The monitoring formation could not see people, but based on the voices alone, Chen Lin could tell that one of the people entering the hall of the City Lord's Mansion was Tian Haifu!
He was extremely surprised that the other party was still alive and had found his way back here.
"Let's go out and take a look!"
Chen Lin called out to Yun Xiu Niang, asked her to return to his sleeve, then activated the teleportation array and left the secret cave.
"Ah, Master, it's really you, it's really you, it's really..."
When Tian Haifu saw Chen Lin coming out, he was so surprised and happy that he choked with excitement.
After he led his men into the city, he first returned to Chen's Trading Company. After finding nothing, he went directly to the City Lord's Mansion. Unexpectedly, he really met Chen Lin.
Chen Lin looked at the other person with a smile, and then his smile faded little by little.
The opponent's body functions have declined to the extreme, and it seems that they may die at any time. This is a sign of exhaustion of lifespan.
"Old Tian, you are old."
Chen Lin's tone was somewhat sad.
The other person was one of his most trusted people and had helped him a lot along the way. Although he was a servant, he treated the other person as an old friend. He didn't expect that he was already in his twilight years.
"Ha ha."
Tian Haifu was open-minded. He smiled heartily, wiped the tears from his eyes, and said happily: "If it weren't for you, Master, I would have died a hundred years ago. It is a blessing from heaven that I can live for more than a hundred years. Before I die, I can see you safe and sound. This old slave has no regrets in this life!"
Seeing that the other party was open-minded, Chen Lin stopped worrying. He glanced at the people behind him and said with a smile: "These are your descendants. Your qualifications are not that good, but your descendants are all pretty good."
He has already sensed that these descendants of the other party do not have his bloodline seal, so they should not be the ones born after the other party was in Xuanguan Fairy City.
When Tian Haifu heard Chen Lin's words, he grinned and hurriedly called the middle-aged man and others to meet Chen Lin.
Then he pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "Master, you should still remember that this is my grandson who was in the middle stage of Qi training."
Then he pointed at a few young men at the back and said, "These are the descendants of the grandson who was in the early stage of Qi training. However, their father did not succeed in building his foundation and died after encountering a monster more than ten years ago."
Chen Lin nodded, and the scene emerged in his mind where the other party brought a son and two grandchildren to sign a blood contract with him. One of them was indeed somewhat similar to the middle-aged man in front of him.
Unexpectedly, the other party also succeeded in building the foundation. If it weren't for the collapse of this world, Tian Haifu would have established a family of immortal cultivators.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Tian Haifu speak again: "Master, I have another son named Tian Shiming, whom you have also met. He was born in Xuanguang Fairy City. Before Shuguang City was broken, I used my connections to send him to the retreating team. Now he has successfully built his foundation and is in Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm."
"oh?"
Chen Lin remembered that chubby little fellow. He had a blood contract with him and his spiritual roots seemed to be pretty good.
However, he does not need slaves now, nor does he need to tie the other party's descendants to himself with a blood contract. He can just give them freedom.
What he was concerned about was what was happening in the city at that time and the whereabouts of Qin Lingyu and others.
"It seems that you have been in Dawn City when it was besieged. Tell me the details."
Tian Haifu knew what Chen Lin wanted to ask, and immediately said, "My Lord, the two ladies and the young lady were on the original retreat list. They were the main personnel and left first. The eldest lady and her husband, as well as your disciple He Yuqing, broke through with me, but got separated during the breakout and have not been in contact since."
Then he said sadly, "Shopkeeper Lu was devoured by the monster, and his family and the two former employees of the company were not spared. I saw it with my own eyes, but I was unable to rescue them. In addition, my storage bag was snatched away by a monk during the chaos, resulting in the loss of the communication talisman. I have not been able to contact the master. Please forgive me, master."
Chen Lin sighed and shook his head, "It's already rare that you were able to escape, so why blame me? Do you know where Qin Lingyu and the others are going? Are they also in the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm?"
The dead are gone, there is no point in thinking too much about them, it is more important to take care of the living.
Chen Lin guessed that Chen Qiaoyun and the others were probably in danger, otherwise they would not have not contacted him after breaking out.
As for Qin Lingyu and others, in order not to attract the attention of monsters during the secret transfer, they are definitely not allowed to use talismans with large fluctuations such as communication talismans. The secret realm is an independent space. Once entered, they will be isolated from the outside world. It is not surprising that they did not contact him.
Tian Haifu shook his head upon hearing this and said, "No, the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm has been reopened. My grandson contacted me through the communication talisman after it was reopened and came to pick me up to live in the secret realm. Madam Qin and the others are not there."
Seeing the disappointment on Chen Lin's face, he hesitated for a moment and said, "But I once met a surviving high-level cultivator and asked for everyone's information. He said that Madam Qin and the others seemed to have been taken to a very large secret realm, but he didn't tell me what it was called."
