But his injuries were too severe, and he died in the spiritual vein, and was gradually absorbed into it.

The dirty blood on his body also polluted the pure spirituality in his spiritual veins.

The Snail Sea Worm King must have dug out a piece of his severed arm before the sea creatures' bones were integrated.

Judging from the lifespan of monsters, the lifespan of a mid-second stage monster is about the same as that of a human's golden elixir. This means that the original owner of this sea creature's corpse should have been in the spiritual vein for about three to five hundred years.

“Buzz!”

At this moment, a buzzing sound was heard from the excavated sea creature's bones, and a wisp of dark blue soul smoke floated out from the dry skull.

In an instant, he bumped into Shen Lian.

“Sizzle…”

But the moment the soul smoke touched Shen Lian's body, it did not smoothly blend into his flesh.

Instead, it was like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, with crackling and sizzling sounds.

"ah……"

A scream came from the dark blue soul smoke, reflecting a hideous and twisted shadow of a sea creature's soul, which continued to struggle.

Below the dark blue soul smoke, a ball of golden-white flame danced like a fire lotus, holding up the soul shadow of the sea clan and burning it above the flame.

Under the burning flames, the phantom blue soul shadow turned into rising black smoke.

“Ahh…”

The sea creature's soul screamed and waved its arms to try to extinguish the golden-white flames.

He is asleep.

But the golden-white flame was like a maggot on the heel. The more it was beaten, the more vigorously it burned. In the end, the soul shadow was directly enveloped in the flames.

At the same time, Shen Lian, who was holding a magic sword to pierce his spiritual veins, had spiritual light flashing on his body and turned into a spiritual puppet.

“Buzz!”

Jade talismans flew out from the spirit puppet and transformed into five puppet talisman men, surrounding the burning soul of the sea clan.

The five talisman figures were different from the other ones. There were three men and two women, and each of them had strange patterns painted on their body, face, and arms.

They were also wearing solemn and complicated robes. They twisted their bodies in strange postures, made enchanting and incomprehensible movements, muttered to themselves, and opened their hands to the sky from time to time.

As the five of them circled together, the souls of the sea creatures burned by the golden and white flames turned into wisps of black smoke and disappeared into the water amidst their shrill and soul-stirring screams.

This scene was very strange. When the souls of the sea creatures were burned into black smoke, they were clearly in the water, but the black smoke was insoluble in water.

It was as if there was some mysterious power that made the black smoke completely dissipate between heaven and earth.

Shen Lian watched this scene from the foot of the coral mountain in the distance, his eyes expressionless.

He remembered that when he was in the market of the Wilderness, he accidentally killed the ancestor of Lianzhen. Before his death, his soul was green smoke and was rising.

At that time, the void above in the darkness twisted, and the green smoke disappeared into the twisted void.

According to rumors in the world of immortal cultivation, Qingyan has entered the channel of reincarnation.

Those that are emitting black smoke and are in a scattered state belong to the type that will not enter the cycle of reincarnation.

When the soul is completely dispersed, it is equivalent to being removed from the wheel of reincarnation, and the person cannot even be an animal.

If the soul can enter reincarnation, there is still a chance to be reborn. If the soul is burned, then there is no thought at all.

After a shamanic performance, a fellow Taoist was expelled from the world of living beings.

"It seems that this sea creature was a Jindan Zhenren when he was alive."

Shen Lian looked thoughtful. This was just as he had expected. He had killed foundation-building cultivators before, but had not seen any soul smoke appear.

It should be a cultivator below the Jindan level. Since his soul is too weak, his soul cannot manifest after death. It is different at the Jindan level. His soul is strong and can manifest after death.

"If you encounter a Jindan cultivator in the future, you still have to pray for his salvation."

Seeing the black smoke of the soul burnt into dissipate, the five talisman masters did not stop. The leading one went directly to the corpse and checked it up and down.

Then he snapped his fingers, and a golden-white spark lit up and fell towards the remaining corpses of the sea creatures.

Sparks fell, and flames from the remaining bones rose up with a boom.

The five people holding the talisman for salvation began to mutter to themselves again.

After doing all this, the spirit puppet standing on the spirit vein flashed with spiritual light, and became exactly the same as Shen Lian again. It grabbed the magic sword with both hands and stabbed towards the spirit vein.

Stab with a sword and take a breath of spiritual energy.

Stab with a sword and take a breath of spiritual energy.

I'm full.

He turned out all the remaining bones and debris and threw them into the flames, then took out pieces of spirit stones and crushed them to repair the damage to the spirit veins.

"Fellow Daoist Lingmai, I healed your wounds and scattered the ashes of the culprit who harmed you. His soul was also extinguished. If you can resonate with heaven and earth, you don't have to remember this little thing."

On the other side, Shen Lian also threw the sea creature's arm holding the black shell into the golden and white fire.

Of course, he picked out the black shell.

