Wang Lin pondered for a bit and said, "I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the two of us to successfully enter this place."
Chi Hu faintly smiled and said, "The two of us might not be enough, but I have an appointment with someone else. With the three of us going together, our chances will be much higher."
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he said, "I can't answer this right now. Let me think about it for a few days."
Chi Hu nodded and said, "Of course. How about this, if brother Ceng has decided, then come to this fragment in one month. If brother Ceng doesn't come in one month, then I won't wait." With that, he took out another jade and handed it to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin took a look. This jade was the same as the one from the Da Lou Sword Sect; it was the key to opening the transfer array.
However, among the many fragments, there was only one bright spot.
"With this jade slip, when you enter the whirlpool, you will be able to enter the designated location. Brother Ceng, I await your participation." Chi Hu cupped his hands and turned to leave. He didn't even look back as he stepped into the whirlpool.
Wang Lin put away the jade and sat down cross-legged. He took out the restriction flag and shook it to cover his surroundings. Inside the black fog, he closed his eyes and his origin soul slowly came out from his head. His hands formed a seal and revealed a painful expression. Gradually, a grain-sized crystal of celestial spiritual energy was forced out from between his origin soul's eyebrows.
After the crystal came out, his origin soul immediately withered. It was as if it could dissipate with a gust of wind and slowly sank back into his body.
After a long time, Wang Lin opened his eyes and revealed a tired expression.
He held the celestial spiritual energy crystal in his hand. After looking at it for a bit, he put it into his bag of holding.
With Wang Lin's cultivation, he couldn't absorb celestial spiritual energy at all, let alone celestial spiritual energy. Celestial spiritual energy was something that late stage Soul Formation cultivators could only try to absorb when they tried to break through to the Soul Transformation stage.
It can be said that in Suzaku, there are not many Soul Transformation Cultivators, mainly because of the scarcity of Immortal Qi. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to enter the Immortal Realm to obtain Immortal Qi.
In some large sects that had existed for thousands of years, there might be Immortal Qi Crystals in stock. However, these things could only be used by the talented people of those sects or the elders of those sects.
The rarity of Soul Transformation cultivators was equivalent to the rarity of Ascendant cultivators.
If one fused with the Celestial Realm Qi before reaching the late stage of Soul Formation, then to the cultivators of the Earth Cultivation Realm, it would no longer be a treasure, but a poison.
Wang Lin smiled bitterly. His primordial spirit was severely damaged. Fortunately, there were wandering souls. After devouring some, his primordial spirit recovered slightly.
He slapped his bag of holding, and an item appeared in his hand. It was a white piece of jade that emanated the aura of the Immortal World. Wang Lin scanned it with his Divine Sense and realized that this so-called Immortal Jade was actually similar to Spirit Stones used by cultivators.
However, Spirit Stones emitted spiritual energy, while this Immortal Jade emitted celestial energy.
Wang Lin knew that after reaching the Soul Transformation stage, aside from understanding one's domain, one would no longer be able to absorb spiritual energy from the heavens and earth. This celestial energy was the most important thing.
The more celestial energy there was, the better.
Wang Lin knew how precious celestial energy was, especially the Immortal Jade in his hand. If it was placed in Suzaku, it would immediately cause a catastrophe. Even the country of Rosefinch would try to steal it.
After looking at it, Wang Lin put the jade away.
Although this trip to the Celestial Realm had cost him a bit, his harvest was quite bountiful. Wang Lin took a deep breath. His eyes lit up and he took out another item from his bag of holding. This item was the golden piece of metal on the corpse's chest.
Sun Lei said that this piece of metal was a defensive celestial treasure. However, the moment Wang Lin grabbed it, he immediately realized that it was definitely not a celestial treasure.
At the time, he didn't have time to examine it. Now that he had settled down, he immediately used his divine sense to examine it.
The moment his divine sense entered the piece of metal, his mind buzzed and he felt dizzy. Following this, a stream of information immediately rushed into his brain.
After a long time, Wang Lin stared at the piece of metal in astonishment. His eyes flickered violently.
He was now sure that if the description on the piece of metal was real, then this piece of metal was the most valuable of the three items.
This piece of metal was something like a piece of jade. On it was recorded the refining method of a God Slaying War Chariot.
According to the description on the piece of metal, the owner of the corpse called himself Esteemed Heavenly Treasure. After this person ascended to the Celestial Realm, he focused all his energy on refining treasures and had no interest in cultivation.