"Replying to Lord Chen, it should be called Yunding Secret Realm."
At this time, Tian Haifu's grandson suddenly spoke.
Seeing Chen Lin looking over, he immediately explained, "When we evacuated, we were divided into two teams. The secret realms we were heading to were the Dark Spirit Secret Realm and the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm. Originally, the two ladies were also assigned to the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm, but halfway through, the leader received a notice that a new secret realm had just been opened, so he assigned some people out, including Madam Qin and the others."
"The Secret Realm of Yunding?"
Chen Lin frowned. He had never heard of this secret place.
However, he has never been very interested in matters concerning secret realms, and he doesn't know much about this type of information.
Tian Haifu's grandson nodded and said, "It should be called this name. I heard about it from the descendants of those great figures after I entered the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm. It is said that the secret realm is very large and was owned by a sect called Yunding Sect in the ancient cultivation era. It has abundant spiritual energy and a relatively complete set of rules of heaven and earth. The only drawback is that it needs to be opened once every fifty years or so, and you cannot get out before the opening time."
"It only opens once every fifty years. Do you know the approximate location of that secret place?"
If this is the case, then it can explain why Qin Lingyu and others have not contacted him. Now it has only been more than 20 years since the destruction of Dawn City, and it is still a long way to go before the secret realm is opened!
"Your Excellency, I don't know the exact location, but it should be in the Liuyun Mountains."
Chen Lin nodded slightly.
As long as you know the approximate location, there will be a lot of noise when the secret realm appears, and you will naturally find it then.
After getting accurate information from Qin Lingyu and others, Chen Lin was in a good mood. He took out some pills, talismans and other items from his storage bag and gave them to Tian Haifu's descendants.
Everyone was overjoyed and thanked him one after another.
Especially those Qigong practitioners, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Resources are very scarce nowadays. With their status, they couldn't even think about getting elixirs that could increase their cultivation. They didn't expect that the master of their ancestor who was rumored to be so generous.
They even thought about whether they could replace their ancestors' status as slaves and follow Chen Lin.
Unfortunately, Chen Lin ignored them and waved his hand to let them leave. He took Tian Haifu to the quiet room inside and talked about his experiences over the years.
As they were chatting, Tian Haifu's head suddenly tilted and he stopped talking.
Chen Lin stretched out his hand and sensed it, confirming that the other party had passed away, and couldn't help but sigh.
The wind is cold and the snowflakes are dancing.
A figure turned into a stream of light and shot out from the Silver Immortal City, disappearing in an instant.
At the city gate, the middle-aged man looked into the distance for a long time, then withdrew his gaze with a sense of loss.
He turned around and said to the younger generation behind him: "You must remember, after entering the Xiaoyuantian Secret Realm, you must be careful and not get into trouble. Although our Tian family has some status in it, it is entirely supported by your third grandfather, and it is not stable..."
After a brief admonition, he took out a flying magic weapon and flew away with a few people.
Without the care of Qin Lingyu and others, Chen Lin could not get to the southern immortal world for the time being, so he began to explore various places, looking for materials that could be used to refine Baili Dan.
By the way, he went to Liuyun Mountains to get to know the terrain first.
After learning the situation, he found a location with a spiritual vein nearby, opened up an underground space, and placed the teleportation array here.
The effective distance of the teleportation array arranged on this array disk is 50,000 miles. When the secret realm is about to open and he is unable to arrive in time due to special circumstances, he can be teleported over through the array.
At the same time, it can also be used as a means of escape when he encounters danger.
The only pity is that this formation plate needs some arrangement before it can take effect. If it can be activated at any time, it would be perfect. Of course, in that case, the price of this formation plate would not be comparable to a three-pattern seven-star pill.
"My dear, are you sure you want to explore here? It feels a bit dangerous here!"
Three years later, Chen Lin stood on the edge of a swamp and looked inside, while Yun Xiu Niang beside him gave a casual reminder with a gloomy look on her face.
During these three years, Chen Lin did nothing but walk. At first she was very interested, but soon got bored and spent most of her time cultivating herself in the wooden hairpin.
Chen Lin heard this and said, "There are no safe places in this world now. It is precisely because of the danger that it has been explored less frequently, and some good things can be left behind. I found out before that the missing main ingredient for refining Baili Dan is here. My cultivation has not improved in the past three years. If I don't refine the elixir, when will I be able to reach the Nascent Soul stage?"
Yun Xiu Niang rolled her eyes and said, "I'm just reminding you. It's up to you whether you want to come in or not. I need to rest now. Don't call me if you don't have anything else."
After saying that, he crawled into Chen Lin's sleeve.
Chen Lin wanted to communicate with the other party again, but seeing this, he could only prepare to enter the swamp in silence.
At this moment, three streams of light suddenly shot out and made him stop.