Beginning to practice immortality as a refugee

Chapter 450: Gaining a Foothold
The big island in the middle is covered with mountains. Looking from the sky, the terrain looks like blue waves out to sea.

This is Bilang Island, the main island of the 72 islands in Bilang Cape, surrounded by small islands that protect it.

This island has the largest area and the most abundant spiritual energy, and it belongs to Bilangjun, the common lord of this sea area.

Bilang Island is just one of the 3,000 large islands in the East China Sea, which shows how vast the East China Sea is.

In ancient times, it was said that powerful men fought each other and shattered half of the East China Sea Continent. Nowadays, the spiritual veins on the East China Sea Continent have degraded, but the spiritual veins of the three thousand large islands in the sea are relatively well preserved.

Therefore, the immortal world of Donghaizhou actually refers to the three thousand islands on the sea.

At this time, everyone was on the ship, looking down from afar. They had not entered the area above the Seventy-two Islands. There must be cultivators below, and entering rashly would easily be considered a provocation.

Lu Ye used his magic power to activate the Water Mirror Technique, projecting the islands of Bilang Cape below in front of him.

strictly speaking.

Including the main island of Bilang and the surrounding sub-islands, there are not just seventy-two places, but only seventy-two islands that are most suitable for human cultivation. The standard for suitability is that the island must have at least one first-level spiritual vein for Qigong practitioners to practice.

Lu Ye's eyes fell on a deserted island outside the 72 islands of Bilang Cape, which was almost out of the sea map. The distance between this island and the nearest island was estimated to be hundreds of miles.

The island is about a hundred miles in circumference, which is not small in terms of area. The vegetation on it is sparse, and it is mostly bare rocks.

There are three small islands surrounding the deserted island, which are in a V-shape and at similar distances from each other. The three outer islands are covered with dense vegetation, and farmlands and towns can be seen, showing signs of development.

"This is it!"

Lu Ye's mind moved. This was Madam Jiuchai's retreat, one of the three burrows of a cunning rabbit.

The deserted island is not deserted. There is a third-level Jindan-grade spiritual vein buried underground. Madam Jiuchai has concealed the secret with a formation. It is the place she prepared for to escape, heal her wounds, and regroup if something unfortunate happens in the future.

There are several such places in Madam Jiuchai's memory. Some of them hide her secret treasures, and some have various killing formations set up to trap and kill powerful enemies. Only this place is the most suitable place to stay when one is down and out and seriously injured.

The master of Bilang Island, Bilang Jun, is a Jindan monk with a broad mind and famous for his righteousness.

Most of the islands under his rule were left alone, and there were even attacks on each other by the various foundation-building families and sects within the 72 islands.

This deserted island can barely be considered as part of the Cape Bilang waters, and most people there are left alone.

The East China Sea has a vast area with three thousand large islands and countless small islands. These are the islands with spiritual veins as well. There are many more deserted islands without spiritual veins.

The rule here, which has been passed down since ancient times, is that the island has no owner and whoever occupies it gets it. If two people are interested in the same island, of course the one with the bigger fist will keep it.

Over tens of thousands of years, it has gradually evolved into three thousand island lords, each of whom governs a piece of sea area nearby.

In fact, there are more lawless areas among the three thousand islands, which is also the innate condition for Madam Jiuchai and other thirty-six tribulations cultivators to stir up trouble.

Madam Jiuchai chose this place after careful consideration and foresight.

This is a deserted island, but it is very close to Cape Bilang, making it convenient to obtain resources for cultivating immortals.

The strongest person nearby was just an ordinary Jindan cultivator, whom she could deal with even when he was seriously injured. Besides, he was not the kind of island owner who was very particular about his territory, which was just what she needed.

Lu Ye, who received his memories, of course knew the whole story.

Lu Ye slapped the railing, pointed towards the deserted island and said with a smile.

"Let's go here!"

"We have arrived. This will be our home from now on!"

The ship shook and immediately flew towards the island.

Everyone on the boat cheered. After all, they had been flying for such a long time and were finally reaching their destination.

