Chapter 176: Blue Wave Spiritual Silk, Purification Array Pattern

In the vast lost sea, Qingze and Huoyu, after a long journey, finally arrived at the sphere of influence of the Mermaid Island.

"The Mermaid Island is just ahead."

"The master and Chen An are both there. Let's go over and take refuge. But be careful and don't make any mistakes again."

Qingze paid close attention to the movements around him, looking alert.

When I first came to this sea area, I was ordered by Chen An to search for any movements near the cave, but I was accidentally affected by an extremely strange hurricane.

This hurricane is composed of violent spiritual power and is powerful enough to crush a cultivator who has reached the God Transformation stage.

The two were near the Violent Sea, so they naturally understood that the hurricane was probably caused by the leakage of the violent spiritual energy in the Violent Sea.

Fortunately, we were still some distance away from the center of the hurricane, and we managed to escape by trying our best.

"This place is far away from the riot sea, so don't worry. But the environment here makes people feel uncomfortable."

Huo Yu frowned slightly, looking at the vast ocean, feeling very repulsed.

"I think this place is pretty good. It's much better than Beizhou."

Qingze looked around and felt that he could go anywhere in this vast ocean.

After chatting for a few words, the two quickened their pace again, hoping to meet up with Chen An and Luo Ling'er as soon as possible.

Mermaid Island, Heritage Pavilion.

Led by three mermaids who had reached the state of divine transformation, a team of more than a dozen mermaids hurriedly blocked the door of the inheritance pavilion.

They were ordered by the Great Elder to come and capture Chen An for interrogation, but the Inheritance Pavilion was an important place on the Mermaid Island, so even with the Great Elder's order, they did not dare to force their way in.

Not to mention that the old man guarding the inheritance pavilion is very powerful and has few rivals in the clan. He is also highly respected in the clan. The other party's grandson Zhan Xiumu alone is not someone they can afford to offend.

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go in and inform Zhan Jing first. Then we can work together inside and outside to make sure that guy named Chen An won't be able to escape!"

One of the mermaids, who was thin in stature, stared at the inheritance pavilion for a long time, and seeing that there was no movement inside, he said to his companion beside him.

He has reached the fourth level of the Spiritual Transformation Stage and is the strongest among this group of people, so naturally no one dares to say anything.

Moreover, the thin mermaid had no intention of seeking the opinions of his companions. After giving the orders, he stood up and walked directly into the inheritance pavilion without waiting for his companions to respond.

At this moment, he happened to walk across from Zhan Jing, who had just said goodbye to the old man and left.

When Zhan Jing saw him, she nodded slightly without saying anything more. People came to the inheritance pavilion every day, and this situation was really normal.

"Zhan Jing, why did you come out alone? Where's Chen An?"

The thin merman glanced into the depths of the inheritance pavilion and saw that Zhan Jing was indeed alone, so he asked in surprise.

"He left a long time ago. What do you want from him?"

Zhan Jing reacted and realized that Zhan Ming in front of her was the Great Elder's man, and that he came specifically to find Chen An, which was probably not a good thing.

The Great Elder is the most xenophobic person in the clan. Given his personality and behavior, he will definitely try every means to make trouble for Chen An.

"Oh, nothing, where did he go?"

"How would I know? I guess he went back to his residence."

Zhan Jing responded, turned around and left.

Zhan Ming pondered for a moment, then walked into the inheritance pavilion without hesitation, looking for Chen An everywhere.

But after patrolling for a long time, there was no one inside except the old man who was guarding it.

"Kid, what do you think this old man is for? Are you playing hide-and-seek?"

The old man blew his beard and glared, quite dissatisfied with Zhan Ming's search left and right.

"Don't dare."

Zhan Ming smiled awkwardly but continued his action. He stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the last compartment. He took a few glances and then ran away.

A sacred place under the sea in the east.

Chen An hid in a secret corner, looking at the busy mermaids in the distance, his expression neither sad nor happy.

Just now, through the little tricks he had set up in the Inheritance Pavilion, he had already known what had just happened at the door.

The merman named Zhan Ming is a subordinate of the Great Elder. He went in specifically to look for him this time, and he definitely had no good intentions.

"It's really as expected. The Great Elder is still paying close attention to my actions."

Chen An was also very puzzled. The other party was so wary and he didn't know how he had offended him.

Or, is it really just his personality, as Zhan Qing said?

But no matter what, Chen An plans to leave the Mermaid Island temporarily for a while, and it will not be too late to come back after getting news from the Mermaid Chieftain.

Besides, I already have enough fifth-level spirit seeds on me, so I can try to grow them first and then make other plans.

Thinking of this, Chen An fled from the bottom of the sea towards the south of the island. As long as he went around and headed west, he would be able to return to the cave where the teleportation array was located.

He wants to leave the Mermaid Island, and I'm afraid no one can stop him.

Moreover, after discovering the abnormality, he had already notified Luo Ling'er to leave the Mermaid Island first. Thinking about it carefully, there was nothing missed.

"Huh? Isn't this Qingze and Huoyu?"

Chen An came to the sea south of the island and suddenly felt two familiar auras rushing towards the island.

