After seeing off Huang Yunying, who had fussed over his well-being, Cheng Xinzhan finally had time to see what he had brought.
First came some medicinal herbs and spirit fruits. Cultivators could never have too many of these, and he had hardly seen any overseas medicinal herbs or spirit fruits before, so he put them all into the Cave Stone.
There was also a formation diagram with effects such as concealment, obscuration, illusion, and gathering spiritual energy. It was a fairly common Daoist Grounds Formation Diagram, powered by water and fire, making it just right for Flood Furnace Island.
Cheng Xinzhan immediately refined the formation diagram, then set it up on Flood Furnace Island. At once, mist rose from the sea and smoky fire steamed up from beneath the island, blending into a mass of blue-green and yellow fog that surrounded Flood Furnace Island.
This was much better. It would keep people flying past from taking in the whole island at a glance.
Next was a nautical chart of the Great Belly Sea, somewhat more detailed than the one in the Record of Maritime Customs and Scenery. Along with the chart came Yellow Sulfur Island's Floating Marker Refinement Method.
Once Cheng Xinzhan learned it, he looked out and saw countless spiritual glimmers of talisman seeds suspended above the sea, linked into lines of light. It was quite interesting.
Last was a cloth-mesh cage that Huang Yunying had solemnly handed over, with repeated, earnest reminders:
"Bie Lu, this is a reward the Immortal Master personally selected for you. It's a treasure he brought out of the forests of the Southern Wastes on the mainland. He has countless gu insects, but these rank among the very best in power.
"The Elder Immortal said that you came from the Blood God Sect, Bie