"The competition in June is the best chance to enter the inner sect of the Soul Refining Sect. Rumor has it that the Soul Refining Sect has a soul flag that contains more than 100 million souls. When this flag is waved, it can change the color of the sky. It is one of the top treasures in the Suzaku."
"In addition, the Soul Refining Sect specializes in making soul flags. Although most of the cultivators in the Suzaku know how to make soul flags, they can't compare to the Soul Refining Sect. If I can learn how to make a soul flag with wandering souls, it won't be any weaker than a restriction flag!"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he waved his right hand. Countless restrictions flew out from his hand and locked down the area. Then he slapped his bag of holding and took out a celestial jade that was glowing white.
This celestial jade was missing a corner, but the celestial spiritual energy it gave off was exactly the same.
"My cultivation has recovered to the mid stage of Nascent Soul. I can use another celestial jade to break the tea intent and seal by force." Wang Lin pondered a bit, then he broke off a piece of the celestial jade, took a deep breath, and put it in his mouth.
An unimaginable pain suddenly rushed through his body.
At this moment, in a valley outside of the Immortal Graveyard in Chu, there was a burst of bell-like laughter and the roar of a tiger.
Inside the valley, it was spring and the ground was covered in green grass. Little Zhou Ru was wearing a robe with peonies embroidered on it and red pants. She had two little braids on her head and was sitting on a tiger covered in black stripes. She smiled and said, "Little White, you're being disobedient. Tonight, I'll punish you by making you eat with chopsticks."
The tiger let out a roar that contained a hint of sadness.
During this past year, it had been tortured by this little devil every day. Even when it was sleeping, it was often woken up by nightmares. The little devil's figure was always in its nightmares.
Zhou Ru clapped her hands and smiled. "Your voice is too loud. You have to be quieter in the future.
Eh, I suddenly thought of something fun. Little White, do you know how to meow like a kitten? "
Little White's meow became even more miserable.
"I wonder how Uncle is doing. He's not back yet. Little White, do you miss Uncle?" Zhou Ru sighed and patted the tiger's head.
The tiger let out a soft roar and responded listlessly. At this moment, its mind was filled with thoughts. How could a tiger like itself make a cat sound?
Tie Yan was sitting cross-legged under the pagoda. His eyes were filled with kindness as he looked at little Zhou Ru. After a long time, he let out a soft sigh.
The news of Wang Lin's disappearance had already spread to Chu. Regarding this matter, he didn't tell Zhou Ru. He believed that with his benefactor's cultivation, he would definitely be able to resolve this crisis.
His benefactor said that he would return within nine years, so he would definitely do it.
Tie Yan's eyes revealed a hint of conviction.
A hundred feet away from Tie Yan, the Thunder Frog was lazily lying there, basking in the sun. Its huge eyes were half-closed, revealing an expression of extreme enjoyment. It hadn't moved from this spot for almost a year, always lying there.
Looking at the white clouds in the sky, the Thunder Frog sometimes reminisced about its past life in the Land of the Ancient God. Ever since it was born, it had always lived there and gradually grew up. In the Land of the Ancient God, there were battles almost every day. All kinds of demonic beasts fought for food and territory, often resulting in fierce battles.
In these countless years of fierce battles, the Thunder Frog gradually grew up. Slowly, it learned how to spit out lightning balls. From then on, in the Land of the Ancient God, other than a limited number of demonic beasts, it could run amok.
Now that it thought about the past, the Thunder Frog's abdomen swelled up. After a while, it slowly shrank back.
It thought of Wang Lin. It was Wang Lin who brought it out of the Land of the Ancient God. However, compared to Wang Lin, it missed that mosquito even more.
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, spring had passed and it was already June.
June might not have any special meaning to others, but to the outer disciples of the Soul Refining Sect in the Bi Sheng Nation, it was a heavenly month.
This month was the day of the Soul Refining Sect's outer disciple competition. Through a series of eliminations, only one outer disciple would be chosen to become an inner disciple of the Soul Refining Sect.
On this day, Wang Lin awakened from closed door cultivation and slowly opened his eyes. At first glance, his eyes were black and white, but if you looked closely, you would see that his eyes were extremely bright, as if there were stars shining in them.
The tea marks on his face were even dimmer, and there were only eight left!
These eight tea marks were the key to Sun Tai's seal.
The small piece of immortal jade in the mouth of the incense stick was completely absorbed by him. Under the impact of the seal, it began to shrink, but it was impossible to completely remove it.
"Peak late stage Nascent Soul …" muttered Wang Lin to himself. He slowly stood up, took a deep breath, and walked out of the cave.
"What I am comprehending is the reincarnation dao's domain of life and death. The more I see through life and death, the more I can't escape it. Before, I always thought that life was life and death was death. But as I comprehended more, I realized that sometimes life is death and death is life.
"I, Wang Lin, have spent my life killing. Almost all I have seen is death. I have only comprehended life and death. Li Muwan's new life is one, and my new life is another, but it's not enough!" Wang Lin walked out of the cave, looked at the mountain range in the distance, and shook his head.
