It had been almost three years since Wang Qi arrived at Huang Li Island. During these three years, Wang Qi's cultivation was still stuck at the Ninth Layer of Blood Refining Realm. However, he was not impatient at all. Instead, he focused all his energy on strengthening his foundation and honing his swordsmanship.
At the same time, due to his meticulous care, of the two spirit gathering lands given to him by Enlightened Hu Lili, one was turned into a spiritual field while the other was turned into a spiritual herb garden. Both of them had a good harvest. One had to know that these spiritual fields were different from ordinary spiritual energy gathering grounds. The spiritual energy gathering ground that Huang Li Island had opened up was twice the size of other spiritual energy gathering grounds due to the density of the spiritual energy.
Later on, the number of spirit gathering lands on Huang Li Island increased again. Wang Qi received another spiritual field from Enlightened Hu Lili. This time, he planted a mid-grade spiritual material: Ma Xiang Wood.
The seven Blood Refining Realm disciples who first observed Enlightened Zhenling Lu Xuanping's swordsmanship had already reached the Ninth Layer of Blood Refining Realm before they arrived at Huang Li Island. They were only one step away from breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm and becoming an inner disciple of Zhenling Realm.
These seven disciples came to Huang Li Island with good intentions. However, when they arrived, not only did they not see the famous' Water Sword Fairy 'Enlightened Lu Xuanping, they did not even see Enlightened Hu Lili. The only person they saw was Enlightened Lu Qin-er, who was said to be Enlightened Lu's little sister and Enlightened Lu Qin-er's demonic pet. However, they only caught a glimpse of her from afar and only saw her back a few times.
The seven of them were no different from other Blood Refining Realm disciples who came to Huang Li Island for training. They were responsible for managing the spiritual fields and handing over their harvests. Everything was handled by the Blood Condensation Realm cultivator Fang Tao who was stationed at Huang Li Island.
A year later, the seven of them were still diligently tending to the spiritual fields on Huang Li Island, practicing their swordsmanship, and cultivating in peace. Another year had passed, and many of the side hall disciples who were weaker than them had already advanced to the Ninth Layer of Blood Refining Realm, while some of the disciples who were on the same level as them had already advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm.
Frankly speaking, the seven of them had the opportunity to observe Lu Xuanping's swordsmanship and quickly advance to the peak of the Blood Refining Realm. This had indeed allowed the seven of them to walk ahead of their peers. Even though they had missed the Blood Condensing Pill and missed the top 32 places in the side hall's competition because of this, the seven of them had always believed that they would continue to lead because of this fortuitous encounter.
Because at least in the eyes of outsiders, what they had obtained was Enlightened Lu Xuanping's fortuitous encounter. It was not impossible for them to become Enlightened Lu Xuanping's disciples in the future. Although the seven of them did not say this out loud, it had more or less pierced into their hearts. Unknowingly, the seven of them had begun to feel like they were the descendants of the 'Water Sword Fairy'. And the side hall's Enlightened Xuanyuan also seemed to add fuel to the fire. He directly sent the seven of them to Huang Li Island where Enlightened Lu Xuanping was stationed. In the eyes of outsiders, this seemed to further confirm the rumor that the seven of them had received Enlightened Lu Xuanping's favor.
However, after spending two years on Huang Li Island, the seven of them had been going through the same training process as ordinary Blood Refining Realm disciples. They did not receive any guidance from Enlightened Master Lu Xuanping as they had imagined.
But in these two years, the disciples who were familiar with them, because of their hard work in cultivation, because of their own fortuitous encounters, because of the guidance of their seniors, or because of the care of their clans, all of their cultivations had caught up to or even surpassed the seven of them. As a result, one of the seven of them could no longer hold back.
Following the departure of the first person, the second person, the third person, and so on. By the third year that Wang Qi had arrived on Huang Li Island, only Wang Qi and one other person remained. The fact that this person was able to persist until now surprised Wang Qi. This disciple's name was Han Xu, a cultivator who looked like a yes-man. Back then, when he observed Enlightened Lu Xuanping's sword practice, he was the only one who was suppressed by Enlightened Lu Xuanping's aura and did not dare to approach Wang Qi and the others. He was also the weakest among the seven of them. Even though the seven of them were on good terms with each other and formed their own circle, Han Xu was still looked down upon by the others.
However, Wang Qi had heard that after a year of hard work, two of the five disciples had successfully advanced into the Blood Condensation Realm, and the remaining two were preparing to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. Wang Qi had heard that after a year of hard work, their strength far surpassed that of cultivators in the same realm as them, and they had all obtained fortuitous encounters.
However, in the third year, Wang Qi also tried to go out of Huang Li Island to hunt some demonic beasts in exchange for some cultivation resources.
Due to Huang Li Island's unique location deep in the monster territory, it attracted a large number of cultivators to hunt demonic beasts. However, this was only heaven for Blood Condensation cultivators, but hell for Blood Refining cultivators.
Huang Li Island was surrounded by groups of demonic beasts. There were all kinds of Blood Condensation and Blood Refining Realm demonic beasts, but they were all mixed together. If a Blood Refining Realm disciple ventured out, he or she would be devoured by a Blood Condensation Realm demonic beast before he or she even encountered one.
The reason why Wang Qi dared to go out of Huang Li Island to hunt demonic beasts was not only because of his confidence in himself after years of sword practice, but also because he had received a piece of information from Master Immortal Fang Tao, who was in charge of the spiritual energy gathering area on Huang Li Island. Before Enlightened Master Lu Xuanping went into seclusion, he had refined tens of cauldrons of Blood Condensing Pills for the sect. Because of Enlightened Master Lu's excellent pill concoction skills, other than handing over a certain amount to the sect, Enlightened Master Lu also handed over some excess Blood Condensing Pills to Enlightened Master Hu Lili.
