Lian Chenglin is a casual cultivator on the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent. He has only been practicing Taoism for two hundred years and has reached the pinnacle of foundation building.
He thought he would be able to get a glimpse of the golden elixir avenue before his life span ran out.
But the fact is that in the following decades, his cultivation has always stayed at the peak of foundation building, without any improvement.
When he was two hundred and fifty years old, he finally couldn't help it and decided to go into seclusion forcibly, but unfortunately, he failed to break through in the end, and instead damaged his own vitality.
After recovering from his injuries, he saved another amount of spiritual stones and prepared to cross the Hengduan Mountains and go to the cultivation world in the middle of Chaoyang Continent.
Because he heard that the world of cultivation there was extremely prosperous, with countless sects and families having ancestors in the Yuanying stage, and there were even casual cultivators in the Yuanying realm.
If you can get there, you might be able to successfully find an opportunity to break through to the golden elixir realm.
But fate didn't seem to favor him at all, and he failed again without any surprise.
The Hengduan Mountains were too dangerous. In the year after entering the mountains, he encountered countless monster attacks, including many chased by fourth-level monsters, and escaped death many times.
If he hadn't been quite strong, he might have stayed in the boundless mountains.
In this way, a year later, Lian Chenglin returned to where he was with injuries all over his body.
If land is not possible, then take the water route. I heard that you can reach the middle of Chaoyang Continent by going upstream along the Tianhe River.
So Lian Chenglin spent spiritual stones to build a small boat and planned to use it to achieve his goal.
However, he was still too naive. The monsters in the Tianhe River were more dangerous than the Hengduan Mountains. Less than three months after setting off, he lost an arm and the small boat he carefully built was swallowed whole by the monsters in the river.
Lose.
There was no other way, so he returned from the Hengduan Mountains again with injuries all over his body.
A few years later, after he recovered from his injuries, he flew to the sky above the edge of the Hengduan Mountains, quietly looked at the Milky Way winding through it, and began to think!
It is too difficult to break this natural barrier, otherwise this place would not have been isolated from the cultivation world in the central part of the continent for millions of years.
However, he does know that there is a fifth-level formation called the Teleportation Formation that can cross the natural chasm of the Hengduan Mountains.
But as far as he knew, the eastern border of the continent he was in didn't even have a fifth-level array mage, so how could there be a teleportation array leading to the cultivation world in the central part of the continent.
After finally thinking about all possible ways, Lian Chenglin gave up his idea of going to the central part of Chaoyang Continent and prepared to find another opportunity to break through the realm of Jindan!
More than ten years later, he accidentally received news that seemed to be related to the legendary Ten Thousand Stars Islands.
He thought that there might be relics left by the ancient sect on the Ten Thousand Stars Islands.
Therefore, after careful consideration and sufficient preparations, Lian Chenglin set off.
First, he set off from Wujiangfang City in the Hengduan Mountains, arrived at Binhaifang City at the mouth of the Tianhe River, and then arrived at Limeng Island.
However, there were no high-level spiritual veins on Limeng Island at that time, and only a few small monk families settled on the island.
He made some repairs on Li Meng Island, and then took a small third-level medium-grade airship and went deep into the vast East China Sea alone.
Following the news he got, his journey to the Ten Thousand Stars Islands went smoothly. Although he was attacked by several waves of monsters in the sea, he was not in danger.
In this way, Lian Chenglin stopped and walked on the sea, and the resources in the storage bag decreased bit by bit as time passed.
After five years of wandering at sea, he finally saw a glimmer of light.
It is a small island standing in the very depths of the East China Sea!
Seeing the island from a distance, he thought he had finally found the location of the Ten Thousand Stars Islands, and excitedly flew over in his flying boat.
After going there, I discovered that this was just an ordinary island. The surrounding sea area was filled with vast expanse of sea water. There was no sign of the existence of a second island, let alone any archipelago!
