Generally speaking, the spiritual sense detection range of a Nascent Soul cultivator can reach up to three hundred miles, the spiritual sense sensing range of a Nascent Soul early stage cultivator is one hundred miles, and the spiritual sense detection range of most Jindan cultivators is up to fifty miles. Beyond this range, the spiritual sense sensing becomes more vague.
After being nourished by the Calming Lock, Han Changming's spiritual sense was almost the same as that of the late Jindan stage, and could detect a range of up to fifty miles. He sensed the breath of the Yuanying cultivator and ran away immediately. Unless he could escape the sensing range of Liu Huan's spiritual sense, he would still be caught up.
Liu Huan waved his hand and a giant golden seal flew up and floated in the sky. A huge pit appeared on the ground, and the pit was empty.
Liu Huan frowned, his spiritual sense could sense that there were some spatial fluctuations when the other party escaped, as if it was a fourth-level escape talisman.
He glanced at the ruined manor and shook his sleeves. A skull surrounded by black air flew out and its left arm was missing.
He flipped his palm and a light blue round bowl appeared in his hand, misty with water vapor.
After countless mysterious runes lit up on the surface of the blue round bowl, a blue light spurted out and turned into a huge blue water curtain, covering the entire manor.
After doing all this, Liu Huan turned into a beam of light and chased towards the northeast.
Dozens of miles away, Han Debiao was fleeing in a dense black forest, looking panicked.
Once caught up by a Nascent Soul cultivator, he won't be able to escape.
Now he could only pray that Han Changming could take control of the control array as soon as possible.
As Han Debiao ran away, his spiritual sense was greatly enhanced. With his spiritual sense at the early stage of Jindan, he could only explore about ten miles. Beyond this distance, the spiritual sense would become vague.
Suddenly, Han Debiao's consciousness sensed a strong fluctuation of the formation. He wanted to get rid of the Nascent Soul cultivator, so he could only hide in the formation.
He immediately increased his speed and fled towards the northwest.
Five breaths later, a narrow valley appeared in front of Han Debiao. There was no grass in the valley. There were a lot of black stones scattered on the ground. The ground was bumpy and there were a lot of monster skeletons scattered around.
Han Debiao frowned, it seemed very dangerous here.
Just as he was hesitating, there was a sound of breaking air behind him, and an astonishing spiritual energy wave attacked Han Debiao from behind. Han Debiao was startled, and a strong murderous aura surged out of his body, turning into a thick black armor that protected his whole body. At the same time, his body slightly tilted to one side.
With a muffled "puff" sound, Han Debiao's left shoulder was pierced by a red light and bleeding profusely.
Han Debiao endured the severe pain and turned into a red light and flew into the valley.
As soon as he entered the valley, a huge thunder sounded, and several silver lightning bolts as thick as fists streaked across the sky and struck Han Debiao.
Han Debiao's figure flashed and appeared several dozen feet away.
With a loud rumbling sound, several huge pits several meters in size appeared on the ground, with red flames coming out of the pits.
Silver lightning struck from the sky and Han Debiao dodged in a hurry.
The roar continued and huge pits appeared on the ground.
Not long after, Liu Huan flew in from a distance and landed outside the valley with a frown on his face.
This is obviously a forbidden area, with a thunder-attribute formation set up here. If he breaks into the valley, he will be attacked by the formation.
He thought for a moment and did not follow in.
Suddenly, there was a huge roar, as if someone was fighting.
Liu Huan frowned, his spiritual sense opened up, and his face suddenly turned cold. His spiritual sense sensed two unfamiliar auras.
He transformed into a beam of light and rushed towards the source of the sound.
In the valley, Han Debiao waved the Soul-Breaking Stick, creating numerous stick shadows to meet the falling silver lightning. There were continuous roars, rolling air waves, and red and silver spiritual lights intertwined.
His magic power was rapidly depleting, and he had no choice but to hope that Han Changming could break the formation quickly.
Dozens of miles away, a humanoid skeleton wrapped in black air was patrolling the manor. A water-blue light curtain covered the entire manor, and there was a huge pit not far away.
A golden light appeared in the void, and Han Changming and the Xuyuan insect fell out of the void. He looked nervous.
He put away the Xuyuan Bug and dived underground.
Han Changming knew very well that if he wanted to leave here, he had to control the second control array. Once he was trapped in Feixian Island, he would surely die.
