The vast East China Sea is so vast that no one can have a glimpse of its entirety.
The huge Li Meng Island is just one of the islands in the East China Sea, but in the eastern borderland of Chaoyang Continent, it can indeed be regarded as the largest overseas island.
In addition to Limeng Island, the largest island, there are countless small islands that can be found out to sea from Binhaifang City. Among them, there are many islands with low-level spiritual veins on them.
It is precisely because of this that for generations there have been casual practitioners who are not afraid of the threat of monsters in the sea and have chosen to practice in seclusion on these inaccessible islands.
After all, practicing on a small island with low-level spiritual veins, they don't have to pay spiritual stones to anyone, and can save some resources for their own practice.
But doing so is not without any risks. As mentioned before, the East China Sea is not a place controlled by human monks. There are many kinds of sea beasts in the sea area, and there are many high-level sea beasts in it.
If they are not careful, these casual cultivators who choose to retreat on the island will most likely fall prey to high-level sea beasts.
The most common news in Donghaifang City is not that someone has found another opportunity on the East China Sea, but that another powerful monk has died on the East China Sea.
Based on the clues, Zhu Guangshou found that the cave left by this foundation-building monk was located on a small island in the East China Sea.
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The weather is very good today, the entire East China Sea is calm, the warm sea breeze and the rising sun together create a peaceful environment.
In a corner of this unknown island, four figures are standing here. Some of them look towards the dense forest in the center of the island from time to time, as if they want to find something, but in the end they find nothing!
Under the gaze of Li Xuangang and the other three people, Zhu Guangshou threw the compass into the air and began to pinch the magic formula in his hand.
As he cast the spell, the compass hovered in mid-air and began to rotate from slow to fast.
After a while, as the compass rotated, traces of spiritual energy began to appear on it. Just when Li Xuangang was surprised by the strange phenomenon of this compass, the latter suddenly turned into a stream of light and flew away into the distance.
Seeing this, Zhu Guangshou did not panic, as if he had expected this. He said to Liu Yuanyang next to him:
"Please, Fellow Daoist Liu, please give me a ride. We need to follow the traces of this compass."
Hearing this, Li Xuangang roughly guessed his plan. It was obvious that he wanted to let this compass lead the way!
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So the next moment, Liu Yuanyang stretched out his hand to pick up Zhu Guangshou and put it on his waist, then turned into a ray of light and chased in the direction where the compass disappeared.
Li Xuangang and Chen Yu, who stayed where they were, looked at each other and then both took to the air, following closely behind Liu Yuanyang.
The powerful auras of the three people did not restrain themselves. When they flew over a dense forest, they even startled groups of seabirds. However, they were all ordinary beasts and had no spiritual power in them.
The four of them did not fly long after the compass, probably less than a stick of incense, when the compass stopped at the foot of a mountain peak.
Seeing the compass stopped, Zhu Guangshou was happy and shouted:
"right here!"
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yuanyang took him to the ground, and Li Xuangang and Chen Yu behind him also followed them down.
The compass is still rotating, but the speed has become even, and the spiritual power revealed is not as chaotic as before.
After Li Xuangang landed, he turned around and looked at the surrounding environment, then spread out his consciousness to detect if there was anything unusual nearby. As a result, he found that there was no difference between this place and ordinary woodland in other places.
On the other side, Zhu Guangshou continued to pinch the magic formula, and it seemed that he had reached the last moment. He bit his index finger open and forced three drops of blood to splash on the compass.
As soon as these three drops of blood essence hit the rotating compass, they turned into a thin layer of blood mist, which was then absorbed by it.
The next moment, a sudden change occurred, and a black ink-like mist emerged from the compass and climbed up the mountain.
When the black mist stopped emerging from the compass, something seemed to be activated in the void. Li Xuangang noticed this change and suddenly felt a little familiar.
When the changes became more and more intense, he suddenly remembered, wasn't this the aura that activated the Shoushan Array?
It turns out that a mountain guarding array was deployed here that covered the entire mountain peak, and the compass that Zhu Guangshou took earlier was the control weapon of this mountain guarding array.
Under Zhu Guangshou's continuous control of the compass, a giant light curtain belonging to the guardian array began to slowly appear, but unlike the normal array light curtain, this light curtain immediately dimmed after it lit up.
Go down.
Seeing this scene, Li Xuangang relied on the classics he had read in the family library to judge that there was a flaw in the sudden appearance of the magic circle.
He turned his head and glanced at Zhu Guangshou. He didn't know whether the flaw in the formation was caused by years of disrepair, or whether it was caused by Zhu Guangshou's actions just now.
The light curtain was bright yellow. As time passed little by little, the light of the mountain guarding array began to be erratic, and traces of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to penetrate the light curtain of the array and come out from inside.
At this moment, Zhu Guangshou shouted: "Open!"
Immediately, this light curtain completely began to collapse and shatter.
This magic circle was actually opened by Zhu Guangshou!
