I am a dead man, why should fairies die for me?

Knowing that Fang Ling probably wouldn't react at all, Ning Ziwan stopped talking. She had already anticipated the situation before deciding to do this.

It doesn't matter, at least those two annoying women are finally gone.

The corners of her mouth raised slightly. She revisited her old place, but she didn't know how much it had changed.

Soon, Fang Ling found a stockade in front of him. The stockade was not small in size, the gate was closed, and four people were on guard on the high platform next to the gate.

Fang Ling continued walking towards the village. Naturally, he wanted to find someone to find out about the general situation on the island, otherwise he wouldn't even know how to leave.

As for Ning Ziwan, she has disappeared.

But before he could get closer, the four people at the gate of the village shouted with vigilance: "If you come here again, we will do it directly!"

Fang Ling frowned secretly. The people on this island seemed to be particularly wary of strangers.

Fang Ling chose to stop and said, "I don't mean any harm, I just want to ask something."

But the four people still said in an aggressive tone: "Which village are you from? You are so unruly. If you want to trade, don't you even bring Luo Ling?"

Fang Ling explained calmly: "I entered this place by mistake, and I don't know anything about it yet."

The four guards seemed to communicate with each other for a few words, and then their attitude became friendly and said: "It turns out that this is your first time here. We have misunderstood. Come in."

As the door slowly opened, Fang Ling narrowed his eyes, but did not hesitate and chose to walk in.

The inside of the village is normal, there are no special buildings, it is no different from the villages in the world. There are even many children wearing coarse clothes chasing each other and playing.

After seeing Fang Ling, they all cast curious glances.

But the adults looked wary, as if they had seen some ferocious beast, and took the children away directly.

Soon a man came to Fang Ling. He was one of the four guards. He was tall, with bronze skin and a resolute face. He cupped his fists and said, "Sorry, the relationship between the villages on this island is not harmonious. , that’s why we are so careful.”

Fang Ling didn't care and nodded, "Do the people here live in the village?"

The man explained: "Most of them are, but there are also some who survive in the wild. They are generally sinners who were exiled from various villages. By the way, how did this brother come to this island?"

Fang Ling said with a normal expression: "I originally went out to sea to hunt sea monsters, but I was attacked by a herd of beasts. I was seriously injured and fell into a coma. When I woke up, I had arrived on this island and found that I couldn't seem to leave."

The man did not doubt it, and said suddenly: "I see, then what brother came here to ask must be how to leave here, right?"

Fang Ling nodded, "That's right."

The man sighed and said: "Give up. Once you enter this island, it is almost impossible to leave. You can only live here for generations."

Fang Ling frowned and said, "Are there no examples of people leaving?"

The man's eyes suddenly looked a little complicated, "Yes, yes, but it's too harsh. No one knows whether it's successful or not. After you get out, you'll be dead or alive."

"Brother, there is no need to worry. Even if you can't leave, living here is not difficult. I will take you to meet the elders first. They know more and should be able to answer all your doubts. Then you can decide whether to go or not. Stay, it’s rare for new people to come to the island, so our village still welcomes you to stay.”

Fang Ling's heart moved and he asked: "Elder?"

The man smiled and said: "As for the adults who are usually in charge, the other villages are similar, and there is no such thing as the position of village leader."

Fang Ling continued to ask: "What are the cultivation levels of the elders?"

The man shook his head, with a hint of awe in his tone unconsciously, "I don't know about that. Anyway, the strength of each elder is unfathomable."

Fangling changed the question, "How many villages are there on the island?"

The man seemed to know everything and said proudly: "There are thirteen villages in total. In terms of overall strength, our Yang Family Village can be ranked fourth!"

"Really great."

The man laughed and said, "This is natural. As long as you join our village and go hunting later, the people who keep other villages will not dare to steal your prey."

"hunt?"

"It's just... cough, you'll know later." The man seemed to realize that he had said too much, and quickly changed the topic, "By the way, I haven't asked my brother's name yet."

Fang Ning suddenly stopped, shook his head and said, "There's no need to ask for your name, because I'm ready to leave."

The man's face suddenly turned cold, "Let's go? Where are we going?"

Fang Ling said calmly: "What? Are you planning to keep me by force? Or are you finally giving up on pretending?"

"This is not a place where you can come or leave whenever you want!"

The man suddenly raised his hand and punched him with a fierce momentum. Fang Ling used the power of space to directly avoid it.

It was clear that the man only had the aura of the Purple Embryo Realm, but Fang Ling still chose to retreat, because what he was operating... was not spiritual power.

Although each monk chooses different avenues, techniques, and magical powers, without exception, they all require spiritual power to continue practicing.

Instead of cultivating without spiritual power, Fang Ling remembered that he had read in an ancient book that those people were collectively called...evil cultivators.