Han Changming's eyes flashed with golden light and he looked towards the ground.
With the help of the golden eyes, he can clearly see the situation on the ground.
It seems that the Nascent Soul cultivator has left temporarily, probably to pursue Han Debiao.
Han Changming pondered for a moment, released the stone man and moved towards the ground. He had to control the second magic circle as soon as possible.
A human-shaped skeleton stood in the open space, with flames flickering in its eye sockets.
The ground beneath its feet suddenly turned into soft mud and sand, and countless yellow gravel flew up and hit the human-shaped skull.
The humanoid skeleton wanted to dodge, but a strong gravity suddenly emerged under his body, making his body feel as heavy as a thousand pounds and unable to move.
With a dull "ding ding" sound, dense yellow gravel hit the human-shaped skull. The human-shaped skull was safe and sound, but the dense yellow gravel wrapped the human-shaped skull and turned it into a huge yellow sand ball.
Two yellow lights shot out from the ground and hit the yellow sand ball accurately. The yellow sand ball petrified at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a huge yellow stone.
Han Changming and the stone man crawled out from the ground. He did not kill the humanoid skeleton, not because he could not do it, but because he did not dare. Once the humanoid skeleton was killed, the Nascent Soul cultivator would know it soon.
The stone man's eyes lit up with a dazzling yellow light. Two yellow lights flew out and hit the blue light curtain. The area hit by the yellow light was instantly petrified.
Han Changming released the Amethyst Flying Scorpion and the Thunder Rhinoceros Bug, and attacked the blue water curtain together.
A hundred miles away, on top of a steep mountain, True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan were kneeling on the ground with terrified looks on their faces.
Liu Huan stood aside with a murderous look on his face.
"I have discovered an ancient monk's cave, and I am willing to lead the way for you, senior."
True Man Qingyan said this in a flattering tone, looking nervous.
Liu Huan sneered and said, "The entire Feixian Island belongs to me. Do I need you to lead the way? How many people are there in your group? What's your name? Take me to find them."
He could search their souls directly, but Feixian Island was so big that he needed them to lead the way.
"I only know that one of them is Brother Song from Shuiyue Temple. As for the other four, we don't know them. This is our first meeting and we don't have any special means of contact. Otherwise, we would have reunited long ago. Everything I said is true. Senior, please spare my life."
True Man Qingyan begged bitterly.
"The juniors know their whereabouts. They may have controlled the control hub of Feixian Island."
Lin Xuan added that the Nascent Soul cultivators could search their souls, so they would not dare to lie.
Liu Huan flicked his two fingers and two beams of light shot out and penetrated into the bodies of Lin Xuan and True Man Qingyan.
He searched their storage bags and said coldly: "Lead the way honestly, and you will have a chance to live, otherwise you will die."
True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan's hearts sank to the bottom. During this treasure hunt, Lin Xuan got a lot of good things, but they were all taken away by the Nascent Soul cultivator. If he had known this would happen, he would not have come in to hunt for treasure.
They quickly agreed, led the way, and flew towards where Ye Xin was.
They had not flown twenty miles when there was a deafening roar.
Liu Huan's face changed. He suddenly thought of something and quickly turned into a beam of light and looked towards the source of the sound.
Lin Xuan was overjoyed when he saw this scene. Liu Huan's cold and ruthless voice suddenly rang out: "Follow me immediately. If you dare to run away, I will kill you immediately."
"Let's go! We have been marked. Unless we escape from the sensing range of the Yuanying cultivator's spiritual sense in an instant, he will kill us before we get far."
True Man Qingyan sent a message to Lin Xuan, his tone full of helplessness.
The two men transformed into two beams of light and chased after them.
A valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a vast manor and a secret room in the valley.
Han Changming stood near a magic circle that was over a hundred feet in size. There were dozens of grooves on the magic circle. Most of the spirit stones in the grooves had turned grayish white, and there was very little spiritual energy left in the spirit stones.
It took him a lot of effort to break through the blue light curtain.
The Nascent Soul cultivator is already on the way, and Han Changming just hopes to leave here quickly.
He quickly replaced the magic circle with medium-grade spirit stones and entered a spell.
There was nothing unusual about the magic circle and it didn't move at all.
Han Changming suddenly realized something, and he made a pinch of magic spell, and sent several magic spells into the magic circle in succession.
The magic circle shook violently, and all the patterns on the surface lit up.
Boom!
