He chose to wait. He still had nearly 60 years of lifespan, and he didn't want to spend his last 50 years sacrificing the tribute his family had prepared for generations to someone else.
80 years of time was enough for a person's entire life. However, Wang Lin spent these 80 years inside the Green Devil Scorpion Temple.
During these 80 years, he couldn't absorb any origin energy and couldn't cultivate. He could only silently wait under the protection of the Heaven Defying Bead. As he waited, he seemed to become an old man. Many things and memories seemed to become blurry.
It was as if there was a layer of fog that made it impossible to see clearly. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that it was covered in dust.
He forgot a lot. Whether it was the cave world, the Heavenly Bull Continent, or even the danger he was in, he slowly forgot about it. He was in an indescribable state, as if he had merged with the world and become part of it. However, it wasn't like he was using Spatial Bending.
However, there were still a few figures in his mind that he couldn't forget no matter how hard he tried. He didn't want to forget them … Among those figures were his parents, as well as the woman who silently played the zither with a gentle smile on her face.
Some people, after a long life, forget the purpose of their reincarnation … Some people, after living an ordinary life, only when they look at the stars before their death do they remember that they have lost their pursuit … Some people, after overturning the entire world, perhaps just to find a figure … Even if it was only a reflection, they would reverse the heavens and correct it … Time passed. This time, it wasn't 40 years, but 30 years … During Wang Lin's 110 years of waiting inside the scorpion temple, the green-robed old man made a choice. He could no longer wait. He only had less than 30 years of lifespan left, and he didn't need to wait any longer. There was no need to test. He didn't believe that someone could sit like this for 110 years. This was not meditation, this was not closed door cultivation, this was walking toward death!!
He saw that Wang Lin's body had been completely wasted. If he hadn't been prepared, he would have been destroyed by the countless Green Devil Scorpions.
If his origin soul was still there, the moment his body died, his origin soul would be devoured by the scorpions and become nutrients. He didn't believe anyone could endure this torture at the cost of death!
On this day on the 110th year, the green-robed old man slowly stood up and his coughing became even more intense. He walked toward the space where Wang Lin was accompanied by the two Green Devil Messengers.
Not long after, the sound of coughing faded into the distance and slowly weakened within the scorpion building.
Ripples echoed inside the green space and the green-robed old man weakly walked out. He looked at Wang Lin, who was covered in scorpions and could no longer be seen. He pondered for a bit.
"I don't know if you can hear my voice. If you can, then the Old Man admires your patience … To be able to endure for more than 100 years in such an environment, the Old Man can't do it … The war between the Heavenly Bull Continent and the Green Devil Continent has reached its final stage according to the Green Devil Messengers …" The green-robed old man spoke slowly, and when he reached this point, he paused.
After a long time, his voice echoed inside the green space once more.
"If you can hear me, if you are really enduring, then I hope that after you obtain the fortune, you won't make things difficult for the Green Devil Continent … If you can do this, even if you still have your consciousness, the Old Man will not hesitate to give you the fortune!!"
The green-robed old man murmured. His words were filled with age and exhaustion.
"I am already very old. I will die in a few decades. These years have been very, very tiring … The mission of my clan is to protect this place … After I die, I hope that you can promise to send the ashes of my clan's worshippers buried under this scorpion temple to the Central Plains because that is the home of my clan …" The old man's words revealed a sense of melancholy. It was as if he was saying his last words before he died, revealing an indescribable sincerity.
But!!
In his right hand, which was hidden beneath his robe, was a jade slip. It was green in color, and didn't require a Cultivation base to activate. Only the Priestesses of the past could use it. Its primary function, aside from the ability to destroy, was to sense the fluctuations of the mind in the area.
If Wang Lin's mind had wavered at all, he would have killed Wang Lin with the jade without hesitation. He would not have been as gentle as he had said!
This was his final test!
A long time after he finished speaking, there was no reaction from the jade in his hand. The green-robed old man let out a sigh of relief and put away the jade. He looked up at the large amount of green scorpions below and suddenly bit the tip of his tongue to cough out a mouthful of blood.
The moment his blood appeared, it immediately fell to the ground. All the scorpions in the green space hissed and retreated like crazy. Wang Lin's withered body was revealed as if it had been reunited with the sun.
"Eight essences, still missing one …" the old man murmured. He suddenly raised his right hand and extended it out of his robe. His right arm was covered in green fur, and his arm was withered and gave off the smell of decay.
