Chapter 107: Bloody Eyes【5K】
Letting these human Qi-cultivating cultivators consume each other is also a good choice, so the foundation-building forces of both sides will not deliberately target these low-level cultivators.
For low-level demons and human cultivators, the pressure of survival has already reached its limit. Killing the opponent in battle to gain the opportunity for promotion is also a rare way out for them.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of cultivators and monsters in the early and middle stages of Qi training are the weaker party who cannot control their own destiny, and only a few can survive in the end.
"Let's go."
Ye Linyuan spoke and asked everyone in the Ye family to steer the treasure ship towards the depths of the Heikui Islands.
In order to avoid his own strength being discovered, Ye Linyuan did not directly attack the nearby islands this time, but took a detour to the more distant sea areas.
One has to admit that the Heikui Islands are indeed the territory of the demon race, and the number of demon beasts here can be said to be numerous.
Over the years, Ye Linyuan has crossed the thousands of miles of sea area of the Qinghe Islands more than a dozen times, but has hardly ever seen a monster with his own eyes. However, here, he encountered more than a dozen monsters in succession after walking only a hundred miles.
Fortunately, most of these monsters had low cultivation levels, and Old Man Ye quickly killed many of them with his successive attacks.
By the time they had traveled more than three hundred miles, they had encountered dozens of monsters, and there were thirteen corpses of monsters on the ship.
"In the Heikui Islands, hunting monsters is surprisingly easy."
Seeing that there were many monsters of all sizes on the boat, everyone in the Ye family couldn't help but show surprise.
Old Man Ye shook his head, and then said: "It is not difficult to hunt down monsters in the early stage of Qi training with the cultivation of the late stage of Qi training, but it is not easy to find the monster tribe."
Ye Linyuan nodded when he heard this. He understood that this was essentially the ecological balance of the world of immortal cultivation.
It is not difficult to kill a monster in the early or middle stage of Qi training with the cultivation level in the late stage of Qi training, but monsters are rarely seen on the human territory.
Taking the Qinghe Islands as an example, the demons that once occupied the Qinghe Islands were completely wiped out by the human race. The rest basically fled into the deep sea or came to the Heikui Islands, where the big demons reside.
Under such circumstances, no matter how strong Old Man Ye is, it would be difficult for him to hunt monsters in the Qinghe Islands.
The purple-scaled demon snake that Ye Linyuan encountered was an ordinary snake hidden in a spiritual vein. It became a demon only after its bloodline was awakened under the catalysis of spiritual energy. It was a very rare case.
It is impossible to hunt monsters in the Qinghe Islands, but it is too dangerous in the deep sea.
After all, there are many monsters in the deep sea, and some of them are powerful. It would be quite dangerous for ordinary people in the late stage of Qi training to go hunting monsters.
Shallow sea islands like the Heikui Islands are even more terrifying. If it weren't for this great opportunity for a war between human and monsters, anyone who has reached the peak of Qi training and dared to come in to hunt monsters would be asking for trouble.
The demon tribe that has reached the perfection of Qi training here will continue to hunt down human cultivators madly, and may even attract the attack of the great demon who has established his foundation.
"Where the human race is dominant, the demon race is often almost extinct. In the territories occupied by the demon race, it is difficult for the human race to survive."
"In addition to the captive spirit beasts, the area where humans and demons coexist and where one can hunt demon beasts when going out is extremely rare in the Cangling Sea."
Old Man Ye spoke slowly, and then looked at the sea ahead and said, "More than 300 miles ahead, there are several large islands. It is said that there are demons in the late stage of Qi training living there."
"If we kill them, we may be able to obtain some rare items."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sped up and headed towards the sea ahead.
After running madly all the way, they soon arrived in front of a towering island.
It was an island that stretched for more than twenty miles, filled with boiling spiritual energy, and seemed to be a top-grade spiritual vein.
Looking at the superior-grade spiritual vein before them, everyone showed expressions of surprise and immediately prepared to steer the Lingfeng over.
But at this moment, Ye Linyuan suddenly frowned and shouted fiercely: "Prepare for battle!"
In an instant, everyone in the Ye family reacted quickly, immediately set up their monster-hunting crossbows and looked around vigilantly.
At the same time, everyone looked around and found that the surrounding waves were surging and more than forty blood-red giant sharks were surrounding them.
