523: The three swords are unsheathed and gathered in the coral (two-in-one, please give me a monthly ticket and subscribe)

On Shuangmu Island, Lin Shiming once again enjoyed a rare moment of tranquility.

During the day, on Thousand Wood Peak, he would gaze at the peach blossoms, accompanied by little Ze Ying, and sip spirit tea.

At sunrise, he would watch the nascent sun rise from the Peak, and whenever this happened, it was as if a wisp of purple Qi came from the east and entered Ze Ying’s body.

This peculiar phenomenon could only be attributed to his Purple Sun Spirit Body.

There was no such anomaly at sunset, but Lin Shiming would still take Ze Ying to watch the surging tides.

The little one would giggle every time he saw the waves crash against the reefs, waving his hands excitedly.

Unlike Lin Shiming’s leisure, the Lin Family, from top to bottom, was extremely busy. Currently, the Family prohibited all clansmen from entering secluded cultivation, except for those who had truly met the conditions for enlightenment.

All Cultivators had to be on standby on Shuangmu Island, Jiuyue Island, and Tianxiang Island, ready to resist enemies at any time.

Formation Masters continuously began constructing Teleportation Arrays, while Alchemists, Artifact Refiners, and Spirit Puppet Masters constantly refined Magical Artifacts and Spirit Puppet reserves for wartime.

The Family’s cultivated Water Spirit Shell, Spirit Tortoise, and Blood Crocodile groups had now almost all been transferred to the Family’s secret Small World.

In addition to the changes among the Family’s Cultivators,

the Spiritual Qi flowing through the North Sword Pavilion also became increasingly dense, with anomalies appearing every moment.

Lin Hou now almost exclusively guarded the North Sword Pavilion, having deliberately added several more Formations there.

Ever since obtaining the Formation Legacy from Tai Bai Sword Palace, his Formation cultivation had once again advanced significantly.

However, even so, the Sword Qi that frequently broke through would rush into the sky, causing bursts of anomalies.

Lin Hou could only smile wryly.

Unlike the inanimate sword carving stones, these Spirit Communication Swords, transforming into Spirit Cultivators, were almost completely solidifying the dormant Sword Intent within their Magical Artifacts.

The reason Spirit Cultivators are Spirit Cultivators is that they have discarded the flaw of Magical Artifacts needing a Cultivator to input True Essence.

They can absorb True Essence themselves, and the Sword Intent will continue to reside within the sword.

Instead of only being able to be activated when True Essence is inputted... Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, the scorching sun was particularly harsh. The lotus pond on Green Lotus Lake was a vibrant green, with large lotus leaves reaching three feet high and a foot wide. The lotus flowers, unlike the reserved peach blossoms, bloomed with exceptional brilliance.

Several red Red Spirit Fish leisurely swam beneath the lotus flowers.

If one looked closely, they would see that these Red Spirit Fish beneath the lotus flowers had already begun to grow two long Dragon whiskers, and their physique and Spiritual Qi were quite extraordinary.

As the Qinglian Peak Spiritual Vein became a fifth-tier Spiritual Vein, this Green Lotus Pond naturally transformed into a fifth-tier lotus pond, and most of the lotus leaves had advanced to High Grade fourth-tier Green Lotuses.

The Spirit Fish were also Dragon Fish recently cultivated by the Lin Family through Bloodline Restoration.

Lin Xianzhi and Lin Shiming, after a long absence, were playing chess, just as they had a hundred years ago on Fangmu Mountain in the Eastern Region, the two of them in a game.

Lin Shiming was still the attacking black, and Lin Xianzhi was still the defending white.

Lin Shitao, beside them, quietly held a baby.

At this moment, Ze Ying was also uncharacteristically quiet, as if he too understood the game of chess.

Just then, a streak of light flashed in the distance.

It landed in Lin Shiming’s hand.

“Seventh Grand Uncle, I’m going to Coral Island!” Lin Shiming glanced over, and the information in the transmission talisman was already clear.

Half a month had actually been a significant delay.

