Bai Ran took the picture album and slowly unfolded it, only to realize that it was actually a completed painting. The golden light and white light on it echoed each other, shining with a mysterious light.
But the shining places are all concentrated in the large green area in the center of the map.
Only then did Bai Ran realize that the area occupied by Qingyun Mountain was far beyond his imagination. The Qingyun Mountains in the middle actually accounted for more than a quarter of the entire island.
Bai Ran looked at those sparkling white light spots and couldn't help but half-squinted his eyes and looked at them carefully.
Compared with golden light, white light is obviously more abundant. However, the degree of shining of white light is obviously different.
Some are extremely dazzling, while others only emit a weak light.
Those places marked as mountain peaks were very dazzling and shining, but Bai Ran didn't consider these places at all, because the middle-aged monk's supplementary words rang in his ears:
"Monks in the Qi Refining Stage are not eligible to select various mountain peaks. There is no such restriction in other places, as long as there is white light!"
This was exactly what the young monk named Wen told him.
But the rest are natural valleys, caves and other places where the white light is much dimmer.
"Junior would like to ask, are there any restrictions on how big a cave can be opened in these places?" Bai Ran looked at the album for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked the middle-aged man in a deep voice.
"With your cave as the center, within a radius of ten miles is your private area. You can arrange formations and restrictions at will, as long as you are so capable." The middle-aged monk showed some surprise. But then it became clear that
He said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Then can this junior choose this place? Since it is also white light, should it also have spiritual veins?" Bai Ran said calmly after hearing this.
Then, he tapped a certain spot on the map with his finger, and the white light there suddenly turned yellow.
Bai Ran handed the album back to the other party.
"Here!" The middle-aged monk's eyes briefly glanced at the place pointed by Bai Ran, with a look of surprise on his pale face.
Bai Ran pointed to a place outside Kuixing Island, where there was indeed a faint white light shining.
"This is Xiaohuan Island. The island is only sixty or seventy miles long, but there is indeed a small spiritual vein that is several miles long on the island. We set up a small protective formation on the island and built a small town.
There must be hundreds of people up there!" the middle-aged monk said with a half-smile, and a hint of ridicule.
Bai Ran didn't say anything. He knew that since the other party showed such a look, this island would definitely not be so simple.
"This island can be considered a useless island to our Kuixing Island. Because it has spiritual veins on it, it would be a pity to discard it. However, its spiritual energy concentration is much lower than other islands, and its area is too small."
"If you really choose this place, you will not be disturbed by other monks practicing there, but the concentration of spiritual energy is at least one-third thinner than the place provided by our Qingyun Mountain. In other words, your cultivation speed will be slower than other monks
It rained a lot."
"In the past, there were several monks who, like you, like to practice alone in one place, also chose this island. But they stayed there for only a few years before they came back honestly one by one. They would rather pay a large amount of spiritual stones to choose a new place to practice.
I don’t want to stay on this island anymore. After all, for us immortal cultivators, aura is the most important thing.
"Furthermore, it is stipulated above that the monks who choose this island must also bear the obligation to protect the island. That is to say, you must pay for the spiritual stones for the protective magic formation on the island.
Of course, you can collect a certain amount of spiritual stones from the island residents as compensation. And I don’t have to pay tribute of spiritual stones to the main island every year. However, let me remind you first. The few spiritual stones handed over by the residents of this island,
It is simply not enough to make up for the daily losses of the protective array. Nowadays, Kuixing Island has been directly responsible for the spiritual stones consumed by this island, so it can support it until now." The middle-aged monk tapped the edge of the bed regularly with his index finger, lazily.
said.
"Is it fair to say that if I get to this island, I will actually be the island's owner!" Bai Ran pondered after hearing what the other party said, and asked softly after a while.
"Hehe. You can indeed think so." The middle-aged man said a little surprised.
He has made the disadvantages of this island so clear, but this young man still chooses this island. Then it is none of his business.
At this time, the middle-aged monk looked at Bai Ran again intriguingly and sneered a few times secretly.
When the time comes and the huge amount of spiritual stones is consumed, I'm afraid it will be called
It’s so painful!
He believed that in a year or two at most, the young monk would come back with a disgraced face and choose a new place to practice.
