At midnight, a hazy moonlight shines on the sea.

A few seabirds swayed lazily with the waves, and from time to time they pecked and swallowed fish and shrimps.

?"Katakatakataka"

At this moment, over the silent sea, as if an eggshell was cracking, a series of extremely clear and harsh notes sounded.

Immediately afterwards, large chunks of the space measuring more than ten feet fell off.

Then, a pale golden round object that looked like an elixir appeared out of thin air.

Around it, there is a strange purple halo shining.

If you look closer, you will see purple lightning flying like dragons and snakes, densely packed and vivid.

This thing seemed to have intelligence. After stopping in mid-air for about three breaths, it made a "swish" sound and flew away towards the nearest island.

After the golden ball disappeared, the space that had been destroyed into ancient ruins returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.

The surroundings were peaceful and peaceful, as if the previous events were just an illusion.

In the far east of the Jade Sea, there are thousands of islands, large and small.

This island group gradually disperses from north to south, and looks like a flying bird when viewed from a high altitude, so it is called the "Yuanyan Islands" by the world.

Within the scope of the Yuanyan Islands, except for a few extremely remote or extremely dangerous islands, they are basically occupied by all major forces.

For tens of thousands of years, a series of smoke-filled but magnificent wars have been staged.

There are thousands of large and small islands in the Yuanyan Islands.

According to the level of spiritual veins owned on the island, the grades start from level one and can reach the highest level of four.

Haichang Island is a second-class island located in the western waters of Yuanyan Islands.

There is one second-order spiritual vein and dozens of first-order spiritual veins on this island, which are enough to support several foundation-building monks practicing at the same time.

About six hundred years ago, in order to compete for the ownership of Haichang Island, two rising families, the Chen family and the Hu family, launched a monk war that lasted for thirty years.

In the end, an ancestor of the Chen family who was a loose cultivator took the lead in breaking through the late stage of foundation building, killing all parties, annihilating the Hu family, and has occupied Haichang Island for more than five hundred years.

Through these years of attack and expansion, the Chen family has successively occupied more than a dozen first-class islands.

In recent years, three tribesmen have successively advanced to the foundation building stage.

The overall strength is so strong that it is the undisputed overlord within a thousand miles radius.

Haichang Island, Lantian Town.

Lantian Town is one of the six towns on the island. Together with the other five towns, it guards the main city of Haichang City.

The six towns are all built on first-level spiritual veins, continuously generating spiritual energy for the monks to practice.

The Chen family has developed so far that there are five foundation-building monks, more than 600 Qi-training monks, and as many as one million mortals who cannot practice without spiritual roots.

Except for the mortal families who have produced monks within three generations, who are allowed to live in Haichang City, the rest of the people can only live in the town.

Those who were more closely related to the cultivators were moved to the first-level island occupied by the Chen family and were responsible for reclaiming wasteland and spreading branches.

When luck comes one day, a baby with spiritual roots will be born, and he will be able to go straight to Haichang City and enjoy the happiness.

You must know that there is a second-level spiritual vein hidden underground in Haichang City.

Even if ordinary people are unable to absorb spiritual energy on their own, relying solely on such rich spiritual energy and accumulated nourishment over time, they can live to be nearly a hundred years old without any disease or disaster.

The Chen family has arranged guard monks in six towns, but their cultivation levels only range from the third to the sixth level of Qi training.

Come to think of it, the furthest among the several towns from Haichang City is only a hundred miles. At the flying speed of the foundation-building monks, it can be reached in less than two quarters of an hour.

Who dares to cause trouble on Haichang Island, where several foundation-building experts are stationed all year round?

Every garrison monk in Lantian Town practices in the steep Yuxuan Cave.

Because Yuxuan Cave is the gathering place of two first-order spiritual veins, the density and purity of the spiritual energy are much higher than elsewhere.

It is an excellent place for cultivation for monks who practice Qi.

It's midnight today.

A golden ray of light suddenly rushed out from the darkness on the horizon, broke through the protective formation of Yuxuan Cave at a speed that could not be caught by the naked eye, and then broke into the cave.

I saw an ordinary-looking young monk in green clothes sitting on a stone bench, his eyes closed tightly, and the aura around him was getting stronger and weaker. He was obviously obsessed with practicing the exercises.

The protective formation outside was instantly broken, but strangely, the young monk didn't notice anything.

It wasn't until the golden ball penetrated through the front door and entered the mind space where his soul originated, that he showed a look of shock and pain, and then the body that was sitting upright fell to the muddy ground with a "bang".

Half a quarter of an hour later, the monk in green clothes suddenly opened his eyes, and his body turned around automatically.

After getting used to it for a while, he frowned slightly, and then said to himself: "The middle-grade spiritual root of the three elements of earth, fire, and wood, why did it choose you?"

"Congratulations to the senior for successfully seizing the soul. From now on, we can look forward to the path to immortality and coexist with heaven and earth!"

Just as the monk in green clothes was in a trance, a woman with a graceful figure and a pretty face in a purple dress slowly walked into a secret room with an open stone door about ten feet away from him.