At this time, Lian Chenglin didn't have much life left, but he still gave it a final try and set off from this small island again and entered deeper into the East China Sea.
Another five years passed, and his face had become extremely old. He came back from a place deep in the East China Sea and landed on the first island he found.
Then he opened a cave for himself, and conducted his last retreat inside, trying to make a breakthrough!
Ten years later, the cave door was opened, and an even older figure appeared, exuding the aura of twilight and death.
There are not so many accidents and surprises in life. Like most monks in the foundation-building stage, he is destined to have no way to enter the next great realm and continue his path.
Lian Chenglin's failure meant that he had completely lost the chance to make another breakthrough.
He left the cave in a daze, then walked to a cliff on the island and sat down. There was a huge rock here, and he leaned on it with his feet dangling in the air, just like he did when he was a child before he became a Taoist.
He looked at the setting sun gradually setting in the sky and the large clouds dyed red by the setting sun. He sighed silently, but then he became happy again, and a smile appeared on his face, as if he had finally let go of something!
Before the afterglow faded, Lian Chenglin took off a spirit beast bag from his waist, stretched out his hand, and a huge black figure appeared beside him.
This is his spiritual beast, a third-level high-grade black black turtle!
They have been together for more than two hundred years. At the end of his life, Lian Chenglin took the initiative to terminate the contract and mental connection with it.
At this moment, this third-level high-grade black turtle is free!
However, it did not choose to leave, but stayed quietly and lay down next to Lian Chenglin. The latter raised his hand and touched its head, and said many words until the setting sun faded and night fell.
The black turtle couldn't speak yet, but it could feel its owner's emotions, so it listened quietly to the whole process until the latter could no longer make a sound and his breath quickly dropped.
Under the bright stars, Lian Chenglin raised his head and looked at the night sky, and the black turtle also moved in the same way as him.
Suddenly, Lian Chenglin turned his head, looked at the black turtle that accompanied him day and night, and said:
"Do you think that if I had joined a sect, would it be a different situation now?"
Then he seemed to think that his black turtle couldn't speak yet, so he chuckled softly, and then started coughing.
Finally, Lian Chenglin stood up and patted the latter's head for the last time, stroking its hard skin with his warm palms.
He said slowly and seriously:
"I have been cultivating Lian Chenglin for three hundred years, but now my path has been exhausted... I am lucky to be with you day and night for two hundred and thirty-two years... However,
, you may have to walk your own way from now on!"
After saying that, he took his hand back, took off the storage bag on his body, placed it at Xuangui's feet, turned around, looked at the East China Sea under the night, and stood with his hands behind his back.
The black turtle raised its head and looked at him, with sadness in its eyes!
At this time, the night breeze was cool, the stars were shining brightly above our heads, and the misty East China Sea was boundless. It seemed that they were the only ones left in the world.
Until the sky becomes white, until the sun rises in the east.
The lying black turtle raised his head under the golden light, looked at the figure beside him, and let out a low howl.
And Lian Chenglin disappeared in its gaze, in the golden thread of the rising sun, and in the morning breeze blowing from the distant sky.
Black Turtle watched all this quietly, staying where he was for a long time, looking around and at the East China Sea in the distance.
It's a little confused!
When night fell again and stars formed a galaxy, he swallowed a few storage bags at his feet, left this small island, and entered the depths of the East China Sea.
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After that, the black turtle traveled in the very depths of the East China Sea, while continuing to search for the rumored Ten Thousand Stars Islands for Lian Chenglina, while practicing hard.
In the blink of an eye, more than three hundred years have passed, and it has not only successfully broken through to the fourth level of high quality.
And in an extremely accidental situation, he accidentally broke into the large array membrane covering the Ten Thousand Stars Islands.
Arriving inside the Ten Thousand Stars Islands!
A hundred years later, relying on the opportunity found in the ancient sect's ruins, it successfully broke through to the fifth level and was able to completely transform into a human form.
