Chapter 1333 Nether Lake
In the second secret realm, no spiritual medicine was obtained, and several people retreated to the island master's mansion, but the palm-sized star gold stone before had already gained a lot, and Fang Yi was not dissatisfied with anything.
"Three hundred and twenty-seven soul flower petals, thirteen star gold stones, and more than thirty high-level spiritual herbs."
Peng Bin took stock of the treasures that were paid for every year, then took out 120 soul flower petals, one for every forty pieces, and handed them to Fang Yi and Long Wanda one by one, saying: "Two hundred and seven soul flower petals are enough for every year. Thirteen star gold stones and more than 30 high-level spiritual herbs are far beyond the lower limit of annual payment. These are enough for the top ten."
Fang Yi and Long Wanda were not polite, and each took forty soul flower petals. This kind of treasure that could enhance spiritual consciousness was very rare. At least in the Lianyun Sea, they had never seen a spiritual medicine like soul flower.
"Nangong Zhente is here to visit Lord Peng!" When the brothers were sharing the spoils, a voice that condensed spiritual power came into the Lord Peng's mansion.
"Nangong Zhen?" Peng Bin frowned slightly and said, "I have never heard of this person. I have just become the island owner on the first day, why did someone come to congratulate me?"
"Fellow Daoist Nangong, please go to the island master's mansion to discuss it." Peng Bin let go of the island master's mansion.
A moment later, a middle-aged cultivator who looked about forty years came to the island master's mansion. However, for cultivators, their appearance is not trustworthy. Usually, they can reshape their physical body at the time of the Golden Elixir. At that time, even if you want to become a teenager, it would be very simple.
In the living room, Peng Bin sat in the main seat, Fang Yi and the little devil of Long Wanda sat side by side, looking at the Jindan stage cultivator who had just entered the hall.
After his spiritual sense swept through the three people's cultivation, Nangong Zhen was obviously stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Master Peng Island would be so polite to his subordinates."
In the Lianyun Sea, including the Sea of Chaos, the level of cultivators is very strict. In front of the Jindan stage practitioners, the Foundation Establishment Stage practitioners have no status at all. In other places, the Foundation Establishment Stage practitioners cannot sit in the same class with the Golden Dan stage practitioners.
"They are not my subordinates, they are my brothers." Peng Bin frowned slightly, looked at Nangong Zhen and said, "I just killed Jin Shengda and seized Jinsha Island. I wonder where Nangong Daoist learned about it?"
"Haha." Nangong Zhenyi smiled and said, "It seems that Master Peng doesn't know yet. When Master Peng refined the island array plate, Anyue already knew it and informed all the masters of Nakajima."
"I wonder which island owner of Fellow Daoist Nangong is?" Peng Bin immediately understood when he heard this. It turned out that the changes of the island owners were all under the control of the three major islands.
Nangong Zhen nodded slightly and said, "There is the owner of Baihe Island, not far from Jinsha Island. He has also had some contact with Jindao Island in the past."
"Well? Fellow Daoist Nangong is Jin Shengda's friend?" Peng Bin's face changed, his tone was already a little unkind. He waved his sleeves and said, "I wonder what is the price for the Lord of Nangong to come to me?"
"In the Sea of Chaos, how can you have any friends? Fellow Daoist Peng must not get me wrong." Nangong Zhen waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Here is to congratulate Master Peng, and secondly, I want to ask Master Peng if he can transfer some soul flower petals to me."
Speaking of which, Nangong was really not very lucky. He sent a total of seven groups of cultivators to enter the secret land this year, but all died in the secret land. He did not get a single soul flower petal, and now he can't even get a full payment for the year.
"Unfortunately, we just got enough soul flower petals, and there were no extra soul flower. I'm really embarrassed." Peng Bin shook his head when he heard this. Soul flower is a wasteful cultivation treasure for cultivators. Peng Bin and others still think it's too small, so how could they take it out to trade with others?
Hearing Peng Bin's words, Nangong Zhen's expression changed slightly, and the smile on his face became a little ugly, "Master Peng's words are probably untrue."
"I have had one or two deals with Jin Shengda, the former owner of the Sands Island. A month ago, he told me that there were wealthy soul flower petals that wanted to sell to me, but he asked for it too high, and there was still some time, so he refused him."
