That night, the blood money could not be refined at all.
Jin Shisan hurriedly called all the Taoist priests on the island to the meeting hall to discuss important matters, and Xu Dao was no exception.
A Taoist priest happened to be in retreat recently, or refining elixirs, or warming up magical instruments. When he first heard about this, he was extremely shocked. He slammed the table and asked:
"Is this really true? The spiritual veins on the island are cut off and the blood money cannot be refined?"
When Jin Shisan heard the other party's shout, her already gloomy face became even more unhappy. However, thinking that the other party had just come into contact with this matter, she suppressed her annoyance and just said: "Seriously! Do you think I'm going to tease you?"
Several Taoist priests looked around and found that the other Taoist priests had extremely gloomy expressions, and they did not look like they were joking. However, one of the Taoist priests still didn't believe it. He turned around and left the meeting hall without saying a word.
Not long after, the Taoist priest returned to the meeting hall. He didn't come back empty-handed. He was holding a head in his hand and using magic power to keep the head alive.
The head was bloody, but the eyes were still moving, and the face was full of horror and despair.
I saw that the Taoist priest's face was also ashen, not much better than the human head. He walked into the hall, crushed the human head in his hand in front of everyone, and cast a spell, as if to extract the soul from it.
But no matter how fast he moved, after the head was shattered, the soul inside was also shattered on the spot, making it impossible for him to capture it.
The Taoist priest then spoke: "It's exactly what the island master said. I just went to the prison and tried it myself on a death row prisoner. Nine times in total, I couldn't extract the soul every time, let alone refine it into blood money."
Xu Dao looked at the bloody scene in the hall and couldn't help but frown slightly.
He could tell that although the person he was talking about was a death row prisoner, his face was rich and he was obviously a pampered mortal.
Moreover, the prison on Platinum Island was too far from the meeting hall, so the other party probably left the meeting hall and grabbed mortals from nearby houses.
It's just that the focus of everyone's attention is not here at the moment. Xu Dao just frowned and listened silently.
Seeing that all the Taoist priests in the hall believed it, Jin Shisan suddenly spoke up and asked the Taoist priest: "Taoist Master Jia, you have traveled all over the country, and you have just tried a few more tests, but you have found some clues, or do you know some reasons?
"
It turns out that the Taoist priest who tried to extract the soul was not an elder of the Jin family, but he was not a guest, but a member of the Jia family on Baijin Island. Although this person was not a direct descendant of the Jin family, he was also an old member of the Baijin Island, so he also received the title of elder.
position.
Taoist Jia paced a few times and said, "I have indeed heard of such strange things. I heard that the Shark Island among the 108 islands also experienced the severance of spiritual veins and blood money decades ago.
Something that cannot be refined.”
"Hey!" A Taoist priest seemed to have heard about this for the first time and hurriedly said, "Taoist Master Jia, please tell me."
When Xu Dao heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
Jia Daoshi said: "This happened decades ago. The Shark Island is too far away from my Platinum Island, and I don't know much about it. But I heard that the Shark Island failed to solve the problem in the end and chose
To relocate the entire island.”
Someone in the hall echoed:
"Now that I think about it, I have heard about this matter. If the owner of the Shark Island had not happened to be promoted to the Golden Core, I am afraid that the Shark Island would have been exterminated. Therefore, there are also rumors that it was the Shark Island owner who drained the island himself.
The earth's spiritual energy used some evil method, which caused the souls of the mortals on the island to be cursed."
For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and the Taoist priests began to discuss the story of the Shark Island.
Xu Dao listened and immediately received a lot of new information.
For example, after the Merman Island failed to generate blood money, it set its sights on Hantie Island, which was relatively close to it. Relying on the master of the Sharman Island after forming a pill, he successfully occupied Hantie Island and renamed it the new Sharman Island.
The old Shark Island was directly abandoned, and now only mortals live on it, with few Taoists, and occasionally slave ships pass by.
Because the mortals on the island are scattered and scattered, the number of mortals that the slave ship can carry is limited, and there seems to be a local curse and bad treatment of Taoists, etc., the slave ship can easily make ends meet. Therefore, although the mortals on the old Merman Island cultivated slash-and-burn farming,
But overall it's quite peaceful.
But for the Taoist priests in the West Sea, there were originally one hundred and eight large and medium-sized islands, but one of them was suddenly permanently lost and became one hundred and seven islands.
This matter also attracted the attention of other Jindan Taoist masters. They teamed up with the owner of the Shark Island and dug three feet into the ground on the old Shark Island. However, they still found no clues, so they had to give up.