This guy holds on pretty tight.

It's a pity that the Jindan corpse was burned slowly under the spiritual fire blessed by his Tianyan Fire Domain, but it was burned thoroughly.

In about two quarters of an hour, it turned into a pool of ashes and melted into the water.

The funeral for the Jindan-level cultivator was overall too undignified, and it was also due to the lack of experience before.

After all, this was the second time he encountered a Jindan-level soul. The first time, his strength was too low, and he didn’t have the ability to even raise the soul smoke.

This time, although it was an emergency, it was all within expectations.

How could he use his true body to dig up the dead bones? He already knew that there were many old sixes in the world of cultivation.

"When I have time, I will write a true Taoist text to save the dead, so that the soul will not be scattered and there will be resentment left."

Thinking of the sea creatures' screams when they were burned just now, he felt overwhelmed with resentment.

He was holding a black shell in his hand, which should be the storage treasure of the sea cultivator. After checking, the puppet man did not find any scales or storage tools on the remains.

After checking with his divine sense, Shen Lian discovered that his divine sense was actually bounced back by the shell.

It's the same as the white shell before.

It looks like it won't be open for a while.

With a wave of his hand, a specially made jade box appeared.

There are one-inch slots on the front, back, left, and right sides of the jade box where the lid closes, and there are also slots on both the top and bottom sides.

In the card slot, there are pieces of jade embedded.

The jade piece flew out, the jade box opened, the black shell was thrown inside, and the lid of the jade box was closed again.

The moment the jade box was closed, the previous jade piece flew back again, just like a sliding lock, locking the jade box.

At the same time, the runes in the jade piece all lit up, interweaving and outlining to form a complete rune seal.

Thousands of threads of restraining breath and sealing talisman formation.

This talisman array can be used to isolate auras, and can be used to preserve some high-quality elixirs, or refined high-level elixirs to extend their storage life.

Shen Lian improved it and used it to seal the aura of spiritual creatures, and it was quite effective.

After sealing it, he threw the jade box into a storage bag and then into a storage ring.

"call……"

After a long sigh, the Five Elements Spirit Puppets quickly became busy in the cave.

For spiritual veins, these are all renewable resources, and all you need to do is leave the seeds.

After rechecking, nothing else was found unusual, so Shen Lian used the Five Elements Spirit Puppet to get out of the cave.

The harvest this time was good. Various spiritual medicines and monsters together amounted to about 80,000 to 90,000 spirit stones.

No wonder casual cultivators like to look for secret realms, finding one is like reaching heaven in one step.

After leaving the cave and resting for a while, and thinking about whether there was anything he had missed, Shen Lian headed towards the next target point.

Over the next six months, he found several places where second-level monsters appeared in the sea outside Wanxing.

But the facts are very realistic, and it really proves the old saying in the secular world that eating shit is not as good as eating hot shit.

Wherever monsters appear, cultivators appear as frequently as those visiting a beauty shop.

People come one after another without any restraint. Even the fairy sister can't bear it, let alone the monsters. It's really a drop... the head is gone.

In such an environment for cultivating immortals, it would be impossible for heaven to not send out a killing calamity.

Finally, Shen Lian gave up, unwilling to waste any more time, and prepared to set off for the South China Sea.

All the way back to the Cape Fairy City, the docks around the fairy city were still bustling with activity, and there were several ninth-level foundation-building cultivators stationed at the docks.

By capturing some conversations between cultivators, Shen Lian obtained the latest news about Wanxinghai during the time he was away.

The Chengtian Alliance was broken, and the Hai family's land spirit disappeared.

Xuanhai Sect's Grand Elder, Fu Hai Zhenren, was injured and it was said that there was no hope for him to conceive.

After the Xuanhai Sect defeated the Chengtian Alliance, it was confirmed that the so-called Chengtian Zhenren was the Black Cliff Demon.

The Hai family, who were attacked by the puppets controlled by the Black Cliff Demon, also vowed to fight to the death with the Black Cliff Demon.

Bian Qingyun is still on the run, but it is said that he has been targeted near the sea area of ​​Hailing Sect.

Shen Lian had captured so much information before he had even walked halfway around the dock.

The Black Cliff Demon is indeed a ruthless person.

In his eyes, all the monks, regardless of their potential and strength, seemed to be chess pieces that could be discarded at will.

The situation was clearly very good, and the Chengtian Alliance, which was about to become the fifth largest Jindan sect in the Wanxing Inner Sea, was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

No matter who you ask, everyone will say that Heiya has a hole in his brain.

But Shen Lian thought it was normal. Heiya was most likely not a human being, so how could he be measured according to human thinking?

Chess pieces are just chess pieces, so why bother with size? In the eyes of the old demon, perhaps they are all consumables.

After walking halfway across the dock, Shen Lian stopped and looked towards the giant long-distance spirit ship anchored in the distance.

