After arriving at the Shushan Immortal Island, the stone man actually trembled. This surprised Xiao Chen. It trembled twice in one day. This was an extremely rare occurrence. Perhaps there was something related to the stone man on the island. Xiao Chen was filled with anticipation.
Xiao Chen and Qing Qing had already arrived at the island. The immortal aura was dense, and the emerald green divine trees were flickering with green light, as if they were carved out of green jade. The surroundings of the waterfall were filled with exotic flowers and plants. The fragrance of the flowers and the plants assaulted their nostrils, it was very refreshing.
This was indeed a beautiful celestial island. There were many celestial mountains, and clouds and mist were faintly discernible. Moreover, there were multicolored lights flickering from time to time. On top of the mountains, the celestial palaces were faintly discernible. It was as if the celestial palaces had fallen into the world.
Qing Qing had once ventured deep into this place. Although she didn't obtain much the last time, she had already explored the path.
"Uncle, be careful. There's a Five Elements Array in front of us. Even a moth that accidentally enters it will be instantly crushed."
Next to a small river that resembled a jade belt, there were five pavilions that were very evenly distributed. Between them was a medicinal garden that was filled with lingering spiritual energy and bursts of brilliance. One could already see the spiritual garden on the periphery of the island, so one could imagine how abundant the treasures of heaven and earth were on the island.
Even though this wasn't the herb garden in the central area, there were still peerless spirit herbs growing here. A Dragon Tongue Orchid bloomed quietly in the center of the Five Elements Formation, giving off a refreshing fragrance that made one feel comfortable all over, as if all the pores on one's body had opened up.
"That's a top-grade immortal herb. It was transplanted here to provide spiritual energy for the Five Elements Formation. In fact, there aren't many such spiritual herbs in the center of the island. Last time, if there weren't people guarding this place, I would have directly plucked it. Hehe, this time, I won't miss it. "
She had a sweet smile on her face, without the slightest shyness of a thief.
The green leaves of the Dragon Tongue Orchid looked as if they were carved out of green agate, glowing with a green light. Xiao Chen estimated that this peerless Immortal herb could at least refine one of his acupoints. It was of peak quality.
He plucked a blade of grass from the side. It shot towards the herb garden. The sound of something tearing through the air could be heard, and the five pavilions shot out hundreds of Sword Qis in an instant, instantly shredding the grass and leaves into pieces. Not even ashes were left behind. One could imagine the power of the Five Elements Formation.
"Let me."
Qingqing waved her hand. A pure white lotus blossomed on her fingertip, and then the sparkling petals danced in the air, shooting towards the five pavilions.
The fluttering lotus petals seemed to have a special magic power. They sprinkled specks of clear light in the sky, and a soft light enveloped the five pavilions. It was a pure fluctuation of spiritual power.
Imprisonment!
Qing Qing easily sealed the Five Elements Formation and the Five Elements Space. Then, it flew over gracefully. Her jade-like feet tapped on the various spirit herbs as if she was a fairy. With a light wave of her sleeves, the Dragon Tongue Orchid broke out from the ground and was picked up by her.
"Hehe, I got it. Let's go."
The two of them flew over two misty mountain peaks and finally entered the interior of the island. In front of them was a valley surrounded by flowing lights. Specks of light rippled out from the valley. He could clearly feel the waves of spiritual energy fluctuating.
This was an important medicinal valley of the Shushan Immortal Island. It contained all sorts of spiritual essences that they had collected from overseas over the past one or two years. It could be said to be their largest medicinal herb garden.
Apart from refining all kinds of magic treasures, cultivators were also good at refining medicine. The various spirit pills refined in the medicine cauldron were one of the most important aids in raising their cultivation. Sometimes, it even surpassed their own cultivation.
Therefore, spiritual essences were especially important to cultivators. It was a major source of motivation for them to advance their cultivation.
At this moment, the medicinal valley was very quiet. However, Xiao Chen and Qingqing didn't dare to act rashly after sneaking in. That was because there was an extremely terrifying formation laid here. A little carelessness would trigger an attack from the immortal formation. It was obvious that the Shushan lineage attached great importance to the medicinal herb garden. Apart from the powerful formation, there were still ten experts guarding the place during the fight for the Ancestral Dragon Soul.
"Wow, that's … the Deity Fruit. I didn't expect to see such a divine item in the human world."