Nangong Zhen said this and bowed to Peng Bin, "This time, I was unable to get a soul flower from the secret land. The annual payment date gradually increased, so I came to ask the owner of Peng Island to buy some. The price was as follows Jin Shengda said, and each petal was ten top-grade spirit stones. I wonder what Peng Island thought about it?"
"Ten top-grade spirit stones?"
Fang Yi couldn't help but look at the little devil Long Wanda. Everyone thought of the price given by the owner of Red Brown Island. It turned out that guy was so unscrupulous, but even so, he did not fulfill the promise of the spirit stone and petals.
"Sorry." Peng Bin smiled and said, "He may have sold all the soul flower petals. Anyway, it's only enough for us to pay for every year."
Nangong Zhen didn't expect Peng Bin to refuse so directly. He stared at Peng Bin for a while and said, "Lord Peng, although there is no friendship between the island of Chaos, it is not appropriate to make enemies. I hope Lord Peng will think about it again and again."
"Haha, please remind the Lord of Nangong Island, but I really have no choice but to have Soul Flower Petals. Lord of Nangong Island, please."
Peng Bin made a gesture of asking for help. Although the other party was a cultivator in the middle stage of the Jindan, with Fang Yi and others here, Peng Bin was not afraid of him. At that time, Jin Shengda was also in the middle stage of the Jindan, but he was killed by his brothers and others.
"Hmph." Nangong Zhen snorted coldly and left with her sleeves.
"Boss Peng, why didn't you kill him?" said the little devil.
"We can kill Jin Shengda to seize Jin Sand Island, but fighting is prohibited between island masters." Peng Bin shook his head and said, "It is only when the annual salary is paid, under the auspices of the elders of the three major islands, will the island master be allowed to fight life and death between the island masters."
"Brother, what if you don't get enough share of the annual payment when paying the annual payment?" Fang Yi asked.
"If you can't make up enough shares, the poor part will be doubled in the next year." Peng Bin said: "If you can't make up enough shares for three consecutive years, you will be deprived of the position of the island master and detained in the Netherworld forbidden area."
The Netherworld Forbidden Land is a prison built by three major islands in the Netherworld Island. It is specially used to detain the island owners and cultivators of the Golden Elixir stage who make mistakes.
Whenever there are 100 cultivators imprisoned in the Netherworld Forbidden Land, the battle of survival will be started, allowing the one hundred cultivators to fight each other. When will only one cultivator be left in the Netherworld Forbidden Land, the battle of survival will officially end, and the surviving cultivator will be absorbed by the three major islands.
"It's not easy to be the island master." This was the first time Fang Yi and others heard about the Netherworld Forbidden Land. The island master of the Chaos Island seemed to be glorious, but in fact there was a guillotine hanging above his head, and he didn't know when it would fall down.
Peng Bin also looked helpless and said, "I only knew about these things after refining the array plate. It's too late to regret it."
"But I don't plan to be the island owner for many years. When we get benefits from the secret realm, we will immediately escape. At that time, what kind of Jinsha Island will be like? Whoever wants it?" Peng Bin laughed and said,
"Baili Xin, please see the Lord Peng!" At this time, someone sent a message to visit, and the person who came was also an island owner.
"Why did another one come?" Peng Bin was a little impatient, but he still invited him in. After some politeness, Baili Xin explained his purpose, and he also asked for Soul Flower Petals. After Peng Bin politely, he still invited him out in the future.
For three consecutive days, a total of seven island owners came to Jinsha Island to buy soul flower petals, but they were all rejected by Peng Bin. Although the person who came was not very good-looking, he did not turn against him. He didn't know what he was thinking.
There are less than ten days left before the payment of the year. Peng Bin and the other two simply sailed to Nether Island, so they could also avoid some island owners who wanted to trade soul flowers.
One hundred and sixteen medium-sized islands are divided into three parts, which are governed by the three major islands. Jinsha Island is just within the jurisdiction of Nether Island. Peng Bin drove a ship on the sea for seven days, and then he saw a huge island emerging from afar.
The ship was close to the coast, and a cultivator immediately came to pick him up. After verifying his identity, the cultivator said, "Four seniors, flying is prohibited on the Netherworld Island. If you want to enter Netherworld City, please take a spiritual crow."
