"With this treasure ship, we can fight for a while even if we face a Jindan Great Perfection." Just as Ye Linyuan was observing the treasure ship, Shui Hanqing walked over with a smile. Ye Linyuan nodded, but did not discuss this topic. Instead, he flicked his sleeves and took a set of formation flags from the Renshui ground vein. But twenty-four formation flags were seen flying across the sky and circling around Ye Linyuan, vaguely turning into a large formation with interwoven Taoist patterns. "The Xuanyuan Sea-Suppressing Flags have all transformed successfully." Shui Hanqing spoke, a hint of surprise in his eyes. Ye Linyuan nodded. After years of sacrifice and nurturing, his Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag had made great progress and had been promoted to a third-rank mid-grade magic weapon formation flag without him noticing. You know, there are a total of twenty-four magic weapons, and they are the best among the magic weapons of the same level. If it were an ordinary mid-stage Jindan cultivator, it would probably take his entire life to upgrade this set of magic weapons to a mid-grade one. In his previous life, the great enemy of the late Jindan water magic who was killed by Ye Linyuan had practiced for nearly seven hundred years, but the twelve formation flags in his hands were merely a set of mid-grade magic weapons.
Although this is related to the lack of water resources in Chixiazhou in Nanling, it still shows how difficult it is to gather high-level formation equipment. After all, it stands to reason that a person who has lived for seven hundred years in the late Jindan stage should have at least two or three top-grade magic weapons. It took Ye Linyuan only ninety years to break through the Jindan realm and then break through the middle Jindan realm. In such a short period of time, he was able to refine a set of twenty-four mid-grade magic weapons. This speed was already incredibly fast. This is the incredible aspect of refining equipment using water method. Magical weapons with water and wood attributes refined using water method can absorb spiritual substances from water veins and spiritual fields to continue growing, so the cost and speed required for advancement are much lower. For Ye Linyuan, the time, energy, and resources he consumed in refining this set of formation flags were actually similar to those spent on refining one or two of his own magic weapons. "After this set of formation flags is successfully upgraded, I think I will be able to completely defeat the leader of that day whale when I meet him again." Ye Linyuan spoke slowly, and a smile appeared on his face. After this set of formation flags was successfully upgraded, the power of the formation increased by about 50%, which can be regarded as a qualitative breakthrough. The most important thing is that the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag can also enhance Ye Linyuan's magic power and cultivation, allowing his strength to rise to a small level, thereby increasing Ye Linyuan's overall combat power. With the improvement of his cultivation, Ye Linyuan's magic power has exceeded six hundred over the years. Such a strong magic power is slightly stronger than that of some of the previous Golden Elixir Great Perfection practitioners who mainly practiced the Gold and Fire Techniques. With this powerful magic power blessing the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag, Ye Linyuan was confident that it was enough to suppress most of the seventh-level Jindan cultivators, and even have some self-protection ability when facing the eighth-level Jindan cultivators. Of course, those powerful beings above the eighth level of the Golden Core Realm are basically all real veterans of the late Golden Core Realm, and their trump cards are usually not comparable to those of the seventh level of the Golden Core Realm. Such people have accumulated a terrifying number of trump cards over the years, and it is very likely that they can use a trump card that can break the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag. Fortunately, these types of people are often preparing to break through to the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir, or even to reach the False Infant realm, and generally will not act rashly. Even if they take action, they will keep their trump cards to fight for the opportunity to form a baby, and are unlikely to be willing to use them against Ye Linyuan. Therefore, Ye Linyuan's current strength is estimated to be considered strong among the seventh-level Jindan, and he should be able to protect himself against an ordinary eighth-level Jindan. Getting back to the topic, after confirming the increase in the power of the magic weapon, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but feel a little relieved. He put the set of formation flags into his dantian to nurture them, then looked at the treasure ship and asked, "In less than a year, the Five Elements Continent's Barter Conference will begin."