Especially for those mortals, floating in the sky all the time always makes them feel uneasy, fearing that one day they will fall down and be smashed into a meat pie.

Shu Chitu said excitedly.

"Brother, since this is our home, you can give the island a name!"

"I think the terrain of this island is like a rat, why not call it Spirit Rat Island!"

Wang Hu shook his head vigorously.

"No, no, why does it look like a rat? I think it looks like a tiger!"

"How about Night Tiger Island?"

Zhang Cunyi slammed the railing and directly objected.

"Second brother, Yehu Island is about to be called, and people think it is Yehu Island. It's too unpleasant to say 'inverted chamber pot'."

"I think this island looks like an arrow tower, so it's most appropriate to call it Arrow Tower Island."

Gui Baozhu shook his head.

"An arrow tower is unlucky. It's a thing that can pierce your heart with thousands of arrows."

"Spirit Rat Island is a good name!" He didn't wait for Shu Chitu to feel happy before he said, "It's just not very concise."

"Look, does this island look like me when it's laid out flat?"

"It would be nice to call it Linggui Island!"

Everyone was arguing and turned to look at Lu Ye, asking him to make the decision.

Lu Ye smiled and touched his chin.

“You all have great names.”

"Spirit Rat, Night Tiger, Arrow Tower, Spirit Turtle, but there is one thing..."

"All three thousand islands have these names, they are duplicates!"

“So I can’t have any of them.”

Several people urged the eldest brother to come up with a unique name for the island.

Lu Ye touched his chin.

"Peach Blossom Island?"

As soon as he said this, he felt a murderous aura rising from where Pan Furong was behind him.

"Not right, not right," Lu Ye shook his head and rejected it directly, "It doesn't sound tough enough."

"How about this, let's call it Hibiscus Island, it sounds very auspicious."

Everyone was speechless.

The intention of this name to flatter the sister-in-law is too obvious. Isn't this name a little too feminine?
Pan Furong advised with a smile that it was not appropriate and it would be better to change one.

Lu Ye said that all of us on the ship are from Dazhongzhou, leaving our homeland and coming here.

It’s not so difficult for monks like me, but mortals can hardly ever return to Middle-earth in their lifetime. In order not to forget our roots, we might as well call it Zhongxiang Island, leaving a memory for everyone.

Several brothers complained in their hearts, "Brother, your name is not as good as ours."

However, this name does not have any rouge smell and is not too obvious, so everyone decided to pass this name for the island.

Zhang Biao, who had not been qualified to speak during the previous conversation, suddenly stuck his head out and spoke.

"My uncles and elders."

"There seem to be several groups of people fighting on our Zhongxiang Island!"

As the ship approached the sea, its built-in invisibility array was activated.

Lan Wutong was in charge of steering the boat. He turned on the boat's built-in telescope. The range was an exaggeration; a thousand miles was an exaggeration, but he could still see clearly for dozens of miles.

There was a large hole several meters in diameter on the bottom of the ship. It was actually made of a piece of crystal and was engraved with talismans.

Looking from the crystal into the belly of the ship, there were densely packed layers of machinery rotating inside, with many lens magic tools sandwiched between them.

The light was folded several times and finally appeared on a bronze mirror about ten feet long behind the rudder on the platform. This was the telescope.

Several people came over to take a look.

Then I saw three people fighting on the highest peak in the center of Zhongxiang Island.

They fought from the ground to the sky, and then from the sky to the ground, colliding with each other and producing fierce magical light.

Judging from his cultivation level and the way he used spiritual weapons, combined with his escape speed, Gui Baozhu made this assertion.

"Brother, they are just three foundation-building cultivators."

"I'll go down and get rid of them right away!"

Lu Ye suddenly thought about it, shook his head and said wait a minute.

"Why not take another look at where they came from?"

"Wu Tong, open the magical instrument of Super Ear."

Lan Wutong held the rudder and hurriedly pulled down another rope. The mechanism inside the ship was activated, and soon two holes opened at the bow. Two pointed ears, about ten feet high, stretched out and reached downwards.

