Jinxia Island, Yulian Peak.
A vast green-tiled courtyard and a three-story blue pavilion.
In the basement, Han Changming was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes slightly closed. There was a golden light in his eyes. In front of him was a green porcelain bowl and a green jade bottle. There was some light golden liquid in the green porcelain bowl.
After a while, Han Changming opened his eyes, and a hint of golden light appeared in his eyeballs.
Golden Eyes True Pupils, the Zhu family of Danyang Island used the inner elixir of the third-level golden-eyed beast to exchange with the Han family for a second-level top-quality puppet beast. Han Changming was able to prepare spiritual liquid and practice the secret technique of golden eyes true pupils.
He has been on Jinxia Island for more than three months. He seldom goes out and concentrates on practicing the Golden Eye True Pupil.
According to the classics, it would take at least a year and a half to get started. However, Han Changming got started in just three months, thanks to the quality of the Taiyi Hualing Gourd that purified the spiritual liquid.
The more abundant the spiritual energy is, the faster the Taiyi Hualing Gourd can purify the spiritual liquid, and the shorter the time it takes to produce the spiritual water.
He poured the golden spiritual liquid in the porcelain bowl back into the green jade bottle and put it away carefully.
The spiritual liquid in his hand has been used up. If he wants to continue practicing, he needs the inner elixir of a third-level golden-eyed beast and several three-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines.
The outer sea is rich in resources for cultivating immortals. The Deacon Hall on Jinxia Island can exchange these resources for cultivation, but it requires the consumption of good deeds.
Han Changming stood up and walked out. Ye Xin sat on a stone bench, holding a thick book on formations, reading it with great interest.
Ye Xin put down the book and said with a smile: "Husband, you are out of retreat."
Han Changming took out the soul-hiding veil, handed it to Ye Xin, and asked Ye Xin to put it on.
Ye Xin did as she was told. In a flash of inspiration, Ye Xin disappeared.
Han Changming activated his golden eyes, and his eyes lit up with a faint golden light.
He could clearly see a faint glow on the ground, which could not be seen without careful observation.
"Okay, ma'am, it's all right."
Han Changming was overjoyed. He had just started practicing, and if he could master it, his golden eyes would be even more powerful.
Ye Xin put away the soul-hiding veil and revealed her true form.
"By the way, where's Xue'er? Where did she go?"
Apart from going out to visit Wu Xueli, Han Changming has been staying in the basement to practice the Golden Eye True Pupil.
"My sister has been busy making talismans recently. She received a talisman-making task from the Deacon Hall. She can earn thousands of merit points by handing in a batch of second-level talismans every month. She works too hard. I have persuaded her that cultivation is important, but she said that we have just arrived and there are many places where we need to use merit points. It doesn't matter if we suffer a little now."
Ye Xin said with a wry smile. When she was persuading Ye Xue, she was also a little envious of Ye Xue.
Han Daobin and Han Delei don't know any skills, Han Changming is in seclusion, Ye Xin's formation skills are not high, and it's not easy to get started in formation. It takes a lot of time to master it.
As a result, Ye Xue worked harder.
Han Changming smiled silently. He didn't let Ye Xue do that.
Thousands of good merits are not easy to earn. Ye Xue is estimated to be making talismans day and night. Han Changming does not want his partner to work so hard.
Ye Xue walked out of the secret room. Her eyes were dark and bloodshot, and her face looked tired.
"Husband, you are out of seclusion."
Ye Xue smiled happily when she saw Han Changming.
Han Changming walked to Ye Xue with a stern face and said in a stern tone: "Xue'er, what did you do?"
"I just took on a few tasks and refined some second-level talismans. I can refine second-level water escape talismans very quickly now. I have already accumulated 5,250 points of merit."
Ye Xue said cautiously that good deeds can be exchanged for resources for cultivating immortals, and she hopes to share some of the pressure for Han Changming.
Han Changming hugged Ye Xue and kissed her.
A blush appeared on Ye Xue's jade-white cheeks. After a long while, Han Changming finally let go of her mouth. Ye Xue leaned in Han Changming's arms, panting and her body weak.
"Practice is the most important thing. I can understand that you want to share our worries, but don't work too hard. If you get exhausted, your husband will feel bad."
Han Changming's face was full of tenderness. When he was at home, he liked Ye Xue the most. He didn't have to worry about anything, as Ye Xue would manage the house in order. When he was outside, he liked Ye Xin the most. Ye Xin was good at observing people's words and expressions. When Han Changming was impulsive, she could hold Han Changming back and prevent him from making mistakes.
Ye Xue nodded and agreed obediently.
"My dear, this is the information I collected. There is a third-level golden-eyed beast inner elixir on Jinxia Island, but it requires 125,000 points of good deeds to exchange for it."
Ye Xue took out a light green jade slip and handed it to Han Changming.
Han Changming took the jade slip, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and frowned.
One hundred and twenty-five thousand points of good merit is not a small number. Ye Xue accumulated more than five thousand points of good merit in three months, and it would take him six years to accumulate one hundred and twenty-five thousand points of good merit.
