Cangling Immortal Clan

Chapter 104: The Whale of the Sea [5K]

Now, he is only 27 years old, but his cultivation has reached the perfect state of Qi training. His strength is extremely powerful among Qi training practitioners.

Knowing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but ask: "Could it be?"

"This is no longer a secret, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."

Taoist Yu nodded, and then said, "The young master has already mastered the magic of the near way. This time, he participated in the battle between humans and monsters in order to sharpen his heart of Tao."

"After he returns, perhaps we should prepare to build a superior foundation for the Dao."

When Ye Linyuan heard this, a slight ripple appeared in his eyes.

As far as he knew, Su Shaoyu was practicing a dual-attribute gold and water technique called 'The Long Whale in the Ocean', which contained a core spell called 'The Whale Swallowing the Ocean'.

Legend has it that with this wonderful technique as the core, one can forge the superior Taoist foundation of 'Swallowing the Ocean', which is a rather mysterious superior technique.

Such a genius has also mastered the core shortcut magic. If he can really build a successful foundation, his future achievements will not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan smiled and complimented: "Young Master is such a genius, I'm afraid it won't be a problem for him to step into the Golden Core realm in the future."

Taoist Yu nodded and said proudly, "With the young master's talent, if he can successfully build his foundation, I dare not say that he can step into the realm of golden elixir in the future, but it should be no problem for him to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building."

"I am sending you to the Left Route Army. It will be a rare opportunity for you to be taken care of by the Young Master."

"Thank you very much."

Ye Linyuan bowed and thanked Taoist Yu with a smile.

Taoist Yu smiled when he saw this, and then said, "Go and rest first. We will gather and set off in three days, and you can come and join us then."

In response, Ye Linyuan nodded and bowed to Taoist Yu to say goodbye.

Everyone in the Ye family stayed in the Qinghe Xianfang, waiting for the day to gather and set out. They also took the opportunity to purchase some treasures that were usually hard to find while there were many people around.

Now is the eve of war, the prices of magic weapons and talismans have increased a lot. After the Ye family members obtained the foundation-building techniques, their cultivation skills have also improved to a certain extent, and most of them have reached the middle stage of the first level.

Taking this opportunity, the Ye family sold the low-grade talismans and magical instruments they had used for practice in the past few years and made a decent amount of spirit stones. Ye Linyuan also purchased some spirit seeds and materials that were relatively rare in the past.

Time passed so quickly that three days passed quickly. It was the day of the oath-taking ceremony. Early in the morning, Ye Linyuan arrived at the dock outside Qinghe Island.

At this time, the dock was already crowded with people. Tens of thousands of families and individual cultivators gathered in groups and stood in front of the dock square.

In the center of the dock, on a wide platform, dozens of figures were tied up and kneeling on it.

"This is……"

When everyone in the Ye family saw this scene, their faces were shocked slightly.

Ye Linyuan frowned slightly and looked at Old Man Ye. He roughly understood what was going on.

Soon, as independent cultivators and cultivators from major families arrived one after another, several majestic figures appeared on the platform again.

Ye Linyuan could tell at a glance that these people were the elders of the Qinghe Immortal Sect.

The leader was the Grand Elder of Qinghe Immortal Sect, 'Nan Chi Taoist', who was said to be a genius with both fire and wood spiritual roots.

Now, he is only seventy-eight years old, but he has been practicing Qi for nearly forty years and has reached the great perfection. He is one of the few people in Qinghe Immortal Sect who is most likely to establish a foundation.

Logically speaking, with Taoist Nan Chi's fire attribute foundation, combined with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, the possibility of breaking through the foundation will not be less than 40% to 50%.

However, the magic power of a cultivator who majored in fire magic was too overbearing. If he tried to break through to the foundation-building stage, he would either succeed or die. He only had one chance to break through to the foundation-building stage, so this person had been honing his foundation over the years and did not rashly break through to the foundation-building stage.

According to the secret information Ye Linyuan received, this Taoist Nan Chi has been practicing a special secret method called 'Jia Zi Chong Yuan Shu' over the years.

Once this method is mastered, the chances of building the foundation will be increased by an additional 20%. Combined with the cohesiveness of the fire-attributed technique and the foundation-building pill, this Taoist Nan Chi will have at least a 70% chance of successfully building the foundation.

