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Han Changlin's eyes showed surprise. In his opinion, Jiang Yingxue should have gained enlightenment by setting up this "Xingtian Hidden Sky Formation", and actually entered the selfless state of enlightenment on her own.
Han Changlin took a deep look at Jiang Yingxue and did not interrupt. Instead, he closed his eyes and started practicing.
More than half a month later, Han Changlin, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, with an expression of surprise on his face. He stood up, came to the side of the spirit boat, and looked forward.
On the endless sea, a large number of islands appeared, like emeralds, dotted on the boundless blue sea.
In the center of these islands, there is the largest island, which seems to be at least two to three hundred miles in radius. On this largest island, a fairy city is built. This fairy city is very strange.
Because in the center of this island is a mountain range more than a thousand feet high, and the entire island looks like a huge mountain peak protruding from the sea.
This fairy city is built on this mountain peak. Countless buildings are built around the mountain. From a distance, at first glance, this fairy city looks more like a huge watchtower, and on the mountain peak, there is indeed a shining light. A thick blue beam of light soared into the sky, gathered together at an altitude of several thousand feet, and then fell down, enveloping the surrounding area within a thousand miles.
This layer of light blue light mask is looming, and you can vaguely see gaps between the light masks. From time to time, immortal cultivators fly through these gaps to enter and leave the fairy city and surrounding islands.
This is Han Changlin's destination this time - Thunder Stone Immortal City. Although Thunder Stone Immortal City is not the forefront of the human race in the endless outer sea, it is almost the same. It can be regarded as the fairy city on the first line of defense.
When Han Changlin was in Jinxia Immortal City, he had already decided to come to Thunder Stone Immortal City for training. The main reason is that in front of this Immortal City, there is a sea area called the Black Abyss Sea. There are countless monsters and even monsters living in the Black Abyss Sea. Even some nearby islands are occupied by a large number of monsters.
It can be said that the Black Abyss Sea is a place of contention between the human race and the demon clan in the sea. Every year, there are countless immortal cultivators who enter and leave the Black Abyss Sea for trials. Of course, there are also many immortal cultivators who have died in it.
After Han Changlin mastered the natal magic sword Qingyan Sword and Star Sword Pill, his combat power was greatly increased. Coupled with the superior skill "Liyan Zhenxuan Jue", he was able to kill him as soon as he left Qianshi Island. He caught two Jindan monks who intercepted him.
But this also exposed one of his shortcomings, that is, the Six-Way Explosive Flame Technique. The Six-Way Explosive Flame Technique is a fire spell, and its attack power can definitely be ranked in the top ten among intermediate attack spells.
However, Han Changlin, who had just integrated this intermediate seal, had only mastered the primary stage of this intermediate spell - the spell level.
Although the attack power of the fireball condensed from the spell-level Six Paths of Explosive Flame Technique cannot be underestimated, the speed is really unsatisfactory. After all, for a golden elixir stage immortal cultivator, it comes and goes like wind and moves like thunder and lightning. With the spell-level Six Paths Explosive Flame Technique, Han Changlin had just condensed the fireball, and the opponent might have already disappeared.
That's why Han Changlin decided to come to this endless open sea to practice and practice the Six Paths of Explosive Flame Technique. Of course, he also had to practice hard on the other intermediate magic magic lightning technique that he fused. If he could also practice this spell, When you reach Dzogchen, even if you encounter a Nascent Soul cultivator, you will be able to escape even if you can't defeat him.
"What a beautiful fairy city."
At some point, Jiang Yingxue also lay on the side of the spirit boat, her pretty face full of excitement, her eyes full of wonder and excitement, and she exclaimed.
"The place has arrived. It's time for us to go down. First, let's find a place for you to settle down."
Han Changlin smiled slightly, and a hazy green-red aura emerged from his body, even Jiang Yingxue beside him was wrapped in it.
Han Changlin took Jiang Yingxue up into the sky and flew into the air. Then he gently stretched out his right hand, and the spirit boat quickly shrank in a rich green aura, until it shrank to the size of a palm, and then landed in Han Changlin's palm. up, and then disappeared.
Han Changlin took Jiang Yingxue and flew towards the center of Thunder Stone Immortal City. Along the way, the two of them also felt the prosperity here. Thunder Stone Immortal City was already in the depths of the endless open sea. It was regarded as the first-line fairy city of the human race. This There is no large-scale teleportation array in the fairy city. It may be to prevent the demon clan from breaking through the fairy city and entering the human race's fairy city behind the endless outer sea through the teleportation array.
