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Chapter 296 Obtaining the Yang Water Fiend - Yang Five Elements Seal
After obtaining the approximate location of the nearby dangerous area, Xiao Chen did not linger on the island.

Moreover, they seized the time to go outside and investigate.

It must be said that having a clear direction and location makes the search and verification process much faster.

Unfortunately, this method also has a drawback: the dangerous locations provided by the other party are varied.

I traveled to seven different places, encountering strange eddies, vast expanses of highly poisonous red algae, or psychedelic seas filled with mirages, and so on.

These places are indeed dangerous, but none of them are the dangerous places that Xiao Chen needs.

But that's alright. It only took less than three days to search these seven locations, so the overall efficiency was quite high.

Xiao Chen was not in a hurry, and instead returned to Renze Island.

First, the elders and wise men were summoned back together, and then the previous promises were fulfilled.

"It's a pity that my friend isn't in one of those seven locations."

“However, after my verification, the information you provided is very accurate, so here are seven bottles of spirit wine, which is your well-deserved reward.”

After he finished speaking, he distributed the items to everyone in front of them.

When the seven cultivators finished their inspection, they repeatedly expressed their gratitude.

Then he continued asking questions: "Now everyone can think carefully about whether there are any other dangerous places in this area of ​​the sea."

"Especially in some ancient books or stories passed down from our ancestors."

"Have you mentioned any places you absolutely should never go to?"

Watching their companions receive rewards, the other cultivators were already filled with envy.

Hearing Xiao Chen ask again, they all racked their brains, trying to figure out if there was anything they had overlooked.

Moreover, it is under the deliberate guidance of ancient books and stories.

One of the elderly men in the gray coat suddenly recalled the ancient myths and legends that had been passed down on the island in the past.

He immediately stood up shakily and awkwardly bowed: "Reporting to senior, I heard a legend when I was a child, but I didn't have time to verify its authenticity."

"I'm afraid it might take up your time, senior."

Xiao Chen immediately encouraged him, "It's alright, just tell me. If there's no other choice, I don't mind trying my luck."

"If the location is real, you'll definitely get a reward."

Having received permission, the old man in the gray coat had no more worries.

He immediately began to recount the story from his memory: "I was very young then, and my memory wasn't very good. I only remember that there was a secluded place hidden where the sun rises."

"That place is a forbidden zone formed by nature, and an invisible death aura permeates it."

"If anyone trespasses into it, they will never come out alive."

"Even just passing by can easily lead to infection by the death aura. At first, you may not feel anything unusual, but you will gradually develop a strange disease and eventually die from it."

His description was very interesting, and Xiao Chen's eyes lit up after hearing it.

Without special means, cultivators cannot see the baleful aura with their eyes alone.

Therefore, the so-called death energy in this story is very likely the evil energy!

He quickly followed up, "The location of the sunrise is too general. Is there a more specific location?"

"Think carefully, is there any information in the story that suggests a way to identify forbidden lands?"

The old man in the gray coat frowned and said, "This... I dare not deceive you, senior, I also do not know the detailed characteristics of the forbidden area."

Oh no, all my excitement was for nothing.

If there's only information about the east, then it's practically the same as having none at all.

The east is so vast, who knows exactly where the evil energy is located?

"Is this story only heard by one person?"

Xiao Chen looked at the others and said, "Anyone who can add details will be rewarded after confirmation."

However, the people around looked at each other blankly, as if they had never heard of anything like it.

On the contrary, two other people gave different myths and legends.

But those are somewhat unfounded, and they also lack a clear location, making it almost impossible to verify their authenticity.

Just when Xiao Chen thought he might not get any new information this time...

However, they noticed that a large number of people had gathered outside the main hall.

A boy who was no more than twenty years old rushed straight to the entrance of the main hall and knelt down on the ground.

Behind them was a group of cultivators who appeared to be guards and clan elders.

At this moment, the young man who had already rushed into the vicinity of the main hall was in a state of chaos.