A huge roar was heard, and the stone chamber where Han Changming was located shattered into pieces, with a large amount of rubble splashing everywhere.
The void twisted and deformed, and Han Changming felt a powerful suction force. His face changed drastically, and a large area of yellow light emerged on his body surface. The Qianyang Armor appeared out of thin air and wrapped around his entire body.
Han Changming felt an invisible big hand pushing him, and his eyes went dark.
Above the valley, Liu Huan looked at the shattered secret room with a frown on his face.
At this moment, the void twisted and deformed, and suddenly a powerful attraction appeared, pulling him into the void.
Dozens of miles away, a huge roar continued to be heard from the valley.
Han Debiao was lying on the ground, his breath weak, his body covered with bloodstains and a charred surface.
Suddenly, ripples appeared in the void, and he felt an invisible hand pushing him into the void.
After a strong feeling of dizziness, Han Changming suddenly found himself above a deserted island. His spiritual sense was fully open and his face was full of alertness.
Ripples appeared in the nearby void, and Han Debiao appeared, falling quickly towards the ground.
"Fifth uncle."
Han Changming quickly caught Han Debiao, and the two slowly landed on the ground.
A blinding yellow light emerged from his body surface, and the two of them drilled into the ground, moving quickly deep underground.
After a cup of tea, Han Changming and Han Debiao appeared on an uneven stone bed on the seabed. He released the stone man, opened up a space of more than ten feet in size, and set up the Nine Palaces Soul Hiding Array.
Han Debiao's injuries are very serious and he needs to rest for a while.
Han Changming took out a medium-grade Seven-Star Recovery Pill and fed it to Han Debiao.
Han Debiao's injuries seemed to be caused by lightning, and his breath was weak.
A hundred miles away on the sea, Cheng Guangbei suddenly fell out from the void, his expression terrified.
There was a Nascent Soul cultivator on Feixian Island. He didn't dare to stay for long. His body was wrapped in a blue light and he escaped into the seabed.
Not long after, Ye Xin fell out from the void, her expression tense.
Ye Xin pinched her fingers and a blue light curtain appeared around her body, and she dived into the sea.
In a sea area hundreds of miles away, True Man Qingyan, Lin Xuan and Liu Huan were standing in the void. Liu Huan's face was full of murderous intent, while True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan looked nervous. Their luck was really bad that they appeared in the same place as Liu Huan. In this way, their lives were in the hands of Liu Huan, and life and death depended on Liu Huan's thoughts.
"Come on, follow me back to Yin Yang Island and explain the situation of your companions."
Liu Huan said coldly that he could not monopolize Feixian Island because the escaped Jindan cultivator would definitely spread the news and muddy the waters.
His harvest this time was not small either. There were no less than fifty thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, and some three thousand-year-old spiritual medicines. Unfortunately, he did not get many valuable treasures.
True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan looked frustrated and agreed immediately.
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Thousands of feet under the sea, Ye Xin was moving forward quickly, wrapped in a ball of blue light.
Not long after, she stopped and saw an uneven seabed in front of her.
A soft white light suddenly lit up on the seabed, revealing a hole about ten feet in size, and Han Changming crawled out of it.
There were dozens of amethyst insects lying on his body. Ye Xin brought the amethyst insect mother with her. Within a certain distance, the amethyst insect mother could sense the location of the amethyst insects.
Ye Xin showed joy on her face and moved quickly towards Han Changming. She followed Han Changming and drilled into the ground. The entrance of the cave healed as if it had never appeared.
Han Debiao lay on the ground with his eyes closed and his breath weak.
"Husband, how could Uncle Wu be in such a state?"
Ye Xin asked with a frown.
Han Changming briefly recounted what had happened. This treasure hunt was extremely dangerous. Without the Xuyuan worm, Han Changming would have been seriously injured at best.
As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army and only a day to deploy it. He spent a lot of resources cultivating the Xuyuan Worm. After the Xuyuan Worm was promoted to the third level, it provided him with a lot of help, which was worth his huge amount of resources spent on cultivating the Xuyuan Worm.
"The monks of the Hehuan Sect may search this sea area. Let's stay here for the time being to avoid the limelight and wait until Uncle Wu's injury gets better."
Han Changming said seriously that Han Debiao was in no condition to travel and they could only travel after he recovered.
Ye Xin naturally had no objection. They gained a lot from this treasure hunt.