Qingqing was very surprised and said, "I've only eaten less than twenty of them since I was young."
This made Xiao Chen quite speechless. That was the king of spiritual essences, the Deity Fruit. According to legend, it was the fruit borne by a magical tree formed from the spiritual energy of a deceased deity. Each tree would only bear three fruits in its lifetime. The number of Deity Trees in the entire world could be counted.
This was something that could be mentioned in the same breath as the Amethyst Moonwood Fruit.
The Amethyst Moonwood Fruit that grew in the land of extreme negative energy could only bear fruit if it was at least a hundred thousand years old. Even someone as powerful as the founder of the Demonic Sect, Chiyou, could only find a dozen of them in the netherworld in order to repay Ke's favor.
The Deity Fruit and the Amethyst Moonwood Fruit were both the king of spiritual essences. One could imagine how difficult it was to obtain them. Yet there were actually two Heavenly Deity Trees growing within the medicinal valley, and there were two fist-sized rhombus-shaped Heavenly Deity Fruits hanging from each tree. They seemed as if they were carved out of fine jade, and they flowed with brilliant light and emitted waves of fragrance that intoxicated one.
The fact that the Shushan lineage could find the Deity Trees overseas and transplant them here meant that they had a big plan. They were preparing to guard the human world for a long time.
The two of them were very happy. This kind of spiritual essence was hard to come by. They started to plot how to harvest it.
In the end, they left this place quietly. Relying on Xiao Chen's Eightfold Extreme Speed, they set a palace in the center of the island on fire and quickly returned to the medicinal valley.
"The Scripture Pavilion is on fire."
"Someone come and put out the fire! Save the books!"
The shouts spread throughout the island.
At this moment, there were not many experts left on the island. All of them were fighting for the Ancestral Dragon Soul. Without a leader, it immediately caused a commotion.
The ten people in the medicinal valley naturally heard the shouts and became anxious. A middle-aged man pointed at his subordinates in the valley and ordered, "The few of you go to the Scripture Pavilion to help. The few of you go to the Pill Hall immediately. I suspect that someone is trying to lure us away from the Pill Hall."
In the dark, Qing Qing muttered, "That's right. The Pill Hall has the most good stuff. That is the place to refine the spiritual essences into medicinal pills. We should really go there first."
Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "The security there is definitely tighter. There's only one person left, but I feel that this person is very strong and not easy to deal with. "
Qing Qing laughed: "His strength is about the same as mine, but we don't have to risk our lives against him. I have something good here that can restrain him."
At this point, she took out a small and exquisite crystal pagoda that was only the size of a thumb. Waves of light rippled. It looked extremely exquisite, like a perfect work of art.
Qing Qing muttered an incantation, then took out the crystal pagoda. With a whoosh, the pagoda disappeared and suddenly appeared above the middle-aged cultivator's head. It quickly expanded and descended.
"Clear Sky Pagoda … How is this possible?"
The middle-aged cultivator's expression changed drastically, revealing a look of disbelief. Although he tried his best to resist, he was still sucked into the pagoda in an instant.
Whoosh …
With a flash of light, the crystal tower shrunk to the size of a thumb. It flew back into Qing Qing's hand.
Xiao Chen was shocked. He did not expect the crystal pagoda to be so powerful. It was able to seal a powerful cultivator in an instant. However, no matter how one looked at it, the crystal pagoda looked like a cultivator artifact.
"Hehe, there is no need to doubt it. This is indeed a treasure of the cultivator world. It was given to me by a strange uncle."
Qing Qing said half-jokingly: "A few months ago, I met a strange uncle on the sea. He insisted on taking me as his disciple, saying that I was born with the physique of a cultivator and wanted to nurture me into the strongest cultivator in history. I could not escape even if I wanted to. In the end, he left in a hurry because he had something to do. Before he left, he gave me the crystal pagoda. "
"A cultivator wanted to take you as his disciple?"
"That's right. However, that uncle didn't seem to be a bad person. He was very different from those cultivators I met later on. Furthermore, his cultivation level was ridiculously high. When I faced him, it was like an ant looking up at a giant elephant. "
"Qing Qing, what realm have you reached now?"
