Immediately, the area quieted down.
"Where is Liu Fulin?"
The old man shouted. After a while, no one responded. He frowned and flew into the mountain with the other two.
Liu Fulin was the greedy middle-aged man from before.
As for the three old men, they were the inner disciples of the Soul Refining Sect. At the same time, they were the deacons of the Soul Refining Sect.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed. Out of the three, other than the old man who was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage, the other two were at the late stage of the Core Formation stage.
The three of them flew into the mountain. Shortly after, the old man flew out alone with an ugly expression. There was a sliver of doubt in his eyes, but there was even more shock in his eyes.
"You outer disciples, stay here and cultivate. No one is allowed to leave!" The old man's eyes flashed and he shouted. Then, he slapped his bag of holding and took out a piece of jade.
The piece of jade turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the inner area of the Soul Refining Sect.
Most of the outer disciples were shocked, but there were some who ignored them and sat down cross-legged. Wang Lin was one of them. He sat on a branch and began to cultivate.
After the old man took out the piece of jade, he glanced at the outer disciples one by one.
When he and his two fellow disciples had entered the mountain, they had been shocked to find that all of the spirit veins on the mountain had been abandoned. That was especially true after they entered the depths of the spirit vein crystal mine. As soon as they touched it, the spirit vein crystal mine was reduced to dust. Clearly, the spiritual energy had been instantly absorbed.
This was very strange. Since the founding of the Soul Refining Sect, he had never seen something like this.
His gaze swept across everyone and didn't stop on Wang Lin. To him, Wang Lin's cultivation level was only at the late stage of the Foundation Building stage. There was nothing to pay attention to.
After Wang Lin's primordial spirit recovered slightly, no one could see through his cultivation level unless they were at the Soul Formation stage.
Not long after, more than 10 rays of sword energy flew out from the inner area of the Soul Refining Sect and arrived before the old man. These people all had spirited eyes. Five of them were at the Nascent Soul stage and the rest were at least at the mid stage of the Core Formation stage.
There was also a middle-aged man at the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage. He wore a black robe and his body emitted waves of cold energy as if there were countless souls surrounding him. The moment he walked out, the temperature dropped.
His gaze was like lightning as he coldly looked at the mountain and said, "Junior apprentice brother, what did you find out about the piece of jade you sent out?"
The old man from before became respectful and said, "Third senior apprentice brother, the spirit vein in this mountain was used up in an instant. I suspect it has something to do with these outer disciples!"
The middle-aged scholar's eyes flashed and he shouted, "Seal the surroundings. If anyone dares to move, kill them on the spot!" With that, he looked at the old man and said, "Junior Brother, follow me up the mountain to see the Sect Master."
Then, he turned into a ray of light and flew towards the inner area of the Soul Refining Sect.
The old man quickly followed and the two of them entered the inner area in the blink of an eye.
Wang Lin's expression remained the same and his eyes were calm as he coldly looked at the cultivator guarding this place. If he were to summon the mosquito beast, he could escape this place in an instant. However, unless it was absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to give up this good place to cultivate.
Although his primordial spirit had recovered a bit, it wasn't completely closed. He tried to take out the heaven defying bead but couldn't. After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin didn't act rashly.
At this moment, the sky was getting brighter and the sun was rising. The warmth of the sun drove away the darkness and the surroundings became brighter. At this moment, the middle-aged man flew out from the inner area of the Soul Refining Sect.
There were nine people following behind him. All of them wore red robes and were of different ages. However, there was one similarity between them, and that was that they were surrounded by a large number of vengeful spirits. Looking from afar, they emitted waves of purplish-black aura under the sunlight, as if they were monstrous demonic flames rising into the sky.
The middle-aged man's eyes were gloomy as he shouted, "Everyone, split into ten groups and be inspected!"
The nine red-robed Cultivators behind him slowly stepped forward and simultaneously unleashed a magic. With the wave of their sleeves, numerous streams of red Qi shot out and landed on the bodies of the thousands of Outer Ring disciples. Instantly, all of the Outer Ring disciples were sliced into ten portions.
Including the middle-aged man, each of the ten of them was in charge of one group. They called the outer sect disciples one by one to be inspected.
They didn't even need to ask questions. Every time an outer sect disciple went up, they pointed at the forehead of the person and after a few breaths, they would be replaced.
Wang Lin was in the third group. His eyes were calm and there was nothing unusual about them. These nine people were all at the mid stage of Nascent Soul. Now that Wang Lin's primordial spirit had recovered, he didn't care about them.
Every time an outer sect disciple was passed, they would let out a sigh of relief. After a long time, the atmosphere became very tense.
