The Plan: Continuing to Open Up the Wilderness
Li Yunjing spent three days in seclusion at Grand Profound Grotto-Heaven, focusing solely on cultivation and not paying attention to anything else.
Three days later, Li Yunjing finished his cultivation.
After leaving his cave abode, Li Yunjing found Xie Zheng.
After some questioning, Li Yunjing learned that the main force of the Luozhen Sect had not yet arrived.
Indeed, it took them more than ten days to get from the Luozhen Sect to Azure Jiao Marsh, and it is estimated that it will take another seven or eight days for the people from the Luozhen Sect to arrive at Azure Jiao Marsh.
"Sect Leader, this is the record of the Demon Beast information you previously instructed us to keep."
At this moment, Xie Zheng handed a Jade Slip slip to Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing took the Jade Slip and probed it with his Divine Sense.
It contains detailed information about all the Demon Beast within the Azure Jiao Marsh.
First was the Alligator Dragon Alligator Dragon, and below it was a turtle demon.
He has lived for five thousand years, but unfortunately his bloodline is not pure, which means his cultivation level is only at the Spirit Communication Perfection.
After reading it through from beginning to end, Li Yunjing nodded slightly. "Not bad."
"Has your Seven Treasures Sect chosen where to build your headquarters?"
Li Yunjing asked Xie Zheng curiously.
Xie Zheng nodded, then took out a deep blue bead.
The bead wasn't big, only about half the size of a fist.
A faint blue aura flowed within, like water.
Xie Zheng channeled his Law Power into the bead, and the bead immediately burst forth with dazzling light.
Immediately afterwards, a map showing the entire Azure Jiao Marsh appeared in front of Li Yunjing.
"Sect Leader, please look, the location chosen by our Seven Treasures Sect is right here."
Xie Zheng pointed to an island on the map and began to speak.
Looking over, Li Yunjing discovered that the island Xie Zheng was pointing to was located east of Azure Jiao Marsh.
It has a large area and is surrounded by many small islands.
"Is there anything special about this island?" Li Yunjing asked curiously.
Xie Zheng smiled and said, "Reporting to the sect leader, this island has a natural spiritual spring with exceptionally high-quality water, which is precisely why our Seven Treasures Sect has taken a liking to this island."
"Hmm, what about the other sects?" Li Yunjing continued to inquire.
Xie Zheng then pointed out the locations chosen by the White Jade Palace and Sky-Soaring Sword Sect.
Both sects chose locations with unique environments, making them excellent places for both sects.
"Alright, now that you've chosen a location, you can bring your disciples from the Mysterious Female Dao Realm over."
"We'll need a lot of manpower for the future land reclamation; the Luozhen Sect won't be enough," Li Yunjing said.
Upon hearing this, Xie Zheng's face immediately lit up with joy. "I will obey the sect leader's order."
After Xie Zheng left, Li Yunjing walked alone inside the Grand Profound Grotto-Heaven.
Now that we have occupied this Grotto-Heaven and established a foothold in the Great Wilderness, the next step is to continue exploring the land.
The Azure Jiao Marsh is merely the starting point for the Luozhen Sect's current exploration.
For this land reclamation, Li Yunjing planned to start from Azure Jiao Marsh and bring at least 30,000 li of surrounding territory under the rule of the Luozhen Sect.
Thirty thousand miles is already the limit that Luozhen Sect can currently handle.
Continuing forward means venturing deeper into the Great Wilderness, no longer confined to Great Wilderness outskirts, where the danger level rises dramatically.
Even bringing the 30,000-mile territory surrounding Azure Jiao Marsh under the rule of the Luozhen Sect was not something that could be accomplished overnight.
Within this 30,000-mile territory, there are also many crises.
"Where should I start?" Li Yunjing pondered carefully the location to be occupied by the next demon.
Within the 30,000-mile territory, besides Azure Jiao Marsh, there are many other places.
For example, Thunder Abyss, and Soul-Severing Ridge.
These places are fraught with danger.
