Spring passes and autumn comes, and a year passes quickly.
Li Changji was still in charge of family affairs on Mount Taiqiu;
In that bay, Li Changzhi led many tribesmen to repair the medium-sized treasure ship;
When Li Qingjing, who was already a second-level high-level formation mage, was still building a Lingshan stronghold.
Li Changqing, Li Qingyang, and Li Xuangang had already taken Lian Chenglin's treasure ship and gradually approached the Wanxing Islands, which was rumored to contain the ruins of the ancient sect.
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Under the blue sky, here is a large area of deep blue sea, with nothing but a few solitary white clouds floating in the sky.
The fourth-level treasure ship that had been sailing at the same speed for a year gradually slowed down.
Upon noticing this change in the treasure ship, Li Xuangang woke up from his practice:
"Have you arrived at the Ten Thousand Stars Islands?"
Just when he was about to walk out of the cabin to see what was going on outside, as soon as he opened the cabin door, he found a Qi Refining Stage disciple of the Turtle Ji Sect walking towards him from not far from the right side of the ship.
"Senior Li Jiu!" the latter saluted with his hands raised.
Li Xuangang casually looked at the surrounding sea area, and after not seeing the huge archipelago that he expected, he showed a trace of doubt.
Then he fixed his gaze on this Guiji Sect disciple, nodded slightly in greeting, and asked:
"I wonder why my little friend is looking for me?"
The disciple of Guiji Sect straightened up and replied with a gentle tone:
"I am following the instructions of the elders in the sect and came to inform my seniors that the Ten Thousand Stars Islands have arrived!"
"Um?"
The doubts in Li Xuangang's eyes were even worse. With his spiritual consciousness covering the vast blue sea area, there was no sign of any archipelago, let alone an archipelago. He didn't even notice a small island.
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As if he had seen the confusion in Li Xuangang's eyes, this Qi Refining Stage disciple of Guiji Sect did not answer the riddles and hurriedly explained:
"Senior, I don't know. Yesterday, Master Liancheng Lin gave me an order from Guiji Sect, saying that he had reached the sea area where the Ten Thousand Stars Islands is located. However, this sea area is covered by an extremely sophisticated illusion magic circle. Therefore, Master Liancheng Lin
It may take a day or two to find a breakthrough in this illusory formation."
After hearing this explanation, Li Xuangang pondered for a moment, nodded silently, and asked again:
"So, after Master Lian Chenglin finds a breakthrough in the illusion circle, we will be able to see the true face of the Ten Thousand Stars Islands?"
The disciple of Guiji Sect showed a smile, nodded, and said:
"According to what the elders in the sect told me, this is indeed the case."
"And senior, you should have noticed that the speed of the treasure ship has slowed down. This should be the breakthrough point for the illusion magic circle that Master Lian Chenglin is looking for!"
Knowing the reason, Li Xuangang asked some other information about the treasure ship and the Ten Thousand Stars Islands, but the other party was just an ordinary disciple of the Turtle Ji Sect and did not know much, so he did not give him the answer he wanted.
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Seeing that he could not ask more questions, Li Xuangang waved his hand and let him go.
After seeing Li Xuangang waving his hand to signal him to leave, this disciple of the Qi Refining Stage of Guiji Sect bowed his hands and left, then turned around and hurried to the cabin where the next casual cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Stage who needed to be notified was located.
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The sea breeze was gentle, with a touch of warmth from the sun. Li Xuangang put his hands on the railing of the ship's side and looked far into the distance, as if he wanted to see the traces of the Wanxing Islands in this sea area.
However, his actions were in vain. Since even Cheng Lin, a monk at the peak of the Golden Core stage, had to spend a day or two to find a breakthrough in the illusion circle, even if he had sufficient information, then he
How could a mere monk in the middle stage of foundation building discover traces of the Ten Thousand Stars Islands with just a few simple glances?
Sure enough, he looked for a while and found no other unusual sight except the white waves caused by the treasure ship passing by.
However, although Li Xuangang saw nothing, he did not immediately return to the cabin to practice. Instead, he continued to lie on the railing and admire the scenery in the deepest part of the East China Sea.
The blue of the sea water here is purer. When you look down, the sea water is almost light black, and even if the spiritual consciousness is spread out, it can only spread less than ten feet in the sea water.
This was still the case when Li Xuangang's spiritual consciousness far exceeded that of monks of the same level. If he were a normal monk in the middle stage of foundation building, he guessed that the other party could spread his spiritual consciousness in the sea water at most six to seven feet.
Sometimes he looked far away, sometimes he lowered his head and stared intently. The sea breeze lifted his long hair on his temples, and the sun shone on his face, reflecting a faint golden light in his eyes.
Li Xuangang blinked his eyes, adjusted to the current light, and then thought in his heart:
"Going round and round, going round and round, one year has finally arrived!"
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In fact, a year ago, after he came out of the cabin of his fifth uncle Li Changqing, he did not stay in the cabin to practice all the time. During this period, he also got together with Zhong Yuke and Lu Pingchuan several times. The main purpose was to discuss and improve the arrival date.