In fact, the reason he was able to ascend to the Celestial Realm was so that he could live a few more years and fulfill one of his great dreams, which was to create the most powerful treasure in the world!
Unfortunately, this dream was destroyed by the calamity of the Celestial Realm. The God Slaying War Chariot that he had spent his entire life creating didn't meet his requirements, so it was sealed inside his cave.
The moment before the calamity of the Celestial Realm, he left his cave to gather some materials and try again. Unfortunately, this time, he was separated by life and death.
Before he died, he didn't want the research that he had spent his entire life on to end, so he left this piece of metal behind for someone to find.
In the piece of metal, the person didn't want the method to create the God Slaying War Chariot that he wasn't completely satisfied with. He even left behind the location of his cave, telling the person who found the piece of metal to go there to retrieve the chariot and continue researching it if they had the ability.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. The method to create the chariot was extremely complicated. Just the materials alone were items that were already extinct and could no longer be made.
However, from the description on the piece of metal, Wang Lin could tell that there were some God Slaying War Chariot left in his cave. Wang Lin was quite tempted.
After pondering for a bit, he stood up, put away the restriction flag, and walked toward the vortex on the platform.
When the people on the platform saw Wang Lin walk over, they all avoided his gaze. Most of these people were at the Nascent Soul Realm, so they didn't dare to enter the vortex. They planned to wait for an injured cultivator to come and steal the chariot.
Wang Lin didn't even look at them as he flew into the vortex.
Inside the vortex, Wang Lin's body continued to sink. During this process, his eyes were wide open. According to the information on the piece of metal, the Heavenly Treasure Esteemed Cultivator's cave was in the western part of the Celestial Realm.
However, the Celestial Realm had already been destroyed. He didn't know if this person's cave was still there or if it had been discovered by someone before.
Wang Lin's body continued to descend until he landed on a fragment in the eastern part of the vortex.
After looking around, Wang Lin's body immediately soared into the sky and landed on the platform above the vortex.
Then he continued to descend into the vortex. After a few more times, Wang Lin finally landed on a fragment in the western part of the Celestial Realm.
According to the description of the Heavenly Treasure Esteemed Cultivator, the cave he was in was at the bottom of a tiger-shaped mountain. After Wang Lin landed on the fragment, he scanned it with his divine sense, but didn't find any tiger-shaped mountain.
He pondered for a bit. Although it would be difficult to find it, he didn't give up. He carefully searched the Celestial Realm fragment. During this time, he saw two cultivators. They looked at each other, but didn't make a move. Instead, they passed each other by.
A few days later, Wang Lin found nothing, so he once again descended into the vortex. The people on the platform had seen Wang Lin go in and out of the vortex many times. They all tried to guess the reason, but none of them dared to go up and ask.
On this day, Wang Lin once again descended from the vortex. This time, he didn't land on the western part of the Celestial Realm, but on the eastern side. After landing, he let out a sigh. If this continued, who knew how long it would take to search all the fragments in the western part.
The cave of the Heavenly Treasure Esteemed Cultivator was simply too difficult to find.
Just as he was about to leave, two fluctuations of magic power appeared in front of him. He saw two figures, one in front and one behind, flying toward him. The person in front was surrounded by black clouds and moving like the wind. Behind him was a white-robed man with a fan in his hand. He had a cold smile on his face.
At this moment, the person in front noticed Wang Lin and immediately flew toward him. He shouted, "Fellow Daoist, save me!"
The white-robed man's face was gloomy. He closed the fan in his hand and pointed forward. Suddenly, a giant hand appeared and reached out toward the person in front of him.
The person's expression changed. He was unable to dodge and was caught by the giant hand. However, the strange thing was that as soon as the hand squeezed, the person's body turned into countless black bugs that escaped through the gaps of the hand.
The person teleported 100 feet away from Wang Lin. Wang Lin recognized this person as the bloodthirsty young man from Suzaku.
At this moment, his face was gloomy. After hesitating for a bit, he didn't continue to escape. Instead, he turned around to look at the white-robed man chasing after him.
The white-robed young man looked at Wang Lin and clasped his hands.
"Fellow Daoist, this matter has nothing to do with you. Please leave!"
The young man immediately said, "Fellow Daoist, this person stole my celestial energy crystal. If you help me kill this person, the crystal will be split between us!"
