Chen Lin was observing the situation of the long-browed old monk through a puppet in a separate room, but as time went on, his expression became more and more serious.
On the second day, the other party had not woken up yet. He finally realized that something was wrong and asked the foundation-building puppet to go forward and check, confirming that the person was dead.
Although he was well aware of the dangers of the demon world, he still felt sad that the first explorer died like this.
However, the other party's body did not change, which meant that the scene inside did not involve powerful rules and had little impact on the outside world.
After cheering himself up, Chen Lin gathered the three old cultivators together this time and projected their consciousnesses into the demon world together, wanting to see if they could get together.
If they can meet inside and take care of each other, the survival rate should be higher.
After a night, Chen Lin's complexion became extremely bad.
None of the three people came out, and all had lost their vital signs.
He did not continue to send people in to explore. He waited for a day before sending two more people in.
But still no response was given.
Chen Lin sat in the quiet room with a frown on his face.
Even if these old cultivators did not take the risk, they would not live long, but it was not a good idea to commit suicide like this. After thinking about it, he gathered the remaining four people together and explained the situation.
"I have something to tell you. The six people who entered the dangerous area before did not come out alive. Now I will give you two choices."
Glancing at the four of them, he said thoughtfully, "The first is to cancel the contract and let you leave. The other is that I will try my best to raise the cultivation of the four of you to the foundation-building stage. After the foundation is successfully built, you can enter the secret realm I mentioned. But you can't not go at that time, and you will have to sign a more stringent contract. You must explore it carefully. You can't take the benefits and do nothing!"
He felt that the reason why the first six people failed to come out might be because their cultivation was too low, so he wanted to let the foundation-building cultivators enter and try, because the only energy that can be used for consciousness projection in the demon world is spiritual consciousness, and spiritual consciousness can only be formed after the foundation is built.
It's too slow to find one now, and if you want to find one, you can only find those whose lifespan is about to end. No normal cultivator would be willing to take such a risk, so you might as well give up some foundation-building pills and cultivate directly.
When the four heard that their companions had died, their faces turned grim.
They also thought that the place Chen Lin mentioned would be very dangerous, otherwise he would not have taken out the Foundation Establishment Pill to lure these dying people. However, they did not expect it to be so dangerous, and they all died before they could even find out any situation.
After hesitating for a while, one of the thin old men smiled bitterly and said, "I don't care about others, but I agree. If you can let me build my foundation, I will accept it even if it means I die. At least I can feel what it feels like to be a foundation-building cultivator before I die!"
The other three people immediately agreed after hearing this.
"That's right. I don't have two years to live anyway. If I can make it out alive, I'll make a fortune!"
"Yes, this deal is worth it!"
Several people encouraged each other, and as they talked, they actually developed a heroic spirit of facing death with indifference.
Chen Lin nodded when he saw this. He had already expected that these four people would agree. He would also agree if he were in their place. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, so there was no reason to refuse.
Next, he asked the four of them to sign a new contract, a soul contract and a blood contract as a double insurance, and then began to provide the four of them with foundation-building pills, allowing them to break through the foundation, while he stood by to protect them.
Pills were taken out continuously, and almost everyone used more than five pills.
Even so, one veteran cultivator still failed to break through and died on the spot, while the other three were successfully promoted.
The three of them felt the liquid-like viscous spiritual power in their bodies, as well as the condensed spiritual consciousness. Their faces showed expressions of extreme surprise and a feeling of disbelief.
"Okay, you guys should first get familiar with the use of power of the foundation-building cultivators for a few days, especially the spiritual consciousness. You should learn it carefully. In addition, I have a simple spiritual consciousness attack method here, you can also comprehend it."
Upon hearing this, the three of them immediately put away their excitement and bowed in response.
A few days later.
Chen Lin gathered the three old cultivators together, explained the information about the demon world to them, and then sent them all into the demon world.
Still using puppets for observation.
Time passed little by little, and just when Chen Lin's face became more and more ugly and a little anxious, in the sight of the crow puppet, the thin old man suddenly opened his eyes!
His eyes lit up, but he did not rush in. Instead, he continued to observe.
Only when the other party was completely awake did he command the foundation-building puppet to bring him out, and then let the other party return to his secret room to continue observing.
After a night, the other two old monks did not wake up.
In this way, nine out of ten test subjects died, leaving only the thin old man.
Chen Lin observed for another half a day, and only after making sure that everything was normal and there were no abnormalities did he walk into the secret room.
"Well, tell me what's going on inside?"
His expression was calm, and he did not show his inner anxiety at all.
The thin old man seemed even more nervous than when he set out. He glanced at Chen Lin with a nervous look, and then said respectfully: "Reporting to the senior, that place is the ruins of an ancient relic. I am not sure how big the area is, but it should be quite large."