But this does not affect the prosperity of this frontier fairy city at all. Countless immortal cultivators come and go, most of them are heading towards the largest Thunder Stone Immortal City, but there are also many immortal cultivators, crisscrossing the sea of clouds and blue sky, going in and out. There are countless islands around.
Around this Thunder Stone Immortal City, there are not only many immortal cultivators, but also countless mortals, driving cargo ships one after another, going in and out of these large and small islands. What makes Han Changlin and Jiang Yingxue even more amazed is that there are actually several ships The huge cargo ship, which was a hundred feet long, was loaded with materials purchased from the Thunder Stone Immortal City and headed towards the rear.
Not only were there many mortal body refiners on such cargo ships, but they were also protected by immortal cultivators, because Han Changlin's spiritual mind scanned these huge cargo ships slightly and he understood the situation above clearly.
Such a cargo ship would naturally have a better income from spiritual stones than those he saw in the inland sea. Of course, the corresponding risks would also increase a lot. Although they were traveling towards the inland sea, they were still in the inland sea. It is not uncommon to encounter monsters on the way, resulting in shipwreck and death.
After pressing the escape light and landing on a cliff in front of the Thunder Stone Immortal City, Han Changlin led Jiang Yingxue towards the city gate. Now that he saw the magnificent Immortal City in front of him at a close distance, Han Changlin who was standing around was also secretly amazed.
This fairy city basically wraps up a mountain, and circles of wide streets are built around the thick mountain peaks. On the side of these streets close to the mountain peaks, shops are built one after another along the mountain.
Jiang Yingxue's little face was full of shock. Although Jinxia Fairy City was not small, in a sense, it was even twice as big as Thunder Stone Fairy City, but Jiang Yingxue encountered the Jiang family as soon as she was born. Due to the crowding out of people, even the area south of Jinxia Fairy City has not been visited, let alone the more prosperous west and east of the city.
So after she saw the Thunder Stone Immortal City in front of her, after the shock, her pretty face was filled with excitement.
Looking at the long queue of Qi-refining stage immortal cultivators beside him, Jiang Yingxue followed Han Changlin as he strutted towards the city gate.
Han Changlin's golden elixir stage spiritual pressure was clearly revealed. Even the foundation-building stage monks who were preparing to go straight into the city couldn't help but change their expressions after sensing the mountain of spiritual pressure on Han Changlin's body, and they all moved out of the way to let Han Changlin go first.
The eyes of many monks in the Qi Refining Stage around him glanced at Jiang Yingxue from time to time, with expressions of envy on their faces. While Jiang Yingxue felt proud in her heart, her pretty face could not help but blush slightly, and she took a few steps away in embarrassment. , almost following Han Changlin's back, walked into the fairy city.
The Immortal City monks guarding the gate immediately bowed and saluted after sensing the spiritual pressure on Han Changlin. The leading woman even respectfully handed over a silver token after the salute.
Han Changlin took the token, nodded to the guards with a smile, and then walked towards the fairy city. Soon the two of them disappeared on the streets of Thunder Stone Fairy City.
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After entering Thunder Stone Immortal City, Han Changlin really felt what prosperity was. Before, outside the Immortal City, due to the obstruction of the city wall and the angle of view, he did not see that there was a place at the foot of the mountain of Thunder Stone Immortal City. A small market of one or twenty miles in size.
People were coming and going in the market. What surprised Han Changlin was that less than half of the immortal cultivators who came in and out of the market were in the foundation-building stage. Han Changlin even sensed a dozen spiritual pressures no less than his own.
After Han Changlin figured out the approximate strength distribution of this immortal city monk, the spiritual pressure on his body had disappeared without a trace under the use of the transformation technique. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary mortal.
Taking Jiang Yingxue with them, the two of them did not stop at Fangshi, but walked towards the mountain. The main street of Lei Shixian City was actually a wide winding mountain road.
Along the way, Jiang Yingxue's pretty face was full of curiosity. Every time she passed a shop, she couldn't help but poke her head in. She seemed to want to go in and take a look, but Han Changlin had no intention of staying, so she could only look helpless. He withdrew his curious eyes and followed Han Changlin closely.