"It's a bloodthirsty shark, you all should be careful."
The moment he saw these blood-red sharks, Ye Linyuan immediately spoke up to remind them.
This blood-thirsty shark is an extremely ferocious demon species with a very violent temper. An adult is at least two meters long, and some powerful individuals are even more than three meters long. Their physical strength is extremely brutal.
After Ye Linyuan's reminder, Old Man Ye asked everyone to respond while he said solemnly, "Thirty-five are in the early stage of Qi Refining, and four are in the middle stage of Qi Refining."
"With this strength alone, they probably don't dare to deal with us. There must be a mutant blood shark in the late stage of Qi training hiding in the dark."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked solemn.
Judging from the seventh level of Qi training displayed by the old man Ye, ordinary Qi training monsters in the early and middle stages should not dare to surround him. Even if the bloodthirsty shark has a violent personality, it should not dare to rashly provoke an existence that it cannot deal with.
Knowing this, everyone became more cautious.
It was at this time that these bloodthirsty sharks rushed towards the Lingfeng.
Seeing that a war was about to break out, Ye Linyuan immediately said, "You guys deal with these bloodthirsty sharks, and leave the hidden ones to me."
"it is good!"
Upon seeing this, Old Man Ye immediately activated the Chixu Flying Sword and instantly killed a bloodthirsty shark. The others also activated their magic weapons and joined forces to suppress these bloodthirsty sharks.
Although these bloodthirsty sharks were powerful, they did not gain the upper hand at all under the resistance of the Ye family cultivators.
If Old Man Ye, Zhou Yuwan and the others had not held back some of their strength, these bloodthirsty sharks would have been killed and retreated in a short while.
This battle lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour. Not only did these bloodthirsty sharks not gain any advantage, but more than a dozen of them were killed in succession.
"Still not coming out?"
Seeing that the mutated bloodthirsty shark in the dark had not come out yet, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The strength of the mutated bloodthirsty sharks should not be underestimated. Not only are they the best in their class, they are also vicious monsters that will take revenge for any slight. If they cannot find and kill it here today, they will probably have to be on guard against this monster in the future.
If it wasn't necessary, Ye Linyuan didn't want to let the bloodthirsty shark escape.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan took another look at the Demon Hunting Crossbow and said thoughtfully, "It hides in the dark, is it afraid of the Demon Hunting Crossbow?"
In just a moment, Ye Linyuan guessed the idea of the demon hunting crossbow.
So he looked at Ye Qinchu, who was manning the Demon Hunting Crossbow and was on high alert, and said, "Second Uncle, use the Demon Hunting Crossbow to shoot those demon sharks."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qinchu did not hesitate. He decisively set up the demon-hunting crossbow and aimed it at a demon shark in the middle stage of Qi Refining. With a violent sound of breaking through the air, he shot it to death in the sea on the spot.
"boom--"
At this moment, the sea in the distance shook violently, and a huge blood shark more than six meters long rose into the air.
There was a blood-red vertical pupil between the monster's eyebrows, which was filled with an extremely ferocious force. At this moment, as the blood shark opened its vertical pupil, a blood light with monstrous murderous aura shot towards the monster hunting crossbow.
"not good."
Ye Qinchu's expression changed slightly, and he wanted to withdraw immediately, but found that it was too late.
At the critical moment, a ray of moonlight suddenly fell and turned into a bright moon in front of Ye Qinchu, blocking the blood light on the spot.
In an instant, the ferocious blood light was purified, and then the bright moon split into a powerful moon blade and slashed out, instantly cutting the blood shark flying backwards.
"puff--"
After one move, the huge blood shark slammed heavily onto the sea surface.
At this time, when everyone looked, they found that there was a scar on the blood shark's body that was deep enough to see the bone.
"Three-eyed blood shark."
Looking at the huge blood shark, Ye Linyuan's brows couldn't help but frown slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
As a type of mutated blood shark, the three-eyed blood shark is an extremely bloodthirsty demon shark. Its physical combat power is not particularly strong, but its blood eyes can emit a very domineering innate spell "Turbid Spirit Blood Light". This turbid spirit blood light is good at polluting the spirit and treasure. Once it hits, it can pollute the monk's body and leave injuries that are almost impossible to cure.