But the Coral Alliance was, after all, just an Alliance.

Lin Shiming couldn’t expect them to gather at least a dozen Golden Cores and head towards Golden Thunder Island the very next day!

And for this assault on Golden Thunder Island, Lin Shiming still needed to see which Cultivators would be leading this time.

“Be extra careful!” Lin Xianzhi also nodded, not making a move.

He then used a Jade Slip to fix the chessboard.

“We’ll play again when you return. You can’t cheat an old man in this game!” Lin Xianzhi couldn’t help but say.

At these words, Lin Shiming also smiled wryly, but his heart was still touched.

“You don’t need to worry about the Family here. I will guard the foundation for you. Ze Ying will be arranged into the Small World immediately, and the Small World will be completely closed two days later…” Although Lin Xianzhi hadn’t managed the Lin Family’s affairs for a long time.

But at this moment, he spoke of everything as if enumerating his Family’s treasures.

Just as on the chessboard, Lin Shiming was the attacking piece, and Lin Xianzhi was the defending piece.

He had been like this since Foundation Establishment, and now he was happy to continue!

“Shitao, wait for me!” Lin Shiming looked at Lin Shitao, embracing her for a moment, then took out a Storage Pouch and handed the Early Stage Golden Core Spirit Puppet to Lin Shitao.

Afterward, he also headed towards the North Sword Pavilion.

At this moment, sword cries emanated from the North Sword Pavilion daily.

At its Peak, the sword cries transformed into ocean waves, and the Sword Cultivators on Shuangmu Island would find their Magical Swords trembling.

As if also responding.

Lin Shiming arrived at the North Sword Pavilion and saw that on the sword carving stone within the Sword Pavilion, five Spirit Communication Swords shone with extreme brilliance!

Among them, the Autumn Blood Sword’s fluctuations were the most intense, as if its half-severed blade was about to fully restore itself.

The fluctuations it emitted were also extremely astonishing.

The other Spirit Swords, except for the minglun sword, had all reached the fifth-tier level.

Sword Intent surged, and long rainbows of Spiritual Qi appeared in the sky, one after another, somewhat resembling the anomaly of a Purple Mansion Cultivator breaking through to Golden Core.

This was also the result of the Lin Family having five fifth-tier Spiritual Veins!

Otherwise, one or two Spiritual Veins would simply be unable to support such a massive absorption.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, you’ll have to wait a moment. Also, Autumn Blood and minglun might need a bit more time!” The Yan Yang Sword was the most relaxed at this moment, descending from the sword carving stone.

While everyone else was cultivating, it was just practicing, so it was quite leisurely.

It also understood the process of cultivation the most.

The Autumn Blood Sword required more time because its transformation was too powerful.

The minglun sword, on the other hand, had not been cultivating as long as the other three swords.

Lin Shiming could roughly see this point.

Soon, with Lin Shiming’s arrival, the Ying Feng Sword was the first to descend with dazzling Spirit Light, finally calming down and falling from the air.

“The feeling of being a Spirit Cultivator is truly wonderful. Fellow Daoist Lin, do you need a few of us to help today?” The Ying Feng Sword said with emotion. It had roughly completed its transformation. Although it couldn’t unleash the Peak strength of a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, reaching sixty to seventy percent, or the strength of a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator, was no problem.

The potential of the Flood Dragon as a vessel was even greater than they had imagined.

Therefore, it also wanted to test if its Sword Intent was still as sharp as it once was.

“Indeed, I need a few Seniors!” Lin Shiming did not refuse.

This trip might not be so simple.

Both Crazy Wind Immortal Master and Tian Liu True Person were not very optimistic!

But they both had reasons they couldn’t leave, and so did Lin Shiming.

When they were in the Eastern Region, the Lin Family’s influence wasn’t so vast, allowing for a complete withdrawal at will.

Now, the Lin Family had spread across most of the Coral Sea Area, with penetration into other large sea areas as well.

There was no way to retreat.