Han Changming asked the stone man to open up an independent stone chamber. He and Ye Xin walked in and counted the spoils.
There are seventeen thousand-year-old elixirs, a batch of refining materials, a batch of formation materials, one hundred and twenty-five elixirs that are more than three hundred years old and less than one thousand years old, thirteen magic weapons, and two sets of exercises that can be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, namely "The Art of Evergreen" and "The Golden Gang Spirit Transformation Method".
"The Art of Evergreen" is a wood-attributed martial art. There are very few cultivators in the Han family who practice wood-attributed martial arts, and they can be counted on one hand. The main reason is that there are no good wood-attributed martial arts. This set of "The Art of Evergreen" makes up for the deficiency.
The Golden Gang Spiritual Transformation Method is a gold-attributed exercise with pretty good magical powers.
In addition to the exercises, there is also a book on formations, "Records of Ten Thousand Formations", which describes the changes and concepts of various formations. It is a priceless treasure to Ye Xin.
The biggest harvest was the Infant Spirit Fruit. If the five Infant Spirit Fruits were refined into pills, the effect would be even better.
"By the way, husband, didn't Lin Xuan give you a storage bag? What's in it?"
Ye Xin suddenly remembered something and asked curiously.
When they met Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan was fighting with the cultivators of the Hehuan Sect. In order to get Han Changming's help, Lin Xuan gave Han Changming a storage bag.
Han Changming took out a green storage bag and poured it down. After a green light passed by, a large pile of things appeared on the ground, including dozens of wooden boxes and a lot of monster materials.
The wooden box contained elixirs, which were not very old, most of them were more than 400 years old. However, a light golden jade box caught Han Changming's attention.
There is also a silver talisman pasted on the surface of the jade box. This talisman is mainly used to prevent the leakage of spiritual energy. The things inside must be extraordinary.
Han Changming took off the talisman and opened the lid of the box. A dazzling golden light burst out and they could hardly open their eyes.
After a while, the golden light dissipated, and only a light golden spirit beast egg was seen in the golden jade box, with some mysterious patterns on its surface.
The golden spirit beast egg emitted a burst of scorching heat, like a ball of golden flame, and the temperature in the room suddenly rose.
"What kind of spirit animal egg is this? Is it a dragon egg?"
Ye Xin said curiously that there were too many strange birds and beasts in the world of immortal cultivation, and it was impossible to know what kind of beast it was before the beast egg was hatched.
Han Changming used his golden eyes to look towards the spirit beast egg.
He only saw a golden liquid and couldn't tell what kind of spirit beast egg it was.
"I don't know how long this spirit beast egg has been stored. I don't know if it can be hatched. It should be some kind of fire-attributed spirit beast."
Han Changming analyzed that this spirit beast egg should have been obtained by Lin Xuan from an ancient cultivator’s cave. If it was so easy to hatch, Lin Xuan would not have taken it out.
Lin Xuan should have something more valuable on him, but it's a pity that he ran away. It has to be said that this is a small regret.
During this treasure hunt, the Thunder Rhinoceros Bug, the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion, the Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly, the Soul-Eating Earthworm, and the Void Yuan Bug all provided Han Changming with a lot of help, especially the Void Yuan Bug, which helped Han Changming escape death several times.
He had no spiritual beasts or spiritual birds, only some spiritual insects. He hoped to hatch spiritual beast eggs and get a stronger spiritual beast.
Han Changming sorted the things and put them away, then sat cross-legged and meditated.
Ye Xin was reading "Records of Ten Thousand Formations" to learn about formations.
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On Yin Yang Island, in the council hall, Liu Huan sat on the main seat, holding a light golden mirror in his hand. On the back of the mirror was engraved a lifelike golden crow with three legs and four wings. The edge of the mirror was engraved with some exquisite patterns, emitting a strong fluctuation of magic power. This was a spiritual treasure.
Lin Xuan and True Man Qing Yan stood aside, looking nervous.
"Where did you get this Golden Crow Mirror? Don't you have anything else?"
Liu Huan said in a deep voice that after returning to Yin Yang Island, he found that most of the disciples who entered Feixian Island were killed or injured, and the losses were heavy.
His harvest was not small either. There was actually a spiritual treasure and the skeleton of a third-level dragon in Lin Xuan's storage bag.
With this magical treasure in hand, plus those thousand-year-old magical medicines, Liu Huan is confident that he will become famous overseas.