Xu Dao was happy and surprised at the same time.
He was fortunate that the Jindan Taoist master could not detect the tricks he had done. What was surprising was that he had originally thought that the 108 most powerful islands among the 108 islands in the West Sea were selected based on their power.
After Hantie Island was destroyed, another one should be chosen from the remaining unpopular forces.
However, after listening to the discussion of the Taoist priests in the hall, he suddenly discovered that the so-called "One Hundred and Eight Islands" have been fixed since ancient times.
Take Fanxing Island for example. After it was destroyed, its location was occupied again almost in the blink of an eye, and it was not abandoned for a long time. Moreover, according to the information obtained, the spiritual veins on Fanxing Island have been restored after a few years.
Started to pop up again.
Xu Dao suddenly had a reverie in his heart: "There are thousands of islands in the Western Sea, but only one hundred and eight islands are the largest, and only these one hundred and eight islands have spiritual veins. There must be some deep meaning in this."
He immediately thought of the one hundred and eight formations of Xuanzhen Sect and wondered: "Could it be a large formation?"
But he knew very little, and Xu Dao just had suspicions. He thought hard for a few times, and seeing that he had no more clues, he put the matter aside for the time being and continued to listen to the discussions of the Taoist priests in the hall.
After arguing for a full quarter of an hour, Jin Shisan finally couldn't help but made the final decision and said:
"I have heard about the past events of Sharman Island. What is certain now is that the island has not recovered even after thirty or forty years. There is no need to think too much about it."
A Taoist priest said: "What the island owner said is true. If my Platinum Island is in the same situation as the other party, I'm afraid it won't be able to recover. What should I do?"
In an instant, the faces of the Taoist priests present turned gloomy. With the lessons learned before them, they had to consider the worst-case scenario and worry about the future of the entire Platinum Island.
What's even more miserable is that there is a golden elixir Taoist on the Shark Island. If there is a problem with the old island, it can easily occupy other islands. But there is no golden elixir Taoist on Baijin Island. If you want to move, you will probably have to move to nowhere.
Go to the Spirit Island.
But the Soulless Island not only has no aura, but is also small and cannot support a large population. Tens of thousands of mortals would be able to support the sky.
If blood money is refined on it for a long time, it will also attract the siege of ferocious beasts in the sea. Those casual cultivators in the Western Sea who want to refine blood money have to take shelter on major islands, otherwise the gain outweighs the loss.
As for reclamation from the sea and rebuilding the formation, it would cost a lot of money, not to mention that it was not considered by everyone on Platinum Island.
While the atmosphere was depressing, a Taoist priest from the Jin family suddenly showed a stern look on his face and secretly said:
"If it's really hopeless, then I'll find a better place! I think Qiansha Island next door is good, and it would be perfect to build it as a new home!"
Qiansha Island is the closest spiritual island to Platinum Island. It is only 13,000 miles away from them. There is no Jindan Taoist on the other side of the island, and those with the highest cultivation level are at the Gang Lian realm.
However, Qiansha Island has also maintained its power for hundreds of years. The formations on the island are densely covered and it has even actively joined the Sea Alliance. If Platinum Island really fights against it, there is no telling who will suffer. Even if it wins, it may also cause trouble.
Come to Jindan Taoist to clean up.
After another discussion, Jin Shisan finally said what Xu Dao wanted to hear most:
"Elders and distinguished guests, have you forgotten that there is another way to go?"
If you can't beat the opponent, you will naturally have no choice but to join the opponent. With the previous preparations, everyone did not consider joining islands such as Qiansha Island, but immediately thought of White Bone Island!
The meeting hall was silent for a few breaths, and then someone immediately stood up and spoke: "Pindao agrees to form an alliance with Bone Island! We are mutual allies!"
After careful consideration of the current situation, the Taoist priests present realized that White Bone Island was their best choice.
"There are Jindan Taoist masters on Baigu Island, and they are not afraid of the Sea Alliance. If they join us, they naturally don't have to worry about the conscripts."
"This island has a good reputation. I heard that it is also friendly to the forces that seek refuge, and it doesn't take away power very much!"
Some people once again raised concerns: "But Bone Island is still too far away from us. It takes at least two or three years to go back and forth."
Xu Dao listened to everyone discussing "business" and finally couldn't help it, thinking about how to inadvertently add fuel to the fire.
What surprised him was that without him adding fuel, someone suddenly said: "A long distance is not necessarily a bad thing. If we lobby properly, maybe White Bone Island will be willing to help us attack Qiansha Island! If so, we will too.
There is a chance to stay here.”
