Half a year later.

On an extremely quiet island in the northern part of the Xuanshi Sect’s sea area.

Inside the cave.

Shen Lian was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, his blood boiling, the blood running from his abdomen to his forehead.

I just felt like my whole body was burning, as if the blood was flowing backwards, and my whole body was stiff.

Just...I really want to find the fairy sister...

I don’t know why, I just want to go.

The burning blood also caused the air flow in the cave to surge. Fortunately, there was a small five-element forbidden formation guarding it, which blocked the aura in the cave.

After returning from the Haifenglei auction last time, he went to the Fenglei Pavilion in Yuanyan City to retrieve the thorny tendon fruit and other herbs.

Then he started to refine the tendon-strengthening pills.

After taking the tendon-strengthening pill, Shen Lian suddenly understood the reason why the physical cultivator disappeared.

The method of physical cultivation is simply playing with yourself.

After taking the tendon-strengthening pill, the medicinal power turned into sharp spikes that rushed through the body, piercing through the flesh and blood and stabbing the bones, just like countless little people pricking needles in the body.

You don't even need anyone else to help you, just do it yourself.

The stinging sensation never stops. It's no wonder that the physical training tradition was destroyed due to this kind of forging method.

Under this torment, Shen Lian's flesh, blood and bones also absorbed the medicinal power of the tendon-strengthening pill and turned it into nutrients for the body.

The herbs he got from Fenglei Pavilion plus his own stock made up enough materials for two sets of materials, and he was able to refine twenty-six tendon-piercing pills.

Twenty of the best quality, three of the medium quality, and three of the worst quality.

Since there is no orthodox method of physical cultivation, Shen Lian can only use the most stupid method, which is to refine the medicinal power into his body and then let his body passively absorb the medicinal power.

The tendon-strengthening pill is a second-grade, low-quality pill, while the strength of a high-quality tendon-piercing pill is no less than that of a second-grade, mid-quality pill.

At the beginning, Shen Lian didn't dare to swallow it all, and he used inferior quality ones, crushed them into pieces and swallowed them bit by bit. He waited until his body got used to it before he dared to swallow them in big gulps.

In general, taking pills for physical cultivation is much better than mobilizing his spiritual power every day and strengthening his body bit by bit.

With the help of the tendon-piercing pill, the strength of the body is steadily improving.

Exactly three months later.

On the quiet deserted island, a roar resounded through the sky.

A small hill nearly ten feet high collapsed with a loud bang, and rocks flew into the air.

The broken rocks flew everywhere, scaring the birds and animals in the jungle of the island and causing them to flee in all directions.

Shen Lian looked at the uneven stone chips in the pit. A flash of light appeared in his hand and a red magic sword appeared. He held it in his right hand and chopped down at his left arm.

"hiss……"

Suddenly, a cut appeared on his arm and blood flowed out.

Shen Lian frowned.

"It's not unfair that the body cultivator died."

After cursing angrily, he mobilized his spiritual power to heal the wound.

This inferior Fire Cloud Sword was originally purchased in the waters of the Chiba Island Alliance. From today's perspective, it is a low-grade magic weapon and its quality is quite average.

Even so, his arm was still cut, which showed that his physical cultivation level was still not good enough and had not reached the second level.

You still have to take the Cijindan.

But this is much better than last month. There is only a small cut, but most of it is white marks.

Since there was no orthodox method of physical cultivation and no one to compare with, Shen Lian could only cross the river by feeling the Fire Cloud Sword. He could clearly feel that his body and internal organs had improved a lot compared to the beginning.

Although the Fire Cloud Sword in his hand could still cut through the body with great force, the blade was also covered with pits and gaps.

In the current state, it is possible to advance to the fifth level of foundation building.

"I'll see if I can dig out a physical cultivation method from the ruins when I have the chance."

…

There are huge waves in the vast ocean.

Above the waves, a spiritual ship that was completely black with a ferocious giant whale-like fish head on its bow released black spiritual light all around, shattering the wind and tide between heaven and earth.

