Time passed by slowly. Aside from those who were nearing the end of their lifespan, other cultivators' time wasn't very valuable. They would enter seclusion for a few days, dozens of days, or even a few months or years. Under such circumstances, cultivators had a very strong sense of time.
Two years passed by just like that. Now, the excavation of Sky City had entered its final stage. Aside from the huge palace complex, all the other places in Sky City had been excavated. All the sects obtained a lot of good things, including the Sea Exploring Sect. However, the Sea Exploring Sect was still very low-key in the past two years. Very few of their disciples came out. At this point, the people of the Sword Spirit Boundary had almost forgotten about the existence of the Sea Exploring Sect.
The people of the Sword Spirit World had already returned to their previous lives. Rogue Cultivators had appeared in large numbers. People had already forgotten that the Iron Buddha Temple was attacked a few years ago and was almost exterminated. They had also forgotten that the Sword Spirit World used to have a sect called the Eight Sword Sect.
At this time, what the people of the Sword Spirit Realm were more concerned about was whether or not the Great Sects would establish a sect. As long as they established a sect, then the rogue cultivators would have a chance to join and become a disciple of that sect.
However, no one knew how important these four years were for the Sea Exploring Sect. The sect's development had completely exceeded the imaginations of the other sects. The entire sect had nearly 10 million odd job disciples, 1 million Qi Transformation disciples, 300,000 Qi Transformation disciples, and several hundred Void Refinement cultivators. Such strength was enough to compete with any other sect. It was even stronger than the Iron Buddha Temple.
Apart from a portion of these disciples who were rogue cultivators and had directly joined the Sea Exploring Sect, the rest were all nurtured by the Sea Exploring Sect. This was truly too shocking.
In addition to these disciples, the Sea Exploring Sect's demonic beasts had also made great progress. A lot of people were now using Mist Beasts. There were nearly a thousand of them in the Sea Exploring Sect. As for the other large sea beasts, there was no need to mention them. At this time, the Sea Exploring Sect already had its own sea beast legion, with more than ten thousand large sea beasts.
However, this was nothing. What was truly powerful was the development of the Sea Exploring School's large artifacts. In four years, the Sea Exploring School had produced close to a hundred large artifacts. Among them, the Iron Lotus Flower from the Iron Buddha Temple accounted for 20 or so. The rest were all Myriad Sword Ships.
Just like what Zhao Hai said before, the Ten-thousand Swords Ship was very suitable for the Sea Exploring Sect. The power of the Ten-thousand Swords Ship wasn't any less than the Iron Lotus of the Iron Buddha Temple. In fact, it was even more powerful. However, the manufacturing process was relatively easier. Because of this, they were able to manufacture more than seventy Ten-thousand Swords Ships. This was unimaginable in the past.
Some people would say that it was impossible for the Sea Exploring Sect to produce so many experts in just four years. If the other sects were to develop like this, then wouldn't the Sword Spirit Boundary's experts be swindled away?
In fact, this had a lot to do with the foundation of the Sea Exploring Sect. Most of the experts who reached the Void Refinement Realm were core disciples of the sect who participated in various wars. Because of this, they gained a lot of experience. Only then could they become Void Refinement Realm experts. As for the disciples who reached the Qi Returning to Spirit Realm, they had been in the sect for a long time. Additionally, they were given suitable Cultivation Methods, appropriate pills, and timely guidance. It was hard for them to not reach the Qi Returning to Spirit Realm.
As for the number of disciples in the Sea Exploring Sect, there were indeed many of them. Most of these disciples were ascenders. Some ascenders were able to slowly adapt after arriving in the Upper Realm, making them more suitable for cultivation. Their cultivation speed was very fast, but there were some who couldn't adapt. In the end, their strength couldn't be increased no matter how hard they tried. Naturally, they became janitor disciples.
Moreover, Zhao Hai also recruited a lot of janitor disciples from the territory under their control. Some of these janitor disciples were Rogue Cultivators while others were ordinary people who were recruited from various cities. In any case, their main job was to do chores, so they didn't need any talent.