I originally thought that breaking the restriction that protected the cave would be the most difficult step, but I didn't expect that the three foundation-building monks had completely solved this problem without even moving their hands.
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As the mountain guarding circle collapsed, an astonishing amount of spiritual energy immediately poured out from behind the shattered light curtain.
Because this spiritual energy had been imprisoned in this mountain peak for too long, once it was released, it turned into a huge torrent of spiritual energy, making Li Xuangang's clothes whistle.
Since he was currently in the torrent of spiritual energy, he could not yet judge the level of the spiritual veins of this mountain.
After waiting for half a cup of tea, the torrent of spiritual energy gradually dissipated, and the flow of spiritual energy began to become stable.
Liu Yuanyang, who was standing at the front of the four people, waited until the torrent of spiritual energy dissipated, then used his spiritual consciousness to detect the surroundings, and then said with a hint of joy:
"There is actually a second-order low-grade spiritual vein hidden in this mountain peak. The senior monk was really generous. He actually used a mountain guarding array to trap all the spiritual energy emanating from the spiritual vein on this mountain peak."
Li Xuangang also felt the concentration of spiritual energy around him and found that indeed, as Liu Yuanyang said, the spiritual veins in this mountain peak had reached the second-level low-grade.
Zhu Guangshou also showed a hint of joy on his face and murmured:
"It seems that the ruins cave is here, and all my travels over the years have been in vain."
It seemed that controlling the compass had overdrawn Zhu Guangshou's spiritual energy. When he said this, he actually felt a little depressed.
It was obvious that he had to pay a price for destroying the mountain guarding formation with just one person!
Chen Yu, who was standing nearby, took a step closer to Zhu Guangshou, stretched out his hand to support him, and took out a second-level Qi-replenishing pill from his storage bag.
Taking the elixir from Chen Yu's hand, Zhu Guangshou expressed his thanks with difficulty, and then had to sit cross-legged on the ground and adjust his breath!
Seeing his current situation, Li Xuangang couldn't help but ask:
"Fellow Daoist Zhu, how do you feel?"
Zhu Guangshou replied in a weak voice:
"Senior Li, don't worry. I just used too much spiritual energy at one time in a short period of time, and I'm just a little exhausted. You will recover naturally after you rest for a while."
Judging from Zhu Guangshou's condition, what he said was true. So Li Xuangang also stopped himself, raised his head, and looked at an entrance to the mountain with Liu Yuanyang.
This mountain peak is not big. Although there is a second-level low-grade spiritual vein inside, its size and height are only slightly larger than the second side peak of Taiqiu Mountain (Linghu Peak).
This mountain peak is overflowing with spiritual energy, and you can clearly detect the aura of some high-level spiritual plants from above.
But the only way up the mountain seems to be the trail in front! There are some large and small restrictions in other places.
Liu Yuanyang turned around and spoke to the three of them:
"Now that it is confirmed that the cave of the foundation-building monk is here, what are you fellow Taoists going to do next?"
Li Xuangang smiled, first looked at Zhu Guangshou who was refining the power of the elixir in his body while sitting cross-legged, and then raised his head and said to Liu Yuanyang:
"You don't have to worry, Fellow Daoist Liu. Since we have already arrived here, the things on this mountain peak will not suddenly gain legs and run away. Besides, Fellow Daoist Zhu was previously injured due to breaking the mountain guarding formation, so we left him alone.
It’s not fair here either.”
"Why don't we wait until Fellow Daoist Zhu recovers before taking action together?"
Liu Yuanyang didn't expect that Li Xuangang would actually say such a thing, so he glanced at Li Xuangang with some confusion, and the latter smiled harmlessly.
In fact, Li Xuangang was not thinking about Zhu Guangshou. He was afraid that after going up the mountain, Liu Yuanyang and Chen Yu would suddenly attack him, and he would not even have a hostage by then. But here, if he was unable to defeat him, he could still capture Zhu Guangshou.
, as a threat.
Judging from how the three of them got along in the past few days, Liu Yuanyang and Chen Yu were still quite concerned about Zhu Guangshou.
Looking away from Li Xuangang, Liu Yuanyang said:
"Since Fellow Daoist Li has suggested this, let's wait until Fellow Daoist Zhu resumes action first. It just so happens that we can also take a break. After running around for the past few days, I think the two fellow Daoists are also a little tired."
When Chen Yu heard this, he nodded in agreement.
So next, the three foundation-building monks also sat cross-legged and meditated on the spot, and began to close their eyes and meditate.
Zhu Guangshou, who had lost a certain amount of energy, has been working hard to restore the lost spiritual power in his body.
About three hours later, Zhu Guangshou exhaled a long breath, then opened his eyes, looked at the three people sitting cross-legged around him, and said:
"The three seniors have almost recovered. Although they are still far from their peak state, I think there will be no obstacles to the next action. The action can begin!"
Zhu Guangshou's voice woke up the three of them, and Li Xuangang also stood up and moved his body.
He glanced at the other three people, then at the entrance to the mountain not far away, and secretly sneered in his heart!