Just at this moment, a cultivator in a green robe in the fourth group moved like a meteor and quickly retreated.
The inner sect disciples of the Soul Refining Sect had been paying close attention. When that person moved, a mid stage Core Formation disciple wanted to stop him.
"Scram!"
The cultivator in green robe let out a roar and waved his hand. A powerful force rushed out, causing the Core Formation disciple to let out a groan and involuntarily move to the side.
The cultivator in green robe rushed out without a word. Just as he was about to charge out, the red-robed cultivator in charge of the fourth group let out a roar and reached out with his right hand.
"Come back!"
Suddenly, five rays of black light flew out from his five fingers. In the blink of an eye, they caught up to the cultivator in green robe and entered his body.
The cultivator in green robe let out a miserable groan and his body went limp. He was grabbed by the red-robed cultivator and thrown back to the center of the group.
After doing all of this, the red-robed cultivator didn't even look at the cultivator in green robe. He calmly said, "Next, come up."
The outer circle disciples were all very nervous, especially those who had snuck in with ulterior motives. Their faces immediately turned unsightly.
The eyes of the red-robed Cultivator in charge of the eighth group glittered as he looked down at the pale-faced, pleading disciple. He waved his hand, sending the disciple flying out and landing in the middle of the group.
Gradually, more and more outer sect disciples appeared in the center of the group. There were already more than 30 of them.
"In the past, this method was only used to identify the inner sect disciples. Today, it fell on you outer sect disciples. You should feel honored."
The red-robed cultivator in charge of the third group threw the outer sect disciple he was pointing at to the center of the group.
Wang Lin's expression was the same, but his heart was moved. The Soul Refining Sect was quite strange. There were so many outer sect disciples with ulterior motives. However, with this method, there was no way for them to hide.
As for the burly man in cave 743, Wang Lin had left a restriction in his body, so he wasn't afraid of being discovered. Although his cultivation hadn't fully recovered, the restriction wasn't something these Nascent Soul cultivators could see through.
This person was quite interesting in Wang Lin's eyes. On the surface, he was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but in reality, he was at the early stage of Core Formation.
However, there were many outer sect disciples who were hiding their cultivation, so it wasn't too surprising.
"You, come up!"
The red-robed cultivator in charge of the fifth group pointed at the burly man.
The burly man's body trembled and he quickly stepped forward.
The red-robed cultivator pointed at the center of the burly man's brow. After looking at the burly man for a bit, he waved his hand.
The burly man let out a sigh of relief and walked to the side. He didn't dare to look at Wang Lin, so he stood there in shock and doubt.
Just now, when the old man pointed at him, he immediately felt a chill in his body, as if a wave of coldness was drilling into his body. In that instant, his mind went blank, and at the same time, it felt like there was an invisible hand flipping through his memories.
This feeling came quickly and left quickly. Before he could react, the cold energy flowed through his body and returned to where the old man pointed.
Not long after, it was Wang Lin's turn.
The red-robed cultivator in charge of the third group pointed at Wang Lin's brow and said, "Next!"
Wang Lin's expression was calm as he walked to the side.
By noon, the outer sect disciples had all been inspected. In the end, more than 100 people were thrown into the center of the group.
The middle-aged man threw the last person in charge of the group onto the ground and asked, "Did you find anything?"
One of the red-robed cultivators coldly said, "Aside from these people with ulterior motives, I didn't find anyone related to last night's incident."
The others all shook their heads.
The middle-aged man pondered a bit and said, "You outer sect disciples, go to the nearby mountains to cultivate. Someone will arrange a place for you."
The outer sect disciples that passed the inspection all respectfully left and flew toward the nearby mountains.
As for the more than a hundred people in the middle, no one bothered to look at them. No one cared about what would happen to them.
Wang Lin was given a cave on a slightly shorter mountain. He was sitting in the lotus position inside the cave, and his eyes lit up.
"My cultivation has recovered to the mid stage of Nascent Soul. Although absorbing the spirit vein is good, it is too dangerous. If I do it too often, I might attract Soul Formation cultivators or Soul Transformation old monsters. I have already attracted attention, so I can't try it again. However, when I absorbed the spirit vein, I found that there is a main vein nearby. The one I absorbed before was only a branch of the main vein.
"This main vein is the inner sect of the Soul Refining Sect. If I can find a chance to absorb the spirit vein, I will be able to recover my cultivation. At that time, even if someone finds me and a Soul Transformation old monster attacks me, I will have a way to escape. At worst, I can just use the star compass to escape."
Wang Lin pondered a bit. He knew that the Soul Refining Sect was a rank 5 cultivation country, so there must be a Soul Transformation cultivator there. Thinking about this, he made up his mind.
(To be continued)