431: Protector of the Way, Secret of Lingbao (two-in-one thanks to Yan Mingxing for the 500-coin reward)

The rain on Tianxiang Island had stopped at some unknown time; Lin Shiming awoke from his Cultivation, only knowing that he had been cultivating for a long time.

He walked out of his Immortal Cave. After the heavy rain, the entire Tianxiang Island was exceptionally fresh, and most of his injuries had healed, and his True Essence had recovered to a healthy level.

The surroundings of Tianxiang Island came into his view.

Ten Teleportation Arrays were being built simultaneously, even Lin Shiyun and Lin Zelu were involved in the construction, each responsible for one.

Around the Teleportation Arrays, Purple Mansion Cultivators could be seen overseeing the construction.

In addition to the Teleportation Arrays, city walls were also built all over Tianxiang Island to resist further attacks from the beast tide and to set up a large number of self-detonation Formations.

Besides defense, the most unique feature was the Immovable Black Tortoise Formation in the sky, constantly activated.

The Spirit Light figure roared like a giant Black Tortoise, its eyes emitting even stronger Spirit Light, constantly sending out terrifying Divine Sense, covering every part of the island!

This was also to prevent the Yao Race from producing another Leech Demon King, who could infiltrate Tianxiang Island and continue to wreak havoc.

The latter's ability had already caused heavy losses to the Human Race.

And for the Yao Race, the Divine Abilities of their own kind were not too different, so it was entirely possible for another Yao King to appear.

Even with the latter's terrifying Clone ability, no one could guarantee whether he had truly died.

"Shiming, Tian Liu True Person once said that after you come out of seclusion, you should go to the Lin Family Restaurant!"

In the distance, Daoist Nine Heavens walked out and spoke to Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming nodded. He was not surprised by the summons from Tian Liu True Person and Real Person Hongye, after all, he had a Late Golden Core Stage combat power behind him!

If it were him, he would do the same.

"Elder Nine Heavens has worked hard these days. Once the beast tide is over, I will not forget our original agreement!"

While agreeing, he also reassured Daoist Nine Heavens.

Both of them were now Purple Mansion Late Stage Cultivators, perfectly capable of entering the Golden Core Legacy Immortal Cave that Daoist Nine Heavens spoke of.

And Daoist Nine Heavens becoming an Elder of the Lin Family was considered a great achievement. He had been helping the Lin Family guard Tianxiang Island, and as an Artifact Refiner, he had also participated in many battles.

Bidding farewell to Daoist Nine Heavens, Lin Shiming also headed towards the Lin Family Restaurant!

Although Real Person Hongye and Real Person Kuangfeng both lived on Purple Jade Mountain, the market was, after all, the very center of Tianxiang Island, and there were quite a few Golden Core True Persons gathered this time.

At the same time, the Lin Family Restaurant had five floors, which also upheld the reputation of the Golden Core True Persons.

Lin Shiming's speed was not fast. Although Real Person Hongye could not possibly make things difficult for him at this moment, he still had to be wary.

Slowly walking over, the System prompt had not yet been triggered, which meant there was no danger this time!

After a long while, Lin Shiming arrived at the Lin Family Restaurant.

The restaurant had already been requisitioned, and guarding the entrance were several Purple Mansion Cultivators.

There were those from Nine Dragon Island, and also from Tianliu Island, but surprisingly none from Rising Sun Island.

Lin Shiming was a little curious but didn't say much.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, the Immortals have been waiting upstairs for a long time!" A Purple Mansion Cultivator kindly reminded him.

Lin Shiming also nodded and walked to the fifth-floor hall.

At this moment, the main seat was empty, and on both sides were representatives from Nine Dragon Island and the Coral Alliance.

There were eight Immortals in total.

As two major super-forces, they naturally would not accept each other's command, so they simply did not sit in the main seat.

On the left, as the hosts, Tian Liu True Person and Real Person Hongye sat in the slightly front positions, followed by Real Person Kuangfeng. Real Person Gufeng was surprisingly absent.

On the right, headed by Real Person Lanyu and Real Person Xueyun, followed by Real Person Baiyu, Real Person Xuenun and Real Person Lanqing.

