Unfortunately, when he was chasing Sun Youcai, he encountered a fire beast, which caused the demon to escape.
After Wang Lin came out of the volcano, he immediately used his divine sense to search for the demon.
At this time, the demon had devoured more than ten people, and his cultivation had recovered to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He thought that he could completely ignore Wang Lin's control and ferociously charged at him.
Wang Lin's eyes were cold and red lightning flashed in his eyes. The demon screamed as if he had been struck by lightning and quickly retreated.
How could Wang Lin let him do as he wished? He took a step forward and reached out with his right hand. The attraction spell turned into an invisible hand that grabbed the demon.
The demon immediately begged for mercy, but Wang Lin ignored him. His Ji Realm Divine Sense kept stabbing the demon. His control of his Ji Realm Divine Sense was very good. Every time the demon was about to collapse, he would stop for a moment. Green smoke came from the demon's body and his screams became weaker and weaker until he completely stopped.
The fear in the demon's eyes had reached its peak. This time, he was afraid of Wang Lin from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Lin's cold eyes revealed a trace of ruthlessness. He stared at the demon and coldly said, "If you do it again, you will die!"
The demon was terrified and panicked. He had yet to recover from the shock and kept mumbling.
Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and the piece of metal flew out. The demon didn't need Wang Lin to remind him. He quickly turned into a red light and entered it. The piece of metal flashed a few times before returning to the bag of holding.
Wang Lin looked around at the corpses that the demon had devoured. He was silent for a while. His current mentality was very different from before the upheaval in Zhao. Before, Wang Lin's personality was filled with the simple and honest aura of a mountain village youth. But now, this simple and honest aura had disappeared along with the death of his family.
In the cultivation world, the strong preyed on the weak. If he couldn't even protect himself and his family, what reason would he have to be so merciful?
Situ Nan had wanted to enter the demonic path many times. Before, Wang Lin had always resisted, but after dying once, he no longer had any reason to resist.
"So what if I become a demon?"
Wang Lin sneered. He waved his hand and all the corpses around him disappeared. He then leaped into the air.
In the sky above a mountain range that was rarely seen in Hou Fen, Wang Lin flew around and chose a location. He landed on the mountain and carved out a cave.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the cave was completed. Wang Lin walked in. He then used some rocks to place a confusion formation outside the cave and sealed the east gate.
After doing all of this, he sat down cross legged and took out the bags of holding from Sun Youcai and the black-robed man. After searching them with his divine sense, he took out three pieces of jade.
Wang Lin placed the first piece of jade on his forehead. After checking it for a bit, he pondered a bit and put it on the side. This piece of jade recorded a cultivation method of the Evil Demon Sect called the Carefree Asura spell.
The Evil Demon Sect was a demonic sect in Hou Fen. Most of their cultivation methods were heard of. This Great Freedom Shura Art had a total of six levels. It focused on cultivating the merciless path of the Shura.
By killing people to train one's heart, one would enter the merciless path. By immersing oneself in the merciless path, one would create a Shura soul and use it to replace one's Nascent Soul. This was the power of the Great Freedom Shura Art.
Cultivating this cultivation method had a strict requirement at the beginning. One had to kill one person every day.
Wang Lin thought for a bit and guessed that the black-robed man must have cultivated this Great Freedom Shura Art. This piece of jade must have come from his bag of holding.
Wang Lin wasn't very interested in this cultivation method, but he was interested in some of the spells recorded inside. Although these demonic spells were cruel, they were very practical.
After picking up the second piece of jade, Wang Lin scanned it with his divine sense and revealed a happy expression. This piece of jade only recorded one spell, the False Earth Escape Technique.
The False Earth Escape Technique was one of the five element escape techniques. This five element escape technique was very famous, and it was known as a great technique during ancient times.
Even after the destruction of the ancient cultivation world and the emergence of the Cultivation Alliance, the five element escape technique was still very rare, and its name was even more mysterious.
However, the five element escape technique was too famous, so it naturally spawned many branches. Most of these branches used the name of the five element escape technique, but compared to the real escape technique, they were only scratching the surface.
The piece of jade in Wang Lin's hand wasn't the real five element escape technique. It was only a bit more advanced than those scratching the surface.
However, just a bit more advanced was enough to make the difference between heaven and earth.
Time slowly passed as he immersed himself in studying the False Earth Escape Technique. It wasn't until the morning of the second day that Wang Lin slowly opened his eyes. His face revealed a hint of enlightenment. He didn't stand up but hit the ground with his hand. His body disappeared and reappeared 30 feet away.
Wang Lin's face revealed a hint of joy as he muttered to himself, "This Ma Liang's body, talent, and spirit root are much stronger than mine.
"Whether it is talent or spirit root, this Ma Liang's body is much stronger than mine before. Although it isn't the best, it is at least average, so it won't be too difficult to cultivate the False Earth Escape Technique. However, it will take a long time to truly master it."
