Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

Chapter 49 Deserted Island, Strange Cultivator

However, on the other hand, Xuan Gu was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who roamed the Chaotic Star Sea for hundreds of years in his previous life. He should know quite a few Nascent Soul cultivation techniques and usable pill formulas.

Therefore, going to meet this big grudge and taking some money from him would undoubtedly make Chen Liang's cultivation much smoother.

But before that, Chen Liang estimated that he still needed to make some preparations, so he took some time to visit his herb garden.

A year later, Chen Liang, having made preparations, returned to the Inner Star Sea via the teleportation array on Silver Shark Island.

After leaving Tianxing City, Chen Liang took out the map of the Inner Star Sea from Ji Xuan's relics and carefully examined the markings on it.

Having located the Xuan Bone, Chen Liang transformed into Mo Lu and, controlling the Rift Wind Shuttle, vanished into the sky as a blur.

In just over half a day, Chen Liang piloted the Rift Wind Shuttle to the vicinity of a remote island shrouded in sea fog.

When the high-speed Rift Shuttle suddenly stopped in the sky, Chen Liang transformed into a gray-blue streak of light and flew out from it, quietly looking down at the islands that were faintly visible below.

The Rending Wind Shuttle transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into Chen Liang's dark gold robe.

After a moment's thought, Chen Liang took out four array flags and threw them in four directions towards the island below.

Before long, the suspicious sea fog below surged and then dissipated.

Then, Chen Liang transformed into a beam of light and arrived at an area on the island shrouded in yellow mist.

Here, Chen Liang unleashed a set of Big Dipper Yin-Yang Formation, breaking the second layer of the formation.

Finally, Chen Liang arrived in front of a light barrier filled with numerous winged evil spirits; this was the third layer of the formation.

In fact, the three-layered formation on this island is actually a single entity, a top-grade advanced formation called "Heinous Crime".

The outer sea fog can disturb one's mind, the middle layer of smoke can shock one's liver and gallbladder, but this last place, the Sanyang Land, which is full of winged evil spirits, is the most dangerous.

The demonic fire spewed by those winged evil spirits was comparable to the true fire of a Core Formation cultivator. Moreover, in this land of three yangs, even if those winged evil spirits were killed, they could regenerate in an instant, making them virtually inexhaustible.

For ordinary Core Formation cultivators, entering this place would be a certain death.

Moreover, this formation is remarkably effective against ghost cultivators, and its power in dealing with ghost cultivators is no less than that of ordinary top-tier formations.

However, for a normal Nascent Soul cultivator, it only takes a little more spiritual energy to break this formation.

Although Chen Liang was a normal Nascent Soul cultivator, he was also a master of formations, so he would not do something as simple as demolishing a building.

So Chen Liang took out a Spirit-Slaying Array and a Azure Water Heavenly Gang Array. Just as he was about to set up these two arrays, a gray-black light flew from afar, revealing a strange Core Formation cultivator carrying two swords and wearing painted face.

As you can see, the strange monk also has several masks and a small flower basket tied to his belt.

As soon as this Core Formation cultivator appeared, he struck a theatrical pose, as if he were about to sing an opening monologue, seemingly disregarding Chen Liang completely.

Seeing this, Chen Liang was somewhat speechless. Then he released some of his aura, so that his aura was no longer in an instinctive, restrained state.

Upon sensing this aura, the Core Formation cultivator felt as if he were standing before an unparalleled demon, and his knees, which were about to take a few steps forward, suddenly buckled.

He immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life!! I truly did not know that you were a Nascent Soul cultivator, otherwise how would I have dared to come forward and disturb you?"

Chen Liang, disguised as Mo Lu, spoke with a cold expression: "Are you a disciple of Ji Yin?"

The Core Formation cultivator hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Chen Liang and said, "This junior is indeed a disciple of Ancestor Jiyin. May I ask what advice Senior may offer?"

Chen Liang: "Then leave all your treasures except your natal magic weapon. I'll give you three breaths to disappear from this island."

Upon hearing this, the Core Formation cultivator's face immediately fell; he knew he had encountered an extremely yin enemy. The fact that he hadn't been killed meant that Chen Liang didn't want to bully the weak.

However, the Core Formation cultivator quickly removed the storage bag, the four mask treasures, and the flower basket treasure from his body, then bowed and tried to leave.

"Thank you for sparing my life, senior. I will take my leave now."

At this moment, Chen Liang's sudden words startled the Core Formation cultivator, sending a chill down his spine.

