There was a Lingzhu City on the west side of Ghost Prison Island with over a million people living there. Ghost Prison Island did not have a unified dynasty. Each city was autonomous and each city was its own country.
Lingzhu City was one of the few large cities on Ghost Prison Island. It was also the center of the west side of Ghost Prison Island. With Lingzhu City as the center, there were over a hundred cities of different sizes with a population of over twenty million.
The sea around Lingzhu City produced a strange human-faced clam that would naturally produce various spiritual pearls. These spiritual pearls contained the purest essence energy of heaven and earth. They could be used to refine medicine, forge weapons and even be consumed directly.
Usually, spiritual pearls were differentiated by their color and shape. Some special spiritual pearls could even allow one to reach the heavens in one step.
A certain pearl diver was too tired and could not help but eat a spiritual pearl. In the end, she formed her Golden Core and became a powerful cultivator.
There were also spiritual pearls that turned into magical swords that killed demon dragons and got rid of evil for the people. Spiritual pearls turned into beautiful women that served some poor loser.
The Spiritual Bead City was filled with such legends. Although most of them were fabricated, the Spiritual Beads were indeed widely used and extremely valuable.
More and more people gathered around the Spiritual Bead industry, and the Spiritual Bead City was slowly built.
Lingzhu City was also the most important base of the Heartsword Sect on Ghost Prison Island. It was under the direct jurisdiction of the Heartsword Sect.
The annual business of spiritual pearls could also provide a large amount of income for the Heartsword Sect. However, Ghost Prison Island was too barren and the environment was too dangerous. One could die here if they were not careful.
The Heartsword Sect governed Yunzhou and Qingzhou. It had a vast territory. There were too many experts in the sect to choose from. Naturally, no one was willing to come to Lingzhu City.
It was Xuan Shi who was stationed at Lingzhu City. Hence, he was stubborn and smelly. He was not popular in the sect and everyone hated him. Hence, he was sent to Lingzhu City by the sect leader.
Xuan Shi had stayed there for almost fifty years. As he could not rest, he looked tired and bitter. He wore a green Daoist robe and his hair was messy. He looked like a wandering Jianghu charlatan. He did not have any extraordinary aura of a cultivator.
However, from his appearance, he was far from Xuan Guo and Xuan Ye.
Xuan Guo did not pretend to speak to Xuan Shi. His face was tense and he did not say anything polite. On the other hand, Xuanye and Xuanshi were rather familiar with each other. With Xuanye around, the atmosphere was not too awkward.
Xuan Ye and Xuan Shi exchanged a few pleasantries, then hurriedly went to the main topic, and introduced Gao Zhengyang to Xuan Shi.
"This is Junior Brother Xuan Yang. He's here to take over Spirit Pearl City. Senior Brother Xuan Shi, you've worked hard all these years. The Sect Master has specially sent you to the Eastern Sea Blessed Land to recuperate … "
After hearing Xuan Ye's introduction, Xuan Shi's purplish-red face was filled with suspicion. He looked at Gao Zhengyang and said to Xuan Ye: "How can there be such a young person in the Xuan generation? Where did he come from? "
Xuan Shi did not avoid Gao Zhengyang and asked directly in front of him. Gao Zhengyang was fine, but Xuanye was a little embarrassed.
Xuan Ye hurriedly pulled Xuan Shi's sleeves: "Senior Xuan Shi, Junior Brother Xuan Yang has obtained Senior Yuan Guang's inheritance and officially entered the sect. He is the youngest junior brother of our generation."
"Spirit Pearl City guards the west coast of the Ghost Prison Sea Region. There are often all sorts of demons that come ashore from the west sea. Can he do it?"
Xuan Shi said with a serious expression: "There are over a million people in Spirit Pearl City. If he can't do it, then he will be harming others and himself!"
In front of Gao Zhengyang, Xuan Shi was not polite at all. Furthermore, when he spoke, he was looking at Gao Zhengyang. It was obvious that he was talking about Gao Zhengyang.
Gao Zhengyang smiled and did not say anything. No wonder this old Daoist had fallen to such a dangerous place. His temper was really bad. They had just met and he directly questioned his ability.
Although he had a sense of responsibility, this straightforwardness made it hard for him to do things well.
One could have principles, but one had to pay attention to methods when doing things. If you scold people with a dark face, you might have good intentions, but you would often turn a good thing into a bad thing.
Being one with the light was a kind of realm, a kind of cultivation. This was two different things from letting go of one's principles and becoming corrupted. Fusing with the environment and using all the favorable conditions to do things well, this was being one with the light.
A person like Xuan Shi was only suitable for cultivation and not for doing things. He did not know how to be flexible, so it was actually very hard for him to achieve very high achievements.
