"The Great Cultivator of the Returning Realm, no matter where he is in the Izumo Realm, is a rare existence. Senior, don't look at the vast sea area under the jurisdiction of the East Pole Palace, and the number of spirit islands is vast, but there are only more than a hundred spirit islands that can supply the cultivation of the returning void monks, and this is the reason why the number of returning void monks has been limited. Sikong Zhan laughed.

Is there only a little more than a hundred?

Yuan Ming groaned, and then asked again: "Then if you want to occupy a spirit island, do you need to buy it from the East Pole Palace?" ”

"Do you want to settle down in the East Pole Sea?" Sikong Zhan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"That's the plan." Yuan Ming nodded.

"With the cultivation realm of their predecessors, if they want to join the East Pole Palace, they will definitely not refuse. As long as you successfully join the Dongji Palace, they will assign you a matching spirit island according to your cultivation. After that, you only need to follow the instructions of the East Pole Palace and complete the tasks issued by the East Pole Palace on time. Sikong Zhan thought for a moment and replied.

"Do I have to join the East Pole Palace?" Yuan Ming frowned slightly.

"If the seniors don't want to join the East Pole Palace and are restricted by others, there is another way." Seeing this, Sikong Zhan immediately said.

"What's the solution?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Hand over one million spirit stones to the East Pole Palace and get a challenge order. With this order, you can challenge the owner of any spirit island in the East Arctic Sea, and as long as you can defeat the other party, you can replace it and become the new owner of the spirit island. Sikong Zhan said.

"So can you not be under the control of the East Pole Palace?" Yuan Ming heard this and asked.

"The island owner who has successfully challenged is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the East Pole Palace, but in most cases there is no need to obey its dispatch, but correspondingly, once the enemy invades, the East Pole Palace will not intervene to help, and can only deal with it itself. In addition, a certain number of spirit stones must be paid to the Dongji Palace every year as a fee for the use of the island. Sikong Zhan said.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming nodded thoughtfully, there are pros and cons to both methods, and there is no need to rush to make a decision for the time being.

Sikong Zhan answered questions all the way, helping Yuan Ming basically understand the situation in the East Pole Sea.

Near the end of the evening, the flying boat finally landed and arrived at Huayun Island.

Huayun Island is a small island that looks down from the sky, the shape is like a plum blossom, the top is covered by clouds and mist all the year round, the water vapor on the island is abundant, the vegetation is luxuriant, the aura is quite abundant, and it is better than the Changchun view by three points.

When the flying boat slowly landed, it could be seen that the lights were already lit up all over the island, and there was smoke rising everywhere, and the smoke and clouds were connected, forming a very unique picture.

Yuan Ming's eyes swept around at random, and saw that there were many ports built on the edge of the island, fishing boats were neatly arranged, adults on the dock were busy sorting out the catches, and children were playing and shuttling among them.

"This island is so lively, and there are so many mortals?" Yuan Ming asked with a smile.

"Hehe, not only Huayun Island, almost every island is inhabited by a large number of mortals and low-level monks, and if you become the lord of an island, you also have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting these mortals and low-level monks." Sikong Zhan smiled and said.

At Yuan Ming's request, everyone landed at the pier by the sea and walked back along the road leading to the island.

Sikong Zhan led Yuan Ming to walk in front, and his son Sikong Zhuo had cultivated all the way, and was no longer in trouble, and was supported by Sikong Lin and walked behind.

Out of curiosity about Yuan Ming, Ye Xinyao also threw down the Sikong Zhuo brothers, gathered beside Sikong Zhan, listened to the conversation between the two of them, and interjected a sentence or two from time to time.

Seeing that Yuan Ming didn't say anything, Sikong Zhan also acquiesced to her.

When walking all the way to the island, there were occasional mortals along the way who would greet Sikong Zhan and them, not very familiar with each other, more like hired farmers greeting the master's family, with a little respect, but not very afraid.

It seems that they have become accustomed to these cultivators.

The further you go to the center of the island, the denser the buildings on the island become, the style is not quite the same as that of the Yunhuang Continent, most of them are dry fence buildings supported by bamboo and wood, obviously to prevent moisture and insects.

Near the Lord's Mansion, there is already a bustling commercial street, with all kinds of shops and liquor shops on the streets, and there is no obvious distinction between mortals and monks.

Yuan Ming came to the island owner's mansion with everyone, and originally wanted to pay a visit, but Sikong Zhan told the island owner that he was in retreat, and the affairs on the island were handled by him temporarily, so he directly arranged a separate courtyard for himself and stayed temporarily.

At night, Yuan Ming stood by the window of his room, looking at the lush trees and sparkling lights on the island outside, turned over his hand and took out two Qingling Messenger Talismans, whispered a few words respectively and then crushed them.

Then he closed the window, set up a circle in the room, and immediately sat down cross-legged and began to meditate and breathe.

Half an hour later, his eyes slowly opened, and he found that he had not received a reply from the Qingling Messenger, and both Sunset and Ulu seemed to be thousands of miles away from him.

After a little silence, Yuan Ming took out the stealing Tianding and inserted a black incense stick on it.

He rubbed his fingers on the incense and lit it, and after hesitating for a moment, he chose to visualize the face of the sunset shadow in his mind.