Someone shouted, "Arrest him! Arrest him right now!"

However, many cultivators dared not approach, because Xiao Chen had previously said that he would arrest any cultivators who approached without permission and burn them as sky lanterns.

A Golden Core cultivator is fully capable of doing such a thing, so no one dares to approach and capture them.

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Xiao Chen waved his hand to open the palace door and stared at the young man: "Give me a reason to exempt you from punishment."

Unexpectedly, the boy kowtowed three times on the ground.

Then he shouted back, "I know a hidden, dangerous place, a place that none of them know about."

"But I have one condition: I beg you, senior, to take me away from here and to the outside world!"

When he spoke of the outside world, a hint of anticipation crept into his voice.

Xiao Chen took two steps closer, but then asked, "What if I don't agree? Are you trying to threaten me?"

The boy looked up at him, his eyes revealing determination: "Then I have offended you without permission, senior, and I am willing to accept the death penalty."

He pulled a piece of flint with its edges polished to an exceptionally sharp point from his pocket.

He pressed it directly against his neck: "If my words are inappropriate and offend you, please do not implicate the rest of the clan."

"I can end my own life; I will never dirty your hands, senior."

Xiao Chen seemed to see a real will to die in his eyes.

Is he really going to play such a violent game at such a young age?

"Zewa, what nonsense are you spouting? Quickly kowtow to your senior and admit your mistake!"

The old man in the gray coat stepped forward and loudly reprimanded them first.

Then he looked at Xiao Chen and pleaded on his behalf, "Senior, please calm down. This wild child lost both his parents at a young age and lacked discipline. He did not mean to offend a noble person."

"Please forgive his offense this time, senior, considering that he is still a child."

However, the boy neither begged for mercy nor argued back.

As if reminded of something, she looked at Xiao Chen seriously and said, "My father went to that dangerous place and came back with a strange illness."

"Although I didn't go to sea with my father, I heard stories about his voyages from my mother."

"I can show you the way!"

He emphasized his own value in an attempt to impress Xiao Chen.

"I don't like having a burden around me."

Xiao Chen reached out and pressed down on the flint in his hand: "But if it's just about getting you out of here, that's not a difficult task."

"But all of this is on the premise that you are not lying to me."

"By the way, you two seem to be talking about the same place?"

He looked at the old man in the gray coat.

The other person immediately trembled and knelt down to admit their mistake: "Reporting to senior, last time you instructed me to continue thinking about the omissions."

"I was afraid I was getting senile, so I went to ask Zewazi for some information."

"But I absolutely did not reveal anything that I shouldn't have said."

The young man also spoke up to testify: "There have been no outsiders on the island for many years, and usually only the island lord is qualified to use this main hall."

"So I guessed the senior's identity and requirements myself, it has nothing to do with my uncle."

Actually, they were both overthinking it.

Xiao Chen had only thought that if they were talking about the same place, then the boy's words should have some credibility.

It's at least more reliable than the other two vague and unreliable stories, so it's worth a try.

Previously, the only concern was the lack of a specific location, but now that we have the young man in front of us as a guide, that's no longer a problem.

Without saying a word, he simply reached out and lifted the boy up from the ground with his true energy.

Then, from his Vast Ocean Ring, he took out a small Cloud-Piercing Shuttle that was almost covered in dust: "Get on, you'll guide the way from now on."

If you want to travel with low-level cultivators, a spirit shuttle or spirit boat is the most convenient tool.

Speaking of which, this Cloud-Piercing Shuttle was something Xiao Chen obtained back in the South Laohai Sea. He never expected it would end up being used here.

"You can continue to think about it more."

Before leaving, Xiao Chen reminded him again, "Also, when your island lord comes out of seclusion, please let him know as well."

"I have quite a few spiritual items, and even fourth-tier spiritual items are negotiable."

He has always been generous in this regard.

Unfortunately, the island owner missed this opportunity to make the deal.