Human Dao changed again, the Dao of the world changed again, the Heavenly Dao changed again. Even the epochs were constantly changing. If one did not know how to change, how could one cultivate the Dao.
Gao Zhengyang admired such a stubborn and simple person like Xuan Shi. Unfortunately, this kind of person was ultimately not suitable for the times. If one could not do things, it would be hard to cultivate the Dao.
Xuan Shi probably would not notice this. He only thought that he was upright and direct, not being biased, and wholeheartedly working for the public.
Although Xuan Shi was upright and stubborn, he was not stupid. He directly said that Gao Zhengyang could not do it, but Gao Zhengyang just smiled there. He was not angry at all. Instead, he revealed a kind of understanding towards the ignorant.
Something was wrong with one look!
Xuan Shi looked towards Xuanye, revealing a questioning look.
Xuanye sighed. How old was this Xuan Shi? He was still so unreliable when doing things. He did not ask clearly and just relied on his conjecture to question Gao Zhengyang.
However, one could not blame Xuan Shi for judging people by their appearance. Gao Zhengyang was too young! The Xuan generation was at least a hundred years old. He was only twenty something years old. The difference was too great.
Such a young and tender face, it was indeed hard to trust. Not to mention an old-fashioned person like Xuan Shi, even he himself was very suspicious of Gao Zhengyang.
However, the encounter on the sea told Xuanye that one could not judge a person by their appearance. Cultivation could not be measured by age.
Xuanye looked at Xuan Shi's old face and said sympathetically: "Senior Xuan Shi, you do not need to worry. Junior Xuan Yang is our sect's exceptional genius. His cultivation is far above yours and mine. "
Xuan Shi was even more suspicious. What right did Xuanye have to say that? Just what battle achievements did this young man have that could convince him?
Xuanye could not help but laugh. As expected, Xuan Shi would be suspicious. He purposely said slowly: "On the way, we met the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale..."
"How was it?" Xuan Shi looked at Gao Zhengyang again, guessing that he might have fought with the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale. He dared to make a move, and was able to escape unscathed. At least he had some ability.
Xuanye said with an indifferent face: "Junior Xuan Yang fought alone and killed the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale with one sword strike."
"What?"
Xuan Shi's old eyes widened as he looked at Xuanye in disbelief, "Can you say that again?"
"Junior Xuan Yang killed the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale with one sword strike, which also eliminated a big problem for the Ghost Prison Sea Region. For the Ghost Prison Island, this is also a great thing. "
Xuanye said: "Junior Xuan Yang has this magical ability. Staying at Spirit Pearl City, he can definitely protect the safety of this area. Senior Xuan Shi can rest assured. "
"Is, is this true?" Xuan Shi still could not believe it. He looked at Xuan Guo. Xuanye this old cunning person might talk nonsense, but the Spirit Sword Peak Master Xuan Guo would not.
Xuan Guo said with a cold face: "Of course it's true. Why would we lie to you? "
Xuan Shi was really confused this time. He looked at Gao Zheng in a daze, speechless for a long time.
He had been in the Ghost Prison Sea Region for dozens of years, and had seen the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale once.
The Sea Swallowing Demon Whale traveled on the sea. Wherever it passed, it destroyed thousands of miles of tsunami, killing all living beings. Once when it passed by the West Coast, the tsunami alone killed more than one million people.
At that time, Xuan Shi also went up and made a few gestures, but when he threw his flying sword, there was no reaction. This made Xuan Shi extremely desperate, and also made him deeply aware of how powerful the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale was.
Although the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale was only rank ten, its demon power was so strong that it was even stronger than a human's Yuanying. Such a great demon had been running amuck in the Ghost Prison Sea Region, and no one dared to go against it.
How could Gao Zhengyang kill the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale with one sword strike? Did he have the sect's Mountain Suppressing Divine Sword?
Xuan Shi couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it. His whole person fell into a sluggish state.
Seeing Xuan Shi's silly look, Xuanye felt inexplicably refreshed in her heart. Aren't you a stubborn old man? Why are you questioning me now? Are you scared silly? Hahahaha...
Even the junior Zhen Xiu, who was standing at the side, couldn't help but chuckle. It must be said that Xuan Shi's toughness just now, compared to his silly look now, was especially funny.
Actually, Zhen Xiu's cultivation level was a level lower, and her insight was much worse. She only knew that the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale was extremely powerful, even stronger than her Master. But exactly how strong it was, she didn't have a clear understanding.
The other young disciples were the same, they didn't really understand how terrifying the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale was.
Even Xuanye was a level lower. Only Xuan Guo, who could sense the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale's demon power at close range, knew how powerful it was.
Because of this, Xuan Guo understood how terrifying Gao Zhengyang was. She knew very well that Gao Zhengyang was strong enough to compete with her now, not to mention in the future.
