Chapter 178 Foundation Building Team

A day later, Chu Ning appeared on Qianhuan Island. He was well prepared and his expression was calm.

Two days ago, he heard Cheng Zuyuan say that the outside world was saying that the Qiandao League had blocked the passage in and out of Qianhu Qiandao.

And they intended to organize the foundation-building monks of Qianhu Qiandao to eliminate the "robbers". Chu Ning sighed in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, I'm afraid that the robbers were fake, and the search for Song Li was real.

Chu Ning didn't really care what the Qiandao League was planning. What he really cared about was.

In this case, it might be just as Cheng Zuyuan said.

He couldn't stay out of it.

Sure enough, someone came to summon Chu Ning to Qianhuan Island.

Although the words were polite, the Qiandao Order that came was that those who claimed not to participate in the cleanup would be regarded as accomplices and be eliminated.

No matter how reluctant Chu Ning was, he had to show up.

After Chu Ning was called, he formed a small team with the other eight foundation-building monks.

At this moment, two foundation-building monks from the Thousand Islands Alliance were waiting to lead everyone to search.

There were not many foundation-building monks in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, but not too few. There were only about a hundred of them.

They were all familiar with each other, so everyone was a little surprised and surprised to see Chu Ning.

"Fellow Daoist Chu showed his prowess in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands a few years ago. Now he has successfully built his foundation at such a young age. It is really enviable."

The one who spoke at this moment was a foundation-building monk in his early 40s or 50s with a round face.

Chu Ning recognized that the other person was an island owner named Zou Huiqing.

I heard in the morning that this person had entered the early stage of foundation building for a long time and was close to reaching the middle stage of foundation building.

Chu Ning immediately waved his hand and said:

"Island Master Zou is polite. Chu looks young only because of the practice of the exercises. In fact, he is not young anymore.

Calculated, he may not be much older than Island Master Zou."

Hearing Chu Ning say this, everyone present had a little more expression of "I see".

There is a clear difference between a forty-year-old foundation-building cultivator and a twenty-year-old foundation-building cultivator.

They more or less guessed that Chu Ning had concealed his cultivation level before, and since he said he was not young, everyone naturally paid less attention to Chu Ning.

Chu Ning was naturally happy about this.

While the few people were chatting, two foundation-building cultivators, one old and one young, appeared.

"It turns out that our group is led by fellow Daoist Wen and fellow Daoist Chen..."

As soon as the two came out, Zou Huiqing immediately greeted them very familiarly.

Then he introduced them to everyone naturally.

The older one, who was about fifty years old and had a goatee, was the island master of Sifang Island, Wen Linghua.

This island is ranked in the top ten islands, and this person is a mid-stage foundation-building cultivator.

As soon as he appeared, everyone's faces naturally became more serious.

And when Zou Huiqing introduced another young cultivator with handsome features and a lot of arrogance between his eyebrows, everyone's expressions became more and more rich.

"This is Fellow Daoist Chen Xinming, a rare cultivation genius in our Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands. He has successfully established his foundation at the age of 26..."

Chen Xinming, most of the people present have naturally heard of this name.

Including Chu Ning.

The other party is the son of the current head of the Chen family, and is known as the genius of the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands second only to Cen Zijin.

And Chu Ning heard this person's name from Cen Zijin.

At the beginning, Cen Wenquan intended to match Cen Zijin with Chen Xinming.

"Oh, it turns out to be Fellow Daoist Chen!"

"I have heard of Fellow Daoist Chen's great name for a long time. I heard that Fellow Daoist was in seclusion to establish his foundation a few days ago. I didn't expect that he would succeed in establishing his foundation so quickly."

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Several foundation-building cultivators were talking to Chen Xinming one after another.

Obviously, foundation-building cultivators in their twenties are undoubtedly extremely rare in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands.

Chen Xinming responded to everyone one by one, but his eyes inadvertently fell on Chu Ning, and his eyes flickered slightly.

"Thank you, fellow Taoists. I think this fellow Taoist is a few years younger than me."

Before Chu Ning spoke, Zou Huiqing immediately said:

"Fellow Taoist Chu has just explained to us that he is practicing martial arts. Fellow Taoist Chu is the same age as us..."

Hearing that Zou Huiqing had already explained it for him, Chu Ning stopped talking.

Chen Xinming showed an expression of "I see", and his expression could not help but be a little arrogant.

Without saying anything to Chu Ning, Chen Xinming talked to everyone for a few words, and then turned to Wen Linghua and said:

"Uncle Wen, are we about to set off?"

Wen Linghua is a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building, but when he heard Chen Xinming's words, he immediately nodded and agreed:

"Xinming is right, let's go."

Everyone was not surprised by this. The Sifang Island where Wen Linghua was originally had a close relationship with the Chen family, and he was considered to follow the Chen family's lead.

It was natural that they were polite to Chen Xinming.

The group immediately set out from Qianhuan Island.

"Our team is heading to the islands of Pinghu Island, Qixing Island, Baini Island, and Shuangyue Island."

On the way, Wen Linghua talked to everyone about the general arrangement.

After arriving at Baini Island, each person was given a small device that could send signals.

"We will enter the island in two teams. If we encounter thieves, we will send a signal immediately and the other team will support us immediately."