This spirit ship is not the same one as before.

From afar, there seemed to be monks flying around the spirit ship, busy repairing it.

The long-distance sailing spirit ship that crosses the outer sea of ​​​​Ten Thousand Stars is different from the spirit ship in the inner sea of ​​​​Ten Thousand Stars. The purchased tickets will never expire. As long as you buy a ticket, you can choose the time to board the ship at will.

When Shen Lian was looking at the long-distance sailing spirit ship, there was a young-looking foundation-building cultivator beside the spirit ship who was also looking around and happened to see the direction Shen Lian was looking at.

When Shen Lian withdrew his gaze and prepared to enter the city, a young foundation-building cultivator was already coming towards him in the distance.

"You are welcome, fellow Taoist."

The young monk stopped a dozen feet away to show that he had no ill intentions, and his voice was very casual.

Shen Lian pretended to be stunned, then bowed.

"Daoyou, what can I do for you?"

Seeing Shen Lian paying attention to him, although he looked alert, the young cultivator did not care and still clasped his fists and said, "My name is Lin Yixing, and I am a disciple of the Wushan Sect in the South Sea Region."

"Daoyou, if you have something to say, just say it."

Shen Lian was about to walk towards the city. Although he was also a cultivator at the fifth foundation building level, he was still confident that he could send him back home with a soul-binding seal.

"Fellow Daoist, I will just speak frankly."

Lin Yixing clasped his fists again, "I just noticed that fellow Daoist was also looking at the long-distance spiritual ship. I think he wants to cross the Wanxing Sea to the South China Sea.

To be honest, I am also planning to take this spiritual ship back to the South China Sea."

In response to the strange look from Shen Lian, Lin Yixing quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, you may not know how terrifying the Wanxing Outer Sea is.

I have traveled between the South China Sea and the Wanxing Inner Sea several times, but I always feel scared every time I travel there."

At this point, Lin Yixing looked around and said, "Daoyou, this isn't a good place to talk. Should we go into the city and find a restaurant to talk?"

"good."

Shen Lian nodded.

The two soon arrived at a small restaurant in the city and sat down in a private room.

"Now, Brother Lin, can you explain in detail?"

Shen Lian didn't touch the food and wine on the table, just looked at Lin Yixing.

Lin Yixing smiled bitterly, "Fellow Daoist, isn't it obvious what I said? The sea off the Ten Thousand Stars is very dangerous. Even if there is a Jindan Zhenren sitting in the spirit ship, but... do you understand?"

At this time, Lin Yixing took out a jade slip, immersed his spiritual thoughts into it, made a copy, and handed it to Shen Lian.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the reason I want to say. Some things really cannot be said openly, otherwise I am afraid of bad luck."

After taking the jade slip, Shen Lian separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and immersed it in it, reading all the contents.

Lin Yixing's purpose was very simple, he wanted to travel with him because he saw that he was also looking at the long-distance spirit ship.

As for why they all boarded the spirit ship and traveled together...

This has to do with the long-distance sailing spirit ships that cross the outer seas of ten thousand stars. This is not an industry from any one company.

Instead, it is a route opened up by several Jindan forces headed by Jinshi Sect under the jurisdiction of Yunshang Sect.

The Yunshang Sect was not uninvolved. It was involved in taking the spirit stones behind the scenes but was not responsible for the specific operations.

Several Jindan forces took turns sending Jindan monks to command the spirit ship.

However, the Jindan Zhenren sent out by several Jindan forces have varying strengths and strange personalities.

Add to that various factors such as the outer sea astronomical phenomena, sea creatures, attacks by monsters, etc., and it becomes unsafe even if you take a spirit ship.

The celestial phenomena are not so difficult to deal with. If you can't rush through, you can change course and dodge.

But if you encounter sea creatures and monsters, they won’t care whether you are a Jindan Zhenren or not, or whether the Yunshang Sect has a Nascent Soul or not.

Lin Yixing took the long-distance spirit ship on several trips back and forth, and was robbed by the sea clan twice.

It doesn't matter if the sea people rob people. The sea people nowadays are very different from before.

When the sea clan was at its most rampant, they directly sank all the spirit ships, paralyzing the entire route for a long time.

Even the rice bowl was smashed, so the cultivators of Jinshi Sect were naturally unhappy. They gathered together the Jindan forces and attacked the sea clan.

It is said that there was a fight, and since then, the sea people have been more cautious when robbing spirit ships.

A long-distance sailing spirit ship is the wealth accumulated by major sects. Cutting off someone's source of wealth will lead to a life-and-death struggle.

You can kill people on the spirit ship and rob the monks, but you will not destroy the spirit ship.

We all rely on this route for our livelihood, so we need to understand sustainable development.

At most, the Jindan Zhenren in charge would be forced to escape with the spirit ship in a panic. As for the passengers on the spirit ship, it would depend on their luck.

(End of this chapter)