Even if you activate a magic weapon to block, the spirituality of the magic weapon will be greatly lost. In mild cases, the power of the magic weapon will drop drastically, and in severe cases, the cultivator may even lose control of the magic weapon.
If Ye Qinchu had been hit by the bloody spiritual light just now, he would have turned into a pool of pus and blood in a short period of time, and even the demon-hunting crossbow would have been destroyed, losing its due powerful force.
Fortunately, Ye Linyuan's Nine Skies Bright Moon is not only extremely powerful in healing, but can also expel and purify foul energy, and has a strong restraint on the turbid blood light.
Otherwise, even Ye Linyuan would have to destroy a magic weapon as a price to block the mutant blood shark's innate magical power.
“I didn’t expect it to be this monster. It turned out to be a rare three-eyed blood shark. It seems that the spell may be able to go a step further.”
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then took a calm step forward and stepped onto the ocean.
In an instant, a bright moon rose high in the sky, and its bright and gentle moonlight spread in all directions, turning into swords of moonlight that swirled up.
"cut--"
With a light rebuke, three thousand moonlight swords slashed down continuously, and all the blood sharks within hundreds of feet were killed in one blow. Even the three-eyed bloodthirsty shark in the late stage of Qi training could only hold out for a few breaths under the moonlight swords.
The power of the moonlight and the authority of the shortcut were clearly demonstrated at this moment.
Until this moment, everyone present was stunned. They all looked at the man in white walking under the moonlight, and a sense of alienation between the immortal and the mortal surged in their hearts.
"It's like the Taiyin Immortal Lord descending to earth, or like the Moon Palace Lord descending to the world."
Zhou Yuwan was in a daze, and for a moment he could only feel his heart beating violently.
"Spells that close the way are the threshold to entering the Tao."
"If you can succeed in cultivation, you will also be invincible in the realm of Qi training."
Ye Linyuan held the bright moon in his hand and calmly gathered the Nine Sky Moon into his palm. Then he walked up to the three-eyed blood shark and reached out to dig out the vertical pupil.
It was a blood-red vertical pupil like a gem, emitting an overbearing and dirty blood light, which made people feel their scalp tingling at a glance.
The flesh and blood of shark monsters are mostly extremely fishy, and only a few materials such as shark fins can be used from their bodies.
The same is true for this three-eyed bloodthirsty shark. Its flesh and blood are completely inedible, but the third eye of this monster is a very precious material.
This item is called 'Turbid Spirit Blood Pupil' and is a first-class rare treasure of extremely high value.
If such rare treasures can be refined into top-grade magical instruments, they can emit their innate magical power, turbid spiritual blood light, and can pollute human bodies and magical instruments.
In addition, this treasure is hard to defend against. Once used for a surprise attack, it can often achieve the effect of defeating the enemy in one blow.
Even if you cannot kill a powerful enemy, you can at least destroy his magic weapon or cause him to suffer injuries that are difficult to heal.
Even a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi training will be seriously injured by a sneak attack from this treasure, greatly reducing the success rate of building a foundation in the future. It can be said that this is an extraordinary and insidious treasure.
If such a treasure is sold in Tianxing Fairy City, the price will probably not be less than one hundred spirit stones.
But for Ye Linyuan, the Turbid Spirit Blood Pupil is much more than that, because this treasure is also the key medicine for practicing the Blood Soul Curse.
The Blood Soul Curse is an extremely insidious secret method. It is also the only spell among the four core spells of the Tianji Master, namely "Stargazing", "Divination", "Fate Change" and "Blood Soul Curse", that has the ability to defeat the enemy.
This technique is difficult to practice. Not only does it require extremely high levels of comprehension, but it also requires rare and dirty things in the world as medicine.
Ye Linyuan has already mastered the Blood Soul Curse over the years, and now he lacks this one ingredient to complete the final step of the Blood Soul Curse.
"With this item, the Blood Soul Curse should be a little quicker."
Grabbing the Turbid Spirit Blood Pupil, Ye Linyuan deliberately put it into a separate Nahai Shell.
After doing all this, he returned to the treasure ship.
At this time, everyone in the Ye family took action and cut off the bloodthirsty shark's fins and other precious materials.
After doing all this, everyone looked at Chen Nianzhi, still revealing a hint of shock.
They originally thought that the shortcut magic was just a legend, but they never expected that they could actually see a person master it with their own eyes, and it was their own young master, which made them feel a little unbelievable.
