The two men flew over the vast ocean on their swords, searching for traces of seabirds.

Ling Yunpo casually used his spiritual sense to explore the distance, but secretly paid attention to the movement of the ocean current.

According to Qingping Jian, the main body of the island is actually an eternal iceberg, covered with dust brought by the sea breeze, and thick soil has been formed year after year. From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary island, but its bottom is not connected to the seabed, just like a rootless duckweed.

As we all know, cultivators often encounter mental problems during their long journey.

Kunlun’s solution is to screen out those with weak faith and unstable mind from the entry-level Kunlun Sky Pillar Climbing Test.

Shushan’s solution is: after a cultivator has achieved the Dan stage, he goes to the Cave of Inquiry to examine his mind, thus forming his own obsession with cultivation, and thus trying to avoid flaws in his Tao heart.

Penglai’s solution is: Let it go. There are so many sects in the world that don’t care about this, why should I care so much?

In fact, most sects do not have the ability to do anything about it and can only be forced to coexist with their inner demons.

But for those monks who unfortunately went astray and luckily survived, they cannot just turn a blind eye like the sect - if they give up, they will die, so who dares to give up?

The iceberg island that Qingping Jian mentioned is a very rare and unique place that can resist the erosion of inner demons.

It is said that as long as you go deep into the island, reach the ice layer, dig a hole in it and then drill into it, your body will be temporarily frozen and your consciousness will be delayed... Of course, the demon will also be delayed in the same way.

Because of the confrontation at the consciousness level, the demons' combat power is far greater than that of humans, so this is equivalent to pulling both sides to the same inferior starting line, so that they can barely fight back and forth.

Although this still cannot completely resolve the inner demons, it only "prolongs the time of death" in disguise, but monks on the verge of despair often have no choice.

As to why few people know about this island today, that is another question.

"Master recorded in the scriptures that he was being chased by a high-level enemy at the time, so he had to lead the enemy to the vast South China Sea, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack and kill him," An Zhisu explained.

"Oh oh oh." Ling Yunpo nodded to show his understanding, which meant that the master was completely unable to defeat the opponent and could only flee in panic.

"As a result, he came across that island, and on the island he met an immortal senior who was a great swordsman." An Zhisu continued to recall, "The immortal set a small test for him, and he passed it easily, and was treated well by the immortal; but the enemy did not pass it, and was killed by the immortal."

“I see.” Ling Yunpo thought that since it was “easily passed”, it must have been a very difficult test.

Otherwise, given Su Jian's temper, if it was really an easy test, he would not have mentioned it in his writing at all.

“In the end, Master received some guidance from the immortal, and felt that his sword skills had a great breakthrough instantly. The original bottleneck was also cleared, and he was promoted to the Golden Core Realm and the Root-Seeking Stage.” An Zhisu concluded.

"Is it true?" Ling Yunpo asked in surprise.

He knew Su Jian's character very well, and it was clearly reflected in the records of the Seven Killing Sword Technique:

Why does the Seven Killing Sword Technique use attack instead of defense and speed first? Because Su Jian clearly recorded that as long as you kill the enemy first, you don't need to defend or dodge... With such an arrogant and conceited character, he actually admitted that he had "made a great breakthrough". What did the immortal on the opposite side give him? The Supreme Golden Pill Member Upgrade Card?

"Anyway, it would be great if we could find that island." An Zhisu was still daydreaming and said, "If we tell the immortal that we are Su Jian's disciples, who he received back then, would we be able to get some guidance?"

"Hehehe." Ling Yunpo could only laugh dryly.

Senior Sister An, don't just focus on how our master was treated back then. His enemies were killed by immortals simply because they failed the test!

If you think about it carefully, there is no hatred between this immortal and Su Jian's enemies, right? This means that this immortal is the kind of guy who acts recklessly and kills people at will!

Thinking of this, Ling Yunpo began to back down.

According to Qing Ping Jian, since there is an iceberg underneath the island, it will just go with the flow and move around with the sea water.

In other words, just follow the direction of the ocean current.

But considering that the immortal is not someone who is easy to deal with, perhaps I should do the opposite and deliberately make it impossible for Senior Sister to find the island. Otherwise, if the immortal wants to attack us, I can still teleport and escape, but how is Senior Sister An going to escape?

"Hey, Junior Brother." An Zhisu suddenly said, "Look, there is another island ahead."

Ling Yunpo casually swept his spiritual sense and found that it was not connected to the seabed. He was immediately shocked and said calmly:

"This island is so desolate and small, how could a great swordsman live in seclusion here? Senior sister, you should stop imagining this. We can skip small islands like this. Let's go find bigger ones."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Yunpo was about to turn around and leave when he heard a cold snort:

"You are a little kid, but you are so arrogant. You don't even know what island this is, but you are so arrogant. What's your logic?"

Then, the two of them stepped off the flying swords and landed shakily as if out of control, bringing Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu with them to the center of a valley on the island.

I saw a Taoist in a black robe sitting cross-legged on the ground in the middle of the valley. Various flying swords were randomly inserted around him, and there were cracks caused by rubble and sword energy everywhere.

The Taoist looked extremely old, with dense wrinkles on his face. His mouth did not move, but his voice reached the ears of the two men, with a surprised tone:

"Hey? Two little kids, one is born with a sword bone, and the other is born with a sword heart? Come on, come closer and let me take a look."

An Zhisu took a half step forward, bowed and said:

"I am An Zhisu from Shu Mountain, and I am here to meet the Immortal. I wonder what your name is..."

"Just call me 'The Lonely Old Man'." The Taoist in black said indifferently.

Lonely? What a miserable name, Ling Yunpo thought to himself.

In the eyes of people in this world, being a widower, a widow, an orphan, a single person, and a disabled person are collectively called the Five Evils, which means being without a wife, without a husband, without a father, without a child, and being disabled. These are five relatively unfortunate lives. Above these is "Jue", which means death by chance, and is the worst misfortune.

Since this immortal-level old man called himself "Gu Jue", it meant that his sect had been destroyed, all his elders had died, and he himself could not leave this island. It could almost be said that he was doomed to die here...

"You dare to have wild thoughts in front of the elders!" The voice in my ear suddenly became sharp, "You little kid who was born with sword bones, why don't you come over and salute the old Taoist?"

"Sorry." Ling Yunpo stepped forward and said respectfully, "I saw the sword energy all around and the immortal sitting alone in the middle of it. I thought he must be a great swordsman. I admired him for a moment and couldn't help myself. I'm sorry."

"You talk a lot of bullshit!" the old Taoist said impatiently, "Which idiot in Shushan taught you? You are full of flattering bullshit! If it weren't for your natural sword bone, I would have killed you with my sword long ago!"

Ling Yunpo's face twitched, and he thought that this immortal was indeed a moody person, and he hated flattery the most, but he was someone I was not good at dealing with.