Chapter 178: Soul-filling Method, War-torn Lost Sea

On the reef island, a soft green stem emerged. It was no bigger than a thumb and was small and cute.

Several small holes on the soft stem opened up, expanding and contracting, tirelessly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. Even the few strands of violent spiritual energy that leaked in were decomposed and swallowed up as soon as they appeared.

On the contrary, after being purified by the green spiritual silk, the violent spiritual energy under this formation has dropped to the extreme, and it is almost the same as outside, similar to the level outside the Mermaid Island.

Chen An realized that the blue wave spiritual silk was probably not an ordinary fifth-level spiritual plant, but a special species that could grow rapidly in the turbulent sea.

If that's the case, then the mermaids are planting large quantities here?
If a cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm has outstanding strength and good defensive means, he may not be able to go deep into the Sea of ​​Chaos, but he can stay at the edge of the Sea of ​​Chaos for a short time and barely manage a small amount of green spiritual silk.

If a Void Refining cultivator were to come in person, he might be able to go a little deeper.

Thinking of this, Chen An suddenly felt that the mermaids might not be as simple as they seemed. If he were a mermaid, he would not be able to just sit there and watch the Azure Silk and the Riotous Sea without doing anything.

From this, we can guess that the Mermaid Island should still have hidden power.

However, these are just guesses. The most important thing right now is to go to the Mermaid Island and get a few fifth-order spiritual plants as the most important capital for ripening.

The blue silk is so extraordinary, the treasure obtained should also not be simple.

After checking that there was nothing abnormal with the spiritual plants in front of him, Chen An took the teleportation array and arrived at the cave at the end.

Following the direction of the Mermaid Island, they flew for nine days and arrived near the Mermaid Island again.

After getting closer, before he landed on the island, he saw two mermaids in the early stage of transformation flying towards him.

The two men stopped them and said, "Foreigners are not allowed to land on our Mermaid Island. Leave immediately!"

"My two fellow Taoists, I am a friend of your clan leader. I asked her to do something for me before. I came back this time to see how things are going. I hope you can help me."

Chen An bowed and smiled, but he was muttering in his heart. There were only a few late Nascent Soul cultivators patrolling the island when he came back last time. Under the leadership of Zhan Qing, the other party just watched from a distance and did not even come over to ask a question.

Why is it so strict this time?

"No, no outsiders are allowed to enter the island now. This is the order of the Great Elder!"

The two mermaids looked at Chen An with eager eyes, as if they would immediately chase him away if he said no.

"Excuse me, what happened on the island in recent years?"

"Last year the Yaksha tribe invaded, and now the whole island is on alert. If you don't leave, don't blame me for chasing you away."

Chen An opened his mouth but didn't say much.

From what they said, it seems that the Yaksha tribe has attacked the Mermaid Island.

Although the two tribes often have frictions, they rarely directly attack each other's nests. This time the Yakshas directly attacked the Mermaid Island, and it is estimated that the matter is not small.

Just as Chen An was about to turn around and leave, he saw a blood-red light coming from the island, followed by a green figure, rushing towards this direction.

"Master, you are here."

When Luo Ling'er saw Chen An, she hurried over to greet him.

"This is my distinguished guest. Please do not stop him."

Qingze waved his hand and gave instructions to the two mermaids.

"Since you are the guest of the envoy, we should let you go."

When the two mermaids heard Qingze's words, they took Chen An into the island without saying a word.

This attitude was completely opposite to how he treated Chen An just now.

The three of them walked some distance into the island and entered the small stone house where Chen An had temporarily lived.

After confirming that there was no one around, Chen An finally asked, "What on earth happened on the island during the years I was away?"

Qingze sighed and said, "It was all good. Last year, three mid-stage Spiritualization cultivators from the Yaksha clan quietly came to the vicinity of the Mermaid Island. They lay dormant for a long time and jointly killed a passing Spiritualization Mermaid. Afterwards, they left before the Mermaid could react."

"They are so unscrupulous, it must be revenge." Chen An guessed.

The Yaksha tribe was very bold this time. In the past, when the two tribes had conflicts, they usually fought outside because of resources or other conflicts. But this time, they actually attacked the Mermaid Island directly.

This kind of thing rarely happened in the past.

"Do you still remember the Yaksha who was killed when we first arrived at the Lost Sea? This time they are taking revenge for that. This kind of thing has rarely happened before, so the mermaids are guarding this island with caution."

Luo Linger added a sentence, pointing directly to the source of the incident.

"Besides this, is there no other reaction from the mermaids?"

Chen An asked, if the mermaid retaliated again, the incident would likely escalate.

"There hasn't been much movement on the Mermaid Island, but on the outskirts of the rioting sea, the mermaids have occupied many of the Yaksha tribe's strongholds, and that place has become the main battlefield."

Luo Ling'er pointed to the west and said.

In some areas outside the turbulent sea, there are places where the spiritual energy is not so violent and is slightly more stable. Chen An estimated that the mermaids' blue wave spiritual silk is there.

