Chapter 169: The Qilin in Transformation, the Riotous Sea

Deep in the misty mountains.

In a quiet place, beside a gurgling stream, there stands a wooden house.

Next to the wooden table in front of the house sat an old man with white hair, wearing a yellow robe and two horns on his head. He leisurely brought out a plate of green beans covered with spiritual energy and took out a bottle of wine.

He brought the bottle close to his nose, took a deep sniff, and praised, "It smells so good!"

"Zi!"

Immediately, he couldn't wait to take a sip of wine, grabbed a handful of green beans, and started eating them while rocking on the recliner. He looked contented and relaxed.

"I don't seek immortality, I just want to be free among the clouds in the mountains."

The old man was enjoying the wine and food with his eyes squinting, relaxing all over. Suddenly, he widened his eyes and looked towards the southeast.

He looked at the familiar dark clouds in the distance, and his body shuddered involuntarily. He said in disbelief, "Someone is going through the Divine Transformation Tribulation. That place seems to be in the direction of Qingyun Territory!"

Thinking of this, the old man narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but recall the scene of a hundred years ago, in the same direction, and on such a comfortable day. He seemed to have seen the calamity cloud.

The difference is that the last time it was the Nascent Soul thunder tribulation, while this time it was the incarnation thunder tribulation.

Judging from the aura of the thunder tribulation, it is obvious that the person who underwent the tribulation twice is the same person!

But, how many years has it been?

You can’t cultivate so fast just by soaking in a medicine jar, right?
As he was thinking this, the thunder tribulation in the distance was coming to an end. Based on his experience, it was obvious that he had successfully overcome the tribulation.

The old man suddenly felt that the wine was as bland as water and tasted like chewing wax.

"Senior Qilin!"

A blood-red light flashed by, and the giant crocodile landed steadily in front of the wooden house.

He pointed in the direction of the robbery cloud and said, "Senior Qilin, you have seen it too, right? Over there."

"I'm not old and blind, how can I not see it?"

The white-haired old man snorted coldly and said, "The boy who is going through the tribulation should be the Chen An you mentioned before, right?"

"Except for him, there are no more Nascent Soul cultivators in the six regions of the Far East. This should be the person." The giant crocodile said with a complicated expression.

"Youth is really something to be feared!"

The old man took a sip of the wine in the bottle and exclaimed in admiration.

"Then do you want to search for Tianyuan Continent?"

"It's not that easy to find Tianyuan Continent."

The old man wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and said, "However, this kid has such amazing talent, he must not want to stay in the small four continents and stop at the God Transformation. Well, one more person is always more strength. You can go with me to pay him a visit."

He spends his days here carefree every day, but does he really want to live like this?

It’s because of limited resources that I will never have the chance to make further progress in this life!
As for finding the Tianyuan Continent, he has searched for this route countless times, and he thinks the hope is still very slim.

"Uh-huh!"

That day, Chen An put away the Book of the Five Poisons Curse Soul and walked out of the cave. He stretched and felt relaxed all over.

Now that I have successfully broken through to the God Transformation stage and have a lot of materials on me, it is time to proceed with the next plan.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Jin, you two stay at home. I'm going to be out for a while."

Chen An gave instructions to the golden crow bird hanging on the tree and the black-haired hound lying under the tree.

"You're going on a long journey? Are you going to help me find the mother bird?"

The Golden Crow flapped its wings and said excitedly.

Chen An usually didn't travel far, at most he would just hang around Qingyun Region. This was the first time he said something like this, and the two people and two beasts here couldn't help but be surprised.

Hearing the question from the Golden Crow Bird, Chen An was speechless. Why is this bird the same as a dog?
"Don't talk nonsense, just take good care of the house."

After saying that, Chen An jumped to the top of Kuxiu Mountain and set up a disposable portable teleportation array at a location that had been selected long ago.

