The plan was carried out in an orderly manner, and the fairy elixir received crazy support from the monks on the island. Zhang Chu was also very helpful and sold it through multiple channels. He knew that what Cheng Ling cared about was not that little fairy crystal, and besides, the monks on the island had very few fairy crystals, so he simply proposed a transaction method of exchanging high-grade herbal ore.
Not to mention, this method makes it easier for the monks on the island to accept it. They all couldn't sit still and began to move towards the mountains on the edge of the island. Nonsense, the effect of a fairy elixir is at least worth a month of seclusion. Who would want to stay there and practice hard!
Fortunately, the island is very large and has not been developed for many years. It is basically in its original state. There are countless herbal minerals on the island and they will not be plundered all in a short time.
A month later, Zhang Chu took the initiative to contact Cheng Ling for the first time and brought over three storage rings full of herbal minerals, many of which were very precious and rarely seen even in Zhongyuan Continent.
Cheng Ling took it with satisfaction and saw with a glance that the other party's cultivation level had reached the peak of Xuanxian. He nodded slightly, took out two bottles of two-line Yin-Yang pills and said, "That's right, you can reach the peak of Xuanxian in just one month. There are still some pills here, take them!"
Zhang Chu was overjoyed. By now, he was completely convinced by Cheng Ling. According to previous training, it would take at least a year to advance from the late stage of Xuanxian to the peak. That was in an environment with extremely strong immortal power, but now it only takes a month to reach it.
Moreover, Cheng Ling has collected so many high-quality herbal materials, and his alchemy level is definitely not low. As long as he keeps up with the pace and performs hard, he will never be short of elixirs.
Whether in the mortal world or the immortal world, alchemy masters are a profession in short supply, and can only be found in those major sects or alchemy alliances.
In the past, if you wanted to refine a pot of elixir, you would have to pay several times the price of materials and ask your grandfather to tell your grandma. Even if you ask for help, you would be angry and dare not say anything if it failed. After all, you still hope for a next time, right?
Now it's fine, there's an elixir master directly covering him. Moreover, in the past month, except for the tasks assigned to him, Cheng Ling had not appeared at all. Life goes on as usual, but the elixir keeps coming. Everyone is willing to give up such a good thing!
Cheng Ling did not expect Zhang Chu's thoughts, and his attention was entirely focused on the demon giant. After pondering for a while, he asked: "The transaction volume is so large, but some people doubt the origin of the elixir, and what's going on at the City Lord's Mansion?"
Zhang Chu replied: "Master, don't worry. I have entrusted several close associates to sell these elixirs separately. Each of them has a small quantity. If anyone asks, they will lie and claim that they are a reward from Lord Qi City."
"As for the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Qi is in retreat. The arena battle in two years' time will also be extremely stressful for him, and he has no time to care about it."
"Oh? So even City Lord Qi needs to participate in the arena battle?"
"Yes, as long as you enter the island group, no matter what level you are or what your identity is, you cannot avoid the biennial arena battle. Of course, both sides are monks of the same level, which is fair."
"Well, tell me the specific process of the ring battle."
"Yes! According to the guards around me who have participated in the ring battle, there are a total of forty-nine islands here. Every two years, the monks in the island group must participate in the ring battle. The ring battle is divided into nine levels, namely human Immortal, Xu Immortal, Xuan Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Luo Tian Shang Immortal, Da Luo Jin Immortal, Jiutian Xuan Immortal, Immortal Lord nine and so on.”
"What?" Cheng Ling was startled and asked: "You mean there are monks above the Celestial Immortal stage in this island group? They were all kidnapped, even the Nine Heavens Xuan Immortal and Immortal Lord stage monks?"
"I'm not sure about this. I heard from the guard that he had seen a powerful person in the realm of Luo Tianxian. I don't know how many there are, and whether there are any monks above Luo Tianxian."
Cheng Ling's face suddenly darkened. He originally thought that the island group would only have Celestial Immortal monks at most, so he was not afraid. With his average combat power, Celestial Immortal monks were no match for him. But things are different now. If monks above the Immortal Stage are dispatched to the island, he is not sure of victory!
It seems that the previous strategy was correct, keeping a low profile and avoiding attracting other people's attention. His breath gathering technique combined with the Golden Page Technique, after improvement, is very mysterious and cannot be seen by ordinary monks.
But in this case, you must be extremely careful in your actions. He asked again: "If the cultivation level does not improve, is there no need to go to other islands?"
Zhang Chu couldn't understand what Cheng Ling meant for a while, and asked in confusion: "Why don't you want to improve your cultivation?"
"That's right. For example, if your current cultivation level is at the peak of Xuanxian, you will naturally have greater confidence in fighting with monks at the same Xuanxian stage. But once you advance to the Earthly Immortal stage, two years are limited after all, and you may only be promoted to the middle stage of Earthly Immortal. What should you do if you meet a monk at the peak of Earth Immortal?"
Zhang Chu finally understood and explained: "This situation may indeed happen, but there is nothing we can do about it. There is a city lord's mansion on each island. The responsibilities of the city lord's mansion are not only to maintain the stability of the city, but also to count the number of monks on the island. and cultivation."
"If a certain monk's cultivation level does not improve within two years, the guards in the city will be dispatched to move the monk elsewhere. As for where he went, it is unknown. In short, the moved monk has never appeared again."