After the Ten Thousand Stars Islands, the specific details of the operation.
However, just as his second uncle Li Qingyang had judged, Zhong Yuke had been unwilling to disclose the most critical information about the specific location of the medicine garden to him and the other four casual cultivators in the foundation building period.
In addition to meeting Zhong Yuke and the others several times, Li Xuangang also met his fifth uncle Li Changqing and his second uncle Li Qingyang several times. He asked them some questions about cultivation, and also learned about the family's development in recent years.
It was from the mouth of his second uncle Li Qingyang that Li Xuangang learned that the mutated black turtle he gave to his seventeenth uncle was raised by the family in the spiritual lake at the top of Linghu Peak, and was temporarily taken care of by Han Yuru.
When Han Yuru was mentioned, Li Xuangang asked a few more questions. However, his second uncle Li Qingyang did not pay much attention to the latter, so he could not provide him with more information. He only told Li Xuangang: When he and his fifth uncle left, Han Yuru
His alchemy skills have broken through to the second level of mid-level, and his cultivation has just broken through to the ninth level of Qi refining.
And I heard that her eighth uncle Li Changji spoke highly of her, saying that her talent in alchemy and cultivation was good, especially in alchemy, which was even higher than that of Li Xuangang.
Lying on the railing and thinking about this, Li Xuangang couldn't help but smile.
Han Yuru used to be a casual cultivator, and alchemy was a resource-consuming task. Even if she had a brother who was in the foundation-building stage to help her, there would not be many opportunities for alchemy.
But things are different now. With the support of the entire Taiqiu Li family, her talent in alchemy has been completely stimulated.
Therefore, Li Xuangang was not surprised that he was able to upgrade his alchemy skills to the second-level mid-level with his cultivation at the ninth level of Qi refining.
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The huge treasure ship slowed down a lot and has been cruising in a fixed area.
Naturally, this change could not escape the perception of all the foundation-building casual cultivators aboard the treasure ship. Soon, they came out of their cabins one after another, intending to find out for themselves.
However, their inquiries were in vain. It was not until many disciples sent by Guiji Sect explained to them that they understood the whole story. So after almost an hour, the monks who had just come out of the cabin turned around and went back, planning to Wait until Lian Chenglin finds the breakthrough point of the illusion magic circle before he comes out.
The scenery was boring, and there were monks in twos and threes on both sides. This situation was no longer suitable for thinking, so after looking around, Li Xuangang planned to return to the cabin to continue meditating.
However, the moment he turned around, a familiar yellow figure suddenly stopped him by calling him.
"Brother Li..."
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This goose-yellow figure is naturally the only female cultivator Shen Liuyue among the five foundation-building monks recruited by Zhong Yuke, and she is also a rare third-level formation mage.
"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Shen... I wonder why you are looking for me today?"
Li Xuangang stopped and looked in the direction from which the sound transmission came. He immediately saw Shen Liuyue walking toward him, so he asked with a smile.
By the time he finished saying this, Shen Liuyue had already passed through the barriers of several people and came to him. She smiled and said:
"After staying on this treasure ship for a year, except for a few secret talks, I will never see you again. Even some exchange meetings organized by casual cultivators will not see you attending. How can Fellow Daoist Li be so successful at such an age?" Entering the middle stage of foundation building, it turns out that cultivation is much harder than the rest of us."
Li Xuangang didn't know how to answer this, so he smiled coyly, looked at the other person up and down, and then slowly said:
"Li's talent is a bit dull. If he doesn't put in some hard work in cultivation, I'm afraid that when his life is up, he will have to find a quiet place to sit down and die."
Shen Liuyue covered her mouth and laughed softly a few times, leaned one hand on the railing, and said:
"Fellow Taoist Li Jiu is too self-effacing. From what I see, maybe in a hundred years, if I am lucky enough to see you again, I might even call you a senior of the Golden Core Stage."
Li Xuangang looked strange, because he didn't know the specific purpose of the other party's visit, and he didn't have much contact with the female cultivator before, so he stopped answering and quietly waited for the other party to continue talking.
Shen Liuyue naturally noticed this, so she wisely changed the subject and talked about the real reason for coming to find him this time.
"The treasure ship may arrive at a specific island in the Ten Thousand Stars Archipelago in the next two days, so Senior Zhong Yuke sent a message asking us to go to his cabin, saying that there are a few last things to discuss."
"He has also notified the other Taoist fellows, but since you, fellow Taoist Li Jiu, have set up a special isolation barrier on the cabin door, you cannot be contacted, so he asked me to stop by to inform you."
The wind blew from Shen Liuyue's side, bringing a special fragrance. Li Xuangang subconsciously fanned his nose, and then cast a spell to isolate it.
Finally he responded with a smile:
"I see, this is really troublesome for Fellow Daoist Shen... Then shall we go there now?"
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Passing through a long passage, Li Xuangang and Shen Liuyue walked towards the cabin where Zhong Yuke was.