After walking for more than half an hour, the two came to a protruding cliff halfway up the mountain. Here stood a small palace with a faint green aura shining through it. After seeing the plaque on the palace, Han Changlin revealed smile.
The three words "Xianfuju" are clearly engraved on the plaque on the palace.
Han Changlin's intention is very clear. He wants to find a place to stay first and settle Jiang Yingxue. He is going to the sea to practice and practice two intermediate spells. Naturally, he cannot take Jiang Yingxue with him. For Jiang Yingxue now, The most important thing is of course to practice hard.
Only after the realm of the previous life is restored, the sealed memories can be restored, and this process will undoubtedly be long.
It was the first time for Jiang Yingxue to come to this "Xianfu Residence" with a puzzled expression on her pretty face. However, she did not ask questions, but followed Han Changlin obediently into the main hall.
Before entering the hall, Han Changlin's spiritual pressure appeared again, and his golden elixir stage aura was unabashedly revealed.
After entering the main hall, Han Changlin was surprised to find that there were very few people in the main hall. There were only a few people chatting with the receptionist dressed up as a few disciples of the Water Control Palace.
After Han Changlin and the others came in, a beautiful woman in her thirties hurriedly walked up, bowed respectfully, and then said:
"Senior, do you want to rent a training cave?"
Han Changlin nodded and did not continue speaking.
"Senior, please follow me."
The beautiful woman made a "please" gesture to Han Changlin, and then led Han Changlin into a private room deep in the hall.
After Han Changlin and Jiang Yingxue sat down, the beautiful woman also sat down on the stool opposite them.
"There are no cultivation caves for rent in our Thunder Stone Immortal City, but on the islands outside, our Water Control Palace has built one hundred and eight high-quality caves. Each cave occupies an independent island, and these islands Below, the spiritual veins running through the Thunder Stone Mountain are full of spiritual energy."
Hearing this, Han Changlin showed a smile on his face. He never liked to be disturbed by people in his training place. It would be great if he could really occupy an island to himself.
Thinking of this, Han Changlin smiled and said:
"But I wonder if these caves are still available. Han wants to rent one."
The beautiful woman smiled slightly and even narrowed her eyes slightly:
"These one hundred and eight high-grade caves are the best caves within the nearly 10,000-mile radius of our Thunder Stone Immortal City. There are certainly some available, but the price will be a little more expensive."
After hearing this, Han Changlin showed a puzzled expression on his face. He was a little surprised as to why the woman in front of him emphasized that the cave was more expensive. Even in Jinxia Immortal City, the cave he rented only cost 800 low-grade spiritual stones for a year. This price is naturally a bit expensive for ordinary cultivators in the foundation building and Qi refining stages, but to him, it is nothing at all.
"Is it possible that the cave here is more expensive than Jinxia Fairy City?"
Han Changlin cursed in his heart.
Seeing Han Changlin's expression, the beautiful woman immediately understood. This Jindan senior in front of her was probably the first time she came to this Thunder Stone Immortal City. Thinking of this, the beautiful woman stopped trying to be mysterious to prevent the person in front of her from being angry:
"The rent for these caves is 3,000 low-grade spiritual stones per year, and the spiritual stones required for the operation of the entire island's defense formation are about 600 yuan per year, which is also borne by the person who rents the caves."
Jiang Yingxue, who was next to Han Changlin, didn't think much of the price mentioned by the beautiful woman because she had no idea about spiritual stones at all, but Han Changlin showed a surprised expression on his face.
"Why is it so expensive?"
Han Changlin was a little confused. Renting a high-grade cave in Jinxia Immortal City only cost 800 low-grade spiritual stones for a year, while renting a cave in Thunder Stone Immortal City in front of him cost 3,600, including the cost of operating the formation. One hundred pieces of low-grade spiritual stones were more than four times more expensive than the cave in Jinxia Immortal City.
"Senior, please listen to junior's explanation."
The pretty woman had a helpless expression on her pretty face. She sensed Han Changlin's doubts and knew that the person in front of her must have suspected that she was deliberately raising the price.
Han Changlin looked at the beautiful woman in silence, waiting for her explanation.
"Seniors also understand that in the depths of this endless open sea, they may be attacked by a large number of monsters at any time. In order to prevent the impact of monsters, Thunder Stone Immortal City operates a city defense formation all year round to protect everything within a thousand miles of the surrounding area. The islands are covered in it, and just to maintain the operation of the formation, the amount of spiritual stones consumed every year is an astronomical number."