However, he had just broken through to the fifth level in Dongxuan Island's fifth level spiritual veins, and while he was still stabilizing his state in the cave, a three-headed dragon that had also just broken through to the fifth level of the low-grade also unexpectedly found this place.
Naturally, there cannot be two fifth-level demon kings on a fifth-level spiritual vessel, so a fierce fight broke out between them.
In the end, the black turtle failed and escaped with serious injuries, "giving up" its fifth-level spiritual veins to the three-headed dragon named Ao San.
After confirming that the black turtle had escaped and was not staying in the waters of the Ten Thousand Stars Islands, Ao San settled down on the fifth-level spiritual vein and built a nest for himself.
However, before he sank into cultivation, the black turtle that escaped from his hands still left a deep impression on him.
Of course, this impression is not because of the opponent's realm or strength, but because this black turtle has an extremely weird name for a monster.
This fifth-level black turtle calls himself: Lian Chenglin!
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After Lian Chenglin escaped from the Ten Thousand Stars Islands, it took him a long time to recover from his injuries.
Then he wandered around in the East China Sea, and finally decided to return to Chaoyang Continent and practice life like his master before.
Following his memory, he successfully returned to the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent and spent almost another hundred years in various Dafang cities.
Until he met two human monks who had just entered the Qi refining stage in an unknown city within the Xianyuan Sect.
One of them is named Yu Yunzhen, and the other is named Lan Yingxu.
After discovering that these two people had excellent cultivation talents, an idea gradually took shape in Lian Chenglin's mind.
He wants to take back the Ten Thousand Stars Islands and establish a powerful sect.
Since the master regrets not joining the sect, then I will build one for him!
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Lian Chenglin brought Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu to Limeng Island, and with his powerful cultivation, he easily occupied the third-order spiritual vein, the highest level on the island.
So while he secretly taught Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu how to practice and provided corresponding resources, he also began to build a market on this third-level spiritual line.
He named this city: East China Sea!
Fangshi, named Donghai, had his protection, so every time a sea monster attacked, it was easily killed.
Gradually, due to the safe environment, stable spiritual veins and spiritual energy, and the convenience of going deep into the East China Sea to obtain resources, more and more casual cultivators began to come to Donghaifang City to practice.
Among the spiritual stones earned in Donghaifang City, some were used by Lian Chenglin to improve the level of spiritual veins in Donghaifang City, and some were given to Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu to provide for their increasing cultivation.
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As the reputation of Loose Cultivator Lian Chenglin grew, so did the scale of Donghaifang City, which successfully attracted the attention of the two major sects, the Corpse Ghost Sect and the Xianyuan Sect in the eastern part of Chaoyang Continent.
Li Meng Island and Donghaifang City are undoubtedly an interest that makes them very coveted!
But after they sent several of their Jindan-stage elders to look for Lian Chenglin once, they never considered Donghaifang City again.
In this way, Lian Chenglin kept showing off his cultivation level at the Golden Core stage, increasing his cultivation level every once in a while until he stayed at the peak of the Golden Core realm, but in fact he had already reached the fifth-level middle level.
About one hundred and fifty years ago, Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu also broke through to the golden elixir realm.
In order to provide him with experience in establishing a sect in the future, Lian Chenglin asked the two of them to suppress their cultivation to the level of foundation building, and then each establish a sect in Donghaifang City.
One is called Haichaomen and the other is called Guiji Sect.
Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu also obeyed his instructions, maintaining order in Donghaifang City while accumulating experience in managing the sect.
And all the profits from Donghaifang City over the years were stored for Lian Chenglin's needs in establishing his sect in the future.
Therefore, with the passage of time, Donghaifang City on Limeng Island has gradually become one of the largest cities on the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent, just like Binhaifang City and Wujiangfang City!
And Lian Chenglin, a casual cultivator who has reached the peak of the Golden Core, has also become one of the top monks in the cultivation world on the eastern border of Chaoyang Continent.
