In the country of Xue Yue, inside the Divine Palace of Ice and Snow, Li Yuanfeng was sitting in the lotus position. There were five giant blocks of ice around him. Each block of ice was emitting a five-colored glow. Faint waves of celestial spiritual energy were being absorbed by him.
Deep within each block of ice was a thumb-sized piece of celestial jade. Through the formation inside the ice, it was undergoing a mysterious change.
Although the current Li Yuanfeng didn't look like he was in a sorry state, his expression was a bit weak and his face was pale.
After a long time, he opened his eyes. His eyes were filled with lingering fear.
"What powerful lightning!
That lightning contained celestial spiritual energy. With my cultivation level, I was able to reduce the power of the lightning by 50%, but I was still injured. "
Li Yuanfeng was planning to kill Wang Lin while Sun Tai was fighting the Giant Demon Clan ancestor. Unfortunately, he was chased by Sun Tai's celestial lightning and was only able to escape after a lot of effort.
After all, he had the help of the country of Rosefinch and used a secret technique to reach the early stage of Soul Transformation. He would never be able to break through again in his life.
As a result, compared to those Soul Transformation cultivators who broke through with their own cultivation, he was still too weak.
Li Yuanfeng was stronger than a peak late stage Soul Formation cultivator but weaker than a Soul Transformation cultivator. Naturally, he couldn't resist Sun Tai's celestial lightning.
"I wonder if that Ceng Niu is dead or not. However, even if he isn't dead, the Old Man's tea domain won't be easy to break!" Li Yuanfeng sneered and his eyes lit up.
"That junior, Red Butterfly, announced that she would go into closed door cultivation for 100 years. When she comes out, she will definitely be a Soul Transformation cultivator. However, at that time, my lifespan will also end, so it doesn't matter. However, why did the Giant Demon Clan ancestor want Ceng Niu's body? This is very strange!
"Could it be that there is something I don't know about …" Li Yuanfeng pondered a bit but couldn't guess the reason.
In the country of Pilu, outside the Soul Refining Sect, Wang Lin awakened from his closed eyes in one of the mountains for the outer disciples to cultivate.
"Peak late stage Foundation Establishment!"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He took a deep breath and shook his body. The frost on his body seemed to melt and immediately flowed into his body. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared.
Even the frost on the ground and walls of the cave began to melt, turning into faint blue gas that was absorbed by Wang Lin.
At this moment, the tea stains on Wang Lin's face had faded a bit, but they were still as ferocious as ever.
"The fake Spirit Eye that is a branch of the Spirit Vein is unable to meet the requirements. I need to find a place with even denser Spirit Qi. I believe that the place with the real Spirit Eye should be able to meet the requirements."
Wang Lin's eyes flashed, he fiddled with the array on the ground a few times, completely restoring the array to its original state and concealing the Spiritual Core, he stood up and walked out of the cave.
Outside the cave, the sun was bright and beautiful. At a glance, the earth had a trace of spring, and the green on the mountain peak was elegant, giving it a unique charm.
The mountain wind blew by. Although it was still cold, it was no longer as cold as before. This coldness contained a trace of warmth.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Lin took a step forward and was about to leave. Just at this moment, his expression suddenly changed and he looked to the side.
The mountain peak Wang Lin was at was densely divided into countless caves. During this period of time, he had been in closed door cultivation. Aside from the middle-aged man, he hadn't met anyone else.
At this moment, a person walked out of a cave about a hundred feet away. This person was wearing a light blue robe with a white veil draped over her shoulders. When the wind blew, she gave off the feeling that she was floating in the air.
A head of black hair fell over her shoulders and moved with the wind.
She was slightly gentle and beautiful, without any makeup on her face. Her elegance was a bit more ethereal.
The woman seemed to have sensed that someone was beside her. She turned her head and looked over. There was an indescribable charm in her eyes. After seeing Wang Lin, she smiled gently and looked into the distance.
Wang Lin withdrew his gaze. He immediately recognized that this woman was the person he saw under the sunset before he went into closed door cultivation.