Guided by the boy, Xiao Chen set off from the island and headed east.

Seven days later, they arrived at an exceptionally deep sea.

"The area ahead is filled with death energy. My father risked going there to fish for nine-section fish, but he was killed by the death energy."

The boy pointed to the empty sea in front of him, his eyes slightly red.

Xiao Chen immediately used a secret technique to observe, but he saw nothing.

The sea in front of them was still empty, and it didn't look like it was filled with any malevolent energy.

"Are you sure it's here?"

Xiao Chen reminded him, "Think carefully, have we gone to the wrong place these past two days?"

The boy firmly stated, "Absolutely right, this is the place."

He had mentally rehearsed the location of this place repeatedly to ensure that he had not gone to the wrong place.

Seeing that he spoke with certainty, Xiao Chen also roughly estimated his current location in his mind.

The results showed that despite running so far, it was still within the approximate area marked by Su Li and had not exceeded the corresponding boundary.

In other words, there may indeed be malevolent energy here.

So Xiao Chen manipulated the spirit shuttle to hover in mid-air and opened a spiritual energy barrier for protection.

To avoid being caught off guard by seabirds or fish while I am away.

Then he flew alone into the sea, wanting to see if there was any mystery hidden underwater.

It turned out that this area of ​​the sea was exceptionally deep!

He dived down to about 4,800 feet before finally reaching the bottom.

Moreover, after Xiao Chen stood on the seabed, he realized that he was in a basin-like place.

They were able to keep moving forward while continuing to descend deeper into the ground.

After walking for several dozen miles, they finally arrived at the bottom of this underwater pit.

At the same time, I also saw a sphere that was shimmering with a milky white glow.

This position is quite ingenious, because a faint red glow is actually emanating from the bottom of the sphere.

Xiao Chen could see it clearly; it was magma from underground.

If this sphere hadn't been there, the lava might have erupted and then cooled rapidly in the seawater to form a solid outer shell.

However, since the sphere is stuck in the middle, it will not melt yet.

This led to this unusual situation. Coincidentally, a red light flashed below, as if magma was surging.

A wisp of malevolent energy immediately emerged from the white sphere and then entered Xiao Chen's body.

Moreover, it was precisely the last kind of malevolent energy he lacked—the Yang Water Malevolent Energy.

"So that's what happened."

Xiao Chen immediately understood the reason.

If you are not standing nearby, this malevolent aura will drift towards the sea.

It either enters the body of a sea fish along the way, or it escapes to the surface of the sea and enters the body of a passing cultivator or seabird.

"But what is this thing?"

Xiao Chen approached the sphere and examined it curiously: "Why does the Yang Water Fiend originate from inside a sphere?"

The sphere in front of me was only one foot in diameter, which wasn't particularly small on its own, but the malevolent energy it contained was rather strange.

Negative energy doesn't usually gather like this.

Moreover, the surrounding environment doesn't seem quite right. The only possibility is that there are human factors involved.

"I can't figure it out, who could have done this?"

Xiao Chen was a little confused, but he didn't forget that he still had important business to attend to.

He immediately reached out and grabbed the sphere, preparing to absorb the evil energy from it.

One characteristic of malevolent energy is that it will actively penetrate the bodies of nearby living beings.

So the instant Xiao Chen touched the sphere.

The entire sphere immediately trembled violently, as if a stream of white water gushed out and rushed into his body.

The original milky white glow also disappeared instantly.

Only a transparent crystal ball remained, slowly sinking into the magma at the bottom.

"not good!"

Xiao Chen's eyes twitched, and he hurriedly swam upwards.

But by then it was clearly too late to run.

The moment the crystal ball melted, the magma accumulated at the bottom erupted out.

The hole, which was originally less than a foot wide, was suddenly ripped apart and expanded several times over.

Nevertheless, a large amount of lava still shot straight into the sky, breaking through the seawater more than four thousand feet deep in an instant.

"Boom~!"

