Chen Lin tied a fairy stone on the body of the crow puppet, placed a photo stone on it, and then released it.
The current crow puppet is no longer what it used to be. Not only is the material more advanced, but through his continuous research and reference, he has upgraded it to a spirit puppet and reached the foundation-building level.
After Chen Lin gave the order to the crow puppet, it flapped its wings and flew over the sea.
Because of the suppression from the Demon Realm, even though his spiritual awareness was extremely powerful, he was still suppressed by the aura of the Demon Realm and reached the limit of his control distance before he flew far.
Chen Lin could only let it fly forward for a while and then return automatically.
This is also the reason why he placed the image stone on the puppet. If he lost contact with the puppet, he would not be able to share the other's vision.
In the sight, the crow puppet turned into a small black dot, flying farther and farther away. Just when it was almost out of sight, it circled and flew back.
Chen Linqi took it in his hand and took off the photo stone to look at it.
After a while, he withdrew his body back into the barrier, walked to another direction, and continued his exploration by doing the same thing.
In this way, the entire island was checked, but nothing was found.
Chen Lin was not in a hurry. He returned to the starting point and controlled the crow puppet to fly into the sea again.
This time the range was expanded, and he let the crow puppet fly forward and explore on its own until half of the top-grade spirit stones were consumed and then return.
The reason why top-grade spirit stones are placed instead of spirit crystals is because the speed at which this puppet consumes top-grade spirit stones is almost the same as the consumption time of a piece of fairy stone, and the spirit puppet can only sense the consumption of its own spirit stones, but cannot judge the amount of remaining energy in the fairy stone.
Doing this can prevent the puppet from being demonized when the fairy stone is exhausted, otherwise who knows what consequences will occur if a demonized crow puppet flies back.
After replacing a new fairy stone, Chen Lin released the crow puppet and waited quietly.
"Master, let Xiaocao go explore. I can also fly with my sword!"
At this time, Xiaocao suddenly spoke.
Chen Lin shook his head and said, "No hurry, let's explore it with the puppet first. The sea may look calm, but there is no telling what dangers are hidden. Your injuries are not fully healed yet, so don't be careless."
Little Caoying is a creature from the demon world. He is not suppressed in any way he uses here and can naturally fly with a sword. However, the aftereffects of his last use of the Immortal Sword Technique have not yet been eliminated, and his body is still a little weak.
The power of the immortal swordsmanship is truly extraordinary. With Xiaocao's strength, he can actually strike out a sword that is more powerful than an ordinary spiritual treasure.
But the cost is really high enough.
If Niu Niu hadn't taken action, Xiao Cao would have died without a doubt.
However, through this incident, his trust in Xiaocao reached its peak, and he no longer suspected that there was any conspiracy behind him luring the other party out.
After a long while, the figure of the crow puppet appeared in sight and quickly returned to Chen Lin's side.
Chen Lin first checked it and made sure that there was no problem with the puppet before he took it in his hand and removed the photo stone to look at it.
After looking for a while, he couldn't help but frowned.
According to the records of the Image Stone, the crow puppet found nothing unusual where it passed, but it did not fly to the point where half of the spirit stones were consumed before it touched the invisible barrier, so it returned.
From this point of view, the second-level guide only has a slightly larger range of activities than the first-level guide, and cannot give a glimpse of the entire scene.
Chen Lin couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
He thought that the second-level pass he had obtained with great effort would have something special, but he didn't expect it to be far from his expectations.
Next, he continued to control the crow puppet to explore around the island, but just like last time, he found nothing.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Chen Lin made a puzzled sound.
Just when he was about to complete the exploration of the waters around the island, something unexpected happened.
The crow puppet didn't fly back!
Losing a puppet is nothing, he has refined many such puppets, but now the crow puppet is at the foundation-building level. Although its combat effectiveness is not strong, its flexibility and speed have reached the level of foundation-building cultivators, and ordinary dangers cannot destroy it.
After waiting for a while, he saw that the time had far exceeded the previous exploration times. The energy of both the spirit stone and the fairy stone should have been consumed. Chen Lin no longer held out hope and took out a new crow puppet.
He pressed the spirit stone and the image stone, put in a new fairy stone, then gave the puppet an order and let it fly out.
Half an hour later.
Chen Lin looked at the empty sea with an inquiring look.
Sure enough, there was an abnormality in the sea area in this direction. Both crow puppets had problems. It couldn't be a coincidence.
"Let's go, go back first and come back in a few days."
Chen Lin did not let Xiaocao take the risk. His injuries had not healed yet, and the energy ball left by Niu Niu in his body had not been fully absorbed. It would not be too late to explore after his condition reached its peak.
As for Chen Bao, the other party's space travel ability is indeed good, and he can also carry him. However, there is only one level 2 pass, and the two of them cannot appear on the sea together. If he gives the pass to the other party and lets the other party explore alone, he is not very reassured. If something unexpected happens and the pass is lost, then everything will be over.