At this moment, all the green fur on his arm fell off and a yellow light covered his right arm. His arm slowly melted and three earth-yellow beads floated out.
"With these three Meng Earth Beads, you should be able to condense the earth essences!"
The old man gasped for breath and waved his left hand. The three beads flew toward Wang Lin's body. One entered between his eyebrows, one entered his chest, and the last disappeared into his dantian.
The moment the three beads entered Wang Lin's body, Wang Lin's body trembled and a bright earth-yellow light came from his body.
The light spread out and caused the surrounding scorpions to retreat as if they were very sensitive to the light. The light continued to shine for a few hours before a layer of dirt covered Wang Lin's body.
After being covered by the dirt, Wang Lin looked like a man made of mud and remained motionless.
Time passed, but the green-robed old man didn't leave. He sat down and looked at Wang Lin's body with a serious expression. The dream of his clan for tens of thousands of years had finally come true. This was very important to him.
Three days later, the thin layer of dirt covering Wang Lin's body still hadn't changed. This caused the green-robed old man to be surprised.
'Three Meng Earth Beads aren't enough … They can only make the earth essence in his body reach initial success …' The old man frowned. In silence, he lifted his left hand and pressed it against the center of his brows. As he pulled, he used a special method to pull out three grains of sand from his body!
The three grains of sand were dark red, as if they were stained with blood.
Looking at the three grains of sand in his hand, the old man let out a sigh. This was something his clan had spent a lot of effort to collect over countless years. It contained a large amount of earth essence energy. Rumor had it that these three grains of sand were three of the nine grains of earth essence that appeared when the Celestial Ancestor created the first continent!
Of those nine grains of sand, apart from these three, of the other six, five were absorbed by others and turned into earth source energy. The last one turned into a continent, and Central Continent Imperial City was built on it!
This item was extremely precious, and even those who saw it with their own eyes rarely saw it. Without any hesitation, the old man waved his left hand and a grain of sand flew toward Wang Lin.
The moment the grain of sand entered Wang Lin's body, a rumble came from Wang Lin's body. The thin layer of dirt around his body rapidly increased in size. In the blink of an eye, it surrounded Wang Lin's body and formed a 90 foot ball of dirt.
The ball of dirt gave off an extremely dense amount of earth essence energy. After nine days, it rapidly shrank. Just as it disappeared, it once again spread out from Wang Lin's body. This happened eight times before it lost its effect.
However, the moment it lost its effect, the green-robed old man sent out a second grain of sand. It entered Wang Lin's body, and with a loud rumble, the earth essence aura around Wang Lin's body began to circulate once more.
This time, it went through nine cycles. When the ninth cycle was complete, Wang Lin's body began to emanate vast amounts of earth essence energy. Shockingly, he now had a ninth Essence!!
However, things weren't over yet. After the ninth Essence appeared, the Essence power within the sand didn't completely dissipate. Instead, it poured into the ninth Essence and then shot toward the Essence true body.
The green-robed old man's expression was one of excitement as he rose to his feet. He waved his left hand, causing the third grain of sand to shoot toward Wang Lin. As soon as it entered Wang Lin's body, the earth essence power within him increased dramatically. In the blink of an eye, Wang Lin's withered body recovered, and all of his injuries were completely reversed.
His earth essence expanded, absorbing all of the Essence power from the third grain of sand. Shockingly, Wang Lin's third Essence true body began to form.
However, without Wang Lin's will fused with it, this Essence true body couldn't form.
However, as long as Wang Lin's nascent soul emerged from the protection of the Heaven Defying Bead, he would be able to occupy both the earth essence and thunder essence true bodies. From then on, he would have three Essence true bodies!
With three Essence true bodies, even if his cultivation level was still at the peak of Spirit Void, his strength would increase several fold!
Not to mention that Wang Lin now had nine Essences. As soon as his nascent soul appeared, he would immediately use these nine Essences to reach the Arcane Void Realm!!!
"In this person's body, there are three Ethereal Essences, two Special Essences, and the remaining four are all Corporeal Essences … I can't make the Special and Ethereal Essences form a True Body, but I can make the four Corporeal Essences form a True Body!" The green-robed old man was excited.
"I'm going to bring my wife home. The third one will be made up before midnight. Please wait for a while. Also, the recommendation votes … are very few, very few. I sincerely ask for recommendation votes!!!"
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