Wen Linghua paused when he said this, and then looked at everyone meaningfully.

"It is said that the ancestor of the Song family, Song Li, has gone berserk because of a change in his family, and has killed many cultivators on several islands.

This person is in the late stage of foundation building. If you encounter this person, you must be careful, treat him as a thief, and send a signal for help as soon as possible."

When Wen Linghua said this, everyone's expression suddenly became subtle.

No one is stupid, and obviously everyone heard the meaning of this.

However, no one will really say it.

So, Wen Linghua led one team and Chen Xinming led another team, and they separated after entering the island.

When assigning, they also took into account the cultivation of everyone.

Chu Ning, who had just established his foundation not long ago, was assigned to Wen Linghua's team.

And Chen Xinming led a few cultivators who had been in the foundation building for a little longer.

The two teams searched this Baini Island for a whole day, but did not find anything.

So, everyone rushed to the next Shuangyue Island.

For several consecutive days, everyone searched one island after another, but did not find anything.

On the ninth day, everyone entered Pinghu Island.

"Uncle Wen, it's too slow to search with a team of five."

As soon as they entered Pinghu Island, Chen Xinming immediately said:

"The spiritual awareness in Pinghu Island is limited, and the search is even slower. Why not split up a little bit, how about a team of two."

Wen Linghua's expression became a little hesitant after hearing this.

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous for two people to go together? What if we really run into Song Li, who is a late-stage foundation-building cultivator..."

"Uncle Wen, don't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige."

Chen Xinming smiled at this time.

"In this Pinghu Island, the spiritual consciousness is limited. Even the use of spiritual consciousness by cultivators in the late stage of foundation building will be affected.

The main thing in the competition is still mana. If two people work together, even if they really encounter each other, they can resist for a short time. This time is enough to send a signal for everyone to arrive."

Zou Huiqing, who was standing aside, smiled and said to Wen Linghua:

"Daoyou Wen, I think Daoyou Chen is right.

When we search, we should not be too far apart. This Pinghu Island is already large. If we really have to search slowly in a team of five, I am afraid it will take a few days to search it all."

Wen Linghua thought about it and shook his head:

"It is still too dangerous to search in groups of two.

So, we will be divided into three groups. Xinming, you will be with Daoyou Zou, Daoyou Chu and Daoyou Zhang. There will be more people to take care of each other."

Zou Huiqing is the strongest person among the few people except Wen Linghua. The other cultivator named Zhang Lu should be second only to Zou Huiqing.

Then, Chu Ning and Chen Xinming, two cultivators who had just established their foundation, were assigned to this group. It was obvious that Wen Linghua was taking care of them so that this small group would not be too weak.

When Chen Xinming heard this, although he showed a hint of noncommittal on his face, he did not object.

He had no objection, so it was naturally inconvenient for the others to express their opinions.

So, Wen Linghua took another two people to form a team.

Then he formed a team with the remaining three people, and everyone dispersed and walked towards the depths of Pinghu Island.

Gradually, they entered the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest.

Chu Ning had been to Pinghu Island once with Cen Zijin before, and had a battle with two cultivators here.

He had long understood the strange phenomenon of the influence of spiritual consciousness on Pinghu Island, but at that time he had not yet established his foundation and his spiritual consciousness was much weaker.

And now, his spiritual consciousness can be projected out for six hundred feet under normal circumstances.

Inevitably, he also had the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Chu Ning slowed down by two steps and landed at the end. His spiritual sense was quietly released to the back of the crowd from time to time.

"When I first entered the island, the range of my spiritual sense was weakened by about 60%. Now that I have gone deeper, it has been weakened to only 40%."

Chu Ning muttered to himself. If he really wanted to go deeper into the meteorite forest, he felt that it would be good if the range could be released to 10%.

Thinking of this, Chu Ning immediately retracted his spiritual sense.

The spiritual sense in this place is consumed very quickly, so he has to use it slowly.

Anyway, there are several people here, so he doesn't need to investigate anything specifically.

However, while retracting his spiritual sense, his people also walked forward inadvertently.

He returned to the middle position, which was slightly ahead of Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu looked about the same age as Zou Huiqing, but he was a little shorter.

He saw Chu Ning's actions and didn't say much. There was a bit of disapproval in his eyes.

It has been nearly a day since I entered the island, and I have not found anything at all. What's the difference between walking in the team and behind the team?

In fact, no trace of anyone was found for several consecutive days. Everyone thought that Song Li might have left Qianhu Qiandao by some other means.

Zou Huiqing smiled and said to Chen Xinming at this time:

"This Pinghu Island is not suitable for cultivators to stay for a long time. Going forward through the Wanzhu Forest is the Iron Meteorite Forest.

I went there once not long after I established my foundation. Staying there for a long time consumes more spiritual consciousness. Even if there are thieves, they will not be willing to stay in such a place.

Daoyou Chen and Daoyou Chu have just established their foundations. Why don't we not go deep there first?"

After listening to this, Chen Xinming said with some disapproval:

"That may not be the case. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Maybe he is really hiding there."

As he spoke, Chen Xinming actually quickened his pace.

Seeing this, Zou Huiqing shook his head and followed.

And Chu Ning and the others could only follow.