The arena battle came to an end, and the island fell silent again. The monks who were still alive went into seclusion and devoted all their attention to their cultivation.
At this time, the immortal power in the city increased again, reaching twelve times the usual level. Nourished by the rich power of immortality, many monks have broken through the realm and reached the virtual immortal stage.
The city guards who had disappeared appeared again and organized the monks who had advanced to the Void Immortal Stage to go to Island No. 11.
At first, those monks were reluctant. After all, they only had two years. If they could not reach the peak of Void Immortal, wouldn't the winning rate in the arena battle be greatly reduced?
But the city lord's mansion remained strong, and if he didn't obey the management, he would be killed on the spot! This time, no one dared to resist. And according to the latest news, the city owner of Island No. 1 has been replaced.
The former city lord Qi Ying was defeated by his opponent in the ring battle. Like those fallen monks, he turned into a skeleton and eventually became dust in the universe.
This news was not good for Cheng Ling, but what made him happy was that Zhang Chu returned to Island No. 1 again and continued to become the general protecting the city lord's palace.
In the backyard of the mansion, Zhang Chu and Cheng Ling sat opposite each other. The former bowed to express his thanks and said: "Master, if it weren't for the spell you taught me this time, the battle in the arena would have been much more difficult. I would like to thank you, Master!"
Cheng Ling secretly sighed that Zhang Chu had not chosen to practice swordsmanship after all, so it seemed that her fate with him was that of master and servant at best.
He then asked: "What is the concentration of immortal energy on Island No. 41? Why are you willing to return here?"
"The concentration of immortal energy on Island No. 41 is higher than here, twenty times. After the death of City Lord Qi, Island No. 1 was replaced by a new City Lord. Since the owner is here, I will definitely come back."
"It happened that the new city lord was on Island No. 41 with me, so I established a good relationship with him and took the opportunity to come back."
"Who is this city lord from, and what is his cultivation level?"
"The city owner was born in Wanjian Villa, his name is Xie Yunfeng, and his cultivation is in the early stage of Celestial Immortality. In fact, none of those Celestial Immortal monks are willing to leave the original island, but the island owner has no choice but to give the order, even if you don't come, you have to come!"
"Island owner? You mean the island owner within the island group? Who is he and what level of cultivation is he?"
Zhang Chu smiled bitterly and replied: "I don't know about that, I just heard his voice during the ring battle. Legend has it that the island owner has a very high level of cultivation and has reached the Immortal Lord stage. Therefore, no monk on the island dares to resist!"
Cheng Ling was silent. As a monk in the Immortal Lord stage, he was like an ant in front of him and could not act rashly! After pausing for a moment, he asked again: "Why are those monks unwilling to leave? Doesn't being the city lord have a temporary power?"
Zhang Chushai said: "The weight doesn't matter for a while. Now I understand that the monks in the Immortal Stage are all concentrated on Island No. 45, and the concentration of Immortal Energy there is at least twenty-five times higher than usual."
"Looking at this place again, even in the city lord's palace, it is only twelve times. Therefore, no monk in the immortal stage is willing to be the city lord. It is better to be assigned to those after 30. After all, the immortal power there is relatively strong, but if you are assigned to Islands within 10, the concentration of immortal energy differs by more than half, who would be willing!"
"The reason City Lord Xie was appointed here is because he has just advanced to the Immortal Stage."
"Besides, the biennial arena battle will not change. There are differences in the training environment, so how to win? The previous Lord Qi City lost in the arena battle, and his life and death were eliminated."
"Master, there is something that I would like to say to you. With your cultivation level, you can definitely go to an island with higher immortal power, so why do you stick to Island No. 1?"
Cheng Ling sighed: "It's not that I don't want to, but the situation dictates that I need to buy time. You all don't know the secrets of the island group. There is a price to pay for the favorable training conditions, and this price may be your life!" "
After saying that, he told Zhang Chu exactly what he had speculated!
Zhang Chu broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. If it was true as Cheng Ling said, all the monks in the island group were kept captive by the demonic giants, and they would have life and death in the palm of their hands, without even a trace of room for resistance!
But he believed that there was no need for Cheng Ling to lie to him.
"What should we do? We have to find a way to escape!"
"You can't escape! The phantom formation on the sea is a natural barrier. If I expected it right, the entire island group is surrounded by the phantom formation."
"Is there no way to crack it?"
"The only way is to study the formation. Only when you reach a certain level can you leave the island group. Therefore, I need time to hide on Island No. 1 to avoid being discovered by the magic giant, and spend several years trying to improve the level of the formation. "
Zhang Chu suddenly realized, thought for a while and then asked: "But this is too passive. How can the level of the array be improved so easily? What if the demonic giant recovers to a critical moment and kills all the monks on the island? "
Cheng Ling nodded and said, "Your concerns are very reasonable, so we still need to use external help!"
"With external help? Who can we borrow from? The master just said that the entire island group is surrounded by a phantom formation, so how can we get out?"
"It depends on you! According to my speculation, the outer illusion formation should be at the master level. As long as you give me a few years to advance to the master level of the immortal formation, I will be 80% sure."
"Moreover, the actions of that demon giant have seriously damaged the interests of various sects. You are from the Xuantian Sect. If you can take the opportunity to leave the island and spread the news here, they will definitely not give up."
"As long as those sects gather their elites here, and we cooperate internally and externally, and attack from both inside and outside, we will be sure to defeat the demon giant!"