"After surviving this calamity, my mentality has changed a bit. Especially during the months I spent in the Fire Cloud Village, I felt even more emotional. Seeing life is life and seeing death is death.
Seeing life is not life and seeing death is not death.
"These two realizations correspond to the early and middle stages of the Soul Formation stage." Wang Lin stood outside the cave. The wind blew his clothes.
"This opportunity has allowed me to vaguely comprehend something. If I can find that point and return to seeing life as life and death as death, I will be able to make a breakthrough in my comprehension realm and reach the late stage of Soul Formation.
"However, the late stage of the Soul Formation stage is difficult to comprehend the domain of life and death. To reach the peak of the late stage of the Soul Formation stage, one also needs to reach the peak of the Soul Formation stage.
"However, the peak of the Soul Formation stage is different from the Soul Transformation stage. That Li Yuanfeng is at the early stage of the Soul Transformation stage, but his domain can take form and leave a tea mark on my body. This kind of power is obviously not something the Soul Formation stage can compare to. It seems that the peak of the Soul Formation stage can only be considered a level. Above that, the Soul Transformation stage requires a higher level of comprehension."
Wang Lin pondered. At this moment, he didn't notice that a beautiful woman was silently looking at him from the entrance of a cave in the distance.
The woman's gaze was a bit complicated. There was a hint of confusion, doubt, and helplessness in her eyes.
"Back in the Celestial Realm, Senior Zhou Yi gifted me an Ascendant Crystal. With this, my chance of reaching the Ascendant stage will increase. I presume this Ascendant Crystal is the power of a cultivator's domain.
"Ascendant … I don't know when I, Wang Lin, will have the chance to reach the Ascendant stage!
Right now the seal hasn't been removed and there is no hope for me to reach the Soul Transformation stage … "Wang Lin let out a sigh.
"Tian Yunzi accepted me as his disciple. Perhaps I should go find him as soon as possible. Maybe then I'll have a chance of reaching the Ascendant stage … However, if I leave with my current cultivation level, Situ Nan won't wake up and I haven't obtained the Cultivation Heart Crystal to raise my Ji Realm. More importantly, the cultivators on planet Tian Yun all have high cultivation levels. If I don't have enough strength, I won't be valued by Tian Yunzi …" Wang Lin suddenly noticed something. He turned his head and saw the woman's gaze.
"Who the hell is this woman?" Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he floated toward the woman's cave.
The woman withdrew her gaze and took a few steps back to make way.
Wang Lin landed where the woman was standing and coldly looked at her. He wasn't moved by her beauty at all and asked, "You know me?"
The woman looked at Wang Lin and softly said, "You don't remember me …"
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he stared at the woman for a long time, but he still couldn't remember where he had seen this woman.
The mountain breeze blew by, causing the woman's hair to flutter. She looked like a celestial that had left the mortal world. She put her hair behind her ear, then she looked up at Wang Lin and softly said, "I'm not here.
She softly said, "My name is Liu Mei …"
"Liu Mei!"
Wang Lin looked at the woman. After a while, he slowly said, "I don't know you."
Liu Mei let out a sigh and let out a faint smile. This smile was like a blooming flower. At this moment, it bloomed and covered up the surrounding scenery.
"Senior Brother Wang Lin, do you really not remember the youth from the Heng Yue Sect who carried a large sword on his back?"
Wang Lin wasn't surprised at all that the woman had called out his identity. When the woman said she was Liu Mei, Wang Lin had already guessed it.
Wang Lin calmly said, "The Liu Mei I know is the girl with the natural water spirit root in the Xuan Dao Sect. She is not a disciple of the country of Rosefinch."
Liu Mei was startled. This kind of expression was rarely seen on her face. She carefully looked at Wang Lin and softly asked, "What does senior brother Wang mean?"
Wang Lin didn't say anything and calmly looked at Liu Mei.
After a while, Liu Mei lowered her head and softly said, "I'm afraid senior brother Wang has misunderstood …"
Wang Lin interrupted her and turned around to leave. "To be able to appear in the Xuan Dao Sect and even enter the Soul Refining Sect, I don't think there is another cultivation country besides the country of Rosefinch that can do this."
Liu Mei faintly smiled and said, "Is senior brother Wang really so sure that I'm a disciple of the country of Rosefinch? I'm afraid you are also testing me.
Senior brother Wang, I won't hide it from you. I, Liu Mei, am indeed a disciple of the country of Rosefinch. "
Wang Lin didn't turn around. He revealed a hint of mockery and slowly said, "Are you testing me? I have seen your bracelet on Red Butterfly's body before …"
With that, Wang Lin's body gently floated out of this place.
Liu Mei lowered her head and looked at the bracelet on her arm. The mountain breeze had just blown up her sleeve, revealing the bracelet.
She looked at Wang Lin's departing figure and let out a sigh. She muttered, "I haven't seen him in 500 years. He has changed a lot. The youth from before is no longer there. The current him has a heart as hard as iron … But, what is his dao heart …"