Chapter 188 Price

In fact, when Fang Ling first entered the village, he had already sensed an unusual aura from the people in the village, and he had already sensed that someone was hiding in the dark and quietly peeping.

This man didn't take him to find any elder at all, but to delay time. When everyone arrived, he probably gave an order to arrest Fang Ling directly.

But in order to obtain the information he wanted, Fang Ling could only decide to take a risk. He did find out a lot of useful information. The only thing he didn't expect was that the man in front of him turned out to be an evil cultivator. And as expected, Everyone in this village is an evil cultivator, even...even the entire island.

Although demonic cultivators have a bad reputation, not all demonic cultivators are outright evil people. More often than not, they just have different rules of conduct. Otherwise, Shenquanzhou would not have demonic cultivators everywhere. Goodness and demons are two types of people that have existed since ancient times. a position.

Only evil cultivators have been suppressed since their emergence, and were even suppressed to extinction tens of thousands of years ago. It is difficult to see the existence of an evil cultivator.

As a result, there are so many evil cultivators on this island, which is definitely not normal.

But now is not the time to think about this, because the people who have been hiding around them have finally appeared. There are more than a hundred people in total, and they have all kinds of auras, but without exception, what is running in their bodies is not spiritual energy.

That power is not clearly recorded in the ancient books, and it is very taboo. It is only said that it is very dangerous and strange, and must not be contaminated.

Those people's eyes were cold, and when they looked at Fang Ling, they seemed to be looking at a dead person.

It was completely consistent with the pure malice Fang Ling felt in that haze.

Fang Ling knew that he would never be a match for these people, and he had no intention of fighting.

While they are still unprepared, they can use the power of space to leave. Although they can only teleport ten meters at a time, they can teleport continuously.

Without hesitation, Fang Ling had already begun to activate the power of space.

The man closest to Fang Ling was the man with a fierce expression. He suddenly reached out and pulled out one of his teeth, and then threw it directly towards Fang Ling. The teeth turned into a flaming sword in the air. Ling actually felt a threat from it.

But Fang Ling still used space teleportation to avoid him.

However, the group of people around them also began to pluck out various parts of their bodies, including hair, eyes, ears, tongues, fingers... turned into various strange magic weapons, and swarmed towards Fang Ling.

Fang Ling's expression was solemn and his heart was extremely calm. He could just avoid danger every time he teleported. He quickly arrived at the gate and could rush out in a flash.

But at this moment, an old man with a cane in the crowd stared at Fang Ling's back and gently tapped the ground with his cane. An invisible force spread instantly, and everyone around him turned away from the old man with fear on their faces. .

At the same time, Fang Ling seemed to be hit by something. His body swayed and he almost fell, but he still managed to stabilize himself and teleported out.

The people around him wanted to chase him, but the old man said slowly: "There is no need to chase him. I didn't expect him to be able to master the way of space. If he can escape, just run away. He has been affected by my witchcraft and will not live long."

The old man then said in a cold voice: "Hmph, you are still pretending to be an outsider, and you are pretending to be decent. There are no unknown outsiders on this island, and I don't know which village sent the craftsman here." , the method is so stupid.”

The man stepped forward and asked respectfully: "Elder, do you want to send someone to search his body?"

The old man shook his head, "No need, even if he survives by chance, it has nothing to do with us."

"Yes."

……

Fang Ling endured the abnormality in his body and stopped teleporting only after he was a thousand meters away from the village. As soon as he stopped, he spit out a stream of black blood uncontrollably, and the blood actually eroded the land he touched.

This power is very strange. If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be... pollution.

The essence, blood and spiritual power in the body are slowly being polluted. Once completely polluted, death will not be far away if nothing unexpected happens.

Fang Ling sat cross-legged and began to perform the Taishang Qingxin Jue.

The whole body was immediately surrounded by a sense of righteousness.

As the top mental method of Taoism, Taishang Qingxin Jue does have an immediate effect, but it only slows down the speed of pollution, not completely eradicates it.

This aura... reminded Fang Ling of Ji Siwan's secret technique, and the evil heart that Lu Gui finally took out from his body. In fact, when he finally left that space, that heart was destroyed by Fang Ling. Ling used the power of space to collect it.

But these three forces are just like, not exactly the same.

Ning Ziwan walked slowly from the front and said softly: "I can help you."

Fang Ling turned a deaf ear, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.

Ning Ziyuan just stood aside silently, with complicated eyes.

But after two incense sticks passed, Fang Ling's face became weaker and weaker to the naked eye. Ning Ziyuan could only speak out again: "The power here is extraordinary, you can't handle it. I know you hate me, you It’s hard to like my nature, but you just think I’m Lu Shang now, I just don’t want anything to happen to you.”

Fang Ling said coldly: "No need."