Why did these two people come here at this critical moment?
She had been separated from the two before, and even though they were far apart, Luo Ling'er could barely sense with the help of the insect that they were not in danger of life.

In this lost sea, even though a person at the level of a spirit being transformed cannot walk around freely, he is still considered an expert. As long as their luck is not too bad, the two of them working together should not run into anything too dangerous.

But he didn't expect that when he was about to run away, the other party actually found him based on the marks left by Luo Ling'er on the rocks along the way.

Chen An was about to remind the other party and leave with him.

But then a wave of mermaids flew out from the island, some with the strength of Nascent Soul and some of the God Transformation Stage, and they surrounded the two monsters.

If they were ordinary mermaids, Chen An might have stepped forward and used his strength to stop one or two of them and cover their departure.

But he vaguely saw the figure of the Great Elder among the crowd. The other party was very powerful, which was quite a headache.

The opponent was at the ninth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm and had other mermaids to help him. He was in a dilemma for a moment, thinking about how to deal with it.

"It turns out that the envoy of the Azure Dragon Clan has come to visit my humble island. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person."

The Great Elder greeted Qingze with lowered head and amiable look, just like a subordinate treating his superior.

"I"

When Qingze saw this, he was obviously stunned and a little confused.

But he was also a demon cultivator who had lived for many years, so his reaction was also very quick. He coughed twice and said lightly, "Well, not bad."

Too much talk will lead to mistakes, he did not say anything unnecessary.

At the same time, Qingze and Huoyu were secretly shocked. They didn't expect that after just a month of not seeing each other, Chen An and Luo Ling'er had developed such a powerful force on the Mermaid Island.

Even the natives of the island were conquered!

Suddenly, the two of them felt a little more admiration for Chen An.

"The envoy has come to my humble island and must be very tired after all the hard work. Please come this way. I will have someone prepare a banquet to welcome the envoy."

The Great Elder grinned and immediately led the two of them, flying towards the island at a leisurely pace.

Chen An hid his body underwater. Seeing the Great Elder and the two monsters chatting and laughing, he was completely confused.

"What's going on? The envoy of the Azure Dragon Clan?"

"Could it be that this guy mistook Qingze for a divine cultivator from the Azure Dragon Clan of the Lost Sea?"

Chen An's expression showed a bit of strangeness. Has he already controlled the other party?

As the dominant force in the Lost Sea, the Qinglong Clan has absolute control over this area.

If this is the case, then the other party's behavior is quite reasonable!

However, to be cautious, he did not chase after him immediately.

Instead, he returned to the spiritual land under the sea, continued to hide, and watched what would happen.

Here we can attack or defend, which is the best option at present.

Chen An waited for several days, but still saw no sign of Qingze and Huoyu. Just when he thought they had been exposed and in trouble, he discovered that Luo Linger was actually moving towards the Mermaid Island.

The two people's souls are connected, and within a certain distance, they can sense each other's specific locations.

Chen An was puzzled and moved to another place and waited for half a day, but Luo Ling'er went straight towards him.

It didn't take long before his hiding place was easily found.

"Didn't I tell you to leave Mermaid Island? Why are you back?"

Chen An already had some guesses in his mind, but he still asked.

"You don't know that the mermaids mistook Qingze for a member of the Qinglong tribe from the Lost Sea and treated him as a distinguished guest. Now the situation has changed. Should we go or stay?"

Luo Ling'er reported everything that had happened in the past few days and waited quietly for Chen An's decision.

"As a guest of honor?"

Chen An stroked his chin, thinking silently.

After a while.

He ordered, "In that case, you and the other two should stay on the Mermaid Island for the time being and wait and see what happens. I have something to do and need to go back."

The situation has changed, and it is developing in a direction that is favorable to him, so he naturally won't let them leave easily.

However, he needs to go back and deal with the matter of the spirit seeds.

He told Luo Ling'er not to let Qingze reveal any flaws, and then asked her to return to the island, while he headed towards the direction of the teleportation array in the cave.

It took ten full days of traveling at full speed before we could vaguely see the island.

There is no human habitation in the surrounding area, and no sea creatures or spiritual creatures grow there.

Looking at the violent hurricane and the wildly surging spiritual energy in the turbulent sea, Chen An's face was stern.

It’s no wonder that the closer to the Violent Sea, the more violent the spiritual energy is, and few people are willing to live here.

Not to mention living here, even if an ordinary cultivator stays here for a few more years, his magic power will be affected to some extent.

If the strength were lower and the state of mind were worse, I'm afraid the mind would be affected.

Arriving at the island, following the same path as last time, Chen An found the teleportation array with ease.

He heaved a sigh of relief when he found that there was nothing unusual about the means left here.

He immediately took out a teleportation jade talisman and stood on the teleportation array.

There was a flash before his eyes, and the next moment he appeared under a formation in the sea of ​​​​riot. The formation's solid spiritual shield resisted the violence from the outside world.

This formation is quite mysterious. The inlaid spirit stones are only used for activation. Most of the spiritual power supporting the operation of the formation comes from the violent spiritual energy in the Sea of ​​Chaos. Even after so many years, when Chen An arrived, a small amount of spiritual energy from the spirit stones still remained.

