Mortal: Fengling Linggen, married Chen Qiaoqian

"Since you are so confident, it seems that this trip will definitely be successful. However, the fate of the spiritual stone vein on Biling Island is really regrettable."

"We just learned the good news of the emergence of the top-grade spirit stone, and before we could send personnel to meet it, those demon cultivators suddenly plundered the precious mineral resources."

"Fortunately, I immediately notified them to bring this precious top-grade spirit stone and all the high-grade spirit stones collected recently back to the inner sea as soon as possible, but they still failed to catch up with the timing. Now even Elder Gui unfortunately died at the hands of the Golden Dragon King."

The woman in gorgeous palace dress said with regret.

"Faced with this situation, we can only accept it helplessly. After all, in the outer sea, demon beasts are the real masters. Before, since there was no substantial conflict of interest, those high-level demon cultivators did not regard those low-level demon beasts that had not yet awakened their spiritual intelligence as the same kind."

"So they turned a blind eye to our building of islands in the Inner Sea. However, now that a high-level spirit stone has appeared that makes them excited, how can these demon cultivators just sit there and watch?"

Ling Xiaofeng shook his head helplessly.

"Although it is indeed a wise move to temporarily give up the outer seas, it will allow us to concentrate on the inner seas and maintain a stable situation before Yu Ling takes over the Star Palace. However, our advice alone may not be effective. Those independent cultivators and the Anti-Star Alliance will never give up the interests of the outer seas so easily."

Wen Qing said thoughtfully.

"This is exactly the result we need! After returning to Star City, we should fully open the city's teleportation array. As long as they are willing to pay enough spirit stones, they can travel to the outer sea at will."

"Since the rise of the Anti-Star Alliance, these independent cultivators who once respected our Star Palace are no longer as obedient as before. Now is the right time to teach them a profound lesson. It is also quite necessary!"

"After the matter of the monster beasts in the outer sea is settled, we will completely eradicate the Anti-Star Alliance. Liu Dao and Wan Sangu, they may think that we can't leave Star City too far. When they are destroyed, they will understand how ridiculous this idea is."

"Every hundred years, the magnetic field of Yuanci Mountain will disappear for a month. During this time, the two of us will be free from any constraints. Humph, when that time comes..."

Ling Xiaofeng's face darkened, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled coldly.

"That's right. It's time to settle the feud between Liudao and me." Wen Qing said in a cold tone.

"You still can't let go of what happened back then?" Ling Xiaofeng was stunned when he heard this, then frowned and asked in confusion.

“How could I easily forget this? If I hadn’t met you, I would have turned into dust long ago. In the last battle, if he hadn’t been restrained by the Yuan magnetic divine light, I would never have let him escape from my eyes.” The face of the woman in palace dress instantly became hideous.

Ling Xiaofeng looked at her expression, was silent for a moment, and finally sighed softly.

"Well, in that case. Then next time we take action to eliminate them, I will leave the Six Paths to you personally."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Xiaofeng turned into a dazzling white light and rushed back.

Wen Qing stayed there alone, with an unpredictable expression on his face. After a long time, he stomped his feet in anger and followed closely behind him, also controlling the escape light.

At this moment, Yan Yun was walking on the road leading to Kuixing.

Naturally, he had no idea that the day after he returned to the inner sea from the open sea, Silver Shark Island received the tragic news that the monks from Biling Island were almost completely wiped out.

During this period, news about the discovery of top-grade spirit stones in the mine veins on the original continent spread rapidly, causing a violent shock to the entire starry sea.

Just two days after his meeting with the Twin Saints of Heavenly Stars, high-level demon cultivators from the outer seas issued a mandatory eviction order to all human cultivators' settlements in the outer seas, requiring all humans to completely evacuate the outer seas within three months, otherwise they would face the fate of being wiped out.

Faced with this incident, neither the independent cultivators nor the large forces in the Inner Sea can remain silent any longer.

For the immortal cultivators living in the Chaos Star Sea, after a long period of accumulation, the demon cores of the outer sea monsters have become a resource as important as spirit stones, and their influence covers almost every sect. They have extremely rich interests in the outer sea, so naturally they will not give up easily.