Moreover, if Golden Thunder Immortal Master came to power, or even achieved Nascent Soul, then unless Lin Shiming also broke through to Nascent Soul in the Small Secret Realm, he wouldn’t be able to hide for long.

The few Spirit Communication Swords were his biggest trump card this time.

The Book of Hidden Paths would also provide a surprise for the other Golden Core True Persons.

It was just a pity that the Myriad Beast Banner and the fifth-tier war treasure ship had not yet been successfully refined, otherwise his confidence would be greatly increased.

After the Ying Feng Sword, the Fei Fu Sword and the Lei Ming Sword descended one after another.

All three swords, like the Yan Yang Sword, transformed into an unadorned, ancient appearance.

Lin Shiming put away the four swords, then, worried that the Autumn Blood Sword and the minglun sword might not understand, he left another Jade Slip, instructing them to look after the island when the time came.

Currently, Lin Shiming had only left Lin Shitao with an Early Stage fifth-tier Spirit Puppet; the rest depended on Real Person Jiuxiao and the two swords remaining in the North Sword Pavilion.

However, he guessed that before anything happened to the Coral Alliance, the probability of something happening to Shuangmu Island was very small.

Even if something did happen, he could rush back immediately.

After leaving the Jade Slip for the North Sword Pavilion, Lin Shiming repeated the process, leaving a transmission Jade Slip for Real Person Jiuxiao.

After doing all this, he headed towards the Teleportation Array.

At this moment, the Teleportation Array on Shuangmu Island was constantly operating. Many Cultivators could be seen heading in all directions and returning from all directions.

Every Cultivator’s face was filled with a serious expression, and upon seeing Lin Shiming approach, they all bowed in greeting.

Lin Shiming responded to each of them.

And before entering the Teleportation Array, a palm-sized sword talisman appeared in Lin Shiming’s hand.

The sword talisman at this moment emitted a faint Spirit Light and a hint of Sword Dao aura. It was precisely the sword talisman that Heavenly Sword Immortal Master had given him earlier.

Through the sword talisman, Lin Shiming could temporarily contact Heavenly Sword Immortal Master. Since True Person Liuhe and Real Person Tianmo had appeared in the South Sea, then Heavenly Sword Immortal Master and the other Immortal Masters launching a surprise attack on Chu Country in the Eastern Region was an excellent opportunity... In the Eastern Region, an underground palace.

Heavenly Sword Immortal Master and Profound Sword Immortal Master were gathered there at this moment.

A banquet was underway, and both of them were somewhat anxious. Facing them were their old friends, Divine Talisman True Person and Heavenly Beast Zhenren.

Back then, when the Qingxuan Sect was powerful in Zhao Country, the Spirit Beast Sect and Spirit Talisman Sect were relatively low-key.

Now that the Qingxuan Sect wanted to restore itself, it naturally needed to win over the former Spirit Talisman Sect and Spirit Beast Sect.

Even if negotiations failed, they still needed to win them over to allow passage.

Especially the Spirit Beast Sect, which now had the Eastern Region’s top Nascent Soul Cultivator, Nine Leaves Zhenren.

“With the two Late Golden Core Stage experts of the Heavenly Demon Sect currently absent, now is the best time to counterattack the Heavenly Demon Sect!” Heavenly Sword Immortal Master took out a sword talisman and showed it to the others.

In the Jade Talisman, the scene of Real Person Tianmo appearing in the South Sea was transmitted at this moment.

Immediately, everyone’s eyes lit up!

They were all aware of True Person Sanghun’s Breakthrough in Heavenly Devil Valley.

This was indeed an excellent opportunity.

In their memory, Real Person Tianmo rarely acted alone, so the probability of True Person Liuhe being present was also very high... Coral Island, as the Teleportation Array lit up, Lin Shiming arrived for the first time at the largest island of the Coral Alliance, Coral Island.

As his Divine Sense spread out, a massive teleportation base appeared before him. There were nearly eighty Teleportation Arrays here.

Most of them were lit, while a few were dim.

Looking down from the sky, one might even feel that these Teleportation Arrays resembled stars.