However, these places all possess abundant resources.
For example, Thunder Abyss is home to many High Antiquity beasts, but it also contains many treasures that have disappeared from the Five Provinces.
If they can conquer Thunder Abyss and gradually absorb its resources, the overall strength of the Luozhen Sect will surely increase dramatically.
Just as Li Yunjing was pondering, he suddenly walked up to a grand hall.
Li Yunjing couldn't help but look up. This grand hall was called Heaven-Bearing Hall.
"Heaven-Bearing Hall, what is this?" Li Yunjing asked curiously.
Although I've been in Grand Profound Grotto-Heaven for some time now, I've never heard of the Heaven-Bearing Hall before.
Driven by curiosity, Li Yunjing couldn't help but push open the door and go inside.
There was only one thing Heaven-Bearing Hall.
A suspended sphere.
Li Yunjing walked up to the floating sphere and examined it carefully.
Below the suspended sphere is a square, recessed platform, which appears to support the sphere.
On the side of the platform, there is a groove, and judging by its size, it is about the same size as a Spirit Stone.
Seeing this, Li Yunjing took out a Low-Grade Spirit Stone.
It fits perfectly into the groove.
The next moment, the suspended sphere suddenly began to rotate.
Rings of runes flew out from inside the sphere, swirling around it like star rings.
But this commotion didn't last long; the sphere gradually stopped spinning again.
Li Yunjing looked down and saw that the Low-Grade Spirit Stone in the groove had lost its luster.
"I don't have enough Low-Grade Spirit Stone," Li Yunjing thought to himself.
He crouched down, intending to pry the Spirit Stone off, but as soon as he touched Spirit Stone, the Spirit Stone suddenly crumbled into a pile of powder.
"He's been completely drained." Li Yunjing was somewhat surprised.
He then took out a piece of Origin Essence from his storage ring.
The size of this Origin Essence was also about the same as the groove.
After the Origin Essence was added, the sphere began to rotate again.
Immediately afterwards, a beam of light shot out from the top of the sphere.
The beam of light remained fixed in the void, gradually distorting into a holographic map.
Li Yunjing was taken aback and stared at the map carefully.
He discovered that the map contained a great deal of information, including not only the Azure Jiao Marsh Azure Jiao Marsh.
Moreover, this map also records the nodes of the Northern Dark Earth Vein.
"A pillow delivered when you're sleepy," Li Yunjing muttered to himself, gradually becoming excited.
He was worried about where to expand beyond Azure Jiao Marsh, but with this map, Li Yunjing's goal gradually became clear.
The first place Li Yunjing chose was a ley line node south of Azure Jiao Marsh.
This ley line node is located at Black Wind Cliff, where a Demon Race lives.
However, that Demon Race clan's overall strength was not strong, about the same as the Demon Race of Azure Jiao Marsh.
Therefore, the Luozhen Sect is fully capable of conquering Black Wind Cliff.
The reason Li Yunjing chose Black Wind Cliff was that he planned to use the Black Wind Cliff line node there as the core and steadily expand outwards.
Now that he knew the locations of several nodes in the Northern Dark Earth Vein, Li Yunjing wanted to connect these nodes to form a comprehensive network.
In this way, the Luozhen Sect will have a foundation for its continuation within this network.
The Northern Dark Earth Vein will also become a barrier for the Luozhen Sect to attack from the outside. Anyone who wants to attack the Luozhen Sect must ask the Northern Dark Earth Vein for its consent.
Li Yunjing gestured with his hands, starting from the ley line node at Black Wind Cliff, and then taking over all the surrounding ley line nodes.
It would just be enough to cover the Azure Jiao Marsh.
"Let's do it this way." Seeing this, Li Yunjing became even more determined to follow his plan.
It was at this moment that Li Yunjing took out the Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal.
This will be a key factor for the Luozhen Sect in seizing the ley line node.
At this moment, the Northern Dark Vein-Suppressing Seal also flickered with a faint light, as if in response to Li Yunjing...