Ye Linyuan was very calm about this, but Old Man Ye said with a serious face: "The near-path magic is top secret, you must remember not to spread this matter."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded immediately, and Zhou Mingfu and others even swore an oath on the spot.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan didn't say much. This shortcut magic had great potential and might indeed cause some trouble once it was spread out.
But everyone here is either a direct descendant of the Ye family's immortal clan, or has a very close relationship with Ye Linyuan, so it is impossible for them to betray Ye Linyuan.
Needless to say, the people of the Ye family naturally have no intention of betraying Ye Linyuan. The Zhou family's grandparents and grandchildren and the Chu family's father and daughter would never betray Ye Linyuan.
This is not only because Ye Linyuan provided them with a stable environment for cultivation, the most important thing is that Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi practiced the Willow Catkins Following the Wind Sutra and the Peach Blossoms Following the Water Sutra.
These two volumes of superior skills are extremely precious, and are both superior skills that even the foundation-building immortal sects find difficult to obtain. And the ones they have can only be cultivated to the state of perfect Qi Refining.
The subsequent foundation-building and golden elixir chapters will need to be taught by Ye Linyuan in the future.
Furthermore, even if they betrayed Ye Linyuan, it would be difficult for them to become the core members of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Sect. Instead, they would most likely become the objects of exploitation.
After all, for a foundation-building sect, what is scarce is never the qualifications of having double spiritual roots, but the resources in hand.
Among the Qi-cultivating practitioners of Qinghe Immortal Sect, no less than ten have dual spiritual roots. Most of the ten elders and true disciples have dual spiritual roots.
In a normal foundation-building sect, there will basically be no less than ten disciples with dual spiritual roots in a given era.
For a foundation-building immortal sect, dual spiritual roots are rare but definitely not indispensable. What is truly scarce are rank-breaking resources such as foundation-building pills, rare treasures, or geniuses who have mastered shortcut magic.
Normally speaking, even if a dual-spiritual-root disciple from outside joins a foundation-building sect, it is unlikely that he or she will be able to obtain the sect’s foundation-building resources.
Because key resources such as foundation-building pills are scarce, those foundation-building ancestors will inevitably give priority to their own bloodline clansmen, or true disciples who have been raised since childhood, and will not easily give them to an outsider with two spiritual roots.
As long as a cultivator with two spiritual roots from the outside world is over ten years old, even if he joins a sect, it is very unlikely for him to become the true core of the sect.
Because they have missed the best time to cultivate feelings, no one wants to pay a huge price to raise an ungrateful person. Even if the possibility is only 10% higher than cultivating descendants of their own bloodline, they will not take the risk easily.
Therefore, people with second spiritual roots from the outside world would generally not receive much care even if they joined the foundation-building sect. Some very vicious foundation-building cultivators would even use poison, prohibitions, blood essence and other means to control them and make them their vanguards.
It is also because of this that second spiritual root cultivators from the outside world rarely choose to join a sect.
Besides, in the eyes of everyone, behind Ye Linyuan is an unfathomable master, who is not someone they can afford to offend.
Worst case scenario, Ye Linyuan’s master is fake, so even if they succeed in betraying Ye Linyuan, they will probably not end up well.
Because of his status as a genius who has mastered the shortcut magic, Ye Linyuan will most likely become a true disciple of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Sect. The people who betrayed him will most likely become sacrifices to win over Ye Linyuan.
After all, a genius who has mastered the shortcut magic is probably even more valuable than the foundation-building pill, and is still worthy of being won over by the foundation-building immortal sect.
So all in all, Ye Linyuan was not worried that these people would betray him.
So he waited for a few people to take the oath, then said with a smile: "We are all family, there is no need for you to be so nervous."
"As long as you sincerely join my Ye family, I will definitely not treat you unfairly when I have established my foundation in the future."
When everyone heard this, they immediately showed joy.
A genius in close-range magic, even if he does not get the opportunity to build a foundation in the future, his achievement will at least be considered as half of the foundation-building combat power. This is almost the highest-level person they can come into contact with.
How could they not be delighted by such a promise?
Everyone immediately showed their delight, and Mr. Zhou Ming couldn't help but said tremblingly: "I don't have much time left, but if I can help the young master before I die, my life will be worth it."
(End of this chapter)
