The mortal's candle dragon opens the sky

When Xuyang and his party were reaping opportunities in Zhenyanmen, the battle between Qimozi and Xuanwu Taoist Master outside the Zhenyanmen ruins a few days ago also alarmed some interested people, especially those treasure hunters who were proficient in geomancy and feng shui. As for the origins of these treasure hunters, they were varied.

In ancient times, the demise of the Zhenyan Sect came to an end in an earth-shaking world-destroying war. After its entire mountain gate fell into the void, a power vacuum appeared in the original territory of the Zhenyan Sect.

The apocalyptic war shattered the entire northern part of the Black Soil Fairyland, covering the sea and sinking the land. Except for some scattered small islands, the only remaining larger piece of land in the northern part of the fairyland is called the Floating Hill Continent by the creatures of the Black Soil Fairyland today, meaning the continent floating above the desolate area.

Later, some new generation of ferocious beasts in the Tongxuan realm (Daluo) occupied the billions of miles of territory closest to the outside of the void. The caves and nests of these beasts were scattered on the islands, almost surrounding the entire Zhenyan Gate.

The Fuqiu Continent has become extremely horrific because of the world-destroying war, and the spiritual power of heaven and earth has been disrupted. For ordinary True Immortals or even Golden Immortals, the outside of the land is a desolate place everywhere. And in the center, there are remnant soul barriers formed by the remaining spirits of the immortals who died in the world-destroying war and the gathering of resentment!

The immortals who died in the war practiced a variety of laws, but there were also some who practiced the laws of blood, poison, etc. Outsiders whose soul realm has not reached the Golden Immortal level would immediately lose their minds once they mistakenly enter here, and would either be robbed of their souls by poisonous miasma or be swallowed up by endless natural disasters at sea.

Moreover, they have to face the threat of those ferocious beasts that occasionally wake up from their slumber. Therefore, outside the Fuqiu Continent, especially in the territory near the old Zhenyan Gate, the living environment is very harsh and is not suitable for creatures below the Mahayana to reproduce and survive here.

Without a huge base of low-level beings as the foundation, it would be impossible to produce a prosperous immortal civilization. However, this place is the territory of the Zhenyan Sect, which was once a great enemy of the Heavenly Court. It is impossible for the Heavenly Court to completely let it go and not supervise it.

Since the first generation of the Lord of the Black Soil Immortal Palace, they have tried their best to extend their tentacles here. Fortunately, although the immortal way is not prosperous here, due to the upheaval of the sea and land, all kinds of rare spiritual soils and mineral veins under the earth veins have seen the light of day again. After year after year, after recuperation, this place has gradually become the growth place of many spiritual medicines, immortal herbs, mountain spirits and monsters. Among them, the best ones with the richest resources have also advanced to the Tongxuan realm (Daluo).

But whether these rare spiritual soils and mineral veins are used to cultivate spiritual medicines or to refine fairy treasures and fairy puppets, they are also top-level treasures in the fairy world.

There has never been a shortage of people in the fairy world who are willing to take risks in pursuit of opportunities. When the fairies who enter this place to adventure and luckily survive return to the southern part of the Black Soil Fairyland and spread the news, naturally countless business alliances flock to it. This naturally coincides with the Black Soil Fairyland's plan to supervise the old site of the Zhenyan Sect.

With the tacit approval and support of the Black Earth Immortal Palace, many mature trade routes have been formed over millions of years. The important nodes of the trade routes are located on the many islands off the coast of the Fuqiu Continent. The end of the trade route is the 'UFO Island' shrouded in misty dust and smoke!
On the four slightly larger islands surrounding this island, "Yanbo City", "Huanyan City", "Liuyan City" and "Fohui City" were built!
In each island city, in addition to more than a million wasteland-hunting monks, treasure-hunting monks and the garrisons of major business alliances, there is a branch of the Supervisory Immortal Palace, with a middle to late Taiyi Supervisory Immortal Envoy in charge. Each city has a team of patrolling immortal envoys, enough to form a "Small Ten Directions Immortal Destroying Formation". Combined with the secret treasure immortal formation bestowed by the Heavenly Court, even if facing the attack of a Daluo ferocious beast, a single city can hold off for several rounds, and four cities together can win the battle.

However, the Zhenyan Sect has disappeared for millions of years, and most of the supervisory immortal envoys stationed in the four cities have forgotten the original intention of setting up the supervisory immortal envoys. Most of their attention is focused on extracting the resources here and improving their own cultivation. The four major supervisory immortal envoys have been in seclusion all year round, and the patrolling immortal envoys under them have also followed suit. Anyway, most of them came here for the rich resources, and they are officials with a term of office. It is most realistic for them to take the benefits into their hands.

For the immortal envoys, monitoring the old site of Zhenyan Sect is just a duty. They deal with it as best they can. Improving their own cultivation is the most important thing. Do they have to organize people to explore into the 'Misty Dust and Phantom Smoke' frequently?

Risking your life to gain opportunities and seek advancement?

