Chapter 207 The Fall of Longshou Island and the Attack on the Treasure Ship
In the realm of foundation building, the late stage of foundation building is a relatively special stage.
Because after being promoted to the seventh level of foundation building, even ordinary foundation building monks will have the opportunity to experience qualitative changes in their spiritual power.
Once the qualitative transformation of spiritual power is successfully completed, the strength of the monks in the later stage of foundation building will be greatly improved. One can defeat ten of them, and it is no problem to deal with two ordinary people of the same level alone.
If it were the middle stage of foundation building, three or five would be no problem. Winning was not guaranteed, but maintaining an unbeaten state would be normal. At the very least, escaping wouldn't be a problem.
Then lower it by half a level to the early stage of foundation building. A powerful monk in the late stage of foundation building (with a qualitative change in spiritual power, holding a high-grade spiritual weapon, and practicing true skills above the golden elixir level) can really fight ten of them. It can be considered as an adult fighting a group.
child.
Zhao Yunxian didn't know if Zhao Sheng was a powerful foundation builder who was said to be able to hit ten at a time, but judging from his super spiritual consciousness, even if the opponent was not strong enough, he was not much weaker.
At a time when the demon tide is about to break out and the Zhao family may be in danger of annihilation at any time, the Zhao family suddenly receives such strong help, it must be said that it really feels like the blessing of the ancestors.
From this we can understand why Zhao Yunxian was so excited.
Buzz!
After a buzzing sound, the six black lights instantly flew back to Zhao Sheng and regrouped into the Liuhe Mayfly Shield.
The high-grade spiritual shield that was about a foot in size fell down. Zhao Sheng caught it and put it into his storage bag.
If a cultivator wants to do whatever he wants, like a spiritual weapon wielded by a wielder, it must go through years of refining and fusion of essence, energy and spirit.
Just now, Zhao Sheng was forcibly controlling it with his spiritual consciousness. It looked very flexible and freely, but in fact it was just a show. Any violent impact could make the spiritual shield lose control.
"Yes, I am very satisfied with this Liuhe ephemera shield. I would like to thank the master for giving it to me." Zhao Sheng smiled and thanked Zhao Yunxian.
"Haha! As long as Taoist Master Cen Hezi is satisfied," Zhao Yunxian said with a happy face and laughed.
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Since then, Zhao Sheng has settled down on Qionggui Island.
He likes to be quiet and dislikes movement. Although he has declined invitations to banquets in each room of the Zhao family, he has not been rude at all. Every time he politely declined, he would give back several bottles of elixirs, both first and second level, and the quality was high.
good.
Such an approachable manner made everyone in the Zhao family very happy, and all of a sudden more and more invitations came flying in.
Zhao Sheng is not really a good person. He was just showing favors on the pretext that each house is his descendant. Anyway, the good news will not flow to others.
However, their greedy desire to push beyond the limit is just wishful thinking.
Zhao Sheng's approach was extremely simple, he just handed over all the invitations to Zhao Yunxian.
Within a day, this evil trend suddenly disappeared, and Zhao Sheng's place immediately became clean.
As an otaku who cultivates immortality, his daily schedule is full.
There are three hours of practice every day and half an hour of deep sleep.
Set a fixed hour every day for refining talismans to avoid making your hands dirty. At the same time, spend two to three hours a day refining elixirs, mostly refining first-level elixirs. Occasionally, when inspiration comes, you will spend a few days refining a furnace of second-level elixirs.
Dan.
During this period, when his condition reached its peak, Zhao Sheng also refined a pot of foundation-building pills and successfully produced three pills, one of middle grade and two of low grade.
As an aside, after the crazy alchemy refining on Jiuzhen Island, his success rate in refining the foundation-building pills has reached 89%. However, the number and quality of the pills are not satisfactory, with an average of one to four.
The total number of Kidan is more than thirty, but none of them can reach the top grade.
The reason may be the quality of the elixir, the alchemy technique, or there may be some unknown secret.
In short, due to the limitations of his own knowledge and vision, Zhao Sheng believed that he had reached a bottleneck. It would be difficult to break through the bottleneck in a short period of time without external help.
Currently, he has accumulated as many as six Foundation Establishment Pills, but only three Thousand Pattern Star Algae Fruits are left.
If there is no new breakthrough, he has decided not to refine the foundation-building pill for the time being.
In addition to refining the Liuhe Ephemera Shield, most of the rest of the time is used to extensively read and study ancient books, secret records of magic, exercises and various knowledge of cultivating immortals. This is not only to accumulate knowledge for advanced golden elixirs, but also to
It is to further consolidate its own foundation.
The more in-depth he studied, the more deeply Zhao Sheng realized how vast, obscure and profound the knowledge of a cultivating civilization was.
He was obsessed with exploring the unknown and could not extricate himself from the pleasure of practicing. He always felt that there was not enough time and wished that there were forty-eight hours in a day.
Zhao Sheng knew that something was wrong with his mentality. As a man with a hundred generations of books, he didn't need to be so impatient. The right answer was to enjoy life carefree.
It's just that he understands the truth, but it's really hard to describe his current state.
