In a remote valley, deep in the earth, there is a black-horned ant nest several meters in size, embedded in the soil. Densely packed black-horned ants crawl out of the nest and quickly move away into the distance.

At the same time, more black-horned ants crawled in from afar, carrying minerals of different colors on their black horns or two large pincers and heading towards the nest.

The ore accumulated in the nest here has accumulated into a small hill of two meters in size. Most of them are first-level ore, with a few second-level pieces scattered around, which are still very small in size.

At this moment, a streak of light flashed, and the ore piled up into a hill was completely collected.

"Master, I have passed the message that we are not allowed to collect ore anymore."

The big black beast caught up with him and landed on Shen Lian's shoulder, and then the man and the beast fled into the distance.

The reason why the black-horned ants are not allowed to collect ore is mainly because the number of monks entering the secret realm has increased. The black-horned ant colony is extremely large, and it would be too conspicuous if they continue to collect ore.

At present, the black-horned ants are reproducing very quickly. They are almost covering the mountains, fields, rivers and swamps outside the secret realm, and are moving towards the center of the secret realm little by little.

After some inspection by Shen Lian, he determined the approximate shape of the secret realm, which was an irregular oval and much larger than the thousands of miles rumored outside.

The widest part from east to west is nearly 500 miles, and the longest part from north to south is over 600 miles. The total area is nearly 30,000 miles.

Moreover, collapsed areas can be seen around the entire secret realm, and some mountains and rivers are trapped in space debris, which is enough to prove that the secret realm used to be larger.

The central area of ​​the secret realm is approximately three thousand miles in radius, and is shrouded in a light blue mist. Shen Lian tried to sense the blue mist.

It was discovered that the light blue mist would suppress the perception of divine thoughts. After verifying it in several places, it was finally determined that the light blue mist could suppress the divine thoughts by more than 90%.

His divine sense, which covered a range of nearly forty-four miles, could only sense within a range of less than three miles in the light blue mist.

However, Shen Lian retreated after sensing it. He did not think of entering the central area of ​​the secret realm. Even though there were more spiritual objects in the central area, he was not jealous.

After exploring the outer area, the results were very favorable to him.

If the secret cave wants to support the reproduction of living beings, there must be a spiritual vein. The spiritual vein of the vast sea secret realm is in the shape of radiating from the center.

Its main spiritual vein is within the blue mist in the core area, from which extend dense branches like tree roots, covering the mountains, fields and rivers around the secret realm.

With these spiritual veins as support, arranging the formation will be twice as effective with half the effort and can save a large amount of spirit stones.

…

After collecting ore from a black-horned ant nest in the mountains, Shen Lian fled into the forest and flew just over ten miles when he couldn't help but frown.

The divine talisman inside his robe glowed faintly, and someone was spying on him.

The divine power that could reach him so silently must be much stronger than his.

Shen Lian did not use his divine sense to investigate the source of the prying divine sense. Since he had determined that the peeping person's divine sense was stronger than his, he would expose himself further if he continued to trace the source of the divine sense.

For a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core Stage, the spiritual consciousness is between six thousand and twelve thousand feet.

The reason why this range fluctuates greatly is mainly because every cultivator who can cultivate to the Golden Elixir stage has opportunities of varying sizes, and their spiritual roots and skills are no longer ordinary.

As soon as he thought of this, Shen Lian fled towards the depths of the earth with a whoosh.

"Hey, a person in the early stage of Jindan can actually escape from my divine sense?"

The next moment, a black spiritual light flew in from afar, and a look of surprise was heard. A middle-aged monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes appeared in the black light.

Then, his divine sense swept across the mountains and forests again, and after searching again, he still found nothing.

The middle-aged monk smiled lightly and turned into a ball of black light again, heading towards the center of the secret realm.

…

"call."

Avoiding the prying eyes of the monks with bad intentions, Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

As the secret realm was open for longer and longer periods of time, the strength of the cultivators entering the secret realm was also increasing. Although the cultivator he had just met was much stronger than him in terms of spiritual power, he was not afraid if a real fight broke out.

The main reason why he didn't take action was that Shen Lian felt it was unnecessary. Continuous attacks would only expose himself. All his thoughts at the moment were on how to set up the formation.

As for fighting magic or something, let other Taoists do it. They have plenty of magic power.

We came to a collapsed part on the edge of the secret realm. The space here was unstable and the nearby mountains and forests were left bare by the impact, let alone any spiritual medicine.

In a place like this, apart from the fluctuations in space, no one is spying.

He opened up his own cave, set up the Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Things Formation as a cover, and also set up several Five Elements Formations as protection.

Sitting cross-legged in the cave, Shen Lian took out a jade slip.

