Outside Green-Sinking Reef, on Longflow Island.
The vegetation was yellowing, and sand swept across the ground. Spiritual energy abounded on the island, but the earth grew poorer by the day, bearing neither flowers nor fruit. Naturally, no medicinal herbs could be grown there either.
Around the pitch-black main hall at the island's center, the landscape was even more barren. Yellow sand covered the surroundings, with mostly alkaline soil farther out. Only the island's edges held a few trees, but most grew poorly, their branches and leaves withered, lingering on the brink of death.
Three men descended on the wind. Xu Fayan, dressed in a black robe, led them down to the island's center, with Ruan Yuan and Lin Lang following behind.
In his dark wind-and-thunder robe, Ruan Yuan surveyed his surroundings with keen interest. He had been the one to suggest visiting Longflow Island, and now a faint smile showed on his face as he took in the scenery.
The island's vitality began to revive little by little. The barren ground that had borne neither flowers nor fruit gradually changed, a hazy azure radiance rising from the yellow sand. The trees around the edges grew increasingly lush and even began putting out branches and buds.
If this man were buried underground, within a few years this island would probably become a spiritual field without equal in the world.
Xu Fayan's yellow eyes glimmered as he watched these strange manifestations. This innate suppression kept him constantly on edge. Within the shadow behind him, the shapes of countless monsters shifted faintly-𫅗 Sheep and Azure Locusts, poised to choose someone to devour.
[Heavenly Blood Demon Embryo] and [Subtle Yin Illusory Creation] circulated on their own, dissolving the profound pressure emanating from the other man.
The invisible contest between the two left Lin Lang