Otherwise, a veritable lord of the island would have been overtaken by other monks long ago, and how could he still be here today?
"Okay, this junior will choose this island!" Bai Ran thought about it for a moment, then said without hesitation.
Hearing Bai Ran's words with such certainty, the middle-aged monk did not hesitate.
He took out a golden writing brush from his pocket and gently moved it towards the island in the picture. The white light on it instantly turned into gold.
Then he took out a jade slip from his body, wrote a few words on the jade slip with a gold pen, and threw it to Bai Ran.
Bai Ran took the jade slip and looked down. There were two golden symbols on the jade slip, which looked familiar. They seemed to be his name written in the local script.
"This jade slip is proof that Xiaohuan Island is your place of cultivation! It also contains a list of the residents of the island. Please keep it safe!" the middle-aged monk said calmly.
Then he put away the album, lay down on the bed again, and waved to Bai Ran.
His intention to drive away guests is undoubtedly revealed!
Bai Ran gave a slight salute and stepped out wisely.
After leaving Dengxian Pavilion, Bai Ran had no intention of staying in Qingyun Mountain to browse the scenery or get to know more of his colleagues. Instead, he directly flew away from Qingyun Mountain and returned to Gujiazhuang.
Early the next morning, Bai Ran left a letter to Boss Gu on the wooden table in the house, and flew to the nearest town with Qu Hun.
There, he bought a map of Kuixing Island and nearby waters, and then went straight to the port.
I heard from Wang Changqing that in the west of Kuixing Island there is the largest city on the island, "Kuixing City", where there is a "Tiandu Street" dedicated to the sale and purchase of trading items by immortal masters.
Although Bai Ran really wanted to go there to experience it and see what kind of things overseas monks traded and what kind of exercises they practiced.
But his current cultivation level was really pitifully low. Going to these places where monks gathered made him a little uneasy, and he felt uneasy, so he forced himself to do it.
"It seems that the strength is not enough, and the courage is much weaker." Bai Ran murmured somewhat self-deprecatingly on the way to the port.
This time, he did not choose the training place of Qingyun Mountain, but went to "Xiaohuan Island" where the spiritual energy was weak. This was a decision he made painstakingly in order to keep the secret of the small bottle.
Only on such an isolated island far away from other monks can he freely cultivate the elixirs needed, and his rapid progress in cultivation will not attract the attention of other monks!
Although this might slow down his cultivation a little, the aura is enough for him to cultivate the elixir he needs.
After all, he mainly relies on taking and refining pills to practice, so the thinness of his spiritual energy will not have much impact on him.
Bai Ran flew out of the huge restriction that enveloped the entire Kuixing Island from the port, and flew straight to "Xiaohuan Island" according to the description on the map.
Although this island is only next to Kuixing Island on the map, Bai Ran flew on the divine wind boat for a day and a night before he saw this island from the sky.
After Bai Ran circled around the island, he finally saw a small pier that should be the entrance to the formation.
So, Bai Ran slowly landed on the pier.
There were very few people on the pier, only a dozen fishermen-looking people sitting on the small boats beside the pier to rest.
As soon as they saw Bai Ran and Qu Hun falling from the sky, they all got off the boat and came over to Bai Ran.
"Heigui, I'm going to see the immortal master!"
As soon as the group of people arrived in front of Bai Ran, they all saluted, and one of them, a very strong-looking black-faced man, even greeted him respectfully, as if he was the leader of these fishermen.
"Is this Xiaohuan Island?" Although Bai Ran felt that there was no mistake, he still asked cautiously.
"Yes, Master Immortal! Is the Immortal Master here to change the spirit stones? But it wasn't long ago that the spirit stones were changed last time!" Hei Gui asked with a puzzled face.
"I'm not here to exchange spiritual stones. But from today on, I will be responsible for the consumption of spiritual stones on this island. Because this island is already my place of cultivation, you can just call me Master Baixian from now on.
!" Hearing that this island was indeed Xiaohuan Island, Bai Ran took a breath and said to the people in front of him with a smile.
Then, in the surprised eyes of these fishermen, he called to Quhun and flew towards the center of the island with his weapon again.