Due to Wang Qi's dedication in taking care of the spiritual fields, Master Immortal Fang Tao wanted to help him. Thus, he told Wang Qi this news. If Wang Qi could gather enough cultivation resources, he could exchange them for a Blood Condensing Pill from Enlightened Master Hu Lili.
That was a Blood Condensing Pill!
Wang Qi's heart was suddenly filled with excitement. Wang Qi's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Blood Refining Realm a long time ago. In the past few years, other than focusing on his sword practice, he had spent all of his time and energy on the three spirit gathering lands that he had managed. Even though he had some savings, it was still far from enough to exchange for a Blood Condensing Pill. Thus, Wang Qi turned his attention to the sea outside of Huang Li Island.
Wang Qi's luck was pretty good. As a Blood Refining Realm cultivator, he naturally did not dare to leave Huang Li Island. He could only hunt demonic beasts in the surrounding waters. Even though there were Blood Condensation Realm demonic beasts in the waters outside of Huang Li Island, he did not encounter many Blood Condensation demonic beasts in the few times he went out to sea. The few times he did encounter one or two Early Blood Condensation demonic beasts, Wang Qi was extremely vigilant. Once he spotted a Blood Condensation demonic beast, he would immediately retreat to Huang Li Island. There were two times when he was chased by a Blood Condensation demonic beast. Wang Qi had no choice but to defend himself. Just as he was about to lose, he was discovered by the patrolling cultivators of the sect and was saved by them.
It was rare for a Blood Refining Realm disciple to go out into the sea to hunt demonic beasts. As such, Wang Qi's reputation on Huang Li Island grew as he went out into the sea several times.
One day, Wang Qi once again found traces of two Peak Blood Condensation demonic beasts in the waters near Huang Li Island. Using a low-grade flying artifact, he chased after them and killed them. After dismembering the demonic beasts, Wang Qi happily rummaged through the storage pouch hanging on his waist. The items stored inside were probably enough to exchange for two Blood Condensation Pills.
Wang Qi was a conscientious person. He would not place his hopes of advancing to the Blood Condensation Realm solely on a single Blood Condensation Pill. The number of cultivators who failed to advance to the Blood Condensation Realm after consuming the Blood Condensation Pill was far more than the number who succeeded. The Blood Condensation Pill was not a panacea. Wang Qi naturally wanted to be as well-prepared as possible.
Just as Wang Qi was about to hunt down a few more Blood Condensation demonic beasts, he saw streaks of light flickering above Huang Li Island. Streaks of light flew into the island's protective array.
Wang Qi's heart sank. Suddenly, he heard a shout from the distant sea, "Junior Martial Brother Wang Qi, is that you?"
Wang Qi turned around and saw two streaks of light flying back to Huang Li Island. The two Blood Condensation cultivators in the streaks of light were Master Immortals Fang Wei and Fang Xia, who had once saved his life. These two Master Immortals were the children of Master Immortal Fang Tao, who had always taken care of him. When Wang Qi went out to hunt for demonic beasts this morning, he saw the two Master Immortals going out to the open sea to hunt. Now, they were rushing back in panic.
Something's wrong!
Wang Qi was about to rush back when he heard Master Immortal Fang Wei's anxious voice, "Junior Martial Brother Wang, hurry back to Huang Li Island! The demonic beasts are going to attack Huang Li Island again! The beast wave is coming!"
Just as Fang Wei finished speaking, the streaks of light had already arrived in front of Wang Qi. Suddenly, a black shadow leaped out from the sea behind Fang Wei and pounced towards him. Fang Wei didn't even have time to react. However, Wang Qi could clearly see that the black shadow was a Blood Condensation Realm flying fish!
If this attack landed, even if Fang Wei didn't die, he would be severely injured. Wang Qi obviously didn't have time to warn Fang Wei. He steeled his heart and stopped thinking about how a Blood Condensation Realm cultivator like him could fight against a Blood Condensation Realm demonic beast. He took out the mid-grade flying sword that he had painstakingly gotten from Master Immortal Fang Tao. Using all the arcane energy in his body, he slashed at the black shadow behind Fang Wei.
A muffled sound that sounded like ripping silk could be heard. Under Fang Wei's stunned gaze, Wang Qi was sent flying towards the sea. Behind Fang Wei, a mournful roar could be heard.
Fang Wei turned around and slashed with his sword. The flying fish demon was instantly killed. Only then did Fang Wei realize that the flying fish demon had already been severely injured by Wang Qi's sword before he killed it.
Fang Wei looked at Wang Qi, who had been pulled out of the sea by Fang Xia, in shock. Wang Qi's face was pale. Obviously, that attack had exhausted all his arcane energy. Now, even flying was difficult for him.
Fang Wei laughed and said, "Junior Martial Brother Wang Qi, I didn't know that your strength had already reached such a level. If you advance to the Blood Condensation Realm, how many cultivators of the same level can be your match?"
Wang Qi smiled with some difficulty. At this time, the three of them had already arrived in front of Huang Li Island. Huang Li Island's protective array was already in full operation. The nameplates on the three of them flashed and they directly entered Huang Li Island.
However, at this time, Huang Li Island was also filled with battle cries. The three of them panicked. Did the demonic beasts already attack Huang Li Island?
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