Chen Kebao has already explored the coordinates leading to the location mentioned by the Crocodile Ancestor, and set up another teleportation array according to Chen An's instructions.

With the spirit stone inlaid and the teleportation talisman in hand, Chen An was surrounded by a flash of light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After a moment of trance, he calmed down again and found himself in the vast ocean.

The sea was calm, without a trace of wind, and the light blue water stretched as far as the eye could see, without a trace of life.

Looking up, there was not even a bird in the sky, it was dead silent.

The place they were standing on was a deserted island with a radius of only a dozen miles. Not only was there no spiritual energy at all, it was an abysmal place without even a trace of green.

"It's really a barren place."

There was nothing interesting here, and Chen An had no intention of appreciating it. He immediately walked around the island, following the coordinates left by the Crocodile Ancestor, and soon arrived at the center of the island.

After some measurements, he determined that this was the location to build the teleportation array!
Although many years have passed, Chen An can still see the remains of the teleportation array exposed on the surface through the rubble here.

This ultra-long-distance teleportation array was completely destroyed by the Crocodile Ancestor in order to cut off his retreat, so it had to be rebuilt.

Chen An immediately took some effort to clean up the place, revealing the array pit below.

The array pit is still there, which saves us the effort of digging and measuring.

The super long-distance teleportation array is not a fourth-order array, but a fifth-order array, which is different from the previous long-distance teleportation array.

The former is not large in area, with only one main array and three auxiliary arrays. However, in order to achieve the amazing effect of teleporting millions of miles, the entire array base is composed of several layers of array patterns superimposed on each other, and the difficulty of engraving the array patterns increases sharply.

However, over the years, Chen An has worked hard to inherit the fourth-level formation, and this skill has reached the perfect level of the fourth level.

After often contemplating the formation patterns, I have gained a certain degree of confidence.

After clearing his mind, Chen An took out the spiritual materials he would use one by one. The Fantasy Dream Crystal, Red Brilliant Gold and Void Stone were the most basic items. The Langya Gold and Jade for stabilizing the space transmission, and the Seven-Star Void Stone for strengthening the coordinate sensing of the formation were also indispensable.

Refining spiritual materials and shaping the array base are already a piece of cake. Compared with before, it is nothing more than adding two more spiritual materials.

For the Sun's True Fire, it's no big deal.

Chen An immediately took out the true fire of the sun and spent several days tempering it before he completed the forging.

The interior of the array base is hollowed out and divided into nine layers, all of which carry the array patterns.

After checking that everything was correct, he waved his hand and placed the array base into the existing array pit. It was neither too big nor too small, just the right size.

The array base is easy to build, but the array pattern is not easy to carve.

To be on the safe side, Chen An took out the Three Lights Calming Talisman that he had used to overcome the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

As the feeling of coolness surged into my heart, my mind felt extremely clear.

With the blessing of this talisman, coupled with his spiritual awareness comparable to that of a late-stage spirit transformation realm, he couldn't help but feel more confident.

Chen An struck while the iron was hot, his mind moved slightly, using his consciousness as a knife and his magic power as the source. The two were intertwined and fell on the formation base that had just been refined in front of him.

It gently scratched the surface, leaving behind a mysterious and unusual pattern that contained the ultimate truth of space.

The formation uses formation patterns to activate the rules of heaven and earth, and the formation patterns are carried by the formation base, just like the relationship between magical powers and words.

As time passed, more and more array patterns appeared on the surface of the array base, densely packed and intertwined, vaguely forming a whole.

Feeling the still weak force of space above, Chen An wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his head to swallow a few pills, and sat down cross-legged to rest for a few days.

Immediately, he continued to probe his spiritual consciousness into the array base and engraved the array pattern on the first layer.
Several months passed like this, and thirty Three Lights Calming Talismans and countless medicinal pills were consumed before the entire array pattern on the array base was carved.

"Phew! It's not easy!"

After doing all this, Chen An looked at the completed formation and felt a sense of accomplishment.