"This woman looks a bit familiar … But I am certain that I have never seen her before …" Wang Lin frowned.
Back then, Liu Mei of the Xuan Dao Sect was only a clone of the Thousand Illusion spell, so there was a difference between her and her original body. Adding on the changes that had occurred in the past 500 years, Liu Mei's appearance was different from the person Wang Lin saw.
Wang Lin pondered a little and no longer paid attention to this woman. Although this woman's appearance was one level higher than Red Butterfly's and not something that Li Muwan could compare to, she still couldn't enter Wang Lin's eyes.
His body moved and he jumped down from the mountain. As he landed, his gaze landed on a cave at the bottom of the mountain. His eyes narrowed.
This cave was nothing special and it wasn't at the lowest point. From a distance, the number 743 was written on it.
"It should be here!" Wang Lin landed on the ground and looked at the cave.
Previously, when he was cultivating, he had found the true location of the Spirit Eye according to the fake Spirit Eye that branched out from the Spirit Vein. Now that he looked around, he immediately determined that Cave 743 was the place closest to the Spirit Eye.
"There is someone inside." Wang Lin looked at the stone outside the cave. After pondering a bit, he made up his mind.
Just as he was about to return to the cave, the middle-aged man walked out of the room. His eyes lit up as he stared at Wang Lin.
In truth, the moment Wang Lin appeared, he was already paying attention.
The middle-aged man's face was expressionless as he said, "Qing Mu, come here!"
A hint of killing intent flashed across Wang Lin's eyes. He moved and landed 10 feet away from the middle-aged man.
"Peak late Foundation Establishment …" The middle-aged man's pupils constricted and his heart began to pound. His intuition told him that there was something strange about this Qing Mu!
It had only been a few months, but this person's cultivation level had increased at a shocking rate. At first, he was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage.
When he looked again, he was at the mid Foundation Establishment stage.
Now he saw him again, and he was at the peak late Foundation Establishment stage.
The middle-aged man licked his lips and his heart pounded. Without any hesitation, he thought that the next time he saw this person, he might be at the early Core Formation stage like him!
"If this Qing Mu doesn't have some heaven-defying treasure, then he must be cultivating a mysterious technique!"
The middle-aged man took a deep breath and stared at Wang Lin. He smiled and said, "Qing Mu, I'm afraid the next time we meet, I'll have to call you fellow daoist."
Wang Lin glanced at him and calmly said, "No problem!"
A hint of unfriendliness flashed across the middle-aged man's eyes, but he quickly hid it. He smiled and said, "Qing Mu, if you can reach the Core Formation stage here, then your chances of becoming an inner disciple will increase greatly in the competition in a few months. When that happens, you must come back often to visit."
Wang Lin smiled and said, "Of course … however, my current cave doesn't have enough spiritual energy. Can I change to another one?"
The middle-aged man was startled and said with a troubled expression, "Caves 700 and below require the approval of an elder. However, if you really want to change, I'll help you apply for it."
Wang Lin shook his head and said, "No need to trouble yourself, I only want cave 743."
The middle-aged man's gaze became serious. He looked at cave 743 and laughed, "That's easy. However, Qing Mu, although cave 743 has decent spiritual energy, it's not the best."
"No problem!"
Wang Lin smiled and waved his right hand. This time, he took out two middle quality Spirit Stones and said, "I've troubled senior many times.
"I have troubled Senior many times. This extra Spirit Stone is a token of my respect to Senior."
The middle-aged man accepted it and sneered in his heart. This isn't the right time. Let's wait until tonight. No matter how much spiritual energy you give me, I'll ask you how you cultivate so fast!
Although he thought this way, on the surface, he let out a laugh. He took out a piece of jade from his bag of holding and flicked it. Suddenly, a ray of light flew out. The middle-aged man pointed at it and the light flew into cave 743.
Shortly after, a person flew out from the cave. This person was wearing black and had a fierce face. He didn't look like a cultivator, but more like a butcher. He landed 10 feet away from the middle-aged man and clasped his hands. "Senior, what do you want?"
"Give me your token and I'll change your cave."
