Wang Lin looked at the bowing Xu Liguo and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed. Zhou Gang and company's bags of holding immediately flew into Wang Lin's hand. At the same time, he waved his right hand and several fireballs flew out. They landed on the Shiyin disciples and corpse puppets and immediately disappeared.
Then his hand reached out and grabbed Xu Liguo. Xu Liguo didn't dare to resist and quickly flew into the air. He turned into a ray of light and disappeared.
At this moment, the disciples of the other three sects of Hou Fen finished collecting the Burning Gold Fruits and left the three volcanoes.
Wang Lin returned to the cave, put the Burning Gold Vine on the ground, and threw Xu Liguo's origin soul. Xu Liguo quickly bowed and said, "Fellow cultivator, let's talk this out, let's talk this out. As long as you let me go, I'll agree to any request. It was my fault just now, please don't be angry."
Xu Liguo felt very sullen. He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, but because his body was destroyed, his Nascent Soul was on the verge of collapse, and his cultivation level dropped greatly. Plus, he couldn't afford the high price of a Nascent Soul body. After thinking about it, rather than stealing the body of a low level disciple from another sect, which would cause him endless trouble, he decided to spend some money to buy one from Shiyin. This way, he would be able to recover without worry.
However, stealing the body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator would take too long to recover. This was the same as cultivating from the beginning. Right now, he was only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. This Nascent Soul only had the appearance, it didn't have the strength it should have.
Adding on Wang Lin's arrogance, the current Xu Liguo could be said to be a paper tiger that couldn't withstand a single blow.
However, if Xu Liguo's cultivation recovered to the Core Formation stage, the result would be completely different.
Wang Lin turned a deaf ear to Xu Liguo's begging. His eyes lit up and his right hand hit the wall next to him, sealing the cave behind him. Xu Liguo's expression slightly changed and he secretly cursed. His body quickly flew back into the wall.
Wang Lin didn't stop him. He spread out his Ji Realm Divine Sense and a flash of red lightning appeared in front of Xu Liguo. Xu Liguo's body trembled and a destructive force filled his body.
Wang Lin's right hand reached out and grabbed Xu Liguo's trembling origin soul. Wang Lin stared at the origin soul and pondered for a while. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
The moment he saw Xu Liguo's Primordial Spirit, an extremely familiar feeling suddenly arose. He thought about it carefully for a long time along the way, but he still couldn't figure out where this familiar feeling came from.
When he looked at Xu Liguo's origin soul, he suddenly remembered that this origin soul was similar to the wandering souls in the Nirvana Space.
Wang Lin rubbed his chin and a thought appeared in his mind.
If he could devour wandering souls like he did in the Nirvana Space, then his Ji Realm Divine Sense would increase a lot. Also, wandering souls were very powerful and could devour any cultivation level. Once he had a certain amount of wandering souls in the Life Space, it would be very easy for him to find Teng Huayuan for revenge.
Most importantly, Wang Lin knew that if he encountered a Core Formation cultivator, he would have no choice but to run. However, with wandering souls, even if a Core Formation cultivator came looking for him, he would have the power to protect himself.
If there were a bit more wandering souls, even if it was a Nascent Soul cultivator, Wang Lin would still dare to fight.
He knew that his techniques were too weak. To be more accurate, he only knew a few low level techniques. Aside from the flying sword, he didn't have any other treasures.
After experiencing what happened in Zhao, Wang Lin's mentality changed greatly. Everything he did now was to make himself stronger so that his fate would no longer be controlled by others.
Xu Liguo's origin soul made Wang Lin's heart beat faster.
"Since I can't take the wandering souls out of the Nirvana Space, then can I try to make one here?"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He slapped his bag of holding and the piece of metal flew out. He pointed at the wall and the piece of metal flew out. A moment later, a stone room was dug out.
Taking advantage of this time, Wang Lin used his Extreme Knowledge to forcibly erase Xu Liguo's divine sense. After all, it was the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if his cultivation dropped, Wang Lin used almost all of his Extreme Knowledge to barely succeed.