The jade slip contained the direction of the spiritual veins outside the secret realm that he had explored. He needed to plan carefully how to utilize the spiritual veins to maximize the efficiency of the formation.

As for the ore for refining the cornerstone of the formation, Shen Lian has no shortage of it.

Especially after he was able to refine ore, his goal was no longer to focus on third-level ore, but to collect more first- and second-level ores, so that the first- and second-level ores in his storage ring piled up like a mountain.

"This place is densely covered with mountains, lakes and swamps, with earth and water as the main attributes, and wood, metal and fire as the auxiliary attributes."

"Refine a main array disk, which can be used as the activation switch for all array formations."

It is easy for a formation master to set up a formation, but if he wants to connect dozens or hundreds of formations, it will test his ability.

Coincidentally, Shen Lian’s formation inheritance includes this kind of inheritance.

After some consideration, he had a complete plan in mind.

Officially started construction.

Shen Lian named the formation "The Secret Realm Core Chain Formation". Since the outer area is too large, it is easier to surround the core area so that the range is smaller and the formation can be more concentrated.

After these days of investigation, even if there is any conspiracy, it will take place in the central area of ​​the secret realm.

The area shrouded in light blue mist was a perfect fit for the conspiracy.

After the formation surrounded the core area, Shen Lian also selected the edge directions of the three outer areas as the layout points of the formation and as a way to break out of the secret realm and escape.

If the crisis becomes too great in the end, the only option is to take a risky move and forcibly blast open the edge of the secret realm and run away.

…

Three months.

Huh! In the blue mist area at the edge of the core of the secret realm, Shen Lian was like a dirt worm, shuttling between the branches of the spirit veins and driving formation stones into the spirit veins.

Relying on spiritual veins, mountains, lakes, rivers and other terrain, he has set up seventy-nine formations, covering the entire core area in a chain of formations.

With the blessing of the underground spiritual veins, the power of these formations has reached the third-grade mid-level, not to mention their endurance.

Unless the formation base is broken forcibly, the spiritual veins will not dry up and the formation will continue.

As for the safety of the array base, Shen Lian hid it all in the spirit vein.

“It’s still not enough.”

With his palms spread out, the five elements of spiritual light flickered, and jade talismans were intertwined with colorful colors.

This is the means of improvement that Shen Lian prepared for the array base. The Five Elements Circulating Talisman Array can enhance the power of the array base, allowing the power of the third-level medium-grade array to be raised to a higher level.

Clang! Just as Shen Lian was about to continue working, a clanging sword sound exploded in the distant sky. The golden sword energy in the sky had no intention of concealing itself at all, sweeping across the mountains and fields below.

Wherever it passed, it crushed the mountains, fields, monsters and beasts.

Feeling the terrifying breath, Shen Lian dived into the depths of the earth with a whoosh.

"Late Jindan period, or perfect Jindan period?"

"No, the formation is not enough, stack it up again."

…

Deep in the light blue mist, the mountains are vast.

Spiritual energy swirled upward from every corner of the mountains in cyclones, and the rich spiritual energy made all the plants and trees in the forests full of spiritual energy.

Even ordinary weeds can be transformed into first-level spiritual herbs under the nourishment of spiritual energy, which are enough for cultivators in the Qi training stage to take to improve their cultivation.

But the mountains and forests that came into view were full of potholes and pits of earth and rocks, as if they had been gnawed by dogs, and large tracts of spiritual grass were shattered by the impact of spiritual energy.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that the cultivator who collected the spiritual herbs had no mercy, did not restrain his aura, and trampled on these ordinary low-level spiritual herbs at will.

But the deeper you go into the fog, the more weird the environment becomes. Looking up at the sky, you can see the blue fog gathering in the sky and turning into a blue sky.

On the ground, one can see some traces of fighting, as well as the lingering aura of various spells.

At the same time, the suppression of divine consciousness became stronger and stronger, and later it directly suppressed the divine consciousness to the fourth or fifth level of foundation building.

In the center of the core area, the gathered blue mist formed a blue vortex. Looking up from the bottom, one can clearly see the hole inside the vortex.

A series of shrill buzzing sounds came from the cave.

Faintly, a dazzling green flashed inside the vortex.

After the green faded, the hollow inside the vortex fell into darkness again, with occasional flashes of white light, forming a distorted state of intertwined black and white light.

In the mountains below the whirlpool, the mountains collapsed, the smell of blood was everywhere, and some broken arms and limbs could be seen.

Among the rocks surrounding the ruins, eyes intertwined, each exuding a vigilant look, and at the same time looked towards the vortex hole above.

“Buzz!”