The middle-aged man said.
"Change my cave?
I'm not changing, I'm cultivating quite well there!
Why should I change? "
The burly man let out a snort. His gaze fell on Wang Lin and he sneered. "Brat, you want to trade?
Give me 100 medium quality Spirit Stones, or else don't even think about it! "
Then, he didn't even look at the middle-aged man. His body flashed and he returned to cave 743.
"Hmmph!"
The middle-aged man glared at the man's back. He had already made up his mind. After dealing with Qing Mu, he would teach this man a lesson.
"Qing Mu, you go back first. Tomorrow, I'll change you to another cave."
The middle-aged man's tone was decisive. He didn't want Wang Lin to continue talking. He waved his sleeve and returned to his room.
Wang Lin's expression was normal as he flew toward the cave. He sneered inside. If the middle-aged man didn't come looking for trouble, then he wouldn't have to die. However, if he was greedy and came at night, then Wang Lin would have to kill him.
Late at night, everything was silent. The middle-aged man walked out of his room. His eyes flashed as he looked at Wang Lin's cave. His eyes revealed a hint of greed.
He had been stuck at the beginning stage of the completion level for a long time. It was because of this that he was stripped of his status as an inner disciple. He was kicked out and became the manager of the outer disciples.
Wang Lin's rapid increase in cultivation gave him a sliver of hope.
"The Sect doesn't care about the life and death of the outer disciples. If I kill him, I kill him. Plus, this person is a nomadic cultivator. After he dies, nobody will look for him. Qing Mu, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for cultivating too fast!
If I wait until you reach the completion level, it will be troublesome for me to kill you. But now, killing you is as easy as flipping my hand! "
The middle-aged man leaped up and flew toward the cave that Wang Lin was in. In the blink of an eye, he arrived outside.
The surroundings were silent. The middle-aged man was startled the moment he arrived. Generally speaking, as long as there was a Cultivation Soil in the cave, the Heaven Ravine Stone would be placed down for closed door cultivation. However, only half of the Heaven Ravine Stone had fallen down and was not completely closed.
After saving himself the trouble of using the jade slip to open the Heaven Valley Stone, the middle-aged man's eyes flashed. Even though he felt that something was wrong, he didn't think much of a cultivator of the advanced stage of the foundational level. In a flash, he entered the cave.
The moment he entered the cave, he saw Wang Lin sitting in a lotus position on the stone bed. Wang Lin was calmly looking at him.
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed. Without another word, he formed a hand seal with his right hand and pressed forward. Instantly, a ray of green light appeared and headed towards Wang Lin.
He didn't plan on killing Ling Xian. He wanted to capture Ling Xian, interrogate him, and then kill him.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed with sarcasm. He slapped his bag of holding and the restriction flag appeared in his hand. With a wave of his hand, a ray of restrictive Qi howled out. In the blink of an eye, it collided with the green light.
The green light had no resistance and collapsed.
"You're courting death!"
The middle-aged man sneered. He opened his mouth and spat out a three inch long flying sword. In a flash, the flying sword charged towards the restrictive Qi. In his mind, this late stage Foundation Establishment junior simply wouldn't be able to block the power of his flying sword that was refined by his gold core.
However, his smile immediately froze on his face. Under the impact of the restrictive Qi, the moment the flying sword touched the restrictive Qi, it made a cracking sound and broke in half.
"When Wang started cultivating, you weren't even born yet!" Wang Lin shook his head and sighed.
The middle-aged man's face was pale and he coughed out a mouthful of blood. Without another word, he turned around to escape. However, the restrictive Qi immediately wrapped around him and pulled him back.
The middle-aged man was about to speak when Wang Lin waved his hand. With a "pa" sound, the middle-aged man let out a miserable groan. His entire right cheek swelled up and he coughed out a mouthful of blood along with broken teeth.
"I'm from the Soul Refining Sect …" The man cried out in fear.
However, before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin waved his hand again. The man let out a miserable groan and his left cheek swelled up. A look of madness appeared in his eyes. Ever since he started cultivating, he had never been humiliated like this.