At this time, Xu Liguo's origin soul had become a translucent, unconscious object.
After the stone room was finished, the piece of metal flew out and returned to Wang Lin's bag of holding. Wang Lin swung his right hand and threw the origin soul into the stone room. After leaving a trace of Extreme Knowledge around as a restriction, Wang Lin adjusted his breathing and left the cave again.
After searching the nearby mountains, Wang Lin caught a few small beasts and returned. Xu Liguo's origin soul was floating in the air, motionless.
Wang Lin looked at it for a while and threw a small beast into the stone room. Once the small beast entered the stone room, it immediately hissed a few times and ran to the corner. It curled up its body and looked around cautiously. It turned a blind eye to the origin soul in the air.
Wang Lin frowned and looked at the two parties in the stone room. After pondering for a while, he strengthened the Extreme Knowledge Restriction around him and ignored it. Instead, he dug another stone room and put the remaining small beasts inside.
After doing this, Wang Lin slapped his forehead with his right hand. The heaven defying bead immediately flew out from between his eyebrows. After circling in the air, it immediately drilled into the Flaming Golden Vine on the ground and stuck to one end of it.
The Flaming Golden Fruits on the vine shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye. Eventually, they all disappeared. Streams of wood attributed spiritual energy flowed into the stone bead.
The shadow of a third leaf slowly appeared on the stone bead. Finally, the entire Flaming Golden Vine dried up and the third leaf solidified.
A look of joy flashed across Wang Lin's face. He extended his hand and the stone bead flew into his hand. After carefully inspecting it, Wang Lin slapped the bead between his eyebrows. The bead immediately melted and drilled into his forehead.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and pondered for a while. His body moved again and he left the cave and went straight to the volcano. After searching several volcanoes, Wang Lin used three days to completely uproot the Flaming Golden Fruits in the Flaming Golden Mountain Range.
The heaven defying bead's fifth leaf bloomed.
Three days later, Wang Lin came out of the stone room again and looked inside. There were traces of feces and urine on the ground. The small beast was dispirited and listless. After digesting the food from three days ago, it had not eaten anything and was extremely hungry.
Xu Liguo's primordial spirit was still floating in the air. Looking closely, it was even more transparent than before, as if it could disappear at any time.
Wang Lin pondered for a while and used his Ultimate Sense to force the primordial spirit to float backwards. Slowly, as Wang Lin's Ultimate Sense got closer, he was finally forced to the top of the small beast.
Finally, the primordial spirit saw that it had nowhere to hide, so it pounced towards the small beast.
Wang Lin was shocked and carefully observed. The small beast's body trembled violently. Finally, its body shook and it crawled up from the ground. Its eyes shone brightly, but the light became dimmer and dimmer. Finally, its head tilted and it fell to the ground.
At this moment, Xu Liguo's primordial spirit quickly came out of the small beast's head and slammed into the wall. However, the moment it hit the wall, it let out a scream and quickly retreated. Then, it changed its direction again. After failing to slam into a few places, it floated in the air and started swaying.
Wang Lin was not shocked, but happy. He stared at the primordial spirit's eyes. He could clearly see that the primordial spirit was no longer confused, but a trace of madness.
Without saying anything, Wang Lin threw in all the small beasts he had caught three days ago. His eyes flashed as he stared at the primordial spirit.
When the small beasts landed on the ground, they immediately struggled and ran to the corners. Their eyes were filled with fear as they screamed non-stop.
But what made Wang Lin frown was that the primordial spirit didn't even look at the small beasts. The madness in its eyes became dimmer and dimmer. Finally, it disappeared and became confused again.
Wang Lin pondered for a while and once again used his Ji Realm Divine Sense to force the primordial spirit into the body of one of the small beasts. The moment the small beast died, the primordial spirit rushed out and the madness in its eyes appeared again.
However, this primordial spirit still ignored the other small beasts. Wang Lin snorted and once again used the same method to force the primordial spirit to devour the souls of all the small beasts. The madness in the primordial spirit's eyes became even more intense.
