There were countless flowers planted on both sides of the path. There were all kinds of colors and they looked very beautiful. However, there were many restrictions on them. The slightest touch would cause the restrictions to activate. They would either attack, trap, or teleport you to another place.
If someone didn't know what was going on, they wouldn't be able to move an inch on the first floor of the Celestial Emperor Cave.
Even the celestial jades on the path contained restrictions. If one walked in the wrong direction and the order of their footsteps, the restrictions would activate.
However, this wasn't too dangerous for Wang Lin. Although there was no way to break the restrictions in the jade slip, there was a detailed introduction.
If it was someone else, it would be useless, but Wang Lin was a restriction grandmaster. As long as he knew the details of these restrictions, he would be able to see through them and save a lot of effort.
However, with Wang Lin's personality, he didn't completely trust the jade slip. Although he walked quickly, he was constantly verifying whether the information in the jade slip was true or not.
As he walked, he slapped his bag of holding and the iron sword he had taken from the humanoid figure appeared in Wang Lin's hand. Wang Lin's divine sense surrounded the iron sword and carefully observed it. The iron sword looked ordinary, but Wang Lin's divine sense was strongly hindered.
It was as if there was a force hidden inside that prevented any divine sense from entering.
The four rust marks on the iron sword were even stronger. After withdrawing his divine sense, Wang Lin pondered.
"What kind of sword is this …" Staring at the rust marks, Wang Lin remembered the expression of the Tuo Sen messenger when he received the same iron sword. It was as if he had obtained a treasure. However, the Tuo Sen messenger wasn't looking at the iron sword itself, but at the rust marks.
Wang Lin's gaze remained on the rust marks. He raised his left hand and gently wiped it. When he looked at his hand, his finger was stained with some dark red rust.
He put his hand next to his nose and immediately smelled a faint fishy smell.
"It's just ordinary rust."
Wang Lin frowned and put down his left hand. However, just as he put down his left hand, a crack appeared in the void where his finger was pointing!
What startled Wang Lin even more was that there were many restrictions on the flowers around him. They were originally some distance away from him, but when his left hand touched them, the sea of flowers immediately emitted bursts of dark red light and strangely withered. Even the restrictions on them silently collapsed at this moment.
Wang Lin's eyes suddenly lit up. He stared at the sea of flowers that seemed to have turned into ruins and then looked at the rust marks on his left hand.
After taking a few steps back, Wang Lin pointed at the flowers in another direction with his finger covered in rust. The flowers immediately withered and became a wasteland.
The rust marks on Wang Lin's fingers also dissipated.
Wang Lin sucked in a breath of cold air and stared at the rust marks on the iron sword. His eyes were filled with shock.
After a moment of silence, he clenched his teeth and opened his third eye between his eyebrows.
The moment he opened his third eye, a red light came out and covered the iron sword. Wang Lin's gaze landed on the rust marks.
With this gaze, Wang Lin immediately saw that the iron sword seemed to gradually become transparent. However, the rust marks didn't change at all and were still the same as before.
There was an invisible energy flowing around the iron sword. When it came into contact with Wang Lin's third eye's origin energy, the invisible energy paused for a moment and rushed out as if it wanted to devour this origin energy.
Wang Lin decisively cut off the spell and quickly withdrew his origin energy. He closed his third eye and the invisible energy paused again before slowly returning to the iron sword.
Wang Lin's heart was filled with confusion and he couldn't understand. He sighed and was about to put away the iron sword when he suddenly had an idea. He looked at the iron sword and gauged its size. A strange expression appeared on his face.
He slapped his bag of holding and five rays of light flew out. They turned into five sword sheaths in front of him. Wang Lin had obtained these five sword sheaths from Suzaku. He didn't know what they were for, but he knew that if he fused a flying sword into a sword sheath, it would make the sword even more powerful.
At this moment, after taking out the five sword sheaths, Wang Lin's right hand reached out and the iron sword entered one of the sword sheaths. The sword sheaths were the same size and there was nothing missing.
However, after it entered the sword sheath, there was no change. Wang Lin pulled out the iron sword and tried inserting it into the remaining four sword sheaths. The moment the iron sword entered the third sword sheath, the runes engraved on the sword sheath released a blinding light!