"How are the goods for this trade being prepared? We can't delay any time." Hearing his words, Ye Xuanheng came over, holding an account book and said, "95% of the goods have been loaded, and the rest is in the final stages. Once all the major forces arrive, the loading will be completed." "According to the current progress, we will be able to set off next month at the latest." Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan nodded. This was the first time that the Seven Domain Alliance had conducted foreign trade in a thousand years, and they loaded a lot of surplus supplies from the Seven Domain Alliance. Including blood jade soil, various local spiritual medicines, spiritual shells, and various special minerals. If this batch of specialty resources were sold outside the Seven Domain Alliance, the price could be multiplied several times, and the spirit stones earned from selling them would probably be tens of millions. However, spirit stones are not what they want. The Seven Domain Alliance lacks large-scale mineral veins and various metal spiritual ores and materials, while the Five Elements Continent has large-scale black iron ore, gold sand mine, black copper mine and other minerals. These mineral resources are extremely valuable. Once they are sold to the Seven Domain Alliance and to those Qi-cultivating and foundation-building cultivators, they can earn at least several times the profit. Moreover, the Ye family's Dragon Transformation Pond, Bright Moon Sea, Star Tower, Bright Moon Palace and other spiritual buildings also need these mineral resources to be promoted to a higher level. These third-level spiritual temples can not only increase the cultivation speed of cultivators, but also have extremely strong defense and Taoist blessings, and can even assist cultivators in comprehending magical powers. As long as one aspires to reach the Nascent Soul stage, these spiritual buildings are must-haves for cultivators above the Golden Core stage. In addition, there are many kinds of specialties outside the Seven Domain Alliance, which are rare and scarce in the Seven Domain Alliance, but have no substitutes. According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, as long as such trade is opened once every thirty years, it will be enough to make the entire Seven Domain Alliance prosperous for a period of time. Of course, this trade is so important that all the major forces in the Seven Domain Alliance also attach great importance to it. In order to prevent supplies from being looted, the Seven Domain Alliance will send a large number of Jindan monks this time. The leader was naturally Ye Linyuan, a late Jindan cultivator. In addition, there were a total of eighteen Jindan cultivators. Among them, the Ye family occupies a dominant position, and five great Jindan masters, Ye Linyuan, Shui Hanqing, Ye Xuqiu, Ye Yingxu and Ye Chongyun, will go there. The Tianxing Sword Sect will take the second place, and the four great golden elixirs, Canglan Sword Master, Xu Ri Sword Master, Ming Huang Sword Master, and Hong Xu Sword Master, will accompany them. Among the four Jindan masters of Tianxing Sword Sect, the Canglan Sword Master has been in the Jindan stage for more than 240 years, and finally broke through to the middle Jindan stage a few years ago. In addition, the cultivation of the Rising Sun Sword Master has also progressed rapidly, and he has broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core in the past few years. Ye Linyuan was not surprised by this. After all, the Master of Canglan Sword was also a genius of his generation. He also had the sword sacrifice path to help him break through the bottleneck. It was normal for him to break through the middle stage of Jindan after more than two hundred years of polishing. The master of the Rising Sun Sword had a four-patterned golden elixir, and had no bottleneck before breaking through the middle stage of the golden elixir. Moreover, he formed the elixir more than seventy years earlier than Ye Linyuan. With such a foundation, it took him nearly 160 years to break through the middle stage of the Golden Core, and in the middle he also swallowed up Xu Ri Daozi, who was also a Golden Core. The speed of cultivation was already very slow. There is no other way around this. Since the Tianxing Sword Sect suffered a setback a thousand years ago, it has been unable to produce spiritual objects such as the Creation Pill. Although the Fruit of Fortune can appear in the Blood Prison Secret Realm, their alchemy skills are only at the lower third level, and the number of Fortune Pills produced is not high. Under such circumstances, the resources allocated to the Lord of the Rising Sun Sword were really few, and Chu Dongyu's current level of cultivation was basically entirely due to his own hard work. On the contrary, the cultivation level of Hongxu Sword Master progressed rapidly, and his cultivation level was close to the middle stage of Golden Core.
