He was supported by Sikong Lin and walked behind.

Out of curiosity about Yuan Ming, Ye Xinyao also abandoned the Sikong Zhuo brothers and leaned next to Sikong Zhan, listening to their conversation and interjecting a word or two from time to time.

Seeing that Yuan Ming didn't say anything, Sikong Zhan acquiesced to her.

As we walked all the way to the island, there were occasional mortals who would greet Sikong Zhan and the others along the way. They were not familiar with each other, more like a farmhand greeting his master, with a bit of respect, but not much fear.

It seemed that they were already used to these cultivators.

The closer you get to the center of the island, the denser the buildings on the island become. Their styles are different from those on the Yunhuang Continent. Most of them are stilt-style buildings supported by bamboo wood, which is obviously to prevent moisture and insects.

Near the island lord's palace, there is already a bustling commercial street. There are many shops and restaurants on the street. Mortals and monks are mixed together, and there is no obvious distinction.

Yuan Ming followed everyone to the island owner's mansion. He originally wanted to pay a visit, but Sikong Zhan informed the island owner that he was in retreat and that he would handle all matters on the island temporarily, so he directly arranged a separate courtyard for him. Lived.

At night, Yuan Ming stood by the window of his room, looking at the lush trees and dots of light on the island outside. He turned over his hands and took out two Qingling communication charms, whispered a few words each and then crushed them.

Then he closed the window, arranged a magic circle in the house, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.

Half an hour later, he slowly opened his eyes and found that he had not received a reply from Qingling's messenger talisman. Both Xiying and Wulu seemed to be thousands of miles away from him.

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Ming took out the Heaven Stealing Cauldron and placed a stick of black incense on it.

He rubbed the incense head with his fingers and lit it. After hesitating for a moment, he chose to visualize Xiying's face in his mind.

After a while, his consciousness became drowsy, his eyes became blurred, and he immediately fell into darkness and lost all consciousness.

I don't know how long it took, but his consciousness gradually recovered, and his vision became clear again in the light before his eyes.

He has already possessed Xiying.

Now that they are both witches, the difference in soul power is not that big. However, Yuan Ming still chooses the black incense that he developed by himself. It can only possess Xiying and cannot control her actions.

With Xi Ying's sight, he looked around and found that Xi Ying was standing on the deck of a huge sea-crossing flying boat.

A layer of diamond-shaped crystal-shaped light curtain shrouded the outside of the giant boat, which reflected colorful streams of light, and was driving steadily in the void.

At this time, a blue-haired young man with a tall and tall figure came to Xiying. He introduced himself very politely and wanted to make friends with Xiying.

However, Xiying was obviously not in a good mood, so he ignored her and turned back to the cabin.

Yuan Ming felt relieved when he saw that she was fine.

After his soul returned, he tried to contact Ulu using the Taixu communication array, but there was no response.

In desperation, he had no choice but to give up, and immediately took out the Heaven-reaching Demonic Pillar and activated it, finally opening the space of the Heaven-stealing Cauldron and entering it.

In the Tiantian Cauldron space, Huazhi and King Kong have returned to their original appearance, lying on the ground one on the left and the other on the right. Both of them have scars on their bodies, they have been seriously injured and unconscious, and their souls also appear to be extremely weak.

When Yuan Ming saw this, a look of guilt appeared in his eyes, and his mind began to recall the experience some time ago.

They passed through the Zhenhai Palace teleportation array and arrived at an uninhabited island in the first sea area. After coming out of the dilapidated main hall on the island, they began to drive a sea-crossing flying boat across the first sea area.

After just two days of driving, they encountered a whale disaster without any surprise. Hundreds of giant whales, as big as mountains, swam through the sea in groups, and every time they swung their tails, they could lift hundreds of feet into the air. huge waves.

Every time the air holes on its back exhale, it can shoot up a water column hundreds of feet high. The powerful force contained in it can directly destroy a magic weapon-level sea-crossing flying boat.

And when it eats, it becomes even more terrifying.

The huge mouth that swallows the sky can suck in thousands of hectares of sea water when it opens and closes. The vortex formed in it has an extremely powerful attraction. Even a Nascent Soul monk will be sucked into it if he is not careful.

This is only the situation when encountering a lone giant whale feeding. If you encounter a group of whales and are regarded as intruders or prey by them, even monks in the Void Return Stage will have difficulty escaping.

The fact that Yuan Ming and others were able to survive safely all relied on Qiong Yun's bloodline of the Blue Sea Blue Whale King.

Relying on the characteristics of their bloodline, they were not besieged by the whales, and under Qiongyun's secret technique, they did the opposite and simply hid in the belly of a giant whale, and were carried away by it without any danger. Passed through the first sea area.

At the junction of the first sea area and the second sea area, the silver-shirted girl transformed by Hou Yi's sun bow and the Great Wilderness Galaxy Pearl teamed up with Yuan Ming to dive into the bottom of the sea. In a secret trench, they obtained some three-light divine water. , and returned with Qiong Yun.

Yuan Ming and the others drove the sea-crossing flying boat gifted by Hou Yi to shoot the sun bow, and continued to the second sea area.

After entering the second sea area, it was calm at first, which made everyone feel a little relieved and made some adjustments.

But five days later, a storm suddenly broke out on the sea. From a distance, a thick black lead cloud could be seen covering the sky. Below, countless thick and powerful tornadoes, like demonic dragons twisting their bodies, connected the sky and the earth.

Just in case, Yuan Ming opened the space of the Heaven-stealing Cauldron and took Uru, Xiying, Huazhi and King Kong into it. He planned to rely on his omnipotent body and his cultivation in the Return to the Void Realm to brave the wind and sea alone.

But before that, Xiying used illusion to put the other three people into a deep sleep, helping Yuan Ming hide the secret of stealing the Tianding.

After that, Yuan Ming activated the Wind-fixing Pearl alone and broke into the sea of ​​wind.

The storm in the wind sea was far more terrifying than he imagined. The strong wind was almost as powerful as tearing apart space. Even with the protection of the Wind-fixing Bead, Yuan Ming felt as if his skin would be torn apart by the hurricane.

He believed that if he had not become the body of all things, even if he had the Wind-fixing Pearl in his hand, his physical body would be easily torn to pieces by this storm.

Yuan Ming urged the Dingfeng Pearl to move forward arduously. When he couldn't hold it any longer, he would open the space of the Heaven-stealing Cauldron and escape into it for a while to recover. When he regained his strength, he would continue on his way against the wind.

He stopped and walked like this, struggling to move forward in the wind and sea. Several times, he accidentally exhausted his strength, was swept away by the strong wind, and lost his way. By the time he finally got out of the wind and sea, ten years had passed. Years long.

The ten years of hard work were simply more strenuous than Yuan Ming's previous training. By the time of the last stretch of the journey, even the Wind-fixing Pearl was no longer able to be used and was completely destroyed.

Yuan Ming was stunned that he finally got out of the wind and sea by relying on his stronger physique, great perseverance, and a little luck that he had honed over the past ten years.