Chapter 168: Taking Back the Island

"Excuse me, are you Daoist Liu Ping and Liu Daoyou?"

Chu Ning looked at the female cultivator in front of her who was also at the seventh level of Qi Refining, although she had some vague guesses in her heart.

But he still asked cautiously:

"Fellow Taoist came to see me, but what did he bring?"

The middle-aged female cultivator reached out and took out a talisman, placed it in front of Chu Ning, and asked:

"I wonder if my fellow Taoist recognizes this talisman?"

"Flame Wing Talisman!"

When Chu Ning saw this talisman, his eyes flashed slightly.

This talisman is a magic talisman made from the flame-winged bird after he practiced the Fiery Flame Art.

He was the only one who could control it, so he gave it to Cen Zijin as a token for others to hand over to Chu Ning when it was inconvenient for her to get the talisman and elixir.

When the woman heard Chu Ning call out the name of the talisman, her face was filled with joy.

"It is indeed Brother Daoist Liu, the little lady has been here for half a day every day for the past two months.

Today I can see my fellow Taoist. "

As she spoke, the woman took out a storage bag from her arms and handed it to Chu Ning.

"Please, fellow Taoist, please help me pass this storage bag over to you, and also pass on a message.

It will become clear after reading what is inside. "

Chu Ning reached out and took it, nodded and said, "I will convey it to you."

"Then the little woman will take her leave first."

As soon as the female cultivator left, Chu Ning followed her out of the inn.

Coming to a deserted place, Chu Ning briefly checked the contents of the storage bag, and then quickly took out a piece of talisman paper.

This talisman paper was not made into a talisman, but a few words were written on it.

"I have gone to Yaochi Palace, don't worry.

This transfiguration spell is very useful and has helped me a lot.

Yaochi Palace is too far away from here, so there is no need to come to me. We will meet again if we are destined.

——Cen Zijin. "

Looking at the line of words written on the talisman, Chu Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't look at anything else and returned directly to the cave on Feihong Island.

Arriving at the outermost stone room, facing the lake, Chu Ning took out the items in the storage bag one by one.

In addition to the talisman paper with the words written on it, there is also a small bag of medium-grade spiritual stones, a jade slip, numerous elixirs, and a set of formation equipment.

Cen Zijin wrote something on everything.

Looking at these things, Chu Ning seemed to see Cen Zijin sitting opposite him, with a bright smile on his face, speaking softly as his eyes moved.

"These spiritual stones are all sold by your talismans and elixirs, and there is no share for Cen Workshop."

"I collected some spiritual elixirs for refining elixirs. See if you can use them. Those spiritual fruits are for Xiaobai to eat."

"This set of formation equipment was developed by me in recent years. It combines many ancient formations and can be used directly in conjunction with the formations you use now.

After setting up the defense, it is not easy even for a Golden Core cultivator to break through the defense.

The specific formation and usage methods are engraved on the jade slips.

At the same time, some basic formation identification techniques and some formation breaking methods are recorded in the jade slips, which should be useful whether you continue in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands or go to other places. "

…

Chu Ning looked at the empty spot opposite her, then turned her head and looked at the rippling blue lake outside.

The mood is extremely complicated.

There was both joy in knowing that Cen Zijin was fine, and sadness in seeing her lover leave.

After a long time, Chu Ning waved his hand, and everything on the stone table, except for some spiritual fruits, was put into the storage bag.

Immediately, Chu Ning released Ling Xiaobai from the spirit beast bag.

"Xiao Bai, these spiritual fruits are all yours."

After hearing Chu Ning's words, Ling Xiaobai called out, full of joy.

At the same time, the little guy was also a little confused.

"Why so many?"

"Cen Zijin gave this to you. She left here and won't be back in a short time." Chu Ning explained.

When Ling Xiaobai heard Chu Ning's words, he called out again, and then ate a spiritual fruit into his belly.

Seeing the little guy's happy expression, Chu Ning had a smile on his face.

"Come on, little guy, let's practice the Xuanming Jue with you and see if it can help you get better quickly.

I'm still waiting for you to go somewhere together. "

As he spoke, Chu Ning quickly started to use the magic formula and at the same time uttered some obscure spells in his mouth.

A mana channel connected between Chu Ning and Ling Xiaobai.

Suddenly, these streams of spiritual energy quickly gathered towards Ling Xiaobai.

"It's really different after foundation building!"