But in the midst of strong winds and huge waves, even with the protection of a formation, the black spirit ship still swayed.

In a private room on the spirit ship, Shen Lian stood by the window and looked out at the strong winds and huge waves. This was the first time he had encountered such a terrifying celestial phenomenon since he had boarded the spirit ship.

At the edge of heaven and earth, huge waves surged, and the water columns formed reached heaven and earth, which was shocking even from a long distance.

Immortal cultivators still seem so insignificant in the face of heaven's might.

This spiritual ship belongs to the North Shanghai Jiaoxian City.

After staying on the nameless deserted island for nearly half a year, he successfully advanced to the fifth level of foundation building, and his physical cultivation realm also reached the foundation building level.

Since there was no definite person to compare with, Shen Lian still used the Fire Cloud Sword to measure. The second-level inferior magic weapon could not cut his body.

However, because he had no orthodox method of cultivation, his tempered body did not have the corresponding attacking abilities, which could be regarded as giving himself a layer of defense at the lower level of the second stage.

Also because of the increase in physical strength, after being promoted to the fifth level of foundation building, the strength of the spiritual power increased by a full four hundred and twenty feet.

At present, Shen Lian’s own spiritual power has reached a terrifying 2,100 feet.

This surprised him a little. His talent in spiritual power was too strong. When he was at the fourth level of foundation building, it was comparable to a fake pill. Now he has made another step forward.

With the secret method of refining blood and generating souls that he had acquired before, he had only refined four second-order monsters since he entered the foundation-building stage. All of them were of the lower grade. The soul consciousness that he had enhanced with the secret method only had a strength of three or four hundred feet in total.

But even if four hundred feet were subtracted, there were still one thousand seven hundred feet, which was more than Master Qian Shi.

After completing the realm upgrade, Shen Lian boarded the Black Fish spirit ship and began to head towards the Cape Fairy City.

Cape Fairy City is the northernmost fairy city. All cultivators from the Wanxing Sea and the South China Sea have to pass through here.

Although it is on the edge of the Ten Thousand Stars Sea, because it is a transit station connecting the two places, the prosperity of Cape Fairy City is far more prosperous than the inland sea area.

Although there are uninhabited sea areas between the South China Sea and the Ten Thousand Star Sea, some families still take risks and transport spiritual objects that are not available in both places.

This resulted in the frequent appearance of spiritual creatures in Cape Fairy City that were not found in the Wanxing Sea.

In addition, Haijiao Fairy City has a very special status in the Wanxinghai cultivation world. It does not belong to the most powerful Jindan sect, Xuanhai Sect.

The city lord, True Man Hei Xuan, is an outer sect elder of the Yunshang Sect in the South China Sea.

Even the outer sect elders of the Yuanying Sect, even the Xuanhai Sect's treasured elder, Fu Hai Zhenren, had to give some face.

This is also the reason why Shen Lian went to the Cape Fairy City. He planned to live in the Cape Fairy City for a while and see if he could continue to collect some spiritual objects for reserve.

At the very least, as the first transit station connecting Wanxinghai with the South China Sea, the probability of the appearance of second-order spiritual creatures is far greater than that in Wanxinghai.

“Boom.”

The Black Fish spirit ship rode the wind and waves, smashing the incoming wind gusts. The monks on the spirit ship woke up from their meditation one after another due to the turbulent atmosphere, and looked out at the waves on the sea.

Some monks also started to communicate.

"The Wanxing Sea is about to enter a turbulent period."

"The Sky-Suppressing Alliance challenged the authority of the Xuanhai Sect, but the Xuanhai Sect did not suppress the Sky-Suppressing Alliance in one go. This is simply incredible."

"The Sky-Suppressing Alliance has also announced that it will recruit cultivators from all over the Wanxing Sea and open up cultivation methods. All cultivators who go there will have the opportunity to obtain cultivation methods."

"I heard that the Sea Clan heard that the Xuanhai Sect had suffered a heavy blow, and they also wanted to take advantage of it."