Lin Xuan did not dare to be careless and answered truthfully. He said that he got this magic treasure from an ancient cultivator's cave. The cave master used formations to refine the magic treasure. With his cultivation level at the early stage of Jindan, he would soon use up all his magic power by driving the magic treasure.
As soon as he got the spiritual treasure, he encountered the cultivators of the Hehuan Sect, and then three Jindan cultivators emerged from the ground. Lin Xuan had no time to refine the spiritual treasure. Otherwise, Lin Xuan would not have been defeated by the cultivators of the Hehuan Sect.
"There is also a spirit beast egg? Where is the spirit beast egg?"
Liu Huan asked, looking excited.
He knew the origin of the Golden Crow Mirror. It was the magic weapon that made Jinwu Zhenren famous. Jinwu Zhenren was a famous Nascent Soul cultivator more than ten thousand years ago. It was said that he had a fourth-order Golden Crow. However, after the large-scale beast tide more than ten thousand years ago, there was no news about Jinwu Zhenren.
Some news said that Jinwu Zhenren died in the Burial Ruins of Immortals, while other news said that he died at the hands of the demon clan. Unexpectedly, his famous magic weapon was on Feixian Island.
Liu Huan had a bold guess that True Man Jinwu died at the hands of a powerful enemy, his inheritance was obtained by the cultivators of Feixian Sect, and Feixian Sect was destroyed by the demon clan, so this magical treasure was left on Feixian Island. The spiritual beast egg that Lin Xuan mentioned was most likely the Jinwu.
"I gave it to someone else. I only know his last name is Hu, which is probably a fake name."
Lin Xuan told the truth. At this point, there was no need for him to lie.
Liu Huan frowned. This way, he really had no way to track down the person.
"Come here and cooperate with me in searching your soul, so you can suffer less."
Liu Huan said coldly. True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan naturally did not dare to refuse and walked forward obediently.
"You are sensible and didn't lie. But let's be fair. Your companion killed my disciple, so I will take your life as payment!"
Liu Huan's face was full of murderous intent.
When True Man Qingyan heard this, his face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down, begging bitterly, "Senior, please spare my life. I am blind and do not recognize a great man. I manage a small sect in the Red Algae Sea. I am willing to serve you, even if it means sacrificing my life."
He has lived for hundreds of years and has become very experienced. He knows that only those who are useful can stay alive. If Liu Huan wanted to kill them, he would have done it long ago. Why would he wait until now
In any case, they did not kill the Hehuan Sect monks directly. If they were willing to serve Liu Huan, they could still survive.
Lin Xuan also knelt down and said respectfully: "Junior is willing to serve you, senior."
Liu Huan took out a jet-black token and threw it in front of them, saying, "Leave a quarter of your soul behind, and you can go. From now on, you must obey my orders. If you dare to betray me, don't blame me for being rude."
The black token is a forbidden god card, which is specially used to store the original spirit.
After hearing this, Lin Xuan and True Man Qing Yan looked hesitant. If they left behind a quarter of their souls, once Liu Huan destroyed them, they would be severely injured. At best they would become idiots, at worst they would die on the spot.
"What? At this point, you still have hope?"
Liu Huan's face turned cold and murderous.
True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan were frightened and quickly split a quarter of their souls and placed them in the Forbidden God Plate.
Liu Huan took out two storage bags, threw them to Lin Xuan and Qingyan Zhenren, and said, "I will not treat my own people badly, nor will I treat my enemies well. You go back to the Righteous Alliance and practice with peace of mind. You secretly investigate the three strange Jindan cultivators. I want definite evidence, not fabrications. After finding out their identities, immediately go to Yinyang Island to inform me. In addition, from today on, you will enjoy the treatment of the Jindan stage guest officials of the Hehuan Sect. Similarly, you must obey my orders."
"Yes, Senior Liu."
True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan agreed in unison. Liu Huan took away the most valuable things. He left the four or five hundred year old spiritual medicines untouched, nor the spiritual stones and monster materials.
Liu Huan raised his eyebrows and snorted.
True Man Qingyan and Lin Xuan quickly changed their words: "Yes, Uncle Liu."
"That's more like it. All right, you can go back now! Someone will contact you regularly. If you can find out the identities and whereabouts of the three Jindan cultivators, I will reward you handsomely."
Liu Huan's voice was full of temptation. Killing these two people would only give him some property. If he left them, a small sect would work for Liu Huan, and the latter would benefit more.
