"Brother Jiujiu, should Xue go all the way eastward?... Or let nature take its course and be content with the situation?"
Xue Tong asked half a question first, but when he saw that Jiujiu had no expression, he continued to ask.
The vulture screamed, flapped its wings fiercely several times, and flew ten miles.
"Yes, why should Xue be so anxious."
Xue Tong closed his eyes slightly and sat up on the vulture's back to meditate, saying, "You can go wherever you like, as you like."
Flying and stopping, a few days later we saw the Linhai Fishing Town in the distance.
The gait of pedestrians and the galloping carriages and horses in the town indicate that this place is not entirely populated by ordinary people.
Xue Tong did not wear the ghost cloak, but instead lined the Xuanqing Taoist robe with a top-quality protective shirt.
With his level of cultivation, it was almost impossible for the protective shirt to come in handy.
Xue Tong specially brought the bone puppet into the town.
Xue Tong didn't know everything about the Bone Puppet being deceived in Weining City, but he made a rough guess about the number of spirit stones by asking and checking.
From then on, the infusion of the bone puppet's spiritual power was strengthened, raising his mind to that of a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old boy.
Several acquired warriors near the town entrance were dumbfounded on the spot, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
But they still thought that Xue Tong was a high-level monk, and even a few people couldn't tell the difference between the higher level.
"Where is this? I want to travel to the outer sea. Have you heard any anecdotes?" Xue Tong asked.
A monk boldly replied: "There is a lot of chaos here. The young men collect some seafood to make medicine. I haven't heard anything special about the rumors outside the sea."
"Is there anything more familiar? Here's a sea chart." Xue Tong asked again.
The monk hurriedly sent Zhang Haitu, "Li Xiantian from Lutang Island is a well-known figure in this area. Seniors may wish to ask."
…
Li Xiantian was about fifty years old, with a round head and big ears. His cultivation level was average, but he was able to live in the open sea for a long time, which made him extraordinary.
Being kind and generous is one of them.
When Xue Tong came to the door, Li Xiantian was stunned. This was the first time a heavenly being visited.
"Li Xiantian, don't be nervous. Xue went to the sea and came to Lutang on the way." Xue Tong said with a smile.
"Please, please, please, let the island shine!"
Xue Tong asked about matters in the outer sea.
"The islands thousands of miles offshore are sparse, and little is known about them beyond that. I will send someone to invite my friends. If Xue Tianren is willing to wait for a few days, there may be interesting news."
"That's very good. Fellow Daoist Li just makes arrangements."
A few days later I saw Qiba Xiantian.
The monk surnamed Zhang talked about the broken ship that drifted to the island shore twenty years ago, "The ship was obviously not the style of Daliang or Xinyuan in the south. It had been in the sea for at least ten years. It was covered with seaweed, shells and conches, and there was a big hole on the starboard side. , indicating that it had been hit by a critical attack, there were no corpses on board, and there were no charts or items that could indicate the location.”
"How far can the current drift in ten years?" Xue Tong asked.
"The ocean currents are not fixed. Sometimes they flow more eastward, and sometimes they flow more westward. In those years, the currents from the west were mainly the currents. It can be estimated that it drifted at least 60,000 to 70,000 miles."
"You have never explored eastward?" Xue Tong asked again.
"Thank God for the cultivation of the juniors, no one comes. How dare they go to the vast East China Sea."
"Okay, can you guys sell a better boat to Xue?"
"Of course, if Xue Tian wants it, just take it." Li Xiantian said.
"Fellow Taoist, I accept it with my heart. Please also accept the spirit stone."
Xue Tong bought a twenty-foot iron-hulled sailboat.
…
"As you can see, asking for information is not about drinking tea. Some things can be asked directly." Xue Tong smiled and said to Bone Puppet.
"Direct east and slightly north, don't keep an eye on it all the time." Xue Tong ordered.
Among his four spiritual pets, the soul beast has no soul to suck; the white tiger has no beast corpse to eat; the stock of venom and poison powder can roughly bring the bone puppet to its peak; the eagle master was lowered by one level in the later period, but the two thunder attributes The inventory of animal carcasses would not be of much use.