Obsessed is not a good adjective, but it is quite appropriate to describe Zhao Sheng in this life. He only got the word "obsessed", but he did not really "enlighten".
Maybe when you feel tired in a certain life, you will truly "enlighten" the truth.
In this life, he was "enjoying it and being obsessed with it".
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The demon tide is coming!
I can’t say which day it started. When a grain transport ship was attacked and sank by a sea monster near Qionggui Island, Qionggui Island suddenly became panicked, and it felt like the wind was roaring, the cranes were shaking, and the grass and trees were all at war.
Everyone in the Zhao family realized that the demonic tide had finally arrived. While everyone was panicking and fearful, they felt a strange sense of relief in their hearts. It was like a heavy hammer hanging high in the sky had finally fallen to the ground, and they no longer had to worry about it all day long.
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According to the prepared plans, Dome Turtle and its affiliated islands have been cleared of wild areas, and the population has retreated to settlements deep in the island mainland, leaving the surroundings of the islands vacant.
At the same time, except for the Dome Turtle treasure ship and the two first-order spiritual ships, all other ordinary ships were parked back at the dock, and no sails were allowed to go into the sea.
As long as you don't deliberately provoke a fight, the Kraken will generally not land.
Therefore, the 300,000 people of the Zhao clan stayed on the island and stayed safe for the time being.
In this way, half a year has passed by in a flash.
In the past six months, the Zhao family has received various pieces of information from countless foreigners, especially the information sent back from Longshou Island, which is the most detailed and accurate.
But one afternoon, a sudden and shocking news made all the immortal cultivators of the Zhao family stunned.
Longshou Island has fallen!
Thousands of years later, Longshou Island's Tianguan was once again breached by the Kraken.
Ten days ago, the Great Elder Lingyuan of the Sea Demon Clan led three seventh- and eighth-level demon kings and more than a hundred third-level and above-level pill-condensing sea demons. They used a strategy to point east and west, and actually deceived everyone in one day.
They crossed thousands of miles of ocean and suddenly attacked Longshou Island.
After only holding on for less than three days, Longshou Island's defensive formation was breached. The Four Saints Immortal Cultivating Group headed by Chongfeng Patriarch on the island suffered heavy casualties, and not a single one of the millions of people on the island was left alive.
A few days before the fall of Longshou Island, six key spiritual islands including Fufeng Island and Zhi'ao Island were easily breached by the sea beast army. In less than ten days, the vanguard of the army had arrived at Longshou Island. They would rush in soon.
star sea,
Seeing a loss of life was inevitable. However, everyone in the Zhao family breathed a surprising sigh of relief.
Because Qionggui Island is on the edge of the outer star sea, since the sea monster tide will hit the inner star sea, this means that the disaster of annihilation will hardly fall on the Zhao family.
As for the Broken Star Sea human race, there will definitely be countless casualties, but so what. Anyway, as long as your own family doesn't die, you don't care what other people do.
It has to be said that the mentality of the Zhao family is very similar to that of most immortal cultivating families.
This is the characteristic of island civilization. Because of the isolation of terrain, inconvenience of communication, and living on a small island, over time, the vast majority of mortals and even some immortal cultivators have developed the mentality of being indifferent to matters that do not concern themselves.
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After hearing the shocking news, the two foundation builders of the Zhao family who stayed behind on Qionggui Island were extremely anxious.
Not only is one of Zhao's foundation builders and five late Qi refiners currently trapped on Longshou Island, their life or death uncertain. Another important factor is the serious consequences of the fall of Longshou Island.
Longshou Island is located between the outer and inner seas of stars. It not only guards the main transportation route, but is also the core of the entire outer sea of stars.
There is not only a third-order spiritual vein on the island, but also nearly a hundred first- and second-order branch spiritual veins distributed in the nearby sea area of thousands of miles. There are countless spiritual mines and fields under the sea. All kinds of immortal resources are available and are extremely rich. It can be said that it is the best in the world.
A rare Gao Ling area in the Pillar Realm.
Normally, there is at least one Nascent Soul Ancestor sitting on Longshou Island, and the Four Saints Immortal Cultivation Group is also stationed on the island.
Every time a sea monster tide comes, Longshou Island will bear the brunt.
If the three overlords of the Spirit Tribe, Ba Hai Zhang and Jiao Long want to lead the endless sea beasts into the Inner Star Sea, they must break through Longshou Island.
If you choose to go around, firstly, you will face the danger of being attacked from the front and back. Secondly, when you go back, you will easily be closed and beaten by dogs, or the sea beast herd will be divided and broken up, and each one will be defeated.
Putting aside the resources and military status of Longshou Island, it is also the well-deserved commercial and material circulation center of the entire outer sea.
Not to mention the resources for cultivating immortals, bulk goods such as meat and grain, which are most important to mortals, must usually be concentrated and traded on Longshou Island, and then distributed and transferred before being shipped to the islands in the outer star sea.
This is the invisible control of the major cultivating forces in the inner star sea over the many spiritual island families and sect forces in the outer star sea.
However, now Longshou Island has fallen.
what does that mean?