If there are things that are inconvenient to handle, you can leave it to them.
Liu Huan waved his hand and asked them to leave.
After leaving Yin Yang Island, Lin Xuan and True Man Qing Yan were filled with worry. Once the people from the Righteous Alliance knew that they were working for Penglai Island, they would be in big trouble.
There is competition between the Righteous Alliance and Penglai Island, they are just on good terms on the surface.
"Xuan'er, don't reveal a single word about what happened today. If the news leaks out, we will be in trouble."
True Man Qingyan warned solemnly.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "We have no way out. We hope to find out the identities of the three Jindan cultivators as soon as possible."
A blessing in disguise. They have joined the Hehuan Sect and will enjoy the treatment of guests in the Jindan stage from now on, which may not be a bad thing.
The most valuable property Lin Xuan obtained was taken away by Liu Huan, so there was still a lot of property left, which was not too bad.
True Man Qingyan nodded and said, "We can only think of a solution from Fellow Daoist Cheng. He should know the identities of the three Jindan cultivators."
After saying this, the two of them transformed into two beams of light and flew away into the air, disappearing into the sky not long after.
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Ziyue Island, a secluded courtyard.
Han Benfu, Ye Xue and Han Zhangxiang were drinking tea and chatting in the stone pavilion. Han Benfu and Ye Xue had both reached the great perfection of foundation building.
Han Benfu was worthy of having dual spiritual roots, and her cultivation quickly caught up with Ye Xue.
Her cultivation speed is currently the fastest in the Han family. Han Zhangxiang dotes on Han Benfu very much, and he regards Han Benfu as the hope for the prosperity of the family.
"Ye Xue, Ben Fu, I sent someone to get a Ning Yuan Dan from an underground auction. Who of you is suitable to take it?"
Han Zhangxiang said with a smile that Han Benfu's advancement to the Jindan stage was a foregone conclusion. Ye Xue was a talisman maker, and if she could achieve the Jindan stage, she could provide greater help to the family.
"Let me take it! I'll hone my skills for a few more years."
Han Benfu said sympathetically that her ability to cultivate to the great perfection of foundation building, in addition to her own qualifications, was also inseparable from the support of her parents.
Ye Xue frowned and shook her head, saying, "There's no rush for this. Let's wait until your father comes back!"
She was planning to give it to Han Benfu. All parents hope their children will become successful, and the sooner Han Benfu can form the elixir, the better.
"Changming didn't come back so soon. Of course, one Condensation Pill is not enough. I have already ordered that if there are any Jindan spiritual objects for auction, let Changying try to bid for them."
Han Zhangxiang said with a smile.
Just then, Han Changjun walked in quickly with a serious look on his face.
"Clan leader, something terrible has happened. There are many second-level monsters harassing the Zhu family. The Zhu family is short of manpower and is asking for help from us."
Han Changjun's tone was urgent.
The Zhu family rented the island from the Han family for development, the Han family protected the Zhu family's safety, and the Zhu family paid tribute regularly.
"Chief, let me go and take care of it! I haven't been active for a long time, so I'll use them to practice."
Han Benfu volunteered and was eager to try.
"I'll go with Fu'er! They're just a few second-level monsters."
Han Zhangxiang nodded and said, "I don't have anything to do either. I'll go with you!"
If it were someone else, Han Zhangxiang would not be so nervous. Han Benfu is a future Jindan cultivator and no mistakes can be made.
Ziyue Island has a direct teleportation array that can directly teleport to Ziyang Island.
Han Zhangxiang, Han Benfu, Ye Xue and Han Changjun were teleported to Ziyang Island. Standing on the top of the mountain, they could clearly see more than a dozen second-level monsters besieging the Zhu family cultivators with constant roars.
It is common for monsters to attack cultivators. Fortunately, there was no third-level monster, otherwise the Zhu family would have been wiped out.
Zhu Mingming was commanding his clansmen to attack the second-level monsters, but the Zhu family had few foundation-building cultivators and were no match for a dozen second-level monsters.
Sparks of fire appeared under Han Benfu's feet and transformed into two red fire wheels. She flew towards a giant blue shrimp.
Han Benfu shook her sleeves, and three red flags flew out, circling around her. The flags grew in size, and hundreds of red fireballs as big as fists shot out and hit the giant blue shrimp.
Boom!