Chen An turned his head and saw Qingze beside him looking quite relaxed. He joked, "You seem to be enjoying your job as the Qinglong clan's envoy."

"That can't be helped. I never said that I was the Azure Dragon Clan's messenger. This is a title they forced upon me."

Qingze looked helpless, but judging from his expression, he seemed to enjoy this identity very much.

After chatting for a while, Chen An returned to the main topic and asked, "By the way, how is the merman leader doing with the passage to Tianyuan Continent?"

"This"

Qingze glanced at Chen An with an embarrassed look on his face and said, "They entrusted this matter to me, but I don't have the channels to do it, so I can only delay it for now."

Upon hearing this, Chen An remained silent.

He never expected that things would be temporarily put on hold in this way.

But there was no way, they couldn't make this matter clear, otherwise they would anger the mermaids, and it would be a problem whether the three of them could even stay on the island.

Thinking of this, Chen An suddenly felt uneasy. He could no longer continue this kind of life living under someone else's roof.

Either find a way to the Tianyuan Continent as soon as possible, or simply establish a force in this lost sea and become the king of the sea.

In short, we must never be controlled by others again.

It seems that before Qingze is exposed, he must use his identity as an envoy to make a fortune from the mermaids.

"Qingze, take these weapons and see if you can exchange them for some fifth-level spiritual medicines from the mermaids."

Chen An took out a steel fork, which was a fine spiritual treasure, and several confiscated and unused spiritual treasures, and handed them to Qingze.

This steel fork can be used by all the spiritual masters, but it is not easy to use and is not suitable for Chen An. It is a good use of it to exchange for a few spiritual herbs.

"Okay, let me try it."

Qingze took several spiritual treasures and put them away.

The mermaids are good at refining weapons and planting, and the steel forks of the Yaksha tribe can be used to find ways to restrain opponents, which is more meaningful for them to study.

"Oh, by the way, I still have a lot of fourth-level spiritual plants, fourth-level elixirs, and talismans. You can sell them all to them. Remember, exchange them all for top-grade spiritual stones. If there are any high-level spiritual seeds, don't let them go!"

Before Qingze left, Chen An thought about it and decided to take out some of the treasures on his body to increase his capital for survival.

After all, top-grade spirit stones are related to maintaining the operation of the teleportation array, and they must not be in short supply.

Less than half a day later, Qingze came back.

Judging from the smile on his face, this deal should go smoothly.

Chen An took the storage bag handed over by the other party, and after a quick look, he couldn't help but smile. There were two 500-year-old blue silk plants in it, and three fifth-level spiritual plants that looked very withered and yellow, as if they were half-dead when they were picked. They were even only about 200 years old and were far from mature.

"Why are there so many fifth-level spiritual plants?"

Chen An asked in surprise. Such a harvest was obviously not normal.

"The blue spiritual silk is a normal transaction, and those half-dead spiritual plants were donated by them." Qingze explained.

Chen An nodded slightly, probably because of his status as an envoy.

In addition to several spiritual plants, there are also many top-grade spiritual stones in the storage bag, which are enough for him to consume for teleporting back and forth for the time being.

After staying on the island for a few days, Chen An immediately left and headed to the location of the cave teleportation array.

Originally, Chen An wanted to return directly to Kuxiu Mountain to ripen the jade coral.

But when passing by the green spiritual silk, an idea came to his mind, and he immediately took out those withered spiritual plants that were not yet mature.

“These few withered spiritual plants should be able to ripen it.”

Chen An thought to himself that the ability of the green silk to absorb violent spiritual energy made him look forward to what he could gain from it.

Thinking of this, Chen An no longer hesitated and immediately activated the Soul-Snatching Technique to accelerate the ripening.

However, the withered spiritual plants were only about six hundred years old in total, and their quality was insufficient. In addition, the loss caused by the Soul-Snatching Technique greatly increased the ripening age of the Green Wave Spiritual Silk to about three hundred years.

At this time, several silk strips of the same color emerged from the soft green stems of the Bibo Lingsi. They were as thin as hair and swayed left and right under the impact of the sea water, just like willow branches swaying in the wind.

Seeing that it had matured a lot, Chen An gritted his teeth, took out a fifth-level spiritual plant, extracted about half of its essence, and injected it all into the soft stem of the plant in front of him.

All of a sudden, the green silk in front of him was absorbed rapidly and grew madly. In less than a few hours, the green hair was densely packed and grew to about five feet long.

"Mature!"

Seeing that the progress bar was full, Chen An couldn't wait to step forward and harvest it.

[Harvest a 500-year-old blue wave spiritual silk, obtain the divine power of the spiritual infusion method]

As the experience and insights gained from practicing supernatural powers poured into his heart, Chen An gradually understood the Soul Infusion Method.

This is a magical power that can infuse spiritual energy into spiritual plants, and belongs to the magical power method for cultivating spiritual plants.

To put it simply, it is through the unique method of the Divine Transformation cultivators to mobilize the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth, gather it, and infuse it into the spiritual plants to achieve the effect of ripening them.