"Sit down, Young Friend Lin!" Tian Liu True Person spoke first. Tian Liu True Person was the strongest and held the highest position here. She actively invited Lin Shiming to sit on the left, right below Real Person Kuangfeng.

"Young Friend Lin's Dao Protector has Late Golden Core Stage strength. Everyone, Young Friend Lin sitting here, do you have any objections?" Tian Liu True Person spoke again, looking at the Cultivators from Nine Dragon Island.

However, Tian Liu True Person first let Lin Shiming sit down, and then asked for opinions, which was not asking for opinions.

It was giving an order.

Even if someone had an opinion, they could only suppress it.

And when Lin Shiming saw this, he also understood that with Tian Liu True Person and Real Person Kuangfeng present, he had also entered the circle of Golden Core Cultivators.

He breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Especially the mention of a Dao Protector by Tian Liu True Person made Lin Shiming very satisfied.

In Cultivation Families, many families, after falling into decline, would leave behind Dao Protectors.

Some of these Dao Protectors were Spirit Beasts, some were Spirit Cultivators or Ghost Cultivators, but without exception, they were all indebted to the Family and willingly protected the Family's Genius.

With this explanation, Lin Shiming was not deceiving the Coral Alliance, nor was he intentionally concealing his strength.

Instead, a Dao Protector would only act when protecting a specific Cultivator.

After all, a Dao Protector had no responsibility to resist beast tides or protect the homeland.

So, with this explanation, Lin Shiming didn't even need to explain anything.

Lin Shiming cautiously glanced at Real Person Hongye, finding that she showed no significant reaction. Instead, Real Person Xueyun on the opposite side seemed to have something to say.

But under Tian Liu True Person's strong words, he forcibly swallowed it back.

Lin Shiming then looked at Real Person Kuangfeng, and then found that the latter was also smiling at him, and Lin Shiming's heart became somewhat enlightened.

His relationship with Tian Liu True Person was not that good, so this time, it was naturally Real Person Kuangfeng who was helping him.

And while he was thinking, Real Person Xueyun on the other side couldn't wait to speak.

"I hope Fellow Daoist Tian Liu will arrange for Cultivators to repair the Teleportation Array as soon as possible. Our Nine Dragon Island has already been bypassed by the Jiaolong Clan!"

"We are here to help the Coral Alliance. If we are dragged into it, it might affect the relationship between the two Sects!" Real Person Lanyu on the side spoke even more anxiously.

The threat within was self-evident!

Lin Shiming was stunned when he heard this!

He wondered why the Cultivators of Nine Dragon Island were so anxious?

"Fellow Daoist Xueyun, please rest assured, all Formation Masters are already building the Teleportation Array at maximum speed!"

"As for Fellow Daoist Lanyu, what do you mean by that?"

"If Fellow Daoist Lanyu hadn't tried to capture those Jiaolong, yesterday's losses wouldn't have been so great, and those Teleportation Arrays wouldn't have been so thoroughly destroyed. The time it takes to repair versus rebuild, does Your Excellency not understand?" Tian Liu True Person also snorted coldly.

"Protecting the Human Race and resisting the Yao Race, this is the orthodox way of the Human Race. Our Coral Alliance's Golden Thunder Island is also besieged by the Yao Race, and the Thunder Roc Clan has also come out in full force, pressing directly towards the Coral Alliance's Coral Island. The Jiao Emperor of the Jiaolong Clan is also on Coral Island. Could it be that Nine Dragon Island cannot even withstand the two Kings of the Jiaolong Clan?"

Tian Liu True Person's words instantly silenced the few Yao Kings from Nine Dragon Island.

And Lin Shiming suddenly thought of the location of the sea area.

The Coral Sea Area and the Chilan Sea Area were the two sea areas closest to the Outer Sea, and also the two sea areas directly facing the Yao Race.

The twelve outer islands of the Coral Alliance were arranged in a protective manner, shielding Coral Island within, however, Rising Sun Island's location was not close to Coral Island.