After about an hour, Chu Ning stopped, although it also consumed a lot of mana.

But the overall appearance is not very difficult.

This is completely different from the previous need to continuously take elixir supplements in the ancient sect ruins.

After Ling Xiaobai returned to the spirit beast room, Chu Ning calmed down and began to think about what she would do next.

There doesn’t seem to be much pressure in terms of cultivation.

Yanhuo Divine Wood Technique continues to practice, and he still has a lot of Qingmu Yuanyang Pills in his body. Some of them have already been refined, and those who don't have them can continue to refine their spirits.

And these pills can support my practice for a long time without any problem.

Since I can make elixirs myself, I no longer have any trouble with this elixir.

The difficulty is to refine some elixirs. After all, there is no channel like Cen Zijin.

Whether it is buying spiritual medicine or selling things in hand in exchange for spiritual stones, it is no longer convenient.

However, Chu Ning is not too anxious.

He has just established his foundation, and at this stage, he is naturally still focusing on consolidating his realm. He is not in a hurry to take too many pills to practice.

"There is no problem with Qi refining, body refining..."

Chu Ning now looked at the proficiency in his mind.

[Yanhuo Shenmu Gong (Xuanjie Upper Grade), Second Level (1667/10000)]

[Jiuyan Refining Body Art, First Volume, Immortal Soul (0/3000)]

[Spirit Refining Art, Second Level (2000/2000)]

In fact, Chu Ning has always been a little curious. This Jiuyan Refining Body Art is obviously a body refining technique, how can there be an immortal soul realm.

"Could it be that this body refining technique, after practicing it later, can also achieve the effect of strengthening the spirit consciousness and stabilizing the spirit soul?"

Chu Ning muttered to himself at this moment.

Thinking of this, he felt that his idea was really very likely.

After all, after the Qi training reaches the foundation-building stage, it has the effect of refining the spirit.

This body training and Qi training have the same goal, and it is naturally very likely that the spiritual consciousness can be strengthened after practicing.

"If my inference is correct, then my spiritual consciousness may also be able to grow rapidly without continuing to practice the soul-refining technique.

It's just right to take advantage of this period of time, I can give it a try."

Chu Ning thought to himself, and immediately began to practice the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique in this practice room.

Anyway, during this period of time, he did not have the practice method behind the soul-refining technique.

It's just right to see the effect of practicing the Yanhuo Shenmu Gong and the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique on the strengthening of spiritual consciousness after building the foundation.

So, for the next period of time, Chu Ning just stayed in the cave.

He didn't go out of the main door or the second door.

He practiced the Xuanming Jue with Ling Xiaobai every day to help him continue to recover.

At the same time, he practiced the Yanhuo Shenmu Gong and the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique every day.

Because he had just built the foundation, and the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique had just been practiced to the immortal soul.

Therefore, Chu Ning did not use elixir or spiritual fruit to cultivate.

And Chu Ning did not absorb the wood essence of the Iron Soul Flower.

What made him feel relieved was that after the Iron Soul Flower matured, although it contained a large amount of wood essence.

However, if Chu Ning did not take the initiative to absorb this wood essence, it would not overflow.

This flower can bloom for two or three years.

This cultivation lasted another month.

On this day, after completing the day's cultivation, Chu Ning sat cross-legged in the cultivation room.

He began to think about the status of his cultivation in this month.

"My talent for cultivation is pretty good, but without any other resources.

Even if there is a second-level upper-grade spiritual vein, this speed should be the limit."

[Yanhuo Shenmu Gong (Xuan-level upper-grade), second level (1727/10000)]

[Jiuyan Refining Body Art, Volume 1, Immortal Soul (30/3000)]

[Refining Spirit Art, second level (2000/2000)]

For a month, Chu Ning maintained a long daily cultivation time.

Without the help of elixirs and spiritual fruits.

Yanhuo Shenmu Gong maintained a proficiency increase of about 2 points per day, which is faster than before.

It is obviously related to the faster speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth after building the foundation.

And the Jiuyan Refining Body Art can only increase by about 1 point.

As for the spiritual consciousness, Chu Ning can also feel that it is indeed growing, but the speed is not fast.

After a month of cultivation, the range of his spiritual consciousness expanding outward is only about ten feet.

If he hadn't paid special attention, he really wouldn't have felt this subtle change.

"I still need to rely on some resources for the next cultivation!"