On the other hand, there were a lot of Outer Court disciples. Zhao Hai recruited a lot of them because he needed a lot of Outer Court disciples. It wasn't just because there were a lot of places in the buffer zone that needed to be taken care of. There were also two Secret Realms that needed to be taken care of, as well as three islands that needed people to be taken care of. Because of this, the number of Outer Court disciples naturally increased.
Naturally, many of these outer disciples were recruited from the three islands in the South Sea. But in the past few days, Zhao Hai had already integrated them.
While the people of the Sword Spirit Realm were busy excavating the ruins of the sky city, a powerful sect was quietly excavating and developing without anyone noticing. The most frightening thing was that the sects of the Sword Spirit Realm didn't know about this matter.
Zhao Hai didn't want them to know about this matter. However, the Sword Spirit Realm had been in a bit of a turmoil recently. Even the Sea Exploring Sect, which had little contact with the outside world, felt the tension in the atmosphere.
In fact, the Sea Exploring Sect could be said to be the most well-informed sect in the entire Sword Spirit Realm. Every month, the Sea Exploring Sect would distribute important information to their disciples for free. This allowed them to better understand the Sword Spirit Realm and the changes in the Sword Spirit Realm. This way, they wouldn't suffer a loss when they went out to do missions in the future.
When people saw that the Sea Exploring Sect didn't have any contact with the outside world, they would think that the Sea Exploring Sect didn't understand the situation of the Sword Spirit Realm. However, they didn't think that any changes in the Sword Spirit Realm could be hidden from the Sea Exploring Sect. The Sea Exploring Sect was one of the first sects to notice the tension in the atmosphere of the Sword Spirit Realm.
The source of this tension was actually the Sky City. The excavation of the ruins of the Sky City was nearing completion. It could even be said that if the people of the large sects wanted to excavate, the excavation of the ruins of the Sky City would have been completed long ago. However, the people of the large sects had left the last group of palaces unexcavated. This meant that they hadn't understood the defensive arrays of the palaces and didn't dare to rashly excavate them. However, they weren't in a hurry to break the arrays. Instead, they began to send people to the South Sea. This made the people of the 33 Islands of the South Sea nervous. The atmosphere of the entire Sword Spirit Realm also became tense.
As early as two years ago, before the Sea Exploring Sect had made the Myriad Swords Ship, the people of the 33 Islands of the South Sea were already on guard against the large sects. They joined forces with the Profound Sky Sect Alliance and the Sea Exploring Sect to prevent the large sects from extending their hands to the South Sea. They didn't expect the large sects to be so calm. In the following two years, they were very well-behaved. But now, the excavation of the ruins was about to be completed. The people of the large sects finally revealed their fangs and claws.
In the following period, the number of conflicts in the South Sea increased. They were all between the people of the 33 Islands of the South Sea and the people of the large sects. However, the scale of the conflicts was very small. It was just some conflicts between disciples. There weren't any large-scale conflicts. However, compared to the past, the number of conflicts in the South Sea had indeed increased. If one were to make a horizontal comparison, the number of conflicts in the South Sea today was more than the number of conflicts in the past two years. This was indeed a bit too shocking. Therefore, the representative of the 33 Islands of the South Sea, Jie Yiming, came to the Sea Exploring Sect again after two years.
Looking at the Sea Exploring Sect from the outside, one wouldn't be able to see anything different. This was because the outer disciples were living in their own courtyards. They would also go out to do missions. However, the layout of the sect was different from before. Other than that, there were no other changes.
When Jie Yiming arrived at the Sea Exploring Sect, he was directly invited to Zhao Hai's study. Zhao Hai and Daoist Tiger were already waiting for him. Upon seeing Jie Yiming, the two immediately stood up and gave a salute to Jie Yiming. Jie Yiming also quickly returned the salute. Although the three hadn't seen each other for two years and this was the second time in four years, there was no change. If there was a change, then it would be Zhao Hai. It wasn't a change in appearance, but a change in temperament. In the past, Zhao Hai always gave people the feeling of a mountain. There was also a trace of a sword's edge. This temperament was very unique and hard to forget. Although his appearance was ordinary, because of this temperament, no matter where he went in the past, people would always pay attention to him.