Spirit crows are a kind of flying spirit birds raised on the Nether Island. Spirit crows are different from crows in the secular world. They spread their wings for about three meters. A spirit crow can ride one person and fly very fast. After a quarter of an hour, they come to the giant city...
The scale of Netherworld City is no less than that of Tianxiao City, and the city is also very lively. After a few people entered the city, they found that most of the people who were walking on the road were Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and it was not rare for Jindan Cultivators to be the ones, but the order was very good, and no one dared to cause trouble in the city.
"Brother, I'll go out and see what kind of magic medicine is there." After finding an inn to stay, Fang Yi said to Peng Bin. When he came, he saw many shops on both sides of the road. Fang Yi wanted to see if there were any auxiliary medicinal materials for refining demon spirit pills for the little devil king.
"Fang Yi, don't cause trouble when you go out. The formation here can suppress the cultivators in the Golden Pill stage." Peng Bin explained to Fang Yi. When he first entered the city, he felt a kind of pressure, and it was specifically targeted at the Golden Pill cultivators. In the city, Peng Bin could only exert his cultivation level of eleven, one or two at most.
"Don't worry, brother, I'll come when I go."
Fang Yi smiled and shook his head. He didn't let the little devil follow him. With this little guy here, it would probably cause trouble. The little devil got a lot of benefits in the secret realm this time and needed time to refine it, so he didn't follow Fang Yi to join in the fun.
"Is this... the ice star marrow?" In a shop selling various spiritual medicines, Fang Yi suddenly felt shocked. The ice star marrow in front of him was nearly twice as large as the ice star marrow obtained from Shen Baichuan.
"Fellow Taoist, is this?" Fang Yi asked pretending to be ignorant.
"This thing is called the Ice Star Marrow." The boss glanced at Fang Yi and introduced: "When refining elixirs, the ice star marrow can neutralize the heat in some herbs. This thing grows at the bottom of the Netherworld Lake, and ordinary people can't get in."
"Fellow Daoist, I wonder how to sell this ice star marrow?" Fang Yi asked.
"If fellow Taoist likes it, I will make a price for ten top-grade spirit stones."
"Ten top-grade spirit stones are suitable." Fang Yi thought for a while and asked, "This fellow Taoist, I'm just here to Nether Island. I wonder where this Nether Lake is?"
"I don't know." The shop owner who had the early stage of Jindan cultivation shook his head and said, "I only know that Netherworld Lake is a forbidden area on Netherworld Island. Ordinary cultivators can't get close to it. I also got this ice star marrow from other channels."
Fang Yi nodded and asked no more questions. He handed over ten spirit stones and said, "I have some use for the ice star marrow. The boss can collect more ice star marrow. I will stay in Netherworld City these days, and I will come again before leaving."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The boss took the spirit stone and said with a smile: "It's hard to say anything else, but the ice star marrow is not a rare object on the Nether Island. I'll collect some for fellow Taoists these days."
"I'm working hard." Fang Yi bowed and said goodbye.
Although the Sea of Chaos is dangerous, the quality and quantity of spiritual medicines exceed that of Lianyun Sea. Fang Yi went to several stores and collected all the spiritual medicines needed for the Demon Spirit Pill and returned to the inn.
"Brother, do you know where Netherworld Lake is?" Fang Yi came directly to Peng Bin's room and asked.
"Nether Lake?" Peng Bin said: "It seems to be a cold pool on Nether Island. It is said that the temperature is extremely low. Those who are below the Golden Elixir stage cannot withstand the cold air in the water."
"How can you enter Nether Lake?" Fang Yi asked again. Ice Star Marrow is a good thing. If possible, Fang Yi wants to go to Nether Lake to explore.
"Entering Nether Lake? I really don't know this." Peng Bin said: "It is said that there are guards from Nether Island guards around."
"Fang Yi, what do you want in Netherworld Lake?" Seeing Fang Yi ask about Netherworld Lake as soon as he came back, a light flashed in Peng Bin's eyes.
"Yeah." Fang Yi nodded, and there was nothing to hide from Peng Bin, and told Peng Bin about the matter of the Ice Star Marrow.