In a few decades, when Gao Zhengyang advanced to the Golden Core Realm. In the entire sect, there wouldn't be many people who could compare to Gao Zhengyang. If Gao Zhengyang reached the Yuanying realm, then the sect would probably change its surname to Gao.
Because of this, Xuan Guo reminded her disciple Zhen Xiu to stay away from Gao Zhengyang. Although Zhen Xiu was talented, she was much worse than Gao Zhengyang.
In particular, Gao Zhengyang's shrewdness was bottomless. She couldn't see through such a young man's thoughts no matter how hard she tried. Every time they met, she would instinctively be wary.
Of course, this was also because she saw with her own eyes that Gao Zhengyang used the Flying Sword of Time and easily killed the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale. She had a deep understanding of his power.
If she didn't know this, even if Gao Zhengyang was scheming, Xuan Guo wouldn't take it to heart.
Xuan Guo naturally wouldn't tell outsiders about these thoughts. She also sensibly kept a distance from Gao Zhengyang. Such a person was not someone she could rope in.
Xuan Shi didn't have so many complicated thoughts, he was stunned for a while before he suddenly realized and bowed to Gao Zhengyang: "The Sea Swallowing Demon Whale has been scourging the Ghost Prison Sea for many years, junior brother can kill this demon and benefit the common people, your merit is immeasurable."
"Killing demons and demons, it's my responsibility, it's not worth mentioning."
Gao Zhengyang waved his fly whisk and bowed back.
Xuan Shi thought about the words he said before and felt a bit awkward, he laughed dryly and admitted his wrongs: "I was ignorant and said some rude words, Xuan junior brother please don't take it to heart."
Gao Zhengyang said lightly: "Senior brother Xuan Shi's words are too heavy, junior brother doesn't deserve it."
"We're all family, no need to be so polite."
Xuan Ye tried to smooth things over: "Let's go in and talk." He then said to Xuan Shi: "This time there are still over a hundred trial disciples, Xuan Shi senior brother please arrange them."
"Of course." Xuan Shi agreed.
Xuan Ye invited Xuan Guo and Gao Zhengyang into the dao institute, he pulled Xuan Shi aside and said: "Senior brother Xuan Shi, hand over all your work, when the trial ends, you can follow us back to the sect. This is the sect leader's order. "
The Ghost Prison Sea Region was a huge ocean with many people and many complicated relationships. Moving Gao Zhengyang here was the sect's official decision. Naturally there was a related official order.
Xuan Shi took the order and used his divine sense to look at it and matched it with his own order, confirming that there was no mistake. Only then did he feel completely at ease.
Xuan Shi didn't feel that the Ghost Prison Sea Region was tough, he had stayed here for decades and had some feelings for this place. He was still a bit unwilling to leave just like that.
However, he was a stubborn person. No matter what reason the sect had, as long as it was the sect's official decision, he would unconditionally carry it out.
Xuan Shi said: "The situation in the Ghost Prison Island is rather complicated, the Steel Armor Sect, Cloud Light Sect, these few large sects keep on expanding their forces to the west. Especially the newly risen Heavenly Ghost Sect and Wind Lightning Sect, they are flourishing and are now very aggressive. If this goes on, sooner or later something will happen to the Ghost Prison Island … "
Xuan Shi was very uneasy about the situation in the Ghost Prison Island. The main reason was that these few sects had developed very well in recent years, they had some ideas about Spirit Pearl City.
Spirit Pearl City could be said to be the most valuable specialty of the Ghost Prison Island. The profits from Spirit Pearl City took up more than half of the Ghost Prison Island.
If these sects wanted to develop, they needed more resources. Magic weapons, swords, elixirs, secret methods, most of the resources that the sects needed had to be bought with money.
Where did the money come from?
If a sect wanted to survive, it had to have a stable source of income. On the Ghost Prison Island, Spirit Pearl was the most stable and profitable business.
The few sects knew how powerful the Heart Sword Sect was, but the Ghost Prison Island was not essential to the Heart Sword Sect, but it was an important place for the Wind Lightning Sect and the Heavenly Ghost Sect.
Therefore, the Wind Lightning Sect and the Heavenly Ghost Sect would rather take risks to force the Heart Sword Sect. Of course, these small sects would also pull the big sects like the Cloud Light Sect and the Steel Armor Sect to act together.
The reason was simple, the Heart Sword Sect had occupied the Spirit Pearl City for hundreds of years. Now, it was time to give some of the benefits to the various sects.
Of course, Xuan Shi did not like to retreat. As a Xuan generation cultivator of the Heart Sword Sect, he did not think that the sect needed to retreat.
During this period, the Heart Sword Sect often had all kinds of small conflicts with the other sects. Although they were still restrained in all aspects, only the lowest-level disciples showed up.