Lu Ye looked at the changes on the boat and suddenly felt a little sad.

He has forgotten who the original owner of this ship was. If he had known that he had such talent, it would not have been a mistake to leave him a chance to live.

At this moment, on the platform, the sound and video were synchronized, and the sounds of the three people fighting and scolding could be heard immediately.

I saw three figures shuttling back and forth. Sometimes you attacked me and I attacked him, sometimes he attacked me and I attacked you as well. It was a chaotic battle and there was no clear distinction between the enemy and us.

These three people, one is an old man in purple robe, holding a gourd in his hand, and every time he strikes, a piece of fire crows will appear, with a shocking momentum; the other is an old scholar in white clothes, wielding a bamboo stick, and applying all his spear skills, which has reached the point where the spear intent has been manifested.

The last one is a girl with double-ring hair, holding a whip in each hand, with waves rolling behind her.

All three of them were at the foundation-building stage, and the gap between them was not that big. Furthermore, because of the chaotic fight, there was no hope of determining the winner.

So while the three of them were fighting each other, they also spent most of their energy on bickering!

"Shen Shujian! You took advantage of my misfortune and came to rob my Dengxian Island. How shameless!"

"Qi Yue'er, stop slandering me. This is clearly our Shen family's Changsheng Island. What does it have to do with you?"

"Shut up! You two are confusing right and wrong. This is clearly my Ruyi Island!"

Everyone on the boat suddenly looked at Lu Ye.

Zhang Biao couldn't help but say.

"Uncle, ascending to heaven and living forever seems to be better than living in a village..."

Lu Ye narrowed his eyes.

"Biao'er, think about it before you speak. I was planning to bestow upon you a few foundation-building treasures. After counting the heads, it seems that I am just short of one set..."

Zhang Biao changed the subject awkwardly.

"These names are all so common, how can the name of Nakago Island have such profound meaning and touch people's hearts?"

"Uncle, I'll ask you to write an inscription for me when we get off the boat!"

"Although Zhongxiang Island is now an unknown small island in the East China Sea, it will definitely have a place among the three thousand large islands in the future!"

Lu Ye nodded, saying that the boy is teachable.

Everyone turned to look at Zhang Cunyi, who blushed and turned away.

At this time, three people were still fighting fiercely under the ship.

Everyone understood after listening for a moment.

The following three people came from the three surrounding islands. There were first-level spiritual veins on those three islands, which were enough to support Qi-cultivating monks.

Immortal cultivators will increase the concentration of spiritual energy by setting up formations at the eye of the first-level spiritual vein, so that there will be one or several caves with sufficient spiritual energy to be comparable to the second-level spiritual vein.

Therefore, a first-level spiritual vein can supply a foundation-building family.

Qi Yue'er comes from the Qi family who built their foundation on Shengxian Island; Shen Shujian comes from the Shen family who built their foundation on Bulao Island, and Wan Huohu comes from the Wan family who built their foundation on Ruxin Island.

The three families have been thriving and taking root in the three surrounding islands for hundreds of years, and their strengths are similar.

One year, an unknown patriarch felt that his family had reached its peak under his leadership - however, it was wishful thinking to destroy the other two families at the same time.

So the clever patriarch came up with a clever idea. He sent a few fishing boats and a few monks to occupy the deserted island between the three families.

As the saying goes, map opening up new frontiers is good if it can make you happy.

Anyway, all cultivators value spiritual veins. An island without spiritual veins is useless no matter how big or rich it is.

This ancestor patriarch just wanted to satisfy his addiction.

He did not expect that a hundred years later, the situation would change and the other two family heads also felt that they were doing a good job, far surpassing the previous patriarchs.

But how can I demonstrate my literary and military achievements?
If you can't destroy the other two families, then just expand the territory on the map and take over a small deserted island from them. This will control the situation within a certain range, will not cause a genocide, and can also help you gain merit.

So the island went around the three families.

The three wise patriarchs from different eras worked together to dig a big hole for their descendants.