Although these immortals have various origins, most of them come from the local sects in the southern part of the Black Earth Immortal Domain. Tens of millions of years ago, their ancestors were all vassals of the former "chief of all immortals", the Immortal Lord Miro! They entered the Immortal Palace to serve only for the sake of practicing in the public office. Would they risk their lives just for the sake of salary and pleasing the Middle Earth Immortal Domain?

Therefore, they hope that the Zhenyan Sect will never appear and that everyone can live in peace. Anyway, if the Zhenyan Sect appears, the heaven-defying treasures and supreme skills are not something they can covet, and they will definitely be taken away by the Heavenly Court headquarters, otherwise it would be considered treason.

The lower-level immortals who are in a bad situation will be eager to take risks and regard chaos as a ladder for advancement, while the vested interests only want stability. If the general situation changes, they can change the king's flag at any time. This is the survival wisdom of these local major sects! Otherwise, they would not be able to survive the purge after the Zhenyan Sect War!

But for those treasure hunters who rely on the four cities, the fairy grass and spiritual minerals alone are not enough to quench their thirst! The ruins of the Zhenyan Gate represent the supreme opportunity of martial arts and the heaven-defying treasure!

Haven’t you heard that a spiritual child from a certain mortal country accidentally entered the residence of a powerful person, and after being born, he immediately became a disciple of Daluo, became an immortal master, and called himself the ancestor of the sect?

Those immortal messengers neglected their duties, but there were ambitious treasure hunters, wasteland hunting monks, and some people with ulterior motives who were extremely concerned about Mi Chen Huan Yan and were always on the lookout for him!
A few days ago, due to the fight between Qimozi and the incarnation of Xuanwu Taoist, and Xuyang's advancement, he absorbed the vital energy of heaven and earth, and the power of heaven and earth outside the Zhenyanmen ruins was shaken!

The UFO Island is called an island, and it is a billionth of a fragment of the northern landmass of the ancient Black Earth Fairyland, but in fact this island is not small, it is a giant island that is no less than the Fengyuan Continent in the Spirit Realm!
It was not until a day and a night later that the aftermath of the power that stirred up heaven and earth reached the outskirts of the UFO Island. Although it was a spent force, it still caused some waves!
In the direction of the 'Phantom Smoke City', wisps of pink mirage flowed over a certain boundary and emerged from the cliffs and rocks on the coastline. For the first time in millions of years, they crossed the border and invaded the sea surface!
"The mist and smoke are moving strangely! Could it be that the legendary remains of the Zhenyan Sect are expected to be revealed?"

"I don't think so! It should be a fierce beast that strayed in and stirred up storms in the depths! Let's go quickly! Otherwise, we will be caught in the mist and smoke and it will be too late to regret!" "Hahaha! It's worth it that I, Luo Feng, have gone through so many hardships to come from the 'Fu Ze Fairyland'. I have only stayed here for ten thousand years before I encountered the unusual movement of the ruins of the Zhen Yan Sect. The words of the disciple of the Butian Sect were indeed true. I, Luo Feng, really have a great opportunity!"

The treasure hunters and scavengers scattered in the nearby sea were naturally the first witnesses to this scene, and they all had different expressions and reactions!
Some remembered the horror of the Mist Dust and Phantom Smoke, knowing that they were not blessed with good fortune, so they went away in fear. Some stayed outside the boundary, eager to try, hoping that the Mist Dust and Phantom Smoke would stabilize and form a passage for safe entry.

Not far away, in a thick colorful cloud floating above the sea, there was a man in a black robe covered completely, and a young man in a purple robe with bare chest and arms, his skin covered with fine purple scales. They were hiding low-key in the colorful cloud and were whispering about something.

“Fellow Daoist Xianchan! According to the employment contract you and I signed, it includes that if there is any change in Michen Huanyan, you must accompany me to investigate. Now that the opportunity is right in front of us, why are you still resisting?” The purple-robed young man had a noble temperament, with purple light flickering in his eyes, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Fellow Daoist Shi! I am not trying to refuse. The spiritual contract was signed with the help of the great Demon Ancestor. How dare I, a mere Taiyi in the early stage, go against the rules of the spiritual contract set by the Demon Ancestor?
But the mist and smoke have not yet calmed down. How should we enter? To what extent? Should we explore the periphery? Or should we go deep into the center of the UFO island and find the entrance to the void? If we can enter the heart of the Zhenyan Sect, how should we distribute the skills and treasures we obtain? If we don't discuss these issues clearly in advance, even if you use the spiritual contract to force me, I dare not easily agree!
Besides, the main part of the spiritual contract stipulates that for three thousand years, I must protect the safety of you, the deacon of Guangyuanzhai Branch. The other clauses are just ancillary. The spiritual contract also stipulates that I can pay some price to exempt these ancillary clauses!"

The man in black robe spread his hands and made jokes with a smile. The voice coming from under his robe had a neutral magnetic tone.

