8: Looting Spirit Stone

Two months later, on a desolate small island, Li Haotian hid in a stone cave, his divine sense extended.

He had already found out that this was where the two disciples who collected spiritual stones on the islands near this small island met.

Only here could he rob the spiritual stones from the two spiritual stone mines.

The spiritual stones from the spiritual stone mine were very important, and basically were sent back by several Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Tianmen Island was the sole dominant power, accustomed to being overbearing, and gradually it became the case that two Foundation Establishment Cultivators collected the spiritual stones.

To be safe, after receiving the spiritual stones, the two would gather here and return to Tianmen Island together.

Li Haotian's eyes flickered a few times, and he had already sensed someone approaching.

His flying sword appeared in his hand, and a smile emerged on his face.

“The time has come. Supreme Breath Concealment Technique, conceal my aura. Super Disguise Technique, transform.”

Soon, a young man at the sixth level of qi refining stage appeared in his place. This young man was Li Haotian transformed.

Without Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, one could not detect his true appearance and cultivation at all.

Throughout the entire Heaven's Gate Archipelago, Li Haotian could now roam freely.

Upon reaching the edge of the island, his figure flickered, and he directly plunged into the sea.

Although there were large monsters in the sea, this was shallow water. Li Haotian had investigated it many times and found no powerful monsters.

Nanfeng Island was named after the large patches of maple trees growing on it.

It was a pity that there was no spiritualpulse on this island, otherwise it would definitely be a treasure land for cultivation.

At this moment, a cultivator landed on the island, surveyed the surroundings, confirmed there was no one, and then found a place to sit down cross-legged.

He was from Tianmen Island, so naturally he would not worry about someone targeting Tianmen Island's spiritual stones.

Because Tianmen Island had been established for tens of thousands of years, and no one foolish enough had ever dared to target Tianmen Island.

Li Haotian watched him from afar, and after confirming that the opponent's cultivation was not as high as his own, he activated the spell to trigger the formation he had prepared long ago.

The formation was called the Illusory Formation, a peak first-grade formation. Foundation Establishment Cultivators would also fall for it if they were not careful.

This was the formation Li Haotian had purchased after exhausting all his spiritual stones, and it was also the most practical one.

The Tianmen Island Foundation Establishment Cultivator sitting on the ground was waiting for the arrival of his fellow disciple, unaware that the formation had already been activated.

Tianmen Island's long-standing overbearing nature had caused its disciples to develop an arrogant personality, and they unknowingly fell into the Illusory Formation.

Li Haotian suddenly appeared on the island and walked towards the opponent swaggeringly.

“Junior Brother, you're here?”

The Tianmen Island cultivator, already caught in the Illusory Formation, stood up and walked towards Li Haotian.

Li Haotian did not reply and had already quickly arrived in front of the opponent.

“Junior Brother, Senior Brother is calling you. Why don't you answer? Are you so ignorant of the rules?”

Li Haotian quickly said, “Ah? Senior Brother, I didn't hear you just now.”

Saying this, he bowed to salute.

Seeing his junior brother so sensible, the Tianmen Island cultivator smiled with satisfaction and said, “How was the harvest this time? Did those guys give you any filial offerings? Should you share a part with Senior Brother?”

Just at this moment, the flying sword on Li Haotian's back suddenly unsheathed and directly stabbed into the opponent's neck.

With a slight twist, the opponent's head flew up into the sky. Even in death, he could not believe that his junior brother dared to attack him.

Li Haotian snatched the opponent's storage bag and then searched his body.

After confirming there was nothing else, he directly stripped off the opponent's clothes, quickly put them on himself, and transformed into the appearance of the Tianmen Island Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Casually burying the corpse at his feet, Li Haotian sat cross-legged in the Illusory Formation, waiting for the arrival of the other disciple.

Not long after, a sword light flashed. Li Haotian's eyes narrowed, and a smile flashed in the corner of his eye.

Seeing the Tianmen Island disciple that Li Haotian had transformed into, the sword light landed directly in front of Li Haotian.

“Greetings, Senior Brother. I apologize for making you wait.”

