The Sacred Scripture Pavilion of the Soul Refining Peak wasn't big and only had three floors.
From a distance, this pavilion looked very ordinary; there was nothing special about it. As Wang Lin walked in, his eyes suddenly focused on an old man sitting inside the pavilion. This old man's cultivation level was close to the Nascent Soul stage, only a sliver away from it.
The old man's face was yellow and his body was skinny. He was listless and raised his eyelids when he sensed someone coming in.
"Badge!"
Wang Lin took out the badge and handed it over. The old man glanced at it and said, "You can look through it as you like, except for the third floor. You have three days."
Wang Lin nodded and entered the pavilion.
As far as the eye could see, there were rows of shelves on the first floor. There were jade slips, bamboo slips, and even some stone slips.
Wang Lin glanced at them one by one. The cultivation techniques were comprehensive. Wang Lin knew some of them, but he had never seen some of them before.
However, there was no way to refine a Soul Banner.
After looking around, Wang Lin went up to the second floor.
There were fewer jade scrolls on the second floor compared to the first floor. They were scattered around with some brief introductions.
Wang Lin scanned the place with his Divine Sense and immediately saw the words "Soul Banner Creation" next to a jade scroll.
He picked up the jade slip and looked at it with rapt attention. He could not help but frown.
The jade slip did indeed contain the method to make a soul banner, but it was no different from how cultivators in the outside world would normally refine a soul banner. If the Soul Refining Sect had truly used this method to refine a soul banner, they wouldn't have been able to achieve such fame.
After searching the second floor carefully, Wang Lin still didn't find anything. He looked at the third floor and pondered for a while. He didn't act rashly and returned to the skinny old man on the first floor. He clasped his fists and said, "Senior, why can't I go up to the third floor?"
The old man let out a yawn. He looked at Wang Lin and said,
"If you can't go up, then you can't. Stop talking nonsense."
Wang Lin's eyes turned cold as he stared at the old man.
The old man frowned and muttered a few words before impatiently saying, "Stop glaring. Are you looking for the jade slip to make a soul banner?
Let me tell you, there's no such thing here, not even on the third floor. There are only ten jade slips on how to make the restriction flag. If you want them, go snatch them. See? There's one in the cave over there. If you snatch it, you'll be able to learn it. "
Wang Lin looked at where the old man was pointing. There was indeed a cave abode.
"There is no order in the Soul Refining Sect. If you have the ability to kill, then kill. If you like something, then take it. If you like a female cultivator, then snatch her.
If you don't have the ability, then find a few others who don't have the ability to cultivate together. This way, you won't be robbed. "
The old man's eyes flashed with mockery.
"There's no order, just doing whatever you want …" Wang Lin let out a smile. This Soul Refining Sect was quite interesting. His eyes flickered as he waved his right hand. The old man's body was immediately grabbed by an invisible hand and lifted into the air.
The old man was startled, before he burst out laughing. The impatience on his face was replaced by a strong desire to battle as he said, "Fine, fine.
You're the fifth person to attack me in the past hundred years. I, the Old Man, will play with you. "
After saying this, he tried to break free from Qin Nan's grasp.
Wang Lin's eyes turned cold as he waved his right hand. Instantly, the old man's body was dragged by a great force and slammed into the wall beside him.
The old man felt dizzy from the impact. He was about to let out a roar after collecting his thoughts, but his body was immediately grabbed and thrown into the wall again.
BANG, BANG, BANG.
The old man let out a series of painful groans as blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. Seeing that Wang Lin was going to grab him again, he quickly begged for mercy, "Stop grabbing me, grandpa.
"Don't scratch me, Grandpa. I'm calling you Grandpa. Spare me. If you hit me again, my old bones will break."
Wang Lin let go, causing the old man to fall to the ground. It took him a while to get up and he said with a wry smile, "Junior Brother, with your cultivation, go and steal the jade slips. As long as you don't kill too many people in the Soul Refining Sect, no one will care about you."
Wang Lin glanced at the old man before he turned around and left. A while later, he arrived at the cave that the old man had pointed out to him. There were some restrictive spells around the cave. Wang Lin scanned it with his divine sense and immediately saw a middle-aged man sitting with his legs crossed. Beside him were two female cultivators, who were also meditating.
Wang Lin's eyes flickered. He waved his right hand and a series of restrictive spells flew out. After a loud bang, the restrictive spells outside the cave, along with the Heaven Valley Stone, all collapsed.
The skinny old man's body trembled. From now on, the Soul Refining Peak had another person that he couldn't afford to offend.
The middle-aged man inside the cave let out an angry roar. He turned into a beam of light and charged out. Without a word, he slapped his bag of holding and a small purple flag appeared in his hand. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of souls flew out.
There were males and females among these souls. They let out shrill cries and pounced toward Wang Lin.
"You destroyed my cave, you're seeking death!"
Wang Lin's expression was calm. The person that charged out of the cave wasn't a Nascent Soul cultivator, but a peak late stage Core Formation cultivator like the old man.
