A spiritual boat was moving quickly along the sea surface, with a skinny middle-aged cultivator sitting cross-legged on the boat.
The middle-aged cultivator was Shen Lian. Since Zi Yang urged him to go to Wanxing Sea to find the Five Elements Magical Weapon, he just agreed.
If you want to go to the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars, you need to cross the Siren Island Chain, and these islands happen to have Monster Kings, and by the way, they also have the materials for making spiritual ink.
The journey south was not short, and Shen Lian was chatting with Zi Yang in a casual manner.
"There are indeed more and more people who possess other people's bodies in this era. When I was in Lingxi Continent, I met no less than five fellow Taoists who practiced possession of other people's bodies. At that time, I didn't expect that I would be like them."
The two were chatting casually, and when they talked about the monks taking over other people's bodies, Zi Yang couldn't help but sigh.
"Heaven and earth are merciful and have given cultivators like us another chance to cultivate immortality."
Listening to Zi Yang's sigh, Shen Lian didn't think so. Taking over someone else's body was a complete disruption of order.
He had only been practicing for more than a hundred years when he encountered two cultivators who were capable of possessing other people's bodies: Yu Danqiu and Old Monster Ziyang.
But since ancient times, killing disasters have occurred frequently, and cultivators at the foundation-building level have repeatedly fought for their lives for the foundation-building pills. These can all be seen as killing disasters sent by heaven, but why do the rules of heaven and earth still condone the existence of so many cultivators who possess other bodies? This is obviously very problematic.
After reaching the Golden Core Stage of cultivation, Shen Lian thought more than before.
"There are many monks who can take over other people's bodies in Lingxi Immortal Cultivation World?"
"My friend, you should say that there are many cultivators who possess other bodies in the entire cultivation world."
Zi Yang smiled strangely, "In today's world of immortal cultivation, there are many sects and cultivators who cultivate the body-snatching body. Some cultivators start to explore at the Jindan level."
"Then did you prepare it for yourself when you were the chief cultivator of the sect?"
"Not bad." Zi Yang sighed, "It's a pity that I didn't use it in the end. He was a top-grade five-spiritual-root cultivator. Nine out of ten times, it fell into the hands of my old enemy."
Hearing the voice, Shen Lian raised his eyebrows.
"It seems that the five spiritual roots cultivators are very dangerous."
"Other five spiritual root cultivators are in danger, but this does not include you. If any old fellow finds you, it will really be a disaster for your ancestors."
Zi Yang laughed strangely, "Hehe, to be honest, even if I have never possessed a body before, when I meet a cultivator like you, I have to consider the possibility of successfully possessing a body."
“That is to say, this area of the Tiannan Continent is blocked by the Tianzhu Mountain, and the area is relatively isolated. Maybe some cultivators have already come to find you, my friend.
When I came from Tiannan Central Continent, an elder from the Yushan Immortal Sect in Central Continent had just finished a body possession ceremony."
"Soul-taking ceremony?" Shen Lian thought he had misheard.
"Yes, it's just a body possession ceremony, what's the big deal?"
At this moment, Shen Lian thought of the book written by Master Chang Yue that he had bought when he was in the Immortal City at the Cape of the Myriad Stars Sea (Chapters 129 and 130).
This Jindan Zhenren from the Yuanmu Immortal Cultivation World recorded that in a Yuanying sect called Pure Land Fairy City, he met a cultivator who was competing with him for the Hongxia Fairy of Hongyanfang. The cultivator was a body possessed by the sect's Yuanying ancestor.
The matter of possessing another's body is no longer a secret.
“The Yushan Sect is very powerful. Several ancestors have reached the state of Divine Transformation. Even though it has declined now, there are still Yuanying Great Perfection cultivators in the sect. It can be said to be one of the strongest sects in the Tiannan cultivation world.
The one who conducted the body-snatching ceremony was none other than Yushan Sect's second-ranked late Nascent Soul ancestor, who took over the body of a carefully cultivated top-grade cultivator with five spiritual roots, and successfully survived the calamity of heaven and earth thunder.
With the foundation of the Yushan Sect, it is estimated that after such a long time, the old ancestor who took over the body should have recovered to his original state, and may even make further progress and have the hope of becoming a god. "
As a large sect with a long history, the strength of Yushan Sect is not comparable to that of Yunshang Sect. The area governed by the sect is even more vast, and there are countless immortal cultivators.
Now that possession of one's body has become a matter of course, a complete industrial chain has been formed.
Under the rule of Yushan Sect, any family or sect, big or small, that has a cultivator with top-grade five spiritual roots will be given special care by Yushan Sect.
Once a cultivator with five spiritual roots passes the assessment and has a tacit understanding with the ancestor, he may be chosen as the one who takes over the body of a certain ancestor of the sect, and then the family behind him will receive unimaginable rewards.
Take a small foundation-building family as an example. If a top-grade five-spiritual-root cultivator appears in the family, and also passes the sect's assessment and becomes a candidate for possession of a certain elder's body.
Then this small family will be promoted to a Jindan family in a very short time, and the sect will continue to support this family within a specified period of time, whether it is three hundred years, five hundred years, or one thousand years.