Cheng Ling felt a chill in his heart. He was sure that those monks who were relocated were in danger. Based on what the demon giant had done on the Demon Blood Continent, it was likely that they were wiped out and became the nourishment for his healing.
Now it's troublesome. I originally wanted to delay it as much as possible and stay on Island No. 1 so that I won't be easily missed. But the two-year deadline is like a long sword hanging over my head, and there is no chance at all.
After a moment of silence, he asked again: "Then an ascended person like me will be taken away if I haven't made any progress in two years?"
"That's not the case. As long as you are participating in the ring battle, no matter what your cultivation level is, you will have another two years of buffer time after defeating the opponent."
Cheng Ling nodded. In this way, he still has at least four years! These four years are so precious, you must make good use of them.
"Okay, let's continue talking about the process of the ring battle!"
Zhang Chu swallowed and continued: "The time for the arena battle is fixed, but before that, all the monks must go through the City Lord's Mansion to test everyone's cultivation level."
"After the test is completed, everyone will get a lottery number, and the one with the same number as their own will be the opponent in the ring battle!"
"Oh? How to detect it specifically?"
"It's very simple. There are detection instruments in the city lord's palace. As long as the immortal power is injected into it, the specific cultivation level will naturally be detected. This can also minimize the possibility of fighting between two monks with a huge difference in strength in the same realm!"
"Of course, the number of people in each realm will not be equal. After arranging opponents of equal strength, the remaining monks can only be randomly assigned. For example, if you are assigned from the middle stage of Human Immortal to the late stage of Human Immortal, you will be considered unlucky!"
Cheng Ling frowned and asked, "Is the instrument accurate? What if someone hides his cultivation?"
Zhang Chu understood instantly and was silent for a long time before he said carefully: "I'm not sure about this. I hope the master can get away with it."
Cheng Ling was silent, this situation was unexpected, he could only take it one step at a time. He suddenly became uninterested, gave Zhang Chu a few casual instructions, and then sent him away.
Time is running out now, so we must do our best to improve. After refining pills several times in a row, the level of the alchemy method gradually increased, and it was now possible to refine Xuanling Pills. As for the Earth Spirit Pill, I haven’t been able to try it yet because of the lack of several herbs.
In the future, the time spent on refining pills can be greatly reduced. He even handed over the improvement of Yin Yang Pill to Hu Yue, asking her to find ways to improve the potency of the medicine and make it suitable for the heavenly world.
In the remaining time, he spent two hours a day studying sword techniques, two hours studying the secrets of swords, the remaining four hours deducing formations, and four hours resting on reflection.
The whole day was very full, and I originally planned to shorten the rest time, but after a few days, I found that it was not ideal. The Heavenly Way in the Immortal World has not yet fully adapted to it. Long-term practice makes the body tired, mental energy is consumed too quickly, and the efficiency does not increase but decreases.
In the end, I have no choice but to rest. Perhaps after getting used to the fairy world, this situation will improve significantly.
In this way, Cheng Ling once again immersed himself in cultivation and handed Zhang Chu enough pills to sell for several months. After all, the herbal minerals requested by Cheng Ling are becoming more and more precious, and it is difficult for the monks on the island to find them.
Before I knew it, five months passed quickly. On this day, Cheng Ling was concentrating on the formation formation when he suddenly felt a fluctuation in the formation.
He suddenly woke up, and when his consciousness swept over, he saw Wen Lan standing outside the formation calling anxiously. In the past five months, I have been constantly trying to set up various formations in the backyard, including illusion formations, killing formations, defensive formations, concealment formations, etc.
Cheng Ling's formation level has gradually returned to the peak of the Immortal Formation Master. Monks below the Immortal stage cannot see through it at all. No wonder Wen Lan is like a mouse pulling a tortoise outside, with nowhere to start!
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he came outside the formation in a flash. He looked at Wen Lan and said, "Brother Wen Lan, congratulations. In less than half a year, your cultivation has taken a further step and reached the peak of human immortality!"
Wen Lan's face was not good-looking, and he smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, now is not the time to congratulate you. The monks from the City Lord's Mansion are here. They want to see if you have refined the elixir. What should I do now?"
Cheng Ling slapped his forehead and was so focused on practicing that he almost forgot about the city lord's mansion. I originally thought that even if I was kicked out of the mansion, it would not be a big deal. With my own methods, I could easily find a cave and increase the concentration of immortal energy to more than ten times.
But now there are so many precious herbs transplanted in the backyard, as well as those complicated formations. Once the monks who know the goods see it, they don't expose it on the spot, and they can't find the grave even if they cry!
The matter is imminent, and there is no time to clean up inside. He forced himself to calm down and asked, "How many people have come and how long has it been?"
Wen Lan replied: "More than a dozen people have come, and it has been more than an hour. They have urged me several times, but Brother Yu really can't enter the backyard, and I'm afraid I won't be able to hold him back."
Cheng Ling secretly complained. If it didn't work out, just give them a few low-quality pills to deal with it first. At that moment, he forced himself to calm down and said to Wen Lan: "That's all, let's go to the lobby first, and then we can adapt accordingly!"
Wen Lan sighed secretly and followed him towards the hall.
Soon, they came to the front hall. Cheng Ling's consciousness swept away, and his heart suddenly burst into joy. Standing in the center of the front hall was none other than Zhang Chu!
This time, the matter in the City Lord's Mansion can finally be easily fooled!
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