At first glance, it seems much less efficient than the Soul-Snatching Technique.

But if you think about it carefully, the Soul Infusion Method does not consume other spiritual plants. As long as there is spiritual energy around, it can be used at any time.

Over time, you can save a lot of spiritual plants that are consumed as materials.

Out of curiosity, Chen An immediately used the method of Infusing Souls.

Suddenly, he mobilized all the spiritual energy under the formation, and it rushed towards him frantically.

In a short while, the surrounding spiritual energy was compressed into mist and condensed in front of Chen An.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he continued to activate the Soul Infusion Method, infusing the mist formed by the spiritual energy into the green silk seeds that had just been harvested in his palm.

I thought that the seeds that had just been harvested would not be able to absorb much, but these five seeds swallowed up the spiritual energy mist like crazy, almost completely absorbing it.

The five seeds were swollen like a full stomach, constantly expanding and contracting as if they were breathing.

"Just right!"

The spirit seed is full and has reached its carrying capacity limit. Forced infusion will damage its roots.

At this rate, as long as it is infused with spirit every day, it will be cultivated to maturity in less than a decade.

If the Soul-Snatching Technique was used to assist, the time would be even shorter.

However, the loss of using the Soul-stealing Technique to ripen fifth-level spiritual plants is too great, which is not worth it.

After finishing his work, Chen An immediately planted the five seeds in the sea water at the edge of the reef island and ignored them, allowing them to slowly absorb spiritual energy.

He turned back several times and arrived at Kuxiu Mountain and headed straight for the pond.

Just like last time, he used the Soul-Snatching Technique to inject the remaining half of the fifth-level spiritual plant into the jade coral.

Suddenly, the jade-like coral continued to grow, and its branches stretched out. The longer it grew, the more it looked like jade.

It was not until the corals were about a foot long that their growth was finally stopped.

The spiritual plants were ripe, so there was no need to hesitate. Chen An went forward and harvested them.

[Harvest a 500-year-old jade coral and obtain the ancient spiritual treasure Jade Spirit Pearl]

This is a round bead, crystal clear, like a night-shining pearl.

The difference is that the Jade Spirit Beads are spirit beads extracted from jade corals. They contain gentle spiritual energy and can be used for cultivation or refining pills.

"The spiritual energy is quite rich and can be used to assist in cultivation."

The spiritual energy contained in the Jade Spirit Bead is probably similar to that of an ordinary fifth-level elixir that assists in cultivation. The difference is that the Jade Spirit Bead can gather the surrounding spiritual energy and recover automatically.

This is quite worry-free. If you can harvest a few more, they can completely replace the cultivation resources for the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Chen An played with the Jade Spirit Bead for a while, then put it away. After planting the Jade Fat Coral seed again, he returned to the teleportation array.

After arriving at the reef island where the blue wave spiritual silk was grown, they found that the spiritual energy that had just been drained out was once again permeating the formation.

It seems that the spiritual energy here has been replenished again due to the continuous operation of the formation.

"There is not much point in going to the Mermaid Island. I might as well cultivate the blue wave spirit silk here and practice here with the help of the Jade Spirit Pearl."

Chen An's heart moved, and he felt that staying in the sea of ​​​​turmoil to practice was a better choice.

Let Luo Ling'er and Qingze collect spirit seeds outside and continue to look for a way to Tianyuan Continent, while he will go into seclusion here so as not to delay either side.

Ordinary monks cannot enter the deep sea of ​​​​riots at all. Instead, it is very safe. It is even much better than staying on the Mermaid Island and worrying about being attacked by Yakshas or being driven away by mermaids every day.

With this in mind, Chen An made up his mind and sat down cross-legged on the reef island, holding the Jade Spirit Bead in his hand, silently practicing his skills, absorbing and refining the pure spiritual energy contained therein.

At that moment, he didn't care about the situation outside, he practiced here alone in silence.

Five years passed during this sitting.

In addition to practicing, he also practiced the Soul Infusion Method to cultivate the blue spiritual silk one by one. The five spiritual plants have produced hair again, and the age of the medicine has reached about a hundred years each.

In the past few years, there has been no contact with Luo Ling'er and others, and Chen An doesn't know what the situation is.

I have consumed a lot of top-grade spirit stones, so it's time to replenish them.

Chen An immediately got up, came to the cave, and flew towards the Mermaid Island.

But the closer he got to the Mermaid Island, the more he realized something was wrong.

There was a faint sound of large and intense collisions of spiritual power coming from the distance; based on past experience, it was obvious that a fight was going on.

Chen An's heart trembled, and he immediately restrained his breath and moved over quietly.

After walking slowly for a distance and about to reach the Mermaid Island, they saw two groups of monks fighting fiercely near the Mermaid Island. Among them were monks in the God Transformation stage, and even those in the late God Transformation stage were fighting.

The mermaids and the Yakshas are fighting again!

Chen An immediately hid in a remote location on the seabed and watched what happened. If a seriously injured Yaksha who was escaping passed by, he wouldn't mind taking advantage of the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)