Chu Ning made up his mind.

In fact, after entering the foundation-building stage, there is still such a rapid increase.

The talent given to him by the system is indeed excellent.

However, any great cultivator grows up not only with talent, but also with countless resources.

Chu Ning casually took out the jade bottles containing Qingmu Yuanyang Pill and Tieyang Fruit from the storage bag.

These two things were used by him in the previous stage of Qi Refining Perfection and Unbroken Tendon.

But I don't know if they are still useful now that I have built my foundation and reached the stage of Immortal Soul.

"Qingmu Yuanyang Pill has been refined after all, and this Tieyang Fruit was effective in breaking through my bottleneck at that time.

Logically speaking, it should be equally effective for my current cultivation, but the specific effect needs to be tried again."

As he said, Chu Ning got up and went directly to the stone room with hot springs next door.

He crushed the Iron Sun Fruit into the tub and started practicing the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique while jumping into it.

An hour later, Chu Ning slowly walked out of the stone room, muttering to himself.

"Sure enough, after breaking through to the Immortal Soul stage, the effect of the Iron Sun Fruit is still weakened.

Originally, it was necessary to practice the Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique six times to fully stimulate the medicinal effect of the Iron Sun Fruit.

Now it only takes four times to fully stimulate it."

While muttering this, Chu Ning felt the proficiency of his practice in his mind.

He had just used two Iron Sun Fruits in a row to practice, and had already tested the medicinal effect.

[Nine-evolution Body Refining Technique, Volume 1, Immortal Soul (33/3000)]

Two Iron Sun Fruits can increase proficiency by 3 points, which seems not slow, and even more than the 1 point increase of continuous muscle training at the beginning.

But Chu Ning knew that this was because he had not entered the bottleneck period of body training.

At that time, continuous muscle training could increase 1 point even after entering the bottleneck period.

In comparison, the effect is still weaker.

"But it's not bad, at least there is something that can speed up the practice."

Chu Ning was basically satisfied with the effect of the Iron Sun Fruit.

Combined with daily practice, the proficiency can be increased by 2 points a day at least.

After all, this has entered a higher level of practice.

It is naturally unlikely to expect rapid progress in a few months like before.

After a short rest in the practice of the soul refining technique, Chu Ning picked up the Qingmu Yuanyang Pill after the soul refining and began to practice the Yanhuo Shenmu Gong.

Although there is no method for the third level of soul refining technique, this soul refining technique is also effective for the recovery of consciousness.

Chu Ning naturally would not say that he would stop practicing completely without the third level of practice method.

After a few more hours, Chu Ning in the practice room finally finished his practice for the day.

At the same time, a faint smile hung on his face.

[Yanhuo Shenmu Gong (Xuanjie Upper Grade), Second Level (1730/10000)]

After refining the spirit, the Qingmu Yuanyang Pill can increase the proficiency of Yanhuo Shenmu Gong by 3 points.

This effect undoubtedly surprised Chu Ning.

In this way, in the early stage of foundation building, he doesn't even have to think about finding other pills.

"Grow the main materials such as Yuanyang Fruit by yourself, and buy some other auxiliary alchemy materials. You don't have to worry too much about the practice resources at this stage.

In the next period of time, it should be no problem to continue to practice steadily."

...

Just as Chu Ning was practicing with peace of mind, a white light flashed in the Qianhong Island teleportation array, and several figures appeared.

Several people wore robes of different colors, but on the sleeves, there was an alliance word embroidered.

It means that these are all members of the Qiandao Alliance.

Although the Thousand Island Alliance is controlled by the six major families, the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands are too large to be managed by the family members alone.

So after so many years of development, almost every family has absorbed some independent cultivators and some small families to enrich their own strength.

For example, some law enforcement and patrol teams, as well as some foreign affairs liaisons, are basically carried out by these people.

And this also allows the direct descendants of the six major families to practice with peace of mind.

The group of ten people who entered Qianhong Island at this moment is such a team.

Although they are not the direct descendants of the six major families, they represent the Thousand Island Alliance after all, so the island owner Jiang Hongguang dare not neglect them.

After receiving the news, he brought Yu Yuanxiu, Jiang Lan and a group of disciples to the outside of the cave to greet them early.

"Jiang Hongguang of Feihong Island, meet all the seniors and fellow Taoists in the alliance."

