Shi Xuan seized the opportunity. The massive amount of Genuine Qi wrapped around the newly formed Genuine Qi vortex and left his dantian, moving along his meridians. After so many years of body forging, body tempering, and day and night polishing, his meridians could completely withstand this pressure.
His Genuine Qi continuously vibrated the acupoints, opening them one by one. Shi Xuan stopped in mid-air, and there was a faint crackling sound coming from all over his body. It was not the crisp sound of his joints, but rather, it was a bit dull.
After twelve hours, Shi Xuan finally stopped. This time, with the help of the favorable conditions, he had already completely opened all the acupoints in his body. The total amount of Genuine Qi was hundreds of times more than before. Other people's cultivation methods might not be as powerful, but for Shi Xuan, his Genuine Qi was so strong that he could fight with opponents of the same level for seven days and seven nights without needing to take medicinal pills to replenish it. This was one of the differences between an ancient true inheritance and a good cultivation method.
The Wanxiang Shadowless Sword was already at the forty-fourth layer. In less than two years, it could be refined to the peak of the fifth layer. Unfortunately, in the Cultivation World, only the Heavenly Fire Sect, the Three Islands Sea Region, and the Western Wilderness could one slowly choose good magic tools above the seventh layer. In other sea regions and lands, these magic tools were available, but they were not as abundant. If one was lucky, they could buy one that was suitable for them, but if one was unlucky, there was nothing they could do. For example, Shi Xuan could not find a suitable flying sword in the Southern Barbarian Continent, so he could only continue to use the Wanxiang Shadowless Sword.
In fact, the Wanxiang Shadowless Sword was very suitable for Shi Xuan in both nature and quality. However, Shi Xuan did not have the Invisible Divine Metal, nor did he have the method to refine it again. Therefore, Shi Xuan was prepared to stay in the overseas countries for two years. First, to stabilize his cultivation, and second, to see if there was a suitable flying sword. Third, if there was no suitable flying sword, he could also refine the Wanxiang Shadowless Sword to the peak of the fifth layer, just in case.
Of course, this was not necessary. After all, in terms of attack, the power of the Tai Chi diagram was greater and more convenient. However, it was a waste for Shi Xuan to have a good sword technique without a good flying sword to complement it.
Several months ago, after the Soul Bewildering Flag reached perfection of the fifth Layered Heavens, a new change occurred. Every beam of black light turned into six beams of black light of different depths. Every time they swept out, they tore at the soul. At the same time, they contained six different emotions of anger, sorrow, resentment, hate, loathing, and greed. If a Divine Soul cultivator wasn't careful, they would fall into their trap. As for the Great Formation of Soul Reversal and Mesmerizing Foul Gas, it was also a little more profound. It was a rare large-scale magic tool that Shi Xuan possessed.
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A year and a half later, Nanke Nation.
Shi Xuan was walking on the street. During this period of time, Shi Xuan could be considered to have traveled to dozens of countries in the north of the overseas countries. There was the Righteous Country, where one pointed a deer as a horse and treated east as west; there was the Silent Country, where one would only speak as a last resort; there was the Night Crow Country, where there were crows at night and people during the day; there was the North Wind Country, where there were always the howling north winds and giant whales, and so on. Shi Xuan could be considered to have satisfied his travel addiction.
Unfortunately, these were all countries with very few cultivators. Shi Xuan did not find a good flying sword. But fortunately, his cultivation had stabilized, and the Wanxiang Shadowless Sword had reached the peak of the fifth layer. In addition, the main purpose of crossing the North Sea was not to fight, so his preparations were basically complete.
Shi Xuan came from the North Wind Nation. He joined the Fan Family's fleet with the identity of a descendant of a declining family that had come to the North Sea to seek refuge with relatives. He was prepared to cross the North Sea incognito, reach the North Pole, and pay a visit to the Guang Han Sect. He wanted to ask them what he could trade for the 10,000-year Ice Soul Heart.
The North Sea, where the Blood Demon Sect was located, had a lot of ordinary people, and there were also many business dealings. To the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect, the blood essence of ordinary people was far less than that of cultivators and monsters. After all, the first two realms of the Blood Demon Sect, Body Forging and Qi Nurturing, were no different from other sects. Only when one reached the Leaving Body Stage would they be able to steal blood essence. At the Leaving Body Stage, the blood essence of at least a hundred ordinary people would be enough to match that of a second-order monster. If they had the time, they would have long since killed a few monsters.
Although the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect were somewhat crazy, that was only in terms of temperament. In terms of intelligence, they were not fools. It was better to let these ordinary people grow medicinal herbs, spirit herbs, and domesticate monsters and spirit beasts so that they would not waste their own cultivation time.
The most special thing about the North Sea was that apart from the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect, there were very few other cultivators! The favorite mission of the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect was to hunt and kill cultivators in the sect's sea! That was why Shi Xuan had hidden his cultivation and joined the fleet. Of course, if it was a few years ago, because the North Sea was very large, Shi Xuan could conceal his Qi, carefully avoid the patrols, and fly slowly. It was not impossible for him to pass through the North Sea.
But now, Shi Xuan had a mark on Xue He Laozu's mind. If he flew with Vital Qi or magic tools, cultivators below the Primordial Spirit realm might not be able to detect him. But in the eyes of Xue He Laozu, he was like a firefly in the dark, so bright and outstanding. Even if Xue He Laozu disdained to make a move and sent a few disciples to hunt him down, only death would await Shi Xuan.