At this point, he paused and continued, "There are no living creatures in the ruins, but there are a large number of spirits. Those spirits have all kinds of strange shapes and can spray lightning arcs."
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can it spray lightning arcs?"
What he is most concerned about now is whether this scene is, as Shen Daoling said, a projection of the ruins of the bloodline family Lei family, and whether there is a heritage of thunder attribute skills.
"Yes." The thin old cultivator nodded and said, "Though those spirits don't seem very strong, it's hard to deal with them just relying on spiritual power because we can't use our magic power and treasures there. I just happened to encounter a very weak and lonely one. It took me a long time to kill it using the secret technique taught by my predecessors, and then I was excluded."
Then he stretched out his palm, revealing a bean-sized crystal with a faint breath of the demonic world.
Such weak demonic energy was not enough to bring people into the demon world, so Chen Lin wrapped it with his magic power and put it in front of him to check.
The thin old cultivator hurriedly explained: "This thing was obtained by killing that spirit. In addition, when I felt the repulsive force appearing, I also took two stones from the ground, but I didn't bring them out."
After taking a look at it for a while and not finding anything special about the crystal, Chen Lin found a box to seal it up and put it away. Then he looked at the other party and asked, "Did you meet the other two companions in there?"
The thin old man was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said: "Reporting to the senior, I didn't encounter them. Could it be that the two of them haven't come out yet?"
“I can’t get out!”
Chen Lin sighed, feeling a little disappointed.
Nine lives, more than a dozen foundation-building pills, and in the end only this little information was found out. The demon world is really a big pit.
The old man glanced at Chen Lin secretly.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said carefully: "Senior, I have completed the task as promised. Can I leave now?"
After saying that, he looked at Chen Lin with a nervous expression.
Although Chen Lin had always behaved very kindly and was bound by the contract, he would have no room to resist if the other party wanted to get rid of him.
"Don't worry, I'm not a demon monk, I won't kill you to silence you."
Chen Lin also climbed up from the bottom, so he could tell what the other party was thinking at a glance.
However, although he would not kill to silence the witness, he still had to use some means to prevent the other party from hiding something or selling him out after getting out.
"Relax your mind, I am going to use the soul-searching technique on you, don't resist, otherwise don't blame me if you hurt your soul!"
Only one person came out and they could not verify each other, so they could only use this method to determine whether the other person was lying.
With his Jindan cultivation level, it would be easy for him to perform soul-searching technique on a cultivator who had just entered the foundation-building stage. Moreover, as long as the other party relaxed his mind, he would not be hurt too much. Of course, there would definitely be some damage, but compared to his life, this damage was nothing. I believe the other party would understand this.
The thin old cultivator's expression changed slightly, but he immediately lowered his head and replied, "Yes!"
Then he relaxed his mind and let Chen Lin cast the spell.
"Don't worry, I will only look at your memories from the time you entered the secret realm. I won't look at the rest, and I'm not interested in it."
After giving the other party a reassurance, Chen Lin began to perform the soul-searching technique. After a while, he nodded and took his hand away.
The other party did not lie. After entering the demon world, he appeared in a ruin. There were many spirits in it. After killing a very weak spirit, the other party was expelled.
After thinking about it, he decided to erase some of the key points in the other party's memory. He didn't dare to move too much, otherwise the other party would become an idiot.
Since a promise has been made, there is no need to overdo it. Soul searching is already against the harmony of nature, and overdoing it will easily breed inner demons.
After the soul search was completed, the thin old man's eyes seemed a little confused, and he frowned as if he was trying hard to remember something.
"Don't waste your energy. This is the aftereffect of the soul search. You will recover slowly in the future. Here are a few soul-nourishing pills and other pills that can improve your cultivation. They are considered as compensation for the soul search. You can leave now!"
Upon hearing this, the old cultivator didn't care about anything else. He bowed and thanked the master profusely, took the pill, and then left the cave carefully.
As soon as he went out, he turned into a stream of light and fled away!
Chen Lin did not continue to stay in the cave. He packed up and returned to the city.
He summoned Chen Qiaoyun's family to him and said solemnly, "I'm sure you've heard about the catastrophe. I don't have any roots in the southern cultivation world, and I can't guarantee my safety just by relying on Elder Tan Tai. So you guys should take care of things in the next few days and use the teleportation array to go to the northern cultivation world!"
Chen Qiaoyun's family was stunned, but immediately nodded and said, "Yes."
Chen Lin was very satisfied with the attitude of the three people. He then told them to go find the old shopkeeper Tian Haifu first after arriving at Xuanguang Fairy City and ask Tian Haifu to send them to Baiyin Fairy City.
After dealing with this family, he said goodbye to Tan Tai Yun Jin and headed straight for Wan Meng Fairy City.