"Let's set sail—"
Birds were startled and flew away. The huge dragon boat raised its sails amid the sound of friction between the mechanisms. Mist shrouded the bottom of the boat and it slowly rose into the air.
From Qingyun Ridge, through the ancient battlefield, head to Wuzhou in the southwest.
Most of the people on the ship were disciples of the Tianyan Sect, as well as some independent cultivators from the market town. They gathered in twos and threes on the deck, discussing the secret realm of the Cangyan Land. It was noisy and lively.
A female foundation-building cultivator of ordinary temperament was lying on the railing, checking the scroll in her hand. The misty fog from the sky brushed past her face, wet and cold.
The Qigong disciples around came running over excitedly, and when they saw her, they straightened their postures, bowed, and quickly ran away.
Jiang Yuebai turned around and leaned against the railing, with a faceless mask on her face. After the transformation, others only thought she was a familiar foundation-building master and did not know her true identity.
Lifting the scroll towards the Golden Crow in the sky, Jiang Yuebai murmured, "The Central Plains has three continents, nine regions and twenty-five sects. Cangzhou, Wuzhou and Yunzhou are mortal countries, and the nine regions are all controlled by the immortal cultivation families and sects."
Cang State and Cangzhou are located in the west. They are crisscrossed with mountains, rich in minerals, and extremely cold with lots of snow. The people are tough and generous, and they love war and drinking.
Yunzhou of Yun State is located in the east. It has fertile plains, numerous rivers, and four distinct seasons. Confucianism and Taoism flourish in the country, and poetry and books are passed down from generation to generation.
Wuzhou occupies the southwest, where the land is dry and barren, supplies are scarce, countries of varying sizes change frequently, banditry is serious, and the people are living in dire straits.
When Jiang Yuebai was in the Lin Mansion, he heard that successive emperors of the Yun Kingdom wanted to conquer Wuzhou, but each time they were discouraged by the imperial master on the grounds that it was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Only then did Jiang Yuebai vaguely understand that the topography of Wuzhou was due to the entrance to the Cangyan Land being there. The rich fire spiritual energy in the secret realm leaked out, causing Wuzhou to suffer from perennial drought and rampant monsters.
Among the twenty-five sects in the Central Plains, Guiyuan Sword Sect, Tianyan Sect and Jingangtai Sect are equally powerful.
The various sects were not harmonious with each other and they fought openly and secretly.
Among them, the Eclipse Sect, which is responsible for monitoring the people's sentiments in Wuzhou, is considered to be of average strength among these sects.
The Eclipse Sect's main practice is fire magic, and most of the cultivators in the sect are rough, heroic, hot-tempered, and full of banditry. They are completely different from the Flowing Cloud Sect's cultivators who practiced water magic that she had met in Luojiang Market before.
"Does the five elements of spiritual energy also affect a person's temperament? So, Anan has a water spirit, tolerant and gentle, Xie Jingshan has a fire spirit, irritable and impatient, and although Shen Huaixi's identity is unknown, his smile, like a spring breeze and healing, is in line with the characteristics of wood..."
Jiang Yuebai seemed to be lost in thought. This scroll was left to her by Li Jiuchuan. It marked the locations and characteristics of the various sects in the Central Plains.
To the west of Cangzhou there is the Zen Buddhism of the Sixteen Sects of Xiyun, the Sky Witch Clan of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, hundreds of strange people and the demon clan hidden in the clouds and mist, whose reality is unknown. These places are more vast than the Central Plains.
To the east is the Endless Dark Sea, the forbidden land of ghosts.
To the north are the 81 islands of the North Sea, and to the south is only marked with four words - the land of chaos.
Jiang Yuebai closed the scroll. The dragon boat would take more than half a month to drop them off at the foot of Shaoyang Mountain on the border of Wuzhou, and then use the teleportation array to directly reach the Eclipse Sect camp.
Shaoyang Mountain is not far from Yinshan Mine. Jiang Yuebai has already admired the scenery along the way, so he lowered his presence and stayed on the deck to listen to everyone's discussion.
"… Yuling Sect just wiped out a group of evil cultivators from Sanyuan Sect. You youngsters, don't leave the ship and run around."
"Brother, I heard from my uncle in the sect that the Sanyuan Sect had been silent since the Nether Sea was sealed three hundred years ago. How come it has reappeared now? And what is the relationship between the ghost clan and the Sanyuan Sect?"
"The ghost clan is actually a human being if you trace its origins back to human beings. They were a group of people who practiced magic before the catastrophe of the sky 100,000 years ago. Later, the spirit world was shattered during the catastrophe of the sky, and we now have the sky spirit world, the earth spirit world, and countless lost secret realms."
"That group of people occupied the Underworld Sea of the Earth Spirit Realm and became the Ghost Clan. The Ghost Clan has three veins: the Corpse Vein, the Bone Vein, and the Soul Vein. The Sanyuan Sect also has the Mysterious Corpse Sect, the White Bone Sect, and the Ghost Spirit Sect. So it is certain that the Sanyuan Sect is the Ghost Clan's minion in the human race, specializing in practicing evil techniques in an attempt to break the seal of the Underworld Sea and restore the Ghost Clan."