After a while, his consciousness became drowsy, his eyes blurred, and he was immediately plunged into darkness, losing all consciousness.

I don't know how long it took, but his consciousness gradually recovered, and his vision became clear again in the light in front of him.

He had possessed Sunset Shadow.

Now that they are both witches, the gap in the power of the divine soul is not big, but Yuan Ming still chooses the black incense that he has developed by himself, which can only be possessed by Sunset Shadow, and cannot control her actions.

Through the sight of the sunset, he looked around, only to find that the sunset was standing on the deck of a huge sea-crossing flying boat.

Outside the giant boat, a diamond-shaped crystalline light curtain was shrouded, reflecting multicolored streamers, and it was driving steadily in the void.

At this time, a blue-haired young man with a tall figure and a lofty instrument came to Xiying's side and introduced himself very politely, wanting to befriend Xiying.

However, Sunset Shadow was obviously not in a good mood, so she ignored it and turned around and went back to the cabin room.

Yuan Ming was relieved to see that she was fine.

After the soul returned, he tried to contact Uru with the Taixu Teleportation Array, but there was no response.

In desperation, he had no choice but to give up, and immediately took out the Tongtian Demon Pillar to urge, and finally opened the space of stealing Tianding and entered it.

In the space of stealing Tianding, Huazhi and King Kong both returned to their original appearance, lying on the ground on the left and right, both of them were scarred, they were seriously injured and unconscious, and their souls also looked weak and abnormal.

Seeing this, a touch of guilt appeared in Yuan Ming's eyes, and he began to recall the experience some time ago in his mind.

Through the True Sea Hall Teleportation Array, they arrived at an uninhabited island in the First Sea Area, and after coming out of the ruined hall on the island, they began to drive the Sea Crossing Flying Boat across the First Sea Area.

After only two days of driving, they were unsurprisingly struck by a whale disaster, hundreds of giant whales the size of a mountain, swimming through the sea in groups, each swing of their tail could set off a huge wave hundreds of feet high.

Every time the air hole on its back spews out breath, it can rush up a column of water hundreds of feet high, and the powerful power contained in it can directly destroy the magic weapon-level sea-crossing flying boat.

And when it eats, it's even more terrifying.

The sky-swallowing giant mouth can be sucked into thousands of acres of seawater when it is closed, and the vortex formed in it has a powerful and incomparably strong attraction, even the Yuanying Monk, and one will be caught in it if he is not careful.

This is only when encountering a lone giant whale feeding, and if you encounter a school of whales and they regard them as an intruder or prey, even if you are a monk in the Void Period, it will be difficult for you to escape.

Yuan Ming and the others were able to survive peacefully, all relying on the bloodline of the Blue Sea and Blue Whale King of the Firmament.

Relying on the characteristics of the bloodline, they were not besieged by the whales, and under the secret magic of the clouds, they simply hid in the belly of a giant whale, and were carried through the first sea area without danger.

At the junction of the first sea area and the second sea area, the silver-shirted girl transformed by Hou Yi's Sun Bow and the Great Wilderness Star River Bead dived to the bottom of the sea together with Yuan Ming, and after obtaining some three-light divine water in a hidden trench, she returned with the clouds.

Yuan Ming and the three of them drove the sea-crossing flying boat given by Hou Yi to shoot the sun bow and continued to the second sea area.

After entering the second sea area, it was quite calm at first, which made everyone feel a little relieved, so they made a little adjustment.

But five days later, a storm broke out on the sea, and a thick black lead cloud could be seen in the distance, covering the sky, and countless thick tornadoes below, like a demon dragon twisting its body, connected the heavens and the earth.

Just in case, Yuan Ming opened the space of stealing the Tianding, and included Ulu, Sunset, Flower Branches and King Kong, all of which he planned to use his Vientiane Body and the cultivation of returning to the Void Realm, to go into the sea of wind alone.

However, before that, Sunset Shadow first used illusion to put the other three into a deep sleep, helping Yuan Ming hide the secret of stealing Tianding.

After that, Yuan Ming was alone, urging the Dingfeng Bead and breaking into the sea of wind.

The storm in the sea of wind was far more terrifying than he imagined, the strong wind almost carried the power of being able to tear through space, even with the protection of the Wind Bead, Yuan Ming felt that the skin on his body was going to be torn apart by the hurricane.

He believed that if he hadn't been the body of Vientiane, even if he had the Wind Bead in his hand, his body would be easily torn apart by this storm.

Yuan Ming urged Dingfeng Zhu to move forward with difficulty all the way, and when he couldn't bear it anymore, he would open the space of stealing Tianding, escape into it to recuperate a little, and when he regained his strength, he continued to rush against the wind.

Walking and stopping like this, it was difficult to move forward in the sea of wind, and there were several times when he was accidentally exhausted, swept away by the wind, and lost his way, and when he finally walked out of the range of the wind and sea, ten years had passed.

The hardships of these ten years were even harder than when Yuan Ming practiced in the past, and by the time he reached the last stretch, even the Dingfeng Bead was unusable and completely destroyed.

Yuan Ming was stunned by relying on a stronger physique, great perseverance, and a little luck that he finally walked out of the sea of wind.

(End of chapter)