As soon as he returned to his residence, Chen Lin received a call from the Silver Fairy.
"Master, what's the matter?"
When I arrived at the Silver Fairy's residence, I found that True Lord Huanling and True Lord Anmu were also there, and they seemed to be discussing something.
Seeing Chen Lin coming over, Fairy Baiyin handed him a jade slip with a strange look on her face and said, "Take a look at this first."
Chen Lin took it in his hand with surprise, and probed it with his spiritual sense, only to find that there was a map inside.
The map is relatively simple, but it covers a large area, including the Starry Continent and the Falling Star Continent.
Four of the locations are clearly marked.
One is the Wanhun Ridge, and the other is the Yulun Mountains on the Xingyun Continent, which is Qingya Mountain.
There is another one somewhere in Wuding Sea.
The last place is in the far north.
After looking for a while, Chen Lin withdrew his spiritual sense and looked towards the Silver Fairy with a questioning look.
"This was sent by the Xuanyin Patriarch. According to him, there are spatial nodes connecting to other interfaces everywhere. This is considered as an apology for the previous sneak attack."
"apologize?"
Chen Lin was a little confused.
Given the identity, strength and character of Patriarch Xuanyin, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would humble himself and apologize. Moreover, as a cultivator left over from the upper realm, he has two companions who are prison keepers. Their strength is much stronger than theirs, and they can almost sweep across this realm.
What does the other party mean by this apology and even taking out such important information as the space node
If he didn't know the Silver Fairy's character very well, he would have thought she was joking.
"Why, you find it incredible?"
Fairy Bai Yin glanced at Chen Lin and said meaningfully, "Starlight."
Chen Lin suddenly understood.
The other party is not afraid of them, but of Niu Niu!
It was probably because Niu Niu's action of destroying the stars with a wave of her hand last time was too shocking, making these old immortals who had lived for thousands of years feel an irresistible threat, so they did this, trying to turn hostility into friendship.
Perhaps, one really believed that he was Qiu Daoli's reincarnation.
But no matter what, this is an unexpected surprise. Now they are no match for Xuanyin Patriarch and others. Not only do they not have the ability to seek revenge on the other side, but they have to worry about the other side coming to attack them again all the time.
It would be to their advantage if peace could be maintained in this way.
"Is this credible?"
Chen Lin shook the jade slip in his hand and asked.
"Of course not."
Fairy Baiyin shook her head. "Ancestor Xuanyin is extremely cunning. Although he has made such a gesture, we cannot really believe it and think that everything is fine."
At this time, True Lord Huanling also spoke up: "Not only can we not trust the other party's attitude, but it is also difficult to tell the authenticity of the nodes in this jade slip. Fellow Daoist Chen, do you think it is necessary for us to explore it?"
Chen Lin felt that Huanling and Anmu looked at him with a strong curiosity in their eyes. They must be very curious about the incident of the starlight that day.
However, he did not explain, but said: "Although there are four nodes marked here, in fact, we can only go to the one in the Far North, so there is no need to rush. We can continue to search through other channels first. If we really can't find a way to leave this world, we can do it later."
"That's the only way."
Anmu Zhenjun, who had been silent all the time, nodded and agreed with Chen Lin's opinion.
Then he added: "There is another piece of news. I went to the node in Wanku Mountain before and found that the frog disappeared again!"
Chen Lin was surprised.
I didn't expect that the other party had been acting so mysterious recently. He actually went to explore the node in Wangu Mountain. He is really courageous.
However, if the frog is gone, that node will no longer be a Jedi and can be explored.
This is good news.
No one was keeping anything to himself, and Chen Lin also wanted to share what he had just done when exploring the island, but after hesitating for a moment he didn't say anything.
If he said it out loud, it would expose the fact that he had a second-level pass.
He could trust the Silver Fairy, but he still had to be on guard against Huanling and the other two. Besides, it was useless to tell them. Without the second-level guide, even if they really found the node on the sea, they would not be able to use it.
At this time, True Lord Huanling spoke again: "One of the seven stars in the chain has been destroyed. I don't know if the forbidden formation outside the realm will be affected. Many cultivators speculate that the situation of world destruction may disappear or be delayed. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Chen?"
Chen Lin smiled bitterly and said, "Fellow Daoist Huanling, please don't try. Although the collapse of the star is related to me, it was not caused by me. If I had that ability, I would just lead everyone to break through the realm and ascend. Why bother running around like a headless fly?"
Seeing Chen Lin say this, True Lord Huanling smiled awkwardly and said, "I am just curious. And I am not the only one who is curious. Now all the surviving cultivators are very curious. Everyone is saying that you are the reincarnation of Qiu Daoli, the leader of the demon-killing team that came from the upper realm. You are going to turn the tide again and save the people from disaster."
Chen Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he just shook his head without saying anything.
He doesn't have such ability, and he doesn't want to be someone's reincarnation. All he can take care of is himself and his family.