Li Haotian imitated the tone of that Senior Brother and said, “Junior Brother, you had a good harvest this time, right? Should you offer some filial piety to Senior Brother?”

As soon as he said this, the newly arrived disciple didn't think much and quickly took out a storage bag and handed it to Li Haotian, saying, “Senior Brother, Junior Brother was already prepared.”

Li Haotian nodded and said, “You little fellow are very sensible.”

As his voice fell, he reached out to take it.

Just as he received the spiritual stones, the sword light behind him flashed, and a fireball in his hand smashed onto the opponent.

Before the opponent could react, the flying sword had already cut off his head.

He easily stripped the storage bag from the opponent's body and destroyed the clothes on him before flying away impatiently.

Li Haotian did not stop at all and continued flying south, quickly entering a large island.

There was a town on this island called Tianlong Town, which was established by the Heavenly Dragon Sect of the Tiannan Cultivation World.

This place was very close to the Tiannan Cultivation World, so some large sects would naturally build towns here to earn resources.

Entering it, he went to the teleportation array without hesitation, paid the spiritual stones, and waited.

To teleport from here, it had to be full of people, unless a large amount of spiritual stones were spent.

Li Haotian was not a fool. Taking out too many spiritual stones with his cultivation would cause unnecessary trouble.

He didn't wait long. Twenty people gathered, the teleportation array opened, and Li Haotian and the others disappeared from Tianlong Island.

The next morning, the Tianlong Island teleportation array stopped operating, and the entire Heaven's Gate Archipelago entered a state of martial law.

...

Time returned to the day Li Haotian robbed Tianmen Island's spiritual stones.

The disciple guarding the soul lamps on Tianmen Island suddenly reported that the soul lamps of the two disciples who went to collect spiritual stones had extinguished.

The Elder of the Soul Lamp Hall did not dare to delay in the slightest and directly reported to the Island Lord.

Tianmen Island had five golden core strongmen, and the Island Lord's cultivation was at the Golden Core Peak. No one in the Heaven's Gate Archipelago dared to be disrespectful to Tianmen Island.

But this time was different. A year's worth of spiritual stones from two medium-sized spiritual stone mines was robbed. That was nearly 250,000 spiritual stones. Even Tianmen Island could not withstand such a loss.

Tianmen Island Lord, Daoist Tianmen, was furious. The entire Heaven's Gate Archipelago was put under martial law, all major teleportation arrays were stopped, and Tianmen Island disciples were dispatched to search everywhere for the whereabouts of the thief who robbed the spiritual stones.

But this kind of thing was like searching for a needle in a haystack; it was impossible to find, and they could only leave it to fate.

Now, the entire Tianmen Island and its surroundings were under martial law, and anyone who wanted to leave the Heaven's Gate Archipelago could not leave.

However, doing so also caused great losses to Tianmen Island. The Heaven's Gate Archipelago was located at the gateway between the South Sea Cultivation World and the Tiannan Cultivation World, and some towns were not only run by forces within the Heaven's Gate Archipelago.

There were many outsiders, and the forces behind them were very strong. Making their towns stop their teleportation arrays would come at a cost.

Daoist Tianmen was in a fit of anger and sealed off the entire Heaven's Gate Archipelago regardless of the consequences, naturally paying a great price.

Li Haotian had already left the Heaven's Gate Archipelago, and Tianmen Island could not find out who did it at all. They investigated every Foundation Establishment Cultivator one by one, but still found nothing and could only rage in frustration.

In just ten days, Tianmen Island could not hold on any longer and unsealed the Heaven's Gate Archipelago.

That external force was too ruthless. Just for them to close the teleportation arrays, they demanded a daily loss fee of two thousand spiritual stones.

If the Heaven's Gate Archipelago only had one or two external forces, it would be fine, but this was the gateway between the mainland cultivation world and the overseas cultivation world. There were at least twenty forces, and the daily consumption was nearly 50,000 spiritual stones.

Losing 500,000 spiritual stones for the sake of nearly 250,000 spiritual stones lost, only a great fool would do this.

It was also because Daoist Tianmen was so angry that he made this foolish decision.