Seeing Han Changlin nodded, the beautiful woman continued:
"And there are a large number of immortal cultivators who come from the Burning Immortal Sea to experience in the endless sea, and there are also a few high-level monks like the seniors. This has resulted in a serious shortage of the number of caves. In order to allow such high-level cultivators as the seniors, High-level monks can successfully rent caves, so we deliberately raise the rental prices of some caves. In this way, a large number of low-level monks in the Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage will give up renting caves because the price is beyond their affordable range."
Hearing this reason, Han Changlin showed a speechless expression on his face, but he knew that in the endless sea where caves are rare, raising the price is indeed a good way to provide caves for high-level monks. After all, the golden elixir monks earned through trials. The number of spiritual stones far exceeds those of low-level monks such as Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining.
After understanding the reason, Han Changlin couldn't help but hesitate. Although Han Changlin was rich, he could not help but hesitate. Thirty-six hundred yuan of low-grade spiritual stones a year would be 72,000 yuan of low-grade spiritual stones in twenty years. This price was almost worth one piece. It's an ordinary magic weapon.
However, in order to give himself and Jiang Yingxue a quiet and safe place to practice, it seemed that they had no choice but to take the spirit stone. Besides, since he was training in the sea, he had to have a place to stay in case of danger or injury. What's not?
Thinking of this, Han Changlin was about to speak, when the beautiful woman spoke again:
"However, there is a way to rent a cave within a thousand miles of our Thunder Stone Immortal City without paying rent. It is also permanently valid. As long as the senior does not leave voluntarily, the cave will always be owned by the senior."
Hearing this, Han Changlin did not show any excitement, but his expression became solemn:
"Girl, why don't you tell me the conditions first?"
The beautiful woman in front of him always likes to speak first, surprising people. Moreover, Han Changlin knows very well that there is no free lunch in this world. If Yushui Palace is willing to give away an entire island, there must be harsh conditions.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the beautiful woman smiled and said: "This condition is almost impossible for low-level monks like me, but for seniors, it is very possible."
After a pause, the beautiful woman continued:
"It's very simple to say, as long as the senior kills more than a hundred second-level monsters, or three third-level monsters, and collects their souls into this soul card, then with this piece of accumulated monsters The soul card of the beast spirit soul can be exchanged for any unleased cave, and the period is unlimited."
"In addition, as long as the senior accepts this soul card for collecting monster souls, then we, Yushui Palace, can give the senior a 50% discount on the leased cave for ten years. As long as the senior can collect all the monster souls within ten years, it will be You can directly continue to renew the lease of the cave for free, and there will never be a time limit."
Hearing this, Han Changlin did not rush to answer, but began to ponder. He didn't understand what the Water Control Palace did to collect monster souls? In addition to refining spiritual weapons, monster souls can also be used to practice some magic secrets.
On the surface, the Yushui Palace is in the opposite form to the Six Extremes Demonic Palace, and it has always regarded itself as a righteous path. It is unlikely that it will be used to practice the secrets of the demonic path, so the most likely use is to refine spiritual weapons.
However, with the strength of the Water Control Palace, it seems to Han Changlin that there is no shortage of monster spirits. The most indispensable thing in the Great Week is the spirits of low-level monsters.
While Han Changlin was thinking about the reason, the beautiful woman apparently guessed Han Changlin's doubts and said with a smile:
“Senior, it’s strange to think that our Water Control Palace, which occupies nearly one-third of the area controlled by the human race in the endless outer sea, is lacking this bit of monster spirit. In fact, our Water Control Palace has good intentions in doing this. "
Seeing the surprised expression on Han Changlin's face, the beautiful woman continued:
"We human monks are practicing in this endless open sea. In the final analysis, we are opening up and expanding the territory for our human race. The reason why our Water Control Palace is doing this is to encourage the immortal cultivators to kill more monsters and expand the territory." The endless outer sea area controlled by our human race is also a weakening of the strength of the monster beasts."
"Seniors also know that there are countless low-level monsters. If you kill a batch, another batch will be born soon. But for second-level monsters, especially third-level monsters, it is not easy to give birth. On the one hand, it depends on the blood type of the monster, and on the other hand, it also takes a long time. Moreover, the second-order monster and the third-order monster are also the most high-level monsters that our human monks face in the endless sea. The more we kill, the more we kill. It is naturally more beneficial to our human race."
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