However, according to this trend, it would not be long before there was a conflict at a higher level.
The reason why Xuan Shi questioned Gao Zhengyang's cultivation ability was that the current situation on the Ghost Prison Island was complicated and dangerous. Without enough ability, they could not handle it at all.
If they were not careful, they would lose the Spirit Pearl City.
Once the Spirit Pearl City was lost, it would be difficult to get it back. After all, the Cloud Light Sect and the Steel Armor Sect were also big sects, and their sects' strength was not inferior to the Heart Sword Sect.
Since it was a fact, the Heart Sword Sect did not dare to make a big move. In the end, it was very likely that they would grit their teeth and bear it.
Xuan Shi felt that the current situation was very dangerous, and they needed the sect to send more people. However, Gao Zhengyang could kill the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale alone, which showed his ability. With him here, they should be able to suppress the other sects.
Xuan Shi felt that he was not familiar with Gao Zhengyang, and that was why they had some unpleasantness. That was why he told Xuanye a lot and asked her to explain it to Gao Zhengyang.
"I will explain it to Xuan Yang."
Xuanye said with some difficulty: "However, this Junior Brother's thoughts are very hard to predict. He is also the person in charge, so I don't know what he will do. "
"We also can't act recklessly with our strength."
Xuan Shi reminded: "It is originally the big sects who are ruling Ghost Prison Island together, we still can't fall out with them."
"This, you go and talk to Xuan Yang …" Xuan Shi did not care about this, he was also very clear that Gao Zhengyang would not listen to him.
Even if it was Xuan Guo, he would probably not be able to order Gao Zhengyang.
The sword that killed the Sea Swallowing Demon Whale had established Gao Zhengyang's position.
There were all kinds of rules in the sect, but powerful strength was the foundation. Gao Zhengyang was so powerful, even if he made a big mistake and was sent away, Xuan Guo and Xuanye had to give him enough respect.
Xuanye entered the Dao Courtyard, only to realize that although this Dao Courtyard was built with white stone, and the style was simple.
However, the scale of the entire building was very large, with a total of eleven rows. Along the central axis, there was the Heart Questioning Hall, Sword Nurturing Hall, Ancestral Hall and so on.
On the two sides, there were all kinds of side halls and courtyards. Although there were no decorations, it was clean and simple. It had the atmosphere of a big sect, but also the pure and simple concept of a cultivator.
Xuanye entered the last hall, this was the Ancestral Hall. It was also an important area of the sect. Not to mention outsiders, even sect disciples were not allowed to enter and exit as they pleased.
According to the rules, Gao Zhengyang, as the current abbot of the Dao Courtyard, should live here.
Xuanye entered the Ancestral Hall, and first kowtowed to Ancestral Master Heart Sword and offered incense. Then, she went to the side hall to find Gao Zhengyang.
Gao Zhengyang was currently walking around, while his personal maid Bai Ling was tidying up the room.
Xuan Shi did not know that someone was going to replace him, so the room was not tidied up. Because of his personal habits, he had never stayed here. Although the room was relatively clean, it did not have any human presence.
Bai Ling carried a small Qiankun bag, which was filled with daily necessities, furniture etc.
Right now, she was busy cleaning the room and rearranging the furniture.
Although this place was a bit simple, it was spacious and quiet enough. Bai Ling seemed to like this place, and was full of energy as she worked.
Xuanye did not dare to look too long. This little girl was too bewitching, no matter how she looked, she seemed like a vixen. However, who dared to care about Gao Zhengyang's maid?
It was a tradition for powerful xiuzhe to take a yao as a servant. It was not worth making a fuss about.
Xuanye walked next to Gao Zhengyang, and first chatted for a bit before relaying Xuan Shi's words. He was also worried that Gao Zhengyang would cause trouble, and tactfully reminded Gao Zhengyang not to make the matter bigger.
Gao Zhengyang knew what Xuanye was worried about. "I will take care of it, Shixiong, don't worry."
Xuanye was a smart person and understood Gao Zhengyang's meaning. He told him to shut up and not give any ideas. He obediently shut up, turned and bid farewell.
The second day, Xuan Shi gathered the disciples of the Dao Courtyard, and announced the sect decree, handing over the abbot seal to Gao Zhengyang.
There were thousands of disciples in the Dao Courtyard, and these disciples did not know where Gao Zhengyang came from. But seeing that he was so young, many people had doubts in their hearts.
But the decision of the sect, it was not up to these low level disciples to question it. No matter what these people thought, no one dared to say anything to his face.
After a simple ceremony, Gao Zhengyang officially became the abbot of Heartsword Sect's Ghost Prison Island Ling Bead Lower House.
But he had only been the abbot for a day, and on the second day, something happened.
(End of this chapter)
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