"Oh, a little stronger than uncle. However, don't be discouraged, uncle. Your potential is limitless, there is a lot of room for improvement. "
Qing Qing spoke very vaguely and changed the topic: "Let's hurry and pick the Heavenly God Fruit. The opportunity is fleeting."
She was not just a little stronger, Xiao Chen recalled that when he was recuperating in the Pure Land, Qing Qing's cultivation level seemed to be very unstable. It was very similar to the state of Nirvana realm where one's cultivation level fluctuated between high and low. Several years had passed, since she dared to leave the Pure Land to train, it meant that her realm had already stabilized. If that was the case … she most likely had already entered the Immortal realm.
What a powerful little girl! An outstanding person that could be compared to Lan Nuo. It was very obvious that the little girl had a clever heart. She didn't want Xiao Chen's confidence to suffer a blow, so she spoke very vaguely about her realm.
No wonder a mysterious and powerful cultivator wanted to take her as his disciple the first time they met, and threatened to nurture her into the strongest cultivator in history. This made Xiao Chen a little rueful, but he did not suffer a blow in the slightest.
The two of them entered the herb garden very cautiously. Even though they were proficient in some formations, they still triggered the attack of the immortal formation after they entered.
A very terrifying formation! Thousands of sword-qi swept across the sky and interweaved into a destructive and dense sword net. Xiao Chen's Eightfold Extreme Speed was displayed to the extreme, and he brought Qing Qing along to escape from that piece of sky. If they were a step slower, they would be swept by the countless sword-qi.
That space was simply insurmountable. Thousands of sword-qi, each of them was as thick as a water bucket. They completely sealed off that piece of sky, isolating the medicinal valley from the outside world.
This gave the two of them a little headache. It was not easy for them to get rid of those people, but now all their efforts were in vain. They were really a little unwilling.
"Let's test its power again."
Qing Qing took out the crystal pagoda again. The pagoda soared into the sky and flew towards the immortal formation.
The destructive immortal formation was activated once again. Not only were there thousands of sword-qi as thick as a water bucket, there were also endless lightning and hellfire. It was an extremely terrifying formation. It was unknown how many times stronger it was compared to the Five Elements Formation at the periphery of the immortal island.
The misty chaotic radiance was emitted from the crystal pagoda, rippling out circle after circle of light. The sword-qi that swept over were actually all shattered, the lightning was dispersed, and the flames were also annihilated.
"I didn't expect it to be so powerful."
Xiao Chen was rather shocked.
Qing Qing controlled the crystal pagoda to enlarge itself quickly and shrouded this space in an instant. It fell from the sky and swallowed and dissolved all the sword-qi, lightning, and flames of destruction.
The two of them didn't waste any time, they used the crystal pagoda to open the way and quickly rushed into the medicinal valley. Their target was the Deity Tree. Four milky white fruits emitted a sweet fragrance. They were circulating with intoxicating radiance as they swayed gently on the verdant Deity Tree. It was exceptionally alluring.
Xiao Chen and Qing Qing each had two fruits. They quickly plucked the four Deity Fruits. According to legend, they were condensed from the spiritual energy of a deceased deity. As expected, they seemed to have a life of their own. Specks of radiance actually flowed out from their hands.
The two of them didn't stop there. Multicolored light flickered in the medicinal valley. There were also many other spiritual herbs. They were all rare treasures, such as the Amethyst Jade Grass, Jadeite Celestial Lotus, Nine Leaf Jade Zoysia …
Seeing so many spiritual herbs, Xiao Chen couldn't help but think of Keke. Xiao Chen couldn't help but think of Keke. If the little thing was here, she would definitely squint her eyes in happiness. After that, it would plunder everything and even beg Xiao Chen to help it pack everything up.
In order to escape the grief and sorrow of losing its loved ones, it returned to the dragon island alone. It seemed like it was sealing itself off. Ever since Xiao Chen sliced open the space on Mount Lu and saw Keke sobbing mournfully on the broken root of the Heavenly Tree, That scene was forever fixed in his heart. It made him feel very uncomfortable. He wished he could immediately bring that pitiful little thing to the mortal world.
Now, he was frantically sweeping through the medicinal valley. Even Qing Qing was dumbstruck. There was only one reason — — he wanted to help the little thing gather enough spiritual herbs. "Uncle, don't be too excessive. You have to leave some for the master."