All the people in charge of the Zhao family who knew the seriousness of the consequences had serious expressions and frowned.
"Dingda, go and ask for your master!"
In the Tongxin Hall, all the elders of the Zhao family and the Immortal Cultivators were here. Zhao Yunxian thought for a while and decisively ordered Zhao Dingda.
"Yes, head of the family." Zhao Dingda responded quickly, turned around and left.
After a while, Zhao Dingda respectfully led Zhao Sheng into Tongxin Hall.
Looking at the layout and furnishings of this Tongxin Hall, Zhao Sheng seemed to have returned to Longli Lake hundreds of years ago.
He was confused for a moment, but quickly gathered his thoughts and saluted two fellow monks, Zhao Yunxian and Zhao Hanguang.
As soon as he sat down, Zhao Yunxian couldn't wait to tell everything about the fall of Longshou Island and the current dangerous situation.
After Zhao Sheng digested the bad news, he admitted that the food on the island could only last for half a year at most.
The fall of Longshou Island means that this sea monster tide will not end easily
Will this catastrophe last one year? Two years? Or even longer.
Facing 300,000 tribesmen waiting for food, Zhao Yunxian, as the leader of the tribe, must prepare for the worst.
Without him needing to explain in detail, Zhao Sheng immediately realized that his life of living at home and practicing asceticism was over.
"As a guest of the Zhao family (ancestor), it is of course my duty to help the Zhao family. What's more, I haven't thanked you for the Liuhe ephemeral shield. If the master of the family has anything to do, just ask him." Zhao Sheng said bluntly.
Zhao Yunxian was overjoyed when he heard this, with gratitude and relief on his face. After saying a few words of thanks, he revealed his plan.
To sum it up in one sentence, dispatch the Dome Turtle treasure ship to the Xinghai Islands as soon as possible, try every means to purchase food, and at the same time trade resources for cultivating immortals.
The first target is Biluo Island, known as the "Dragon Claw". It is the second largest spiritual island in the outer star sea after Longshou Island. There are thousands of small and medium-sized islands scattered within thousands of miles nearby.
Not only is it famous for its developed commerce and trade, it is also a famous grain-producing area.
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Seven days later, in a certain sea area.
The originally calm blue sea surface was like the beginning of boiling. Large white sea foams were rolling out. Under the cover of the foam, green flag swordfish with a length of more than three meters suddenly jumped out of the sea. It was incomparable.
It crazily crashed into a shiny black, three-masted ship with two decks on the sea.
Among these blue-flag swordfish, there are even larger first-order swordfish.
Strips of sharp blue light like sword light shot out from time to time from the long thorns on their heads, constantly killing all the living creatures on the ship.
The green flag swordfish is a kind of small and medium-sized marine fish with a gentle nature and a gregarious nature. It has a bony fish spine like a long sword on its head, long flag-like fins on its back, and hard fish scales all over its body.
Ordinary adult swordfish can usually grow to more than three meters long, and can swim faster than a land horse. They can easily swim thousands of miles in one day and night.
Generally speaking, ten swordfish may give birth to a first-level demon fish, and a school of more than a hundred fish will often give birth to a second-level blue-flag swordfish leader.
The second-level green flag swordfish is at least over two feet in size. Its swimming speed in the sea water is not inferior to that of a foundation-building monk's flying weapon. The spiritual thorns on its head are extremely tough and as sharp as a low-grade flying sword.
Normally, a school of blue-flag swordfish would not attack passing ships, but at this moment, they suddenly turned into a group of terrifying killers with astonishing efficiency.
At this time, at the hatch of the ship below the second deck, Zhao Dingda timidly hid behind the crowd and boldly encouraged everyone's morale loudly.
"Hold on! My master will definitely come back. Brothers and uncles, hold on!"
The defensive shield of the Dome Turtle treasure ship had been shattered a quarter of an hour ago by the green-flag swordfish's crazy thrusts as it flipped over.
The twenty-five Qi Refining clan members of the Zhao family had to retreat to the cabins and corners of the ship. With the help of the strong hull, they formed small groups of twos and threes and struggled to resist the attack of the swordfish swarm.
At this time, blood was flowing everywhere on the deck, and the strong smell of blood filled the entire cabin.
There were deep scratches resembling sword marks everywhere on the deck of the treasure ship. The three sails were already full of holes and had been torn in half, and two of the three masts had been knocked off.
Facing a large school of nearly a thousand swordfish, everyone on the boat felt a little desperate.
However, since the attack, Taoist Cen Hezi, who was in charge of the treasure ship, suddenly plunged into the sea and was never seen again. It is not known whether he is alive or dead.
In the hundred-foot-deep sea water under the Dome Turtle treasure ship, Zhao Sheng looked solemn and was surrounded by three layers of mysterious ice walls.
Outside the ice wall, only six rays of black light were seen flying at extremely fast speeds, as fast as lightning, and blocked the thick green sword lights coming from three feet away.
At the same time, in the dark sea water a few feet away, there were five huge and slender dark cyan shadows, quickly surrounding Zhao Sheng, swimming back and forth, left and right.