…
Xue Tong and his four spiritual pets spent six years at sea!
He spent his days practicing scriptures and divine soul Taoist formulas, and by the way, he refined the Blood River Patrolling Dragon Formation.
The sword array is driven by twelve swords, and the faint bloody sword cloud condenses into a dark red dragon.
Xue Tong has only refined the second level, which is less than 40% as powerful as the Jiugong Formation.
It is equivalent to the power of the Nine Palace Formation at the peak of its master.
A few months later.
"Chirp, chirp!" the vulture chirped.
"The vulture looked high in the sky, what did it find?"
Xue Tongtengyun looked in the direction and saw a black spot on the sea.
"Island outside the sea?"
The reality was quite different from expectations.
A deserted island with an area of half a mile in diameter and no one around.
"Don't worry, it will be easier if you have an island. You can finally meet people."
Xue Tong didn't want to reveal his origins, so he sank the iron-hulled ship and continued his journey by flying boat.
At midnight that day, the waves roared loudly, and the hawksbills on the bow of the boat whistled rapidly.
See the ship in the distance...
Xue Tong jumped on the wooden boat and released all his spiritual pressure.
The monk on the boat was in his forties, had a square face, and was a master in cultivation. He shivered and said in a trembling voice: "God, have mercy on me!"
"You are lucky. I am in a good mood today, so I will give you a chance. What are you doing here?" Xue Tong said coldly.
"Junior Xi Lianhai hunted monsters, but he never expected to alarm the seniors!"
Xue Tong was tortured, and the more he listened, the more excited he became.
The Xilian Sea is the outer sea of a vast continent!
"There are more than a thousand islands in Xilian, and the mainland is thousands of miles eastward, but I have never been there," the monk said.
"Since you make a living by hunting animals, you should be aware of the monster market. I need to buy some animal carcasses."
"Panyun Island has the most animal carcasses, and the juniors also trade their harvest there, but..." the monk stammered.
"But what?" Xue Tong looked unhappy.
"There is a heavenly being on Panyun Island, named Zhang Qiu."
"It's just right. The gods are sitting in Panyun, and the beast corpses on the island will surely satisfy me."
"Zhang Zhenren has an eccentric personality. He was a northern celestial being in his early years. On the day he came to the island, there was a conflict and he was injured and ran away."
"Do you know where I can find a good medicine store?"
"I don't know, this junior, but I only buy Jade Spirit Pill and Tianque Pill on Panyun Island on weekdays."
"Well, if you are obedient, hand over the chart and leave quickly!" Xue Tong said.
Panyun Island.
Xue Tong used ghost concealment skills to hide his cultivation in the realm of heaven and human. He asked for the location of the largest animal shop, went straight to the third floor, and handed over the list.
The steward of the animal shop glanced at it, and saw the blue dragon, black dragon, ice dragon, electric eel, poisonous python...the last one was marked as the heavenly level.
"Celestial level? Have you eaten too much?" the steward said with a bad expression.
Xue Tong slowly withdrew the ghost concealment technique.
"Heaven!" The steward's expression suddenly changed.
"Senior, please forgive me. According to the rules of Panyun Island, outsiders must be received by Master Zhang personally."
"I don't want to disturb Master Zhang, so I bought the beast corpse and left."
"I can't really make the decision, senior, please forgive me, I need to inform the shopkeeper." The steward raised his hand and pressed the button on the table.
Xue Tong smiled and said nothing.
After a while, the shopkeeper hurried into the room and understood everything, "Senior, please go to the small courtyard next door to take a rest."
Panyun Island is similar to a small town, and both belong to Zhang Qiu's influence. Xue Tong traveled to the new territory, not to fight and kill people, but to mutually benefit Zhang Qiu, which was his original intention to go to the island.
"The shopkeeper leads the way!" Xue Tong said.
The small courtyard is exquisite, measuring ten feet square, and planted with some flowers, plants and short trees.
Xue Tong was pacing in the courtyard, waiting for Zhang Qiu, the real person of Panyun.
Zhang Qiu looks a bit stingy.