It is unclear to whom this island belongs.

No matter which of the three families' heads takes office, he will send a group of people to seize the island.

It’s on the map given by our ancestors, you can’t give it up.

If the other party is a force far stronger than your own family, then it would be reasonable to retreat, as it would intensify the efforts of future generations. However, the other party is just a foundation-building family like yours.

Which clan leader dares to retreat? Isn’t he afraid of being stabbed in the back by his clan members?
Now that the old patriarch of the Qi family has passed away and Qi Yue'er has succeeded to the throne, Wan Huohu, the disrespectful old man, has come to seize the island. When Shen Shujian sees you guys are so busy snatching things from my Shen family, he knows that I will be there even if I am late.

So the three of them fought for half a month, smashing countless flowers and plants on the mountain.

On the boat.

Everyone looked at Lu Ye.

Gui Baozhu said in a muffled voice, "Brother asked me to go down and clean up the three bastards below."

Lu Ye shook his head.

"Fifth brother, look at you, you speak like a robber."

"We are good people, we are just going to stop the fight."

"Let them know that this is our island, and don't destroy the flowers and plants."

Gui Baozhu was confused and didn't know what his elder brother would do.

Wang Hu and Zhang Cunyi looked at each other. Why did what elder brother said sound so familiar?
It seemed like they were rebels or bandits at the time. Big brother was very skilled at switching between words, right?

Everyone was puzzled.

Lu Ye jumped off the ship and fell from a high altitude.

Boom!

He manifested himself as a thunder body, three feet tall, with lightning more than ten feet high entangled behind him. He stomped half of the peak to pieces with one foot.

The aftermath of spiritual power swept across the island.

on the hill.

The water waves summoned by Qi Yue'er suddenly hit back and soaked her like a drowned rat. Her hair and beard were set on fire by her own fire gourd, and Shen Shujian almost threw away the bamboo stick in his hand.

The three were so frightened that their magical powers almost reversed and they almost went insane.

At this moment, the spiritual energy shock wave arrived and knocked the three people out.

There happened to be a cliff at the foot of the mountain, with sea water pouring in from under the cliff, forming a natural long and narrow harbor.

The three of them dived into the sea in a panic. When they emerged from the water, they heard the rumbling sound of magic power echoing from the island.

"From today on, this island will be called Zhongxiang!"

"I am the Taoist of Jindan Road!"

"Hey, why are there three friends here?"

Before the three people in the sea could figure out who the younger friend was, a huge hand with condensed magic power appeared in the air and grabbed them.

The iron whip is bent, the bamboo stick is cracked, and the fire gourd is flat.

The three were brought to the mountain by a big hand, and they saw a young Taoist with ordinary appearance standing in the air. Behind him, lightning shot up into the sky, reflecting a huge building ship descending from the sky.

A short bald, strong man with a towering figure came down from the ship, with a burst of aura from his body. It turned out to be another Jindan cultivator.

"Cough cough!" Surrounded by thunder and lightning, the monk who called himself Lu Dao Ren coughed twice, attracting the three people's eyes that were about to pop out.

"Three young friends..."

So this little friend was referring to us?

"I have always had the kindest heart. I like to be a good person and mediate."

We would believe it if you didn't flatten half the mountain with one foot.

"You three are fighting on my Nakago Island. Since I am the landlord, I have the responsibility to mediate."

"Come on, tell me what you are fighting about. Let me mediate between you and turn hostility into friendship, how about that?"

The three of them were immediately silenced.

You can't say that the three of us are fighting for the island under your feet, right?

"Okay!" Lu Ye said happily, "Since you are silent, you agree to reconcile, right?"

"Since we have reconciled, there is no more hatred and no need to fight anymore."

He turned his head and smiled at Gui Baozhu who was walking towards him with a complicated expression.

"Old Five, learn from your elder brother. This is what it means to value harmony. Don't just think about fighting and killing all day long. You should win people over with virtue!"

Gui Baozhu: “…”

If those three young foundation builders weren’t still trembling, I would have believed it!
(End of this chapter)