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From then on, time moved forward quietly,
Until Lian Chenglin, who was in seclusion on Limeng Island, heard that Xun Jinyuan, the great elder of the Corpse Ghost Sect, had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.
Immediately, he realized that this might be the time for him to return to the Ten Thousand Stars Islands.
Just when he asked Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu to release the news and recruit casual cultivators to board the treasure ship, he suddenly heard the news that Xiong Keshan, the great elder of the Xianyuan Sect, was also in retreat preparing to break through to the Yuanying realm.
So Lian Chenglin carefully weighed the strength of the three dragons and decided that it would be safer to add one more Nascent Soul Stage monk to go with him.
Therefore, the news of the discovery of the Ten Thousand Stars Islands that was circulated among the casual cultivators during the foundation-building period of Tokaibo City disappeared again.
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Finally, decades later, Xiong Keshan did not disappoint Lian Chenglin, and he successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.
Therefore, Lian Chenglin began to implement his plan. He invited Xun Jinyuan and Xiong Keshan to Limeng Island and told them some things.
After the promise is fulfilled, 80% of the profits of Donghaifang City will be given away, and two additional fifth-level ethereal stones will be used as reward!
On the other hand, Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu once again organized a trip to the Ten Thousand Stars Islands!
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In order to be foolproof, Lian Chenglin discussed the plan with Xun Jinyuan and Xiong Keshan for a long time.
It was finally decided that while Yu Yunzhen and Lan Yingxu would lead people to repair the remaining fifth-level teleportation array of the ancient sect, the three of them would also set up a fourth-level suppression array. The request for suppression was very likely to have been
Ao San who has reached the fifth-level middle-level realm.
And not only that, Lian Chenglin also knew that there was a broken fifth-level formation in the sea near the island: the Five-pole Ten Thousand Thunder Formation.
With this formation, their plan will undoubtedly be safer!
And so the final plan was born!
Three formations:
A fourth-level suppression formation,
A fifth-level teleportation array,
A fifth-level five-pole ten thousand thunder array.
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Since it would take half a year for Xiong Keshan to repair the Five-pole Ten Thousand Thunder Formation, the three of them took advantage of Ao San's hibernation to set up a large suppression formation that would take at least half a year to suppress it.
However, when they arrived at the Ten Thousand Stars Islands and started to implement the specific plan, they found that Ao San was more powerful than they thought, and could actually smash the fourth-level suppression formation from the inside.
Therefore, Lian Chenglin, Xun Jinyuan, and Xiong Keshan worked hard to maintain the formation and ensure that it would not collapse for the time being. At the same time, he immediately asked Yu Yunzhen to drive the treasure ship to summon the most powerful monks among the accompanying monks, as well as the high-level formation masters inside.
Come to assist with their plans.
Among them, the formation master is to assist Xiong Keshan in completing the repair of the Five Extremes Ten Thousand Thunder Formation ahead of schedule.
Those powerful monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage and Golden Core Stage provide spiritual power for the magic circle and the crystal energy giant crossbow in the treasure ship.
Let's increase our chances of winning in the fight with Ao San.
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Things went smoothly. After hundreds of years of planning, Lian Chenglin finally completed the execution of Ao San and successfully regained the fifth-level spiritual vein.
The fifth-level teleportation array has also been successfully repaired, and is just waiting for the final ethereal stone to open it.
Before leaving on the treasure ship, Lian Chenglin finally fulfilled a centuries-old wish.
He has already built the prototype of a large-scale sect!
As long as you return to Donghaifang City on Limeng Island and open the teleportation array there, you can start the normal development of Haiji Sect.
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After returning to Limeng Island at night, Lian Chenglin stood alone on the top of the treasure ship.
At this time, the night breeze was cool, the stars were shining brightly above his head, and the misty East China Sea was boundless. It seemed that he was the only one left in the world.
Everything is the same as that night many years ago, except that one figure is missing!
"I had a master before, but then...he died, and now I'm a little sad!"