Wang Lin pondered for a while, then he turned around and left. He caught a few more wild beasts in the nearby mountain range. This time, he specifically picked some of the more ferocious beasts. One of them even had a trace of a monster aura.
After returning to the cave, Wang Lin made a few more stone rooms and placed the animals according to their type. Then he grabbed a wild beast with red eyes that kept roaring and threw it into the primordial spirit's room.
After using his Ji Realm Divine Sense to force the primordial spirit to devour, the madness in his eyes became even more intense.
Wang Lin watched from outside the stone room for a long time. He didn't know if the primordial spirit would turn into a wandering soul if he continued to feed it like this.
In fact, the best method would be to catch a cultivator to experiment on. However, Wang Lin was worried that if the primordial spirit devoured a cultivator, it would increase its own cultivation. If that happened, then once the primordial spirit exceeded the range of his Ji Realm Divine Sense, he would be in danger. Therefore, he didn't want to directly use the cultivator's soul if he wasn't completely sure.
Four days later, except for the creature with a trace of a monster aura, all the animals that were caught were used up. On this day, Wang Lin grabbed the monster and threw it into the stone room.
Under the pressure of his Ji Realm Divine Sense, the primordial spirit slowly pounced towards the monster. However, the moment it touched the monster, the primordial spirit immediately erupted with a strong resistance. It forcibly stopped the pounce and revealed a hesitant expression.
Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense moved, and the red lightning immediately wandered outside the primordial spirit. Finally, the primordial spirit finally pounced on the monster. Time slowly passed, and the monster's body was trembling violently.
After half an hour, the monster's body exploded with a bang, and a red shadow jumped out. After pausing for a moment in mid-air, it immediately issued a few screams.
The appearance of the primordial spirit had completely changed. Its whole body emitted a dark red light, and a strong evil aura. Even though Wang Lin was standing outside the stone room, he could still clearly feel it.
In Wang Lin's eyes, the current him was no longer a primordial spirit, but a devil.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He pondered for a moment, opened the stone room, and walked inside.
The devil suddenly turned its head, stared at Wang Lin, and pounced on him. Wang Lin's expression was indifferent, and a red lightning flashed in his eyes. The devil immediately let out a miserable groan and was sent flying far away.
A fierce expression flashed on its face, and it pounced again. Wang Lin stretched out his right hand and grabbed the devil. "You're courting death!"
Wang Lin's voice was cold, and red lightning flashed in his eyes. Every time it flashed, the devil trembled. The fierce expression in its eyes gradually disappeared, and fear slowly emerged again.
In the end, it even revealed a begging expression. Wang Lin grabbed the devil and walked out of the stone room. After arriving at the place where he usually meditated, he threw the devil into the air.
A fierce expression flashed on the devil's face again, and without hesitation, it rushed towards the stone room, wanting to escape.
Wang Lin sneered in his heart. His Ji Realm Divine Sense quickly caught up to it, and he punished it slightly. The devil immediately let out a miserable groan, and a wisp of turbid smoke came out of its body, and it immediately became dispirited.
Wang Lin patted his storage bag, and the metal piece flew out. The devil calmly said, "Go in and hide, and don't come out."
The devil looked at Wang Lin in fear, and a ray of light entered the metal piece.
Afterwards, it stared at the fact that it couldn't be summoned, and it turned into a ray of red light. After that, Wang Lin looked around, and he walked out. At the entrance of the cave, he waved his sleeves, and with a rumbling sound, the cave was sealed.
Wang Lin didn't look back. He flew into the air, and flew towards the east.
According to Mai Liang's memories, the location of the War God Temple was in the east. Wang Lin already had a plan, but he didn't find a way back to the State of Zhao in Mai Liang's memories. If he wanted to find it, he would have to go to the War God Temple's Scripture Pavilion, where there was a map.
In addition, the blood refined magic treasure, the small green sword, had now turned into a metal piece, and its power had greatly decreased. If it was used against a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Wang Lin wouldn't need to use it. But if it was used against a Core Formation cultivator, his Ji Realm Divine Sense wouldn't be effective, and this magic treasure would be able to save his life.