Unfortunately, the practice of Jiazi Chongyuanshu is extremely slow, and it takes a Jiazi period of time to master it. Taoist Nan Chi has only been practicing this technique for more than forty years, and it will take another twenty years to succeed.

"Everyone!"

Just as Ye Linyuan's mind was in turmoil, Taoist Nan Chi suddenly waved his long sleeves to stop everyone who was talking.

Then, he pointed at the people tied up in front of him and said calmly, "I think you all want to know why these people are tied up here."

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment, and for a moment they could not help but talk about it.

But Taoist Nan Chi didn't wait for anyone to say anything, and said directly with a cold face: "Now that the war is imminent, all the major families in your Qinghe Islands and even the independent cultivators are preparing for the war."

"But some people want to take this opportunity to escape from the Qinghe Islands. They even want to wait until the war starts and then come back to cause chaos and plunder and rob your sacred mountains and treasures."

"Do you think these people should be arrested?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present showed expressions of shock and anger.

Many monks had murderous intent on their faces, and could not help but say with anger and shock: "They should be caught and killed. Kill them quickly."

Some people seemed to have noticed something, but could only respond with a calm expression.

Ye Linyuan knew very well that Taoist Nan Chi was killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. He was arresting a group of independent cultivators and small families who were late or did not want to participate in the war, in order to intimidate the major families and independent cultivators present.

Some of the family leaders present also noticed it, but they did not express any opinions.

After all, their assets are all in the Qinghe Islands. It is impossible and they do not have the strength to resist the Qinghe Immortal Sect. The only thing they can do is to follow the Qinghe Immortal Sect to fight.

In this case, it would be a good thing for them to deal with these restless factors.

After all, they don't want to find that their home has been robbed by a bunch of rats when they come back from a battle.

"Since you all think they should be killed, I will kill them today as a sacrifice."

Seeing that everyone was filled with murderous intent, Taoist Nan Chi suddenly revealed a hint of coldness. He suddenly waved his long sleeves, and a group of Qinghe Xianmen monks came forward with big swords in their hands and held down these monks.

With an order, dozens of monks' heads fell to the ground and blood was spilled all over the ground.

Until this moment, many people present came to their senses. They felt a chill all of a sudden. The importance of the war increased by more than one level, and some of their original little thoughts were put aside.

"Take it up."

After killing a group of people, Taoist Nan Chi had the platform cleaned up. He then looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone, sixty years ago, the Black Kui demon tribe led a group of demons to attack the Qinghe Islands. At that time, the entire Qinghe Islands were littered with corpses."

"I don't know how many of your ancestors, old friends, and even relatives and friends died in that battle. Now that our Qinghe Islands are growing stronger, it's time to take revenge!"

At this point, Taoist Nan Chi suddenly smiled and said, "As long as we can conquer the Hei Kui Islands, not only can you avenge your hatred, but you can also share spiritual veins, treasures, rare treasures, and even opportunities for promotion."

"As long as you can perform enough meritorious deeds, the foundation-building ancestor of my Qinghe Immortal Sect can even accept you as his personal disciples."

Upon hearing this, many people present showed expressions of surprise, and each of them seemed to be eager to fight.

Ye Linyuan watched all this and nodded slightly, showing some approval of the Qinghe Immortal Sect's tactics.

In this pre-war mobilization, Taoist Nan Chi first killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, in order to deter those with evil intentions, and then promised them benefits to arouse everyone's desire to fight. It can be said that he used both kindness and force, which was already a qualified layout of the immortal sect.

You know, in the Qinghe Islands today, with the increasing number of cultivators, the sacred mountains and spiritual veins have long been insufficient.

The independent cultivators have had enough of their frustrating days, and many of them even want to snatch the spiritual veins of the major families to maintain their practice.

But the major families are not easy to mess with. They only need to win over a group of powerful independent cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi training. Ordinary independent cultivators in the early stages of Qi training will not be able to defeat the major families at all, not to mention that there is also the pressure from the Qinghe Immortal Sect above them.

In this case, expanding territory, fighting for islands outside the archipelago, and even conquering shallow sea islands like the Heikui Islands, is the best way for them to gain living space. Especially the Heikui Islands, which is the territory occupied by a large number of monsters. Usually, even Qi training masters dare not go there to hunt monsters, because there are powerful foundation-building monsters there, and ordinary Qi training cultivators will die if they go there.

