A month later, on the coast of the Sea of Returning Ruins in the south of Yunzhong, a young scholar stood in the air, looking down at the island under his feet.
The island wasn't big, only dozens of miles in circumference. Looking down from above, it looked like a green leaf, so it was called One Leaf Island.
In terms of scale, One Leaf Island was pitifully small. Any town or city in Eastern Tang had a bigger market than it. But in terms of scale, there was no market in Yunzhong that had a higher standard than One Leaf Island.
On this island, Core Formation cultivators could be seen everywhere, and Nascent Soul cultivators often showed up. Even the merchants who took care of the shops were cultivators above the Foundation Building realm.
The reason why there were so many high-grade cultivators gathered on this small island with very ordinary spiritual Qi was due to its perfect geographical location.
Cultivators in Yunzhong usually went to two places to hunt demonic beasts. One was the North Sea in the north, and the other was the Sea of Returning Ruins in the south.
In the North Sea, there happened to be a large island called North Pole Island. There were countless demonic beasts around it, ranging from low to high level, so a large number of Aura Refining and Core Formation cultivators gathered on North Pole Island to hunt beasts for a living, forming a huge beast core market.
But the Sea of Returning Ruins was different. Its beast market wasn't big, and compared to North Pole Island, it was pitifully small. However, it was more famous among high-level cultivators than North Pole Island.
This was because the sea beasts in the Sea of Returning Ruins were mostly in the fifth rank and above, and the corpses and beast cores produced by these demonic beasts were exactly what cultivators above the Core Formation realm needed.
One Leaf Island happened to be located at an estuary of the Sea of Returning Ruins, so its location was excellent. Over time, cultivators who came to the Sea of Returning Ruins to hunt beasts formed a small but high-end beast market there.
Mo Tiange stood in the air for a while, then asked, "Master, do you want to stay here?
I'm afraid those late Nascent Soul cultivators are all gathered here, right? "
The Fusheng Sword let out a soft cry, and Fu Yao Zi's voice came. "Go. You've made the Fusheng Sword recognize you as its master. With me here, those cultivators can't do anything to you no matter how high their cultivation levels are."
Mo Tiange hesitated for a moment, then believed him.
After living together for several years, she and Fu Yao Zi had developed a true master-disciple relationship. She believed that her master wouldn't be wrong.
He landed at the edge of the One Leaf Island and registered himself at the entrance of the town under the name "Ye Xiaotian".
This One Leaf Island was indeed worthy of its reputation of having the highest standards. As soon as they entered the town, they saw many Core Formation cultivators walking back and forth on the streets. Many of them were Foundation Building cultivators who were hawking their wares and taking care of the shops. In other cultivator towns, there weren't many Aura Refining cultivators and mortals. Most of them were just doing odd jobs in the shops.
Whether it was in the Celestial Pole or Yunzhong, she had never seen so many high level cultivators gathered in one place. Moreover, among these high level cultivators, there were often one or two Nascent Soul cultivators coming and going.
"One Leaf Island is still the same as before!" Fu Yao Zi sighed.
Although he was shapeless and only had a wisp of divine sense left, his secret technique was astonishing. He could still sense everything around him.
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "Master seems to be very familiar with One Leaf Island."
Fu Yao Zi said, "I'm not like you. Without the support of a sect, from the moment I stepped onto the path of immortality to the moment I formed my Nascent Soul, I've always been a rogue cultivator.
The life of an individual cultivator isn't easy. When I was in the Aura Refining and Foundation Building realm, I was very down and out. After I formed my Gold Core, I often came to One Leaf Island to hunt demonic beasts, which made my life a lot better. "
Upon hearing this, Mo Tiange couldn't help but nod to show she understood.
She had experienced the hardships she and Second Uncle went through in the past, so she was very touched by what Fu Yao Zi said about being down and out and out.
However, thinking about it this way, this master of hers was really amazing. With an incomplete Art of the Origin and no heaven-defying immortal fate, he grew from a down and out low-level cultivator to the number one cultivator in Yunzhong. She didn't know how many hardships he had to go through to achieve this.