"I'll fight you to the death! Explode!"
The man roared. His gold core rotated rapidly and cracks appeared on it. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Wang Lin.
"It's a pity your gold core exploded!"
Wang Lin shook the restriction flag in his hand. Immediately, a black glow appeared on the flag and three streams of restrictive Qi shot out. In the blink of an eye, they drilled into the man's body and wrapped around his exploding gold core. The man's face was filled with shock as the restrictive Qi was pulled out of his body.
Wang Lin grabbed the gold core, glanced at it, and then swallowed it.
The man's body trembled and he coughed up a large mouthful of blood. His body withered and he screamed in his heart, "He's not at the Foundation Establishment stage!!
He's definitely not at the Foundation Establishment stage!! "
"Just … just who exactly are you …?" The spiritual power in the man's body dissipated along with the gold core.
"You don't deserve to know!"
Wang Lin's body flickered. He arrived in front of the man and tapped his forehead. The man's eyes went wide, and then he slowly lost his spirit and collapsed to the side.
Wang Lin shook his head. He didn't want to kill anyone, but the man was determined to die.
He tapped the man's body, causing it to explode. His flesh and blood transformed into ash that drifted away in the wind.
Wang Lin's body flickered as he left the Immortal's cave and headed in the direction of Cave 743.
Outside of Immortal's cave 743, Wang Lin waved his hand, causing a restrictive spell to fly out and imprint itself onto the Heavenly Ravine Stone. Then his body transformed into a beam of white light that shot into the stone.
As soon as he touched the stone, he vanished. When he reappeared, he was in Immortal's cave 743.
The divine ability that allowed him to teleport was none other than the restrictive spell.
"Who is it?!"
A cry of alarm came from within the Immortal's cave. The burly butcher-like man was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, a look of disbelief on his face.
But when he saw that it was Wang Lin, he was instantly enraged. However, it was as if a kettle of cold water had been poured over his head, and he regained his senses. He didn't know that Wang Lin had used a restrictive spell to get here, but in his heart, he was thinking about teleportation.
"Se … Senior …." His voice trembled, but before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin had already arrived in front of him. With a tap of his finger, the man collapsed to the ground and passed out.
Wang Lin waved his hand and tossed the burly man off to the side. Without even looking at him, his gaze fell onto the wall to the right.
After a while, Wang Lin's eyes glittered. He slapped his bag of holding, and a flying sword flew out. Wang Lin waved his finger, and the sword flew toward the wall.
The sound of breaking stone echoed out, and before long, a hole large enough for a person to pass through appeared on the wall. Wang Lin's body moved, and he followed the flying sword into the hole.
The flying sword opened up a path, and Wang Lin followed behind it. After a while, a 300 meter long path appeared, and at the end of the path was a sparkling land.
"Spirit vein mine!" Wang Lin's eyes lit up, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.
He pointed at the flying sword with his right hand. Immediately, the flying sword hummed as if it had a mind of its own and quickly flew back from behind him. In the blink of an eye, it returned to Cave 743 and stabbed the side of the boorish man.
In an instant, the flying sword shattered into pieces that landed around the burly man's body. A restrictive spell suddenly appeared and surrounded the burly man.
At the end of the path, Wang Lin pressed down on the stone wall next to him. Suddenly, the stone wall began to move strangely, and soon, the path behind him disappeared without a trace.
Even if one looked inside Immortal's cave 743, they wouldn't be able to find any clues.
Wang Lin's right hand formed a seal and he sent out a restriction that landed on the spirit stone mine. Borrowing the power of the restriction, his body disappeared from the spirit stone mine. When he reappeared, he was deep inside the spirit stone mine.
At this moment, he was at the bottom of the mountain. Around him were countless spirit stone mines, and a large amount of spiritual energy was surging out.
This spiritual energy couldn't be directly absorbed by the cultivation ground. There were too many impurities inside, and it needed to undergo some simple transformations before it could be absorbed by cultivators.
However, this was only for low level cultivators. For Wang Lin, he didn't care at all.
