The circle formed by the Soul Lasher loosened slightly before turning into a ray of light and disappearing from the world.
This object had merged with the intent and no longer had a physical form. Like the intent, it was fused with the void. It couldn't be seen, but it could be felt.
Xu Liguo, who was on the verge of collapse, immediately took a few steps back. His eyes were still filled with fear. At this moment, his previous overbearing aura had completely dissipated and was replaced by a fawning expression. He quickly said, "Master's spell has become even more powerful. In fact, Little Xu only said that because I wanted Master to practice the spell a few more times. Master, Little Xu's loyalty to you can be seen by the heavens. I have no intention of rebelling!"
Wang Lin glanced at Xu Liguo and calmly said, "Since you have come out, you don't need to return to the storage bag for now. Stay within 5,000 kilometers of this mountain and comprehend your ancient sword intent on your own!"
Xu Liguo was startled. He didn't expect Old Demon Fiend Star to be so easy to talk to this time. His eyes turned and he quickly said with a loyal expression, "Master, Xu Liguo can't bear to part with you. I only feel at ease when I'm by your side." He carefully looked at Wang Lin as he spoke.
Wang Lin's expression was the same as usual. He nodded and said, "In that case, you can stay here."
Xu Liguo revealed a smile, but he felt bitter inside. Could it be that Old Demon Fiend Star really wants me to move freely within 5,000 kilometers? No, this doesn't seem like Old Demon Fiend Star's personality.
There must be something wrong with this!
Hmph, fortunately, Xu Liguo is smart. Otherwise, I might have to suffer again.
Xu Liguo felt quite proud of himself. He quickly condensed his incarnation and sat down cross-legged. After sitting there for a while, he nervously looked at Wang Lin, trying to find some clues.
Wang Lin ignored Xu Liguo and slapped his bag of holding. Immediately, the mosquito beast and Thunder Frog appeared. The mosquito beast lay comfortably on the Thunder Frog's body. After it appeared, it gave Wang Lin a hiss, then lay back down, as if it didn't want to leave.
There were also some mosquito beasts that came out with them. These were all young mosquitoes that had followed them. Even though they had yet to grow up, they still looked extremely ferocious.
As for the Thunder Frog, it was obviously used to the hateful mosquito beast on its back. After it appeared, its belly emitted bursts of thunder. It found a place to the side and lay there motionlessly, as if it was sleeping.
Immediately after, the God Slaying War Chariot flew out and turned into a Thunder Beast. After it appeared, it immediately saw the Thunder Frog and let out a low roar.
The Thunder Frog's originally lazy expression was instantly swept away. It opened its eyes and stared at the Thunder Beast. Thunder rumbled in its belly, and the mosquito beast on its back also became spirited and looked at the Thunder Beast with interest.
Xu Liguo's eyes widened as he carefully looked at the Thunder Beast. He thought, "Master is indeed worthy of being called Master. It has only been a while since I last saw him, and now another dumb beast has appeared. Fight, it's best if you guys fight. Then I'll let you all know that I'm the one who has been with Master the longest!
"However, Master is really fated with beasts. I'm ashamed of my inferiority in this regard. What I have is fated with beauties!" Xu Liguo was in a trance as he thought about the little beauty he had met in the Demon Spirit Land.
"Alas, since ancient times, too much love leads to regret … This is not something that old devil Wang Liguo can understand."
Xu Liguo felt a bit regretful as he looked at the Thunder Beast, the Thunder Frog, and the mosquitoes. Then he looked at Wang Lin, who was cultivating. He felt a sense of loneliness and pride.
The refinement of the treasures continued, but at this point, it was no longer important. Time was limited, so Wang Lin was going to adjust his spells based on what he saw in the third step.
He pondered. Among the spells he mastered, the strongest one he could use was the Heavenly Chop. However, if his cultivation hadn't broken through the first step of cultivation and reached the Illusory Yin Realm, every time he used this spell, it would consume a small amount of origin energy.
Then there was the Stop spell. This spell was no weaker than the Heavenly Chop, and it would often play a decisive role at a special moment.
Aside from these two spells, there were the Nirvana, Demonic, and Underworld Fingers!
There were also the three forms of dao created by the life and death domain, Underworld Springs Dao, Underworld Springs Soul, and Underworld Springs Force.
What he needed to adjust were the Nirvana, Demonic, and Underworld Springs Fingers!
