"Is this island still empty?"
After looking through and comparing for a while, Chen Linyao pointed to a third-level island and asked the manager.
The island is very small and slightly closer to the edge, but the price is still barely affordable, four high-quality spirit stones per year.
This is already the cheapest among the three-level cave dwellings, and there is no extra choice.
Apart from this, the other items were priced at a terrifying seven, eight, or even more than ten yuan. Even if he could come up with so many spirit stones, he wouldn't dare to choose one.
Even so, it still made the person in charge look at him sideways.
It is very rare for a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training to be able to rent an island with four high-quality spirit stones.
Upon seeing this, Chen Lin immediately released his Breath Concealing Technique, revealing his late Qi training stage. He then pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Sorry, it's time for the Concealing Talisman, but your island is really too expensive. Fortunately, we can share the rent, otherwise I don't think it would be rented out at all!"
The manager had no doubts when he heard this.
Eight out of ten cultivators who go out to sea use concealment techniques to hide their cultivation level, and it is also common for them to share islands to use as bases for hunting monsters.
He smiled and said, "It's okay. Only by being careful and cautious can you live a long life. If you want to buy a concealing magic weapon, you can go to the sect market. The location is Xuanyuan Island."
As the steward spoke, he took the map and took a look at it. "Oh, Daoyou is interested in Xiaoqiu Island. It hasn't been rented out yet. How long will it take?"
"Let's rent it for a year first, and then we'll see how things go."
Chen Lin said casually.
The steward nodded, took out a jade slip and said, "Here is a map of the nearby sea area, which is a gift for renting the island. Also, I would like to remind you that there are a lot of blackfish near Xiaoqiu Island. You can buy fishing equipment and place it around the island. The catch can also be sold for about one high-quality spirit stone every year."
Chen Lin was stunned and quickly thanked him.
In this case, the rent would be equivalent to three high-quality spirit stones, but it would take a little more effort.
In fact, with his alchemy ability, there is no need to do this. He can just refine two more marrow cleansing pills. However, he has to make it look like it so as not to arouse suspicion.
After the lease was confirmed, someone took Chen Lin to an island farther away.
After handing over the spirit stone and completing the formalities here, I was taken to a small island shrouded in thick fog.
"Fellow Daoist, this is Xiaoqiu Island. The rental token is the key to controlling the formation on the island. I wish you to improve your cultivation and gain something every time you go out to sea. Goodbye!"
The young man who led the way was an outer disciple of the Sea King Sect. After bringing Chen Lin here, he clasped his fists and turned into a beam of light and flew away.
Chen Lin complained about why the person leading the way was not a beautiful woman, then activated the token. The thick fog rolled and disappeared, revealing the full view inside.
After driving the shuttle around the island, he nodded with satisfaction.
The rent is a bit expensive, but the environment on the island is good, there is enough spiritual energy, and there are ready-made buildings. Even a small spiritual field has been opened up, but the spiritual crops planted there have been harvested.
The island is indeed very small, at most one square kilometer, but it is very flat and has many flowers, plants and trees planted on it, making it look like a small garden.
Chen Lin immediately fell in love with this place and decided to live here for a while. If it is safe and guaranteed, he will stay here until he is promoted to the Foundation Establishment Stage!
Although the manager said that the house had been cleaned after the previous tenant left, Chen Lin still checked the house inside and out with the sensing talisman.
Including the bottom of the surrounding sea and the underground under the island, after making sure there was no problem, he activated the formation and drove the shuttle straight to Xuanyuan Island.
He changed his appearance in the middle of the journey and flew for a long time according to the map before arriving at the destination.
As soon as he arrived on the island, he felt its prosperity, which was no less than that of Danding City, and even more so.
However, unlike Danding City, the main items sold here are materials from sea monsters, both living and dead, with a wide variety that opened Chen Lin's eyes.
"What's this?"
Chen Lin walked to a stall, picked up a large, semi-transparent mantis shrimp and asked curiously.
"Haha, you are new to the sea, right? You don't even know what a crystal shrimp is. This thing tastes delicious. Would you like to try some?"
The stall owner is a bold and generous man, and his cultivation is in the late stage of Qi training.
Chen Lin previously concealed his cultivation level as being at the middle stage of Qi training, but later on he discovered that there were too few cultivators at the middle stage of Qi training here, so he concealed his cultivation level as being at the seventh level of Qi training.
"Okay, let's try some!"
Having just moved into a new house, Chen Lin planned to celebrate, so he not only bought crystal shrimps, but also bought several kinds of monster food.
Then he left the stalls and browsed in the shops.
Soon, his waist bag was deflated, but there was a look of joy on his face, and he flew back to his island using his light.
Back and forth, Chen Lin encountered several patrol teams dressed in the uniforms of Sea King Sect disciples, which made him very satisfied. Fortunately, he rented a third-level cave. Compared with spirit stones, safety is the most important thing.
After returning to the island, they first made a seafood dinner. After enjoying the meal, they took out two sets of equipment for setting up the formation.
One set was just bought in the market, it was called the Small Five Elements Defense Array, it was said that it could withstand the attacks of cultivators in the early stages of foundation building, and could also withstand attacks from cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building for a while, which was enough for him to send a distress signal to the Sea King Sect.
It has a great effect, so the price is naturally not cheap. It took five high-quality spirit stones!
However, this array device is movable and can be taken away when it is no longer rented. Even so, Chen Lin felt heartbroken.
Chen Lin had long wanted to learn the art of formations, but it was hard to inherit the art, and formations were extremely mysterious and could not be thoroughly studied overnight. Even if he had the talent and ability, he would not dare to dabble in it easily, as it would be a waste of time.
The most urgent task is to break through the foundation as soon as possible, and everything else should be put aside.
Even with the ready-made equipment for setting up the formation, it still took three full days to complete the setup.
Chen Lin tested it and found that the defense was indeed amazing. No matter what, he could not break it by using his spiritual weapon, the Mountain-Splitting Seal.
Moreover, the beauty of the Small Five Elements Formation lies in that it can use underground spiritual veins as power without consuming spiritual stones. This is why he gritted his teeth and bought it.
With this formation, plus the existing formation on the island, there is no need to worry about anyone breaking into the island.
Then, Chen Lin began to set up the second formation.
This is a trap array that has the function of isolating sounds and energy fluctuations. It was obtained from the spoils of the three women in the Golden Phoenix Tower.
Thinking of these three women, Chen Lin couldn't help but have a strange look on his face.
There were basically no treasures in the storage bags of the three people, only spirit stones, adding up to a total of ten top-grade spirit stones!
He had spent two or three years in the Golden Phoenix Tower, but probably had not used so many spirit stones. Now they were all returned.
I didn't know what to say to him, I could only sigh that you are a beautiful woman, but you are a thief.
After sighing for a while, he began to set up the formation.
This is easy. Just place the formation plate and formation flags in a fixed location. Since the coverage of the formation is limited, they are arranged around the building you plan to use for cultivation.
This formation was mainly used to block out the sounds made by refining magical instruments such as Thunderbolt Beads. Because it needed spirit stones to activate it, it was impossible for him to keep the formation running all the time.
The formation has been set up.
Chen Lin admired the results with satisfaction and inspected the island again.
Finally, he placed several tools for catching cuttlefish in the surrounding sea water and began to refine elixirs in preparation for his retreat.