"Brother Wang, this jade contains Liu Mei's domain. Senior told me to give it to you. I know he has his own goal, so it's up to you whether you want to look at it or not."
Zhou Wutai left with half a jug of wine and a piece of jade.
Wang Lin pondered a bit before picking up the jade and scanning it with his divine sense. As time passed, his expression became gloomy.
"Liu Mei's domain … Thousand Illusion Ruthless Domain … Under the cover of emotions, there is a ruthless heart. I noticed this a long time ago.
If this Liu Mei dares to provoke me again, I have a way to break her domain! "Wang Lin crushed the jade.
He stood up, walked into the ancient transfer array, activated it, and disappeared.
The country of Chu was the closest place to the Forsaken Immortal Clan.
There were naturally a lot of Forsaken Immortal Clan members here.
The Cloud Sky Sect in Chu had already fallen many years ago when the Forsaken Immortal Clan first appeared. The Cloud Sky Sect became a vassal of the Forsaken Immortal Clan and all the cultivators in the sect had tattoos implanted in their bodies.
Luckily, the mortal world wasn't affected too much. Only a few villages close to the Forsaken Immortal Clan were affected by the Forsaken Immortal Clan's attacks.
The Forsaken Immortal Clan didn't actively kill mortals aside from taking away the children that were qualified to cultivate.
On this day, Wang Lin walked out of a transfer array in the western part of Chu.
The sky above Chu was dark. It was currently daytime, but the sun seemed to be absorbed by the black fog in the sky. Looking from a distance, it was no different from night.
In particular, the giant plant that rose from the pit in the Immortal Graveyard gave off a powerful aura. Anyone who looked at it couldn't help but feel small.
One by one, the Forsaken Immortal Clan members flew by with several cultivators following behind them. These cultivators had tattoos on their bodies and their eyes were dull.
Other than these, there were also countless strange plants growing on the land of Chu. These plants were wriggling in a bizarre manner, resembling seaweed that was rapidly growing.
The Chu Country had changed too much since the time Wang Lin left.
The activation of the transfer array caught the attention of the Forsaken Immortal Clan. The moment Wang Lin appeared, a large amount of black fog rushed over. Seven or eight shamans appeared. When they saw Wang Lin, they activated the tattoos in their bodies and charged toward him.
Wang Lin's expression was normal. He did not even look at those shamans. His body flashed and disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was in the village where Zhou Ru was born.
This place was a scorched earth, and seaweed plants as tall as a person were swaying in the wind. There was no sign of human habitation. Wang Lin was silent for a long time. Then, he sighed and turned to leave.
Wang Lin didn't go to the Cloud Sky Sect. He wasn't a saint, and if he were to unlock the tattoos around the Cloud Sky Sect, not only would it not help them, it might even attract the Forsaken Immortal Clan's wrath.
As he flew through Chu, Wang Lin saw many Forsaken Immortal Clan members. However, most of them were at least four-leaf cultivators, and very few were five-leaf cultivators.
Wang Lin was originally going to leave this place to go to the foreign battleground to collect wandering souls, but at this moment, his heart skipped a beat.
"Most of the Forsaken Immortal Clan members are currently gathered on the continent of Rosefinch. I'm afraid there aren't many left in the Forsaken Immortal Clan …"
"Last time I entered the Immortal Graveyard, I only entered the third layer. The Forsaken Immortal Clan must have accumulated a lot of resources over the tens of thousands of years. Now that I'm about to leave Suzaku, I should take a look for the future!" Wang Lin's eyes lit up. After pondering a bit, he charged toward the Forsaken Immortal Clan's pit.
His speed was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived outside the pit. The aura of the giant plant that pierced through the clouds was even stronger. The plant was so big that it completely covered the pit, making it impossible to enter. Wang Lin was like an ant standing at the foot of the giant plant; he was completely inconspicuous.
He looked at the huge plant, and his expression suddenly changed. His right hand formed a seal in front of him, and he immediately disappeared.
After a while, the huge plant flickered with a ghostly light, and a five leaf spell master floated out from it. His entire body turned into a cloud of black mist, and he whizzed into the distance.
After he left, Wang Lin's figure appeared. His eyes lit up and he pointed at the giant plant. A ray of spiritual energy shot out from his finger toward the giant plant.
The moment the spiritual energy touched the plant, it collapsed into specks of light and dissipated.
"Interesting!"
Wang Lin sneered. He slapped his bag of holding and a wood carving appeared in his hand. He clapped his hand and softly said, "Transform!"
The wood carving trembled and released a green light. In an instant, the green light turned into a human shape and quickly solidified. After a few breaths of time, an avatar that looked exactly like Wang Lin appeared.
This was a technique that only Soul Transformation Stage cultivators could master, turning objects into incarnations.