After recovering his magic power, he did not rashly board the teleportation array and teleport there.

Instead, they built another long-distance teleportation array in another place on the island. In order to prevent the two teleportation arrays from interfering with each other, they deliberately chose the farthest location.

In comparison, this teleportation array was easy to build and was completed quickly.

After placing the spirit stone on the ground and holding the teleportation talisman, Chen An stood on the teleportation array on the top of the mountain in a blink of an eye. As long as he was within 100,000 miles of the mountain, he could build a teleportation array anytime and anywhere. If he didn't care about the loss of materials, it was a way to get back quickly.

As soon as he returned to Beishan, before Chen An could go looking for him, Luo Ling'er was already waiting there.

"Congratulations to the master for achieving the state of transformation, sweeping across the eight directions, and unifying the four continents!"

Luo Ling'er came forward and congratulated him.

"It is not necessary to unify the four continents."

Chen An waved his hand and said, "How are you doing over there?"

"Look!"

After saying that, Luo Ling'er threw a bloody head to the ground.

Judging from his appearance, it is Lu Hong!
"Why did you bring the head up the mountain? It's bloody and disgusting."

The Golden Crow Bird spread its wings and covered its head, unwilling to look at the disgusting thing in front of it.

Chen An glanced at him and thought to himself, this man is the enemy who murdered your mother!

However, as long as the Golden Crow Bird did not ask about his origins, Chen An did not intend to tell it. Even if he did, it would only add to the sadness. It would be better to let it practice and live here carefree like it is now.

Luo Ling'er immediately took out the Linglong Pagoda and released the two monsters Huoyu and Qingze who were imprisoned inside.

When they saw Luo Ling'er, their expressions tensed up, their eyes showed fear, and they hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, Master!"

Judging from his appearance, he must have suffered a lot.

"Get up, my master will also be your master in the future." Luo Ling'er pointed at Chen An and ordered.

"Yes!"

The two demons, Huoyu and Qingze, had bitter smiles on their faces. They were infected with a poisonous insect and were controlled by others, so they had no choice but to do so.

"By the way, I also went to Nanzhou. The three of us teamed up to kill Wu Jiutian. However, when we saw him, he seemed to have been seriously injured, so we didn't have to spend too much effort."

Luo Linger looked a little puzzled and said.

Chen An thought to himself that he had cursed this person many times, it would be strange if he could get better.

"Since I have killed this man, I should be able to obtain the fifth-level spirit seed."

"I am about to present it to you."

After saying that, Luo Linger spread out her palm, revealing a seed that looked like white jade. Its shape was more like a piece of bone, but it was only the size of a fingernail.

[Jade Bone Narcissus Spirit Seed, fifth-level spiritual plant, it should return to the embrace of the sea. It will grow more smoothly if it has the company of its kind. ]

Chen An wondered, is it the same kind again?
Is it possible that a fifth-level spiritual plant cannot survive if planted alone?

He was a little unsure whether these so-called same kind were spiritual plants of the same type or of the same level.

Because in theory, as long as spiritual plants above level five meet certain conditions, they have the opportunity to advance to a higher grade, which is fundamentally different from previous spiritual plants. From a certain perspective, the two belong to two categories, those that can be advanced and those that cannot be advanced.

However, you can put it in a pond to nurture it first. When you go to the Tianyuan Continent later, you will master more of this inheritance and be able to better cultivate fifth-level spiritual plants.

"By the way, there are people outside the mountain who want to see you. They are a giant crocodile and a Qilin in the Divine Transformation Stage. They have been waiting for several months." Luo Linger reminded.

"Oh? Just let them. I'll go out now."

There were too many secrets on the mountain, and Chen An was worried, so he went out to meet him in person.

Following the two auras, Chen An fled for dozens of miles and saw an old man with white hair and red nose who was looking at him.

And Chen An also looked at the other person.