Therefore, Wang Lin had to learn the art of blacksmithing. If he wanted to learn blacksmithing, he had to return to the War God Temple, where there was a specialized blacksmithing hall.
In addition to this, Wang Lin also had to find a place with extreme Yin energy. Otherwise, his cultivation could only stay at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Only in a place with extreme Yin energy could the Yellow Springs Ascension Method form three cold cores and enter the late stage of Foundation Establishment, or even Core Formation.
Wang Lin didn't plan to give up on the Yellow Springs Ascension Method. After all, Situ Nan had said that after cultivating this method, once all three cold cores formed and fused together, there was a high chance that he would break through to the Core Formation stage.
Before recovering his cultivation, because he didn't have the Yin liquid, Wang Lin could only cultivate the War God Temple's inferior Divine Path technique from Mai Liang's memories. However, the spiritual energy cultivated by this Divine Path technique didn't have any attributes. Purely in terms of quality, it was much worse than the Yin spiritual energy.
However, it was superior in that it could last for a long time. If the Yin attribute was an invincible sword, then the spiritual energy cultivated by the Divine Path would be a flexible silk.
The War God Temple was located in the eastern part of Hou Fen on a mountain peak that pierced through the clouds. The mountain peak was surrounded by clouds and there were many spiritual beasts.
After the main peak, there were four smaller peaks. They were the four main temples of the War God Temple.
As the leader of the four major sects in Hou Fen, the War God Temple had more than 3000 disciples. Even if you take away the outer disciples, there were still more than 2300 inner disciples.
On this day, on a lone peak thousands of miles away from the War God Temple, Zhou Zihong, Yang Xiong, and Lin Tao had been waiting for a long time.
Three days ago, the three of them suddenly received a message from Wang Lin using his essence blood. He wanted them to take out some items and meet him here in three days. The appointed time had long passed, but the three of them didn't dare to leave.
Among the three of them, Lin Tao's expression was one of fear. He was secretly nervous as he searched for an excuse.
Zhou Zihong's expression was blank as she pursed her lips. Her mind was a complete blank. Ma Liang had already been gone for a year, and she had assumed that he would never appear again. But then, three days ago, her heart trembled, and she heard his voice. Her face instantly turned ashen.
Yang Xiong's expression was the calmest. Aside from a few flashes of light in his eyes, there was basically nothing abnormal. However, if one looked closely, they would find that his right hand was tightly clenched.
Time passed bit by bit and soon, night fell. Wang Lin still hadn't appeared. The three of them looked at each other with confused expressions.
On a mountain peak two thousand meters away, Wang Lin coldly stared at the three of them. Ever since the great change in Zhao, Wang Lin's personality had become extremely cautious. Although he had the essence blood of the three of them, there was no knowing what was in a person's heart. Who knows if the three of them really had the courage to fight to the death?
Therefore, Wang Lin was waiting and observing his surroundings. As long as there was even the slightest movement, he would immediately crush the three's essence blood and quickly escape.
At the same time, he was also observing their reactions. It had to be said that even if they were pretending, they couldn't maintain it for a long time. Among the three of them, Lin Tao's reaction was the most normal. From start to finish, he was still panicking.
Zhou Zihong was still in a daze. Her blank expression was difficult to conceal.
After paying a bit more attention to the two of them, he placed his focus on Yang Xiong.
This person's expression was very stable at the beginning, but as time passed, it gradually became uncertain.
Wang Lin stared at his right hand and revealed a hint of coldness.
He pondered for a bit, then his body flew over to where the three of them were. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the three of them and a cold aura quickly spread out.
After seeing Wang Lin, the hearts of the three of them trembled. The fatigue from waiting for a long time was swept away.
In the past year, all sorts of things that happened in the foreign battleground would reverberate in their dreams almost every night.
They didn't know how strong Wang Lin was, but now that they saw it, the aura that Ma Liang emitted made their hearts tremble.