A huge roar was heard, and billowing flames engulfed the giant blue shrimp.
Ye Xue sacrificed eleven Ice Soul Flags and cast a spell on each of them. The eleven Ice Soul Flags fluttered in the sky. A cold wind blew violently, and bean-sized white snowflakes fell, turning into white ice cones about a foot long, which smashed towards a light blue sea lion.
Han Zhangxiang opened his spiritual sense and scanned the entire Ziyang Island carefully. His expression was a little strange.
After the beast tide a few years ago, the number of nearby monsters has greatly decreased. Occasionally, there are monsters attacking the island, but there won't be more than a dozen second-level monsters attacking an island. These monsters are of different species. Why would they attack Ziyang Island? It's a bit strange.
There must be something wrong. Han Zhangxiang did not detect the breath of other cultivators, and his expression relaxed.
After dealing with these monsters, ask the Zhu family monks and all the truth will be revealed.
The roar continued. Han Benfu stepped on two red fire wheels. Three red flags flew around her, releasing red fireballs as big as fists and hitting the monster.
Two light golden demon crabs were besieging Zhu Mingming, and several Zhu family monks fell in a pool of blood.
Han Benfu muttered something, and a red light shone from her body. She lightly pointed her right index finger into the air, and a red light flew out, transforming into a red fire cloud over a hundred feet in size, emitting an astonishing heat wave.
"go."
Han Benfu lightly pointed her finger at the two golden demon crabs, and red fire elements fell from the sky, hitting the two golden demon crabs accurately.
Boom!
Accompanied by a deafening roar, billowing flames enveloped the two golden crabs. The powerful air waves blew away a large amount of sand and rocks. Zhu Mingming could not bear the heat wave and retreated more than ten feet away.
After a while, the sea of fire dissipated, and the two golden crabs were left with charred bodies, weak breath, and clearly visible cracks on their shells.
After a series of "hissing" sounds were heard, a large number of white ice needles flew over and hit the two black crabs one after another.
With a series of muffled "ding ding" sounds, two black crabs fell to the ground, their bodies riddled with holes.
It was a world of ice and fire. Ye Xue and Han Benfu, mother and daughter, joined forces. The second-level monster was no match for them at all.
Perhaps he was dissatisfied with their slow movements, so Han Zhangxiang directly threw out a flying knife with a flashing red light, and pierced through the bodies of the second-level monsters like chopping melons and vegetables, and the second-level monsters fell down one by one.
Zhu Mingming ordered his tribesmen to collect the bodies and appease the mortals on the island. Zhu Zijie invited Han Zhangxiang and four others to the meeting room.
"My dear Zhu, what on earth is going on? Why are there so many second-level monsters suddenly attacking your Zhu family?"
Han Zhangxiang asked with a frown. He naturally didn't believe that there was no trick involved.
Zhu Zijie hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "If I am not mistaken, it might be the Song family who did it. The Song family is a family of immortal cultivators, and they are a subsidiary force of the Baisha Sect."
There are numerous immortal cultivation sects and families in the outer seas. The Righteous Alliance is an interest group, and it is not a monolithic group internally. Everyone wants to occupy more immortal cultivation resources.
"Song family! Baishamen?"
Han Zhangxiang frowned. Baishamen can be said to be a neighbor of the Han family. Baishamen’s headquarters, Baisha Island, is more than 100,000 miles away from Ziyue Island. It is inevitable that there will be friction when the two forces are adjacent to each other.
"How did you become enemies with the Song family? How did they control so many monsters to attack you?"
Han Benfu asked somewhat confusedly.
Zhu Zijie hesitated for a moment and said, "When our people were hunting monsters before, they had a dispute with the monks of the Song family. Later, our two families' businesses were considered competitors, but their business was not as good as ours. As for those monsters, most of them were lured by the Monster Attracting Powder. The Monster Attracting Powder is unique to the Three Immortals Island and is specially used to lure low-level monsters. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many second-level monsters attacking our Zhu family."
Han Zhangxiang frowned. When beating a dog, one must look at its owner. It would be impossible for the Song family to deal with the Zhu family without the support of Baishamen.
Just because of some business competition, the Song family went to great lengths to deal with the Zhu family? There must be something hidden.
"I understand. You should try not to go out during this period and strengthen your defense. I will handle this matter, but you'd better not hide it. I can't tolerate any sand in my eyes."