"No wonder the three brothers Shen Baichuan have not found the second ice star marrow for so many years. It turns out that this ice star marrow is growing in the island of chaos." Fang Yi said: "I'm really here to come to Nether Island this time. This ice star marrow is a good thing and is of great benefit to my cultivation."
"We can find out about this matter." Peng Bin said: "But you still have to be more cautious."
Nether Island has cultivators at the level of the Nascent Soul Monster. If they accidentally touch any rules and taboos, they can't escape even if they want to.
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As the day of paying for the year approaches, the transactions on the streets are gradually becoming popular, and more and more cultivators gather in it. Some of the "pirates" who have been drifting in the sea all year round have also landed on the three major islands at this time, hoping to take advantage of the days when many cultivators gather to see if there are any resources they need.
The island owners of many islands were not thinking about it. Thirty-nine island owners of Nakajima gathered in the Netherworld Mansion in the middle of Netherworld City and were quietly waiting.
Fang Yi, Long Wanda, and the little devil naturally followed Peng Bin to the Netherworld.
Peng Bin's spiritual sense swept across the thirty-eight island owners around him and found that Baili Xin and others who had asked him to buy the petals of the soul flower were also among them. Baili Xin saw Peng Bin and glared at Peng Bin fiercely.
Many island masters naturally saw Peng Bin, Fang Yi and others, and were a little surprised. They had heard that Peng Bin killed Jin Shengda and occupied Jinsha Island. The island masters always thought that Peng Bin must have the middle stage of Jindan cultivation, but they did not expect that Peng Bin himself was only at the early stage of Jindan, and the few subordinates he brought with him were even more unbearable. The strongest one was the half-step Jindan, and there was not even a early stage of Jindan cultivator under his command.
However, no island owner underestimated Peng Bin because of this. He killed the middle-stage cultivators of the Jindan in the early stage. No matter how he killed it, it at least means that Peng Bin's strength has reached the same level as theirs.
"The items paid in the year have begun to be gradually counted. The island owners can stay in the mansion to rest or go to the inn to rest by themselves, waiting for the official announcement of the ranking tomorrow!" After waiting for a moment, someone began to restrain the storage bags paid by the thirty-nine island owners of the Nakajima.
None of the thirty-nine island owners chose to live in the Netherworld, and all returned to the inn they rented. The Netherworld is a place where the old Nascent Monster practices, and no one is willing to move under the noses of the old Nascent Monster.
"Fang Yi, there is no information about Nether Lake in the dark moon." In the past few days, Long Wanda went to the street to find the restaurant opened by Nether Lake. He wanted to buy information about Nether Lake, but was told that there was no information about Nether Lake.
"Well, it seems that this Nether Lake is a forbidden area." Fang Yi frowned when he heard this and said, "I have inquired about almost all the channels I can find out. Except for knowing that Nether Lake is a cold pond and cannot be approached without authorization, there is no more news."
"It seems that there should be any treasure in this Nether Lake besides the ice star marrow." The cold that even the foundation-building cultivators could not resist made Fang Yi unconsciously think of the Black Water Cold Pond in the cage world.
"It seems that I can only buy some more from that store." Fang Yi was a little helpless.
The next morning, thirty-nine island owners gathered in the Netherworld again to wait for the final ranking. This ranking determines whether they can enter the Secret Realm of Netherworld and also determines the fate of the island owners of each island. You must know that the island owners who have not paid the annual payment for several consecutive years will be thrown into the Netherworld Prison.
"Tianxing Island, the island owner Baili Xin, handed over nineteen soul flower petals, nine high-level spiritual medicines, half a pound of amethyst iron mother, and eleven soul flower petals, ranking 107 in total."
Not only the ranking, but also the names of the owners of each island, the treasures and quantity that were paid out in the year were all thought out one by one.
"Taixu Island, the island owner Liu Quanzhen, has handed over 30 soul flower petals, nine high-level spiritual medicines, seven nebula, and nine total ranks."
After reciting the islands one by one, the thirty-nine island owners all had different expressions.
"Jinsha Island, island owner Peng Bin..."
When he was about Jinsha Island, Peng Bin, Fang Yi and others immediately listened quietly.
Chapter completed!