Because she is a superior golden elixir, she has no bottleneck before breaking through the late golden elixir stage. If she breaks through the late golden elixir stage earlier, there may be a glimmer of hope for forming a baby in the future. Therefore, the limited resources of the Tianxing Sword Sect are basically concentrated on the Sword Master Hongxu. The time when Hongxu Sword Master and Ye Xuqiu formed their Dan was almost the same, and their current cultivation levels were also almost the same. If nothing unexpected happens, she will probably be able to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core within five years. It can be seen that the Tianxing Sword Sect has concentrated almost all of its cultivation resources on Sword Master Hongxu. "When the Hongxu Sword Girl breaks through, the Tianxing Sword Sect will have four mid-stage Jindan people in one lineage." Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and curiosity appeared in his eyes. Legend has it that in the Tianxing Sword Sect, there is a Seven-Star Sword Formation that requires seven Jindan Sword Masters to work together to form the formation. Once they are able to successfully form a sword formation, they will have the strength to fight against opponents of higher levels. Ye Linyuan was very curious. If the Tianxing Sword Sect could gather seven middle-stage Jindan masters, plus a Hongxu sword girl in the late-stage Jindan, he wondered if they could contend against a Jindan with great perfection. "Even if it doesn't work, it should be enough after awakening the sword spirit." Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart. He knew the origins of these sword spirits in his previous life. These sword spirits are essentially powerful beings above the Nascent Soul stage. They use special secret methods to integrate their Nascent Soul into the sword and let it sleep, thereby gaining an alternative form of immortality. Generally speaking, sword souls are in a dormant state all year round, but if a famous sword has a sword master, the sword master can use his own Taoism and magic power to nourish the sword soul. With the magic power of the early and middle stages of the Golden Elixir, it is impossible to revive the sword soul for a long time. It is still in a dormant state most of the time, but it can be awakened briefly to fight. Legend has it that once the sword master's cultivation reaches the late stage of the golden elixir, the sword soul will be in an awakened state most of the time under the nourishment of the powerful golden elixir origin and the essence of the Tao. In this case, the sword spirit can guide the sword master's practice and even impart its own Taoism without reservation. In other words, whether the path of sword contract can reach the late stage of golden elixir will be a very critical qualitative change. Once the sword master's cultivation reaches the late stage of golden elixir, his path of cultivation will be extremely smooth. Breaking through the eighth or even ninth level of the Golden Core is not a problem. As for whether one can reach the Nascent Soul stage, it depends on the character of the famous sword and how one gets along with the sword spirit. Some ancient sword spirits are extremely vicious. When the host is forming an infant, they will devour the host's infant and take over the body, living another life as the host. However, some sword spirits are tired of worldly struggles and only wish to remain in the sword to gain an alternative form of immortality. When the host passes away, they will let all of the sword's essence be offered to themselves to extend their lifespan. At present, the vast majority of sword souls are the latter, because compared to taking over another body and being reborn to live another life, it is safer and can live longer to stay in a famous sword as a sword soul. Moreover, once it devours the sword master and takes over his body, even if it can return to the famous sword and become a sword spirit in the future, this sword will be regarded as a demon sword by the world, and a true chosen one will not choose to sign a contract with it. If there is no Golden Core Sword Master for a long time, the sword soul will lose its power supply and gradually weaken in slumber until it completely dies and dissipates, becoming an ancient soulless sword. Of course, no matter what choice the Sword Soul makes, the current Sword Master does not have much room to resist the Sword Soul. Because since embarking on the path of sword contract and comprehending the foundation of the famous sword's Dao, the Dao cultivated by the sword master has been closely related to the sword soul, and it is natural that his fate will be completely controlled by the ancient famous sword. Therefore, Ye Linyuan always believed that the path of sword sacrifice was a unorthodox one. Whether it is the ancient sword spirit who takes this path, or the sword master who practices with the sword, it will probably be difficult for them to set foot in a certain supreme realm again in this lifetime. Of course, without the blessing of the famous sword, the Master of Hongxu Sword might not be able to cultivate a superior foundation, and might even stop at the foundation-building stage. Therefore, for the Lord of Hongxu Sword, taking the path of contracted sword may be the best choice.