Ning Ziyuan suppressed the anger in her heart and used her magical power. Her demeanor changed instantly. She reached out to grab Fang Ling's arm and said anxiously: "Will you just listen to me now? As long as you let me heal your injuries, you will be treated as such." It’s okay to drive me away later, I won’t harm you.”

Although she had said before that she would never let Lu Shangshang "appear" again, she now knew that only Lu Shangshang could persuade Fang Ling.

Fang Ling opened his eyes and paused, "Just think that I owe you a favor..."

"...I don't need your favor."

Lu Shangshang took a deep breath, sat cross-legged opposite Fangling, and silently recited a spell. Suddenly, the aura of Lu Shangshang became very similar to the aura of those in the village.

Then she gently touched Fang Ling's forehead with a finger, and with a flash of light, the "pollution" power in Fang Ling's body dissipated completely.

It looks very easy.

But Fang Ling felt that the aura on Lu Shangshang's body had weakened a lot.

Very familiar... just like when Lu Shangshang was overdrawing his vitality in Youdu.

But soon, Lu Shangshang swallowed a pill, and his aura quickly returned to normal.

Lu Shangshang breathed out a breath and took the initiative to explain: "All the power here has to be paid for if you want to use it. In the Yang family village just now, you need to sacrifice a part of your body in exchange for power. It is very simple and straightforward. In the village, Everyone can use it, so the overall strength of Yangjiazhai is not weak, but the upper limit is very low."

"As for me, it comes at the expense of lifespan. Although the cost is high, the power gained is also stronger."

"In order to hide my identity in Youdu, I couldn't use the power of the Soul Dao. At that time, in order to protect you, I used this power, so I overdrawn so many lifespans. Of course, my lifespan can also be restored. As a The Demonic Saintess has many rare treasures in this area, so you don’t have to worry... Of course, you won’t worry now.”

Speaking of the latter part, Lu Shangshang lowered his head with a lonely expression, his tone a bit self-deprecating.

Chapter 189 The Spirit

Fang Ling was indifferent to Lu Shangshang's last words. What she cared about was what she said before. If you want to gain power, you have to pay a corresponding price. This completely goes against the basic principles of practice. Practice requires one step at a time. Footprints, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the strength. This is an eternal truth.

Evil cultivators only need to pay a price to gain power directly... Where does this power come from?

Could this be the real reason why evil cultivators were suppressed to the point of almost extinction and became fearful of others?

Fang Ling stood up, and there was indeed nothing abnormal in his body at this moment.

Lu Shangshang also calmed down the emotions in her eyes. She understood that if she hadn't brought Fang Ling to this island, Fang Ling would not have been in danger at all.

Trying to use this to make Fang Ling moved was nothing more than a fool's dream. Saving Fang Ling now was actually what she should have done. She didn't take this so-called favor seriously.

But at least, maybe... it could make Lu Shangshang feel a little different in his heart.

If you want to hate it, just hate Aster Ning.

Lu Shangshang continued softly: "This island is called Ksitigarbha Island. When I was five years old, Master took me away from home and sent me directly here. On the day of my tenth birthday, Master Your Majesty, please take me away."

It was precisely because of the five years she spent here that she was able to become the so-called Demon Saint. Not that she could sit back and relax by becoming Gong Shui's disciple. On the contrary, what she experienced was even more cruel.

At that time, Gong Shui said that her nature was in line with the devil, but she didn't understand it at that time. Only now did she finally know what Gong Shui meant.

Lu Shangshang paused and said: "It is difficult to leave Ksitigarbha Island, but it is relatively easy to come in. As long as you have worshiped a spiritual being, you have the general ability to locate and can come back at any time. But After you come back, it’s not that easy to get out.”

Fang Ling frowned, "Worship? Go to the spirit?"

Lu Shangshang explained: "Yes, there are a total of thirteen villages on the island, and each village will have a spiritual being in charge. That is the source of the power of those in the village."

"As for what the spirits are, to be honest, I don't know. They don't have entities, but they do exist, and each spirit has different powers, and they are even hostile to each other, so these villages have That’s why the relationship is so tense.”

"Shangling needs a monster named Luo Yu to eat every month. The way to eat is blood sacrifice, so each village will go hunting. If they accidentally encounter each other, they will fight each other for prey."

Fang Ling asked calmly: "So, how can we leave here?"

Lu Shangshang shook his head and said: "Whether you believe it or not, I really don't know, because the master took me away last time and taught me the method to come back, saying that it will always be useful."

Lu Shangshang’s master is the strongest Guiyi Realm monk in Shenquan Continent.

Fang Ling fell silent, naturally digesting the news slowly.

Lu Shangshang bit his lip and said, "There are many dangers on Ksitigarbha Island. You have to stay in the village to survive safely. Because of the protection of the spirits, those dangers dare not come close."

"In addition, if you want to leave, you must also try to obtain the power of the spirit, otherwise you will not be able to compete with those people. Outside methods are not very effective here."