"Master, should we go there and rest for a while before going out to sea?"
"No," Fu Yao Zi said, "You can't go out to sea alone."
Mo Tiange was stunned. "What do you mean, Master …"
Fu Yao Zi chuckled. "That place can only be opened if five keys are combined into one. What's the use of going there alone?
We'll naturally wait for the others to go together. "
"But …" Mo Tiange was full of questions.
Even if her master was giving her ideas behind the scenes, she was only a Core Formation cultivator in the end. How could she compete with those late stage Nascent Soul cultivators?
Once the secret place was opened, not to mention benefits, she'd probably be eaten until not even her bones were left.
"Don't worry," Fu Yao Zi said faintly, "Master naturally won't let you suffer any losses."
"Master, I can't not worry!"
Mo Tiange admitted calmly. "Although I have the Fusheng Sword in my hand and Master as my backing, I'm only one person in the end. They also have holy objects in their hands. Not only are they powerful, but the forces behind them are also astonishing. I …"
Fu Yao Zi smiled. "It's useless even if they have holy objects."
"Huh?
Why? "Mo Tiange was puzzled.
Fu Yao Zi said, "To tell you the truth, among the so-called Five Saints, the other four have disciples to pass on their inheritance to, but Master doesn't. Therefore, when Master sealed my divine sense, I did something.
As for the other four, I only sealed their divine sense and part of their secret technique. If a disciple obtained the key and passed on the secret technique to them, their divine sense would dissipate. Only Master's divine sense could exist for a long time. "
Mo Tiange once witnessed Wanderer Ziwei's method and was left an imprint in her sea of knowledge.
Wanderer Ziwei was so talented that he sealed his divine sense for thousands of years. Even after being triggered, his divine sense wouldn't dissipate and could even continue to exist.
Therefore, she never doubted Fu Yao Zi's method of sealing divine sense. After all, he was the legendary number one person in Yunzhong.
As for the other members of the Five Saints, she also thought the same. They were called the Five Saints, so even if the others were a bit weaker than her master, they shouldn't be too much weaker.
Now that she heard Fu Yao Zi's words, she realized her master's skill was a notch higher.
With this thought in mind, Mo Tiange suddenly realized something and sighed. "Master, you're not as honest as you look!"
"What are you talking about?!"
Fu Yao Zi reprimanded, "Although I consider myself an upright and aboveboard person, I'm not a person without schemes."
Yes, from an individual cultivator without any foundation to the number one cultivator in Yunzhong, no one could surpass him for more than a hundred thousand years. How could this master of hers be completely "upright and pure"?
With this thought, she felt a lot more at ease.
Now that she was relieved, she also became interested in the market square of this One-Leaf Island. Just as she was about to take a stroll, she suddenly felt a powerful divine sense stopping on her.
She immediately looked up and saw a cultivator in his fifties sitting by the window on the second floor of a restaurant. He was dressed like a wealthy man from the secular world and was staring at her with a sharp gaze.
This person's spiritual aura pressure was strong, but he was a Nascent Soul cultivator.
For a moment, Mo Tiange couldn't figure out what this cultivator meant, but she had Fu Yao Zi by her side, so she didn't show any fear. Instead, she smiled at him and cupped her hands to show her respect to this senior.
The cultivator was stunned for a moment as if he didn't expect she would act like this. Soon after, both his divine sense and his gaze moved away from her.
Mo Tiange heaved a sigh of relief and continued to stroll around the market.
It didn't matter whether this person noticed her illusion or something else. In any case, she'd already arrived at the Sea of Returning Ruins. It was only a matter of time before she came into contact with those top Nascent Soul cultivators in Yunzhong.
"Brother Nan, you're …" On the second floor of the restaurant, a young Daoist sitting across from the cultivator looked at him with a smile and a hint of confusion in his eyes.
The male cultivator called Brother Nan stroked his grizzled beard and said, "It's nothing. I just happened to discover that this junior is a bit unusual."