Wang Lin took out the bucket of spirit liquid from his bag of holding. After taking a big gulp, he began to cultivate.
Half an hour later, all the fatigue from studying the False Earth Escape Technique was gone.
He picked up the third jade slip unhurriedly and looked at it with rapt attention. It recorded some of Sun Youcai's daily trivia. Presumably, Sun Youcai had a hobby of recording daily matters. In this jade slip, it described his thirty years of cultivation.
There was also the complicated and chaotic relationship he had with several female cultivators.
Wang Lin only glanced through these things. What really interested him was Sun Youcai's detailed summary of all the pills he had consumed in the past 10 years. There were more than 10 types of pills mentioned. Each pill had a reaction to the body, the increase in spiritual force, and the speed at which one's cultivation increased.
In addition, there were seven or eight pills that he was fascinated by but never had the chance to see.
After looking at it for a while, Wang Lin put away the three pieces of jade and continued to look through the other items in the bag of holding.
Sun Youcai's bag of holding didn't have any treasures other than a few bottles of pills. If it was before, Wang Lin might have been confused, but after seeing Sun Youcai's 30 years of life, he knew that even though Sun Youcai had killed people for their treasures several times, he had spent all his money on spirit herbs to increase his cultivation.
There was one item in the middle-aged man's bag of holding that caught Wang Lin's attention. It was a piece of yellow paper.
A black symbol was drawn on the paper. A powerful aura was emitted from the yellow paper.
Wang Lin recognized this yellow paper. He once had one. This was made by a Core Formation cultivator. It was a treasure pill that could unleash the full power of the creator.
Holding the yellow paper, Wang Lin sneered in his heart. If the middle-aged man in black was more cautious and used this treasure, he wouldn't have died. However, it was obvious that this treasure pill was his trump card. He wouldn't use it unless he had no other choice. Unfortunately, he encountered Wang Lin's Extreme Knowledge. He also underestimated his opponent, so he didn't even have the time to take out this treasure.
Compared to this treasure pill, the other items in the bag of holding weren't worth mentioning.
After organizing the spoils of war, Wang Lin touched his forehead. The heaven defying bead slowly came out and floated in the air.
Looking at the bead, Wang Lin revealed a bitter smile. At this time, the surface of the bead had once again returned to the five leaves. Wang Lin pondered for a while. The heaven defying bead needed the completion of the five elements in order to unleash its true power. Right now, the water and fire attributes were already complete. The wood attribute was only half a step away. Only the metal and earth attributes were left before the five elements could be gathered.
Wang Lin was looking forward to what kind of power the bead could display after the five elements were complete. Looking at it now, other than having a dream space, it didn't seem to have any other uses.
However, how could a treasure that could destroy the body of the number one cultivator in Rosefinch, Situ Nan, be so simple?
Staring at the bead, Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He placed the bead between his eyebrows and shook his bag of holding. A piece of jade flew out. Wang Lin grabbed it and sent his divine sense into it. This piece of jade was made by Yang Xiong from the War God Shrine. It contained all kinds of methods and chants for refining treasures.
On the way here, Wang Lin didn't have time to look at it. Now, he finally had the time to carefully study it.
At this moment, the countless volcanoes in the country of Hou Fen were emitting more and more black smoke. The violent and hot spiritual energy spread across the country.
In addition, many disciples from the four great sects discovered the fire beasts inside the volcanoes. They were all shocked and quickly reported this to their superiors.
The four great sects were very familiar with sealing the volcanoes. They had even heard about the fire beasts inside the volcanoes. However, this was a secret that only Nascent Soul cultivators knew about.
At this moment, in the main hall of the War God Shrine, there were four men and two women sitting on two sides. They were all frowning and were silent.
"Everyone, what do you think of this matter?" A white-haired, withered, and yellow-skinned old man on the left asked in a deep voice.
"Senior Brother Song, I've only read about this fire spirit beast in some ancient books. They say it is a type of spirit beast, but the words are a bit exaggerated. I believe that since it is a spirit beast, it can be tamed. If the six of us work together, I don't believe that we can't subdue a mere fire spirit beast with our Nascent Soul cultivation!"
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a slouched waist and long sideburns. His face was like a crown jade, and he was cultured and refined. Although his voice was light, it was filled with arrogance.
When I was still in the Core Formation stage, I met that Fire Spirit Beast with Master once. It's an innate fire spirit, so not only are all fire-related magic techniques useless, they even increase its power. Only cold-attributed magic techniques can slightly resist it, but if you're talking about killing it, there's no need to even think about it, much less subduing it. "
The beautiful woman that Wang Lin had met once said without any trace of politeness.
The middle-aged scholar didn't feel awkward. He looked at the woman with affection and chuckled before shaking his head in silence.