Let's get back to the topic. Except for the Ye family and the Tianxing Sword Sect, other forces have more or less arranged one or two Jindan masters to come out. Among them were the Green Bull Demon King and Old Man Qingyan, both of whom were in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm. In the Seven Domain Alliance, the top sword cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core, the Lord of Desolate Sword, was left to guard the area. In order to prevent Teng Snake from causing trouble, Ye Linyuan also kept three middle-stage Jindan masters: Han Chi, Fushan Ao, and Cangyuejun. With these three mid-stage Jindan masters, plus the Tianxing Sword Sect with a strong trump card in charge, even if Tengshe causes chaos in the Seven Domain Alliance, the major Jindan forces will be able to protect themselves safely. In fact, in recent years, Teng Snake has almost no movement in the Seven Domain Alliance. Ye Linyuan combined the investigation of the Seven Domain Alliance and found that the Teng Snake had most likely left the Seven Domain Alliance, and the sea beasts above the false dan level in the Seven Domain Alliance had also disappeared. If Ye Linyuan guessed correctly, the high-level sea beasts of the Seven Domain Alliance had either been eaten by the Teng Snake or had been completely subdued by the Teng Snake. Now, Teng Snake, fearing the trump cards of Ye Linyuan and Tianxing Sword Sect, left the Seven Realms Alliance and headed for the deep sea. If it is the former, it would be fine. After all, there are limited sea beasts in the Seven Domain Alliance. Even if the Teng Snake eats all the high-level sea beasts, it is impossible to break through to the late Jindan realm. As long as the Teng Snake does not break through to the late stage of the Golden Core, it will not be able to dominate the deep sea. After all, this deep sea seems vast and boundless, but under the dark torrent, it actually has an owner. The Tyrant Turtle, the Black Water Snake, and the Sky Whale tribe are just the tip of the iceberg of the vast ocean. As a true spirit of heaven and earth, it is considered a tonic in the eyes of sea beasts. If it dares to wreak havoc in the sea, it will probably be hunted by the giant beasts of the deep sea. But if it is the latter, then it is different. If it conquers the sea beast tribes, with the help of a large number of sea beasts to tame or hunt sea beasts in the deep sea, not only will its own cultivation level advance by leaps and bounds, but it may become a calamity sooner or later. In the world of cultivating immortals, although individual power is great, personal energy is ultimately limited. If one can have high-quality subordinates to help, then he will surely be able to add wings to his power. "That Teng Snake may be smarter than I expected." Ye Linyuan pondered, thinking of how the other party had stopped him from killing Li Xuangeng. A hint of solemnity appeared in his eyes, but he quickly retracted all thoughts. Even if Tengshe had other plans, he was out of reach. Since he didn't come to trouble him, there was no need for him to think too much about it. "..." Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed. As all the cargo was loaded and the Jindan masters arrived, the huge Tianjing started slowly and sailed out of the Seven Domain Alliance. This time, they traveled along the vast sea and headed all the way to the Renshui Sea. The huge treasure ship can cross the ocean at a terrifying cruising speed of 200,000 miles a day, which is comparable to the flying speed of most middle-stage Jindan cultivators. Moreover, compared to Ye Linyuan's cautious progress at that time, the speed of the Tianjing this time was much more blatant. In this case, they encountered some troubles after driving only more than 500,000 miles. But then a black water snake appeared from the sky and blocked the way of the Tianjing treasure ship. "It's the Black Water Snake."
When Minghuang Jianzi saw this scene, his brows slightly frowned and he couldn't help but look at Ye Linyuan. Ye Linyuan nodded and looked at the group of Black Water Mystic Snakes. He found that this Black Water Mystic Snake's cultivation was only in the middle stage of Golden Core. It seemed that it was not the Black Water Mystic Snake that caused trouble. So he cupped his hands and said calmly, "So it's Fellow Daoist Black Water Mystical Snake. I wonder why you're blocking the road?" The black water snake took a look at the treasure ship, and a trace of greed appeared in its eyes. Then it said, "Human race, are you from the Tianxing Sea?" "That's right." Ye Linyuan nodded. The Black Water Mystic Snake laughed grimly, and then said, "The king of our tribe has ordered that this place is the territory of our Black Water Mystic Snake tribe. If you want to trade through this territory, you need to pay a toll." Ye Linyuan nodded. He knew that it was useless to just talk about reason in the world of immortal cultivation. So he smiled slightly, and then said calmly: "If you can block three of my moves, you will certainly get the toll." As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linyuan flew into the sky. In an instant, an infinite sword domain enveloped the sky and condensed into a heavenly sword that fell from the sky and slashed towards the Black Water Snake. "not good!" The Black Water Serpent's expression changed drastically with horror, and it immediately fled towards the distant sea, narrowly avoiding this terrible attack. After one move, Ye Linyuan did not continue to attack, but asked with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, you are so fast, but do you still want to take my second move?" The Black Water Mystic Snake was so frightened that it quickly fled. After flying a thousand miles, it looked at Ye Linyuan and said with resentment, "Your Excellency is such a domineering person. One day, my king will come to you to learn from you." "Is it?" Ye Linyuan smiled, stood calmly with his hands behind his back above the sky, and then said calmly: "If there is a chance, Ye really wants to meet with the noble leader." Upon hearing this, the Black Water Snake glanced at him dimly, and finally left quietly with fear. Seeing this, the old man Qingyan on the side couldn't help but said fearfully: "The Black Water Mystic Snake is at the eighth level of the Golden Core. Will it be troublesome for us to make enemies with it?" (End of this chapter)