"Oh?"
The young Daoist turned his head to look outside the window. People were coming and going, but that Core Formation cultivator was already gone. "What's unusual about him?"
"This person has a powerful divine sense fluctuation. Moreover, I only glanced at him for a moment, but he immediately noticed me."
"Is that so?"
The young Daoist swept his gaze across the street and said with a meaningful smile, "Recently, One-Leaf Island has been really lively. Not only did all those old monsters come into being, but the juniors in the Core Formation realm are also so outstanding!"
The cultivator surnamed Nan also smiled. He leisurely held his wine cup and took a sip. "Brother Ruyi, based on our many years of friendship, how about you give me a hint?
What's your Five Elements Valley planning to do this time? "
"A hint?"
The young Daoist rubbed his nose and looked at the person in front of him with a faint smile. "What's there to be a hint?
Our Five Elements Valley's strength is inferior; we're just here to watch the fun and take advantage of the situation. On the other hand, Brother Nan, your Danxia Sect brought a lot of people this time … "
"Heh …" The cultivator surnamed Nan laughed self-deprecatingly. "Daoist Brother Ruyi, I might as well tell you the truth. Everyone knows the situation of our Dawning Pill Sect. We really want to seize this opportunity.
However, wanting is one thing, but I'm powerless! "
The cultivator surnamed Nan's words made the young Daoist feel sad. He sighed and said, "Isn't that right?
Among the five great Dao cultivation groups, our two groups are the weakest, but at this time, the five holy relics unexpectedly appeared, and our strength is inferior. I really don't know if we're lucky or not. "
"Hmph!
Yuan Mu and the others invited us here. On the surface, they said we're all fellow Daoists and we don't dare to hog it for ourselves, but in reality? "
The cultivator surnamed Nan sneered. "They have the holy relics in their hands, and their strength far surpasses us, middle stage Nascent Soul cultivators. We're just here to go through the motions."
The young Daoist smiled while holding his cup. "Brother Nan, could it be that you still can't get over it?
Who told you and I to be weaker than others, and our luck to be worse?
If we advanced to the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, even if we didn't obtain the holy relics, we could still compete with Yuan Mu and the others. Unfortunately, after so many years, you and I are still stuck at this bottleneck and can't advance. Naturally, we can only accept our fate. "
How could the cultivator surnamed Nan not understand this reasoning? In the end, he just sighed and said nothing.
At this time, Mo Tiange was strolling in a tea house, listening to other people's gossip with great interest.
The matter of the Five Saints was now a hot topic in Yunzhong. A large number of high level cultivators gathered on One Leaf Island, and it happened to be the location of the incident, so it was naturally even more popular.
During the past month, Mo Tiange had been traveling cautiously, but she didn't know this matter was actually this popular.
As it turned out, in addition to the owner of the Heavenly Devil Tower, the three great sects also invited Nascent Soul cultivators from various big forces.
Nominally, the things left behind by the Five Saints were the common wealth of Yunzhong, so the three great sects didn't dare to hog it for themselves. Therefore, after the mysterious space was opened, all Nascent Soul cultivators could enter and explore it. But was that really the case?
Mo Tiange didn't need to think to know the real reason.
Now, the matter of the Five Saints had spread throughout Yunzhong, and it was no longer a secret only a few high level cultivators knew. If the three great sects hoarded it for themselves, no matter how powerful they were, they wouldn't be able to withstand the joint attack of others.
That being the case, they might as well share some of the benefits with others. In any case, they had the most important holy relics in their hands and were the strongest, so they would still get the biggest benefits in the end.
But even though the Nascent Soul cultivators understood this reason, they still rushed to One Leaf Island like a flock of ducks.
After all, when it came to fated chances, luck played a very important role. Who knew if they'd obtained a great fated chance?
Deification — this was a temptation that Nascent Soul cultivators at the top of the cultivation world couldn't resist.
Driven by benefits, they advanced wave after wave.