If he continued to cultivate these three spells, it would be very harmful to the third step. These three spells were incomplete and would cause discomfort to the body. As for why they were harmful to the third step, Wang Lin wasn't sure; he could only rely on his intuition.
As he pondered, he flicked his right index finger and cast the three spells one by one. He wanted to see through them. Gradually, his right index finger moved faster and faster. The three spells, Nirvana, Demon Transformation, and Underworld Springs, continued to circulate.
Wang Lin frowned and relied on the vague feeling in his heart to find out what was wrong with them. This process consumed a lot of energy, so it didn't take long for him to feel tired.
After resting for a bit, Wang Lin continued.
The wheel of time rotated once more and two years passed. During these two years, most of Wang Lin's attention was focused on improving the spells, but he still wasn't satisfied.
Wang Lin understood that he was too impatient.
However, Wang Lin didn't give up and did his best to slowly improve.
If his current actions were seen by cultivators at the second step or Nirvana Shatterer stage, they would be shocked!
Because this kind of improvement was equivalent to deducing the original celestial spell from a spell. Not to mention him, even the All-Seer and the others would find it difficult to accomplish this.
During these two years of time, the Thunder Frog and Thunder Beast were very hostile to each other, but they didn't fight. The Thunder Frog's cultivation level wasn't high enough, so it didn't dare to attack. The Thunder Beast was disdainful even though the Thunder Beast made it feel a hidden threat.
As for the mosquito beast, its interest shifted from the Thunder Frog to the Thunder Beast. It would occasionally fly around the Thunder Beast as if it wanted to lie on the Thunder Beast's back.
However, it didn't succeed every time. However, the more it failed, the more interested the mosquito beast became.
Xu Liguo didn't care about any of this. As time passed, he noticed that Wang Lin had forgotten about him, so he carefully retreated until he was 1,000 feet away from Wang Lin. He turned into a cloud of black mist and happily flew around the mountain.
However, he remembered Wang Lin's words and didn't dare to go more than 5,000 kilometers. He gradually felt bored as he couldn't see a single person within 5,000 kilometers. The people outside were often far away, so they would go around this area. This made Xu Liguo very depressed.
One and a half years ago, there were a few cultivators outside that didn't dare to come in. However, he used an illusion to trick them into coming in. After playing with them for a while, he released them.
However, after that, not a single cultivator dared to come in. Many years later, the cultivators that were released would still feel a chill in their hearts whenever they thought about this experience.
On this day, he was flying around in a very boring manner, hoping to encounter a mortal that accidentally broke in. As he flew, Xu Liguo's body suddenly trembled. A sense of excitement that hadn't appeared in a long time immediately drowned him.
Xu Liguo's eyes lit up as he stared at the fog in the distance. He couldn't help but let out an excited roar.
"Someone finally came!!!"
Thousands of kilometers away from the mountain, at the edge of the black fog, Zhang Xinhai's haggard face was filled with death aura. Beside him was an extremely nervous middle-aged man. He wore a black robe and his cultivation level was also at the peak of Nascent Soul.
The middle-aged man looked at the black fog in the distance with dread and whispered, "Father, are we really going?"
"Of course I have to go," Zhang Xinhai said solemnly. "Your father's lifespan is about to end, and other than fulfilling Senior's request, I'm also going to introduce you to Senior. When I die, you'll take my place and work for Senior to ensure that our Zhang Family lives on forever!"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a bit and said, "But father, I heard from a few fellow cultivators that this senior … is a bit strange … About a year ago, a few fellow cultivators were …" Before he could finish, Zhang Xinhai turned around and glared at him. The middle-aged man immediately shut his mouth.
Xu Liguo's body was like a wandering spirit as he approached in an instant. He was hidden in the black fog, so the father and son of the Zhang family didn't notice him. Xu Liguo's face was filled with excitement as he looked at the father and son and muttered to himself, "Not bad, not bad. The old one is about to die and can't withstand my torment. Your Grandpa Xu should be kind and let your body go. As for the young one … hehe …" The excitement in Xu Liguo's eyes became more and more intense. He looked at the middle-aged man through the black fog and found a trace of evil in his eyes … He let out a dry cough and said in a righteous tone, "Who are you? Tell me your name!"
Zhang Xinhai took a deep breath. Thousands of kilometers away from the mountain, he didn't enter. Instead, he clasped his hands together and said respectfully, "Junior Zhang Xinhai has completed senior's task and requests to see senior!"
