Eternal life begins with saving my clan

Chapter 91 : Plan to strengthen the barren land....

With a startling whoosh, as if conjured from the very fabric of the universe, a young woman materialized on the seashore.

Her clothes were in tatters, her hair in wild disarray, and her face as pale as the foam-kissed waves.

"Where am I?" She mumbled, her head spinning in a disorienting fog.

Struggling to find her balance, she stumbled and fell, her body making an abrupt connection with the cold embrace of the water.

Confusion danced in her eyes as she tried to piece together her surroundings.

Just as she was attempting to recover from her dizziness, the symphony of various footsteps, like whispers of an enigma, reached her ears.

She tried to rise, only to fall once more, muttering through gritted teeth, "Why is the effect of the thousand-mile talisman this strong?"

"Are you okay, young lady?" The voice of a middle-aged woman, filled with concern, cut through the bewildering moment.

Wang Baozhai raised her head and found a middle-aged woman standing a few feet away, her eyes reflecting concern and worry.

Behind her, a group of weathered fishermen, their expressions a mix of curiosity and astonishment, stared at the bewildered woman.

"Where am I?" Wang Baozhai asked, her voice quivering as she attempted to regain her footing and shake off the remnants of dizziness.

"You're at the seashore of Crystal Island," the middle-aged woman replied calmly.

"Crystal Island?" Wang Baozhai froze, her gaze darting around before realization struck.

The talisman hadn't transported her far from the sea; she had landed on one of the islands scattered across the barren expanse.

"This is better than appearing in the middle of the sea," she thought, a hint of relief tugging at the corners of her lips.

Meanwhile, on the barren land, inside the Celestial Heavenly Sect. Su Yen walked out from the ancestral mountain with a bright smile on his face.

"With this, I can change the situation of the barren land" He thought out loud looking at the image crystal as he was walking toward his courtyard.

Just then, he received a call from Su Ming. After ending the call, he looked in the direction of the Southern sea and shook his head.

Even though he doesn't know how strong the people from the main continent were; he knew with the records of the Bloodmoon Envoy, they also won't have many higher level cultivators.

"Sect master..." Elder Jie called, rushing toward him in a large stride.

"Elder Jie, are you done with everything?" He asked with a light smile.

"Yes." He nodded with an elated smile.

He gave Su Yen a thin book and said, "There are more than 1000 grade-1 weapons and we believe there to be 100s of grade 2 and tens of grade-3. As for grade-4 and above. There is none."

Hearing this, Su Yen nodded. He expected nothing short of this. "What about the scrolls and memory jade?"

"We have thousand mortal grade skills, from low to high. And also, there are few earth Grade skills. For the memory jades, the taboo skills are hundreds while most are auxiliary occupations." He paused to gather his breath from his excitement before continuing.

"Previously, what was delaying our auxiliary occupation was the lack of a teacher to teach us. But now with this memory jade slip, that won't be needed anymore. Young Miss was so excited when she found the memory jade slip filled with vast experience."

"Good. Keep the scrolls and memory jade slip in the sacred land. Allow my elder sister to take two of the alchemy jade slips to study. As for the others, I will see to that personally." He commanded.

"Alright, sect master. I will see to that." 'Elder Jie responded and departed with a large stride.

Looking at the back of the elated elder, Su Yen shook his head and smiled.

Even though all the elders were working hard with little to no time for their cultivation. Yet, their cultivation was increasing at visible speed.

This was all due to the increase in spiritual energy in the sect and the presence of spirit stones.

Back in his courtyard, he brought out a small image crystal from his storage ring.

This image crystal was vastly different from the previous one that elder Su Feng brought from the sea.

The image crystal had a shade of purple hue around it, pulsating gently.

If anyone with vast experience of formation runes saw the hundreds of runes inscribed in the small image crystal. They would be speechless.

Comparing this to those from the sea was like comparing dirt to a diamond.

Su Yen sent a bit of his spiritual essence into the image crystal and it lit up slightly.

Subsequently, inside his Spirit Comms, a notification appeared.

'What would you like to do? Take a picture or video'

He chose a video. Immediately, the purple hue around the image crystal brightened up a bit while also, an interface appeared on his Spirit Comms recording the scene.

Shortly, he ends the video and he opens a new app that he just created.

He viewed the safe video and nodded. After testing both the video and image function of the image crystal.

Since the Crimson Jade Pavilion soldiers had been dealt with. It is time for me to focus on strengthening the barren land intelligence.'

With that, he placed the image crystal inside his storage ring and began to cultivate.

Even though he was the strongest in barren land. He wasn't complacent enough to believe he was undefeatable.

The next day, sitting on his throne inside the main hall. Su Yen looked at the elders with a calm smile on his face.

"Our existence is already known to the main continent..." He paused to let the gravity of his word sink into the heart of the elders.

The atmosphere inside the hall was quiet and still with all eyes focused on him.

"We should be expecting more people from the main continent in the next couple of weeks. Therefore, we need to prepare."

"First, we need to have a strong naval army. Second, the guards in each city and town must be strengthened."

"Third, we must improve our strength. The armor can only make us stronger for a short period but that didn't make it our strength."

"Lastly, every Barren Land citizen must be registered." He concluded.

For a couple of moments, everyone in the hall was quiet, trying to digest what their sect master just announced.

"Sect master, we understand all what you've just said but the last part is a bit confusing. Why must we register all the people of barren land? How would we register them and why? Because I find it time wasting and unneeded." Elder Su Feng said respectfully.

"How far do you think those from the main continent will go when they realize there is an armor that could make a weak BodyBuilding realm stage 3 to defeat a peak of Body Building realm stage 9?"

He asked, staring at elder Su Feng. Swallowing the lumps in his throat, "I believe they will go to any length."

"Then, what do you think of them realizing about the ability of the Spirit Comms?"

Before elder Su Feng could speak, he continued calmly. "They will try everything and the illusion of peace and gratitude the people for us will shatter immediately."

"The heart of men is fickle and greediness has no boundaries. Therefore, before they disrupt our peace, we must make every necessary preparation."

"And the first place to begin is the registration. When will we know who are barren landers and who are outsiders that sneak in and cause problems in the near future."

"By then, every guard will have the ability to check anyone if they're a spy or not with the new device I will create when the registration is completed."

A new device that will allow guards to detect spies?

The elders looked at each other, not believing what they just heard. However, when they realized who was speaking, they couldn't believe it.

Therefore, their eyes brightened up as they couldn't wait to see how a device would detect spies.

"We found an island on the Southern sea that helped us in creating the device. Elder Su Feng and the Huang clan master will visit the island to make a deal with them."

"Elder brother, how is the mining of the spirit stones inside the desert?" He asked.

"The soldiers just found the location of the spirit vein, the mining will begin in the next couple of days."

"Good. We need a lot of spirit stones. Elder brother, begin the selection of the guards from the army. We need at least fifty thousand guards to defend the cities, towns and villages."

"I will be on it." Su Ming declared in a low voice.

Meanwhile, on the crystal Island, with the help of the kind middle-aged woman, she settled into her small house at the foot of the crystal Island town.

However, under the facade of her peaceful smile, she looked at the ordinary people with a hint of disgust.

'When the army arrived, I will escape these wretched people... And that...' She gnashed her teeth with her face grim with hatred.