A terrifying aura came from the iron sword and sword sheath. Wang Lin's eyes were filled with joy as he grabbed the sword sheath. He took a deep breath and slowly pulled out the iron sword.
The moment the iron sword was pulled out of the sword sheath, the terrifying aura inside rose once more. It was as if there was an unimaginable power sealed inside. If the iron sword was pulled out, this power would shoot into the sky!
Wang Lin had felt this power from someone else's treasure before. The owner of that treasure had also died. It was Esteemed Xuan Bao, and that treasure was the Pseudo Nirvana Void Arrow!
"Pseudo Nirvana Void …" Wang Lin's eyes revealed a strange light. He didn't pull out the iron sword but put it back into the sword sheath. There was a hint of excitement in his eyes as he put away the treasure and rushed forward.
His body was like a stream of light as he rushed forward along the path. In the blink of an eye, he arrived next to a pavilion on the side of the road. This pavilion was not big and only had two floors. It looked very ordinary, but it was recorded in the map jade slip that this pavilion was the first forbidden eye of the first floor's overall restriction. There were eight forbidden eyes on the first floor, and only by opening all of them would he have a chance to step into the black fog.
After taking a closer look at the pavilion, Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He saw that the restriction on the pavilion had long been broken by someone.
"From the looks of this restriction, it hasn't been long since it was broken." Wang Lin revealed a cautious expression. It was obvious that he wasn't the only one who knew the key to this restriction.
"When the Celestial Burial Pool collapsed, everyone was scattered. There must have been people who broke the restriction ahead of time and appeared. I just don't know who came out."
Wang Lin looked around. The first floor of the Celestial Emperor Cave wasn't big, and he could see everything with his divine sense. However, unless one was crazy, no one would dare to spread out their divine sense with so many restrictions around them. Even Tian Yunzi would have a lot of concerns. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they wouldn't casually spread out their divine sense.
After pondering a bit, Wang Lin went around the pavilion and landed on the grass. His eyes lit up as he calculated. He didn't stop and charged forward.
The restrictions on the grass were described in Wang Lin's map. At this moment, Wang Lin was moving through the restrictions, but he didn't open any of them. He was very fast and crossed the grass in the blink of an eye.
Also on the first floor, outside a pavilion in the northeast corner, there was a man in black with a hidden black dragon mark between his eyebrows. He was staring at the pavilion with a cold gaze.
In front of him, on the other side of the pavilion, there was another person. This person was the beautiful middle-aged woman. She was staring at the man in black with a gloomy expression.
"Fellow cultivator, this place is just a simple restriction. Why do you want to steal it from me?" The beautiful middle-aged woman's voice was a bit hoarse, but it was very pleasant to listen to.
She had been pushed into a restriction by the Celestial Burial Pool. Fortunately, the restriction wasn't strong, so it didn't take long for her to break it. After she appeared, she saw the black fog in the distance. After pondering for a long time, she slowly moved forward.
She wasn't too worried about the woman in pink she brought. With the treasure that the woman's senior sister had given her, she should be fine.
However, there were too many restrictions in the Celestial Emperor Cave. The beautiful middle-aged woman had faced many dangers along the way, and it took a lot of effort to get here. When she saw the pavilion, she immediately noticed something different.
Just as she was about to take a closer look, the man in black appeared before her.
"Since it is just an ordinary restriction, then Fellow Cultivator should leave it to me."
There was a hint of mockery in the man in black's eyes. He stepped forward and was about to enter the pavilion.
There was a flash of killing intent in the middle-aged woman's eyes. She turned into a shadow and charged forward.
The man in black sneered and his right hand formed a seal. He waved his hand and a black fog appeared. It turned into the shape of a dragon and opened its mouth to devour the beautiful middle-aged woman.
The woman pulled at her head with her right hand and three strands of hair were torn off. She threw them forward and began to chant. The three strands of hair twisted and turned into three black pythons. They spat out their blood-red tongues and charged at the dragon-shaped black fog.
Both of them were powerful cultivators, so when their spells collided, it was like a tornado. A muffled rumble echoed, but it didn't spread too far and only echoed within 1,000 feet.
Both of their plans were the same. They couldn't make too much noise to attract the attention of others. They wanted to end the battle quickly and limit the fluctuations of their battle.
"Why don't you go to the palace at the center of the black fog? Why do you have to fight me for this place?!"