As for why there was a fleet coming to the North Sea, it was because the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect also needed medicinal herbs, spirit herbs, and other materials. Although most of the medicinal herbs and spirit herbs could be grown in their own sects, mystic realms, and small worlds, using those precious places to grow ordinary medicinal herbs and spirit herbs was a waste. Moreover, what the Fan family sold the most to the Blood Demon Sect was definitely not these, but the corpses of demon beasts!
Whether it was the waters of the Three Islands, the Outer Seas of the Starfall Sea, or the Hundred Thousand Mountains, all the demon beasts killed by cultivators were sold to the Fan family's business, except for those that could be used as materials for magic tools or used in alchemy. Then, the Fan family sold these demon beast corpses, which contained a large amount of blood essence, to the Blood Demon Sect.
The other sects turned a blind eye to this because the demon beast corpses were all below the Golden Core stage, and were useless to the high-level cultivators of the Blood Demon Sect. Moreover, if they were to completely seal off the market, the madmen of the Blood Demon Sect would probably go all out and attack. Since the major sects were unwilling to take the lead, they acquiesced to the Fan family's actions.
Thus, the Fan family began to trade across the North Sea. First, they sold the demon beast corpses, medicinal herbs, spirit herbs, and other materials to the Blood Demon Sect. Then, they bought a few types of pills, magic tools, materials, and spirit herbs unique to the Blood Demon Sect. Then, they continued on their journey to the North Pole, where they sold these items to the disciples of the Guang Han Sect and rogue cultivators on the North Pole Continent. Then, they bought spirit herbs, materials, and demon beast corpses unique to the North Pole from them. Then, they returned and repeated what they had done before.
After this trip, the Fan family made a lot of money. Of course, when passing through the North Sea, there was not a single cultivator in the Fan family's fleet. Only at the North Pole station were there. This was because the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect did not care who you were. If they found a cultivator, they would immediately pounce on you and plunder all your blood essence.
The absence of cultivators did not affect the safety of the Fan family's fleet. The demon beasts in the North Sea had long been killed by the people of the Blood Demon Sect, and only those in the deep sea were left. Occasionally, they would float up to the surface to take a breath. There were certainly no rogue cultivators who would rob them. However, this did not rule out the possibility of a disciple of the Blood Demon Sect going crazy and killing their way over. Compared to the fleets of other seas, the safety and reliability of the fleet was much higher.
Shi Xuan had spent a total of ten low-grade spirit stones to join this huge fleet. After all, the Fan family could not always collect ten full ships of demon beast corpses, medicinal herbs, spirit herbs, and other materials. Therefore, they sold the empty cabins to those who needed to go to the North Pole but could not afford the spirit stones needed for long-distance teleportation.
"Brother Shi, what took you so long?" It was He Ji, a seaman in the cabin opposite Shi Xuan. He was a man in his thirties with sideburns. He was a strong man in the Body Forging Realm, and this was his second time taking this sea route. If there were no delays, this round trip would take close to ten years of effort.
More than ten years ago, he was forced to leave his family and go to the North Pole. With his outstanding talent in business, he managed to make a family business. This time, he came back after receiving news that the family that forced him to leave had almost passed away. Therefore, he took the teleportation array back to deal with the family's property. After that, he could not bear to spend more than a hundred low-grade spirit stones. He would rather take the ship. Of course, he would not waste the cabin for nothing. He had some special goods on him that did not take up much space, and they were very valuable in the North Pole.
Shi Xuan hurriedly apologized. "There was a gust of wind when we were having lunch just now. It blew away all the waiters and cooks, so we were delayed for a while. I'm really sorry. " Hiding his identity was not to play solitary, as it would be easy to be suspected. Therefore, Shi Xuan adjusted his state of mind and interacted with He Ji and the others without any hindrance.
The Country of Nanke was a very strange country. It was said that because of a strange array that formed around the country, the dead here could borrow the longing and memories of others to reappear in the world in the form of phantoms. However, these phantoms did not have any intelligence, and could only repeat the actions of other people's longing and memories. However, a phantom wasn't just one person's longing and memories. When many of them were superimposed, these phantoms would look like a living person.
At the same time, because these phantoms could use some small techniques such as phantasmagoria, the restaurants, inns, and shops of the Country of Nanke used them in large numbers. In any case, they only needed to pay half of the wages to their families. Of course, only those who were waiters in their past lives could continue to be waiters. The rest were the same.
The only inconvenience was that when there was a strong wind or a heavy rain, these phantoms would disappear. This could be considered the most interesting scene in the Country of Nanke. Shi Xuan had gone to eat because he wanted to experience these things.
"Hehe, it's very normal to encounter these kinds of things in the Country of Nanke. Everyone understands. Anyway, the ship won't set sail for a while." The one who spoke with a laugh was another passenger who had come to the North Pole to find a relative, Cao Yuanze. He was a tall and thin young man around twenty years old, and he shared a cabin with He Ji.
The one who stayed in the cabin next to Shi Xuan's was Zhou Chen, who was in his thirties. He was silent and had a miserable appearance. When he heard Shi Xuan's words, he also squeezed out a smile. "Mhm, it's alright. We can still make it." This time, he had brought his two children with him. According to a cultivator's investigation, they had talent in ice techniques, so he was prepared to bring them to the North Pole to try their luck. They wanted to see if they could enter the Guang Han Sect.
The two children were twins of a boy and a girl. They were around four or five years old. One was called Zhou Yi, and the other was called Zhou Ying. At this moment, they hid behind Zhou Ji and blinked their innocent and cute eyes at Shi Xuan.
"Alright, everyone prepare to board the ship. We'll set sail in an hour. " A steward of the Fan family shouted from the bow of the ship. Beside him, a cultivator used a technique to amplify his voice. These cultivators would leave before entering the North Sea.
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