But now, it was different. Zhao Hai was sitting there like an ordinary person. He didn't have the slightest bit of aura. In addition to his ordinary appearance, if he didn't introduce himself, no one would think that he was the Sect Master of the Sea Exploring Sect.
And this temperament wasn't the same as the temperament of people who returned to their origin. As long as you carefully looked at them, you would be able to see it. This was because they were very different from ordinary people. However, Zhao Hai wasn't like that. There was nothing different about him. His cultivation looked like an ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivator. His temperament couldn't be seen, he looked just like an ordinary person.
But whether it was Daoist Priest Fierce Tiger or Jie Yiming, they knew that Zhao Hai wasn't as ordinary as he looked. The battle between Zhao Hai and the disciples of the Demon Sword Sect still appeared in their minds from time to time. The indomitable Buddha that destroyed a person who comprehended the Killing Sword Dao made them feel fearful. Therefore, they didn't believe in the strength that Zhao Hai displayed, it was absolutely impossible.
After the three exchanged greetings, Zhao Hai looked at the two and smiled. "The two of you haven't seen each other for the past two years. The last time we met was two years ago, and we only exchanged a few words. Now that the two of you are here again, I'm a bit surprised. Tell me, did something happen?" Zhao Hai smiled and said, "You're right." Zhao Hai nodded.
Daoist Priest Fierce Tiger looked at Zhao Hai and sighed, "Sect Master Jian, the Sea Exploring Sect has been very low-key in the past few years. They even sent less disciples out to train. This won't do. You won't know what's going on in the Sword Spirit Boundary. This is very disadvantageous for the Sea Exploring Sect because you will be further away from the Sword Spirit Boundary in the future. Cultivators can't just cultivate by themselves, communication is also necessary."
Jie Yiming nodded and said, "Yes, Sect Master Jian. Appropriate communication is also necessary. If you knew what happened in the South Sea recently, you wouldn't ask us this."
Looking at the two, Zhao Hai was puzzled. "What happened in the end? What's going on in the South Sea? By the way, the excavation of Sky City's ruins by the various sects is almost done, right? Other than this, is there anything else? "
Jie Yiming replied, "There's nothing else, it's just this matter. Right now, the Sky Hall in Sky City has yet to be excavated. However, the Great Sects have stopped excavating. They said that they haven't figured out the situation of the Sky Hall and wouldn't act rashly. However, they've started to send their disciples to the South Sea. Recently, they've had several conflicts with the disciples of the 33 Oceanic Islands."
Zhao Hai was stunned. He pondered for a moment and said, "You mean to say that the various sects are deliberately not excavating Sky City's ruins and are using this as an excuse to reach out to the South Sea?"
Jie Yiming's face was gloomy as he said, "I think that's what they're thinking. Otherwise, why would the disciples of the various sects suddenly increase in the South Sea? Moreover, they're specifically going to the forbidden areas of our islands."
Zhao Hai looked at Taoist Master Fierce Tiger and said, "Taoist Master, what do you think? What's the decision of the Black Sky Sect?"
Taoist Master Fierce Tiger said, "Absolutely not. Our Black Sky Sect will never allow such a thing to happen. The South Sea only belongs to our South Sea Alliance. No other sect should even think about reaching in. If they really dare to do so, we won't hesitate to fight. This is the stance of our Black Sky Sect Alliance."
Zhao Hai nodded and turned to Jie Yiming. "Island Lord Jie, what's the stance of the 33 islands in the South Sea? You should know that if a fight really breaks out, it will be a war in the South Sea. The damage to the islands in the South Sea will be great. "
"Regardless of whether the damage is great or not, this war is inevitable. If we let those large sects reach into the South Sea, then we won't just lose some things. I'm afraid that the place where we settle down will disappear. Moreover, both of your sects are now considered people of the South Sea. Both of you have three islands there, which is larger than our Spirit Crab Island. This matter is also of great importance to you, isn't it?"
"Yes, Island Lord Jie is right. Now that we're also considered people of the South Sea, we can't just ignore what happens in the South Sea. If both of you have such an attitude and don't hesitate to fight with the various sects, then it'll be easy. We can directly give the various sects an ultimatum. If they don't finish excavating Sky City's ruins within a month, we'll destroy the Sky Hall!"
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