The array patterns engraved on it can transform the violent spiritual energy from the outside world into relatively pure spiritual energy that can be used by the array.

If he could master this method, wouldn't it mean that the almost inexhaustible spiritual energy in the Sea of ​​Chaos could be used by him?
This idea was just a thought. With his current level of cultivation and attainments in formation, he was simply unable to replicate an array pattern of this level.

Chen An stayed for a moment, then stepped onto the teleportation array again. He teleported several times in a row until he came to a formation with more violent spiritual energy, where he stopped.

The pattern of this protective formation is slightly worn, so the protection is not thorough, and some external spiritual energy has not been completely purified.

However, there will not be much change in the next few decades or hundreds of years.

Chen An reached for the storage bag at his waist and took out a spiritual seed that he had obtained from Zhan Qing.

[Bibo Lingsi Seed, a fifth-level spiritual seed, is the most widely planted spiritual plant by the mermaids. It needs to consume a large amount of spiritual energy to grow. To prevent damage to the spiritual vein, it needs to be planted with caution.]

Seeing this, Chen An smiled slightly and planted the spirit seed under his feet without hesitation.

Swallowing spiritual energy?

Then just devour as much as you can here, since it is inexhaustible anyway.

Moreover, the land here has been nurtured with rich spiritual energy for who knows how many years. It is not inferior to the fifth-level spiritual land at all. Planting this spiritual plant should not be a problem.

The spirit seed had just been planted and was still in the adaptation stage. Chen An poured a bucket of spirit water on it, then stepped onto the teleportation array and teleported away.

After a long time.

When Chen An stepped onto the land on the top of the mountain where he had been practicing Buddhism, he suddenly felt like he hadn’t been there for a long time.

It's only been a month, but it feels like decades.

He had no time to enjoy it, so he quickly released his spiritual sense to check the movements on the mountain, but found nothing unusual.

However, there are no abnormalities, but there are some changes.

He immediately jumped away and came to Beishan.

Just like when he left, Beishan was still quiet except for the occasional crowing of chickens and barking of dogs.

But soon, several directions in Beishan became boiling with excitement.

"Master!"

"Elder!"

The black-haired beast, golden crow bird, Chen Shuang and Chen Guangzhi on the mountain all came running from the spiritual fields and open spaces.

"Master, how come you're back so soon!"

The black-haired beast wagged its tail and rubbed against Chen An continuously.

Somehow, Chen An was only away for over a month, but it felt to them like it was longer than decades.

After all, Chen An was going out this time to a mysterious world of immortal cultivation thousands of miles away.

"During the time I was away, the mountain was fine."

"It's great. If you had come a little later, I would have almost defeated the bald dog."

"Don't talk nonsense in front of the master. You are still far from defeating me."

Chen An shook his head and chuckled, chatted with them for a few words, then sent them away to practice and walked into the spiritual field.

Regardless of other spiritual plants, head straight towards the pond.

As his spiritual consciousness spread out, the five-colored lotus and jade-bone daffodils at the bottom of the pond began to sprout quietly.

This is the change that Chen An discovered when he just returned.

“It sprouted so quickly!”

Chen An couldn't help but be surprised. Although the signs of growth had just begun to emerge, the trend was indeed encouraging.

Just as he was studying the two spiritual plants, a calling voice emerged in his heart.

Turning his head, he saw the thousand-year-old heavy water lotus that had already given birth to spiritual consciousness not far away!

"Could it be that the two spiritual plants were able to grow quickly because of its influence?"

Suddenly, Chen An's mind became clear.

Suddenly he realized, "So the same kind refers to the spiritual plants that gave birth to spiritual consciousness!"

According to the inheritance read from the mermaid tribe, spiritual plants of level five or above, once they reach ten thousand years old, are more likely to give birth to spiritual consciousness than spiritual plants of level five or below that are ten thousand years old.

Moreover, the spiritual plants that have given birth to spiritual consciousness already have a faint awareness and can gather the spiritual energy around them. Once other spiritual plants are planted nearby, they will also benefit.

"I wonder if the coral can be grown alive?"

The jade coral needs to be cultivated by the Yaksha tribe themselves and can only survive if it is nourished by the specific spiritual energy refined by the Yaksha.

The Yaksha tribe has a method that can spend a certain amount of time to refine spiritual energy into an extremely pure state, which is somewhat similar to the protective formation in the Riot Sea.

However, it is very difficult for the Yaksha tribe to refine this method. Otherwise, they would have unified the Lost Sea long ago.

However, the jade coral is very delicate and it is difficult for it to survive without the watering of spiritual energy of this purity.

But now he can't let Yaksha help him cultivate spiritual plants, so he might as well give it a try. There's no loss anyway.

As for the third spiritual seed he got from Zhan Qing, it was also a Jade Bone Narcissus. Chen An didn't think it was too much, so he planted it in the pond.

After finishing all this, Chen An returned to the cave he had not visited for a long time.

Now that I'm back this time, I will definitely not go back unless I make a breakthrough in my cultivation.

(End of this chapter)