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the other side.

Brothers Cangji and Canglan, who had just had a fierce battle with Ao Hong, immediately returned to the Taiyin Sect’s base in the Southeast Islands.

Their base is the Hanging Island in the northeast of the archipelago. However, the name of the Hanging Island is given by outsiders because there are countless caves on its south side. From a distance, the entire island seems to be suspended above the sea.

Furthermore, this island is isolated in the northeast of the Southeast Islands, surrounded by the vast ocean. There is no island in the ocean to the north for tens of thousands of miles, so the word "hanging in the air" means isolated and independent.

But the disciples of Taiyin Sect never called this island Hanging Island. They called it Jiuxing Island. Nine means the extreme number and star means the nine stars in the sky, which are yin.

The Taiyin monks were very obsessed with extreme numbers, so this name came into being, but they did not announce the name change to the outside world, so even in many official records, the island was named "Kongxuan".

The inland area of ​​the island is half the size of Nanlin Road, and there are no ports on any of the four sides because its edge area is half steep cliffs and half terraced caves.

These caves are filled with swarms of bats. Even if the bats don't attack ordinary people, they will be killed by the poisonous gas in the caves. Even if they escape the poisonous gas and various infectious diseases, they will die silently not long after returning. Therefore, few ordinary people come to Jiuxing Island.

There is a layer of light mist surrounding the island, which makes it seem somewhat unreal when viewed from a distance. The island is covered with towering ancient trees, with intertwined branches and leaves forming dense old forests. The cold sea breeze blows through the woods from time to time, making a low whistle, as if someone is whispering.

In the central area of ​​the island is a huge mountain range hundreds of feet high, but there are no flowers, plants or trees on the mountain, only rocks covered with moss. Mountain springs gush out from some cracks in the rocks, forming a freshwater river that runs through the entire island. Some villages and towns are built along the streams at the foot of the mountain, and there are continuous fertile fields and medicinal fields on both sides of the river and streams.

The clouds above the island are not clear, and the dark clouds are very low. However, the darkness only affects the mountains in the middle of the island, and sunlight from other places can radiate in normally.

The top of the mountain covered with dark clouds is shrouded in a faint mist all year round. Under the faint mist are numerous attics and tall towers, as well as an extremely magnificent palace standing at the top of the mountain.

The palace's exterior walls and rubble are painted in dark colors, making it look particularly depressing, but also with an air of majesty that dominates the world.

The interior of the palace was filled with purple light, which was the result of the manifestation of the Netherworld. In front of the front wall of the palace, there was a statue of a god with a ferocious face, surrounded by gray fog and evil spirits, and stepping on a sea of ​​blood. On the dark side facing away from the main hall, the statue was a compassionate figure wearing Taoist robes and holding a whisk.

This is the True Lord Bai Yan of the Taiyin Sect. Under him are more than a dozen statues in different states, some wearing Taoist robes with compassionate and kind faces, and some wearing armor with fierce and violent faces. They are the four-level cultivators who have appeared in the Taiyin Sect's recorded history.

In front of these golden statues, there is a blood pool filled with spirituality. The blood pool looks weird and bloody, but the spirituality born from it does not have a trace of impurities, nor a trace of madness and disorder. It is intertwined with the pure netherworld energy in the hall, making the inside and outside of the palace in an extremely yin state.

There are five meditation cushions beside the blood pool, but only one of them is occupied now. The person is a Kun Xiu with delicate features. She is wearing loose and gorgeous palace clothes, and her hair is casually tied together with a red rope.

This is the previous Lord of Taiyin Sect, Taoist Linshuang. She is an elder of the same generation as Master Cangji and Taoist Haoze. Ever since the Taiyin Sect moved its headquarters here, she has never left Jiuxing Island. Normally, she would at most go to some mortal villages at the foot of the mountain to cultivate her body and mind.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps was heard in the silent and empty hall, breaking the rare silence. Taoist Lin Shuang opened her slightly closed eyes, revealing light red eyes, and then the figures of fellow apprentice brothers Cang Ji and Cang Lan were reflected in her light red eyes.

"Uncle Master!"

Cangji and Canglan bowed respectfully. Taoist Linshuang glanced at the injuries on Cangji's body and said, "Linshui Prefecture is lucky. They got a great bargain."

Cang Ji was still a little unwilling, and after thinking for a while he said: "Master, we have been operating here for thousands of years, and we have finally established a foothold in Hushan Country. Are we going to give up so easily?"

Taoist Lin Shuang smiled slightly when she heard this. Because of her smile, some blood-red spots seeped out on both sides of her cheeks, making her delicate face look a little charming. Then she stood up and walked along the edge of the blood pool to the open window on the left side of the palace.

Seeing this, Cangji and Canglan followed her silently.

There was a heavy cold wind blowing in from the window, which, along with the thick dark air on the top of the mountain, formed a natural gloomy wind unique to this mountain, making it impossible for vegetation to grow on the entire mountain.

Taoist Lin Shuang stood by the window, looking down at the sunny area at the foot of the mountain, where people lived a carefree life like ordinary mortals. Then she stretched out her hand and gently waved it in space, and dense golden lines appeared in front of her. This was the secret magic she practiced, but among these golden lines, there was also a hint of blood-red light.

Under the gazes of Cangji and Canglan, those blood-colored spots followed the air of the underworld and fell into the blood pool in the palace. This was the flesh and blood offered by the believers. Although it was pitifully little and not the flesh and blood of intelligent creatures, its spirituality was incomparably pure.

"We don't practice with flesh and blood, but we ask believers to offer flesh and blood. You should know why, right?" Lin Shuang looked at Cangji and asked.

Cang Ji said: "In reply to Uncle Master's words, it is to let mortals know the principle of equal exchange. Flesh and blood are things that every mortal can offer, and after we obtain them, we can also use them to make spirituality to stabilize the blood of our flesh."

Lin Shuang nodded, waved his hand to disperse the golden threads in the palace, and said, "What did we gain by attacking Hushan Kingdom and becoming an enemy of Yuqing Sect?"

Cangji frowned and didn't answer.

Lin Shuang smiled and answered his own question: "We created an enemy for those disciples who like to stir up trouble, allowing them to vent their excess energy. We also completed the tasks ordered by the True Lord, plundered some dispensable resources, and then developed some believers."

“But do we lack these things?”

Lin Shuang stared at Cang Ji.

Cang Ji said: "We need to maintain tradition. Xuanmen's endless plundering of the five elements of spiritual energy between heaven and earth will destroy this world sooner or later, and Yuqing Sect is also following their path."

Taoist Lin Shuang smiled and said, "But they will think you are making trouble out of nothing. Also, our tradition is not correct. Don't look at me like that. The tradition before the rise of humanity is completely different from the tradition today."

"And you are not upholding tradition. You are only upholding your arrogance. Your arrogance comes from what you think is your noble bloodline. Your noble bloodline has caused your cultivation to stagnate for a thousand years without any growth!"

Lin Shuang's relaxed and happy expression gradually turned stern, "Don't be like a headless fly and hurt yourself. Since the general trend is for us to go to Xizhou, then let's go. We still have plenty of time to play this game slowly. If we can't win now, then wait for the next opponent."

PS: There are so many things to do at the end of the year that I can’t finish them today, so I’ll write 2,000 words to deal with the urgent matter. (End of this chapter)