Now they have a rare opportunity to follow the Qinghe Immortal Sect to hunt monsters. This is much safer than hunting monsters in the deep sea by themselves.

Not to mention, after the war, they will be able to share various resources, and may also obtain the sacred mountain veins, and even directly join the Qinghe Immortal Sect. This is a rare opportunity for them.

"Everyone, let's go."

The oath-taking ceremony lasted for half a day, and after half a day, Taoist Nan Chi waved his sleeves and asked everyone to leave.

The major families and independent cultivators were organized into three armies under the leadership of the disciples of Qinghe Immortal Sect.

The members of the Ye family were arranged under the command of Yu Daofeng, the third elder of Qinghe Immortal Sect. They came all the way to the assembly point of the left army, but Ye Linyuan frowned slightly.

But among the left army, there were twelve figures with extraordinary momentum, and each of these people was in the state of perfect Qi training.

Among them, three are the ancestors of the great Qi training families in the Qinghe Islands, and they are from the three major Qi training families: Liu, Li, and Murong.

These three clans have a long heritage and are among the top ten clans under the Qinghe Immortal Sect. They have at least nearly a hundred Qi-refining cultivators, and there are even several in the late Qi-refining stage. There are no less than twenty in the middle Qi-refining stage. The heritage is absolutely unmatched by the Ye family.

There were two other people who were very famous independent cultivators in the Qinghe Islands, named Mo Dao Ren and Chi Xin San Ren.

Taoist Mo is good at refining pills. He can refine rare and superior first-grade pills with a high success rate. It is said that he is a guest of honor of the third elder.

Chi Xin San Ren is not good at the various arts of cultivation, but he has a very high talent for body refining. It is said that he not only cultivates fire-attributed magic power, but also practices the body refining technique Chi Xue Gong to the ninth level. Therefore, his combat power is among the best in the same realm.

Ye Linyuan believed that if he were not counted, the strength of this Chixin Sanren would be second only to the Third Elder and Su Shaoyu in the Left Route Army.

There were also five gray-robed monks, all of whom had old faces and had reached the perfection of Qi training. Most of their Qi and blood were already quite weak, and they were all elders of the Qinghe Immortal Sect.

These elders of Qinghe Immortal Sect are probably equivalent to those in the late stage of Qi training in the outside world in terms of aptitude and talent. It is only by relying on the abundant resources and safer environment of Qinghe Immortal Sect that they can cultivate to the perfect state of Qi training.

According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, these people's strength should be considered average in terms of Qi Refining Perfection, and they should not be as strong as independent cultivators like Chi Xin San Ren who have fought their way here.

Of course, as a casual cultivator, Chi Xin San Ren's skills and external objects are inferior to those of the foundation-building cultivators. The exact size of the strength gap can only be known after a battle.

Each of these ten cultivators who have reached the pinnacle of Qi Refining has extraordinary strength, but they are not the core of everyone present.

There were two figures in the lead. On the left was a handsome middle-aged man in a yellow robe. His name was Yu Daofeng, and he was also the cousin of Yu Daoren. Not only did he have the highest level of Qi training, but he also specialized in gold-attributed exercises. He was the most powerful person on the surface.

The person on the right is a handsome man with an extraordinary bearing. He has a tall and slender figure. Just standing there calmly, he has an extraordinary temperament like an abyss.

"A whale swallowing the ocean - Su Shaoyu."

An inexplicable color flashed across Ye Linyuan's pupils, and then everything was restrained invisibly.

At the same time, everyone present also noticed Ye Linyuan and others, but they just nodded slightly and didn't care.

Ye Linyuan bowed to everyone, then stood up and led the Ye family to their own treasure ship. Along the way, he saw several familiar figures.

There were more than forty people coming, led by an old man with a handsome face, who was none other than the famous ancestor of the Shui family in the Qinghe Islands.

After not seeing each other for nearly ten years, the Shui ancestor's cultivation had already reached perfection in the eighth level of Qi Refining, and seemed to be only one step away from the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The Shui family's ancestor is only nearly 120 years old. His blood and energy will gradually begin to decline, and he will need to consume his magic power all the time to maintain his life. He is afraid that he will not be able to break through to the state of perfect Qi refining in this lifetime.

Beside the Shui clan ancestor were Shui Hanqing and Shui Qingzhuo.