…

During the days when he was in seclusion, the war between Xuanhai Sect and Chengtian Alliance became more and more intense, which made the sea tribes in the east smell an opportunity and wanted to attack the sea area east of Xuanhai Sect.

To put it bluntly, it’s all for cultivation resources.

After so many years of running around, Shen Lian has already had a clearer route for his own cultivation. He will develop steadily and focus on improving his realm.

Go to Cape Fairy City to buy herbs to make pills, exchange pills for spiritual objects, and obtain spiritual stones to enrich your reserves.

Of course, when doing these things, one cannot guarantee that there will be no danger every time. In the world of cultivating immortals, one will get into trouble at any time. Not every place has the harmonious atmosphere like Qian Dai's.

However, if these things were done by spirit puppets or puppet people, it would be different.

The core essence of cultivating immortals is still wealth, magic, companionship and land. If you don't have spirit stones, it is better to return to the mortal world and become an immortal master, and be a bridegroom every night.

The more Shen Lian thought about it, the more he felt that this matter could be done. Currently, his spiritual power had reached two thousand feet, and the maximum range of the spirit puppets he controlled could be doubled, which was four thousand feet, or twenty-four miles.

"Spirit puppets are fine, they are controlled by the main body's mind, but puppet talismans... can we try to apply the method of controlling spirit puppets to puppet talismans?"

"Hmm... the puppet talisman needs to be modified a little more. If it can be integrated with the divine consciousness of the original body, it will be equivalent to a simplified version of the spirit puppet and will be more flexible to use."

"You need to add the skills of running away and self-destruction. If you encounter a crisis that you can't escape from, you can just self-destruct, leaving nothing behind for the bad guys."

"In a dangerous situation like this, as long as it is cut off quickly enough, the main body will not be implicated."

…

"It would be great if I could become a disciple of the Yunshang Sect."

Squinting his eyes and looking at the wind and waves outside, Shen Lian's thoughts became more active.

The name of the Yunshang Sect is very well-known in the Wanxing Sea. As long as the name of the Yunshang Sect is announced in public in crowded places in big cities, no one will dare to take action.

Of course, things are a bit suspenseful in the dark corners.

One cannot be too reckless when cultivating immortality.

On the surface, he created a high-ranking identity, lived in the city, and secretly used spirit puppets to earn spirit stones.

Perhaps this cannot be done at the Yunshang Sect’s headquarters, but there are still loopholes here across the endless Wanxing Sea.

After thinking about this idea, Shen Lian hesitated. If he wanted to use the name of someone else's sect, would he accept the sect's mission?

If you borrow someone else's name, do you owe any karma?

The concept of cause and effect is speechless. There are people who don’t believe in it, but there are also many who believe in it.

There are also those who believe in themselves, and there are even more conscienceless ones who, even if their family is destroyed, can still recognize the enemy as their father and live a life of drunkenness and dreams every day.

After much thought, Shen Lian decided to give it a try.

Of course, it’s not about going to Yunshang Sect to usurp the throne.

Instead, it is about using spirit puppet clones or puppet talismans to earn spirit stones.

If the experiment is successful, I can really sit in the city and practice peacefully in the future, and let my clone earn resources for cultivation.

Boom! Thunder exploded in the distance over the sea, waking Shen Lian from his contemplation.

The celestial phenomena at sea became increasingly violent. Thunder fell from the sky, and strong winds and heavy rains were like waterfalls. The entire spirit ship was like a small boat swaying in the ocean.

The black formation continued to hum, and streams of light shattered the incoming wind.

"My fellow Taoists, the celestial phenomenon is terrifying. There is a large deserted island a thousand miles ahead. The spirit ship will stop at the deserted island and will set off again after the celestial phenomenon ends."

A cold female voice was heard from the spirit ship. It sounded like a notification, but the tone was unquestionable.

"Fellow Daoists, don't panic. All kinds of violent storms and rainstorms are common in the endless ocean, and they usually don't last long."

Soon, another old voice sounded, and the tone was much softer than the previous female voice.