Seeing that the two leading the team were perfect cultivators of Qi Refining, the cultivation of the other eight people was also in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Jiang Hongguang was shocked in his heart, and he became more polite.

He originally just wanted to call him "fellow Taoist", but he added the word "senior" in front of him.

The leader was a Qi-refining perfect cultivator in his forties, with a good-looking face, a white face and no beard, and a somewhat arrogant look.

"You are Jiang Hongguang, my name is Xiao Liebo, and I am here to announce something to you on behalf of the Thousand Islands Alliance."

Hearing that the man named Xiao Liebo spoke in a rather unfriendly tone, Jiang Hongguang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

However, he still smiled and said:

"Senior Xiao, please give us your orders, we will definitely support you."

Seeing that Jiang Hongguang was very cooperative, Xiao Liebo nodded with satisfaction, and then he told a piece of news that made Jiang Hongguang's face change drastically.

"Because recently, there have been a series of second-level hidden spiritual veins appearing in the thousands of lakes and islands, several leaders have discussed and decided.

Any island with a second-level hidden spiritual vein but no foundation-building cultivators must be given up so that the alliance can more reasonably redistribute resources."

As he spoke, Xiao Liebo stared at Jiang Hongguang.

"You discovered a second-level hidden spiritual vein here a few years ago, right?"

Jiang Hongguang's face changed drastically, and he said with embarrassment:

"We did discover a second-level hidden spiritual vein on Feihong Island, but that was after we gained jurisdiction over the island.

Now we are suddenly asked to give up this island, so where should we go to practice?"

"Don't worry, the alliance will naturally arrange another first-level spiritual vein island for you, and will also give appropriate compensation."

Xiao Liebo was vaguely impatient when he spoke at this moment.

"Don't even think about saying anything more. You've been cultivating this second-level spiritual vein for several years, and you've already earned it.

Could it be that you really want to violate the leader's order?"

As he spoke, Xiao Liebo looked at Jiang Hongguang, and then swept his eyes to the others behind him.

When everyone heard Xiao Liebo's impolite words, their faces changed drastically.

Although the management of the Thousand Islands Alliance is relatively lax, everyone knows that the leader's order cannot be violated casually.

The leader's order does not represent a certain family, but the six major families.

It is said that a foundation-building cultivator openly violated the leader's order before, and was eventually killed by the six major families.

Even if Jiang Hongguang was reluctant, he didn't dare to say such words at this moment.

Seeing this, Xiao Liebo snorted lightly, his eyes full of pride.

"You are required to move out of this island within one month, otherwise we will directly expel you from the Thousand Islands Alliance."

After listening to this, Jiang Hongguang nodded somewhat dejectedly.

He has always known the times, otherwise he would not have been so humble in front of Chu Ning.

However, he seemed to suddenly remember something.

He gritted his teeth and looked up at Xiao Liebo.

"Senior Xiao, I am willing to withdraw from this second-level spiritual vein and practice on other islands.

However, there is another Taoist friend who has set up a cave on this island. Can he continue to practice on the island?"

Xiao Liebo obviously had a general understanding of the situation on this island before coming.

At this moment, his brows were slightly frowned.

"Are you talking about Chu Ning who helped you successfully defend the title in the Thousand Islands competition a few years ago?"

After Jiang Hongguang nodded, Xiao Liebo immediately said with a serious face:

"No, since this island has been taken back and redistributed to the alliance, he can't stay on this island to practice.

I heard that his cave is located in a place called Yanfeng, and there may be a second-level hidden spiritual vein there.

Otherwise, he can let you practice on this hidden spiritual vein?"

Hearing this, Jiang Hongguang's face changed slightly again.

He was still very grateful to Chu Ning, so he wanted to help Chu Ning, but he didn't expect to be rejected directly.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but Xiao Liebo didn't give him a chance at all, and immediately waved his hand and said:

"Don't say anything, lead the way to Yanfeng, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator is not qualified."

Under the watchful eyes of two Qi Refining Perfection cultivators and so many late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, Jiang Hongguang could not be reluctant.

At this moment, he could only take a few people to Yanfeng.

Seeing this, Jiang Lan also followed behind the crowd.

Yu Yuanxiu wanted to dissuade them, but after thinking about it, she gave up and followed with the others.

She knew that Chu Daoyou was not as temperless as her husband, and she thought that she was a woman after all, and if there was any conflict, she could help to ease the conflict.