Han Zhangxiang said with a cold face that if the Song family took the initiative to provoke, it would be natural for him to help solve the problem. But if the Zhu family wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, Han Zhangxiang would not let it go.
Zhu Zijie looked thoughtful, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Our Zhu family accidentally discovered a Lishui mine. The mine is under a certain seabed. The Song family probably wants to destroy our Zhu family and monopolize the mine."
"Lishui Mine!"
Han Zhangxiang was slightly stunned. Lishui Stone is a second-level refining material, suitable for refining flying swords and flying knives, and is easy to sell.
His injuries have not yet healed, and it is not wise to conflict with Baishamen at this time.
"I know about this. Please don't tell anyone. I will handle this matter properly."
Han Zhangxiang said in a deep voice.
Zhu Zijie readily agreed and personally escorted Han Zhangxiang and the other three away. As for the corpses of those second-order monsters, most of them were handed over to the Han family. After all, they were killed by the cultivators of the Han family.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Han Zhangxiang and three others returned to Ziyue Island and convened a meeting in the tribe’s meeting hall to discuss how to deal with the matter.
Liu Weiwei was also present. She was escorting supplies back to Ziyue Island and happened to encounter this incident.
"Tell me what you think! How should this matter be handled?"
Han Zhangxiang asked. He had already thought of a countermeasure, but he just wanted to see what others thought about this matter, especially Han Benfu.
If you want to know how to use people and understand the character of your people, now is the best opportunity.
"We can't just listen to the Zhu family's one-sided words. We should send someone to investigate the matter first. If there really is a Lishui mine, we can negotiate with the Baisha Sect. We can't let them take all the benefits."
Han Benfu suggested.
"Changming and the others are not here. If we negotiate with Baishamen at this time, we will easily suffer losses. We must be on guard against others. I think we should turn a blind eye! We will negotiate with Baishamen when Changming and the others come back."
Han Daojing frowned and said that Han Zhangxiang's injuries had not yet healed. If Baishamen got to know this news, there was no guarantee that Baishamen would not have evil thoughts.
It is better to have less trouble than more. Let’s put it aside for now and negotiate with Baishamen later.
"If Baishamen announces that the Lishui mine is theirs, what should we do? If we go to negotiate with Baishamen, wouldn't that be considered robbing? I think we should negotiate with Baishamen first and jointly develop the mine before they announce the news."
Han Changjun expressed his own views.
Han Zhangxiang nodded, looked at Liu Weiwei, and asked with a pleasant face: "Weiwei, tell me what you think."
Liu Weiwei thought for a moment and said, "We can first send someone to check the scale of the Lishui mine. If it's not large, we can turn a blind eye to it and wait for Wu Bogong and his men to come back. Then we can negotiate with Baishamen. I don't think Baishamen will make things difficult for us for a few petty gains. If it's large, we can bring in other forces to share the Lishui mine. There's no harm in having one more friend. We can only make friends if we share common interests."
Han Zhangxiang showed an expression of approval; Liu Weiwei touched his heart.
The Han family had only been developing offshore for a short time and was in urgent need of allies in order to gain a better foothold.
This is the opportunity. Han Zhangxiang pondered for a moment and said, "Changjun, take your men to the place Zhu Zijie mentioned to explore the Lishui mine. If you encounter Song family cultivators, try not to have a direct conflict with them. Find out the reserves of the Lishui mine and come back to report immediately."
"Weiwei, go to Baishamen and tell the leader of Baishamen that a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative, and harmony brings wealth. The Lishui mine is at the junction of our two families, so it would be better for us to develop it together. We hope to have a friend, not an enemy."
"Yes, Patriarch."
Han Changjun and Liu Weiwei agreed in unison.
"Chief, my brother and I will go to Baishamen!"
Han Benfu volunteered, she was a little bored and wanted to move around.
Han Zhangxiang shook his head. Han Benfu had already reached the great perfection of foundation building and could strive for the Jindan stage. At this time, he would not let Han Benfu leave his protection range.
"Just leave this matter to Weiwei. You and Ye Xue can stay in Ziyue Island and practice with peace of mind! Calculating the time, Changming and the others will be back soon."
Ye Xue quickly agreed, "Yes! Benfu, listen to the clan leader!"
Han Benfu didn't know what to say, so she nodded and agreed.
Han Zhangxiang gave a few instructions and adjourned the meeting, with everyone returning to their respective duties.