He has a thin face, small eyes and pale eyebrows. He is dressed in blue brocade and has a Yanyue Taoist crown tied with a purple scarf.
After a few polite words, Zhang Qiu asked: "How do you call Taoist Master and where does he come from."
"The poor Taoist Xue Tong, whose dharma name is Xuanling, is from Yangshan in the North. He heard that Xilian is rich in monsters and beasts, so he took the liberty to go to Panyun Island. He wanted to buy the beast carcass and leave, but the shopkeeper said there were other rules and invited him. Zhang Zhenren."
Xue Tong studied the map of the beast-hunting monk and casually named a place in the far north.
"Haha, Zhang set the rules because he was afraid of neglecting fellow Taoists who came to the island. What kind of animal corpses does Taoist Xue need?"
After reading Xue Tong's list, Zhang Qiu added: "Some of them are in stock, but the price is a little expensive."
"How much exactly?" Xue Tong asked.
It was his first time shopping in Xilian and he didn't know the local market.
"There are four million beast corpses at the top," Zhang Qiu said.
Xue Tong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "The price after the increase is similar to that of Yun Xi, maybe because there are more monsters in Xilian?"
He frowned and said, "It's a little expensive, but Xue needs it urgently, so just be more expensive."
Xue Tong bought one Lanshan thunder dragon and one Qinggao poisonous python.
Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Zhang Qiu.
"Taoist Xue is in urgent need of animal carcasses. Should he use them to refine medicine, draw talismans, or feed spiritual pets?"
Animal blood and marrow can be used to make body refining elixirs and talisman ink; animal skins can be made into talisman paper. In short, there are many uses, but Zhang Qiu's question is rare, and spiritual objects are usually traded regardless of their use.
"They are all," Xue Tong said lightly.
"Zhang knows a few areas where celestial-level sea beasts are infested. Is Master Xue interested in hunting them in person?" Zhang Qiu asked.
"Killing animals is dangerous. Xue never takes risks unless absolutely necessary." Xue Tong had little interest, especially the opportunity Zhang Qiu mentioned.
"Okay, Taoist friends are welcome to come often."
…
Xue Tong went all the way east and finally found out that Jinyan Medicine Store regularly sold six-grade elixirs.
Yaozhuang is located on Jinyan Island.
On the top of the giant rock, golden light shines under the light, with stone as the boundary, one yin and one yang, and the climate is excellent. Jinyan Island is famous for its elixir cultivation.
Jinyan Island is controlled by the Hao family, and all the islands are owned by the Hao family or their distant relatives.
The head of the family, Hao Dazhen, is the peak master. The forces behind him are intricate and complex. There are many heavenly beings who support the Hao family. Therefore, the rules of Jinyan Island are very strict. Outsiders can only go to the island on the fourth day of April and the tenth day of October every year to buy elixirs.
"The same is true for heavenly beings?" Xue Tong asked in the tavern.
The monk at the same table replied: "Heavenly beings may come to the island secretly, but a master like the Taoist Priest should not ask for trouble."
"The Hao family never goes out? It's impossible to produce everything they need by themselves."
"The Hao family comes to Taixing occasionally. They are not arrogant and domineering, but have a hard-line style that no one dares to offend."
"Have you been to Jinyan?" Xue Tong asked again.
"I'm not interested in elixirs. Just buy some from Taixing."
"Do you know the heavenly beings Hao Dazhen met?"
"Panyun's Zhang Qiu, Yu Mo's Tong Shang, and I don't know the others," the monk said.
Xue Tong paid a bag of spiritual stones and left.
He was careless in Panyun, buying what he had and leaving when he didn't, but Jinyan's medicine store could not do this.
Xue Tong's elixir consumption is nearly three times that of an ordinary person, and Jin Yan's elixir is a must-have.
There have always been disputes over resources in the Mysterious World.
It’s just that the disputes vary in size and severity.
…
Taixing private wharf.
The two-masted paddle boat slowly docked.
A group of monks disembarked from the ship, wearing dark green robes and a light gold rock logo on their chests.
Climbing up the stone steps, the camel waiting on the roadside suddenly turned its head and ran away without control, pulling the empty cart.
In the distance, a white tiger paced.