In addition to the inner elixir of the third-level golden-eyed beast, the jade slip also recorded the good deeds required for various immortal cultivation resources, which were all what Han Changming and Ye Xin needed.
Han Changming put away the jade slip and said, "Okay, go and rest first. You look tired."
Ye Xue obediently went back to her room to rest. Ye Xin smiled and said, "Husband, my sister will listen to you. I can't persuade her."
"Madam, let's go to the Deacon's Hall to see if there are any missions. We have been here for so long, it's time to go out and gain some experience in hunting monsters."
Han Changming took Ye Xin away from their residence and arrived at the Jinxia Palace in his royal carriage.
Jinxia Palace is the place where tasks are assigned. Most of the tasks are issued by Qingyang Sect and Tinghai Pavilion. Monks from Jinxia Island can also issue tasks.
There were quite a few cultivators coming in and out, all of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, and there were no Qi Refining cultivators to be seen at all.
Qi-refining monks are mainly responsible for handling miscellaneous tasks, such as patrolling the island and building houses.
Ten deacon disciples stood in front of the golden jade disk, assigning tasks to the foundation-building monks.
"What time would be suitable for our mission?"
Han Changming asked straight to the point.
The deacon disciple did not dare to delay and quickly handed the silver magic plate in his hand to Han Changming, on which various tasks were written.
These tasks are varied, most of them involve hunting monsters, and some are about searching for spiritual herbs, metal ores, etc.
"One second-level low-grade five-colored sea urchin insect demon pill, one thousand good deeds."
"One hundred kilograms of Chaoyun ore, two thousand good deeds."
"A second-level lower-grade golden thunder eagle. If it is captured alive, the reward is 30,000 merit points. If it is killed, the reward is 15,000 merit points."
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Han Changming checked carefully and found that he could refine second-level pills, but he did not want to stay in Jinxia Island to refine pills, nor did he have any mission to refine pills. This was normal. The pill formula was something that was strictly protected by various forces and would not be leaked out easily. Letting Han Changming refine the pill was equivalent to handing the pill formula to Han Changming.
Although Qingyang Sect and Tinghai Pavilion are not very strong, they have a large number of second-level alchemists, so they do not need to ask outsiders to make pills.
He checked it for more than half a quarter of an hour, frowning.
He had been looking for so long, but there were not many tasks that suited his taste. Either they took too long, the rewards were too low, or the risks were too high.
Han Changming was a little disappointed and handed the silver magic plate to Ye Xin. Ye Xin looked at it and shook her head.
"Forget it, let's go find Fairy Wu and see if she has any connections!"
Han Changming and Ye Xin left the Jinxia Palace and came to the outside of a narrow valley. The valley was blocked by a thick white fog. Outside the valley there was a silver stone tablet about ten feet high with three large golden characters "Ice and Snow Valley" engraved on it.
Ye Xin took out a sound transmission talisman, whispered a few words, and threw it into the valley.
Not long after, Wu Xueli's voice suddenly rang out: "Friend Han, Madam Han, please come in."
The thick white fog rolled and surged, and a white ladder over ten feet long flew out and landed in front of them. The two men walked up it.
The white ladder suddenly shrank and retreated into the valley.
Han Changming and Ye Xin only felt a flash before their eyes, and suddenly they appeared in a secluded courtyard. Wu Xueli was sitting in a white stone pavilion not far away.
There is a three-story white attic near the stone pavilion, and some white spiritual flowers are planted in the yard.
They had been here once and didn't feel unfamiliar.
Wu Xueli is Lu Yun's disciple. She is treated very well. Apart from practicing, she also makes pills. There is no danger. For her, going to the open sea is just a change of place to practice. She does not need to fight with monsters.
Most of the resources she needs for cultivating immortals can be exchanged at the Jinxia Palace by doing good deeds.
"Friend Han, Madam Han, long time no see. This is the newly arrived snowflake tea. It has the effect of improving health and relieving fatigue."
Wu Xueli picked up the teapot and poured tea for Han Changming and Ye Xin.
The tea is snow-white and steaming hot. As soon as you take a sip of the tea, a cool feeling quickly spreads throughout your body.
After a few simple pleasantries, Han Changming got down to business: "Fairy Wu, we have been here for more than three months, and have not found any suitable tasks. I wonder if Fairy Wu has any good recommendations?"
"Junior Brother Li has organized a monster hunting team. The members are all reliable. If you are interested, I will say hello to Junior Brother Li, and you can go with them to hunt monsters. The specific distribution has nothing to do with me. You can discuss it with Junior Brother Li."
Wu Xueli said truthfully that hunting monsters was the task that brought the most income. Li Yutang had reached the late stage of foundation building and had rich experience in fighting. After reaching the open sea, Li Yutang followed his old disciples to hunt monsters and increase his experience in hunting monsters.
There were too many people in the monster hunting team, and Li Yutang got too little money and property, so he simply formed his own team to hunt monsters.
"Junior Brother Li? Fairy Wu is talking about Fellow Daoist Li Yutang?"
Han Changming frowned and asked, Li Yutang's cultivation was not low, but like Han Changming, he had not been in the open sea for a long time. To be honest, Han Changming did not trust Li Yutang.
