Wang Lin's origin soul trembled as he stared at the bead in his hand. He, who had the Heaven Defying Bead his entire life, couldn't be wrong. Whether it was the size, weight, or even the aura, it was exactly the same as the Heaven Defying Bead!
The only difference was that there was no five-element pattern on the bead, only a blurry mark.
"I've collected a lot of those strange stone beads … These stone beads aren't natural, they were refined by someone. Their size and weight are exactly the same … It's as if someone used a special spell to make these stone beads a long time ago …" The contents of the jade echoed in Wang Lin's mind as he stared at the bead. His breathing gradually calmed down.
"These are beads made to imitate the Heaven Defying Bead!
Someone tried to make the Heaven Defying Bead here a long time ago … "Wang Lin closed his eyes and suddenly opened them after a long time.
"To be able to make it so similar, that person must have personally seen the Heaven Defying Bead or even controlled it!" Wang Lin rubbed the spot between his eyebrows and his eyes lit up.
"What great courage to want to refine the Heaven Defying Bead … Could this person also be the Sovereign?!"
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy. He had a feeling that he would soon cross paths with the Sovereign and the Outer Realm!
"Perhaps … The people of the Outer Realm already know of my existence. After all, that old man from the Outer Realm didn't die …" A chill appeared in Wang Lin's heart.
After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin waved his sleeves and collected all 10 beads. After checking them one by one, he found that there were spell fluctuations inside each bead. It was obvious that their spells had been sealed.
"These beads are all failures, or else they wouldn't be casually thrown here. I don't know why these failed beads can seal spells …" Wang Lin left his mark on the beads and put them away in his storage space.
After searching through the first cave, he didn't find anything else, so he walked out.
As he entered and exited, Wang Lin felt as if there was a huge mountain pressing down on him. His expression was extremely gloomy.
In particular, when he thought about the battle with Master Ashen Pine, the spell he used to summon the spirit of the seventh formation was very similar to that of the person from the Outer Realm.
"Just who is this Master Ashen Pine?!"
Wang Lin walked out of the cave and looked at the seven-colored sky outside the Time Restriction. He naturally thought back to when he met the people from the Outer Realm in the void, and that seven-colored light had appeared in the Outer Realm … The more he came into contact with and understood, the clearer Wang Lin became about this place, and the more confused he became.
Silently withdrawing his gaze, Wang Lin arrived at the second cave dwelling. With a wave of his sleeve, the mountain rock outside the cave rumbled open, revealing the interior of the cave.
A huge pill furnace took up more than half of the cave, and a large number of medicinal herbs were piled up around it. However, most of them had withered, and there were storage bags beside them.
Although a lot of time had passed and there was a large amount of dust on the ground, even the pill furnace could be left behind by wiping it with one's hand.
After opening the storage bags one by one, Wang Lin was moved. These storage bags were all filled with medicinal herbs, and the amount was unimaginable.
After leaving the cave, Wang Lin walked toward the third cave dwelling.
There was a restriction left on the door to the third cave dwelling, but it wasn't the Time Restriction. After carefully looking at it for a long time, Wang Lin's hands formed a seal and restrictions landed on the mountain rock. Popping sounds echoed and the mountain rock slowly moved away.
In the third abode, there was a circular spell formation on the ground. Crystals were placed at the edge of the spell formation, allowing the spell formation to be constantly activated. Three medicinal bottles floated above the spell formation, enveloping it, as if they were being nourished by the power of the crystals.
Although the formation was still operating, the origin crystals around it hadn't been replaced for a long time. Many of them had become useless, and could only barely keep the formation running.
Looking at the three pill bottles, Wang Lin walked forward. He looked at the formation on the ground, but didn't do anything rash. The formation contained traces of the Time Restriction. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to increase the power of the formation.
More importantly, Wang Lin could see some clues about the formation. In addition to ensuring that the pill inside would not be affected by the passage of time, it also had a defensive function. If the formation was forcibly opened, it would destroy the pill inside.
Frowning, Wang Lin sat down cross-legged. He didn't look at the rest of the cave dwellings, but instead stared at the formation, his eyes shining with the light of augury.
Gradually, the light in his eyes grew brighter. He raised his right hand and grabbed at the air. Immediately, an origin crystal flew out from his storage space.
Holding the origin crystal, Wang Lin squeezed it with his right hand. The origin crystal immediately collapsed and origin energy surged out like crazy. Wang Lin's right hand formed a seal, and it was completely under his control. He pointed at the ground outside the formation, and the origin energy suddenly moved and fused with the ground.
As Wang Lin waved his right hand, the origin energy on the ground moved and formed a three-meter-wide, diamond-shaped formation.
Shortly after, Wang Lin waved his right hand and a thin line separated from the diamond-shaped formation. It moved along the ground and connected with the formation inside the cave dwelling.
