The eruption of the volcanoes gradually came to a stop as the huge island rose from the bottom of the sea. However, the magma at the crater was still boiling, and thick smoke billowed into the sky, shrouding the entire island in a layer of gray fog.
Everyone knew that there might be a large number of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires hidden in this huge volcanic cluster, but Laozu did not have the time or energy to find out exactly where they were. He could not wait here for them to come out, so the rest of the task of exploring this island was left to the other Earth-stage adepts in the sect.
At this time, the cultivators of the various sects finally realized that the ten Dharma adepts of Zhenling had already occupied an area of a few hundred miles from the coast of the huge volcanic cluster to the inside of the island. They had roughly occupied about one-fifth of the area of the huge volcanic cluster, and this area was the area where the volcanoes were the most densely distributed.
When the cultivators of the various sects saw this, their teeth itched with hatred, but there was nothing they could do. Not to mention the fact that Zhenling had a general understanding of the underwater volcanic cluster in advance, just the strength displayed by the large number of Dharma adepts was enough to make the various sects hesitate to take action.
However, before the various sects' cultivators could secretly think of all kinds of strange ideas, there were already more than ten rays of light in the sky flying towards the huge volcanic cluster.
The cultivators of the various sects swept out with their divine senses, and a moment later, all kinds of complicated expressions appeared on their faces.
After receiving the news that the volcanic cluster in the northwest sea was gradually calming down, Zhenling's fire-based adepts, as well as those who were not fire-based adepts but were alchemists and craftsmen, had already set out on Floating Island, just in time to arrive at the scene.
If it was said that Zhenling's few Laozu had first occupied the most important part of this vast giant island, now that these disciples had arrived in time, they had actually occupied it. The cultivators of the various sects had no choice but to admit it.
Lu Ping jumped out and stopped the dozens of Zhenling adepts who were about to enter the volcanic cluster, saying, "The giant volcanic cluster is filled with a poisonous fog condensed by the fire poison, which has a subtle impact on the cultivator's inner Yuan. If you stay here for too long, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your future cultivation. This fire poison is extremely difficult to deal with, but I have a kind of poisonous fire here that can restrain the poisonous fog in the volcanic cluster. If you think you are not prepared, you can take a poisonous fire from me to avoid the poison. When you return from the volcanic cluster, you can just exchange the fire!"
A poison that could make even an alchemist feel difficult to deal with naturally made the dozens of Zhenling adepts at the Core Forging stage feel uneasy. Seeing Lu Ping hold a jet-black flame in his hand, and then with a slight shake, dozens of sparks splashed out from the flame and turned back into small flames, many of the adepts stepped forward to take a small flame and hang it in front of them. After that, they began to occupy the area that Laozu had marked out.
After the cultivators from Zhen Ling Sect fell into the volcanic region, the scarlet-red poisonous mist converged upon the poisonous flame on each cultivator's waist. Gradually, an area free of the poisonous mist was formed around each cultivator. At the same time, the bean-sized flame on each cultivator's waist flickered. It appeared to have become even more active.
Seeing that the Zhenling adepts were so busy, Zhenling's excited cheers came from the island from time to time. It seemed that the cultivation resources on this island were so abundant that everyone bowed to them. This made Laozu both excited and envious.
They were excited because Zhenling's abundant cultivation resources would once again usher in a great increase after the large spirit stone mine on Frost Island. They were envious because Zhenling was always able to get ahead of the other sects. Although the Laozu of the various sects had roughly divided up the entire volcanic cluster, the boundaries between them were not clear. This gave the adepts under Zhenling the leeway to take advantage of the opportunity to expand their own territory. As for the other sects that bordered Zhenling, Laozu could not say anything.
Just as Zhenling had begun to delineate the boundaries of this virgin land, set up formations, explore the terrain, and check out the various rare treasures hidden within the volcanic cluster, the cultivators from the other sects finally arrived.
Under Laozu's reminder, the scarlet poisonous fog that permeated the volcanic island also attracted the attention of the cultivators from the various sects. The cultivators from the various sects were also prepared for this. Almost all of them carried poison dispelling pills, antidotes, and the like. However, these cultivators clearly did not have a deep understanding of the poisonous fog like Lu Ping. Not long after they confidently charged into the volcanic cluster, some cultivators with low cultivation bases ran out in panic. There were also some whose bodies were burning hot. Clearly, they had been poisoned by the fire poison.
Soon after, some mid and late Core Forging cultivators with decent cultivation bases gradually could not withstand the corrosion of the scarlet poisonous fog and retreated one after another.
In less than two hours, nearly a hundred cultivators from the various sects who had arrived earlier had all retreated from the volcanic cluster. Many of them had their inner Yuan eroded by the fire poison. There were even some who were so deeply corroded by the fire poison that they needed the help of their sect's Laozu in order to neutralize it.
At this time, the cultivators from the various sects finally understood why Lu Tianping had taken this matter so seriously. It turned out that the fire poison was actually so difficult to deal with. However, the fire poison itself did not have much of an effect on cultivators who had achieved the Dharma stage. Among the Dharma stage cultivators from the various sects, there were almost no cultivators who had such attainments in alchemy like Lu Ping. Due to their underestimation of the situation, they all suffered greatly.
However, there were also some meticulous cultivators who discovered that the poison dispelling pills that they had taken were not completely useless. At least, they could resist the invasion of the fire poison for a certain period of time.