It was an absolute "bountiful harvest". The two of them left the medicinal valley in satisfaction. Before leaving, Qing Qing took out the crystal pagoda and threw the unconscious expert into the valley.
All of this happened in an instant. It could be said that the two of them were very efficient. Xiao Chen and Qing Qing didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, they chose to observe in the dark. The underground fire in the Scripture Pavilion was extinguished very quickly. After a while, a scream transmitted from the medicinal valley. Those experts who returned discovered that the medicinal valley was robbed.
Very soon. More than ten experts flew towards the medicinal valley.
Xiao Chen and Qing Qing glanced at each other. They both felt that they should go to the most important Pill Hall to take a look.
They approached it quickly. However, they retreated in an instant because there were at least twenty experts inside. This was the most important place among the important places. It was even more important than the medicinal valley. Furthermore, there were even more powerful and terrifying immortal formations laid there. With Xiao Chen's Eightfold Extreme Speed, he was already far away before the people in the Pill Hall noticed him.
At this moment, Xiao Chen's body trembled slightly. The stone man moved a little.
"Whoosh …"
Xiao Chen and Qing Qing stopped and stood on the back mountain of the immortal island. At this moment, they both felt a trace of abnormality.
"That is …"
There was actually a spatial door at the top of the mountain. There were specks of light inside. No one knew where it led to. Could it be that this was the passageway connecting the cultivation world and the mortal world? Cultivators entered the mortal world through this?
However, why was there no one holding the door open? It seemed like they didn't care about outsiders discovering the secret.
Just now, the stone man was obviously trembling because of the spatial door. Xiao Chen decided to go in and take a look.
Qing Qing dissuaded him, "Uncle, don't take the risk. The people from Shushan had designs on me in the past. That guy called Deng Yu wasn't friendly to you either. However, we have already collected the interest just now. There's no need to continue taking the risk. "
"Wait for me here. With my speed, I can retreat immediately if there's any problem."
Xiao Chen didn't want to give up. The stone man in his body was too mysterious. The thing that it sensed must be something extraordinary.
Whoosh …
Xiao Chen disappeared in a flash and rushed into the spatial tunnel.
Not long after, he realized he had entered a strange space. There were some energy ripples in the blue sky. There was no sun, but the light in the space was very gentle.
The space wasn't very big. It was less than ten miles in circumference. It seemed to be a sealed void. There were lush green plants inside. Other than the lack of spaciousness, it looked no different from the real world outside.
Whoosh …
With a flash of light, Qing Qing also rushed in.
"Qing Qing, why are you here?"
"I'm worried about the troublemaking uncle. I'm prepared to send a beauty to save uncle at the crucial moment."
Xiao Chen and Qing Qing walked forward together. Not long after, they stopped at the side of a clear lake.
The lake was filled with specks of multicolored light. The lotus leaves were boundless green. The lotus flower reflected in the sun was exceptionally red. Among the green leaves, there was a huge lotus flower that was beyond imagination. It was as if a towering tree was standing in the middle of the lake.
Under the cover of the dark green lotus leaves, there was a twelfth-grade lotus platform floating quietly in the middle of the lake. Many intelligent fish were swimming around in the surroundings. Some of the colorful fish were actually spitting out demonic pearls. They seemed to have gained a little bit of cultivation.
Xiao Chen was gobsmacked. That sparkling and resplendent lotus platform actually gave the fish in the lake the possibility of becoming a demon. It was easy to imagine how abundant the spiritual energy was.
At that time, Keke had once stolen a ninth-grade lotus platform from the Celestial City's Spiritual Treasure Palace. It was only the size of a washbasin. At that time, it was already regarded as the Celestial City's top-notch treasure.
And the one before them was actually a twelfth-grade lotus platform. Moreover, it was as big as half a house. One could imagine its grade. It had already surpassed the category of spiritual purity. It could already be considered a treasure.
This lotus platform was too similar to the twelfth-grade lotus platform of the Buddha. It was also flickering with brilliance. It was as sparkling and translucent as a jade carving. Whether it was in terms of size or the ripples of Spiritual Qi, it was far superior to the Buddha's treasure.
"I dare say that this twelfth-grade lotus platform is not inferior to the Buddha's treasure."
Xiao Chen was the most qualified to speak. That was because he had controlled the Buddha's lotus platform for a very long time. However, it was very hard for him to understand why there was another unimaginable lotus platform in this place. Moreover, it was still growing.