Soon, the outline of an island appeared in front of the spirit ship.

The Black Fish spirit ship was engulfed in strong winds and swayed towards the island, finally landing in a valley.

With the mountains around blocking the strong wind, the turbulence on the spirit ship finally subsided a lot, and the operating formation also weakened from its highest intensity, and crackling rain hit the spirit ship.

"It's been a long time since the Wanxing Inner Sea has encountered such a strong wind phenomenon."

"Does Daoist often go to the open sea?"

Some monks looked around through the windows, and those who made eye contact began to chat.

"No, my elders have been to the open sea and told me that there are endless storms on the open sea. Often, there is no cloud in the sky within a thousand miles, but there is a thunderstorm thousands of miles away."

The so-called Ten Thousand Stars Inner Sea refers to the major islands and seas ruled by the major Jindan sects headed by the Xuanhai Sect.

The corresponding open sea refers to the uninhabited and desolate area leading from the inland sea to the South China Sea.

For Wanxinghai to go to the South China Sea, the distance alone is not a big deal. It can take two years to sail in less than a year, which only takes a little time.

But in fact, there are reasons for the formation of uninhabited sea areas. With the ability of human beings to reproduce and thrive, if they could survive in the sea outside of Wanxing, they would have migrated there long ago and occupied the mountains and become the kings. If they developed a few more sects, they would have bordered the South China Sea.

It has not become a place for human beings to live and reproduce because of the frequent celestial phenomena in the outer sea of ​​​​Wanxing. The practitioners who travel there are unlucky and may run into the thunderstorm head-on, and not even ashes will be left.

…

"A bunch of bumpkins..."

"Only beauties can look down upon Wan Xinghai."

"What's wrong with coming to a remote sea area to be a mountain king? Fighting hard in the sect is still the same as not getting the chance to form a pill."

"If I can't even form a pill, I will be assigned to various sea areas to serve the sect sooner or later. I will skip this step and serve the sect as a slave for fifty years in advance."

With a wave of his hand, the middle-aged cultivator took out a pile of spiritual stones. The woman smiled and said, "Senior, you are truly a noble man."

As he spoke, he stuffed the spirit stone into the lapel of his shirt.

“Buzz…”

At this time, the middle-aged monk's expression became tense, "Okay, you can go down."

The woman stood up swiftly and walked out of the box.

After seeing the door of the box closed, the middle-aged monk took out a communication jade talisman from the storage tool.

"When will you be back?"

A somewhat impatient voice sounded from the jade talisman.

"Brother Lin, we encountered a violent storm on the way, so the spirit ship found an island to rest. After the violent storm stops, we will be able to return soon."

"How's it going?"

"It's done. The batch of mixed...pills we sent over were sold out very quickly."

"When I came here, I heard that the sea tribe in the east also wanted to take the opportunity to invade the Wanxing Inner Sea. As long as the war is big enough, we don't have to worry about the elixirs not being able to sell. Senior Brother Lin, this is a good opportunity for us to make a lot of spirit stones."

"Junior brother, I was thinking, there are not only fellow disciples in the sect who can make pills, but also those who can make weapons and talismans..."

In the previous chapter, some book friends talked about the problem of the protagonist's spiritual power. The fourth level of foundation building is comparable to a fake elixir. This problem will be explained later, but according to the development of the plot, it has not been written yet.

In addition, there are four levels in the Jindan period: early, middle, late and perfect. The higher realms are naturally different from the foundation-building period. The increase in spiritual power after each level of advancement is at least a thousand feet, so there will be no situation where the protagonist's spiritual power exceeds expectations.

But as the protagonist, he naturally has to stand out.

Moreover, at the level of fake elixir, there is a huge difference between the divine consciousness of fake elixir and that of other fake elixir. Qian Shi is the gatekeeper of the divine consciousness of fake elixir.

In ancient times, stone was called 'dan' and was a unit of measurement. When I was writing it, I was thinking of using it as the unit.

The protagonist's divine consciousness is indeed another talent of the protagonist, which will be explained later.

(End of this chapter)