“Back then, True Lord Fuyi and his companions participated in the Nether Sea Ghost Tide. In the end, it was the Supreme Elders of the three sects, our sect, Guiyuan Sword Sect, and Jingangtai Sect, who were in the God Transformation Stage, who expended their original power to suppress and seal it.”
"There are only these three incarnations in the entire Earth Spirit Realm. If there is one more, the laws of the Earth Spirit Realm will not be able to bear it. They will not take action in the Earth Spirit Realm easily. Any action will consume their essence. When the Nether Sea was sealed, the incarnation of the Vajra Platform almost fell to the Nascent Soul stage."
"The Sanyuan Sect has not been completely silent over the years, but has been exploring those small lost secret realms, looking for the relics of the great ghosts who fell during the catastrophe of the sky. This time, it must be because the Cangyan Land has reopened that they are ready to move. Everyone, be careful."
"In the past four months, each sect has sent out foundation-building disciples to clear out the monsters and evil spirits. I heard from my uncle who returned to the sect this month that an area has been cleared out and can be used as an outpost camp to set up formations to stabilize the laws of the secret realm."
"Then when can the Qi training disciples enter?"
"I'm afraid we have to wait until the laws are stabilized and the Yuanying Zhenjuns have finished their investigation. At that time, we Qi training disciples will definitely be asked to go in and dig for the mineral veins."
"Aren't all the good stuff taken away by the foundation-building disciples who entered first?"
"Those who have taken the foundation-building equipment must be able to use it. We just need to pick up some from their fingers when practicing Qi. After all, we are not in the foundation-building stage ourselves."
"There is only one secret realm in Cang Yan Land, and there are so many sects, how to divide it?"
"These are all matters that the sect's top leaders have to consider. We just need to be careful to protect our own lives. Besides, as long as the Blue Flame Land is opened smoothly this time, the other sealed secret realms will surely be opened one after another."
Jiang Yuebai listened for a while and found that everyone was talking about the same things. She lost interest, so she went to the hall inside the cabin, found an empty corner, set up a protective formation to block sight and detection, and sat down to rest.
"The initial sweep and clearance has already been completed. I don't know what mission I can get if I go there now."
Xiaolu flew out from the sea of consciousness. The trace of Netherworld Yin Fire given by Wen Miao had been completely digested. The two balls of phosphorus floating around the lantern had turned gray, carrying a biting cold that could freeze the spiritual energy of the mind.
"Xiaolu, you are no longer pure green, you have turned into gray-green."
[Yin Fire]
The little green one floats left and right, lively and agile.
"I know. I also need to find spiritual fire and plan my own spiritual weapon early. Cultivation after building the foundation is more difficult than when practicing Qi. I need to refine an eighth-grade upper-level Ningyuan Pill."
"The Five Elements Lotus also requires a huge amount of natural treasures to refine the five elements' essences and assist in alchemy and cultivation. We must get more when we enter the secret realm this time. You go ahead and let me refine these two things."
Xiaobi rewarded her with two seventh-grade magic weapons. After she established her foundation, she took a ring and a pair of bracelets.
The name of the ring is 'Talaan Whip' and it is colorless and transparent like water. When used, it turns into a water whip that can whip thousands of waves. It is a water-attributed magic weapon and is very useful in the Cangyan land.
The name of the bracelet is 'Double Moon Ring'. Once activated, it will be like two moons surrounding each other, defending the body by itself. It can also actively smash out to repel the enemy. It is a defensive magic weapon.
The seventh-grade magic weapon is considered a very good magic weapon in the foundation-building period. In addition to the two new ones, she also has a seventh-grade Thunder Spear, an eighth-grade Absolute Wind Sword, a talisman Fire Crow Diagram, and an Eight Formation Plate this time.
There are also eighth-grade talismans, thorn seeds, various puppets, spiritual wine, elixirs, etc. All the belongings are on him.
After finishing her trip to the secret realm, she planned to go traveling directly and not return to the sect.
The affairs of Huaxi Valley have been handed over to Qi Ming and Qi Yue, and the three extra Foundation Establishment Pills on him were left to the brother and sister and Guo Zhen as rewards.
Hong Tao will take care of Huaxi Valley in the sect, and Qi Ming will also pay Hong Tao a reward on time.
With Xie Jingshan's help, the income from Huaxi Valley can be deposited in Shanhai Tower, so that she can withdraw it from Shanhai Tower no matter where she is.
On the rooftop of the library, she comprehended the four inheritances of her ancestors, elixirs, talismans and arrays. She is now an eighth-rank talisman maker and an eighth-rank alchemist. As a result, she unexpectedly obtained the inheritance of the array, a 'Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Diagram'.
Before she could protest, she was thrown out by the formation on the top floor.
She looked at the picture, but couldn't understand it. She felt that she had wasted an opportunity to comprehend it.
Fortunately, she still had 50,000 contribution points, and she picked out three spells and techniques that could be learned in the Foundation Establishment Period in the library, which gave her something to do on the way there.
(End of this chapter)