Instead, it was behind it, closer to Nine Dragon Island's Xuelong Island (Blood Dragon Island)!

This was also why the reinforcements from Nine Dragon Island arrived so quickly, and the previous Purple Jade Sanren was also a spy from Xuelong Island (Blood Dragon Island).

It was just that at first, White Dragon Island was the first to provide support.

The Jiaolong Clan had one Emperor and four Kings in total, representing the Peak combat power of the Jiao Race. Lin Shiming had witnessed the strength of Azure King.

He estimated that at least two Golden Core Peak Cultivators would be needed to stop him!

Therefore, Azure Flood Dragon King initially concealed his strength to force Nine Dragon Island to continue sending reinforcements, as the Jiaolong Clan held significant attraction for Nine Dragon Island.

They needed to capture Jiaolong, use secret methods to force them to produce Jiaozi and even half-Jiao descendants, and finally use the golden dragon fruit tree to accelerate the Jiaolong's growth.

Coupled with the Jiao Emperor being on Golden Thunder Island, they also thought that the main force of the Jiaolong Clan was on Golden Thunder Island. After all, attacking Golden Thunder Island, if their strength was insufficient, would be providing fifth-rank Yao Beast corpses and Golden Cores to the Coral Alliance!

But they never expected that the hidden main force on Golden Thunder Island was the Thunder Roc Clan.

In the South Sea Sea Demon Royal Court, the first Imperial Clan was naturally the Jiaolong Clan, and besides the Jiaolong Clan, there were several other powerful clans that were extremely difficult to deal with, among them the Thunder Roc Clan.

In the past, these Thunder Roc Clan and the Jiaolong Clan did not have a good relationship, and many Thunder Rocs even secretly preyed on Jiaolong!

So, Nine Dragon Island was fooled.

"There's no need to discuss the Teleportation Array matter anymore. Progress is ongoing. The most important thing is how to withstand the next attack. The main content of this conference is to block the next beast tide!" Real Person Hongye spoke. Tian Liu True Person was too aggressive, and at this moment, she was also worried that some Cultivators from Nine Dragon Island would directly withdraw from Tianxiang Island.

"The strength of Azure Flood Dragon King is evident to all. So, everyone, if you have a fifth-rank Formation or a trump card, you can bring it out and set it up in advance. Also, Young Friend Lin, could you please tell us the conditions for your Dao Protector to act?"

Real Person Hongye spoke to everyone, and finally looked at Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming also nodded, expressing agreement with Real Person Hongye's statement, but he couldn't bring out his Formation, as that would be slapping Rising Sun Island in the face.

As for the Yan Yang Sword, Lin Shiming didn't shy away from it, believing that these Immortals could also see it:

"Replying to Senior Hongye (Senior Red Leaf), my Dao Protector only protects this Junior. Otherwise, this Junior wouldn't have needed to be so heartbroken back then!"

"However, at critical moments, if this Junior communicates in advance and makes a solemn promise, he can also act at critical moments!" Lin Shiming continued to reply.

As he spoke, he seemed a little downcast, as if after the solemn promise, it would be the time for the Yan Yang Sword to leave.

Everyone didn't react to this point. They didn't care about the conditions; they only cared whether the Yan Yang Sword could act at critical moments.

That sharp Sword Intent, purely in terms of attack, was probably only comparable to Tian Liu True Person.

"I have a set of Nine Heavens Subduing Dragon Formation here!" Real Person Lanyu, despite his dissatisfaction, also knew that a united front was still needed now.

Even if they suspected that the wrong information came from Golden Thunder Island, they could only swallow this bitter fruit.

They could only blame the beast tides of the past few hundred years, which mostly only spread to the Coral Alliance and the Chilan Sect, and never reached Nine Dragon Island.

And this time, the target of the Jiaolong Clan was Nine Dragon Island!

They could only pray that the main island of Nine Dragon Island would react as soon as possible and organize a counterattack!

Next, Nine Dragon Island brought out three fifth-rank grand Formations, which needed to be set up in advance!

And Tian Liu True Person also brought out a fifth-rank grand Formation!