The cultivators from the various sects were busy again. In addition to sending messages to their respective sect's alchemists to deal with the fire poison, they also had to send cultivators to test the effects of various poison dispelling pills on resisting the fire poison and the exact duration of its effects.
This period of busyness lasted until the second day. Only then did the cultivators from the various sects begin to regroup and enter Scarlet Mist Island. However, there were only a few cultivators who could enter Scarlet Mist Island on such a large scale and for such a long period of time as Zhenling.
Perhaps it was because these cultivators had consumed some extremely rare antidote pills, or they had cultivated some special cultivation technique or secret technique, or they had some kind of antidote treasures on them. None of these cultivators were as relaxed as the cultivators of Zhen Ling Sect who carried the Dark Prison Poisonous Fire around their waists.
Although the Black Prison Poison Fire was a relatively rare type of wondrous fire, there were quite a number of cultivators who could recognize it. Additionally, although the North Sea was barren, it still had tens of thousands of years of heritage. Quite a number of sects had this poison fire in their possession. At the very least, when Scarlet Mist Island emerged from the surface of the sea, a cultivator managed to obtain a Black Prison Poison Fire.
However, regardless of whether it was the Black Prison Poison Fire Seed stored by some sects or the Black Prison Poison Fire Seed discovered on Scarlet Mist Island, they could move unimpeded through Scarlet Mist Island after refining the Black Prison Poison Fire Seed. However, none of them could create hundreds of poison dispelling flames like Lu Ping's Black Prison Poison Fire, allowing the many cultivators from the sect to benefit from it.
By then, however, Zhenling's second batch of cultivators to enter Scarlet Mist Island had arrived from Celestial Spirit Mountain. After receiving the Black Prison Poison Fire Seed from Lu Ping, they entered Scarlet Mist Island once again. Zhenling's territory on the island had increased from less than one-fifth of the original area to more than one-fifth of the original area.
The various sects' Laozu began to evacuate one after another. Zhenling left behind two Laozu, Tian Cheng and Tian Qin, to guard Scarlet Mist Island. At the same time, he commanded the disciples to continue developing the island. As for Tian Feng Laozu, he returned to Central Plains. Laozu, who had just condensed his Dharma Idol not long ago, returned to Celestial Spirit Mountain to continue his cultivation in seclusion.
Lu Ping left the Black Prison Poison Fire for Tian Qin Laozu to use temporarily. At the same time, it was also to make it convenient for the disciples on the island to hand over the saturated fire seed. After the Black Prison Poison Fire had absorbed and neutralized the poison within, it would split into a new fire seed for the disciples to take away.
At the same time, Tian Qin Laozu also had to study the Scarlet Fire Poison on Scarlet Mist Island and concoct a poison repellent pill that could adapt to Scarlet Mist Island. As for Tian Cheng Laozu, he had obtained the Mother-Child Geocentric Fire and was preparing to concoct the Heaven Burning Hellfire Array. If he could successfully concoct this array, with Tian Cheng's abilities, its power would be even greater than a supreme magic.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed. On this day, Lu Ping was giving a lecture to the disciples on Huang Li Island. With the eldest disciple Wang Xuanqi as the leader, Tian Xuanyue, Du Xuanluo, Fang Xuanwei, Fang Xuanxia, and Zeng Xuanwu, the six personal disciples, and several disciples were sitting in order. Just as they were listening to the impromptu lecture, Lu Ping suddenly stopped talking.
All the disciples were confused. As the eldest disciple, Wang Xuanqi was about to open his mouth to ask, but he heard Lu Ping say, "Let's stop here for today. Your Martial Uncle Lei Dilei has already condensed the Dharma Idol. Remember to go and congratulate him after the lecture ends!"
After saying that, Lu Ping's figure had already disappeared from the cave residence.
In a secret underground room on Huang Li Island that was opened up by Dabao, a branch of the Huang Li Island's spirit vein opened up and led directly to this place. An unparalleled aura crashed against the seal formation in the secret room. However, the waves of aura and Spiritual Qi that rushed up were all blocked by the seal formation in the secret room. Instead, the secret room accumulated a dense amount of Spiritual Qi, almost to the point of squeezing out water.
Sixth Brother Lei, who was sitting cross-legged in the secret room, seemed to have sensed something. He began to restrain the aura on his body as much as possible. However, he had just broken through to the next level of cultivation, so he could not completely control the situation of his body. This caused the aura around him to become extremely unstable.
A space door gradually formed, and Lu Ping slowly walked out of the door. He smiled and said, "Congratulations, Brother Lei, for finally achieving the Dharma Idol!"
Sixth Brother Lei smiled faintly and said, "I originally advanced to the peak of the Core Forging Realm before you did. It took me nearly a hundred years to advance to the Dharma Idol. However, whether it is in terms of cultivation or strength, you have already left me far behind. What is there to celebrate?"
Sixth Brother Lei stood up and stretched his arms and legs. Then, he looked around and said, "Your wife's method of setting up the formation is getting better and better. The seal formation in this secret room cannot be broken even with the power of the aura that I gathered when I condensed the Dharma Idol."
Lu Ping was about to say something, but he paused for a moment. He stretched out his hand and made a grabbing motion in front of him. A space door was torn open by Lu Ping, and a message jade slip was taken out by Lu Ping. The jade slip only contained a message from Jiang Tianlin Laozu. "Zhang Xiyi has arrived in the East Sea!"
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