Just at this time, the stoneman in his body moved again. However, it was absolutely not because of the twelfth-grade lotus platform. What caused the stoneman to tremble was actually a seemingly ordinary stone bridge on the small lake.
In Xiao Chen's body, the broken stoneman had already slowly raised its intact left hand and pointed at the stone bridge in front.
Qing Qing saw Xiao Chen abandoned the twelfth-grade lotus platform and flew up to pay attention to that ancient and crude stone bridge. She also flew over and sized it up attentively.
On the surface of the stone bridge, there were four blurry ancient characters. It was unknown how many years they had been through.
"Eh? Those seem to be the most primitive divine characters …"
Qing Qing was incomparably shocked.
"You recognize them?"
Xiao Chen was even more shocked.
"I've learned a little. The four characters seem to be … the Heavenly Death Bridge. "
"What? The Heavenly Death Bridge? "
Xiao Chen turned pale with fright. Cultivators had once ordered people to build the Heavenly Death Bridge by the Yellow River. It turned out that there was actually a real "prototype". "Uncle, look … that bridge seems strange, as if … it is connected to another world."
Qing Qing pointed at the dark and lightless hole in the bridge in astonishment.
The light in this space was gentle, but the bottom of the bridge was pitch-black. Even the Heavenly Eye couldn't see clearly.
Just at this time, the twelfth-grade lotus platform in the lake suddenly trembled. It rippled with an incomparably powerful energy. Immediately, Qing Qing and Xiao Chen felt their hearts palpitate and their souls tremble. Not good, I feel that the twelfth-grade lotus platform is nurturing a life. "
Qing Qing cried out in fear, "Uncle, let's retreat quickly."
Xiao Chen also understood in an instant. No wonder there was no one guarding the spatial gate. There was no need to worry about any problems even with the Heavenly Death Bridge inside. It turned out that there was another treasure, the twelfth-grade lotus platform, guarding everything.
Qing Qing activated her powerful spiritual sense and said in shock, "There is an unimaginably powerful woman in the twelfth-grade lotus platform. She … is about to awaken."
Xiao Chen hurriedly pulled Qing Qing and charged into the space tunnel with Eightfold Extreme Speed without even looking back. Their extreme speed was equivalent to constantly traversing through space. Every step they took was a few kilometers. Xiao Chen and the others quickly rushed out of the space gate, and then instantly escaped from the immortal island. They only stopped when they were more than 20 kilometers away from the immortal island of Mount Shu.
But just at this time, two incomparably sharp and terrifying light beams instantly swept over, forcing them to fly several tens of kilometers away again.
"It's that woman! It's her … she opened her eyes. "
Ever since they met, Xiao Chen noticed that this was the first time Qing Qing revealed an incomparably serious expression.
"Did she chase after us?"
"No, she is still in that void, still being nurtured in the lotus platform. But I have a feeling that she opened her eyes and is watching us."
"The light in her eyes?"
Xiao Chen was shocked. The light in her eyes was actually even sharper than the sword qi, and it was so far away. Suddenly, he recalled Tong Hu's words of Mount Lu.
"There is a pair of eyes watching us from afar. It seems to be a pair of woman's eyes. I have never seen a person's eyes that can be so sharp. It is a hundred times stronger than the sword qi. I estimate that she is at least a hundred kilometers away from here, but I can still sense her … Although I haven't seen that pair of eyes, if I were to reconstruct that sharp gaze, I think that pair of eyes is very similar to the eyes of the woman in the portrait you showed me. "
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen was immediately shocked. How could this be?
"Qing Qing, did you capture that woman's face with your spiritual sense just now?"
"I vaguely saw her. She is very beautiful, almost bewitching."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen took out a scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it. He said, "Is it the woman in this painting?"
Qing Qing was very surprised and said, "Eh? Very similar, very similar!"
"Whoosh …"
Just at this time, two cold light beams swept over from the distant sky. They were a hundred times sharper than the sword qi and could shake people's souls.
Tong Hu's words were confirmed!
Xiao Chen shouted that the situation was not good. He hurriedly pulled Qing Qing and fled far away.
Who is that?
Why is it like this!
Xiao Chen's heart was filled with doubts. Could it be … that it was really Ruo Shui?
But, how could it be? How could it be!
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