However, the soul flag in his hand was a bit different. Wang Lin immediately saw that there was a golden line on the soul flag. The soul fragments released by the flag were all emitting black gas. They were very different from normal soul fragments that looked like they would dissipate with the slightest breeze.
These hundreds of souls were full of soul force. Some of them even emitted a pressure no weaker than a normal Core Formation cultivator's!
"Grow!" Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He could see what was different about this soul banner.
The soul in it definitely had the ability to grow continuously in the soul flag.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and his right hand reached out. Suddenly, the soul banner flew out of the Core Formation cultivator's hand and landed in Wang Lin's hand. Wang Lin wiped away the Core Formation cultivator's divine sense and entered the banner. Suddenly, he felt like he was in perfect harmony with the banner.
With a shake of the soul banner, all of the incoming souls were sucked into it.
The Core Formation cultivator gasped in shock. Without another word, he took out a black jade slip from his bag of holding and threw it on the ground. Then he retreated and shouted, "I concede! I concede! The cave is yours, the jade slip is yours, and I don't want the soul flag anymore. You can have it all.
I have two concubines in my cave. I haven't had the chance to touch one of them yet. If you like them, they are all yours.
I gave them all to you, so according to the rules, you can't kill me. "With that, he retreated.
Wang Lin looked at the person but didn't attack. He waved his hand and the black jade flew into his hand.
At this moment, two women walked out from the cave. Both of them were extremely beautiful and there wasn't the slightest hint of surprise on their faces. It was as if this matter of stealing the cave was nothing out of the ordinary. They stood quietly outside the cave.
"This is the Soul Refining Sect's soul banner technique. However, it doesn't seem to be complete …" Wang Lin withdrew his divine sense and frowned.
One of the two women was wearing green. She noticed that Wang Lin frowned after reading the jade and asked, "Senior apprentice brother, did you see any flaws in the soul banner?"
Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the two women. They were both at the mid stage of Core Formation.
Wang Lin asked, "Why is it like this?"
The woman in green quickly said, "Senior apprentice brother, you must be Qing Mu, the winner of the outer disciple competition. Junior apprentice sister Xu Yun greets senior apprentice brother.
As for the flaws in the soul banner, it is because the Soul Refining Sect has three methods to make a soul banner. They are called soul refining, soul extracting, and soul sealing.
The three methods combined into one is the real soul banner technique. "
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He put away the jade and looked at the cave. He wasn't satisfied with this place. He scanned the cave with his divine sense and flew toward the bottom of the mountain.
The two women were startled for a moment before looking at each other and quickly following behind him. In the Soul Refining Sect, it was very dangerous for a disciple to be alone unless their cultivation base was extremely high. They had to rely on others, so they were all in groups of three to five.
If they lost in a fight, they had to hand over everything they had. After handing over everything, the other party couldn't kill anyone else, or else the elders would interfere.
This kind of unreasonable sect rules made it impossible for disciples to have a sense of belonging. Everyone understood this, but no one knew why the Soul Refining Sect did this.
The senior apprentice brother that the two of them relied on had been beaten away by Wang Lin. Naturally, the two of them had to follow Wang Lin.
While Wang Lin was flying, he frowned and stopped. He turned around and shouted, "Don't even think about following me!" With that, he coldly looked at the two women and left.
"Senior apprentice sister, what should we do?" the woman beside Xu Yun asked anxiously.
Xu Yun stomped her foot and snorted, "What else can we do? If he doesn't want us to follow him, then we won't. Once he finds a cave, we'll stay there. That way, the others won't disturb our cultivation because of him."
At the bottom of the Soul Refining Mountain, Wang Lin's gaze fell on a rock. After looking at it for a bit, he pointed at it and a flying sword flew out of his bag of holding. After a few flashes, a cave was formed.
Wang Lin flew into the cave and casually placed a restriction behind him, sealing the cave.
Inside the cave, Wang Lin's gaze fell on the wall in front of him. The reason he chose this place was because it was closest to the spirit vein.
Although it wasn't convenient for him to crazily absorb the spirit vein's energy like before, there was no harm in taking some. Wang Lin's body flickered and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was next to the main spirit vein below the Soul Refining Mountain.
After sitting down, Wang Lin scanned the area with his divine sense. Suddenly, his expression changed!
In the deepest part of the spirit vein below the Soul Refining Mountain, there was a black fog that prevented divine sense from entering. A large amount of spiritual energy was slowly being absorbed by the black fog.
Wang Lin's divine sense was at the edge of the black fog. He could immediately sense miserable screams coming from it and souls appearing one after another.
"It prevents divine sense?" Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He immediately sensed that there was a restriction around the black fog.
It was because of this restriction that divine sense couldn't enter.
After looking for a while, Wang Lin's eyes suddenly narrowed!
"This is … this … could this be an ancient soul restriction?!"
Wang Lin's heart trembled.
(To be continued)