Although these grand Formations were not as good as the Immovable Black Tortoise Formation, combined, they were enough to greatly increase the Tianxiang Island's chances of winning!

After the Formations were brought out, Tian Liu True Person quickly arranged their deployment and planned their locations.

After the planning, the respective defense zones were adjusted again. Lin Shiming's Rising Sun Island's defense line would shrink, and the remaining defense lines would be handled by Tianliu Island and the three islands of Nine Dragons.

And Rising Sun Island would provide the consumption of Spirit Talismans, Spirit Pills, and Magical Artifacts for this time!

Although Real Person Hongye suffered a bit of a loss, after all, these other islands came to provide support.

And White Dragon Island suffered the most, losing an Immortal and a Yao King!

After everything was arranged, everyone left one by one.

After Lin Shiming left, he did not return to Purple Jade Mountain, but waited on the first floor of the Lin Family Restaurant.

After about half an incense stick of time, a voice transmission appeared in his ear.

Lin Shiming also went up to the fifth floor again and came to Real Person Kuangfeng's room:

"Young Friend Lin, it seems you still want the Core Formation Pill!" Real Person Kuangfeng's table was already set with Spirit Cuisine. He squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Shiming with a smile.

Lin Shiming was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This time, he wasn't here for Immortal Yulin, nor was he here for the Core Formation Pill.

"Senior Zhao misunderstood, this Junior specifically came to thank Senior!"

"Adding the previous time, Senior has helped this Junior twice already!"

"No need for that, it's still once, but you owe Tian Liu once!" Real Person Kuangfeng picked up a piece of Spirit Cuisine with his chopsticks, still squinting and smiling.

He still didn't play by the rules, making him unpredictable.

Real Person Kuangfeng waved his hand, inviting Lin Shiming to sit opposite him.

Lin Shiming was a little stunned by this but still nodded.

The Dao Protector statement was made by Tian Liu True Person, so owing Tian Liu True Person a favor was the same.

"Try this Dragon Seeking Cuisine. Even I haven't made this dish in a long time!" Real Person Kuangfeng continued to introduce.

Lin Shiming couldn't help but look at it. He saw the lustrous Jiaolong meat placed in front of him, with a rich Spiritual Qi floating on the surface, turning into hot steam and rising.

Unlike the Spirit Cuisine at previous banquets, not a single trace of Spiritual Qi was lost.

Lin Shiming swallowed a mouthful, and the next moment, he felt that all the injuries on his Physical Body had recovered a little.

In this Spirit Cuisine, not only was the Spiritual Qi abundant, but it was also full of vital essence.

It could be completely called a top-grade fourth-rank Spirit Cuisine!

"Senior Zhao's culinary skills are truly the best in the world!"

"Are there none even in the Seven Kingdoms of the Eastern Region?" Real Person Kuangfeng looked up and asked back.

Lin Shiming immediately smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, Real Person Kuangfeng had already seen through him.

Since he even mentioned the Seven Kingdoms, Lin Shiming naturally knew that any further explanation would be useless, so he frankly nodded.

"Senior Zhao is truly knowledgeable, this Junior admires you!"

"No need for admiration. I can frankly tell you that the South Sea, Western Desert, and Northern Plains are all eyeing the Eastern Region. It's just that the Teleportation Arrays have been lost, but the Six Great Sects definitely have Teleportation Arrays leading to the Eastern Region!"

"You need to know that the Eastern Region is located in the very center, yet it has the fewest Golden Core Cultivators. Do you know why?"

"Because the Eastern Region has an Innate Spirit Treasure that absorbs the world's Spiritual Qi and also prevents the birth of Nascent Soul Cultivators in this world!"

"That is a treasure coveted even by Soul Transformation Cultivators!" Real Person Kuangfeng's words shocked Lin Shiming to the extreme.

"Currently, all Sects haven't gone to the Eastern Region because the Eastern Region has the greatest impact on Cultivators!"

"And once the Cloud Palace ruins appear, countless Golden Core Cultivators will head to the Eastern Region!" Real Person Kuangfeng's words completely stunned Lin Shiming, who remained motionless for a long time!