Before flying back to the safe area, Chen Xuan saw the figures of Wanyan Xiyin and Shen Binglan from the corner of his eye, but they were too far away and could only barely tell that they were a man and a woman.
"Binglan?"
Chen Xuan's heart moved, and he immediately laughed at himself, thinking that he must be worried about Shen Binglan's safety day and night, so he thought that the woman standing with the demon cultivator in the far distance was Shen Binglan.
He didn't know that Shen Binglan helped him get out of the siege with just one sentence. Otherwise, Wanyan Xiyin would lead a group of monsters to chase him from all directions. Even if Chen Xuan got the best spiritual stones and spiritual crystals, he would not be able to enjoy them.
As Chen Xuan flew to the border of Zuzhou, the fighting at the junction of the two continents also temporarily eased. Both sides retreated, leaving only a small group to patrol the sea. Most of the monks returned to the islands on the border of Zuzhou to adjust their breathing.
It took Chen Xuan half an hour to find the island where he first arrived. He saw that the Canglang Sect cultivators had returned to the island. All of them were covered in scars, and some were even missing arms and legs. It didn't take a guess to tell that they had been brutally murdered.
The demon clan was beaten like this.
But compared to those monks who died, those who came back alive were considered very lucky.
The battle for Spirit Mine Island has just begun, and its cruel side has been revealed.
The head of the Canglang Sect, Wen Po, and the Great Elder were both not seriously injured. They were sitting on the beach regulating their breaths. Other monks and guest officials from other sects were also meditating on the ground scattered about. It seemed that the atmosphere was a bit heavy.
Upon discovering that Chen Xuan had returned almost unscathed, all the monks of the Canglang Sect had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
They thought that Chen Xuan was hunted to death by the Golden Shrimp Tribe warriors, but they didn't expect that Chen Xuan could come back intact, and they didn't know how Chen Xuan did it.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, you were able to return to the border alone. Could it be that you killed all the Golden Shrimp warriors who were chasing you?"
Wen Po asked very curiously.
Chen Xuan had already thought of the reason: "How can I defeat those powerful monsters?
It's just that at the critical moment, I had to expend my soul to activate a secret escape, so I had a chance to escape."
When everyone heard it, it turned out to be so.
They didn't think that Chen Xuan, who was only at the Golden Core level, could kill all his pursuers without any injuries. Seeing that Chen Xuan's face was paler than before, as Chen Xuan said, it was a sign of damage to his soul, so they did not speculate further.
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Chen Xuan had already put away the best water-attribute spirit stones. Since he was flying at full speed all the way, his magic power was still at the bottom when he flew back. Wen Po, the Great Elder and others thought that Chen Xuan's soul was seriously injured, and they all thought that although Chen
Xuan looked uninjured on the surface, but in fact he was more seriously injured than them.
Physical injuries are completely incomparable with injuries to the soul. Now even the guests who were missing arms and legs felt that their injuries were not that serious compared to Chen Xuan's.
"Hmph, the Lingbo Sect sent us to deal with the Golden Shrimp Tribe, which caused heavy losses to our sect. We didn't even see a trace of the ore on Lingbo Island. How can we work for the Lingbo Sect like this?"
The great elder angrily scolded Lingbo Sect.
Wen Po sighed: "My sect was prepared to pay a certain price in this war, but I didn't expect that the first battle would be so tragic. If it lasts for ten or eight years, I'm afraid the Canglang sect will not be able to survive every time.
Existence is a problem."
"Headmaster Wen, do we have to fight with Lingbo Sect?"
A guest asked through gritted teeth.
"We are all here, how can we be deserters and make other sects laugh at us?
As long as we can get a spiritual mineral island, it will be worthwhile for us to participate in the war, but now everyone recovers from their injuries and lets other sects take the limelight first."
Wen Po said this, and everyone had no objections. Chen Xuan, who originally planned to find an excuse to go back to Tianfeng Island Cave Mansion for retreat, saw that the Canglang Sect was so unlucky, and even he couldn't bear it. Anyway, in the past nine years, the Canglang Sect has been
It's pretty good to him. He doesn't mind staying for a while and helping the Canglang Sect to make some contributions. It's just a favor.
However, absorbing three top-grade spiritual stones and one spiritual crystal is still the first priority, so Chen Xuan opened his mouth according to the previous plan: "Master Wen, my soul's injury has worsened, and I will not be able to join you in the battle in the short term. On this island
I will go into seclusion for a period of time to recover from my injuries. If the war situation becomes serious, I will come out again."
"No problem. Fellow Daoist Chen, please take good care of your injuries."
Wen Po, like everyone else, had no hope that Chen Xuan could continue to fight. They all knew how much the injury to the soul had on a monk's combat power.
A monk's magic weapon and soul are closely connected, and casting most spells also requires the use of spiritual consciousness. Therefore, if a monk's soul is seriously injured, his combat power will be reduced by 70 to 80%. Chen Xuan's continued participation in the battle is tantamount to seeking death.
As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes only a short time to deploy it. The Great Elder was very dissatisfied with Chen Xuan losing his fighting power so quickly, but if he forced Chen Xuan to fight, Chen Xuan might become a burden to them, so he could only let Chen Xuan retreat in seclusion.
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Seeing that no one had any objections, Chen Xuan dug a simple cave in the rocky area in the center of the island, placed several restrictions, and began to retreat to absorb spiritual energy.
When Chen Xuan took out all three top-grade spirit stones, he suddenly found that Ying Long in the Xuanyuan Sword body reacted, and then Ying Long's extremely weak voice came into his mind: "Take... take that fire spirit stone."
Let me absorb the stone..." "Okay."
Chen Xuan immediately took out the Xuanyuan Sword, and then placed the Fire Spirit Stone on the sword. In an instant, golden light burst out from the Xuanyuan Sword, covering the Fire Spirit Stone and constantly absorbing the Fire Spirit Qi from it.
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Seeing this scene, Chen Xuan used a magic trick to make the water spirit stone float in front of him. Wisps of pure and rich water spirit energy floated out from it, and were inhaled into his Dantian when he breathed in, thereby improving his cultivation and nourishing his soul.
Three months have passed since this retreat.
Although his cultivation level has not increased much, in just three months, Chen Xuan's cultivation level has improved significantly. He has taken a step closer to completing the stage of separation from the gods, and will soon be able to break through the stage of returning to the void. It took nine years compared to the previous time.
It’s much faster to just improve to a small level.
Of course, it was because the soul was in an extremely weak state before, but now after absorbing 30% of the spiritual energy from the top-grade water spirit stone, Chen Xuan's soul has recovered a little from its injuries. At least he is not afraid of hurting the original source when he fights with others again.
In the past three months, Wen Po did not come to call Chen Xuan to fight. Chen Xuan didn't know how far the battle between the human monks and the demon clan was going, but at least it did not affect this border island, which showed that the two sides were very close.
There may be a stalemate.
But just when Chen Xuan was about to continue to retreat, Wen Po came to the door of this simple cave and sent a message: "Fellow Daoist Chen, how are you recuperating?
The Lingbo Sect has assigned us to patrol a certain group of spiritual mineral islands. This mission is relatively easy, so the Great Elder hopes that you can go with us."