"My fellow Taoist, it's a pleasure to meet you! My name is Chen An."

"Old Huang Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

When the two met, they exchanged a few polite words.

"I have witnessed two heavenly tribulations. Fellow Daoist Chen is extremely gifted. I really admire him!"

"Two calamities?"

Chen An was slightly stunned, but this was not surprising. After all, the two families were not far away from each other, so they should have noticed it long ago.

He modestly said: "You are too much of a compliment. The path to immortality is so long and the mere transformation into a god is really nothing."

"Your ambition is truly lofty. Unfortunately, our current realms have already reached the upper limit of the Four Continents. It may not be easy to go further."

Huang Lin stroked his three-foot white beard and looked at Chen An with a smile, as if he was hinting at something.

"The path of cultivation is full of difficulties and obstacles. We should search up and down to find a way to save ourselves."

Chen An recognized the other party's tone, but pretended not to know and responded with two general sentences.

He has already found a way out, so naturally he won't share it with others. At least, it is still in the exploratory stage, and for the sake of safety, it is not advisable to introduce outsiders.

"Haha, what you said is right, fellow Taoist."

Huang Lin replied awkwardly, then said, "This time I am just here to get to know you. I will come and bother you again when I have time."

After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left with the giant crocodile.

Before leaving, the giant crocodile looked at Chen An with a complicated expression, and it was unknown whether there was envy or jealousy in his eyes, or both.

Chen An did not take this matter to heart. He sent the two away and returned to Beishan.

"Come with me."

Chen An gave an order to Luo Ling'er, and then the two of them climbed to the top of the mountain and landed on the deserted island again through the teleportation array.

This is a place without any spiritual energy. It was very uncomfortable when I first arrived.

As a puppet, Luo Ling'er was less affected by this.

Chen An embedded nine top-grade spirit stones into the ultra-long-distance teleportation array he had built earlier.

With a "buzzing" sound, the formation was instantly activated, and the power of space spread out like a strong wind sweeping in.

"Teleport and try."

Chen An threw a jade talisman to Luo Ling'er and said.

Luo Linger nodded slightly, and without saying a word, she activated the jade talisman in her hand as soon as she stood on the teleportation array. Wrapped in the power of space, she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Somehow, Chen An could no longer sense the other party's presence, which meant that he had already left this place very far away.

After about a cup of tea, the teleportation array lit up again, and Luo Ling'er's figure returned.

After confirming that there was no other situation over there, the two stepped onto the base of the teleportation array again.

Compared with the previous teleportation array, the ultra-long-distance teleportation array has a more obvious force of space during the teleportation process, and subtle spatial turbulence has already appeared.

Fortunately, I had a special jade talisman for protecting the body, so it was safe as long as I was wrapped in it.

After a moment of trance, Chen An once again stood on a deserted island.

After glancing around, he discovered that unlike before, there were two teleportation arrays here. The one opposite should be the other teleportation array leading to the Tianyuan Continent.

The ultra-long-distance teleportation array can teleport millions of miles away, but it cannot reach the Tianyuan Continent in one step. Chen An had already anticipated this.

It is worth mentioning that the formation here can last for thousands of years, and the embedded top-grade spirit stones still have a small amount of spiritual energy left. All of this relies on the soul-locking formation pattern on it, which greatly slows down the loss of spiritual energy.

The soul-locking array pattern is rather complicated, and Chen An did not have such a requirement, so it was not carved during construction.

However, Chen An still replaced it with a new top-grade spirit stone, and then he and Luo Ling'er stepped onto the formation base again.

After seven or eight consecutive teleportations, all the formations were built on desolate islands, all of which were deserted and unspiritual places, and they were all the same.

It was novel when he first came here, but after seeing it so many times, Chen An felt a little bored.

But it was not until the ninth time he was teleported that Chen An was stunned by the rich and violent spiritual energy rushing towards him and the storm raging in the distance.

(End of this chapter)