Under this system, it is needless to say how many small families should choose.
The family has only lost a cultivator with five spiritual roots, but it will usher in a leapfrog development. Perhaps with the passage of time, the family will even give birth to a Nascent Soul cultivator.
As for opposing the disciples in the clan from becoming possessed bodies, the opposition is futile.
The system of Yushan Sect is actually a model used by many sects. As for whether it works and whether it is implemented in secret, it depends on the execution strength of each sect.
In this situation, there were also monks who got into trouble.
But overall, the proportion of people getting out of control is quite small.
When the big sects are doing this, they are also very careful about the emotional changes of the body that has taken over. In addition, with the burden of the family, most of the bodies that have taken over will indulge in the mountains and rivers, listen to music in brothels, and wait for the day when they will completely disappear.
In this world, possessing other people's bodies is done openly.
At this moment, Shen Lian thought of his own nine-fold thunder tribulation and sighed.
“But the path to becoming an immortal is still difficult. There are six levels of thunder tribulation for the Golden Core, six levels of thunder tribulation for the Nascent Soul, and six levels of thunder tribulation for the Spiritual Transformation. If you are not careful, you will be buried in the thunder tribulation.”
After he finished speaking, he waited for Zi Yang's response.
But after a few breaths, Zi Yang did not question his words.
"It's just a small six-fold thunder tribulation. It's a piece of cake for you, fellow Taoist."
Zi Yang's voice sounded again, "But fellow Daoist, you can try the next trick and kill a Yuanying..."
"Nascent Soul is not good enough, it's too inferior, only by killing a Spiritualization can we make up for it."
Shen Lian didn't expect Zi Yang to be so optimistic about him.
"After taking over another's body, can you ascend to the upper realm?"
"I don't know about other immortal cultivation realms, but in the areas near Lingxi and Tiannan immortal cultivation realms, no cultivator has ascended to heaven in many years."
…
While the two were chatting, Shen Lian traveled all the way south from a remote area in the west of the South China Sea and arrived at the Siren Sea. The next step was to cross the Siren Islands.
Nowadays, he no longer needs to cross the island as carefully as he did in the past.
“I didn’t expect that after decades, I would be returning to the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars again.”
With half of his body submerged in the surging sea, Shen Lian sighed.
"Did you come out of the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars?"
Suddenly, a phantom of Zi Yang flew out from the cave of the Five Elements Ship.
"That's really a coincidence. This can be considered a return home of wealth and honor. With your current strength, you are more than capable of suppressing everything in the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars, and you will be even more confident in finding the Five Elements Magical Instrument."
"When I came out of the Myriad Stars Sea, I was still in the process of building my foundation. The spirit ship I was riding on was hit when it crossed the Siren Islands. I was lucky enough to escape far away. Now that I'm back today, I can't just let it go."
It was impossible to hide the idea of hunting down the Demon King from Zi Yang, so Shen Lian simply said it out loud.
Zi Yang didn't find anything strange about Shen Lian's words. It was just about killing a few Jindan, not Yuanying.
Taking action against the Demon King of the Siren Islands was something Shen Lian had decided to do when he came out of Qingmu Sect. Moreover, with his current spiritual power of nearly thirty thousand feet, he was already comparable to a cultivator who had just entered the great perfection of the Golden Core.
The demon race is physically strong but their souls are weak. His idea is to sneak into the island quietly, and then use his divine power to kill them with one blow. It also happens to be a good opportunity to see the power of the Tiandu Yanshen method taught by Zi Yang.
In addition, his innate magical power, the Five Elements Escape Technique, has also been restored, and he can escape in an instant if there is any danger.
And his plan had also changed a little from the original one.
That is, he no longer pursues hunting down the late third-order or perfect demon kings. Firstly, there are only two or three late third-order demon kings in the Siren Islands, and killing them would have too much of an impact.
However, it is easier to hunt down a demon king in the middle stage of the third order, gather the five elements attributes, and mix the five elements spiritual ink.
Compared to the late third stage and the perfect demon king, the middle third stage is easier to hunt, there are more of them and it is easier to collect the five elements.
The five elements magic power is his trump card. Now that he has been promoted to the Golden Elixir, he no longer uses the five elements. Instead, he pursues a single attribute of spiritual ink, which is putting the cart before the horse.
In the surging water, Shen Lian's figure shook slightly and disappeared without a trace, quietly escaping to the island.
Before leaving, he separated his secondary soul and hid it outside the island. As for Zi Yang, he stayed with his original body to hunt the demon king. Shen Lian felt that Zi Yang must have a sense of participation.
The Siren Island Chain stretches for two or three hundred thousand miles from east to west, with islands of all sizes clustered together. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there are dense groups of monsters everywhere.
Shen Lian used the earth escape technique to travel around the island, passing through places where there were no third-level demon kings.
The islands he passed through were full of turtles, tortoises, and tortoises. He had entered the territory of the green soft-shell turtle.