Zhang Chu's eyes lit up. This method was indeed feasible. Otherwise, he and Cheng Ling alone would not be able to compete with the demon giant.
In fact, Cheng Ling still kept an eye on this. According to his speculation, the cultivation level of the Demon Dao Giant was by no means simple, and the sects on the edge of the Zhongyuan Continent alone were no match at all.
But he must not say that, once he said it, there would be no outside forces that would dare to intervene. As long as several parties get into a scuffle, he can fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to leave the island group.
This plan is of course so that he can escape, but it also eliminates a hidden danger for Zhongyuan Continent. Some sacrifices are inevitable.
Moreover, the environment in the island group is indeed good. Once the demon giant is expelled, this place will become the secret cultivation realm of those sects. It is really a place where blessings and misfortunes lie, and misfortunes and blessings rely on.
After some discussion, the two finally unified their thoughts. Zhang Chu no longer advised Cheng Ling to leave Island No. 1, but took the Earth Spirit Pill presented by Cheng Ling and went into seclusion to practice!
After Zhang Chu left, Cheng Ling entered into the formation deduction again.
Although the island sealing formation disappeared quickly, he still touched a trace of it. With the help of this trace of the formation's artistic conception, he finally advanced the formation path to the Immortal Formation Master after half a year.
But the subsequent deduction is even more difficult! For this reason, he specially made an appointment with Zhang Chu to find the classics recording the formation.
Within half a year, Zhang Chu's cultivation reached the early stage of Earth Immortal. He received Cheng Ling's summons and hurried over.
Cheng Ling then asked: "Zhang Chu, can you go to other islands now?"
Zhang Chu replied: "This is a bit difficult. Unless the arena battle is started or the cultivation level is improved, island monks below No. 45 cannot move around at will."
Cheng Ling frowned. There was no other way. In order to get more formation books, he had to go to other islands.
He then asked: "Are the contents recorded in the Immortal Magic Tower on each island the same?"
"This depends on the monk's cultivation level. For example, the records on island No. 110 are basically the classics of the Human Immortal Stage, while No. 1120 is the Void Immortal Stage, and so on."
"Okay then, I will break through to the Void Immortal stage tomorrow, hoping to find a suitable formation book on Island No. 11."
Wen Lan advanced to the virtual immortal stage three months ago. It was a pity that Cheng Ling did not go with him at that time, but now his wish has come true.
For Cheng Ling, it was too easy to break through. All he had to do was adjust his breathing technique. After adjusting his cultivation level to the virtual immortal stage, he returned to the backyard. Since the island was to be changed, the herbs transplanted here could not be left behind.
As time goes by, Cheng Ling's internal space evolution gradually takes shape, and herbs below the Xuanxian stage can be included in the Origin Star. Putting away the formations set up on the periphery, his spiritual consciousness entered the Origin Star. When he found Fox Yue, he said: "Xiaoyue, I want to bring the outside medicine garden into the inner space. You can clear out an open space."
Hu Yue said: "There is no need to tidy up. There is a large open space behind the hut where I live, which is enough to put down several medicinal gardens."
Cheng Ling was overjoyed and took back his consciousness. The Dragon Ling Sword came into his palm and cut off the entire medicine garden along the periphery. Immediately afterwards, the transfer formation began to be set up again, and it took a long time to move the entire medicine garden into the Origin Star.
Everything was ready, and the next day, he went to Island No. 11 under the escort of the City Lord's Mansion.
At Cheng Ling's request, Zhang Chu found an excuse to accompany him. This is a rare opportunity to go out to the island to observe the phantom formations on the sea. But you can't leave the island for too long. Even if Zhang Chu is here, you can only stay out for five days at most.
Zhang Chu was very smart, and he brought over all his close friends, as well as a very fast flying boat. Time is tight, try not to spend too much on the road.
Several people followed the path they came from more than two years ago and arrived at the outskirts of the magic array in half a day. The sea here was still relatively calm, so Cheng Ling stood at the front of the flying boat and carefully observed the formation.
The phantom array covered a large area, and it was impossible to see the whole area clearly in a short time. Cheng Ling could only choose one place and memorize all the directions of the array.
Every once in a while, the flying boat will change its direction. Five days passed like this, and Cheng Ling roughly memorized the directions of a quarter of the formation. He was secretly shocked in his heart. The monk who set up the magic array was more than a level higher than himself.
I originally thought that at most I could reach the peak of the Immortal Formation Master, but looking at this situation, I would at least be a Master of the Immortal Formation. The Demon Dao Giant is so capable, and every time he can find an extremely powerful array master to help him.
Five days had passed and Zhang Chu did not dare to delay any longer, so he sent Cheng Ling to Island No. 11.
As soon as you set foot on the island, the rich immortal power rushed towards your face. Calculated based on the peripheral concentration, the immortal power in the city of No. 11 Island was at least fifteen times that of the outside.
As Zhang Chu came to the city, after questioning, he found out that the city was already occupied by monks and they could only stay outside the city. Cheng Ling didn't care about this, but asked Zhang Chu to inquire about Wen Lan's whereabouts.
After waiting outside the city for two hours, Zhang Chu turned around and said, "I heard about it. Wen Lan temporarily opened a cave in the southern mountain range. He should be in retreat."
Cheng Ling nodded and headed towards the mountains to the south!