This matter sounded a bit wishful thinking at first, but when the other party explained it in detail, even Xu Dao felt that it was somewhat feasible.
White Bone Island is to the north, and Platinum Island is to the east. If the White Bone Alliance wants to expand its power, it can first place chess pieces on the east side. The current situation of Platinum Island is suitable for use as the opponent's chess pieces... and so on.
The discussion in the field became more enthusiastic. Except for a few people, the other Taoist priests felt as if they had found a way to survive.
Among them, some Taoist priests became suspicious, thinking that the decision to take refuge on White Bone Island coincided with the severance of spiritual veins on the island. The two were indeed a coincidence.
However, the other party had no concrete evidence, and Xu Dao took the opportunity to "advise" everyone a few more times, so the other party's suspicion was just a suspicion.
Xu Dao did not refute directly, but took the opportunity to raise another suspect: "This matter may have something to do with the conscript!"
The dead cannot speak, and the conscript came alone, with no helpers or subordinates behind him, which really made Platinum Island wary.
After another long discussion, with the secret support of Xu Dao, Jin Shisan finally made a decision. She decided to lead everyone on the island to the Bone Island to find hope!
The only thing that was not in line with Xu Dao's idea was that Platinum Island did not plan to relocate the entire island, but planned to send as many people as possible to the island as envoys and spies.
There are still a lot of Taoist soldiers and several foundation-building Taoist priests left on the island to preside over the formation. After all, they still expect that the spiritual veins on the island are just temporarily out of order and will recover after a while, so they need to leave a note
The way back.
Xu Dao also agreed with this arrangement.
If all the Taoists leave in a hurry and no one is in charge of the formation on the island, then the situation of the millions of mortals on the island will be extremely worrying, and at least half of them will die.
The current treatment allows Xu Dao to leave with a large number of Taoists without harming millions of mortals on the island. This is an excellent situation.
It is worth mentioning that the talisman money and spiritual materials stored on Platinum Island are only enough to activate the island protection formation for a few years.
Therefore, the group on Platinum Island must be quick, otherwise even if they board the White Bone Island, what they will see after returning may be ruins.
So Jin Shisan and others decided to start building a fleet immediately and set off in one month at the latest. This was exactly what Xu Dao wanted!
In the meeting hall, Jin Shisan raised his hands to everyone: "The matter has come to this, fellow Taoists, please support us together!"
"Yes.", "Good."
After finishing speaking, everyone either responded or nodded, and left the meeting hall one after another, seizing the time to prepare for the upcoming journey.
Xu Dao was completely relieved at this time and was overjoyed.
In the following time, the grand formation on Platinum Island was opened again, and the inside and outside were isolated. The Taoist disciples and Taoists on the island also learned about the situation one after another, and they became panicked.
However, under the suppression of the formations and foundation-building Taoist priests, people were panicking and could not make any waves, so the Taoist disciples had to work overtime to prepare for the trip.
Less than a month.
A large spiritual ship with a height of tens of feet and several spiritual ships with a height of more than ten feet are ready. The largest one among them has reached the level of Ningsha, which is only inferior to Xu Dao's star snail treasure ship.
A meridian.
Except for the three old foundation-building Taoist priests elected by everyone, all the remaining Taoist priests on Baijin Island, most of the elite disciples, and more than half of the Taoist soldiers... all boarded the spirit ship, and the total number of people leaving the island was nearly ten thousand.
The group of people sailed away from Platinum Island in a mighty manner.
They had a total of five spirit ships, one large and four small. The spirit ships were tied to each other with iron ropes. They were traveling on the sea as if they were walking on flat ground, as if they were moving islands, and the speed was not slow.
Xu Dao stayed in it and only needed to meditate and refine his energy every day. The fleet could identify the direction by itself and solve most of the problems encountered on the road, which was much more comfortable than when he was running around in the past.
The only time he needs to take action is when the fleet encounters a powerful foundation-building beast, and he needs to take action to repel or kill it, but other Taoist priests can also assist.
Because the fleet is so large, it consumes a lot of time every day, and the group of people from Platinum Island are sailing away from the island, so there are few supplies.
After clearing away the ferocious beasts several times, they began to actively hunt the ferocious beasts in the sea, feed their corpses to Taoist soldiers, refine elixirs, magical weapons, etc.
It's just that the ferocious beasts in the sea are ferocious, and their flesh and blood spiritual energy is polluted by evil spirits. They are not suitable for monks and can only make ends meet.
Otherwise, Platinum Island may be able to support the entire island by hunting alone, without having to risk a long voyage to White Bone Island.