The beautiful middle-aged woman's hand formed a seal and five-colored light surrounded her body. The five-colored light turned into five swords that swept forward.
The black-clothed man flicked his sleeves and a flying sword that emitted a black aura appeared. It circled around in front of him and rushed forward. It collided with the five swords and made a series of crisp sounds.
"Nonsense, why don't you go there? Although this is a pavilion, there is a transfer array inside. It should be connected to a storage space. You already know this, so why hide it?!"
The beautiful middle-aged woman's expression remained the same, but there was a flash of coldness in her eyes. He was right. When she saw the pavilion, she had the same discovery, which was why they were fighting over it now.
As their magic treasures clashed, the crisp sounds of collision became louder and faintly spread in all directions. The beautiful woman's eyes flashed and she immediately said, "The two of us have similar cultivation levels. I'm afraid that before we can determine a winner, we will be discovered. Why don't we enter the teleportation array together and split the loot in half?"
The man in black looked at the beautiful middle-aged woman and nodded. The two of them didn't waste any more time. They put away their treasures and entered the pavilion together.
However, the moment the two of them stepped inside, the two of them immediately looked in the same direction in the distance. They saw a person walking out from a forest of pavilions.
This person was Wang Lin!
Wang Lin immediately saw the two people inside the pavilion. His eyes narrowed and he slowly stopped.
After seeing Wang Lin, the man in black revealed a strange smile. The beautiful middle-aged woman revealed a strange expression. Her gaze swept past Wang Lin and her heart trembled.
"His cultivation level is even more strange!
When I first saw him, although he was at the Nirvana Cleanser stage, his cultivation level was only at the Nirvana Scryer stage. Even before, he was only at the mid stage of Nirvana Scryer, but now he is at the peak of the late stage of Nirvana Scryer. Did he hide his true cultivation level or did he make a breakthrough recently?! "
Wang Lin cautiously looked at the two of them. He naturally saw through the pavilion. In truth, the map also had an introduction to the pavilion. The transfer array here led to a storage space. Even without the map, Wang Lin immediately saw through the transfer array inside the pavilion.
The beautiful middle-aged woman pondered a bit as she looked at Wang Lin and slowly said, "Wang Daoyou is also here. How about the three of us enter together and split the loot three ways?"
Wang Lin was about to speak, but at this moment, the ground trembled and an angry roar came from the distance.
He couldn't see anything in the distance. There were too many restrictions inside the Celestial Emperor Cave, and they combined to form a barrier. It was as if there were countless worlds inside. Even if you were very close, if you were between two restrictions, you wouldn't be able to see each other, and even your vision would be distorted.
At first glance, the interior of the Immortal's Cave was calm. However, that was only on the surface. If the restrictive spells were broken, one would immediately discover a bamboo forest off in the distance. At this moment, the bamboo forest was filled with a towering red mist. The enraged roar came from within the mist, shaking the heavens and the earth.
Wang Lin's expression immediately changed. Although he couldn't see any changes in the bamboo forest, he understood that the restriction on the bamboo forest had already been broken. The time it took for the humanoid figure to escape exceeded his expectations.
Without replying to the beautiful middle-aged woman, Wang Lin's body flickered and he charged toward the center of the palace filled with black fog. Along the way, he saw that all the restrictions had been opened. It was clear that someone had entered the second floor one step ahead of him.
The reason he came to this pavilion was because this was the place with the least restrictions to enter the palace filled with black fog.
When the black-robed man saw Wang Lin run away as if he was running for his life, his expression changed. Without hesitation, he gave up on the transfer array inside the pavilion and charged toward Wang Lin.
Only the beautiful middle-aged woman hesitated, but the moment she hesitated, the angry roar got closer and closer. It was as if it was closing in like crazy.
At this moment, if one ignored the isolated worlds formed by the restrictions, they could clearly see the humanoid figure charging toward Wang Lin. Along the way, he triggered countless restrictions. Often, there would be flashes of restriction light and countless attacks would arrive. Some restrictions would immediately teleport him out.
However, in just a few breaths' time, he would immediately step out of the teleportation restriction. As he moved forward, he seemed to be learning these restrictions, and the speed at which he broke them became faster and faster. In the end, he was practically rushing forward in a straight line.