"This matter is simple. Since that fire beast has existed for a long time and has never left the volcanoes, it must be restricted by some kind of heavenly might. All we have to do is increase the strength of the seal. Rather than discussing this here, why don't we seal it as soon as possible? I'll take my leave first."
The person who spoke flicked his sleeves, stood up and walked out. This person was six chi tall and three cun long, his eyes were like a river, and his mouth was like a lake.
Seeing that everyone else was silent, the old man surnamed Song said, "Forget it.
I hope the appearance of this fire beast won't cause the seal to fail. According to the previous rules, we will each seal the volcanoes we are assigned to. "
The same scene played out in the Lou He Sect, the Evil Demon Sect, and the Shiyin Sect. The result was almost the same. Thus, all of the Nascent Soul cultivators in Hou Fen began to seal the volcanoes.
At this moment, the entire country of Hou Fen often saw Nascent Soul cultivators sealing the volcanoes. The fluctuations of spiritual energy in the world became even more intense.
What caused the Nascent Soul experts to feel strange was that each of the volcanoes was filled with countless flame beasts. These flame beasts had cold gazes, and didn't try to stop the sealing process, nor did they attack. They just quietly watched.
Their expressions gave people the feeling that they were completely ignoring the seal. Gradually, the hearts of the Nascent Soul cultivators who were participating in the seal became heavier and heavier. Those who were previously optimistic couldn't help but change their minds.
Wang Lin, who was immersed in the jade, knew all of this. Wang Lin had already guessed that the fire beasts would eventually appear, but he had to wait 10 days for Lin Tao to get the map. Only then could he leave. Otherwise, going to another country to find another map would be too troublesome.
On this day, there were still four days until the appointed time with Lin Tao. Wang Lin withdrew his divine sense from the jade. He looked tired, but his eyes were filled with joy.
The refining jade was profound and not something that could be mastered in a short period of time. Wang Lin had a deep understanding of this, so when he realized this, he immediately focused on refining flying swords.
Carefully putting the refining jade into his bag of holding, Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He waved his right hand and the metal piece immediately flew out. It circled around his head once before stopping in front of him.
After using it for a while, the size of the metal piece had been reduced by half. The edges were already a bit black. It was obvious that flying at high speeds had caused it to melt repeatedly.
Wang Lin pondered for a bit and immediately put his hands together. When he pulled them apart, a few strands of spirit force appeared between his hands. These strands were the first step of the War God Shrine's refining.
The refining technique of the War God Shrine was completely different from traditional refining techniques. It could be said that it was an unconventional sword. It didn't use spirit fire to refine, it didn't use molds to add arrays, and it wasn't a simple fusion of materials. It was a strange system that was unconstrained and unconstrained.
This special system focused on three processes: adjustment, fusion, and combination.
At the same time, the refining technique of the War God Shrine required a very important tool, which was the reaction furnace that was mentioned many times in the jade.
The function of the reaction furnace was to stimulate the properties of various refining materials.
Only by creating the reaction furnace could one be considered to have grasped the first step of the War God Shrine's refining technique.
Wang Lin's hands moved very quickly. The strands of spirit force in his hands constantly increased until they finally connected together. It was as if Wang Lin's hands were wrapped in a piece of silk, forming a sparkling spirit screen.
After the spirit screen was formed, Wang Lin's hands shook and the silk slowly floated up. Wang Lin's eyes flashed and the method of creating the reaction furnace appeared in his mind. There was an extremely harsh requirement, and that was the skull of a spirit beast to be used as the body of the furnace.
Wang Lin didn't know that this requirement alone caused the majority of the refining cultivators of the War God Shrine to be stuck forever.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and patted his bag of holding. A snake corpse as thick as a bucket and connected to its head floated out.
This snake corpse came from Xu Hao's bag of holding in the outer realm. It was unknown where he obtained it, but Wang Lin didn't put it in his eyes before. At this moment, the production of the reaction furnace required the skull of a spirit beast.
Thus, he took it out and gave it a try.
According to Wang Lin's analysis, this snake corpse was most likely the spirit pet of a powerful cultivator in the outer realm battlefield. It died together with its master and was picked up by Xu Hao when he cleaned up the battlefield.
After carefully cutting off the snake's head and removing the skin and flesh, what appeared in front of Wang Lin was an oval-shaped skull.
After getting rid of the red and white matter, the body of the reaction furnace was complete.
Next, Wang Lin took a deep breath and carefully controlled the silk-like spirit screen to slowly attach it to the body of the reaction furnace. With a snap, cracks appeared on the skull. After a series of cracking sounds, the cracks became larger and larger. Finally, the entire skull turned into countless pieces and fell to the ground.
At this moment, the spirit screen also slowly dissipated until it completely disappeared.