"Also, tell Ji Yin a message: 'Ji Yin, today I released this Xuan Bone so that you two can properly renew your master-disciple relationship. This is in accordance with ethical principles, so there's no need to thank me.'"

Upon hearing this, the Core Formation cultivator's face twitched involuntarily, displaying a twisted expression of wanting to laugh but not daring to.

He gritted his teeth to suppress the urge to burst into laughter, and said with some difficulty, "May I ask... your name, senior?"

Chen Liang: "I am Mo Lu. Alright, you only have three breaths left."

Upon hearing this, the Core Formation cultivator immediately transformed into a streak of gray-black light and disappeared into the distant sky.

Chen Liang put away the storage bag he left behind, and took the Four Symbols Mask Ancient Treasure and the Flower Basket Ancient Treasure into his hands, examining them carefully.

Ancient treasures are crafted using methods vastly different from modern magical artifacts. They lack the internal blood-refining seals, preventing their power from increasing with the cultivator's cultivation level. Furthermore, they cannot be absorbed into the cultivator's body; they can only be carried with them at all times.

Moreover, they were engraved with divine power patterns from the very beginning, so most of these ancient treasures have a single function, but their power far exceeds that of ordinary magical artifacts.

In fact, Chen Liang's weapon-refining techniques have always combined the methods of refining ancient treasures and magical artifacts, which is why he was able to refine such a rare treasure as the Five-Colored Pearl.

After examining the two ancient treasures in his hands for a while, Chen Liang put them into his robe, turned around and set up the Spirit-Severing Array, and then set up the Azure Water Heavenly Gang Array around the Spirit-Severing Array.

As Chen Liang activated the Spirit-Severing Array and the Azure Water Heavenly Gang Array one after the other, the Three Yang Land in front of him first lost its source of spiritual energy, and then was soaked by the Ren Water condensed by the Azure Water Heavenly Gang Array, rendering it completely useless.

Finally, Chen Liang released the Gold-Eating Insects, which devoured all the remaining winged evil spirits in this land of three yangs.

With this, the infamous array was completely broken, allowing Chen Liang to approach the spirit-sealing pillars that were protected by numerous obstacles.

The Spirit Sealing Pillar is a rare treasure that can seal away the spiritual energy of a region, ensuring its longevity. It can also seal away vengeful ghosts and evil spirits, preventing them from ever rising again. It has many uses.

The Spirit Sealing Pillar here and the Evil-Filled Array outside are clearly meant to seal the remnant soul of Xuan Gu, which shows Ji Yin's fear and hatred of this master.

Therefore, Chen Liang became increasingly curious about how Ji Yin would be frightened if he released the remnant soul of Xuan Gu.

On the other side, after running a long enough distance, the strange Core Formation cultivator finally couldn't help but stop and burst into laughter.

He laughed so hard he gesticulated wildly, even bending over and kneeling, it was unclear whether he was laughing at himself for finally surviving, or at the impending collapse of the extreme yin energy.

Or perhaps he was laughing at himself for finally escaping and no longer having to guard that deserted island.

This Core Formation cultivator even started laughing and then crying, followed by a fit of rage and cursing; he had completely gone mad.

As for the treasures he had just unloaded, this strange Core Formation cultivator didn't seem to care much. He had found them by chance among the ruins on the deserted island while guarding its formation.

On the deserted island, Chen Liang had arrived at the central Spirit Sealing Pillar.

This spirit pillar was made entirely of refined Primordial Stone, and inlaid with Yin-Yang Jade. Both of these are Core Formation level spiritual materials, so even disregarding the manufacturing process, the materials alone would make this spirit pillar worth six or seven thousand spirit stones.

The spirit-sealing pillar is also engraved with spirit-sealing Dao patterns and inscribed with the eight characters "Sealing spirits and locking qi, suppressing ghosts and suppressing evil" in ancient seal script.

Therefore, if you really calculate it, the value of this spirit-sealing pillar is over ten thousand spirit stones. Moreover, there are several smaller spirit-sealing pillars around it. If an ordinary Core Formation cultivator saw these things, it would be enough to excite them for a while.

For Chen Liang, it was best to put these things away, since he never knew when he might need them.

So he used the Giant Transformation Technique to enlarge himself, and then spun the spirit pillar around several times.

As Chen Liang rotated the spirit-sealing pillars correctly, the central pillar was the first to fall. The surrounding smaller pillars, influenced by their interconnected forces, also collapsed, their ability to seal spiritual energy shut down.

Chen Liang collected the spirit-sealing pillars and turned to walk towards a cave entrance in the center of the ruins. Xuan Gu was imprisoned there, and had been imprisoned for hundreds of years.