They even had a feeling that even without the guidance of the essence blood, as long as Wang Lin willed it, the three of them wouldn't even have the ability to retaliate and would immediately be killed.
This feeling immediately climbed to the limit when Wang Lin coldly glanced at them. Lin Tao was the first to be unable to bear it. He knelt on the ground and said with a trembling voice, "Lin Tao greets Master."
"Yang Xiong and Zhou Zihong aren't much better. They're just enduring it.
Wang Lin withdrew his Ji Realm Divine Sense and the dangerous aura immediately disappeared. Only then did the three of them let out sighs of relief. Yang Xiong and Zhou Zihong quickly lowered their heads and greeted him.
When he lowered his head, Yang Xiong revealed a bitter expression. His right hand tightly gripped the jade talisman. He had two plans this time. One was to trick Wang Lin into going to the War God Shrine and then use the opportunity to ask the elders to help him take back the essence blood.
The second plan was to secretly use the jade talisman to send Wang Lin's location if Wang Lin didn't go. His junior brother at the War God Shrine still had a jade talisman. As long as he inserted some spiritual energy, his junior brother's jade talisman would immediately light up. According to his orders, his junior brother would immediately give the jade talisman to his master.
But now he realized how stupid his idea was. If he really did that, the first person to die would be him.
This senior that possessed Ma Liang must be an expert from a high ranked cultivation country. Otherwise, how could he only be at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment but have such a terrifying divine sense?
Yang Xiong let out a sigh and gave up on resisting.
He took a deep breath and quickly patted his storage pouch with his left hand. He took out a jade slip and said respectfully, "Master, I've brought the item you asked for three days ago. This is the jade slip for the crafting side hall."
After Wang Lin accepted it, he scanned it with his divine sense. His expression didn't change at all. He nodded and looked at Lin Tao.
Lin Tao's heart skipped a beat. He whispered, "Master, that map is at the top of the library. My … my cultivation isn't high enough, so I can't go up."
Seeing Wang Lin's expressionless face, Lin Tao clenched his teeth and said, "Ten days!
Master, give me ten more days. My cousin will be on duty in ten days. No matter what, I'll have him make a copy for me. "
Wang Lin looked at him and nodded. He calmly said, "If you really get it, then when I leave Hou Fen, I'll return the soul blood to you."
With that, he looked at Yang Xiong. His eyes became cold and he said, "I could give you the soul blood now, but since you have the item in your hand, I won't kill you. However, whether or not I can take the soul blood away will depend on next time."
Yang Xiong's body trembled and his face immediately lost all color. When he saw Wang Lin's eyes, a strong sense of fear filled his heart. He knelt down and handed over the jade in his hand. His face was filled with nervousness.
Wang Lin didn't look at him but at Zhou Zihong. Zhou Zihong clenched her teeth, raised her head, and softly said, "Senior, that Divine Path is very strange. Although I saw it half a year ago, I didn't have any impression of it. I really can't make a copy.
In reality, you don't need to go through all this trouble. As long as you return to the sect, with Mai Liang's identity as someone who returned from the foreign battleground, you will have the right to study it. "
The Divine Path was what Wang Lin was most interested in from Mai Liang's memories. In Mai Liang's memories, Wang Lin wanted to see it even in his dreams. Unfortunately, for some reason, the War God Shrine was very strict with their own disciples. Disciples from other sects only needed to pay a certain amount of spirit stones to study it.
However, for the sect's disciples, unless they had reached the Core Formation stage or made a great contribution to the sect, they would only be allowed to study under the protection of an elder if they met one of these two conditions.
According to Wang Lin's analysis, this Divine Path was a bit strange. If a Foundation Establishment cultivator didn't have a protector, then it wouldn't be good for them to study it.
He had asked Zhou Zihong to make a copy, but he did not expect it to succeed. Therefore, he was not disappointed. He carefully looked at the three of them and said in a calm voice, "The three of you do not need to be so guarded against me. As long as you do not provoke me, when I leave, I will definitely return the essence blood to you. But if you have any evil intentions, don't blame me for being merciless."