The spiritual energy here was too dense, and it formed a spell similar to that of a high level cultivator. However, this spell was formed naturally, and its power was not something a cultivator could compare to.
Wang Lin was the first to bear the brunt of this pressure. This pressure was so strong that it felt like an entire mountain was crushing down on Wang Lin's body.
However, this mountain wasn't crushing down from above, but from all directions of Wang Lin's body. It was crushing down on every inch of his muscles.
Crackling sounds came from his body. Wang Lin wasn't worried, but happy. What he wanted was this powerful spiritual pressure!
Under this pressure, he immediately felt his collapsing origin soul show signs of slowly recovering.
"Time to go all out!"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and three top quality spirit stones flew out from his bag of holding and landed around him. Wang Lin took a deep breath and let out a roar. Suddenly, the three top quality spirit stones exploded with a series of popping sounds.
The crazy spiritual energy exploded and merged with the spiritual pressure. Suddenly, the pressure on Wang Lin's body increased by several times.
Wang Lin bled from his orifices, but his eyes were filled with joy.
"Just a little more!"
Wang Lin clenched his teeth. Two more top quality spirit stones flew out from his bag of holding and exploded. Instantly, it was like adding a ladle of water to a pot of boiling oil. The spiritual veins in the mountain began to boil.
The Spiritual Might that was pressing down on him grew exponentially at this moment.
Under this powerful pressure, the fragments of origin soul in Wang Lin's body gradually retreated, like a broken mirror that was recovering piece by piece.
At the same time, an endless amount of spiritual energy entered Wang Lin's body. Even the concept of tea and the seal were destroyed.
Instantly, Wang Lin's cultivation recovered rapidly.
Peak late stage Foundation Establishment, broken!
Core Formation, completed!
Early stage Core Formation, broken!
Mid stage Core Formation, broken!
Late stage Core Formation, broken!
Early stage Nascent Soul, broken!
Starting from the roots, the spiritual veins on the mountain dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The glittering spiritual ores turned into dust in the blink of an eye and spread rapidly.
Ten breaths!
Only ten breaths!
In these ten breaths, all the newly grown trees on the mountain withered and fell to the ground.
All the spiritual veins on the mountain dimmed and disappeared within ten breaths. There was no longer any spiritual energy coming from them; they had become useless veins!
At that moment, the outer sect disciples on the mountain opened their eyes from their meditation. They immediately noticed that the spiritual energy in the stone chambers had disappeared without a trace. While they were still in shock, a strong suction force came from the ground, causing the spiritual energy in their bodies to leak out.
Shocked, the outer sect disciples used various magical treasures to leave the Immortal's Cave. They didn't dare to stay any longer.
At the bottom of the mountain, above the spiritual veins, Wang Lin's eyes snapped open. His body flickered, and he disappeared with a minor teleportation. When he reappeared, he was outside of the mountain. He was surrounded by a large number of outer sect cultivators, all of whom were discussing what had happened. Their faces were filled with fear and shock.
Wang Lin's ears were filled with speculations about this mysterious matter.
As for the boorish man, with a thought from Wang Lin, he removed the restrictive spell and flew out of the Immortal's Cave. When he saw Wang Lin, he began to panic.
However, when Wang Lin's cold gaze swept over him, a respectful expression appeared on his face, and he didn't dare to make a sound.
Just then, a gaze fell on him. Wang Lin looked over and saw a beautiful woman nodding at him, a friendly smile on her face.
Wang Lin frowned. He had no time to pay attention to the woman, so he looked away.
"The peak of the mid Nascent Soul stage!!
I never imagined that I would be able to recover my cultivation base to such a level. More important, though, is that my nascent divinity is beginning to recover. It's not complete, but I can use the domain! "Wang Lin took a deep breath, his eyes calm.
Compared to that, the enlightenment he had gained from going from life to death, and then from death to life, was far more valuable.
The dramatic changes on the mountain attracted the attention of the Inner Sect of the Soul Refining Sect. Almost immediately, three people flew out from the Inner Sect. One of them had grizzled hair and looked threatening without being angry. "All of you, shut up!"
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(To be continued)