The interwoven black and white lights flickered, and the shrill buzzing sound was heard again in the vortex cavity.

In an instant, the brilliant green that had disappeared before suddenly reappeared, shining in the eyes of the surrounding figures like lightning, causing the breathing of the Jindan cultivators present to stagnate.

“It’s coming again!”

Somewhere among the collapsed rocks, a monk was looking forward to it and spoke subconsciously.

At the same time, the Jindan monks scattered everywhere mobilized their magic power and prepared themselves to go.

“Buzz!”

In the vortex cavity, black and white light kept colliding, and among the flashes of bright green, a small crystal clear liquid bead slowly emerged.

Suddenly, extremely rich spiritual fluctuations emanated from the small green liquid bead.

The rich spiritual inspiration made the Jindan cultivators present feel the magic power surging in their bodies even from a distance, and their cultivation methods began to operate autonomously.

Huh! Huh! A heavy panting sound was heard, and all the Jindan cultivators stared at the small green liquid bead that appeared.

The Jindan monks in the South China Sea have been suffering from high-quality elixirs for a long time.

There are currently two types of spiritual liquid beads that have fallen from the vortex cavity.

One is light green in color and has medicinal power equivalent to a top-quality third-grade intermediate elixir.

The other one is green in color, and its medicinal power is comparable to that of a top-grade third-level elixir.

For a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core, even if he swallows a drop of light green spiritual liquid, he may be able to advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

For a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core, grabbing two more liquid beads is enough to allow him to advance to the late stage of the Golden Core faster. On a larger scale, it can also help increase the probability of forming a fetus.

Tick.

The suspended green liquid beads shook and fell from the sky like ripe fruits.

In an instant, the magic power accumulated from all directions erupted like a group of volcanoes.

"Get out of the way, the spiritual fluid is mine."

"The spiritual creatures of heaven and earth are inhabited by those with virtue, and I will open them up..."

"Get lost, this belongs to Naigong!"

…

In an instant, dozens of magical attacks collided in mid-air. An unlucky monk twisted his enchanting body and rushed towards the spiritual liquid bead. He was immediately turned into a bloody mist by the magical attacks coming from all directions.

High in the sky, the gathered blue mist continued to explode, and the collapsing magic power once again stirred up the earth that had long been in ruins.

No one could see clearly what the green in the hole was, but to everyone, the dripping spiritual liquid beads were real treasures for cultivation.

If they don't grab it now, by the time Yunshang Sect gets the news and arrives, they will have nothing to do.

Just as everyone was scrambling, a high-pitched sword chant exploded, and the blue mist in the distance was shattered by a golden sword energy, revealing thousands of sword lights.

The sword light flowed, forming a long river of sword energy, spinning and slashing towards the monks below the vortex hole.

In the middle of the long river of sword energy, a golden sword looked like colored glaze and jade, emitting a sharp edge that frightened everyone.

Even though no one was targeted, all the monks present felt terrified.

"The Yunshang Sect's Haoyang Golden Light Sword!"

A monk immediately recognized the sword.

As the overlord of the South China Sea, the Yunshang Sect has four third-grade top-grade magic weapons passed down in the sect, and the Haoyang Golden Light Sword is one of them.

It is rumored that this sword is made mainly from the spine of the third-order perfect monster, the Golden Sun Fiery Beast, and is made with the addition of third-order top-grade ore. When activated by a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, it can unleash the combat power of a Jindan Great Perfection cultivator.

Coincidentally, the current wielder of the Haoyang Golden Light Sword is the Jin Jian Zhenren who is in the late Jindan stage of the Yunshang Sect.

At this moment, the Haoyang Golden Sword, carrying thousands of sword energies, rotated and crushed all the mist and magic power, and descended directly to the bottom of the vortex hole, scaring all the monks who were trying to grab it.

The Yunshang Sect has arrived, and we can’t get the Spirit Liquid Pearls anymore.

Under the sword energy, no one dared to take on this sword energy that was comparable to the great perfection of the golden elixir. True Man Jin Jian came with the sword energy, waved his sword to drive away dozens of contenders, grabbed the spirit liquid bead in his hand, and looked at the cultivators around him with disdainful eyes.

"Why, you don't accept it?"

The Haoyang Golden Light Sword turned into a three-foot size and hovered around the Golden Sword Master like a golden dragon. The sword energy it exhaled made everyone tremble with fear.

"Fellow Daoist Jin Jian, your words are too serious. How dare we disobey our high sect master?"

Finally, someone couldn't stand the onslaught of the sword energy anymore and spoke.

Jin Jian Zhenren ignored the monk who spoke and said calmly, "There are some things you cannot grasp, so don't have unreasonable expectations."

(End of this chapter)