And Coral Island’s area was five times that of Hongye Island, and its Spiritual Qi level even shocked Lin Shiming.

That feeling of being able to sense the Spiritual Qi pulsating around him.

Lin Shiming had only one thought: Coral Island had a sixth-tier Spiritual Vein.

“Junior Brother Lin, is this your first time on Coral Island?” Real Person Hongye beside him spoke with some surprise at this moment.

Tianxiang Island did not have a direct Teleportation Array to Coral Island, so Lin Shiming had transferred from Hongye Island to Coral Island.

He simply went with Real Person Hongye.

“Indeed, it’s my first time. Coral Island truly lives up to its name as the largest island in Coral!” Lin Shiming nodded.

Besides its large area, Coral Island also had more than a dozen small islands guarding it.

Among these small islands, none were smaller than the Lin Family’s Tianxiang Island.

And on the island, there was also a mountain range similar to the Qingyun Mountain Range in the Eastern Region, truly magnificent.

“Seniors, Real Person Yunli is already waiting for you at the Council Great Hall!” A Purple Mansion female Cultivator also walked over from the side.

The Purple Mansion female Cultivator wore a coral-red robe, appearing exceptionally vibrant.

Her appearance was also stunningly beautiful.

And beside the female Cultivator, many other Purple Mansion female Cultivators in similar attire could be seen.

“Let’s go. You need to follow the guidance to exit this Teleportation Array, otherwise you’ll fall into a fifth-tier illusion Formation!” Real Person Hongye also introduced.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiming was also somewhat surprised. He released his Divine Sense and checked again before sensing a familiar scent.

This Formation base and Formation were clearly Formations connected by Illusion Heart Stones!

Within this Teleportation Array cluster, there was an Illusion Heart Stone that created a fifth-tier illusion Formation.

Therefore, even if ill-intentioned Cultivators teleported to Coral Island, they might be drawn into the illusion Formation within this Teleportation Array cluster and unable to leave.

Instead, they would be caught like a turtle in a jar by Coral Island.

At this moment, as the Teleportation Arrays continuously lit up, the figures of Real Person Qianji and True Person Yutong also appeared on several Teleportation Arrays behind them, which made Lin Shiming and Real Person Hongye pause.

After waiting for a while, they all followed the female Cultivator towards the Council Great Hall.

From the teleportation base to the Council Great Hall, they also took a Teleportation Array. This scene made Lin Shiming sigh with emotion, realizing that large islands were indeed different.

Even on the island itself, Teleportation Arrays were needed.

The Council Great Hall was also very large and adorned with many statues. Among the twelve statues were the twelve earliest island masters who signed the Coral Alliance treaty.

The first Coral Alliance meeting was also held in this square back then.

At this moment, Real Person Yunli once again acted as the greeter, welcoming the guests from afar at the entrance to the square!

When Lin Shiming entered the venue, he found that more than a dozen Golden Core True Persons had already arrived.

Tian Liu True Person was also among them.

And as the initiator of this event, the head of Coral Island, was also a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, Crimson Coral Immortal Master.

She was also a female Cultivator.

This scene was something Lin Shiming hadn’t expected.

Real Person Hongye, however, advanced very familiarly, seemingly very acquainted with Crimson Coral Immortal Master.

The two had much to talk about, while Lin Shiming’s attention was drawn to the side, eventually settling on the sea map at the very center.

Above the sea map, bursts of red Spirit Light flickered.

Lin Shiming was not unfamiliar with this Spirit Light; Jiuyue Island had a slightly smaller version.

That was also projected by the Heaven Gate Spirit Lock Formation.

From the looks of it, there was an even larger Heaven Gate Spirit Lock Formation near Coral Island!

No wonder Crimson Coral Immortal Master was confident in breaking through on Coral Island; it had a fifth-tier illusion Formation and a fifth-tier Heaven Gate Spirit Lock Formation!

And with a sixth-tier Spiritual Vein, Lin Shiming found it hard to imagine what power could break through Coral Island.