The woman bowed to him and then never stood up again. She lowered her head and looked carefully at her figure. Her slender shoulders were actually trembling slightly.

The monk in green clothes seemed to have noticed the existence of this woman a long time ago, and he was not surprised at all when the woman in the palace skirt shouted at him.

He stood up slowly and said indifferently: "Xue Yun, right? You are so brave!"

"Xue Yun doesn't dare. Whether this junior will live or die will be decided by seniors. This junior will have no complaints!"

The woman who was half-kneeling on the ground trembled, and then said decisively.

"Yeah?"

The monk in green smiled mockingly, moved his fingertips, and a small green sword flew up from his waist, and suddenly stabbed Xue Yun hard between the eyebrows!

One drop, two drops...

As the tip of the sword penetrated deeper and deeper, the blood beads turned into a stream of blood that extended down her cheek to her arm.

Xue Yun's eyes were tightly closed, and as she said, she didn't resist at all.

This woman is only at the third level of Qi training. If the spirit sword penetrates even half an inch, there will be no way for her to survive.

The monk in green raised his lips slightly, with a hint of teasing in his tone: "In the memory of the original owner of this body, you are a timid and weak person, and you have no ambitions. It seems that you have hidden it deeply enough before, and

Your Taoist companions who have practiced together for many years are all kept in the dark."

After saying that, he waved his sleeve and recalled the small green sword that had already penetrated Xue Yun's eyebrows to his hand.

After narrowly escaping from death, Xue Yun collapsed and fell to the ground, feeling happy and scared at the same time.

"The original Chen Ping was indeed reborn after his soul was stolen by this old monster!"

"But this is also my chance, Xue Yun!"

After the shock, Xue Yun's eyes revealed a touch of determination.

She is just one of the vassal forces belonging to the Chen family, a member of the Xue family on Baiye Island.

Three years ago, under the arrangement of both families, Xue Yun and Chen Ping became a Taoist couple.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ping is a hard-working person with ambitions to build a foundation, and has no intention of destroying Yuanyang during the Qi training period.

In the past few years, Xue Yun had communicated with him only a handful of times.

As for how she found out that Chen Ping's soul had been stolen by others, the matter was very simple.

She and Chen Ping each kept a pair of soul-bearing warm jade, infused with a trace of their own soul power.

As long as two pieces of warm jade are within a hundred miles, you can know each other's life or death.

Just now, the warm jade that Xue Yun was carrying suddenly cracked, but "Chen Ping" was clearly sitting upright, so she guessed that the Taoist monk in front of her was no longer the original owner.

As far as she knew, one must have at least a cultivation level in the Golden Core realm to be able to use the soul-stealing magical power.

Based on this calculation, could it be that the person in front of me is the legendary powerful monk?

The excitement in her eyes flashed away, and Xue Yun bowed her arms to the end and said firmly: "Thanks to the senior for not giving up, I am willing to serve in front of the senior, but if I have an order, I will not give up even if I die!"

The monk in Tsing Yi stared at Xue Yun for a long time before saying coldly: "Low-grade spiritual roots also want to climb the path to immortality. I can only say that you are very arrogant!"

"but"

The monk in green changed his tone and said: "As long as you work hard and never have second thoughts, I can promise to protect your foundation!"

An unspeakable joy appeared on Xue Yun's face, and she said excitedly: "This junior is willing to swear by his Taoist heart, and he will follow the senior wholeheartedly. If he has any different intentions, Xue Yun will not be able to make any progress in his cultivation in this life, and will suffer the backlash of the heart calamity when he breaks through.

And die!"

A cultivator's Taoist vows are not something to be said casually.

Even monks in the Qi training stage who have just embarked on the path to immortality will be bound by their oaths, and those who violate their oaths will often suffer disaster.

However, in the world of cultivation, there are many secret techniques to avoid disasters, and the monks in Tsing Yi alone have several methods in their hands to avoid the punishment of the Tao Heart Oath.

So in his opinion, this kind of guarantee is worthless!

"I have a confinement technique called Spider Web Blood Seal."

"After this seal is planted on you, you need to weaken the restriction once every three years. Otherwise, if the time limit is exceeded, the essence of the whole body will be activated within seven to five days, and eventually the body will explode and die."

"By the way, I would like to remind you again that there is no unique method, and even a foundation-building monk cannot remove it for you."

The monk in green said indifferently, without waiting for Xue Yun to reply, and quickly made several seals with his right hand.

Following the fluctuation of the air flow, a blood-red, palm-sized spider web-like mark floated out from the palm of his hand, flew straight into Xue Yun's Dantian, and then disappeared.

After kneading the seal, the monk in green's face darkened. Obviously, the cost of using this confinement technique was not small.

"Okay, please retreat first. I will be in seclusion for about half a month. If any trivial matters come to my door during this period, you can find a way to handle them for me."

The monk in Tsing Yi said impatiently to Xue Yun.

Although he was restrained, Xue Yun did not show any resentment and responded obediently before retreating.
Chapter completed!