The production of the reaction furnace had failed.
Wang Lin bitterly smiled. Although he was disappointed, he was somewhat prepared. According to the jade slip, the success rate of making the reaction furnace wasn't high. If he wanted to increase the success rate, aside from controlling the spirit threads, the most important thing was to choose the body of the reaction furnace.
The skull of a spirit beast that had just died was the best, and the skull of a powerful spirit beast was the best. If he could get his hands on the skull of a desolate beast, then the success rate would be even higher. On the other hand, if the spirit beast had been dead for a long time, then the success rate would be much lower.
If it wasn't a spirit beast, then the success rate was basically zero.
The quality of the reaction furnace would determine the result of refining. This was mentioned more than once in the jade slip.
Wang Lin pondered a bit. Since the production of the reaction furnace had failed, then the only spirit beast in his bag was the snake corpse. Now that the snake's skull was broken, he couldn't continue making the reaction furnace. Wang Lin could only take a step back and choose another method to refine.
He pointed at the piece of metal and it immediately began to spin. Soon, drops of molten iron fell and the piece of metal became smaller and smaller. Finally, as it spun faster and faster, it completely melted, leaving behind only a puddle of molten iron on the ground.
The devil had already appeared. It stood on the side and secretly looked at Wang Lin.
The image of a small green sword slowly floated out from the molten iron and circled around Wang Lin.
Wang Lin took out a black flying sword from his bag of holding. This flying sword belonged to Senior Brother Sun Youcai, so it was a good opportunity for Wang Lin to take advantage of.
Wang Lin pointed at the image of the small sword and it immediately shot into the black flying sword, slowly merging with it.
This method was the most direct, but also the worst. It couldn't even be considered refining. It could only be said to be like possessing someone else's body, changing the body of the flying sword.
Zhao Jiuge frowned as he experimented. The flying sword was much faster than the piece of metal, but it was still a lot slower than when he was in Zhao. However, this was already the best result he could get.
This time, the devil didn't wait for Wang Lin's order and obediently entered the flying sword. Wang Lin put away the flying sword and calculated the time. After resting for a bit, he took a step and disappeared without any hesitation.
Wang Lin didn't know that while he was in closed door cultivation, a heaven-shaking change had occurred in Hou Fen.
The source of this change was a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Lou He Sect. When he was sealing a volcano, the volcano he had just sealed suddenly erupted. Magma sprayed out more than 1,000 feet high.
At the same time, a large amount of black smoke filled the sky. What made the Nascent Soul Cultivator's scalp go numb was the endless amount of fire beasts that rushed out from the erupting volcano along with the magma.
Among these fire beasts, there was a very large one that charged at the Nascent Soul cultivator. The man and beast fought, and the Nascent Soul cultivator was no match, so he escaped with injuries.
Luckily, the fire beasts didn't chase after him. Instead, they went to other volcanoes to destroy the seals. At this moment, all of the volcanoes in Hou Fen erupted one after another. The entire world was filled with violent fire spiritual energy. If someone breathed in spiritual energy like this, they would go berserk. If it was serious, they would be on fire.
The moment this happened, the entire country of Hou Fen was in chaos. First was the mortal realm. To mortals, these fire beasts couldn't resist at all, so the entire country of Hou Fen had to move.
Next were the large and small cultivation families. These families all looked at the four great sects to see if they would fight or move.
The Nascent Soul cultivators of the four great sects gathered at the War God Shrine. After reporting this matter to the higher cultivation countries, they decisively gave the order to move.
All of the disciples that went out returned to their own sects and began to move the entire country.
After all, the four great sects didn't dare to gamble on when a rank 4 cultivation country would come. If they didn't leave soon, even if the fire beasts were destroyed, Hou Fen's strength would be greatly reduced and it could fall back to rank 2.
The border of Hou Fen was very close to the country of Xuan Wu. Xuan Wu was also a rank 3 cultivation country. Compared to Hou Fen, Xuan Wu's power was much more complicated.
When Wang Lin walked out of the cave, the four great sects were in the process of moving.
Moving an entire sect sounds simple, but it is actually very complicated. Adding on the fire beasts' attacks, the sects had to send out disciples to stop the fire beasts while they were moving.
As a result, when the four great sects gathered together, along with the large and small cultivation families, they formed a group of more than 20,000 cultivators. Not only had the fire beasts opened up all of the volcanoes in Hou Fen, but they had also formed an army of more than 100,000 fire beasts. They surrounded the country from all directions.
After a few big battles, the army of cultivators finally broke through the encirclement of the fire beasts. They left behind a group of people to defend the country of Xuan Wu.
The moment Wang Lin appeared outside the cave, his pupils shrank. In the sky, seven or eight cultivators were attacked by a group of fire beasts. Blood splattered everywhere and they all died in an instant.
(To be continued)