After the avatar appeared, it charged toward the giant plant that covered the entire pit without any hesitation.
Wang Lin stared at the avatar. The moment the avatar touched the giant plant, several black symbols appeared on the plant's thick branches.
The symbol flashed and turned into black threads that rapidly drilled into the avatar's body. The avatar trembled and its eyes dimmed. It turned back into a wooden statue and fell to the ground.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. No wonder the Forsaken Immortal Clan had come out in full force. It was because they had this strange plant protecting them that normal people couldn't easily enter.
Wang Lin pondered a bit. He slapped his bag of holding and a golden soul flag appeared in his hand. This wasn't the one-billion-soul soul flag, but the one with the Qilin as the main soul.
There was a total of three soul flags in Wang Lin's bag of holding. One was the one-billion-soul soul flag, one was the one-thousand-soul soul flag with the Qilin's soul as the main soul, and the last one was a very ordinary soul flag that he had refined himself.
He shook the soul flag and a Core Formation soul fragment flew out. With a thought from Wang Lin, the soul fragment flew toward the giant plant. Wang Lin's eyes lit up as he stared at the soul fragment.
However, the soul fragment seemed to be able to go through the plant without any resistance.
From beginning to end, there were no flashes of any symbols on the plant.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He took out a few more soul fragments and tried. They also went through the plant without any resistance.
"Interesting. It can isolate spiritual energy and the wood carving, but it can go through the soul fragments at will. This plant is interesting!"
Wang Lin waved the soul flag in his hand and the two more soul fragments flew out along with the Qilin's soul fragment.
With a thought from Wang Lin, these soul fragments flew toward Wang Lin and formed a suit of armor around his body.
The Qilin's soul fragment stuck to Wang Lin's face, forming a tattoo of a Qilin that emitted bursts of golden light.
Wang Lin didn't hesitate to charge toward the giant plant.
This time, he felt a cold intent sweep across his body. Then, his entire body passed through the plant and entered its interior.
Inside the plant was a sparkling and translucent world. Black smoke was coming out of the crater that was originally here, and it continued to rise up and be absorbed by the plant.
The surroundings were quiet. Wang Lin raised his head and looked up. There, along the inner wall of the plant, the higher he went, the more crystal light there was. It extended all the way to the base of the plant, and he couldn't see the end of it.
He could only see many branches that looked like caves. Obviously, these branches were the scattered branches of the giant plant.
Looking down, it was the pit that Wang Lin was familiar with. It was dark inside, and he could only see black gas constantly surging up.
Wang Lin pondered for a while, then his body moved and he jumped into the pit.
The whistling sound echoed in his ears. Wang Lin was familiar with the path and quickly landed on the first floor. Before his body landed, he disappeared without a trace.
With his early stage Soul Transformation cultivation, Wang Lin's divine sense had a larger range and he could teleport further. With one teleport, he arrived at the entrance to the second floor.
When he scanned the area with his divine sense, he found that there were only a few shamans on the first floor, and they were all around the three-leaf stage.
Wang Lin didn't stop and directly entered the second floor. Using teleportation, he soon arrived at the third floor where he refined the Reincarnation Fruit with the old man from the Treasure Refining Pavilion and the others.
There was nothing here other than a small pit in the ground. That was where the Reincarnation Tree grew.
After looking around, Wang Lin's body disappeared again. This time, he appeared at the entrance to the fourth floor. The moment Wang Lin appeared, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly disappeared.
Not long after, a huge human face flew over. At the entrance to the fourth floor, the huge human face turned into a six-leaf Shaman with a bang.
This shaman was middle-aged, and most of his body was covered in runes. Behind him were more than 10 cultivators with dull eyes.
The six-leaf shaman jumped down the entrance, and the cultivators behind him immediately followed.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He silently followed these cultivators and entered the fourth floor.
The world of the fourth layer was brighter than the first three layers. After the six-leaf spell arrived, it turned into a human face again. It surrounded all of the cultivators in a black fog and flew off into the distance.
Wang Lin was also covered by the black fog. With Wang Lin's cultivation level, the six-leaf shaman didn't notice him at all.
The six-leaf shaman was extremely fast. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he arrived at the center of the fourth floor. There was a Reincarnation Tree that was as thick as a person and more than 30 feet tall.
However, this tree was a bit strange. It had no leaves, and there was an oval-shaped orb of light floating above it. Inside the orb of light sat an old man. His eyes were closed, and he was completely naked. There was a fist-sized wound on his chest, and his body was covered in runes. On his forehead, there was an eight-leaf plant that slowly flickered.
At the same time, there was a rune that gave off an ancient aura floating above his head. This rune was very complicated, and it was difficult to look at it.
Under the tree stood more than 10 six-leaf shamans. They didn't talk to each other, and behind them were more than 10 cultivators.
(To be continued)