The Green Turtle Clan is quite powerful, and their lifespan is very long. It is already remarkable for a Jindan cultivator to live for over a thousand years, but it is said that there is a Green Turtle on the island that has lived for over three thousand years, which is comparable to a Yuanying cultivator.
Deep within the island, in a waterside cave, gurgling spiritual energy wafted up from the water. Amid the spiritual mist, an old turtle lay crouching, its body covered with black moss, even the patterns on its shell covered.
The old turtle's breath was very weak. If you didn't feel it carefully, you could hardly sense its breathing status.
There were all kinds of dry bones piled up around the old turtle, including those of humans, sea creatures, and monsters, but among the three types of bones, the most were from humans.
The monster kings on the Siren Island do not live in groups, but each of them has an independent island, and the size of the island is related to their own strength.
"Middle stage of the third stage."
Shen Lian's spiritual consciousness fell into the cave in the center of the island and he clearly sensed the breath of the silent old turtle.
That's it.
Across the mountains, Shen Lian looked towards the cave where the old turtle was lying. In his sea of spiritual consciousness, the little spiritual figure made a spell with both hands, and the entire sea of spiritual consciousness was mobilized.
A soul shadow similar to a spear appeared in front of the little man of divine consciousness, and then under the infusion of divine consciousness power, it turned into a size of a hundred feet, gradually changing from an illusory state to a solid state.
The surface of this spear is covered with ancient patterns. It is not straight, but has a slight curve.
As soon as the spear appeared, it silently rushed into the sea of consciousness of the sleeping old turtle.
It has to be said that there is a reason why the Green Turtle is so long-lived. This third-stage middle-stage turtle king is not only sleeping physically, but the turtle soul in his sea of consciousness is also practicing the turtle breathing technique.
When the spear with ancient patterns on its surface pierced into his sea of consciousness, the Turtle King suddenly woke up from his silence, felt the attack of his soul tearing his sea of consciousness, and suddenly shrank into his turtle shell.
A green rune appeared on the turtle shell, trying to block the falling spear.
"puff."
The green rune was completely useless. At the moment it was broken, the spear had already pierced into the turtle shell with unstoppable force.
“Crack.”
Several cracks suddenly appeared on the turtle shell, revealing a naked turtle body. It wanted to escape but felt a sharp pain that penetrated its soul.
The spear that shattered the turtle shell shook slightly, and the tip of the spear cut open the old turtle's body.
The Turtle King's soul exploded into countless pieces, and screams rang out throughout the sea of consciousness.
"town!"
At that time, Shen Lian once again took action to capture the old turtle's shattered spiritual consciousness. The Tiandu Yan magic was used for the first time and killed a third-stage mid-stage demon king in one fell swoop.
Moreover, he hasn't used his full strength yet.
The Turtle King's soul shattered, and countless fine cracks appeared in his sea of consciousness. It immediately collapsed into nothingness. A wisp of soul smoke was dispersed by Shen Lian before it could even fly up.
He grabbed the old turtle's body and immediately fled away.
The monsters on the Siren Island chain are evenly distributed, with gold, wood, water, fire and earth monster kings all existing. Among them, the water monster king is the strongest, followed by the fire monster snake clan.
Shen Lian killed the green turtle silently without causing any noise. Unlike humans, they do not keep soul lamps, so the probability of being discovered in a short period of time is low.
Considering the green turtle's habit of sleeping soundly, it is possible that it went without being noticed for dozens or even hundreds of years.
Shen Lian was well versed in the rule of picking on the weak, so his subsequent actions went smoothly.
The long and narrow island chain means that the demon kings in the Siren Islands are far away from each other, and the relationships between the demon kings are not close, which greatly increases the safety of his actions.
A third-stage red snake.
A third-stage mid-stage Cang Mao demon elephant.
A third-stage mid-stage Earth Huang Demonic Python.
A third-stage golden-bone demon eagle.
…
"The monsters here actually have all five elements, quite interesting."
Zi Yang, who had followed Shen Lian all the way from the Siren Island Chain to hunt monsters, was very confused as to why Shen Lian only hunted mid-stage third-order monsters.
"If you want to kill, kill the big and strong ones. What's the point of killing these mediocre ones?"
“I’m currently unable to refine a third-stage late-stage puppet. Besides, there are only a few third-stage late-stage demon kings, and I can’t gather all five types.
Compared to gathering the five elements, it doesn’t matter if the rank is a little lower, otherwise the puppets will easily have problems with coordination.”
Having made a profit, Shen Lian stepped on the gas and rushed all the way south, explaining everything to Zi Yang.
"My friend is a puppet master. I don't really understand."
Zi Yang replied and there was no more movement. Several mid-stage third-order monsters were refined into puppets. They were dispensable to him. It didn’t matter how Shen Lian played with them, as long as it didn’t delay his transformation into a spirit weapon.
I updated the page today and read many comments from fellow book lovers, who said the content was bland. I have been thinking about how to modify the subsequent plot these past two days.
According to the main point of this article, opening a dungeon will be considered unstable, and honestly practicing Taoism is just like a diary without any passion.
The author needs to think carefully about the subsequent plot issues.
(End of this chapter)
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