His voice was hoarse as he slowly entered the black fog.
Xu Liguo's eyes turned and he said, "The old one, come in. I'll take you to see my master!"
Zhang Xinhai was startled. He hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward into the black mist. As soon as he entered, he felt a gust of wind wrap around him, and his body was involuntarily propelled forward like lightning.
Not long after, he arrived at the top of the mountain. The wind dissipated and he immediately saw Wang Lin. He respectfully stood to the side and said, "Senior, junior has not let you down. I have collected all the resentment of the mortals on planet Qing Ling."
As he spoke, he took out jade slips from his storage space. There were more than 1,000 of them in total and he placed them on the ground. Then he respectfully took a few steps back.
After Xu Liguo sent Zhang Xinhai off, he excitedly returned 10,000 kilometers away. He stood in the black fog and stared at the middle-aged man outside. He smiled and said, "Little boy, come in. Don't be afraid, your Grandpa Xu will give you some benefits!" When he saw the middle-aged man hesitate, he immediately shouted, "Why aren't you coming in?!"
The middle-aged man clenched his teeth and walked into the black fog … Wang Lin opened his eyes and scanned the jade slips with his divine sense. He immediately felt the resentment inside. This resentment was shocking and there was a large amount of it. It was as if it had formed a storm of resentment.
"Very good, the person you brought will be the Old Man's messenger outside the Heng Yun Peak in the future!"
Wang Lin slowly said. After pondering a bit, he took out a pill from his bag of holding and threw it at Zhang Xinhai.
"Give this to your son. If his talent is high enough, he might be able to use the spiritual energy inside the pill to reach the Soul Formation stage!"
Zhang Xinhai's face was filled with ecstasy. He quickly accepted the pill and carefully placed it in his chest. He was moved and said, "Thank you senior!"
"This resentment is an illusory thing. It can be regenerated. In the future, your Zhang family will have to collect it again every few years!"
Wang Lin ordered. Then he slapped his bag of holding and took out a few red seeds. He handed them to Zhang Xinhai.
"This is called the Celestial Ascension Fruit. Have your people plant it and use their spiritual energy to stimulate it. In the next 10 years, try to plant as many as possible."
Zhang Xinhai quickly nodded.
The seeds of the Celestial Ascension Fruit were given to him by Qian Kuizi.
Zhang Xinhai and his son left the Heng Yun Peak. However, the son was in a trance and had a strange look on his face, as if he was still reminiscing … As for Xu Liguo, he was strictly grounded by Wang Lin!
If it wasn't for the fact that what Xu Liguo had done wasn't too bad, Wang Lin would have refined this person.
Xu Liguo, who was confined within 100 feet, had a wronged expression, but he didn't dare to sneak out anymore. He could only stare into the distance and sigh in his heart.
"Didn't I just temporarily merge with his body and feel what it feels like to have a body? It's not a big deal. Sigh …"
Wang Lin didn't have time to care about Xu Liguo. After he was grounded, he once again began to perfect his spell. As for the resentment, he absorbed it one by one and merged it with the yellow spring.
After absorbing the resentment, the yellow spring was completely different from before. The resentment fused with each other and gradually formed the shadow of the spring's soul.
Time quickly passed. Improving the spell consumed a lot of Wang Lin's energy. Although he wasn't completely successful, as he continued to improve it, he continued to feel the direction of the third step. This caused Wang Lin's domain to gradually increase.
Finally, on the 18th year since he came to planet Qing Ling, his life and death domain reached perfection without any flaws. This meant that as long as he had enough celestial spiritual energy, he could truly reach the peak of the first step!
Wang Lin still had some celestial jades in his bag of holding, but he didn't know if it was enough. However, even if it wasn't enough, Wang Lin planned on drinking the celestial liquid. This time, he had to reach the peak of the late stage of Ascendant and reach the peak of the first step!
"The first step of cultivation …" Wang Lin's eyes shined brightly.
"Back when I reached the Ascendant stage, Ancient Demon Bei Lou said that heaven-defying cultivators would attract divine retribution. I just don't know if one day I break through the first step and reach the Illusory Yin stage, will divine retribution descend?" Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the sky with a cold gaze.
10,000 words for the third chapter. I've been writing since the morning. I don't care if I'm tired or not, I just want votes. I have to support the third chapter. This is the motivation to explode!!
Finally, I wish everyone a happy holiday. I have to go to my parents' home for the holidays. My family has been waiting for me.