Therefore, when both the Star Palace and the Anti-Star Alliance opened their teleportation arrays to the outside world, major forces and a large number of independent cultivators flocked to the open sea.

Because Biling Island possesses high-level spirit stone veins and the appearance of top-grade spirit stones, more than half of the cultivators choose to teleport to the sea area where the island is located.

In the ocean surrounding Biling Island, an astonishing number of various monsters appeared, and many unknown high-level monster cultivators also frequently appeared on Biling Island.

The war between the human cultivation world and the monsters from the outer sea seems to be on the verge of breaking out!
During this chaotic time, a rumor spread widely among the Xinghai cultivators, saying that the Xutian Ding had reappeared in the world and that there was a mysterious elixir inside the Ding that could enable a Jindan-stage cultivator to break through to the late Yuanying stage in less than two hundred years.

Although no one knows where this news came from, it continues to spread in a puzzling way...

The Devil Lake Island, located near the coast of the Inner Star Sea, is a small island that is little known to the public. It is said that this place is a mysterious existence, and only a small number of practitioners who migrated here from other surrounding islands remain.

What is still fresh in people's memory is that many lakes on the island have produced a precious mineral called "green copper". Although this mineral is not rare, it is an essential raw material for refining certain unique magic tools, so it attracts some low-level practitioners to come and collect it.

The color of these lakes is emerald green, as crystal clear as jade, and their greenness is much more than that of ordinary lakes. What is even more amazing is that ordinary people can automatically float up and never sink when they fall into the lake.

As a result, the fame of the Magic Lake Island gradually spread among the surrounding islands. However, due to the lack of vegetation and spiritual veins on the island, few people usually set foot on it.

However, on this day, about 50 to 60 low-level practitioners gathered at the edge of a lake on the island, nervously arranging several complex temporary formations. Most of them were in the Qi Refining Stage, and there were only six or seven in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In the low-altitude area in the middle of the lake, three Jindan-stage cultivators were gathered here, whispering and plotting something. "Brother Lei, you shouldn't fail again this time, right? In order to break the restriction, I have spent almost everything I have, and the spiritual stones I have spent have reached more than 200,000. If you fail again, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford it anymore."

An old man in a gray robe with wrinkles all over his face spoke to the other two worriedly.

"Humph, Senior Brother Wu, you are exaggerating. Among the three of us, I'm afraid that Senior Brother is the only one with the most abundant financial resources. The Jinming Tower opened by Senior Brother is well-known to everyone in the nearby sea area. How could he be short of a mere spiritual stone?"

Another handsome man in a blue robe responded with a sneer.

“Junior Brother Lei may not know that although my Jinming Building seems huge on the surface, it has actually been forced to struggle by large shops like Huoyun Pavilion. Now we can only barely make ends meet.” The gray-robed old man sighed, looking quite helpless.

"Brother Wu, why do you have to complain about yourself? Your Jinminglou has been in business for many years. If it was really unprofitable, how could you have persisted until now?"

The last person was a gorgeous woman in a red shirt. She had a plump figure and a pair of watery peach blossom eyes. Her eyes were captivating when they moved around.

"Jinminglou has indeed earned a lot of spirit stones in the past few years, but that was when Master was still alive. Ever since the sudden disappearance of Barbarian Master more than a hundred years ago, without the protection of the Nascent Soul cultivators, my Jinminglou was immediately squeezed out by other large shops."

"At first, we were able to hold on, but ever since the news of our master's unfortunate death after being severely injured by the Six Paths Supreme Saint 20 years ago spread, the business has been difficult to sustain. If I were not a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, I'm afraid this little family business would have been swallowed up by others long ago. How could you be so carefree like me and my junior brothers and sisters?"

The old man in gray robe had a wry smile on his face.

"As a junior fellow disciple, I am not very interested in understanding the situation described by Senior Brother Wu, nor do I want to speculate too much. I only know that the number of spirit stones I provided is not less than that of Senior Brother. Not to mention that after the disappearance of Master, you are not the only one who has a hard life. You are not unaware of Master's violent temper in the past, and he has offended countless cultivators."