In the blink of an eye, the area within a radius of hundreds of miles trembled, resembling a massive underwater volcanic eruption.

Xiao Chen naturally didn't gain any advantage either, and immediately triggered Night's Edge.

"Hi~!"

Feeling the immense power of heaven and earth before him, he couldn't help but gasp: "This move seems a bit hasty."

But upon closer reflection, there's really no good way to avoid it this time.

We can't possibly set up a large array of runes on the seabed to suppress the magma just to collect evil energy.

Not only would that be time-consuming and laborious, but more importantly, Xiao Chen currently doesn't know how to set up large-scale formations.

For him, taking it directly is the most convenient, quick, and hassle-free method.

Of course, Xiao Chen couldn't afford to think about these things anymore.

He was using all his strength to activate the "Mysterious Heaven Food Secret Method" to refine the massive amount of evil energy that had just entered his body.

While moving as far away from the danger zone as possible, they tried to move their position away from the danger zone.

Trying to do two things at once is actually quite strenuous.

Fortunately, the "Mysterious Heavenly Food Secret Method" was powerful enough that nothing went wrong despite the excessive amount of evil energy.

He successfully suppressed this large amount of malevolent energy within his dantian, preventing it from causing trouble within his body.

However, in order to control the evil energy, Xiao Chen had to focus most of his attention on his dantian.

"thump!"

Xiao Chen emerged from the sea and collapsed inside the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle.

Then he sat down and began to meditate to refine the evil energy.

The boy looked at the surging waves on the sea several miles away, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth was splitting.

Seeing that Xiao Chen's eyes were tightly closed and he seemed to be injured, he couldn't help but feel worried, after all, he was now in the same boat.

I silently prayed that nothing bad would happen to this senior.

At least get him safely out of the city first.

"Bang~!"

A wave tens of meters high crashed down on the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen had activated the spiritual energy barrier before leaving, so the ship was able to remain stable.

Meanwhile, the core of this lava eruption is several tens of miles away from here, separated by a thick layer of seawater, which greatly weakened its power.

Therefore, although some cracks appeared on the spiritual energy barrier, it ultimately held up.

Without being disturbed, Xiao Chen successfully refined all the evil energy according to the mental cultivation method.

The last Yang Water Seal condensed within the dantian.

The moment the condensation was successful, the Yin Water Seal, which had been restless for some time, immediately merged with the Yang Water Seal.

Together they form an extremely mysterious pattern.

Several different forces intertwine within this pattern: the vast ocean, the pitch-black abyss, the spring rain that nourishes all things, the ice that freezes everything... all the water in the world seems to be hidden within this pattern.

Become!

Xiao Chen used his divine sense to look inward at the five elements of evil energy that had been fully gathered in his dantian, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

Of course, that's not enough.

He decided to press on and condense the Yang Five Elements Seal to secure the final half-year of success in Nascent Soul formation.

Before that, Xiao Chen took out a bottle of fasting pills and threw it directly to the boy.

Then, with a wave of his hand, a dense barrier of true essence formed inside the spirit shuttle, completely isolating the boy.

He wasn't worried that the boy would harm him.

After all, the opponent was only at the Qi Refining stage. Even if Xiao Chen didn't fight back, he could ignore all of the opponent's attacks with his Golden Body and Jade Bones alone.

The main reason is that the following steps are too important to be affected by any unexpected factors.

Xiao Chen took several deep breaths and focused his mind.

Then, he silently recited the secret techniques and mantras twice in his mind, word by word, to ensure that there were no omissions.

Only then, following the instructions in the mental cultivation manual, did he draw upon a strand of true essence from the flawless golden elixir.

Actively guide it to be injected into the Yangmu seal.

However, unlike the Yin Five Elements Seal, this true essence, after entering the Yang Wood Seal, seemed to be like a seed falling into a field.

It quickly grew vigorously, almost doubling in size.

However, as it grew, it suddenly began to decay and wither, eventually turning into a true essence mass the size of a seed.