The white-robed young man's eyes narrowed and he laughed. "This is ridiculous. You are clearly the one who stole my item."
Wang Lin frowned. He didn't want to get involved in this mess. Without a word, he retreated and flew away.
The young man's expression changed. He immediately chased after Wang Lin and shouted, "Fellow Daoist, since we are both from Suzaku, help me this once!"
Wang Lin's expression darkened. He turned around and shouted, "Get lost!
Don't drag me into this matter between you two. If you continue to follow me, don't blame me for being merciless! "
The young man's eyes flickered viciously. He threw a grain-sized celestial energy crystal at Wang Lin with a flick of his right hand. Following this, his figure flickered and he flew away.
"Since you aren't willing to help, I'll just put the blame on you. At most, I won't take the crystal anymore!"
The white-robed young man's eyes flickered. He gave up on the young man and focused his attention on Wang Lin.
Wang Lin didn't even look at the crystal. He flicked his right hand and the crystal flew toward the white-robed young man. The young man was startled, but he quickly grabbed it and clasped his fists, "Thank you!
I'm Sima Yun of the Sunflower Water Faction. May I know who you are? "
"Ceng Niu!"
After Wang Lin finished speaking, he turned around and flew off into the distance. After searching for a bit, he would return to the whirlpool and try a few more times. If he still couldn't find the cave, then he would have to give up.
The white-robed young man said, "Fellow cultivator Ceng, I've already searched this place for a few days. There is no more celestial energy, so there's no need to waste time. Do you have a celestial transfer point? If you do, we can trade."
Wang Lin stopped and turned around. He carefully observed the young man. This young man's cultivation was at the early stage of Soul Formation, but judging from the power of his spell, it wasn't weak.
After pondering for a bit, he slapped his bag of holding and the Da Lou Sword Sect's teleportation jade appeared in his hand. He sent some spiritual energy into the jade and an image appeared on it. Although most of the image was grey, there were more than 30 fragments that emitted bright colors.
After the white-robed youth took a closer look, he also took out a jade slip from his storage bag. After injecting spiritual power into it, an image of about the same size appeared. There were more than 20 fragments flashing with bright light.
After looking at it, Wang Lin's heart trembled. Five of the fragments were on the western side.
The white-robed young man said, "Fellow cultivator Ceng, there are 21 fragments on my map. Eight of them are the same as yours. How about you erase some of them and we trade?"
Wang Lin didn't say anything. He took out a blank jade and made a copy. After erasing some of the transfer points, he looked at the white-robed young man.
The white-robed young man was also making a copy of the jade. After a bit of time, the two of them threw the jade to each other.
"Fellow cultivator Ceng, if you have a chance to come to my Shattered Silver Star in the future, I'll be sure to entertain you!"
Wang Lin nodded. "No problem!"
The white-robed young man smiled, clasped hands, and then teleported away. "Well then, I'll take my leave. That little swine dared to steal something from me, so I can't let him get away!"
Wang Lin muttered to himself for a moment, then pulled out the jade slip and opened up the map. He pointed to a fragment in the western part of the map that he hadn't been to before. Suddenly, a teleportation portal appeared in front of him, which Wang Lin stepped into and disappeared.
On a fragment in the western part of the Immortal World was a mountain. It had originally been shaped like a tiger, but now it was split in half.
Wang Lin floated in mid-air, his eyes calm as he looked down at the mountain.
He had finally found the tiger-shaped mountain on the third fragment in the western part of the jade slip. Although it looked a bit different from what the Celestial Heavenly Treasure had described, it was more or less the same.
Wang Lin flew toward the mountain. After circling around it for a bit, Wang Lin found the location of the Celestial Heavenly Treasure's immortal's cave at the foot of the mountain.
Looking at the immortal's cave, Wang Lin's expression couldn't help but darken.
The outer walls of the immortal's cave were in tatters, and there were traces of magical attacks on them. It was obvious that someone had destroyed it many years ago.
Wang Lin landed outside the immortal's cave and flew inside.
The immortal's cave wasn't large, and it was completely empty. Wang Lin smiled bitterly. He had worked so hard to find this place, but unfortunately, he was too late.
However, at this moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Although there were two chapters today, it was seven thousand words. I really can't go all out. Please vote. I'm only ten votes away from third place!
(To be continued)