Shui Hanqing's cultivation has now reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. It seems that the Shui family has not mistreat her in terms of cultivation resources.

As for Shui Qingzhuo, his cultivation had already broken through to the seventh level of Qi training, making him the third cultivator in the late Qi training stage of the Shui clan.

He is only in his early seventies now. If he had not died early for some reason, he should have been able to support the Shui family's fortune for more than seventy years.

"Fellow Daoist Ye."

Just as Ye Linyuan was looking at everyone, the Water Ancestor suddenly spoke with a smile and bowed to Old Man Ye.

But seeing his warm face, he said politely: "I heard that fellow Taoist has broken through to the late stage of Qi training a few years ago. It is really a cause for celebration. I haven't congratulated the Ye family on becoming one of the great Qi training families yet. Please don't blame me."

Old Man Ye used the Turtle Breathing Technique to conceal his cultivation. Old Ancestor Shui did not see Old Man Ye's true cultivation level, but was still very polite.

Seeing that the Taoist was so polite, Old Man Ye smiled and returned the greeting, "Congratulations, Taoist Qingzhuo has also broken through to the late stage of Qi training, hasn't he?"

Patriarch Shui nodded, then glanced at Ye Linyuan and said, "When we met last time, I knew that you were a very talented person. I heard that you were accepted as a closed disciple by a top-grade spiritual cultivator?"

"No, it's just Master's love."

Ye Linyuan cupped his hands and answered calmly.

The pupils of Shui Laozu moved slightly, as if some of his ideas were verified.

But he smiled slightly, and then spoke more warmly: "Rare, rare, it seems that you will have the hope of becoming a skilled spirit plant husband in the future."

Ye Linyuan listened quietly and did not respond to what Ancestor Shui said.

I still remember that year, when Patriarch Shui came riding a spiritual bird and resolved the crisis of the Ye family with just a few words, but he never even looked at Ye Linyuan from beginning to end.

At that time, Old Ancestor Shui never spoke to belittle him, but his attitude of ignoring him and the sense of alienation from the inside out showed that he believed from the bottom of his heart that they were not on the same level.

But now, the attitude of Ancestor Shui is completely different. He is more like a kind old man who cares for the younger generation.

Ye Linyuan knew very well that the reason why Ancestor Shui's attitude changed was because the Ye family had become a major Qi-training family, because of the imaginary Spiritual Plant Husband Master behind Ye Linyuan, and more importantly, because Ye Linyuan had the potential to become a top-grade Spiritual Plant Husband.

"Status and identity are rooted in strength."

Ye Linyuan's thoughts were wandering, but he was soon interrupted by another voice.

"Father, it's time to get on board."

At this moment, Shui Qingzhuo greeted everyone in the Shui family.

The Shui Patriarch nodded slightly, then nodded to everyone in the Ye family, and then said goodbye and left.

Ye Linyuan suddenly felt a gaze, and saw Shui Hanqing looking into his eyes. There was an unspoken emotion floating in that gaze, which disappeared in an instant as she turned around.

"Lingxu sword energy, spanning three autumns."

Looking at Shui Hanqing's back, Ye Linyuan frowned slightly. He sensed a special sword energy from Shui Hanqing's body.

He thought of Su Shaoyu's swallowing of the ocean, and a hint of murderous intent inexplicably appeared in his eyes.

"The whale has not yet swallowed the sea, but the sword energy is already overwhelming. However, the direct descendant of the foundation-building immortal clan actually has such courage and means!"

Ye Linyuan's pupils turned slightly cold, and he immediately sensed a hint of secret.

It turns out that the technique that Shui Hanqing is practicing now is the famous and superior technique in the world of immortal cultivation, the Sword Qi Hengqiu Scroll. This technique is the same as the Whale Swallowing the Sea Scroll, and it is said that it can cultivate the superior foundation of Taoism, the Sword Qi Hengqiu.

Of course, if it were just this, it would not be enough to make Ye Linyuan furious. The real reason that could make Ye Linyuan show murderous intent was that these two volumes of skills could restrain and devour each other.

Swallowing the ocean like a whale and having a mighty sword are both superior foundations of the Tao, but they are not the best among the superior foundations.

But if one devours the other party's Tao foundation, one can cultivate the legendary supreme Tao foundation, and then create the potential to glimpse the Golden Elixir or even Nascent Soul realm.

(End of this chapter)