"That's right. Junior Brother Li has invited three old disciples. They have been in the outer sea for more than five years and are very experienced. Junior Brother Li is also quite powerful. He plans to organize a monster hunting team of twelve people. They should be at least in the middle stage of foundation building and have formations. As long as they don't encounter third-level monsters or evil cultivators in the Jindan stage, there won't be any danger."
Wu Xueli explained patiently that Tinghai Pavilion had transferred four disciples in the late foundation building stage, and two late foundation building cultivators would follow Lu Yang to carry out the mission. Wu Xueli would stay in Jinxia Island to refine the elixir. Li Yutang wanted to organize a stronger monster hunting team. Han Changming's strength was not weak. If he was willing to join, Li Yutang would be more than happy.
Han Changming pondered for a moment and said, "Fairy Wu, let us go back and think about it. If we have thought it through, we will contact you immediately."
This matter is of great importance, and he wants to go back and discuss it with Han Daobin and Han Delei. After all, this is not an inland sea, but an open sea.
Wu Xueli nodded and said, "No problem, but don't think about it for too long. Junior Brother Li can't wait for you forever."
After a cup of tea, a white cloud ladder flew out from the ice and snow valley. Han Changming and Ye Xin jumped down from the white cloud ladder and flew high into the sky.
After returning to their residence, they told Han Daobin and Han Delei what had happened.
"Going out to sea to hunt monsters?"
Han Daobin was somewhat tempted. The outer seas were rich in resources for cultivating immortals, and since they didn't know any skills, it was only a matter of time before they spent all their savings.
"Li Yutang is leading the team. There are a total of twelve foundation-building cultivators. The lowest one has the cultivation base of the middle stage of foundation-building. There is also an old disciple leading the team, so they should be reliable."
Han Delei agreed. As long as he had enough good deeds, he could exchange for any spiritual objects that could connect to the Jinxia Palace. He didn't want to stay in Jinxia Island forever.
"That's what I meant, but we can't all go. It's too risky. My wife, Uncle Daobin and I will go together! Uncle Delei and Xue'er will stay on Jinxia Island."
Han Changming suggested that it was too risky for all five of them to go hunting monsters.
"I have been in Jinxia Island for a long time. I will go with you! Just let Ye Xue stay in Jinxia Island. She can make talismans. I have nothing else to do except practice."
Han Delei said with a frown.
"Forget it. My sister and I will stay in Jinxia Island! I am studying the art of formations and it is not convenient for me to leave. My husband and I should go! Be careful."
Ye Xin said sympathetically, she knew Han Changming was worried about something happening.
Han Daobin had no objection, and Han Changming had no objection either.
He contacted Wu Xueli using the communication disk and told her that the three of them were willing to join the monster hunting team.
Wu Xueli informed them that they would meet at the Ice and Snow Valley in three days.
"Okay, let's all go back and have a good rest! We'll be setting out to sea in three days."
Han Daobin got up and left, and Han Changming and Ye Xin also returned to their residence.
Back in the basement, Han Changming took out the Taiyi Hualing Gourd, and the size of the Taiyi Hualing Gourd had increased significantly.
He found that after the Taiyi Hualing Gourd absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, its volume slowly expanded, and he didn't know how big it could grow.
He uncorked the bottle, poured out a beast spirit pill, and fed it to the thunder rhinoceros worm.
The Thunder Rhinoceros Insect swallowed a mid-grade beast spirit pill and flew around in the basement, making excited hissing sounds.
After a cup of tea, the Thunder Rhinoceros Bug had enough fun and flew back to the spirit beast bag.
Han Changming sat cross-legged in meditation, and a large area of yellow light emerged from his body.
Three days passed quickly.
Han Changming, Han Daobin and Han Delei arrived at the Ice and Snow Valley on time. More than a dozen foundation-building cultivators had already gathered in the Ice and Snow Valley. As Li Yutang said, the lowest one was in the middle stage of foundation-building.
A one-armed man carrying a golden sword on his back caught Han Changming's attention. He had a face full of whiskers and a scary scar on his forehead, and he didn't look like a good person at first glance.
Wu Xueli gave a brief introduction, and Han Changming had a general understanding of the others.
The one-armed man is called Du Donglai, and he is in the middle stage of foundation building. He has been in the open sea for the longest time and has rich experience in hunting monsters. His ferocious face is the best proof of this.
"Thank you all for your respect. I will be the captain, and Senior Brother Du, Senior Sister Liu, and Senior Brother Han will be the vice-captains. We will assign as many as we can. It depends on how much we contribute. What do you think?"
Li Yutang clasped his fist towards everyone and said sincerely.
Han Changming was able to become the deputy captain mainly because of his higher cultivation level, while Du Donglai had more seniority.
Everyone had no objection and expressed their strong agreement.
"Since everyone has no objection, let's set off! I found a group of sea monkeys. Sea monkeys are docile and can be used as servants. They are very popular among immortal cultivators."
As soon as Li Yutang said this, Han Changming and others showed joy on their faces.
Li Yutang summoned a flying boat with a shining green light, carrying all the cultivators away from Jinxia Island.