After doing all this, Wang Lin's eyes lit up and his right hand quickly reached into the formation to grab the three pill bottles.
At this moment, the formation suddenly released a powerful light that completely illuminated the cave dwelling. A destructive aura spread out and was about to rush toward the pill bottles.
But immediately, the destructive aura paused for a moment. The strong light in the formation seemed to be guided and flowed into the rhombus-shaped formation through the thin lines connected to the formation.
At this moment, Wang Lin had already grabbed the three jade bottles and quickly took them out.
He retreated and left the cave in the blink of an eye. He appeared on the grass in the valley and sat down cross-legged. Wang Lin's gaze fell on the three pill bottles, and his heart pounded.
He had taken a huge risk just now. If he had made the slightest mistake, the three pill bottles would have collapsed and all the pills inside would have disappeared.
"These are pills left behind by Sima Mo and his fellow sect members, and they are stored like this. They are clearly extremely valuable!" Wang Lin licked his lips and opened the first bottle.
A medicinal fragrance wafted into his nose. There were three red pills inside the bottle, and a powerful beast soul fluctuation came from them. This caused even Wang Lin's origin soul to be attracted.
Wang Lin poured out one pill and pinched it with two fingers. He held it in front of his eyes and carefully looked at it.
"Rank 11 pill?"
Wang Lin vaguely recognized it. After pondering a bit, he picked up the second bottle. The moment he opened it, a large amount of fog came out. This fog was divided into two parts, one black and one white. They surrounded each other and floated in the air.
There was a pill inside each of the two clouds of fog.
"The Fog Soul Pill refined by a rank 12 fog beast!"
Wang Lin's eyes were filled with ecstasy. He could only recognize rank 11 pills by feeling, but pills refined by rank 12 fog beasts were extremely rare in the Cloud Sea. Their characteristics were very clear, so he was able to recognize them at a glance.
The reason the Fog Soul Pill was rare was because very few people would give up the long-term benefits of obtaining origin crystals to refine a fog beast they caught into a pill.
Wang Lin licked his lips and his gaze fell on the last bottle. He scanned it with his divine sense, but he couldn't see anything wrong with it. After pondering for a bit, he slowly pulled out the cork. Just as a crack appeared on the bottle, an unimaginable shockwave spread out. This shockwave contained a heaven-shaking roar that couldn't be heard but was clearly felt by divine sense!
This roar was far more heaven-shaking than a rank 12 beast. Wang Lin's body trembled and he didn't hesitate to seal the bottle. All of this happened in a flash. After sealing the bottle, Wang Lin's face was pale. He cultivated for a moment to recover and then looked at the bottle with a serious expression.
"Shi San rank pill!!"
Wang Lin took a deep breath and carefully put away the other two bottles. He only left the first bottle and walked toward the cave with the pill furnace.
Rank 11 pills could only be taken after reaching the mid stage of Nirvana Shatterer. Otherwise, one's origin soul wouldn't be able to resist the soul of the beast inside. Their origin soul would dissipate and they would die after swallowing the pill. This was something everyone in the Cloud Sea knew. Pills could help increase one's domain, but one had to be extremely cautious!
Wang Lin's actual cultivation level was only at the early stage of Nirvana Cleanser, so he couldn't directly swallow a rank 11 pill.
Therefore, he needed to refine it again!
In the cave with the pill furnace, Wang Lin pondered a bit before a flame appeared in his left eye and entered the giant pill furnace. The furnace trembled and a rune appeared on it. It slowly began to rotate.
Taking out a rank 11 pill, Wang Lin placed it inside the pill furnace. His right hand hit the void and the fire inside the pill furnace surged as it continued to refine the pill inside.
Second refinement was a method that cultivators in the Cloud Sea needed to master. This method was mainly to disperse the power of high level pills. This method was closely related to the pill furnace. The better the pill furnace, the less power would dissipate.
While Wang Lin was refining, the depths of the Seven-Colored Realm were far beyond where Master Ashen Pine was healing. The fog there was even thicker, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
There was an altar here that was shrouded in fog. At this moment, there was a sudden flash of light on the altar. This light actually penetrated the surrounding fog, causing the fog to slowly move outwards, revealing an empty space.
A crack more than 10 feet long silently appeared on the altar. There were countless bolts of lightning moving along the edge of the crack, and it gradually became larger and larger.
Three people walked out from inside!
These three people's clothes were obviously different from the Cloud Sea cultivators'. What was even more strange was that there was a clear mark between their eyebrows. The man in front had a bolt of lightning between his eyebrows. One of the two behind him had a crescent moon mark between his eyebrows, and the last person had a fire mark between his eyebrows.
"This is the spatial rift you found?" The youth with the crescent moon mark looked around and revealed a hint of excitement in his eyes.
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