Immediately afterwards, the entire ball of true essence was squeezed out and fell into the Yang Fire Seal.

This was quite alarming. The tiny seed seemed to ignite on the spot, and soon it was burned to ashes.

Then the ashes gathered at the Yangtu Seal.

As soon as it fell into it, it was instantly compressed into countless tiny dots, and then these tiny dots further collapsed into a tiny ball of soil.

It gradually became like the core of a mineral vein deep in the earth, with fine metallic patterns forming inside.

As the clay ball gets smaller and smaller, and the metallic patterns become more and more numerous and completely cover the entire surface, it comes to the Yangjin seal.

In an instant, it seemed as if millions of sword energies burst forth, piercing back and forth towards the core.

Under such a fierce attack, the core seemed to be completely shattered into a pile of powder that flowed with the fluctuations of sword energy.

Once the sword energy could no longer harm the powder, all the powder flowed into the Yang Water Seal.

Then thousands of pale blue ripples lit up.

Even a pile of powder will inevitably be gradually dissolved in the water.

In the end, it completely transformed into a clear stream, flowing gently back into the Yangmu Seal.

However, this time, the situation is different.

It seemed that many roots had grown out of the Yangmu seal and penetrated into the water, completely absorbing it.

Finally, a stream of true essence, noticeably smaller but also more solid, was released again.

During this process, the five marks were lit up one after another.

Their mutual inspirations came together, forming a larger outline of a mark.

Then came the second cycle, the third cycle, and so on.

With each cycle, the mark becomes more definite.

After a full day and night, and nine cycles in total, the mark finally became almost tangible.

This means that the Yang Five Elements Seal has been completely and successfully solidified.

"Phew, everything went smoothly."

Xiao Chen was completely focused throughout the entire process, and only now did he finally relax.

He looked at the true essence that had undergone nine cycles, and saw that it was only about one-third of its original size.

However, the spiritual power contained within it not only did not decrease, but actually tripled!
Such refined and purified true essence can unleash power far exceeding its original strength, whether used to activate magical artifacts or cast spells.

Once the Yang Five Elements Seal is fully formed, all Xiao Chen needs to do is introduce new true essence into it.

Then, without his own control, the true essence, driven by the Yang Five Elements Seal, passed through different Yang Sha Seals in turn.

Each cycle is equivalent to a purification, ultimately generating an exceptionally pure essence.

This effect is actually similar to the Nine Luminaries Mystic Pill that Xiao Chen took before; both increase the quality of true essence.

This is also one of the main characteristics of Yang Five Elements Seal.

Once the Yang Five Elements Seal was fully stabilized, it and the Yin Five Elements Seal faced each other from afar within the dantian, emitting a natural attraction between them.

Then, just like the previous five pairs of Yin-Yang evil seals, they merged into one.

Together they form a cyclical pattern of Yin and Yang.

It looks somewhat like a yin-yang symbol, but it's different.

This is the sign of successful cultivation of the second stage of the "Mysterious Heaven Food Secret Method"—the Five Elements Seal!

Or rather, before this, Xiao Chen had actually been preparing for his next cultivation, laying the foundation.

Only after successfully condensing the Five Elements Seal can one begin to cultivate the true heaven-reaching method in the "Mysterious Heaven Food Secret Method".

Refining Evil Technique!
To be honest, this name sounds like a cultivation technique that only Qi Refining cultivators would practice.

However, according to the Lord of the Celestial Palace, most people in the world practice the art of Qi cultivation.

He insisted on finding a new path, and thus created this art of refining evil spirits.

Although limited by his abilities, he was unable to start from scratch, but it was still a different path, one that did not conform to worldly customs.

Therefore, the seemingly simple name "Refining Evil Techniques" actually represents at least a new school of thought that originated from the traditional Qi Refining Techniques of that time.

This is why it clearly looks like a breakthrough technique.

However, in reality, it can work simultaneously with other breakthrough techniques without any conflict between them.

(End of this chapter)