The purple-robed young man did not get angry when he heard this. After pondering for a while, he solemnly promised:

"What's so good about exploring the periphery? We must go deeper into the center of the UFO Island. My cultivation is only at the late Golden Immortal stage, while you are Taiyi. Although I am the employer, the custom here is that those with higher cultivation are the main force in exploration. Of course, I am no exception. The treasures and immortal herbs we obtain will be split 30% and 70%! You get 70% and I get 30%! Regardless of the grade of the skills, we will all share the enlightenment. For the single copy that cannot be enlightened immediately, you and I will bid fairly, and the one with the higher bid will get the original. How do you think?"

The black-robed man bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Shi, let's be frank! I have been protecting you for a thousand years. Apart from using the Law of Qi to fight the enemy, I have never shown any other magical powers. How can you be sure that I can deal with Misty Dust and Phantom Smoke? In the past million years alone, no less than five foreign Taiyi have been trapped in the UFO Island! How do you know that I am definitely stronger than them? Just based on the abnormal movement of Misty Dust and Phantom Smoke, is it possible that a gap or passage will appear?"

The purple-robed young man heard this, and the purple in his eyes became even darker. He suddenly took a few steps back and said indifferently with a strange look on his face:

"The Law of Qi? Although you have concealed it very well, after thousands of years of living together day and night, you would not think that I have not discovered that you are actually practicing the Law of Illusion, right? The Law of Illusion may not be as powerful as other avenues in other places, but on the UFO Island, it is like a fish in water! Even if there is no gap in the passage, you can force your way in. And you have sneaked in at least ten times while I was in seclusion, right?"

The man in black robe nodded without surprise, and did not do anything radical. Instead, he spoke with a tone of relief, choosing to be frank:

"Oh? I think my transformation was flawless, and even a certain monitoring fairy envoy didn't notice anything when I was facing it. But you were able to find out with your late Golden Immortal cultivation. It seems that you are not an ordinary Guangyuanzhai steward. There are rumors that the owner behind Guangyuanzhai is a royal family of the Demon Realm. Fellow Daoist Shi happens to have the surname Shi. Could it be that you are a descendant of a royal family? A direct descendant of Daluo? I wonder what rank of prince is he?"

The purple-robed young man stared at the other party cautiously. Seeing that the black-robed man had no intention of attacking, he gradually withdrew the immortal energy in the immortal weapon in his hand, licked his lips and said:

"Haha! I thought we had to pretend we didn't know each other's identities! Play dumb until the spiritual contract ends! That's fine too, I'm ranked tenth! Shi Kaiqian!"

"You are actually the prince of the Demon Realm! The son of the powerful Demon Lord, yet you are willing to take the risk to enter the heart of the True Immortal Realm and serve as a deacon? There have been constant disputes between the Demon Realm and the Heavenly Court for billions of years. Aren't you afraid that I will sell your identity to the Inspectors of the Four Cities?" The black-robed man's pupils shrank. He didn't expect that the other party would actually admit it.

The purple-robed young man's eyes rolled around, and he laughed softly, "Haha! Same here! I'm not afraid of you snitching! Compared to me, a so-called prince who is not favored and has to beg for food outside, you are probably more afraid of the monitoring fairy than I am, right? What do you think? The young master of the Silver Fox Clan, a branch of the Sky Fox Clan, the offspring of Fox King Liu Qing, Silver Slave!
Under the pseudonym 'Phantom Thief Silver Fox', he sneaked into Tianhong Immortal Palace 70,000 years ago and stole the fourth-grade immortal weapon 'Slaying Dragon Blade'! 60,000 years ago, he sneaked into Fentian Immortal Realm, deceived the true teachings of Fentian Sect, and stole the fourth-grade immortal weapon 'Purple Sky Locking Chain', but failed. He was hunted by Fentian Sect for 10,000 years, but luckily survived 40,000 years ago."

"Humph! Shut up! So you've already found out my background. I was wondering why you kept going to the Impermanence Alliance base here five hundred years ago! You've held back for five hundred years and waited until today. You really have a lot of patience!"

Yin Nuer, who was wearing a black robe, showed an angry look on her face. She no longer tried to hide her girlhood. She interrupted the other party with a delicate shout and said in a low voice:
"No need to say more! Since we know that you and I are enemies of the Heavenly Court, there is naturally a basis for cooperation. I am willing to escort you into this sea area, just for the UFO Island, but do you think that with my law of illusion, you can have unimpeded access to the UFO Island? You probably don't know how terrifying the Five Elements True Illusion Formation is. Do you think that my first ten attempts to go deep into it were in vain? The ruins of the True Words Sect have not yet been truly unveiled!"

"I have wasted too long here and can't wait for the True Word Sect to be truly born. Your Law of Illusion alone is not enough. What if these two magic weapons are added?" The purple-robed young man saw that the other party had loosened up and started to really talk about the real stuff, so he no longer hesitated and immediately took out a starry disc and a treasure sign that looked similar.

"The star-fixing dial and the star-gazing sign! These are the two treasures! You secretly bought them!" The man in black robe was overjoyed. (End of this chapter)