"Now he has disappeared, but I was regarded as a target of revenge by these people. After decades of hunting, I was finally able to escape from the predicament. On the other hand, Senior Brother Wu has established his own power, and he has a deep connection with the Blood Light Sect. He can really be said to be sitting back and relaxing."

The man in blue robe exuded a strong murderous aura, even a strong smell of blood.

"Brother, you are wrong! If I didn't have so many disciples, I would have followed the example of my fellow disciples and hidden my identity. Why would I have to stay here? The huge expenses required every year are needless to say. In order to cling to the Blood Light Sect as a temporary support, I have to pay a large amount of spirit stones every year."

"My life is also quite difficult. As for my junior brother's reputation over the years, I have heard a little about it. The Blood Hand Demon's reputation is well-known among us Jindan stage cultivators. My junior brother's martial arts method is based on the principle of rapidly improving the realm through killing. Now, hasn't he been promoted from the early stage to the middle stage?" The gray-robed old man still looked worried.

The young man in blue robe raised his eyebrows, an expression of extreme dissatisfaction revealed on his face, and he seemed to be about to refute, but the beautiful woman giggled and interrupted their argument.

"Brother Wu, Brother Lei, why do you have to continue arguing? Since the departure of the Barbarian Master, our lives have been quite difficult, and this is an indisputable fact. But as long as we can retrieve the treasures hidden in the secret cave, I believe that with Master's identity as a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, the treasures hidden there will be enough for us to share fairly."

"At that time, we can choose to remain anonymous and concentrate on cultivation, or use these treasures to seek refuge with other forces. I believe that either method will definitely work."

After hearing what the beautiful woman said, the old man and the young man in blue robe looked at each other and actually stopped arguing, as if they were quite afraid of this woman.

However, the three of them watched in silence for a moment as the low-level monks by the lake set up the magic array, and the young man in blue robe began to ask the beautiful woman again.

"Senior Sister Cai, the cave behind the restriction is indeed Master's treasure cave. You shouldn't be mistaken. Although the restriction was indeed made by Master, Master Barbarian has always liked to set up temporary caves on various islands. Could this be just one of them? If so, haven't we wasted so much effort these days?"

"Brother Lei, are you doubting what Senior Sister said?"

When the beautiful woman heard this, her expression changed slightly and she seemed a little unhappy.

The young man in blue robe licked his lips and continued expressionlessly:

"My junior sister found me and Senior Brother Wu, claiming that she knew where our master's treasure was hidden. She led us here to search for treasure several months ago."

"However, he never told us how he knew the location of the treasure cave. Although Master loves you, given his character, he would never tell you this. Now that the ban is about to be lifted, Senior Sister, are you willing to tell us the details so that Senior Brother Wu and I can act with peace of mind?"

"Indeed, what Junior Brother said makes sense. Besides, Junior Sister has been missing for many years and now she suddenly shows up and leads me and Junior Brother to look for treasures, which really makes people suspicious." The gray-robed old man added calmly.

"Do you think that I haven't explained the matter clearly and you want to use force? You actually intend to use this method to threaten a weak woman who has just entered the early stage of Jindan?"

The beautiful woman's face darkened. She gently raised one arm and tucked a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear. Her originally beautiful face instantly became cold as ice.

However, on her white jade wrist, she wore a bracelet that glowed with purple light and had mysterious runes engraved on it.

When the old man and the young man saw the bracelet, their expressions changed drastically at the same time.

"It is really unexpected that Master actually gave his Purple Ice Bracelet to Senior Sister. With only this ancient magic weapon, I am afraid that even if Senior Brother and I join forces, we will not be able to defeat Senior Sister."

The young man in the blue robe took a deep breath, his eyes vaguely revealing anger and jealousy. However, it was unknown whether his anger was directed at the woman or the barbarian master he mentioned.

The gray-robed old man standing aside had a changing expression. After some careful consideration, he also laughed out loud:

"Junior sister, you are joking. How dare we have such an idea? But this time, in order to break the restriction under the lake, we have indeed done everything we can, so it is natural to act cautiously. On the other hand, Junior sister, you have not even taken out a spirit stone." (End of this chapter)